by CWR
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September 18, 2024
<p><strong>-- Description --</strong></p> <p>Bronze Age Adventure! Literature, history, and other reasons why antiquity is a good time to set your campaign - followed by some call ins!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Like what you're hearing? Visit the blog:</p> <p> <a href="https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/</a></p> <p>Want to get in on the conversation, yourself? Send in a voicemail on SpeakPipe:</p> <p> <a href="https://www.speakpipe.com/WhisperingGMPodcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.speakpipe.com/WhisperingGMPodcast</a></p> <p>...or join the conversation on Spotify for Podcasters:</p> <p> <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-whispering-gm/message" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-whispering-gm/message</a></p> <p>...or come hang out with all of us on Discord:</p> <p> <a href="https://discord.gg/kQnrK4YCCn" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://discord.gg/kQnrK4YCCn</a></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>-- Show Notes --</strong></p> <p>00:00 - Intro</p> <p>00:46 - Theme</p> <p>01:07 - Bronze & Mud</p> <p>02:58 - Appendix N: Classical Antiquity</p> <p>07:50 - High Level Games & History Books</p> <p>12:19 - Heroism in the Bronze Age</p> <p>17:58 - Misconceptions: Bronze-Core, not Mud</p> <p>22:02 - And That's About All I Have to Say About That</p> <p>23:01 - Call In: Nerd's Variety Jason - Chainmail Bikinis: Mechanically</p> <p>29:23 - Call In: M. W. Lewis - East Tennessee</p> <p>32:05 - ...M. W.'s Flip DN Screen</p> <p>32:33 - ...Player Trust & a Quality Table</p> <p>36:01 - ...On Loincloth Barbarians</p> <p>37:20 - Outro</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>-- Links --</strong></p> <p>* Masters & Treasure Podcast: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/monsters-and-treasure/id1659703332" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/monsters-and-treasure/id1659703332</a></p> <p>* Nerd's Variety Podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376</a></p> <p>* Worlds of M. W. Lewis: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mwlewis" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mwlewis</a></p> <p> - City of Kingsport: <a href="https://www.kingsporttn.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.kingsporttn.gov/</a></p> <p> - Foldy DM Screen: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006HWLFE?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006HWLFE?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share</a></p>
August 21, 2024
<p><strong>-- Description --</strong></p> <p>Does your campaign look like a Frazetta painting? </p> <p>Why not?!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Make bikinis armor again: an exposé on the cultural reasoning behind playing a character who doesn't wear armor, but does like to get stuck in!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Like what you're hearing? Visit the blog:</p> <p> <a href="https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/</a></p> <p>Want to get in on the conversation, yourself? Send in a voicemail on SpeakPipe:</p> <p> <a href="https://www.speakpipe.com/WhisperingGMPodcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.speakpipe.com/WhisperingGMPodcast</a></p> <p>...or join the conversation on Spotify for Podcasters:</p> <p> <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-whispering-gm/message" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-whispering-gm/message</a></p> <p>...or come hang out with all of us on Discord:</p> <p> <a href="https://discord.gg/kQnrK4YCCn" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://discord.gg/kQnrK4YCCn</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>Thumbnail generated on <a href="https://www.craiyon.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.craiyon.com</a></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>-- Show Notes --</strong></p> <p>00:00 - Intro</p> <p>00:40 - Theme</p> <p>01:00 - Historical Loincloth Barbarians</p> <p>06:42 - The Bikini Armor Esthetic</p> <p>08:26 - The Item Dependence Problem</p> <p>11:01 - An Evolving Appendix N</p> <p>18:51 - Whispers Concludes</p> <p>20:29 - Call In: Bos - On Scaling</p> <p>24:51 - Call In: Jason - GM Screens</p> <p>26:21 - Call In: "Highway Star" M. W. Lewis - Kitchen Sink of Topics</p> <p>37:35 - Outro</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>-- Links --</strong></p> <p>MagicMan Meme - <a href="https://x.com/ejemek3/status/1818690382344962537" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://x.com/ejemek3/status/1818690382344962537</a></p> <p>Down in a Heap - <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/down-in-a-heap/id1446315881" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/down-in-a-heap/id1446315881</a></p> <p>Greek Marine Panoply Study - <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/soldiers-put-an-ancient-greek-suit-of-armor-to-the-test-and-it-passed-180984411/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/soldiers-put-an-ancient-greek-suit-of-armor-to-the-test-and-it-passed-180984411/</a></p> <p>Bos at Border Baronies - <a href="https://borderbaronies.bearblog.dev/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://borderbaronies.bearblog.dev/</a></p> <p>Nerd's Variety Podcast - <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376</a></p> <p>Worlds of M. W. Lewis - <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mwlewis" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mwlewis</a></p>
August 7, 2024
<p><strong>-- Description --</strong></p> <p>The Dungeon Master Screen: do you use one? I do - but some other folks don't: why would they eschew this time-tested tool and why I think DM screens are great.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Like what you're hearing? Visit the blog:</p> <p> <a href="https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/</a></p> <p>Want to get in on the conversation, yourself? Send in a voicemail on SpeakPipe:</p> <p> <a href="https://www.speakpipe.com/WhisperingGMPodcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.speakpipe.com/WhisperingGMPodcast</a></p> <p>...or join the conversation on Spotify for Podcasters:</p> <p> <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-whispering-gm/message" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-whispering-gm/message</a></p> <p>...or come hang out with all of us on Discord:</p> <p> <a href="https://discord.gg/kQnrK4YCCn" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://discord.gg/kQnrK4YCCn</a></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>-- Show Notes --</strong></p> <p>00:00 - Intro</p> <p>00:08 - Theme</p> <p>00:28 - The Dungeon Master Screen</p> <p>01:19 - A Case Against: Transparency in Dice Rolls</p> <p>02:18 - Some Rolls Should Be Secret</p> <p>06:06 - What about the RAW?</p> <p>08:19 - Rolling in the Open: A Guard against Fudge</p> <p>09:18 - The ACTUAL Point of the DM Screen</p> <p>13:04 - The Best of Both Worlds</p> <p>13:40 - Some Secrecy is Good for the Players</p> <p>15:07 - But What about Low Prep / No Prep?</p> <p>17:25 - Call in: Red Dice Diaries John - Scheming Players & Fudging Dice</p> <p>19:54 - Call In: Diagetic Advancement Riley - Active Defense</p> <p>23:24 - ...A Final Word on Ghouls</p> <p>24:08 - ...LBB-ified Thief vs Greyhawk Thief</p> <p>25:32 - Ghouls! What constitutes a Touch?</p> <p>26:43 - Why Specify a Wand of Paralysis?</p> <p>29:20 - Where did Con-Based Resurrection Survival Come From?</p> <p>30:52 - What actually IS Ghoul paralysis?</p> <p>32:15 - Thank You, Callers, Listeners, and Other Interacters</p> <p>32:45 - Outro</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>-- Links --</strong></p> <p>Aug's Entirely Too Long Custom Screen: <a href="https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/2024/01/0e-reference-sheets.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/2024/01/0e-reference-sheets.html</a></p> <p>Confessions of a High Prep GM:</p> <p> - Spotify: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-whispering-gm/episodes/Confessions-of-a-High-Prep-GM-e2dr5lp" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-whispering-gm/episodes/Confessions-of-a-High-Prep-GM-e2dr5lp</a></p> <p> - YouTube: <a href="https://youtu.be/3omIW4201EQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://youtu.be/3omIW4201EQ</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>Red Dice Diaries: <a href="https://reddicediaries.bearblog.dev/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://reddicediaries.bearblog.dev/</a></p> <p>Diagetic Advancement: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/diegeticadvancement" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/diegeticadvancement</a></p> <p>Wight Box: <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/473031/wight-box-original-medieval-fantasy-adventure-campaigns" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/473031/wight-box-original-medieval-fantasy-adventure-campaigns</a></p>
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