-- 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!
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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