Alex Schroeder: Halberds & Helmets

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Alex Schroeder: Halberds & Helmets

The Halberds & Helmets podcast by Alex Schroeder.

  1. 12/18/2018

    Why homebrew?

    Talking about why we want to write our homebrew games and what old school D&D means to me.

    14 min

  2. 12/19/2018

    Abilities

    Talking about the six standard ability scores and wishing I could just rename Intelligence and Wisdom to Education and Yoga. But my players didn't pick it up.

    12 min

  3. 12/19/2018

    Race as Class

    Race as class, elves and dwarves in particular. Talking about the gender of elves and dwarves. Talking about the questions Judd proposed for classes, a long time ago.

    16 min

  4. 12/21/2018

    Fighters & Magic Users

    Fighters and magic users. Using descending armour class, to-hit tables, all weapons do 1d6 damage, adding explosions and rays to the saving throws, not having unified advancement tables

    11 min

  5. 12/22/2018

    Thieves & Normal Humans

    Thieves and normal humans. How do skill checks work, thieves have better skills, how does surprise work, substituting a d30 for a d20 once a day, max damage, +4 to hit, two handed swords, again; and torch bearers and porters, and magic users wielding weapons, or thieves and magic users wearing armour fight like normal humans

    12 min

  6. 12/23/2018

    Demihumans: Elves, Halfling and Dwarves

    Elves are basically fighters and magic users. Halflings and dwarves have better saves and some abilities here and there. Limits on the weapons you can wield. What about armour size? I don't care about level limits since all my games end before we get to level 10.

    9 min

  7. 12/25/2018

    Starting Gold & Weapons

    Rolling starting gold and thinking of your parent's background. Social standing? How to buy equipment. The benefits of a character generator, again. The weapons. Fighting from the second rank, again.

    19 min

  8. 12/26/2018

    Items & Armour

    Items to fight monsters and oil in particular. How do we use flaming oil? How much can you carry? Encumbrance and the rule of cool. Also: why is plate armour so cheap?

    12 min
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