Discern Realities

Discern Realities is a weekly discussion podcast about the roleplaying game Dungeon World.

Hearts of Wulin Special 05/10/2019

Hearts of Wulin Special Jason is joined by Agatha Cheng and Lowell Francis to discuss Hearts of Wulin, coming to Kickstarter May 14th! Time Codes 10:33 - Talking Mechanics 14:27 - Combat 22:04 - Elements and Playbook roles 40:49 - Kickstarter Details Links Hearts of Wulin https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gauntlet/227140374?ref=817189&token=9812b9e7 /episode/index/show/discernrealities/id/9729782

Episode 60 02/03/2019

Episode 60 What happened here recently? 00:00:24 - Stonetop at Gauntlet Con 2018 What should I be on the lookout for? 00:09:42 - Ancient Worlds: Atisi What here is not what it appears to be? 00:16:10 - Sticking the landing What here is useful or valuable to me? 00:37:30 - Simple magic items from the early days of the Dungeon World Tavern. What is about to happen? 00:44:40 - The ongoing story of St. Evelyn the White 00:46:08 - Draw forth Link Stonetop https://spoutinglore.blogspot.com/2018/07/stonetop.html Ancient Worlds: Atisi https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/262268/Ancient-Worlds-Atisi Ancient Worlds: Atisi (Dyslexic-friendly) https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/262267/Ancient-Worlds-Atisi-Dyslexicfriendly-edition Stars & Wishes blog post https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/blog/stars-and-wishes Promo music Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License.Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Happy_Music/Happy_Ukulele_1026 /episode/index/show/discernrealities/id/8500919

Dungeon World Basics 08 - Fronts 11/24/2018

Dungeon World Basics 08 - Fronts Fronts 00:00:22 - What are Fronts? 00:07:44 - Dangers 00:13:03 - Grim Portents, Impending Doom, and Stakes Questions 00:23:46 - When do we write fronts? Actual Play 00:31:38 - The ongoing story of Lucero Castafiel 00:32:38 (Defy Danger CON; Defy Danger STR Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG /episode/index/show/discernrealities/id/7670666

Dungeon World Basics 07 - "GM Moves" 11/09/2018

Dungeon World Basics 07 - "GM Moves" GM Moves 00:00:46 - Overview 00:06:42 - Soft Moves vs hard moves 00:11:30 - When does the GM make moves? 00:20:45 - Notes on each move 00:39:50 - Closing thoughts Actual Play 00:42:31 - The ongoing story of Lucero Castafiel 00:43:32 - Rescue (Discern Realities; Defy Danger DEX) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG /episode/index/show/discernrealities/id/7504730

Episode 59 10/25/2018

Episode 59 What happened here recently? 00:00:22 - The Cold Ruins of Lastlife What should I be on the lookout for? 00:09:17 - Blog post: Making Combat Interesting What here is not what it appears to be? 00:13:05 - “Scary” monsters What here is useful or valuable to me? 00:25:13 - Codex Volume 1 Kickstarter What is about to happen? 00:34:05 - The ongoing story of St. Evelyn the White 00:35:24 - A nimbus of divinity 00:39:44 - Preach Links Codex Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gauntlet/codex-rpg-zine-volume-1-hardcover Skyler’s blog post http://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/blog/making-combat-interesting /episode/index/show/discernrealities/id/7309850

Codex Volume 1 Kickstarter Special 10/01/2018

Codex Volume 1 Kickstarter Special The Gauntlet Gaming Community, which produces this podcast, is launching its very first Kickstarter on October 2nd! We’re raising money to create a beautiful hardcover book collecting the first 13 issues of our zine, Codex. This special podcast episode features Lowell Francis and Jason Cordova discussing the history and development of the zine, the Kickstarter campaign, and the future of The Gauntlet community. It’s a fantastic conversation. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/discernrealities/id/7110731

Dungeon World Basics 06 - "GM Agenda & Principles" 07/26/2018

Dungeon World Basics 06 - "GM Agenda & Principles" Timecodes 00:00:55 - How to GM Dungeon World 00:06:12 - GM Agenda 00:11:47 - GM Principles Actual Play 00:28:43 - The ongoing story of Lucero Castafiel 00:30:02 - Rescue Links +1 Forward (Feed includes episodes about Principles & Genre, MC Moves, Player Principles & Agendas, and more!) http://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/1-forward Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com   Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet   Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG /episode/index/show/discernrealities/id/6853562

Dungeon World Basics 05 - "Anatomy of a Playbook" 07/01/2018

Dungeon World Basics 05 - "Anatomy of a Playbook" Anatomy of a Playbook 00:00:22 - Overview 00:01:35 - Front Page 00:07:30 - Back Page Actual Play 00:10:13 - Our ongoing comic strip actual play featuring Lucero Castafiel 00:13:24 - The Starlight Serpent 00:20:23 - The Voice Links Playbook PDFs Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG /episode/index/show/discernrealities/id/6761791

Dungeon World Basics 04 - "Special Moves" 06/14/2018

Dungeon World Basics 04 - "Special Moves" Dungeon World Basics 04 The Special Moves 00:00:27 - Overview 00:02:30 - Last Breath 00:08:04 - Encumbrance 00:09:55 - Make Camp 00:11:19 - Take Watch 00:12:17 - Undertake a Perilous Journey 00:17:29 - End of Session 00:18:22 - Level Up 00:18:39 - Carouse 00:19:46 - Supply 00:21:10 - Recover 00:21:38 - Recruit 00:24:07 - Outstanding Warrants 00:26:45 - Bolster Actual Play 00:29:40 - Our comic strip AP featuring the story of Lucero Castafiel 00:31:38 - Voices in the heavens (Discern Realities) 00:35:31 - The shaft Links The Perilous Wilds http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/156979/The-Perilous-Wilds?term=perilous+wilds&test\_epoch=0 Discern Realities Annual http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/237708/Codex--The-Discern-Realities-Annual?term=discern+realities+annual&test\_epoch=0 /episode/index/show/discernrealities/id/6703574

Dungeon World Basics 03 - "Non-Combat Basic Moves" 05/14/2018

Dungeon World Basics 03 - "Non-Combat Basic Moves" Non-Combat Basic Moves 00:01:26 - Defy Danger 00:09:27 - Spout Lore 00:15:00 - Discern Realities 00:21:19 - Parley 00:25:22 - Aid/Interfere Actual Play 00:34:17 - The passageway (Discern Realities) 00:37:18 - Cavern (Discern Realities; Spout Lore) Links DR episode about Player v. Player conflict http://discernrealities.libsyn.com/episode-4 Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com /episode/index/show/discernrealities/id/6590612

Episode 58 04/26/2018

Episode 58 What happened here recently? 00:00:22 - Legerdemain What should I be on the lookout for? 00:11:47 - Heart Points Podcast and ChimaeraCast What here is not what it appears to be 00:17:48 - Riding the line between power gaming and playing to lose What here is useful or valuable to me? 00:30:06 - Keepers of the Gauntlet contest results What is about to happen? 00:46:48 - The ongoing story of St. Evelyn the White 00:47:54 - Bubbling flesh 00:52:30 - A drastic measure Links Heart Points Podcast https://heartpoints.wordpress.com ChimaeraCast https://www.thechimaera.com/chimaeracast/ /episode/index/show/discernrealities/id/6524851

Dungeon World Basics 02 - "Combat" 04/08/2018

Dungeon World Basics 02 - "Combat" The Basic Moves - Combat 00:01:46 - Hack & Slash 00:04:45 - Weapon tags 00:09:24 - Volley 00:13:44 - Defend Managing a Combat in Dungeon World 00:16:40 - No turn order 00:21:32 - Range 00:23:43 - Multiple enemies 00:25:00 - What counts as combat? 00:27:02 - Unlocking the 16 HP Dragon Actual Play 00:34:15 - Notes & recap 00:36:13 - Ghoul (Hack & Slash, Volley) 00:39:35 - Markings (Discern Realities) Links The 16 HP Dragon article Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG /episode/index/show/discernrealities/id/6458018

Dungeon World Basics 01 - "What is Dungeon World? What Are Moves?" 03/29/2018

Dungeon World Basics 01 - "What is Dungeon World? What Are Moves?" Discussion 00:00:32 - Who are we? 00:02:09 - Why are we doing this? 00:05:32 - What is Dungeon World? 00:09:12 - What is it like to play? 00:11:16 - Moves Actual Play 00:17:30 - Lucero Castafiel (GM technique: Ask Lots of Questions) 00:23:05 - Brother Andrew (GM technique: Ask Lots of Questions) 00:25:43 - Catacombs (Discern Realities) 00:36:10 - “A nude, slick, hairless, white creature.” (Hack & Slash) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com  Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet  Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG Music: ”Volatile Reaction" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ /episode/index/show/discernrealities/id/6421331

Episode 57 03/15/2018

Episode 57 What happened here recently? 00:20:00 - Notes from a new campaign What should I be on the lookout for? 00:12:50 - The conclusion of the Alford Soultaker AP What here is not what it appears to be? 00:16:20 - Creating a play culture that embraces adversity What here is useful or valuable to me? 00:35:45 - The Omegatherion of Fasar What is about to happen? 00:40:50 - The continuing story of St. Evelyn the White 00:42:19 - The rod 00:45:43 - Milk and bread 00:49:05 - Chandelier Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG /episode/index/show/discernrealities/id/6368931

Episode 56 02/26/2018

Episode 56 What happened here recently? 00:00:27 - Gloomhaven What should I be on the lookout for? 00:12:13 - Codex is on DriveThru What here is not what it appears to be? 00:13:50 - Recruit and Hirelings What here is useful or valuable to me? 00:23:55 - The Cloak of Logan Stormbreaker 00:28:15 - The Glossary of Blades What is about to happen? 00:31:56 - The ongoing comic strip AP featuring the story of St. Evelyn the White 00:33:31 - Marlene 00:38:05 - Resolve Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG /episode/index/show/discernrealities/id/6301208

Episode 55 02/11/2018

Episode 55 What happened here recently? 00:00:27 - When a player doesn’t like their playbook What should I be on the lookout for? 00:08:47 - Session Zero #5 What here is not what it appears to be? 00:19:47 - Getting the most out of Make Camp and Take Watch 00:22:04 - Make Camp 00:27:57 - Take Watch What here is useful or valuable to me? 00:31:13 - The Weeping Cells 00:34:50 - The Revenant Chord What is about to happen? 00:40:06 - Our ongoing comic strip AP featuring the story of St. Evelyn the White 00:40:51 - The Beaten Barley 00:44:55 - A lament Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG /episode/index/show/discernrealities/id/6247148

Episode 54 01/25/2018

Episode 54 What happened here recently? 00:26 - New campaign DW campaign–with pirates! What should I be on the lookout for? 06:23 - Overview 07:23 - The Adventure Builder starter 10:01 - Discern Realities one-sheet starter What here is not what it appears to be? 13:07 - Mission-oriented Dungeon World 16:17 - Bolster What here is useful or valuable to me? 21:35 - The Knight of Mums 24:41 - Keeper of the Blood of Lursiss What is about to happen? 29:30 - Our ongoing comic strip AP featuring the story of St. Evelyn the White 31:00 - Rations 34:40 - The Mad Saint /episode/index/show/discernrealities/id/6188509

Episode 53 01/11/2018

Episode 53 What happened here recently? Reflecting on the We Hunt the Keepers! campaign (00:23) What should I be on the lookout for? Plundergrounds #5 (16:15) What here is not what it appears to be? Missed rolls on Cast a Spell (21:34) Cast a Spell: Wizard (28:32) Cast a Spell: Cleric (32:48) What here is useful or valuable to me? The Orphan’s Kiss (37:22) The Joyous Pit (40:55) What is about to happen? Our ongoing Comic Strip AP featuring the story of St. Evelyn the White (44:44) Hamich (45:29) Spout Lore (49:19) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG Notes Music: Hammer and Damper by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Blue_Nocturnal/Hammer_and_Damper /episode/index/show/discernrealities/id/6140398

Episode 52 12/16/2017

Episode 52 What happened here recently? Funnel World at Gauntlet Con 2017 (00:27) What should I be on the lookout for? Sword Breaker #5 (10:05) What here is not what it appears to be? Traps (17:53) What here is useful or valuable to me? New contest announcement (33:52) The Horn of Nammu (36:37) Old King Myrmiron (37:35) What is about to happen? Our ongoing comic strip AP featuring the story of St. Evelyn the White (40:49) Discern Realities (42:30) “God damn it!” (46:32) /episode/index/show/discernrealities/id/6053097

Episode 51 09/27/2017

Episode 51 What happened here recently? Isabella & Logan (00:23) What should I be on the lookout for? The Dungeon World Newsletter (07:40) First Session Cheat Sheet Cards (09:14) What here is not what it appears to be? The Heirloom move (12:45) What here is useful or valuable to me? The Lube Cube (25:57) What is about to happen? An ongoing comic strip AP telling the story of St. Evelyn the White (32:32) “We have captured one of them” (33:37) The stitched (34:52) The crowd (37:40) Lead the Flock (39:50) Links Gauntlet Con Writing Contest http://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/keepers-of-the-gauntlet-contest.html Dungeon World Newsletter http://www.dungeonworldnewsletter.com First Session Cheat Sheet Cards https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B74GInw5m2ICQTJxSEZZc29CeEU/view /episode/index/show/discernrealities/id/5781187

Episode 50 08/29/2017

Episode 50 What happened here recently? Reflecting on 50 episodes of Discern Realities (00:22) What should I be on the lookout for? Fear of a Black Dragon (10:34) What here is not what it appears to be? Alignment in Dungeon World (19:56) What here is useful or valuable to me? The Elixir of Reality, Discerned (38:06) The Discern Realities Annual (41:32) What is about to happen? Our comic strip AP featuring the story of St. Evelyn the White (46:05) The crowd (47:08) A crude cage (50:40) Prayer (52:43) /episode/index/show/discernrealities/id/5685109

Ramshackle Crow and the Temple of the Peerless Star 08/18/2017

Ramshackle Crow and the Temple of the Peerless Star This is a special production of Discern Realities, featuring the Comic Strip AP segments from the first 12 episodes of the show! We've stitched those AP segments together, recorded original music, and added foley. Enjoy this exciting look back at the origins of our show! Show Notes: Original Score by Joel Gutierrez Sound effects by Hayden Sanders Mix and Mastery by Joel Gutierrez Special Thanks to the Freesound.org Community for awesome Sound Effects! The Users with attribution licenses will be credited here: S: by S: by S: by S: by S: by S: by S: by S: by S: by S: by S: by S: by S: by /episode/index/show/discernrealities/id/5656957

Episode 49 08/02/2017

Episode 49 What happened here recently? Anglekite campaign (00:22) What should I be on the lookout for? Codex - Crystal (10:35) What here is not what it appear to be? Giving player characters hold to ask questions (15:09) What here is useful or valuable to me? Three Magic Swords (24:39) What is about to happen? Our ongoing comic strip AP featuring the story of St. Evelyn the White (29:48) Breaking bread (30:35) Fellbit (36:32) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG /episode/index/show/discernrealities/id/5601430

Episode 48 07/19/2017

Episode 48 What happened here recently? Lord Caspian Gal (00:22) What should I be on the lookout for? Gauntlet happenings (07:47) What here is not what it appears to be? Bend Bars, Lift Gates (12:30) What here is useful or valuable to me? Library of the Wordfey (22:32) What is about to happen? Our ongoing comic strip AP featuring the story of St. Evelyn the White (27:49) Arnie (28:53) Invocation (32:45) Venka’s burdens (35:00) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG /episode/index/show/discernrealities/id/5553131

Episode 47 07/05/2017

Episode 47 What happened here recently? Running DW for players new to the game (00:20) What should I be on the lookout for? Session Zero DW zine (17:41) What here is not what it appears to be? The Ritual move (27:05) What here is useful or valuable to me? The Cliff of Shuachi (50:57) The Ever-drilling Shrine of Gnozzinu (58:44) The Shrine of Alamas (01:05:14) Links Session Zero zine http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/210150/Session-Zero-Issue-1--The-Smoldering-Swamp Sword Breaker zine http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/206544/Sword-Breaker-Issue-No-1--The-Tyrant-Machine /episode/index/show/discernrealities/id/5507705

Special Episode: The Shrine Contest Finalists 06/11/2017

Special Episode: The Shrine Contest Finalists Help David and Jason determine the two runners up for the Shrine Contest! David’s Remaining Finalists The Shrine of Solaris (09:23) The Observatory (10:57) The Altar of Kar-Suet (12:43) The Shrine of Mamon (13:49) Gnozinu (15:47) Jason’s Remaining Finalists The Cliff of Shuachi (18:32) The Idol of Sprague-el (20:10) The Shrine of Niseria (22:04) The Shrine of the Abyss (23:23) The Shrine of the Unwritten (25:16) /episode/index/show/discernrealities/id/5438017

Episode 46 06/08/2017

Episode 46 David and Jason are joined by Phil from Encoded Designs! What happened here recently? The Airy Peaks (1:10) Wrapping-up Song of the Milk-White Putrescence (02:49) What should I be on the lookout for? The Legacy Weapon (07:46) What here is not what it appears to be? Herculean Appetites (21:11) What here is useful or valuable to me? The Shrine of the Sorrowful Queen (31:39) What is about to happen? Our ongoing comic strip AP featuring the story of St. Evelyn the White (37:09) “Stop in the name of Fellbit!” (37:56) Venka (39:22) Alfred and Beckett (41:31) Lead the Flock (44:07) Links The Legacy Weapon http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/207958/The-Legacy-Weapon--A-Dungeon-World-Artifact-and-One-Shot?src=hottest\_filtered Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG /episode/index/show/discernrealities/id/5430106

Episode 45 05/17/2017

Episode 45 What happened here recently? The Song of the Milk-White Putrescence (00:23) What should I be on the lookout for? DR Annual #1 (09:10) What here is not what it appears to be? Using love letters to account for missing players (11:55) What should I be on the lookout for? Rakaela the Forever Shield Maiden (20:07) What is about to happen? St. Evelyn the White (26:28) The road to Fellbit (31:16) Soldiers (33:24) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG /episode/index/show/discernrealities/id/5363916

Episode 44 05/03/2017

Episode 44 What happened here recently? Alford Soultaker Comic Strip AP (00:20) What should I be on the lookout for? Codex back issues (06:19) What here is not what it appears to be? Dangers and Grim Portents (10:39) Using Grim Portents as a way of building the tension (12:33) Putting Grim Portents right in the face of the player characters (15:36) Using Dangers as a way to convert OSR modules (18:42) What here is useful or valuable to me? Shrine of Melchior (22:27) What is about to happen? Our ongoing Comic Strip AP featuring the adventures of Ramshackle Crow (28:04) Discern Realities (28:50) Retreat! (30:35) The most blatant nudging toward a Spout Lore roll ever (31:49) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG /episode/index/show/discernrealities/id/5322872

Episode 43 04/19/2017

Episode 43 What happened here recently? Anglekite mid-season finale (00:38) What should I be on the lookout for? Sword Breaker zine (09:22) What here is not what it appears to be? Aid or Interfere (17:46) What here is useful or valuable to me? Shrine contest details (26:57) Rakrin (28:27) What is about to happen? Our ongoing comic strip AP featuring the adventures of Ramshackle Crow (33:00) Enormity (34:18) This is your life (36:41) A distinct hissing sound (38:04) Links Episode 4 - Discussion about PvP http://discernrealities.libsyn.com/episode-4 Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG /episode/index/show/discernrealities/id/5279568

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