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Biggus Geekus Joe Hardin and Randy Nichols
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3.7 • 13 Ratings
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Randy and Joe talk RPGs past and present, general roleplaying topics, gaming news, the occasional rant, RPG design and Worldbuilding. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/biggusgeekus/support
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DnD has too much class ... It only needs two.
This week we discuss why DnD only needs two classes ... maybe three.
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Intra Party Strife
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Hirelings & Henchmen – Tools of the Trade or just Tools?
Episode 184 Streamed Live Tuesday March 26, 2024. (R)
Catch-up from the past week
This past Friday 3/22/24 we live streamed Horde Wars Ultimate Campaign – much death and much miraculous recoveries. The Priest/Acolyte was, as always, One and Done!
Hirelings & Henchmen- Tools of the Trade or just Tools?
https://oldschoolroleplaying.com/henchmen-and-hirelings-in-dungeons-and-dragons/
Henchmen: is a better grade of hireling. While money may still be a motivating factor for them these are permanent retainers or allies for the player characters. They are sidekicks.
Advantages
Gives use for the hard-earned coin.
Allows for PCs to feel like big shots and build up to Domain play in an organic way and at lower or the lowest character levels.
Challenges
Who plays these NPCs especially if there is many of them? Additional burden on the DM???
How do you stop them from becoming fodder or “trap detectors”?
How do you handle these characters leveling up? How long will the follow the characters? A PC is level 5 and a henchman is level 4…does the boss-worker dynamic change?
At what point would it be ok to have a BBEG convince one of the hirelings/henchmen to turn on the party? Kill them in their sleep?
How do they/did they work throughout the editions?
Story Mechanics in TTRPGs?
Bennies, Re-rolls, Narrative Control, Hero Points, Fail Forward, Success with a Cost …others?
Yes, no, maybe, always good, sometimes good , never good?
How do they aid play? How do they hinder?
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Magic items, What are they good for?
We talk about the magic items in our games and what, if any, good they are.
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Advancing Your Game
This week we talk about advancement in your game, and how you might change it up. We also discuss Dune movie presentations. So watch out for spoilers!
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Monster Mash 15: Aberrations
Its a Monster Mash this week as we talk about aberrations!
Aberrations are creatures that cannot be easily grouped by physical
description. These beings are often amorphous and alien. From the
lowly mimic to the mighty beholder these nightmare creatures are often found underground or in the watery depths, seeking to devour or enslave. Sometimes both. Inspired in large part by the Cthulhu mythos, aberrations were part of early Dungeons and Dragons and have a place in many game settings and home tables.
BECMI/Rules Cyclopedia: beholder,that’s it.1e: Beholder, Mind flayer, Ixitxachitl, and a lot
more https://dungeonsdragons.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Advanced_Dungeons_%26_Dragons_1st_edition_monsters
2e: https://adnd2e.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Monsters 3.x: https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/3e_SRD:Aberration_Type 4e: https://dungeonsdragons.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Dungeons_%26_Dragons_4th_edition_monsters 5e: https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters?filter-type=1&filter-search=&filter-cr-min=&filter-cr-max=&filter-armor-class-min=&filter-armor-class-max=&filter-average-hp-min=&filter-average-hp-max=&filter-is-legendary=&filter-is-mythic=&filter-has-lair=&filter-partnered-content=f
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Customer Reviews
Mouth breathers
(Update) I have changed my score to three because Joe and Randy are decent guys whose views happen to be opposed to mine. But we all gotta get along together so…
(Previous 1 star review)
Their views are pretty rancid. Shame as they have some good things to say about games but they just can’t get past the whingeing bitterness about their hobby being stolen
Just Right Wing Drivel
Just a bunch of right wing a*holes. If that’s your thing then you’ll love them.
Skip the small talk
Skip ahead to the main topic and avoid the small talk. They claim to be men of faith, but express it by belittling and making fun of those who don't game the way they do. And they use others' behavior to justify doing so (the childish "They did it first" excuse). A shame, because when on topic they often have intersting things to say. If the listed topic of an episode appeals to you, jump through the ep until you find it.