[DND3 Pg 53] The One About Vancian Magic [Week 9]

In which we discuss the dumbest thing about... the discrepancy between ability checks and skill checks described in Chapter Four: Skills in the Player's Handbook for third edition Dungeons & Dragons. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/tiny-houses/azure License code: 1ZTZOKUEHBWFGMGE Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

In which we discuss the dumbest thing about the rule for "nearly impossible" tasks in Chapter Four: Skills in the Player's Handbook for third edition Dungeons & Dragons. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/tiny-houses/azure License code: 1ZTZOKUEHBWFGMGE Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

In which we discuss the dumbest ramification of the rules about untrained skill use on page 60 in Chapter Four: Skills in the Player's Handbook for third edition Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

In which we discuss the dumbest thing about the bloated skill list enumerated in Chapter Four: Skills in the Player's Handbook for third edition Dungeons & Dragons. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/tiny-houses/azure License code: 1ZTZOKUEHBWFGMGE Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

In which we discuss the dumbest and best detail about the Perform skill revealed on page 58 in Chapter Four: Skills in the Player's Handbook for third edition Dungeons & Dragons. You can find a glowing and insightful intro to Dorothy Parker at https://www.newyorker.com/books/second-read/dorothy-parker-and-the-art-of-the-literary-takedown, but you're missing out if you don't read her work yourself. Everybody knows and loves Resumé, but for my money she's at her best in prose works like "Arrangement in Black and White" and "The Little Hours." Marissa Paternoster is the lead singer of Screaming Females. I'm a big fan of their music in general, but their album All at Once would be a good place to start. It was a long time ago now, but if you want to see the band doing their thing outside the context of a music video, here's their AV Club cover of Shake It Off. Esteman has done a bunch of great stuff, but you might start with Te Alejas Más De Mí or Aeropuerto. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

In which we discuss the dumbest thing about the underlying mechanics of contested rolls described in Chapter Four: Skills in the Player's Handbook for third edition Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

In which we discuss the dumbest thing about a bizarre, niche rule for skill caps on page 56 in Chapter Three: Classes in the Player's Handbook for third edition Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

In which we discuss the dumbest thing about the extended example of multiclassing at the end of Chapter Three: Classes in the Player's Handbook for third edition Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

In which we discuss the dumbest thing about the elf starting package for the Wizard in Chapter Three: Classes in the Player's Handbook for third edition Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

In which we discuss the dumbest thing about the use of the Vancian magic system described in the Wizard section of Chapter Three: Classes in the Player's Handbook for third edition Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729