{"id":2052,"date":"2023-07-24T09:00:51","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T14:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/?p=2052"},"modified":"2023-07-24T10:14:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:14:45","slug":"d20-swinginess-and-combat-episode-198","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/2023\/07\/podcast-episode\/d20-swinginess-and-combat-episode-198\/","title":{"rendered":"D20 Swinginess and Combat &#8211; Episode 198"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/198-d20-swinginess-v1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2053\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/2023\/07\/podcast-episode\/d20-swinginess-and-combat-episode-198\/attachment\/198-d20-swinginess-v1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/198-d20-swinginess-v1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,506\" 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=\"198-d20-swinginess-v1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/198-d20-swinginess-v1.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2053\" src=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/198-d20-swinginess-v1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/198-d20-swinginess-v1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/198-d20-swinginess-v1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/198-d20-swinginess-v1-465x261.jpg 465w, https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/198-d20-swinginess-v1-695x391.jpg 695w, https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/198-d20-swinginess-v1.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Many RPGs use d20s for resolving combat, like D&amp;D, 13th Age, and Lancer. Caleb and I have been playing a lot of d20 games recently and we wanted to talk about the nature of d20 combat. It&#8217;s a very swingy system, where every combatant can miss in a single round, resulting in nothing happening. Can this problem be fixed?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@RPPRpodcast\"><strong>News: I am exporting all of RPPR&#8217;s back catalogue to Youtube! Listen to older episodes and share them with friends. Subscribe now to help us get more notice on the site. <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Caleb is running a Red Markets 2E playtest campaign. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/hgod\">Go to Hebanon Games to listen and access the beta draft rules<\/a><\/strong>. Caleb&#8217;s also <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/dgdc\">running a bunch of Delta Green on Dead Channels<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shout Outs<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tabletoptycoon.com\/products\/deadly-dowagers\"><strong>Deadly Dowagers:<\/strong><\/a> A fun board game about marrying rich men and murdering them for their estates.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/series\/monkrobot\"><strong>Monk and Robot:<\/strong><\/a> A novel series about a traveling robot and monk.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Shiny-Happy-People-Duggar-Secrets\/dp\/B0B8TR2QV5\"><strong>Shiny Happy People:<\/strong><\/a> a documentary series about the evils of the Duggar family.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/How_to_Blow_Up_a_Pipeline_(film)\"><strong>How to Blow Up a Pipeline:<\/strong><\/a> a film based on the book of the same name.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL0F93dv3eRtndY5FUE1-uC5ZJBfylI2JK\"><strong>Worst of the Worst:<\/strong><\/a> A Youtube video essay series about the bottom level of combat sports.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/starshiptroopersextermination.com\/\"><strong>Starship Troopers: Extermination<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; a co-op shooter about blowing up alien bugs and building bases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"D20 Swinginess and Combat &amp;#8211; Episode 198\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-07-24T09:00:51-05:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1H22M36S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Many RPGs use d20s for resolving combat, like D&amp;amp;D, 13th Age, and Lancer. 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