-- 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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-- 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
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/