{"id":1762,"date":"2020-02-18T11:00:39","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T16:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/?p=1762"},"modified":"2020-02-17T21:25:26","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T02:25:26","slug":"skills-in-rpgs-episode-174","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/2020\/02\/podcast-episode\/skills-in-rpgs-episode-174\/","title":{"rendered":"Skills in RPGs &#8211; Episode 174"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/rppr174.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1763\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/2020\/02\/podcast-episode\/skills-in-rpgs-episode-174\/attachment\/rppr174\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/rppr174.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rppr174\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/rppr174-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1763\" src=\"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/rppr174-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/rppr174-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/rppr174-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/rppr174-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/rppr174.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>News<\/strong>: We are working on a new podcast called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nightclerkradio.com\/\">Night Clerk Radio<\/a>, where we review vaporwave, dark ambient, and other haunted genres of music. Our website is live with a trailer. We plan to launch soon!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> Skills in RPGs are an important element but many games don&#8217;t get them right. Many games have too many skills while others have no skills at all. Caleb and I talk about good and bad skill systems in RPGs and how it has changed over the years. Caleb also brings up real life skills, like rhetoric, versus their in-game equivalents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shout Outs<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguin.co.uk\/books\/1110297\/red-thread\/9781910702390.html\"><strong>Red Thread<\/strong><\/a>: A book about mazes and labyrinths. Excellent if meandering.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/566433\/the-testaments-by-margaret-atwood\/\"><strong>The Testaments<\/strong><\/a>: A sequel to the Handmaid&#8217;s Tale<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oleandergarden.itch.io\/pagan3\"><strong>Pagan Autogeny:<\/strong><\/a> An indie video game about exploring a dead MMO.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/imagecomics.com\/comics\/series\/oblivion-song-by-kirkman-de-felici\"><strong>Oblivion Song<\/strong><\/a>: A comic about rescuing people from alien hellscapes<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hardcoregaming101.net\/books\/hg101-presents-japanese-video-game-obscurities\/\"><strong>Japanese Video Game Obscurities<\/strong><\/a>: A book about weird video games<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/how-to\/\"><strong>How To<\/strong><\/a>: The XKCD creator explains how to do various tasks<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81011449\"><strong>Medical Police<\/strong><\/a>: A sequel series to Children&#8217;s Hospital. Very funny!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Song: <a href=\"https:\/\/indreba.bandcamp.com\/track\/harps-dreams\">Harps and Dreams by Indreba<\/a><\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Skills in RPGs &amp;#8211; Episode 174\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-02-18T11:00:39-05:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1H06M17S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"News: We are working on a new podcast called Night Clerk Radio, where we review vaporwave, dark ambient, and other haunted genres of music. Our website is live with a trailer. 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