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-- Description --
Ghouls - the iconic paralyzers and low-level party enders: capable of wrecking shop even on a mid level party! Or... are they? I revisit the rules as worded and cross reference them to concepts in Chainmail, revealing that in 0e, at least - Ghouls might not have been as powerful as they would, in later editions, become.
Then, some call-ins regarding adversarial play (among which is a great example of adversarial play from Daniel over at Bandit's Keep) and a concept (new, to me) of treating traps like monsters - at least where THAC0 is concerned.
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https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-whispering-gm/message
...or come hang out with all of us on Discord:
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-- Show Notes --
00:00 - Ghouls: Not as Scary as you Think
00:18 - Theme
00:39 - Ghouls in the Little Brown Books
02:09 - "Normal" Figures
03:46 - Wights in Chainmail
06:18 - An Introduction to Moldvayan Revisionism
07:51 - Save vs Paralysis in the Text
09:13 - What About Withstand Adversity?
14:22 - Call In: Nerd's Variety Jason - Reliability
17:28 - Call In: Nerd's Variety Jason - Traps as Monsters
19:19 - Traps as Monsters of HD Equal to Dungeon Level
21:08 - Call In: DA Riley - Episodes, Life, and Listening
23:34 - Call In: Bandit's Keep Daniel - A Tale of Adversarial Play
30:23 - Call In: Bob - Enjoying the Surprise of a Plotting Player
33:08 - Outro
-- Links --
The Basic Expert: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBasicExpert
Wight Box: https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/473031/WightBox-Original-Medieval-Fantasy-Adventure-Campaigns
Nerd's Variety Podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376
Nerd's Variety Blog: https://nerdsrpgvarietycast.com/
Diegetic Advancement: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/diegeticadvancement/
Bandit's Keep:
- https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-norton
- https://www.youtube.com/@BanditsKeep
- https://www.youtube.com/@BanditsKeepActualPlay
Bos' Bear Blog: https://borderbaronies.bearblog.dev/
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Call in show - listeners debate the fine points of adversarial play, as well as toss in some tokens for how prep influences their games - or vice versa: how their games have influenced their prep. Then - at the end - a quick promised health and sanity update from me for folks...
Published 02/28/24
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Talking about prepping for your game. How much is too much? How much is too little? And how much can you learn from the mistakes of someone who has gone entirely off the deep end before?
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Published 12/31/23