Discern Realities
Jason Cordova & David Lafreniere
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Dungeon World Basics 02 - "Combat"
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04/08/18 • 41 min
The Basic Moves - Combat 00:01:46 - Hack & Slash 00:04:45 - Weapon tags 00:09:24 - Volley 00:13:44 - Defend
Managing a Combat in Dungeon World 00:16:40 - No turn order 00:21:32 - Range 00:23:43 - Multiple enemies 00:25:00 - What counts as combat?
00:27:02 - Unlocking the 16 HP Dragon
Actual Play 00:34:15 - Notes & recap
00:36:13 - Ghoul (Hack & Slash, Volley)
00:39:35 - Markings (Discern Realities)
Links The 16 HP Dragon article
https://www.latorra.org/2012/05/15/a-16-hp-dragon/
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Episode 57
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03/15/18 • 54 min
What happened here recently? 00:20:00 - Notes from a new campaign
What should I be on the lookout for? 00:12:50 - The conclusion of the Alford Soultaker AP
What here is not what it appears to be? 00:16:20 - Creating a play culture that embraces adversity
What here is useful or valuable to me? 00:35:45 - The Omegatherion of Fasar
What is about to happen? 00:40:50 - The continuing story of St. Evelyn the White 00:42:19 - The rod 00:45:43 - Milk and bread 00:49:05 - Chandelier
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Episode 56
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02/26/18 • 39 min
What happened here recently? 00:00:27 - Gloomhaven
What should I be on the lookout for? 00:12:13 - Codex is on DriveThru
What here is not what it appears to be? 00:13:50 - Recruit and Hirelings
What here is useful or valuable to me? 00:23:55 - The Cloak of Logan Stormbreaker 00:28:15 - The Glossary of Blades
What is about to happen? 00:31:56 - The ongoing comic strip AP featuring the story of St. Evelyn the White 00:33:31 - Marlene 00:38:05 - Resolve
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Episode 55
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02/11/18 • 48 min
What happened here recently? 00:00:27 - When a player doesn’t like their playbook
What should I be on the lookout for? 00:08:47 - Session Zero #5
What here is not what it appears to be? 00:19:47 - Getting the most out of Make Camp and Take Watch 00:22:04 - Make Camp 00:27:57 - Take Watch
What here is useful or valuable to me? 00:31:13 - The Weeping Cells 00:34:50 - The Revenant Chord
What is about to happen? 00:40:06 - Our ongoing comic strip AP featuring the story of St. Evelyn the White 00:40:51 - The Beaten Barley 00:44:55 - A lament
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Episode 54
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01/25/18 • 37 min
What happened here recently? 00:26 - New campaign DW campaign–with pirates!
What should I be on the lookout for? 06:23 - Overview 07:23 - The Adventure Builder starter 10:01 - Discern Realities one-sheet starter
What here is not what it appears to be? 13:07 - Mission-oriented Dungeon World 16:17 - Bolster
What here is useful or valuable to me? 21:35 - The Knight of Mums 24:41 - Keeper of the Blood of Lursiss
What is about to happen? 29:30 - Our ongoing comic strip AP featuring the story of St. Evelyn the White 31:00 - Rations 34:40 - The Mad Saint
Episode 53
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01/11/18 • 52 min
What happened here recently? Reflecting on the We Hunt the Keepers! campaign (00:23)
What should I be on the lookout for? Plundergrounds #5 (16:15)
What here is not what it appears to be? Missed rolls on Cast a Spell (21:34) Cast a Spell: Wizard (28:32) Cast a Spell: Cleric (32:48)
What here is useful or valuable to me? The Orphan’s Kiss (37:22) The Joyous Pit (40:55)
What is about to happen? Our ongoing Comic Strip AP featuring the story of St. Evelyn the White (44:44) Hamich (45:29) Spout Lore (49:19)
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Notes Music: Hammer and Damper by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Blue_Nocturnal/Hammer_and_Damper
Hearts of Wulin Special
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05/10/19 • 48 min
Jason is joined by Agatha Cheng and Lowell Francis to discuss Hearts of Wulin, coming to Kickstarter May 14th!
Time Codes 10:33 - Talking Mechanics 14:27 - Combat 22:04 - Elements and Playbook roles 40:49 - Kickstarter Details
Links
Hearts of Wulin https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gauntlet/227140374?ref=817189&token=9812b9e7
Episode 60
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02/03/19 • 53 min
What happened here recently? 00:00:24 - Stonetop at Gauntlet Con 2018
What should I be on the lookout for? 00:09:42 - Ancient Worlds: Atisi
What here is not what it appears to be? 00:16:10 - Sticking the landing
What here is useful or valuable to me? 00:37:30 - Simple magic items from the early days of the Dungeon World Tavern.
What is about to happen? 00:44:40 - The ongoing story of St. Evelyn the White 00:46:08 - Draw forth
Link Stonetop https://spoutinglore.blogspot.com/2018/07/stonetop.html
Ancient Worlds: Atisi https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/262268/Ancient-Worlds-Atisi
Ancient Worlds: Atisi (Dyslexic-friendly) https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/262267/Ancient-Worlds-Atisi-Dyslexicfriendly-edition
Stars & Wishes blog post https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/blog/stars-and-wishes
Promo music Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License.Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Happy_Music/Happy_Ukulele_1026
Dungeon World Basics 08 - Fronts
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11/24/18 • 37 min
Fronts 00:00:22 - What are Fronts? 00:07:44 - Dangers 00:13:03 - Grim Portents, Impending Doom, and Stakes Questions 00:23:46 - When do we write fronts?
Actual Play 00:31:38 - The ongoing story of Lucero Castafiel 00:32:38 (Defy Danger CON; Defy Danger STR
Links Our website
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Dungeon World Basics 01 - "What is Dungeon World? What Are Moves?"
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03/29/18 • 39 min
Discussion
00:00:32 - Who are we? 00:02:09 - Why are we doing this? 00:05:32 - What is Dungeon World? 00:09:12 - What is it like to play? 00:11:16 - Moves
Actual Play
00:17:30 - Lucero Castafiel (GM technique: Ask Lots of Questions) 00:23:05 - Brother Andrew (GM technique: Ask Lots of Questions) 00:25:43 - Catacombs (Discern Realities) 00:36:10 - “A nude, slick, hairless, white creature.” (Hack & Slash)
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Music: ”Volatile Reaction" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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The podcast is about Dungeons, Leisure, Dragons, Games, Podcasts, Fantasy, Rpg and Roleplaying.
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The first episode of Discern Realities was released on Dec 9, 2015.
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