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-- Description --
Henchmen, Combats, Battles, and Balance! OSR and OSR-Adjacent commenters build on the OctOSR conversations surrounding several key topics which don't frequently function in the modern experience as they are written in the original books.
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-- Show Notes --
00:00 - Theme
00:30 - Red Dice Diaries John: Henchmen, Loyalty, and Battlefields
04:31 - The Pink Phantom: Seeking Mass Combats?
10:41 - Nerd's Variety Jason: Controlling Hirelings
15:45 - Bandit's Keep Daniel: Investing in Henchmen
18:16 - Red Dice Diaries John: Wilderness Is as Wilderness Does
20:15 - Nerd's Variety Jason: Smart Enough to Run Away
25:32 - Game Balance and OSR
29:42 - Outro
-- Links --
Red Dice Diaries: https://reddicediaries.bearblog.dev/
Phantom Thoughts with the Pink Phantom: https://anchor.fm/the-pink-phantom/
Nerd's Variety Podcast: https://anchor.fm/jason376
Bandit's Keep: https://anchor.fm/daniel-norton/
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