Vermin (d-Infinity Live! Season 6¸ Episode 28)
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oin co-hosts William T. Thrasher¸ Brenda Cass¸ Clint Staples¸ Amanda Kahl¸ and Michael O. Varhola for a lively and informative discussion about the role of Vermin in tabletop role-playing games! From arachnid swarms to giant insects to plague-bearing clouds of stinging horrors¸ we explore how to make the most out of Vermin in your scenarios. This title is pay-what-you want and the requested payment is 1 cent.
Highlights of this episode include defining what Vermin are; describing our most creative uses of them in game sessions; revealing our most hated sorts of vermin and why that is the case; and explaining why to include them at all in adventures.
You can watch the show right here¸ but downloads associated with this listing include an MP3 audio version that you can use to listen to it on mobiles devices and a PDF that includes a link to where it appears at d-Infinity Online game magazine¸ where you are also welcome to take part in the discussion on this episode¸ and to respond to existing comments or post ones of your own. This PDF document also includes links to a number of items relevant to this episode:
* "Surprising Vermin Behavior" is a piece at d-Infinity Online game magazine by author Michael O. Varhola written from a game design perspective that looks at some of the more strange and unexpected things he has seen Vermin do.
* "Giant Dung Beetle" puts into d20 game terms at d-Infinity Online a horse-sized version of the most iconic sort of Egyptian vermin.
* "Ruin Mantis" is a piece at d-Infinity Online by game designer Clint Staples that puts into Runequest/Basic Roleplaying terms a powerful sort of vermin that frequents abandoned areas.
* A link that will allow you to download a copy of d-Infinity Volume #4: Dark Future for just 1 cent! This volume of the multi-platform game supplement includes¸ among other things¸ some vermin-like monsters that you can run up against your players.