Interview in the World of Weirth

 - - Description - - As promised, Stephen Smith of Purple Druid fame cordially joins me to talk shop and to tell us about the World of Weirth - his project based off of the Low Fantasy Gaming engine but adapted with AD&D and OD&D influences - and some of the mechanics and themes (like its changes to the magic system) that set it apart and lend it its intrigue. Interested in the World of Weirth, in Low Fantasy Gaming, or in AD&D or OD&D as inspiring therein? Or do you have a setting, supplement, or zine that you'd like to tell me about on the air? Tell me on Anchor! https://anchor.fm/clerics-wear-ringmail Theme music by Michael Ramir C, courtesy of Mixkit.co (https://mixkit.co/).  - - Show Notes - -  00:00:00 - Theme 00:00:30 - Introduction: World of Weirth! 00:06:20 - AD&D Resurgence? 00:11:37 - On Vancian Magic 00:13:31 - Magic in Weirth 00:15:28 - Post-Post-Apocalypse and the Appendix N of Weirth 00:19:17 - Magical Paucity versus Abundance 00:21:37 - Low Fantasy Gaming - Mostly 00:23:06 - Creating a Magic User in Weirth 00:26:27 - Dark & Deviant Magic 00:34:24 - No Clerics in Weirth (Strict Alignment Records must be kept!) 00:39:04 - Camp Anderson or Camp Moorcock? 00:43:55 - Mechanizing Alignment 00:48:13 - Classes in Weirth 00:53:23 - Itch.io: Current and Future Projects 00:57:06 - The Undereground Architect's Dungeon Ecology 00:59:41 - Recap & Final Words 01:02:44 - Promises for Chainmail! 01:05:22 - Outro 01:05:35 - Theme & Legal  - - Links - - World of Weirth Twitter: https://twitter.com/WorldofWeirth World of Weirth Blog: http://journal.stephenpsmith.com/world-of-weirth/ World of Weirth Itch.IO: https://world-of-weirth.itch.io/ Wargame Culture: https://www.youtube.com/user/atStephen Low Fantasy Gaming: https://lowfantasygaming.com/ Jason Hobbs' The Lost Lake: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCJihWQoKqzZCK6h6LbGkaoGSdpj8Zype The Free, Brian Ruckley: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23204200-the-free Moo-Hoo!: https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/2372/62984/