The Role Divide

The Role Divide

Update: 2023-07-19
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There has always been a divide between Role Players and Roll Players - but what about Role Players and Players of a Role? This episode delves in to what "role playing" meant - or would have meant - to the original crew on the original game... and how it differs from what we think of when we say "role playing" today.




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-- Show Notes --


00:00 - The Role Divide


01:16 - Theme


01:46 - The Role You Serve


03:56 - The Role of the Fighter


06:03 - The Role of the Cleric


08:29 - The Role of the Magic User


10:50 - Bob the FIGHTER, not BOB the Fighter


12:18 - The Proof is in the Training


15:17 - Should You Speak in Funny Voices?


16:26 - Call In: The Trapper of Scroll Cases Speaks!


17:00 - ...Emergent World-Building through Procedural Generation


20:15 - Call In: Bos Bossman - Crunch & Flow


20:46 - ...Character Customization & Archetypal Dynamic


24:04 - ...The Benefit of Predictability in Maintaining Flow


25:45 - The Calls of M. W. Lewis!


26:01 - ...for Love of Henchmen


30:08 - ...on The Rogue's Gallery


32:08 - Outro




-- Links --


Don't Split The Party, Roles: http://harbingergames.blogspot.com/search/label/monks


Mr Hobbs: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason-hobbs


Splitting the Party with Procedures: https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/2021/08/do-split-party.html


The Worlds of M. W. Lewis: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mwlewis/


The Rogue's Gallery: https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=tsr+the+rogues+gallery

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The Role Divide

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