-- Description --
Bronze Age Adventure! Literature, history, and other reasons why antiquity is a good time to set your campaign - followed by some call ins!
Like what you're hearing? Visit the blog:
https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/
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https://www.speakpipe.com/WhisperingGMPodcast
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...or come hang out with all of us on Discord:
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-- Show Notes --
00:00 - Intro
00:46 - Theme
01:07 - Bronze & Mud
02:58 - Appendix N: Classical Antiquity
07:50 - High Level Games & History Books
12:19 - Heroism in the Bronze Age
17:58 - Misconceptions: Bronze-Core, not Mud
22:02 - And That's About All I Have to Say About That
23:01 - Call In: Nerd's Variety Jason - Chainmail Bikinis: Mechanically
29:23 - Call In: M. W. Lewis - East Tennessee
32:05 - ...M. W.'s Flip DN Screen
32:33 - ...Player Trust & a Quality Table
36:01 - ...On Loincloth Barbarians
37:20 - Outro
-- Links --
* Masters & Treasure Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/monsters-and-treasure/id1659703332
* Nerd's Variety Podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376
* Worlds of M. W. Lewis: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mwlewis
- City of Kingsport: https://www.kingsporttn.gov/
- Foldy DM Screen: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006HWLFE?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
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38:52
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38:52
Make Bikinis Armor Again!
-- Description --
Does your campaign look like a Frazetta painting?
Why not?!
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!
Like what you're hearing? Visit the blog:
https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/
Want to get in on the conversation, yourself? Send in a voicemail on SpeakPipe:
https://www.speakpipe.com/WhisperingGMPodcast
...or join the conversation on Spotify for Podcasters:
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-whispering-gm/message
...or come hang out with all of us on Discord:
https://discord.gg/kQnrK4YCCn
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-- Show Notes --
00:00 - Intro
00:40 - Theme
01:00 - Historical Loincloth Barbarians
06:42 - The Bikini Armor Esthetic
08:26 - The Item Dependence Problem
11:01 - An Evolving Appendix N
18:51 - Whispers Concludes
20:29 - Call In: Bos - On Scaling
24:51 - Call In: Jason - GM Screens
26:21 - Call In: "Highway Star" M. W. Lewis - Kitchen Sink of Topics
37:35 - Outro
-- Links --
MagicMan Meme - https://x.com/ejemek3/status/1818690382344962537
Down in a Heap - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/down-in-a-heap/id1446315881
Greek Marine Panoply Study - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/soldiers-put-an-ancient-greek-suit-of-armor-to-the-test-and-it-passed-180984411/
Bos at Border Baronies - https://borderbaronies.bearblog.dev/
Nerd's Variety Podcast - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376
Worlds of M. W. Lewis - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mwlewis
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39:06
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39:06
In Defense of the Screen
-- Description --
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.
Like what you're hearing? Visit the blog:
https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/
Want to get in on the conversation, yourself? Send in a voicemail on SpeakPipe:
https://www.speakpipe.com/WhisperingGMPodcast
...or join the conversation on Spotify for Podcasters:
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-whispering-gm/message
...or come hang out with all of us on Discord:
https://discord.gg/kQnrK4YCCn
-- Show Notes --
00:00 - Intro
00:08 - Theme
00:28 - The Dungeon Master Screen
01:19 - A Case Against: Transparency in Dice Rolls
02:18 - Some Rolls Should Be Secret
06:06 - What about the RAW?
08:19 - Rolling in the Open: A Guard against Fudge
09:18 - The ACTUAL Point of the DM Screen
13:04 - The Best of Both Worlds
13:40 - Some Secrecy is Good for the Players
15:07 - But What about Low Prep / No Prep?
17:25 - Call in: Red Dice Diaries John - Scheming Players & Fudging Dice
19:54 - Call In: Diagetic Advancement Riley - Active Defense
23:24 - ...A Final Word on Ghouls
24:08 - ...LBB-ified Thief vs Greyhawk Thief
25:32 - Ghouls! What constitutes a Touch?
26:43 - Why Specify a Wand of Paralysis?
29:20 - Where did Con-Based Resurrection Survival Come From?
30:52 - What actually IS Ghoul paralysis?
32:15 - Thank You, Callers, Listeners, and Other Interacters
32:45 - Outro
-- Links --
Aug's Entirely Too Long Custom Screen: https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/2024/01/0e-reference-sheets.html
Confessions of a High Prep GM:
- Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-whispering-gm/episodes/Confessions-of-a-High-Prep-GM-e2dr5lp
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/3omIW4201EQ
Red Dice Diaries: https://reddicediaries.bearblog.dev/
Diagetic Advancement: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/diegeticadvancement
Wight Box: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/473031/wight-box-original-medieval-fantasy-adventure-campaigns
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34:16
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34:16
Talking Time
-- Description --
Listeners call in to talk about time - some podcast friends call in and talk about timekeeping in their games as well as timekeeping in their lives: figuring out when to fit in the hobby and figuring out how to make the most of it while we're there; most in response to 1:1 Turn Tracking.
Like what you're hearing? Visit the blog:
https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/
Want to get in on the conversation, yourself? Send in a voicemail on SpeakPipe:
https://www.speakpipe.com/WhisperingGMPodcast
...or join the conversation on Spotify for Podcasters:
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-whispering-gm/message
...or come hang out with all of us on Discord:
https://discord.gg/kQnrK4YCCn
-- Show Notes --
00:00 - Theme
00:30 - Daniel Norton, Bandit's Keep: Solo Gaming
01:17 - Encouragement from Whispers for Busy Gamers
05:35 - Daniel: Traps Attacking
06:48 - ...Magical Traps
08:30 - ...Mundane Traps
10:10 - ...Ability Scores and Traps
12:23 - Audio Quality Note
12:44 - Riley: On Timing Combat Rounds
13:58 - ...On Players Feeling Targeted
16:30 - ...But Isn't Turn Timing Adversarial Refereeing?
21:23 - Evil Jeff: What Kind of Game do you Want to Run?
27:12 - John Large: Time Tracking and Shadowdark
29:28 - ...On Life Getting in the Way: West Marches and Solo Games
30:43 - ...On Keeping Up with Podcasting
32:02 - Signing Off and Audio Retro
32:37 - Outro
-- Links --
1:1 Turn Tracking - Original Episode: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-whispering-gm/episodes/11-Turn-Tracking-e2k7r2k
Bandit's Keep:
- Podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-norton
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BanditsKeep
- YouTube Actual Play: https://www.youtube.com/@BanditsKeepActualPlay
Diagetic Advancement: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/diegeticadvancement
Evil Jeff: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eviljeff
Red Dice Diaries: https://reddicediaries.bearblog.dev/
Spike Pit: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/spikepit
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34:08
Ghouls Just Want To Have Fun
-- Description --
Follow up episode - additional insights and answers, as pertaining to Ghouls and Ghoul Paralysis: less dangerous (or more?) than you think.
Like what you're hearing? Visit the blog:
https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/
Want to get in on the conversation, yourself? Send in a voicemail on SpeakPipe:
https://www.speakpipe.com/WhisperingGMPodcast
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...or come hang out with all of us on Discord:
https://discord.gg/kQnrK4YCCn
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-- Show Notes --
00:00 - Intro
00:52 - Theme?
01:22 - Call In: D.A. Riley
06:12 - Call In: Pink Phantom
27:29 - ODD74 Perspective
30:59 - Call In: Daniel Norton
36:45 - But What Did Wight Box Say?
39:09 - Outro
-- Links --
Wight Box: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/473031/wight-box-original-medieval-fantasy-adventure-campaigns
Diagetic Advancement: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/diegeticadvancement
Pink Phantom:
- Podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/phantomthoughts
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePinkPhantom
Mr Wargaming AD&D Mass Combat: https://youtu.be/9OD484CsTBI
ODD74 Thread: https://odd74.proboards.com/thread/462/ghoul-paralysis?page=2
Bandit's Keep:
- Podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-norton
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BanditsKeep
- YouTube Actual Play: https://www.youtube.com/@BanditsKeepActualPlay
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