-- Description --

Listener feedback exploring character advancement - first, talking a bit about gold for XP, classic D&D, and how procedural generation facilitates OSR dungeon design and frees your mind to make more interesting experiences; and then, moving into alternative advancement: not alternative mechanisms, necessarily, but new ways to interpret and play out character advancement in your old school campaign.

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-- Show Notes --

00:00 - D14s

01:14 - Intro

01:44 - Nerd's Variety Jason: Golden Railroads

06:19 - Jason Prime: On Gold and Experience

09:00 - ...Layers of Play: Character Layer vs Design Layer

10:20 - Bandit's Keep Daniel: Procedural Generation and Scroll Cases

11:46 - Red Dice John: General Feedback and the Benefits of Procedural Generators

15:16 - Call In! Nick from DSTP - Substitutionary Treasure

20:33 - Hindsightless Joe: Isn't it All Milestones?

24:05 - Chicago Wiz Michael: Beyond Advancement

33:13 - Outro

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Nerd's Variety Jason: https://anchor.fm/jason376

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Hindsightless: https://anchor.fm/joe-richter9/

Chicago Wiz: https://chgowiz.substack.com/