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Two friends sit down to talk about how to live the good life and how to best educate people. Inevitably one of them makes an ass of himself with mansplaining while the other remains forever positive about the future.
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  <itunes:subtitle>Walther muses about how to set up a RPG system so that it is not to crunchy, but still respects his design requirements. Also how to avoid reinventing THACO.
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  <description>This is How You Get Thaco

&lt;p&gt;Walther muses about how to set up a RPG system so that it is not to crunchy, but still respects his design requirements. Also how to avoid reinventing THACO.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;The Show&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.alternityrpg.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Alternity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes,_and..." target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Yes and...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://dungeons.fandom.com/wiki/SRD:THAC0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Thaco&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Roll Low?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;Credits&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Find Me:&lt;br&gt;
 &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/vonwalther" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Carl Walther&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
 @&lt;a href="mailto:vonWalther@hachadrm.io" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;vonWalther@hachadrm.io&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
 Email:&lt;br&gt;
 [Carl Walther](&lt;a href="mailto:SunShineAndKnowledge@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;SunShineAndKnowledge@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br&gt;
 Music By:&lt;br&gt;
 &lt;a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/change1511-ep/1540431976" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Mabel Bradly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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<p>Walther muses about how to set up a RPG system so that it is not to crunchy, but still respects his design requirements. Also how to avoid reinventing THACO.</p>

<h2>The Show</h2>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.alternityrpg.net/" rel="nofollow">Alternity</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes,_and..." rel="nofollow">Yes and...</a></li>
<li><a href="https://dungeons.fandom.com/wiki/SRD:THAC0" rel="nofollow">Thaco</a></li>
<li>Roll Low?</li>
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<h2>Credits</h2>

<p>Find Me:<br>
 <a href="https://www.instagram.com/vonwalther" rel="nofollow">Carl Walther</a><br>
 @<a href="mailto:vonWalther@hachadrm.io" rel="nofollow">vonWalther@hachadrm.io</a><br>
 Email:<br>
 [Carl Walther](<a href="mailto:SunShineAndKnowledge@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">SunShineAndKnowledge@gmail.com</a>)<br>
 Music By:<br>
 <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/change1511-ep/1540431976" rel="nofollow">Mabel Bradly</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<h1>This is How You Get Thaco</h1>

<p>Walther muses about how to set up a RPG system so that it is not to crunchy, but still respects his design requirements. Also how to avoid reinventing THACO.</p>

<h2>The Show</h2>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.alternityrpg.net/" rel="nofollow">Alternity</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes,_and..." rel="nofollow">Yes and...</a></li>
<li><a href="https://dungeons.fandom.com/wiki/SRD:THAC0" rel="nofollow">Thaco</a></li>
<li>Roll Low?</li>
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<h2>Credits</h2>

<p>Find Me:<br>
 <a href="https://www.instagram.com/vonwalther" rel="nofollow">Carl Walther</a><br>
 @<a href="mailto:vonWalther@hachadrm.io" rel="nofollow">vonWalther@hachadrm.io</a><br>
 Email:<br>
 [Carl Walther](<a href="mailto:SunShineAndKnowledge@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">SunShineAndKnowledge@gmail.com</a>)<br>
 Music By:<br>
 <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/change1511-ep/1540431976" rel="nofollow">Mabel Bradly</a></p>]]>
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