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Ghouls: Not as Scary As you Think

Ghouls: Not as Scary As you Think

Update: 2024-03-13
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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


Wight Box: https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/473031/WightBox-Original-Medieval-Fantasy-Adventure-Campaigns




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/

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