RPPR After Hours: Soul in a Box
Added 2017-05-06 21:00:53 +0000 UTCAfter watching the first episode of American Gods, I wondered what other gods could be lurking in America. Caleb, Tom, and I discuss that and I review a very complex 3E module from Necromancer Games called Chaos Rising. It's about a quest to retrieve an amulet that houses the soul of the Faceless Lord. In order to get it, the heroes must find and carry a 500 pound platinum anvil that radiates anti-magic through 2 nested demi planes. Then it gets weird. Tom also reviews After The Bomb: England.
Song: Boss Battle by Case Portman.
Comments
Can i put my soul inside of someone else's Soul?
DiploRaptor(Samuel)
2019-03-04 12:14:34 +0000 UTCSomeone tell Caleb! Orcus is a Roman god of the underworld and the word "orc" from Tolkien is derived from Orcus, not the other way around.
uwtartarus
2017-05-15 20:26:27 +0000 UTCwe can't have non-spellcasters do anything better than a spellcaster. If a fighter can replicate a fireball spell, that's overpowered.
Ross Payton
2017-05-11 17:11:39 +0000 UTCah yes, the pantheon of traumatic brain injuries
Ross Payton
2017-05-11 17:10:48 +0000 UTCAmerican gods: the Raven, the Cowboy. the Patriot, the Steeler, the Lion, the Raider,,,
Dylan Craig
2017-05-11 06:55:59 +0000 UTCWotC relied a lot on the RPGA (Role Playing Game Association) for the playtesting of D&D 3e. I can only speak about the local group, but they were hardcore optimisers who endlessly discussed and debated the best way to build their PCs from level 1-20 and how to combine feats, spells and magic items for maximum effect. Most of them considered the exploitable elements of 3e to be features, not bugs. I did hear some stories about Fighter feats being nerfed during the playtest: Cleave, for example, had no restrictions in the original version, which often resulted in whole rooms full of monsters being killed by a single attack from a Fighter. But apparently this wasn't the play experience that the guys behind 3e wanted to give players. Not without having to get a second feat, at least.
Bryan Rombough
2017-05-09 00:32:03 +0000 UTCDetroit Auto Show - the annual cult festival of all the Auto Gods. Ford, Chevy, Toyota, Honda, and that bastard, the upstart, Tesla.
Laura B
2017-05-08 12:18:10 +0000 UTCYou know I'm listening to Tom talking about "After the Bomb" and the human enemies in the game. How inept even with superior military tech they are at "reclaiming the Earth". Cant help thinking how similar that situation is to the new films of Planet of the Apes.
Al Dente Rigamortis
2017-05-08 02:55:01 +0000 UTCMight I suggest watching them play Dread on YouTube? It's just not long enough, Ross...
PhantomMat
2017-05-08 01:17:56 +0000 UTCits like we weighed his soul down with a 500 pound anvil that radiates antimagic.
Ross Payton
2017-05-07 19:40:17 +0000 UTCA game based on American Gods/new demigods seems like it could actually be fun and interesting. I'm putting that on my backburner to brew into a campaign idea.
Matt
2017-05-07 17:41:20 +0000 UTCI know you guys have insinuated that you have faces for radio, but never have I ever wanted to watch a video feed of the podcast so badly before. Just to see the light die out in Caleb's eyes as you guys keep dumping more and more pointless exposition on him. Every time he went silent and Ross started cackling, I pictured Caleb going off like Woody Harrelson in True Detective when he watched The Tape; just snapping in a heady mix of disgust and disbelief, leaping from his chair and leaving the room, cursing up a storm while he did so. Well played, Payton, well played.
Urielfallen
2017-05-07 15:54:47 +0000 UTCPUNS FOR THE PUN GOD!
Thaddeus
2017-05-07 04:06:54 +0000 UTC
