Henchmen, Combats, Battles, and Balance

 -- 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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And whatever you do, delve on!

 -- 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/