Down in a Heap

Call-in show about the issues and merits of running multiple PCs in the same game. Contributions from Freethrall, Jason, Daniel, B.J., and Colin. Thanks!

A couple calls from Daniel of Bandit’s Keep prompts a look at unarmed combat in classic versions of D&D (AD&D, B/X, & S&W) plus a tangent on the merits of spontaneous casting vs. Vancian fire and forget magic.

I follow my house rules and go through the process step by step to create a couple unique dragons. Plus calls from Jason, Evil Jeff, and Daniel. Enjoy!

Do you allow, encourage, or discourage players to run multiple PC’s in the same campaign? What I’ve proposed (failing so far) as a “solution “ in my small group. Plus calls from Joe from Hindsightless and Goblin’s Henchmen.

Calls from Chad & Evil Jeff (Minions & Musings podcast); talk about dragons in BECMI, 2e, Holmes Basic, plus Swords & Wizardry and a rough outline of my house rules for dragons in S&W. Enjoy!

Great calls and Anchor conversation with Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast, Daniel of Bandit’s Keep, Taylor of Clerics Wear Ringmail, Ray Otus of Plundergrounds, and Menion of Confessions of a Wee Timrous Bushi.

Topics include testing the limits of arcane casting, channeling, Subdual in classic versions of D&D, Dragons, and Greg Gillespie’s new Kickstarter: Dwarrowdeep. Thanks for the calls!

I outline a few more house rules for my Swords & Wizardry game and calls about new school: old school, Divination magic, Kender, and dragons.

On his last episode of OSR Blether, creator Greg Gillespie revealed that this upcoming June 24th will mark the 10th anniversary of the first Barrowmaze game session. Let’s have a Barrowmaze Appreciation Day then to celebrate!

A close look at the treatment of dragons in the 1E AD&D Monster Manual. Plus, how that changed into a sort of version 1.5 in the first Forgotten Realms boxed set by Ed Greenwood and Jeff Grubb.