Discern Realities

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)

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: cellar_door_wooden_corridor2_INT.wav by matucha S: STAIRS: by German1990 S: Ambience_Cave_00.wav by LittleRobotSoundFactory S: Footsteps, Concrete, A.wav by InspectorJ S: Door 3.WAV by Ninafoletti S: Rockburst7.wav by Cheddababy S: Bricks, stones, tumble, rockslide by nebulousflynn S: chains.wav by mshahen S: River by viznoman S: BodyDrag2.aif by bennychico11 S: Footsteps Pacing Back and Forth by ultradust S: Door shake by ColdAir S: walk underground passegeway 70m Kijkduin Den he

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

What happened here recently? The Heart Queen’s garden party (00:20) What should I be on the lookout for? Dust, Fog and Glowing Embers (07:32) What here is not what it appears to be? Answering the Discern Realities questions (22:21) What here is useful or valuable to me? Star Bears (!!!) (33:09) What is about to happen? Our ongoing comic strip AP featuring the adventures of Ramshackle Crow (36:50) Make camp (37:33) First watch (44:56) Links: Dust, Fog & Glowing Embers https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/676237438/dust-fog-and-glowing-embers-an-rpg?ref=user\_menu Ray’s Patreon https://www.patreon.com/rayotus Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

What happened here recently? Painting the scene in Bellet Osc (00:23) What should I be on the lookout for? The Legacy Weapon (07:46) What here is not what it appears to be? Undertake a Perilous Journey (14:39) What here is useful or valuable to me? Shrine of Gornorn, Dwarven God of Wrongness (25:41) What is about to happen? Our ongoing comic strip AP featuring the adventures of Ramshackle Crow (31:11) Hellhound (31:55) The door (34:30) Just like clockwork (38:54) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

This week David & Jason welcome Fraser Simons, Scott Selvidge & Michael Barford to the show! What happened here recently? Scenic Dunnsmouth and taking ownership of a weird setting (00:20) What should I be on the lookout for? The Arcane Compendium (11:28) What here is not what it appears to be? Alignment (16:53) What here is useful or valuable to me? The Sundered compendium class (31:59) The Monster Hunter compendium class (40:59) The Compendium Class contest recap (49:29) The Revenant compendium class (52:50) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG Scablands Press http://scablandspress.com

What happened here recently? Checking-in on Anglekite and Scenic Dunnsmouth (00:23) What should I be on the lookout for? Plundergrounds zine with Ray Otus (05:12) What here is not what it appears to be? Ways of kicking-off a new adventure (20:44) What here is useful or valuable to me? A small hack for tracking expendable, multi-use items (31:09) What is about to happen? Our ongoing Comic Strip AP featuring the adventures of Ramshackle Crow (35:32) Getting frisky (36:15) Hell hound (38:31) Links Plundergrounds Patreon https://www.patreon.com/rayotus Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

What happened here recently? An Anglekite update (00:23) Finishing the adventure a little earlier than expected (02:55) What should I be on the lookout for? The Gauntlet creative community (08:39) Scott Selvidge (10:11) Ape City (11:00) Codex - Love & Codex - Yellow (13:35) What here is not what it appears to be? Large scale and mass combat (17:33) What here is useful or valuable to me? The Nerd Puppet compendium class (29:20) What is about to happen? Our ongoing comic strip AP featuring the adventures of Ramshackle Crow (37:45) Some explanations (38:54) “And now here we are…” (43:48) Two problems (44:52) Links Scablands Press http://scablandspress.com Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

What happened here recently? Narrating the fall of Morning Mist castle (00:21) What should I be on the lookout for? The Bard playbook from Awful Good Games (07:54) What here is not what it appears to be? Emotional play in Dungeon World (16:38) Setting expectations before the session (18:46) Letting a scene breathe (21:28) GM approaches (27:29) What here is useful or valuable to me? Shadow Master compendium class (32:07) Serpent Brother compendium class (37:45) What is about to happen? Our ongoing comic strip AP featuring the adventures of Ramshackle Crow (40:14) “Really, Ramshackle?” (41:01) Three’s a crowd (42:00) The reveal (45:11) Sponsor spot - The Indie Hack SRD (46:58) Links The Bard playbook from Awful Good Games http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/137211/The-Bard--A-Dungeon-World-Playbook The Indie Hack SRD http://www.scablandspress.com/srd/ Instructions for The Yellow Planet submissions https://plus.google.com/108530078404383929502/posts/DPzVrGSDPUg

Interview Segment Slade Stolar and The Indie Hack (00:29) What here is useful or valuable to me? The Revenant compendium class (24:11) The Oneironaut (26:46) What is about to happen? Our ongoing comic strip AP featuring the adventures of Ramshackle Crow (28:36) Pendulum (29:04) Makin’ it rain! (30:55) Escape! (33:15) Escape? (34:30) A woman of means (36:16) Who is really in control here? Thanks for a great year of Discern Realities! (38:46) Links Buy The Indie Hack! [http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/192215/The-Indie-Hack] Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG Support us on Patreon https://patreon.com/gauntlet

What happened here recently? The Crimson Keep (00:21) What should I be on the lookout for? Comic Strip AP (04:58) What here is not what it appears to be? Managing spotlight & “turn order” (09:27) What here is useful or valuable to me? The Aetherwashed (22:08) Spout Lore (28:11) What is about to happen? Our ongoing comic strip AP featuring the adventures of Ramshackle Crow (31:10) Jonathan (31:50) Catspaw Patterson (33:38) Volley (36:24) Quick-thinking (37:43) Links Comic Strip AP community https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/101778224400740815299 Comic Strip AP RSS http://comicstripap.libsyn.com/rss Noises in the Old Theatre http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/197196/Noises-in-the-Old-Theatre?term=noises&test_epoch=0 Our Patreon Page https://patreon.com/gauntlet

What happened here recently? Playing PbtA with other GMs (00:23) What should I be on the lookout for? The Last Days of Anglekite (07:46) What here is not what it appears to be? Interpreting HP in the fiction (13:50) What here is useful or valuable to me? Announcing the compendium class contest (25:19) Monkey Friend compendium class (28:22) Spout Lore (30:10) What is about to happen? Our ongoing comic strip AP featuring the adventures of Ramshackle Crow (32:39) Hide in the shadows (33:49) The vault guardian (34:27) Winding up (35:50) Niche (37:06) Make a break for it! (37:58) “No…but he does” (39:28)