Character Creation Cast

Welcome to a special episode of Character Creation Cast! It’s been almost exactly one year since we released Episode Zero into the world! This episode, we will be tackling your questions with our answers! Announcements: AcadeCon 2019 Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/therpgacademy/acadecon-2019-ours-goes-to-seven Leave us reviews in any, or all, of these places: Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation Cast on Podchaser: https://podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Character Creation Cast on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stpr Character Creation Cast on Facebook https://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCast Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:01:53 - Year 1! 01:51:46 - Episode Closer 01:54:36 - Outtakes 01:59:16 - Show Blurbs Game systems and materials discussed in this episode: The Baby Name Wizard https://amzn.to/2YfPwQj Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Character Creation Cast main theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Clip 2: Character Evolution Cast main theme: Endless Motion (https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/endless-motion-edm-electro) by Ben Sound (https://www.bensound.com/) Clip 3: Character Creation Cast Cold Open: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to a special bonus episode of Character Creation Spotlight! In this episode, we’re shining the light onto a D&D 5E supplement called Witch+Craft, currently kickstarting as of the release of this episode, with creators Shannon and Dillon from Astrolago Press. Check it out here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/astrolago/witch-craft-a-5e-supplemental Leave us reviews in any, or all, of these places: Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation Cast on Podchaser: https://podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Character Creation Cast on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stpr Character Creation Cast on Facebook https://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCast Guests and Projects: Astrolago Press @Astrolago Website: http://astrolago.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/astrolago Witch+Craft Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/astrolago/witch-craft-a-5e-supplemental Shannon Campbell @wordweasel Twitter: https://twitter.com/wordweasel Dillon MacPherson @DillonJMac Twitter: https://twitter.com/DillonJMac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:01:10 - Introductions 00:03:27 - What’s in a game? 00:31:12 - Episode Closer 00:34:40 - Show Blurbs Game systems and materials discussed in this episode: Witch+Craft: A tabletop supplemental of crafting and magic for Fifth Edition games Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/astrolago/witch-craft-a-5e-supplemental Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Creation is like that (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Monplaisir/Music_is_shit_filler_album/Monplaisir_-Music_is_shit_filler_album-_02_Creation_is_like_that) by Monplaisir (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Monplaisir/) Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the final episode of the 14th series, everyone! Today we sit back down with the folks from NeoScum and dive into some really interesting discussion around character creation in the extremely complex game that is Shadowrun. Announcements: GoFundMe page for Jef, from System Mastery: https://helpjef.charactercreationcast.com/ https://www.gofundme.com/6zlf50g?member=1842794 Leave us reviews in any, or all, of these places: Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation Cast on Podchaser: https://podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Character Creation Cast on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stpr Character Creation Cast on Facebook https://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCast Guests and Projects: NeoScum Website: https://neoscum.com/ Twitter: @NeoScum (https://twitter.com/NeoScum) Blair Britt @Blair_Britt Twitter: https://twitter.com/Blair_Britt Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/icepicklesOW Mike Migdall @ItsMigdallTime Twitter: https://twitter.com/ItsMigdallTime Twitch: http://twitch.tv/itsmikelenitime Eleni Sauvageau: @Electriceleni Twitter: https://twitter.com/Electriceleni Twitch: http://twitch.tv/itsmikelenitime Casey Toney: @CaseyPoney Twitter: http://twitter.com/caseyponey Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:03:32 - Introductions 01:31:40 - Episode Closer 01:34:04 - Show Blurbs 01:34:41 - Outtakes Game systems and materials discussed in this episode: Shadowrun 5th Edition: https://amzn.to/2GVk0BT Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Space Punk (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/KASCHADE/Introduction_1685/Kaschade_-Introduction_2013-_09_Space_Punk) by KASCHADE (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/KASCHADE/) Clip 2: NeoScum main theme (https://neoscum.com) Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the second episode of the 14th series, everyone! Today we’ll be finishing up our collaborative character creation for Shadowrun with most of the folks from the NeoScum podcast. Buckle up, because this game is complex! Announcements: GoFundMe page for Jef, from System Mastery: https://helpjef.charactercreationcast.com/ https://www.gofundme.com/6zlf50g?member=1842794 Final questions for the Q&A episode! We’ll be recording this a couple days after release! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeEB54BK-5mq4XuUgg4fXzn8RMrX34C2jyqvSVrNth9zvxSDg/viewform Leave us reviews in any, or all, of these places: Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation Cast on Podchaser: https://podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Character Creation Cast on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stpr Character Creation Cast on Facebook https://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCast Guests and Projects: NeoScum Website: https://neoscum.com/ Twitter: @NeoScum (https://twitter.com/NeoScum) Blair Britt @Blair_Britt Twitter: https://twitter.com/Blair_Britt Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/icepicklesOW Mike Migdall @ItsMigdallTime Twitter: https://twitter.com/ItsMigdallTime Twitch: http://twitch.tv/itsmikelenitime Eleni Sauvageau: @Electriceleni Twitter: https://twitter.com/Electriceleni Twitch: http://twitch.tv/itsmikelenitime Casey Toney: @CaseyPoney Twitter: http://twitter.com/caseyponey Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:03:43 - Recap 00:13:54 - Attributes 00:23:24 - Skill Groups 00:33:57 - Skills 00:42:38 - Qualities 00:53:10 - We get tired - Contacts, Karma, Etc. 01:00:50 - Episode Closer 01:05:03 - Show Blurbs Game systems and materials discussed in this episode: Shadowrun 5th Edition: https://amzn.to/2GVk0BT Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Space Punk (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/KASCHADE/Introduction_1685/Kaschade_-Introduction_2013-_09_Space_Punk) by KASCHADE (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/KASCHADE/) Clip 2: NeoScum main theme (https://neoscum.com) Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the first episode of the 14th series, and today we’re going to be tackling character creation for Shadowrun with most of the folks from the NeoScum podcast! We learn a lot about this complex system and split into teams to begin creating some really interesting people! Announcements: Tell us who your favorite character is and we’ll commission an artist to draw them! https://twitter.com/CreationCast/status/1100242211596312576 Do you have questions for us? We’re gathering them for a Q&A episode coming soon! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeEB54BK-5mq4XuUgg4fXzn8RMrX34C2jyqvSVrNth9zvxSDg/viewform Leave us reviews in any, or all, of these places: Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation Cast on Podchaser: https://podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Character Creation Cast on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stpr Character Creation Cast on Facebook https://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCast Guests and Projects: NeoScum @NeoScum Website: https://neoscum.com/ Twitter: @NeoScum (https://twitter.com/NeoScum) Blair Britt @Blair_Britt Twitter: https://twitter.com/Blair_Britt Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/icepicklesOW Mike Migdall @ItsMigdallTime Twitter: https://twitter.com/ItsMigdallTime Twitch: http://twitch.tv/itsmigdalltime Eleni Sauvageau: @Electriceleni Twitter: https://twitter.com/Electriceleni Twitch: http://twitch.tv/itsmigdalltime Casey Toney: @CaseyPoney Twitter: http://twitter.com/caseyponey Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:06:13 - Introductions 00:14:11 - What’s in a game? - Setting 00:18:15 - What materials do we need to play? 00:23:55 - What do characters do in Shadowrun? 00:31:21 - What is unique about Shadowrun? 00:38:26 - History of Shadowrun 00:41:43 - What terms do we need to know to create characters? 01:12:50 - Let’s make some people! - Priority 01:13:50 - Character Concepts and diving in with Hero Lab 01:20:00 - Let’s try doing this manually 01:37:39 - Episode Closer 01:40:02 - Show Blurbs Game systems and materials discussed in this episode: Shadowrun 5th Edition: https://amzn.to/2GVk0BT Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Space Punk (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/KASCHADE/Introduction_1685/Kaschade_-Introduction_2013-_09_Space_Punk) by KASCHADE (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/KASCHADE/) Clip 2: NeoScum main theme (https://neoscum.com) Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today’s Character Evolution Cast episode, we welcome Ben and Mel from Pod of Love to talk about how to add romance to our games. We have tips on how to handle PC to PC romance, PC to NPC romance, and much more! Announcements: #C3ArtContest (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23C3ArtContest&src=typed_query) on Twitter! Leave us reviews in any, or all, of these places: Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation Cast on Podchaser: https://podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Character Creation Cast on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stpr Character Creation Cast on Facebook https://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCast Guests and Projects: Pod of Love: @PodOfLove Website: http://allportsopen.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodOfLove Ben Wallis: @benjaminwallis Twitter: https://twitter.com/benjaminwallis Mel Wallis: @myheartsthesame Twitter: https://twitter.com/myheartsthesame Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:03:36 - Introductions 01:24:06 - Episode Closer 01:28:29 - Show Blurbs Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Your Sweet Love (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Finn_Anderson/Oceanic/Your_Sweet_Love_LMS_MASTER) by Finn Anderson (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Finn_Anderson) Clip 2: Pod of Love theme music (http://allportsopen.com) Clip 3: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Main Theme: Endless Motion (https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/endless-motion-edm-electro) by Ben Sound (https://www.bensound.com/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the final episode of series 13! Devon George joins us once again to discuss the character creation process for her game, Edifice. This episode, we not only dive deep into how this game stacks up to others, but we also do a little bit of fanfic, figuring out how our characters may have fared were we to actually play. Leave us reviews in any, or all, of these places: Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation Cast on Podchaser: https://podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Character Creation Cast on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stpr Character Creation Cast on Facebook https://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCast Guests and Projects: Devon George Website: https://www.devongeorgestudios.com/ Twitter: @dgeorgestudios (https://twitter.com/dgeorgestudios) Shadow of the Cabal Art: https://www.shadowofthecabal.com/song-of-the-crane-l5r-5e/ Descent Into Midnight Art: https://descentintomidnight.com/ Valhalla Llamas Art Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:01:18 - Reintroductions and Character/Edifice Recaps 00:10:10 - D20 for your thoughts - How Devon got into RPGs 00:15:26 - Devon’s character creation process 00:18:56 - How does character creation in Edifice stack up to other games? 00:29:20 - How do the mechanics of character creation in Edifice reinforce the feel of the game? 00:34:18 - How does the process of creating the character set our expectations for play? 00:39:53 - The biggest flaw in Edifice character creation? 00:53:10 - How Devon factored the interaction with community into character creation? 00:55:33 - This is the Fanfiction section of the podcast 01:16:26 - Take it up a level… or…? 01:18:27 - Episode Closer 01:21:38 - Show Blurbs 01:22:27 - Outtakes Game systems and materials discussed in this episode: Edifice Beta: https://www.devongeorgestudios.com/projects/ Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1 & 2: I’m Building a Heart (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs__Simon_Mathewson/Notes/01_Im_Building_a_Heart) by Steve Combs and Simon Mathewson (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs__Simon_Mathewson/) Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the second episode of series 13! We welcome back Devon George to finish creating our Edifice, as well as creating our own characters, for the game, Edifice. A game that Devon is creating and is currently in beta! Announcements: Gencon: https://gencon.com/ Devon’s DiM Art: https://twitter.com/DiMRPG/status/1093194196385640449 Acadecon https://twitter.com/acadecon https://acadecon.com #OneShotHearts https://twitter.com/OneShotRPG/status/1092877852775718912 Leave us reviews in any, or all, of these places: Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation Cast on Podchaser: https://podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Character Creation Cast on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stpr Character Creation Cast on Facebook https://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCast Guests and Projects: Devon George Website: https://www.devongeorgestudios.com/ Twitter: @dgeorgestudios (https://twitter.com/dgeorgestudios) Shadow of the Cabal Art: https://www.shadowofthecabal.com/song-of-the-crane-l5r-5e/ Descent Into Midnight Art: https://descentintomidnight.com/ Valhalla Llamas Art Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:07:52 - Recap and finishing our Edifice 00:15:44 - Naming NPCs 00:22:12 - Picking Archetypes and fleshing out our characters 00:37:05 - Personal Secrets 00:40:58 - Faults 00:44:17 - Qualities 00:47:35 - Character Questions leading into backgrounds 01:03:30 - Episode Closer 01:07:46 - Show Blurbs Game systems and materials discussed in this episode: Edifice Beta: https://www.devongeorgestudios.com/projects/ Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1 & 2: I’m Building a Heart (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs__Simon_Mathewson/Notes/01_Im_Building_a_Heart) by Steve Combs and Simon Mathewson (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs__Simon_Mathewson/) Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the first episode of lucky Series 13! Today we are welcoming Devon George into the virtual studio to discuss her own game, Edifice, which is currently in the beta playtesting phase! This episode we’ll be discussing the game and start creating our own Edifice. Announcements: Gencon: https://gencon.com/ Shadow of the Cabal Season 2: https://www.shadowofthecabal.com/song-of-the-crane-l5r-5e/ Podchaser: https://podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation Cast on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stpr Character Creation Cast on Facebook https://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCast Guests and Projects: Devon George Website: https://www.devongeorgestudios.com/ Twitter: @dgeorgestudios (https://twitter.com/dgeorgestudios) Shadow of the Cabal Art: https://www.shadowofthecabal.com/song-of-the-crane-l5r-5e/ Descent Into Midnight Art: https://descentintomidnight.com/ Valhalla Llamas Art Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:05:10 - Introductions 00:09:42 - What’s in a Game? | What is Edifice? 00:14:53 - What do we need to play? 00:16:40 - What do characters do in this game? 00:18:03 - What’s unique about this game? 00:33:49 - History of the game 00:52:49 - Terms 00:53:50 - Let’s make some people! - Discussing the world around the Edifice and the Edifice 01:15:56 - Episode Closer 01:17:49 - Show Blurbs! Game systems and materials discussed in this episode: Edifice Beta: https://www.devongeorgestudios.com/projects/ Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1 & 2: I’m Building a Heart (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs__Simon_Mathewson/Notes/01_Im_Building_a_Heart) by Steve Combs and Simon Mathewson (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs__Simon_Mathewson/) Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today’s Character Evolution Cast episode, we welcome Aaron and Jeff from All My Fantasy Children to talk about how to create characters for any system. We get into a lot of interesting topics this episode and have a ton of fun along the way. Announcements: GenCon https://www.gencon.com/ Shadow of the Cabal https://www.shadowofthecabal.com/ RPG Academy https://therpgacademy.com/ Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation Cast on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stpr Character Creation Cast on Facebook https://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCast Guests and Projects: All My Fantasy Children Website: https://www.allmyfantasychildren.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AMFC_Podcast/ Aaron Catano-Saez: @AaronCatanoSaez Twitter: https://twitter.com/AaronCatanoSaez Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mthollyhero Jeff Stormer: @dexdynamo Website: https://www.jeffstormer.com/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/dexdynamo Party of One Podcast Website: http://partyofonepodcast.com/ Party of One Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PartyOfOnePod Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:02:12 - Introductions 00:05:41 - What was your favorite character creation experience? 00:11:08 - What system have you never created a character in that you really want to? 00:14:27 - Designing RPGs is amazing 00:15:52 - Getting into the main discussion 00:17:38 - How do you go about creating characters on All My Fantasy Children? 00:26:47 - What do we need to know from our group before diving into character creation? 00:35:22 - How can character details inform us of who they are as a person? 00:52:35 - How do we go from a background to figuring out what our characters would become? 01:02:59 - How can we collaborate together to make our characters better? 01:19:42 - Creating a shared backstory 01:26:41 - Anything else? 01:28:08 - Episode Closer 01:31:28 - Outtakes 01:32:21 - Show Blurbs Materials discussed in this episode: James D’Amato’s The Ultimate RPG Character Backstory Guide https://amzn.to/2sJJ85k Madeline Hale’s Table Fables https://amzn.to/2WcifEC Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Children - Our Life (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Nuno_Adelaida/none_given_1662/Nuno_Adelaida_02_Children-Our_Life) by Nuno Adelaida (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Nuno_Adelaida/) Clip 2: All My Fantasy Children theme music (https://www.allmyfantasychildren.com/) Clip 3: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Main Theme: Endless Motion (https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/endless-motion-edm-electro) by Ben Sound (https://www.bensound.com/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the final episode of Series 12! We welcome back Jef and Jon from System Mastery to talk about character creation for Amelia’s new favorite game, Heroes Unlimited 2nd Edition! Also, this is our 50th episode! Buckle up, this episode is tuned to “extra exasperation”! Announcements: GenCon https://www.gencon.com/ Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation Cast on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stpr Character Creation Cast on Facebook https://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCast Guests and Projects: System Mastery (Jef and Jon) Website: https://systemmasterypodcast.com/ Twitter: @SystemMastery (https://twitter.com/SystemMastery) Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:06:03 - Introductions 00:19:08 - D20 for your thoughts? 01:12:58 - Take it up a level! 01:29:14 - Episode Closer 01:31:00 - Show Blurbs! 01:31:43 - Outtakes Game systems and materials discussed in this episode: Heroes Unlimited Second Edition https://amzn.to/2VyHv7G Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: The Good Guys by Alexander Nakarada Clip 2: System Mastery theme music (https://systemmasterypodcast.com/) Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the second episode of Series 12! Jef and Jon from System Mastery are still here creating characters with us for Heroes Unlimited 2nd Edition! Announcements: GenCon https://www.gencon.com/ Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation Cast on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stpr Character Creation Cast on Facebook https://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCast Guests and Projects: System Mastery (Jef and Jon) Website: https://systemmasterypodcast.com/ Twitter: @SystemMastery (https://twitter.com/SystemMastery) Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:02:40 - Recap 01:06:14 - Episode Closer 01:10:15 - Show Blurbs! Game systems and materials discussed in this episode: Heroes Unlimited Second Edition https://amzn.to/2VyHv7G Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: The Good Guys by Alexander Nakarada Clip 2: System Mastery theme music (https://systemmasterypodcast.com/) Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the first episode in Series 12! We welcome Jef and Jon from the System Mastery podcast to discuss Ryan’s favorite nostalgic game, Heroes Unlimited 2nd Edition by Palladium Books! We’ll go over the multitude of things you need to know to create characters in this game as well as start creating our own group of superheroes! Announcements: Our Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com Garbage of the Five Rings: Website: http://garbageofthefiverings.com/ Twitter: @G5RPodcast (https://twitter.com/G5RPodcast) Midwinter Gaming Convention in Milwaukee, WI, January 12th, 2019: Main Site: http://www.midwintergamingconvention.com/ Chimera Game 1: https://tabletop.events/conventions/midwinter-gaming-convention-2019/schedule/331 Chimera Game 2: https://tabletop.events/conventions/midwinter-gaming-convention-2019/schedule/332 Chimera Twitter: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) One Shot Patreon: https://patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation Cast on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stpr Character Creation Cast on Facebook https://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCast Guests and Projects: System Mastery (Jef and Jon) Website: https://systemmasterypodcast.com/ Twitter: @SystemMastery (https://twitter.com/SystemMastery) Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:04:59 - Introductions 00:08:29 - What’s in a Game? | Setting 00:10:33 - What do we need to play? 00:12:22 - What do characters do in this game? 00:14:08 - What’s unique about this game? 00:17:52 - History of the game 00:30:32 - Terms 01:00:07 - Let’s make some people! 01:03:25 - Determining power category 01:08:22 - Education and Skills 01:35:37 - Episode Closer 01:37:30 - Show Blurbs! Game systems and materials discussed in this episode: Heroes Unlimited Second Edition https://amzn.to/2VyHv7G Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: The Good Guys by Alexander Nakarada Clip 2: System Mastery theme music (https://systemmasterypodcast.com/) Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this end-of-the-year episode of Character Evolution Cast we sit down with Dusty and Mike of the RPG Lessons Learned podcast to discuss how we can improve our games the same way we improve our lives: by acknowledging failures, celebrating victories, and giving open and honest feedback. Guests: RPG Lessons Learned Twitter: @rpgllpodcast (https://twitter.com/rpgllpodcast) RPG Lessons Learned Website: https://www.tfradio.net/category/all/rpg-lessons-learned/ RPG Lessons Learned Facebook: https://facebook.com/rpgllpodcast Mike: Twitter: @mikegplaysgames (https://twitter.com/mikegplaysgames) Twitch: https://twitch.tv/MikeGPlaysGames Mentioned in the episode: RPG Lessons Learned 040 – Brainstorming on The Goal (Theory of Constraints) Feedback as a Gift Sounds Like Crowes Retrospective Episode (SPOILERS!) Shadow of the Cabal Mid-Season Retrospective Episode (SPOILERS!) Shadow of the Cabal Post-Mortem Parts 1, 2, and 3 RPG Lessons Learned Plays Holy Matrimony Parts 1 and 2 Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:07:10 - Introductions 00:08:26 - Amelia’s mind is blown 00:14:37 - Dusty and Mike’s gaming successes 00:20:23 - One thing you still want to try 00:23:39 - A lesson you’re still struggling with 00:25:58 - Amelia’s mind is blown again 00:29:28 - You’re greatest lesson so far 00:37:41 - Lessons Learned 00:38:28 - What gets in the way of learning from mistakes? 00:48:15 - Common mistakes people make 00:54:55 - Honest self evaluation 00:58:18 - Giving helpful/effective feedback 01:08:58 - Constructive vs. critical feedback 01:10:04 - Give feedback on the situation not the person 01:16:39 - Receiving feedback 01:23:07 - Places to start when looking at feedback 01:40:16 - What things every group should discuss 01:47:04 - Ease into it! 01:52:49 - Plugs 01:53:37 - Closer 01:54:50 - Modifier Show Blurb Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Dances and Dames (Dances and Dames Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons:By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) Clip 2: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Main Theme: Endless Motion (https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/endless-motion-edm-electro) by Ben Sound (https://www.bensound.com/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to a special holiday episode of Character Creation Cast! In this episode, Amelia and Ryan share some of their favorite cuts from all of their cold open recording sessions! So, come with us, and take a listen behind the scenes on this wild journey through time! Announcements: Our Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com Midwinter Gaming Convention in Milwaukee, WI: Main Site: http://www.midwintergamingconvention.com/ Chimera Game 1: https://tabletop.events/conventions/midwinter-gaming-convention-2019/schedule/331 Chimera Game 2: https://tabletop.events/conventions/midwinter-gaming-convention-2019/schedule/332 Chimera Twitter: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) One Shot Patreon: https://patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation Cast on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stpr Character Creation Cast on Facebook https://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCast Opening Music: Track 1: Silent Night by Mystery Mammal is licensed under a Public Domain License. (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Mystery_Mammal/Xmas_on_Tape/Silent_Night_1921) Track 2: "Nutcracker- Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" (https://freemusicpublicdomain.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Track 3: Snowfall by TRG Banks is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License. (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/TRG_Banks/TRG_Banks_Christmas_Album/Snowfall) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the final episode of Series 11! In this episode, we will be discussing the character creation process for Blades in the Dark with Rhi, Josie and Minna from the Blades in the Dark actual play podcast, The Magpies! Announcements: Our Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com Midwinter Gaming Convention in Milwaukee, WI: Main Site: http://www.midwintergamingconvention.com/ Chimera Game 1: https://tabletop.events/conventions/midwinter-gaming-convention-2019/schedule/331 Chimera Game 2: https://tabletop.events/conventions/midwinter-gaming-convention-2019/schedule/332 Chimera Twitter: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) One Shot Patreon: https://patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation Cast on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stpr Character Creation Cast on Facebook https://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCast Guests and Projects: Rhi: @Rhiannon42 (https://twitter.com/Rhiannon42) Josie: @DragonGirlJosie (https://twitter.com/DragonGirlJosie) Minna: @mynaminnarr (https://twitter.com/mynaminnarr) The Magpies: Website: https://themagpies.simplecast.fm/ Twitter: @magpies_pod (https://twitter.com/magpies_pod) Iron Hides Website: http://oneshotpodcast.com/actual-play/iron-hides/ Twitter: @IronHidesPod (https://twitter.com/IronHidesPod) Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:03:18 - Introductions 00:08:23 - D20 for your thoughts? - How did you get into RPGs? 00:15:38 - What’s your personal process for creating characters? 00:20:12 - How does character creation stack up to other games? 00:29:08 - How do the mechanics of character creation reinforce the feel of this game? 00:35:17 - Does this process set the expectations for playing this game? 00:39:24 - What flaws does character creation have in this system? 00:43:31 - How balanced are the character types in this game? 00:47:48 - How do you create NPCs in this game? 00:50:41 - How cohesive is our group in a standard game? 00:52:25 - How does this game play? 00:58:25 - Take it up a level! - How does advancement work? 01:04:46 - Should we have advancement in mind at character creation? 01:08:51 - Episode Closer 01:13:04 - Outtakes 01:19:14 - Show Blurbs! Game systems and materials discussed in this episode: Blades in the Dark Core Rulebook https://amzn.to/2Pg2Yhs Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Bankrupt (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Onus/Bankrupt_master) by Jahzzar (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/) Clip 2: The Magpies main theme (https://themagpies.simplecast.fm/) Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the second episode of series 11! In this episode, we will be finishing our characters for Blades in the Dark with Rhi, Josie and Minna from the Blades in the Dark actual play The Magpies! Announcements: Our Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com Midwinter Gaming Convention in Milwaukee, WI: Main Site: http://www.midwintergamingconvention.com/ Chimera Game 1: https://tabletop.events/conventions/midwinter-gaming-convention-2019/schedule/331 Chimera Game 2: https://tabletop.events/conventions/midwinter-gaming-convention-2019/schedule/332 Chimera Twitter: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) Garbage of the Five Rings Twitter: @G5RPodcast (https://twitter.com/G5RPodcast) Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation Cast on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stpr Character Creation Cast on Facebook https://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCast Guests and Projects: Rhi: @Rhiannon42 (https://twitter.com/Rhiannon42) Josie: @DragonGirlJosie (https://twitter.com/DragonGirlJosie) Minna: @mynaminnarr (https://twitter.com/mynaminnarr) The Magpies: Website: https://themagpies.simplecast.fm/ Twitter: @magpies_pod (https://twitter.com/magpies_pod) Iron Hides Website: http://oneshotpodcast.com/actual-play/iron-hides/ Twitter: @IronHidesPod (https://twitter.com/IronHidesPod) Game systems and materials discussed in this episode: Blades in the Dark Core Rulebook https://amzn.to/2Pg2Yhs Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Bankrupt (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Onus/Bankrupt_master) by Jahzzar (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/) Clip 2: The Magpies main theme (https://themagpies.simplecast.fm/) Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the firsts episode of series 11! In this episode, we will be going over the Blades in the Dark system with Rhi, Josie and Minna from the Blades in the Dark actual play, The Magpies, and start creating a crew of amazing people together! Announcements: Our Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com Midwinter Gaming Convention in Milwaukee, WI: Main Site: http://www.midwintergamingconvention.com/ Chimera Game 1: https://tabletop.events/conventions/midwinter-gaming-convention-2019/schedule/331 Chimera Game 2: https://tabletop.events/conventions/midwinter-gaming-convention-2019/schedule/332 Chimera Twitter: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) Garbage of the Five Rings: Twitter: @G5RPodcast (https://twitter.com/G5RPodcast) Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation Cast on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stpr Character Creation Cast on Facebook https://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCast Guests and Projects: Rhi: @Rhiannon42 (https://twitter.com/Rhiannon42) Josie: @DragonGirlJosie (https://twitter.com/DragonGirlJosie) Minna: @mynaminnarr (https://twitter.com/mynaminnarr) The Magpies: Website: https://themagpies.simplecast.fm/ Twitter: @magpies_pod (https://twitter.com/magpies_pod) Iron Hides Website: http://oneshotpodcast.com/actual-play/iron-hides/ Twitter: @IronHidesPod (https://twitter.com/IronHidesPod) Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:03:54 - Introductions 00:06:31 - What’s in a game? - Setting 00:10:19 - Materials needed 00:11:30 - What do characters do in this game? 00:13:56 - What’s unique about the game? 00:18:47 - History of the system 00:21:40 - Forged in the Dark 00:24:30 - Other things to know? 00:33:36 - Let’s make some people! - Available Playbooks 00:36:15 - Picking our crew type 00:39:27 - Picking playbooks 00:43:34 - Picking heritage - Background locations 00:53:21 - Picking backgrounds 00:59:42 - Episode Closer 01:01:35 - Show Blurbs! Game systems and materials discussed in this episode: Blades in the Dark Core Rulebook https://amzn.to/2Pg2Yhs Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Bankrupt (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Onus/Bankrupt_master) by Jahzzar (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/) Clip 2: The Magpies main theme (https://themagpies.simplecast.fm/) Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this special bonus episode, we sit down with Aviv Or and Eran Aviram, creators of the Crystal Hearts setting for Savage Worlds, to shine a quick spotlight on the game and get a rundown of what sorts of characters we can expect to create in this system. Announcements: Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com Midwinter Gaming Convention in Milwaukee, WI: Main Site: http://www.midwintergamingconvention.com/ Chimera Game 1: https://tabletop.events/conventions/midwinter-gaming-convention-2019/schedule/331 Chimera Game 2: https://tabletop.events/conventions/midwinter-gaming-convention-2019/schedule/332 Chimera Twitter: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) Chimera Website: https://chimerapbta.com/ Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation Cast on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stpr Character Creation Cast on Facebook https://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCast Guests: Aviv Or: Twitter: @AvivOr (https://twitter.com/AvivOr) Website: https://www.avivor.com/ Eran Aviram: Twitter: @Nnesk (https://twitter.com/Nnesk) , Website: https://www.eranaviram.me/ Crystal Hearts KickStarter page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1036008825/crystal-heart-a-colourful-setting-for-savage-world?ref=b07ow9 Up to Four Players Twitter: https://twitter.com/Upto4Players Website: http://www.uptofourplayers.com/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:01:55 - Introductions 00:04:41 - What’s in a game? 00:25:05 - Show Closer 00:27:50 - Show Blurbs Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Crystal Echoes (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/Sea__Night/Sergey_Cheremisinov_-Sea__Night-_02_Crystal_Echoes) by Sergey Cheremisinov (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/) Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we're recapping our experience at AcadeCon 2018! We recorded this on the road, in person and together, so you'll be treated to the authentic in-car audio stylings of Amelia and Ryan, so fasten your seat belts, we're about to get going! Announcements: Garbage of the Five Rings: @G5RPodcast (https://twitter.com/G5RPodcast) Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation Cast on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stpr Character Creation Cast on Facebook https://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCast Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:02:33 - Episode Introduction 00:05:49 - Friday and Descent Into Midnight 00:18:11 - Ryan’s Chimera play tests 00:42:10 - Saturday 00:56:41 - #ShuJenga 01:06:33 - Sunday 01:31:57 - Episode Ending 01:33:51 - Show Blurbs Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Traveler by Alexander Nakarada Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this special bonus episode, we sit down with Brie Sheldon, creator of the Turn slice of life, supernatural RPG, to shine a quick spotlight on the game and get a rundown of what sorts of characters we can expect to create in this system. Announcements: Midwinter Gaming Convention in Milwaukee, WI: Main Site: http://www.midwintergamingconvention.com/ Chimera Game 1: https://tabletop.events/conventions/midwinter-gaming-convention-2019/schedule/331 Chimera Game 2: https://tabletop.events/conventions/midwinter-gaming-convention-2019/schedule/332 Chimera Twitter: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) Guest: Brie Sheldon - Turn Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/briecs/turn-a-tabletop-roleplaying-game Thoughty Twitter - https://twitter.com/ThoughtyGames Thoughty - https://briecs.com Thoughty Patreon - https://patreon.com/thoughty Mastodon - dice.camp/@briecs G+ - https://plus.google.com/u/1/+BrieSheldon Leading with Class - https://patreon.com/leadingwithclass Leading with Class Twitter - https://twitter.com/leadingwclass Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:02:33 - Introductions 00:04:26 - What’s in a game? 00:31:31 - Show Closer 00:35:20 - Show Blurbs Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Cocktails and Lobsters by Alexander Nakarada Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the last episode in the 10th series! On today’s episode, we discuss the character creation process for the Lifepath game, Traveller, with Ryan from the Shadow of the Cabal podcast! Announcements: One Shot Patreon: https://patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation Cast on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stpr Character Creation Cast on Facebook https://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCast Guests and Projects: Ryan B: @theprimesauce (https://twitter.com/theprimesauce) Shadow of the Cabal (https://twitter.com/sotcpod) Website: https://www.shadowofthecabal.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sotcpod Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:03:25 - Introductions 00:05:51 - D20 for your thoughts? 00:41:48 - Take it up a level! 00:59:37 - Episode Closer 01:02:26 - Outtakes 01:04:38 - Show Blurbs! Game systems and materials discussed in this episode: Traveller Core Rulebook https://amzn.to/2D0io7c Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Traveller in Time (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/THANASIS_G/PIRATE_BAY/Traveller_in_time) by THANASIS G. (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/THANASIS_G/) Clip 2: Shadow of the Cabal main theme (https://shadowofthecabal.com) Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the second episode in the 10th series. On today’s episode, we finish creating our characters in the Lifepath game, Traveller, with Ryan from the Shadow of the Cabal podcast! Will one of our new heroes suffer the fate that this game is so infamous for? Announcements: Strata Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gshowitt/strata-a-spire-rpg-sourcebook/description AcadeCon: http://www.acadecon.com Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation Cast on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stpr Character Creation Cast on Facebook https://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCast Guests and Projects: Ryan B: @theprimesauce (https://twitter.com/theprimesauce) Shadow of the Cabal: (https://twitter.com/sotcpod) Website: https://www.shadowofthecabal.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sotcpod Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:04:53 - Recap 00:05:11 - Term 2 00:21:06 - Term 3 00:34:37 - Benefits 00:44:13 - Team Backstories 01:09:41 - Episode Closer 01:12:20 - Show Blurbs! Game systems and materials discussed in this episode: Traveller Core Rulebook https://amzn.to/2D0io7c Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Traveller in Time (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/THANASIS_G/PIRATE_BAY/Traveller_in_time) by THANASIS G. (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/THANASIS_G/) Clip 2: Shadow of the Cabal main theme (https://shadowofthecabal.com) Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the first episode in the 10th series! On today’s episode, we talk about the Lifepath game, Traveller, with Ryan from the Shadow of the Cabal podcast! We also begin making our characters and see how their journey begins on the way to becoming playable people! Announcements: Strata Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gshowitt/strata-a-spire-rpg-sourcebook/description AcadeCon: http://www.acadecon.com Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation Cast on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stpr Character Creation Cast on Facebook https://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCast Guests and Projects: Ryan B: @theprimesauce (https://twitter.com/theprimesauce) Shadow of the Cabal Twitter: https://twitter.com/sotcpod Website: https://www.shadowofthecabal.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sotcpod Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:07:08 - Introductions 00:08:24 - What’s in a game? 00:24:20 - Let’s make some people! 00:29:24 - Backgrounds 00:43:54 - Character Names 00:45:58 - First Term 01:03:16 - Episode Closer 01:05:10 - Show Blurbs! Game systems and materials discussed in this episode: Traveller Core Rulebook Amazon: https://amzn.to/2D0io7c Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Traveller in Time (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/THANASIS_G/PIRATE_BAY/Traveller_in_time) by THANASIS G. (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/THANASIS_G/) Clip 2: Shadow of the Cabal main theme (https://shadowofthecabal.com) Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Character Evolution Cast, we expand on last week’s Session Zero episode and talk about staying safe! Amelia and Ryan are alone again on this one, and dive deep into different tools and methods that you can use to keep yourself, and others, safe at the table. Announcements: AcadeCon: http://www.acadecon.com Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 The Official Character Creation Cast Session Zero Guide https://sessionzero.charactercreationcast.com Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:04:24 - Intro 00:06:13 - What do we mean by safety? 00:07:00 - Safety applies in and out of game 00:07:25 - Topics that could be concerning 00:08:36 - Why is safety important? 00:10:32 - Have the tools available, even if you don’t use them 00:12:33 - Pretend stories can have real hurt 00:14:00 -Safety is about comfort 00:15:12 - Safety starts at session zero 00:15:45 - Example of a group discussion about the hard and soft no 00:17:09 - Going in without metagame knowledge 00:20:09 - Agreeing on no as a group 00:21:00 - COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION 00:21:40 - Making sure your group buys in 00:22:19 - You can be the one that brings up safety! 00:22:55 - Addressing criticisms of safety tools 00:25:09 - Spreading safety tools 00:25:52 - We get to the meat and potatoes 00:26:13 - The X Card 00:26:53 - Ryan describes how to make an X Card 00:33:01 - Script Change by Brie Sheldon (Rewind, Fast Forward, Instant Replay, etc) 00:36:06 - Safety tools aren’t useful if they are abused 00:38:34 - Lines and Veils 00:42:12 - Support Flower (Shoutout to Senda and Phil) 00:43:08 - Active Consent 00:44:34 - Hand Signals 00:46:09 - Keeping in mind those who cannot use certain tools - Modifying tools 00:47:22 - Open door policy 00:49:58 - Checking in is important! 00:52:31 - What if you’re uncomfortable with people around the table? 00:55:23 - Don’t stick it out if you feel crappy! 00:57:09 - You deserve nothing but the best! 01:00:14 - Safety does not end when the game ends. 01:01:26 - Bleed 01:02:21 - After session debrief 01:11:26 - It is good to process things 01:12:01 - Post recording debrief 01:13:07 - Episode Closer 01:17:24 - One Shot Network blurb Safety Tools: X Card (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SB0jsx34bWHZWbnNIVVuMjhDkrdFGo1_hSC2BWPlI3A/edit) Pause/Fast Forward/Rewind (Script Change) (http://www.briecs.com/p/script-change-rpg-tool.html) Lines and Veils (Fade to Black) (https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/30906/what-do-the-terms-lines-and-veils-mean) Stop/start/continue (Support Flower) (http://www.gamestogather.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/SupportFlower-A5-PrintJ.pdf) LARP Hand Signals discussed on Panda’s Talking Games (Link Soon) Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Opening 2: We All Gonna Die! (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Loyalty_Freak_Music/WITCHY_BATTY_SPOOKY_HALLOWEEN_IN_SEPTEMBER_/We_all_gonna_die_) by Loyalty Freak Music Opening 3: Hello Michael! (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Loyalty_Freak_Music/WITCHY_BATTY_SPOOKY_HALLOWEEN_IN_SEPTEMBER_/Hello_Michael_) by Loyalty Freak Music Clip 1: Keep You Safe (Captive Portal Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Fire_To_The_Stars/Fire_To_The_Stars_-Keep_You_Safe_Captive_Portal_Remix/01_Fire_To_The_Stars-_Keep_You_Safe_Captive_Portal_Remix) by Fire To The Stars Clip 2: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Main Theme: Endless Motion (https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/endless-motion-edm-electro) by Ben Sound (https://www.bensound.com/) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Character Evolution Cast, we sit down with… just ourselves? Amelia and Ryan discuss what makes a good session zero and what sorts of things you need to keep in mind as both a player and a GM to help enhance the experience! We even have our own Session Zero worksheet in the show notes for you to follow along with! Announcements: Panda’s Talking Games: Session Zero discussion: https://misdirectedmark.com/2018/10/15/pandas-talking-games-128-session-0/ Strata Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gshowitt/strata-a-spire-rpg-sourcebook/description AcadeCon: http://www.acadecon.com Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation Cast on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stpr Character Creation Cast on Facebook https://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCast The Official Character Creation Cast Session Zero Guide https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XmFAZHQfFKTkQkLEbglQfyuihhFAyBpCPdsj9qc12Jk/edit?usp=sharing https://sessionzero.charactercreationcast.com Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:04:39 - Intro 00:05:20 - Ryan’s favorite part of session zero 00:06:45 - Amelia’s favorite part of session zero 00:07:36 - What is a session zero? 00:09:20 - How does it feel different when you create characters together? 00:12:17 - Building relationships between characters 00:14:03 - Never go adventuring with strangers 00:14:57 - The elevator pitch 00:15:44 - Your inner power gamer 00:16:30 - Say what you want 00:18:05 - Your RPG first date 00:20:00 - Why you should have a session zero 00:21:06 - Safety and saying what you do(n’t) want 00:27:27 - Establishing characters and relationships 00:39:59 - A half-hearted apology to Caleb 00:40:47 - Setting expectations 00:45:05 - Our session zero guide 00:49:30 - Meta game discussions 00:51:54 - GM expectations of players 01:06:18 - Player expectations of GMs 01:09:56 - Safety guide 01:12:54 - You don’t have to explain 01:15:16 - NO MEANS NO (the X Card) 01:19:07 - Soft no and checking in 01:28:04 - Out of game logistics 01:32:09 - Creating characters (or GO LISTEN TO OUR SHOW) 01:35:08 - Let us tell people why session zero is great! 01:38:53 - Closer 01:39:58 - One Shot Network blurb Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: One Little Triumph by Blue Dot Sessions (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Piano_Mover/One_Little_Triumph) Clip 2: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Main Theme: Endless Motion (https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/endless-motion-edm-electro) by Ben Sound (https://www.bensound.com/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the final episode in the 9th series! On today’s episode, we sit down with Grant Howitt, co-creator for Spire, to discuss how character creation went for this amazing game! Announcements: Strata Kickstarter: It's here! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gshowitt/strata-a-spire-rpg-sourcebook AcadeCon: http://www.acadecon.com Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation Cast on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stpr Character Creation Cast on Facebook https://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCast Guests and Projects: Grant Howitt: @gshowitt (https://twitter.com/gshowitt) Website: https://rowanrookanddecard.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gshowitt Old Website (Including articles about player advice): http://lookrobot.co.uk/games/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:01:50 - Re-Introductions 00:04:10 - D20 for your thoughts? | How did Grant get his introduction to RPGs and Design? 00:06:46 - Grant’s personal character creation process. 00:09:03 - How does character creation in Spire stack up to other games? 00:15:01 - How does the process of character creation set a player’s expectations for playing? 00:19:51 - What are the flaws of character creation in Spire? 00:21:36 - Grant goes on an important tangent with Amelia 00:24:56 - How balanced are the different character types in Spire? 00:28:43 - How are NPCs created in Spire? 00:32:32 - How would our group gel together in a typical Spire session? 00:35:47 - How well does Spire allow for character development? 00:40:46 - Take it up a level! 00:48:02 - Should you have advancement in mind during character creation? 00:51:55 - Final thoughts? 00:52:47 - Episode Closer 00:55:10 - Outtakes 00:56:19 - Show Blurbs! Game systems and materials discussed in this episode: Spire by Rowan, Rook and Decard Spire RPG: https://rowanrookanddecard.com/product/spire-rpg/ Other games by Grant: https://rowanrookanddecard.com/shop/ Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Revolution Now (Instrumental) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward/The_Simple_Life_Part_1/JoshWoodward-TSL-NoVox-105-RevolutionNow) by Josh Woodward (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward/) Clip 2: Babylon Shall Fall (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Simon_Mathewson/Some_dance_tracks/Babylon_Shall_Fall_1438) by Simon Mathewson (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Simon_Mathewson/) Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the second episode in the 9th series! On today’s episode, we will be finishing our characters from last episode using the Spire RPG with Grant Howitt, one of the creators of this very game. Announcements: International Podcast Month Website: https://internationalpodcastmonth.com Podcast Feed: https://iamhear.simplecast.fm/ Ryan’s All Outta Elder Signs episode: https://iamhear.simplecast.fm/84b53f18 Ryan's Side Heroes Audio Drama episode: https://iamhear.simplecast.fm/d63c6d62 Ryan is a guest on Interference: https://iamhear.simplecast.fm/dcc0b4ba Ryan as a player in Victoria Roger’s D&D 5E episode: https://iamhear.simplecast.fm/4c85a8e2 Ryan’s article on why he loves podcasts and podcasting: https://www.internationalpodcastmonth.com/blog/art-of-changing-livees Ryan reviews Fate and the Fablemaidens: Article: https://www.internationalpodcastmonth.com/blog/fatefm-favorite Podcast: https://fatefmcast.com/ Ryan reviews The Far Meridian: Article: https://www.internationalpodcastmonth.com/blog/far-meridian Podcast: https://www.thefarmeridian.com/ Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Guests and Projects: Grant Howitt: @gshowitt (https://twitter.com/gshowitt) Website: https://rowanrookanddecard.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gshowitt Old Website (Including articles about player advice): http://lookrobot.co.uk/games/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:04:39 - Recap 00:05:04 - Ryan’s Weapon 00:06:24 - Ryan’s Durance 00:08:26 - Amelia’s Durance 00:09:07 - Grant’s Durance 00:09:39 - Knacks 00:10:36 - One of Grant’s Low Advancements 00:11:43 - This game is dark, y’all 00:15:40 - The Second Low Advancement for Grant 00:17:24 - Ryan’s Low Advancements 00:19:06 - Grant’s Medium Advancement 00:21:18 - Amelia’s Low Advancements 00:22:03 - Amelia’s Medium Advancement 00:22:51 - Ryan’s Knacks 00:25:16 - Ryan’s Medium Advancement 00:26:40 - Grant’s NPC Bond 00:27:03 - Ryan names a thing 00:28:02 - Amelia names another thing 00:29:35 - Bonds 00:30:31 - Grant’s PC Bond | Amelia’s Character’s Personality 00:34:17 - Amelia’s PC Bond 00:35:23 - Character Names 00:37:06 - Ryan’s NPC Bond and PC Bond 00:40:12 - How did we all come together and what would we be doing in game? 00:50:19 - Episode Closer 00:54:08 - Show Blurbs! Game systems and materials discussed in this episode: Spire by Rowan, Rook and Decard Spire RPG: https://rowanrookanddecard.com/product/spire-rpg/ Other games by Grant: https://rowanrookanddecard.com/shop/ Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Revolution Now (Instrumental) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward/The_Simple_Life_Part_1/JoshWoodward-TSL-NoVox-105-RevolutionNow) by Josh Woodward (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward/) Clip 2: Babylon Shall Fall (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Simon_Mathewson/Some_dance_tracks/Babylon_Shall_Fall_1438) by Simon Mathewson (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Simon_Mathewson/) Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode starts our 9th series! On today’s episode we will be talking with the creator of such games as Honey Heist, One Last Job, and the game we’ll be covering this series, Spire! That’s right, we have Grant Howitt in our virtual studio for some discussion about Spire before we start digging into character creation for this amazing game! Announcements: International Podcast Month Website: https://internationalpodcastmonth.com Podcast Feed: https://iamhear.simplecast.fm/ Ryan’s All Outta Elder Signs episode: https://iamhear.simplecast.fm/84b53f18 Ryan's Side Heroes Audio Drama episode: https://iamhear.simplecast.fm/d63c6d62 Ryan is a guest on Interference: https://iamhear.simplecast.fm/dcc0b4ba Ryan as a player in Victoria Roger’s D&D 5E episode: https://iamhear.simplecast.fm/4c85a8e2 Ryan’s article on why he loves podcasts and podcasting: https://www.internationalpodcastmonth.com/blog/art-of-changing-livees Ryan reviews Fate and the Fablemaidens: Article: https://www.internationalpodcastmonth.com/blog/fatefm-favorite Podcast: https://fatefmcast.com/ Ryan reviews The Far Meridian: Article: https://www.internationalpodcastmonth.com/blog/far-meridian Podcast: https://www.thefarmeridian.com/ Polygon article where we were featured: https://www.polygon.com/podcasts/2018/9/26/17860176/best-dungeons-dragons-dd-podcasts-tabletop-gaming James D’Amato’s The Ultimate RPG Character Backstory Guide: Amazon: https://amzn.to/2OpXvs0 Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation Cast on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stpr Guests and Projects: Grant Howitt: @gshowitt (https://twitter.com/gshowitt) Website: https://rowanrookanddecard.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gshowitt Old Website (Including articles about player advice): http://lookrobot.co.uk/games/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:02:50 - Introductions 00:05:54 - What’s in a Game? - Spire’s Setting 00:07:59 - What did it take to get all of the little details into Spire? 00:12:03 - Amelia inspires Grant - Strata 00:16:17 - Spire SRD 00:17:39 - What materials do we need to play? 00:18:53 - What do your characters do in Spire? 00:20:41 - What is unique about Spire? 00:22:19 - History of the Spire’s development 00:30:02 - What terms and concepts do we need to know for character creation? 00:33:42 - Let’s Makes Some People! - Picking classes 00:37:33 - Filling in some boxes - Advances 00:39:32 - Grant breaks the rules - Durances 00:41:12 - Core Abilities - Grant 00:42:43 - What is Refresh? 00:44:34 - Core Abilities - Amelia 00:45:44 - Ryan’s Weapon Choice 00:46:00 - Grant’s Weapon Choice 00:46:27 - Core Abilities - Ryan 00:47:25 - Episode Closer 00:49:19 - Show Blurbs! Game systems and materials discussed in this episode: Spire by Rowan, Rook and Decard Spire RPG: https://rowanrookanddecard.com/product/spire-rpg/ Other games by Grant: https://rowanrookanddecard.com/shop/ Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Revolution Now (Instrumental) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward/The_Simple_Life_Part_1/JoshWoodward-TSL-NoVox-105-RevolutionNow) by Josh Woodward (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward/) Clip 2: Babylon Shall Fall (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Simon_Mathewson/Some_dance_tracks/Babylon_Shall_Fall_1438) by Simon Mathewson (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Simon_Mathewson/) Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Character Evolution Cast, we welcome Amanda McLaughlin, from Join the Party, and Greyson, from Heroes Not Included, to discuss bringing lessons from Actual Play podcasts to our own tables at home. Announced Links: International Podcast Month Website: https://internationalpodcastmonth.com Ryan’s All Outta Elder Signs episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6xZtztdIG9OkSV3TqwRlua?si=9FmVQdfTT0iUgxvn_Nd5Mg Ryan's Side Heroes Audio Drama episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Eb590YEtAGhJj2cLyQRji?si=KZOcnlIuSKG9CqtKG5SMzQ Ryan is a guest on Interference: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0GfM1FbzvBKs746BY8QrWz?si=AEm0n-QwQ1OP7AaVqXq_rg Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Guests and Projects: Greyson: @Legend0fGreyson (https://twitter.com/Legend0fGreyson) Trans Language Primer Website: http://bit.ly/TransLanguage Patreon: http://bit.ly/TLP-Patreon Heroes Not Included Twitter: @HNI_Podcast (https://twitter.com/HNI_Podcast) Website: (https://heroesnotincluded.com/) Patreon: http://bit.ly/HNI-Patre0n Apple: http://bit.ly/HNI-Apple PodBean: http://bit.ly/HNI-Podbean Amanda McLoughlin: @shessomickey (https://twitter.com/shesomickey) Join The Party Twitter: @JoinThePartyPod (https://twitter.com/JoinThePartyPod) Website: https://jointhepartypod.com Multitude Twitter: @MultitudeShows (https://twitter.com/MultitudeShows) Website: https://www.multitude.productions/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:03:06 - Intro 00:06:12 - Do you have a favorite RPG podcast that you think folks should know about? 00:09:21 - What is your absolute favorite moment from a game you’ve played? 00:13:20 - Is there a game you haven’t gotten to play yet that you really want to try? 00:15:20 - What is your favorite part of being on an AP podcast? 00:20:30 - What do you think are the biggest things that people should listen for as they enjoy APs? 00:24:31 - What can players do to manage their expectations when they try to bring concepts from APs into their home games? 00:28:54 - Do you have advice for ways players can maintain staying in character? 00:34:39 - How can players make sure they are sharing the spotlight and keeping up with what is happening in the game? 00:48:11 - Do you think players in podcasts make character decisions differently? 01:03:06 - Are there any concepts you personally have brought from playing on mic to your home games? 01:06:32 - Final Thoughts 01:08:40 - Closer 01:12:03 - One Shot Network blurb Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Join The Party main theme (https://jointhepartypod.com) Clip 2: Heroes Not Included main theme (https://heroesnotincluded.com/) Clip 3: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Main Theme: Endless Motion (https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/endless-motion-edm-electro) by Ben Sound (https://www.bensound.com/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the 3rd and final episode of Series 8! In this episode, we discuss our thoughts on the character creation process in Deadlands Reloaded with Caleb, Camron and Alex from the Sounds Like Crowes podcast! Announced Links: International Podcast Month Website: https://internationalpodcastmonth.com Podcast Feed: https://iamhear.simplecast.fm/ Ryan’s All Outta Elder Signs episode: https://iamhear.simplecast.fm/84b53f18 Ryan's Side Heroes Audio Drama episode: https://iamhear.simplecast.fm/d63c6d62 Ryan is a guest on Interference: https://iamhear.simplecast.fm/dcc0b4ba Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Guests and Projects: Caleb Twitter: @MarshalCaleb (https://twitter.com/MarshalCaleb) Camron Twitter: @cjreed211 (https://twitter.com/cjreed211) Alex Twitter: @Orson_Sharpe (https://twitter.com/Orson_Sharpe) Sounds Like Crowes Twitter: @SoundsOfCrowes (https://twitter.com/SoundsofCrowes) Website: http://www.soundslikecrowes.com/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:04:33 - Camron’s character 00:05:02 - Caleb’s character 00:05:25 - Alex’s character 00:05:51 - Amelia’s character 00:06:07 - Ryan’s character 00:06:55 - D20 for your thoughts 00:07:06 - How did you get into RPGs? 00:10:05 - Your character creation process 00:14:53 - Is it harder to play a good guy? 00:16:08 - Alex’s Friday night 00:16:16 - Comparing Deadlands character creation 00:19:56 - Playing characters with flaws 00:21:47 - The lack of classes 00:24:34 - How do mechanics of character creation reinforce the feel of the game? 00:25:43 - Deadliness of the system 00:26:56 - You aren’t great at stuff 00:28:20 - The wild die 00:31:54 - The biggest flaw? THE RULEBOOK 00:34:32 - How balanced are the character types? 00:39:17 - Creating NPCs 00:41:30 - How would our group do? 00:43:53 - Character development in Deadlands Reloaded 00:47:13 - Character Advancement (Take it up a level) 00:54:04 - Harrowed (Look it up at your own risk!) 00:55:23 - Guest info and plugs! 00:57:50 - Show closer 00:59:16 - Outtakes 01:14:20 - One Shot Network Show Promo Game systems and materials discussed in this episode: Deadlands Reloaded by Pinnacle Entertainment Group Savage Worlds: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/92743/Savage-Worlds-Deluxe Deadlands Reloaded Players Guide: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/82745/Deadlands-Reloaded-Players-Guide?term=Deadlands+Reloaded&test_epoch=0 Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Western Firefight 2 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/MC_Cullah/Pack_-A-Clones_Sweet/14-_Western_Firefight_2) by Cullah (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/MC_Cullah/) Clip 2: Theme from Sounds Like Crowes by Rudy Zuniga (https://www.facebook.com/rudy.zuniga.3576) (https://www.youtube.com/user/Anthropomancist) Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the 2nd episode of Series 8! On this episode, we finish creating our Deadlands Reloaded characters with Caleb, Camron and Alex from the Sounds Like Crowes podcast! Announced Links: International Podcast Month Website: https://internationalpodcastmonth.com Podcast Feed: https://iamhear.simplecast.fm/ Ryan’s All Outta Elder Signs episode: https://iamhear.simplecast.fm/84b53f18 Ryan is a guest on Interference: https://iamhear.simplecast.fm/dcc0b4ba Sounds Like Crowes Fireside Chat with Shadow of the Cabal http://www.soundslikecrowes.com/home/fireside-with-shadow-of-the-cabal Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Guests and Projects: Caleb Twitter: @MarshalCaleb (https://twitter.com/MarshalCaleb) Camron Twitter: @cjreed211 (https://twitter.com/cjreed211) Alex Twitter: @Orson_Sharpe (https://twitter.com/Orson_Sharpe) Sounds Like Crowes Twitter: @SoundsOfCrowes (https://twitter.com/SoundsofCrowes) Website: http://www.soundslikecrowes.com/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:05:25 - Recap 00:05:53 - Edges and Hindrances 00:07:49 - Camron’s Hindrances 00:08:25 - The benefits of Hindrances/Edges 00:12:26 - Ryan’s Hindrances 00:15:05 - Caleb’s Hindrances 00:17:16 - Amelia’s Hindrances 00:18:15 - Alex’s Hindrances 00:19:24 - Alex’s Edges 00:22:18 - Camron’s Edges 00:23:03 - Ryan’s Edges 00:25:43 - Amelia’s Edges 00:27:01 - Caleb’s Edges 00:30:03 - Camron’s Gear 00:30:45 - Caleb’s Gear 00:33:54 - Alex’s Gear 00:39:49 - Ryan’s Gear 00:45:02 - Amelia’s Gear 00:46:59 - “Your Worst Nightmare” 00:48:40 - Amelia’s Powers 00:55:55 - Back to worst nightmares 00:57:43 - Names and Backgrounds 01:08:34 - Episode Closer 01:11:46 - Show Blurbs! Game systems and materials discussed in this episode: Deadlands Reloaded by Pinnacle Entertainment Group Savage Worlds: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/92743/Savage-Worlds-Deluxe Deadlands Reloaded Players Guide: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/82745/Deadlands-Reloaded-Players-Guide?term=Deadlands+Reloaded&test_epoch=0 Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Western Firefight 2 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/MC_Cullah/Pack_-A-Clones_Sweet/14-_Western_Firefight_2) by Cullah (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/MC_Cullah/) Clip 2: Theme from Sounds Like Crowes by Rudy Zuniga (https://www.facebook.com/rudy.zuniga.3576) (https://www.youtube.com/user/Anthropomancist) Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode starts our 8th series! On this episode, we start to discuss Deadlands Reloaded, a Savage Worlds RPG with a western theme. We are joined by Caleb, Camron and Alex from the Sounds Like Crowes podcast as we begin to create a group fitting for the wild, weird west. Announced Links: Athrabeth Podcast Twitter: @Athrabeth_Cast (https://twitter.com/Athrabeth_Cast) Website: https://podcast.athrabeth.com International Podcast Month Twitter: @PodMonth (https://twitter.com/PodMonth) Website: https://internationalpodcastmonth.com Guests and Projects: Caleb Twitter: @MarshalCaleb (https://twitter.com/MarshalCaleb) Camron Twitter: @cjreed211 (https://twitter.com/cjreed211) Alex Twitter: @Orson_Sharpe (https://twitter.com/Orson_Sharpe) Sounds Like Crowes Twitter: @SoundsOfCrowes (https://twitter.com/SoundsofCrowes) Website: http://www.soundslikecrowes.com/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:03:22 - Introductions 00:05:44 - What’s in a game? / The game’s setting 00:09:49 - What do you need to play this game? 00:10:52 - What do characters do in this game? 00:13:11 - What is unique about this game? 00:15:55 - History of the system 00:17:59 - Terms to know for character creation 00:28:45 - Anything else before we get into character creation? 00:29:45 - Let’s make some people! / Amelia’s character choice 00:32:27 - Ryan’s character choice 00:33:05 - Caleb’s character choice 00:33:34 - Camron’s character choice 00:33:55 - Alex’s character choice 00:35:43 - Pick your race… just kidding! 00:38:07 - Attributes 00:44:03 - Skills 00:53:48 - Derived attributes 00:57:29 - Episode Closer 00:59:22 - Show Blurbs! (With special guest!) Game systems and materials discussed in this episode: Deadlands Reloaded by Pinnacle Entertainment Group Savage Worlds: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/92743/Savage-Worlds-Deluxe Deadlands Reloaded Players Guide: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/82745/Deadlands-Reloaded-Players-Guide?term=Deadlands+Reloaded&test_epoch=0 Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Western Firefight 2 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/MC_Cullah/Pack_-A-Clones_Sweet/14-_Western_Firefight_2) by Cullah (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/MC_Cullah/) Clip 2: Theme from Sounds Like Crowes by Rudy Zuniga (https://www.facebook.com/rudy.zuniga.3576) (https://www.youtube.com/user/Anthropomancist) Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this Ryan-Free episode, Amelia and Jude (of the forthcoming Athrabeth Podcast) discuss how to incorporate religion and spirituality to your character’s story. Announced Links: International Podcast Month: https://www.internationalpodcastmonth.com/ Guests and Projects: Jude: @eremiticjude (https://twitter.com/eremiticjude) Athrabeth Podcast Twitter: @Athrabeth_Cast (https://twitter.com/athrabeth_cast) Website: http://podcast.athrabeth.com/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:03:32 - Intro 00:04:54 - Amelia knows about LOTR 00:05:12 - Getting to know Jude 00:05:38 - The (sort of) plot of Jude’s first RPG campaign 00:08:26 - Falling in love with Tolkien 00:11:10 - There is no word for pants 00:12:24 - Favorite example of character and religion 00:16:07 - Disclosure statements 00:19:07 - Alignment systems (they’re bad) 00:21:47 - Why does religion matter in games? 00:24:34 - Different kinds of religion 00:28:42 - What to do when settings don’t give you any info 00:32:29 - Not just a downtime activity 00:36:24 - Daily practices and habits 00:40:17 - Making sure you aren’t derailing the game 00:45:09 - Navigating the topic with care 00:49:39 - Drawing from real live vs. fiction 00:53:37 - Religion is culture 00:54:36 - Not over-doing it 00:56:27 - The character can be a jerk but the player can’t 00:58:00 - Always do blood magic whenever you can 00:58:12 - Being religious isn’t the same as being good 00:59:23 - Jude is on his soapbox (the one about Daigotsu) 01:01:26 - I’M THE PROTAGONIST! 01:03:13 - Balancing your moral code 01:08:26 - Culture you carry with you 01:09:28 - Plugs 01:10:33 - Closer 01:11:48 - One Shot Network blurb Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Clip 2: Athrabeth Podcast Theme: Lord of the Devil Rings (https://www.pond5.com/stock-music/56181564/lord-devil-rings.html) Main Theme: Endless Motion (https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/endless-motion-edm-electro) by Ben Sound (https://www.bensound.com/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the final episode in our Headspace series! On today’s episode, we welcome back Senda and Phil from Panda’s Talking Games to discuss gaming, their feelings on the system, and our group of characters! Announced Links: International Podcast Month: https://www.internationalpodcastmonth.com/ Domina Magica Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1445739002/domina-magica-a-magical-girl-rpg One Shot Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Discord Server Invite: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com Guests and Projects: Senda: @IdellaMithlynnd (https://twitter.com/IdellaMithlynnd) Panda’s Talking Games Podcast: http://misdirectedmark.com/category/mmproductions/panda/ Twitter: @PandasTalkGames (https://twitter.com/pandastalkgames) She’s a Super Geek Podcast: http://sasgeek.com/category/podcasts/ Website: http://sasgeek.com/ Twitter: @sasgeekpodcast (https://twitter.com/sasgeekpodcast) Gnome Stew Website: https://gnomestew.com/ Twitter: @GnomeStew (https://twitter.com/GnomeStew) Love and Justice DriveThruRPG: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/229382/Love--Justice Phil: @DNAPhil (https://twitter.com/DNAPhil) Panda’s Talking Games Gnome Stew Misdirected Mark Podcast: http://misdirectedmark.com/category/podcasts/mmp/ Twitter: @MisdirectedMark (https://twitter.com/MisdirectedMark) Encoded Designs Website: http://www.encodeddesigns.com/ Hydro Hackers Website: http://www.encodeddesigns.com/h2o/ Game systems and materials discussed in this episode: Headspace by Mark Richardson Hard Copy: https://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Headspace.html DriveThruRPG: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/185198/Headspace Character Sheets: https://www.blockpartypodcastnetwork.com/completed-characters/2018/8/13/series-5-characters-headspace Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: BMX Hero (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Pierlo/Olivetti_Prodest/03_BMX_Hero) by Pierlo (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Pierlo/) Clip 2: Panda’s Talking Games traditional episode opener Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the second episode in our Headspace series! On today’s episode, we welcome back Senda and Phil from Panda’s Talking Games and we finish making our tragic characters! Announced Links: One Shot Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Discord Server Invite: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com Guests and Projects: Senda: @IdellaMithlynnd (https://twitter.com/IdellaMithlynnd) Panda’s Talking Games Podcast: http://misdirectedmark.com/category/mmproductions/panda/ Twitter: @PandasTalkGames (https://twitter.com/pandastalkgames) She’s a Super Geek Podcast: http://sasgeek.com/category/podcasts/ Website: http://sasgeek.com/ Twitter: @sasgeekpodcast (https://twitter.com/sasgeekpodcast) Gnome Stew Website: https://gnomestew.com/ Twitter: @GnomeStew (https://twitter.com/GnomeStew) Love and Justice DriveThruRPG: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/229382/Love--Justice Phil: @DNAPhil (https://twitter.com/DNAPhil) Panda’s Talking Games Gnome Stew Misdirected Mark Podcast: http://misdirectedmark.com/category/podcasts/mmp/ Twitter: @MisdirectedMark (https://twitter.com/MisdirectedMark) Encoded Designs Website: http://www.encodeddesigns.com/ Hydro Hackers Website: http://www.encodeddesigns.com/h2o/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:03:44 - Series 7.1 Recap 00:04:13 - Subcultures 00:07:07 - Looks 00:14:22 - Discipline 00:21:33 - Ghost Operators 00:22:50 - Infiltrator Ghost 00:27:34 - Handler Ghost 00:31:56 - Define Your Regret 00:37:41 - Define Your Drive 00:41:20 - Edges 00:50:29 - Upgrades 00:52:58 - Credits 00:54:37 - Episode Closer 00:58:13 - One Shot Network Promo Game systems and materials discussed in this episode: Headspace by Mark Richardson Hard Copy: https://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Headspace.html DriveThruRPG: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/185198/Headspace Character Sheets: https://www.blockpartypodcastnetwork.com/completed-characters/2018/8/13/series-5-characters-headspace Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: BMX Hero (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Pierlo/Olivetti_Prodest/03_BMX_Hero) by Pierlo (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Pierlo/) Clip 2: Panda’s Talking Games traditional episode opener Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the first episode in our series devoted to covering Headspace! On today’s episode, we welcome Senda and Phil from Panda’s Talking Games and we learn about this amazing system and start making characters for it as well! Announced Links: One Shot Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Discord Server Invite: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com Guests and Projects: Senda: @IdellaMithlynnd (https://twitter.com/IdellaMithlynnd) Panda’s Talking Games Podcast: http://misdirectedmark.com/category/mmproductions/panda/ Twitter: @PandasTalkGames (https://twitter.com/pandastalkgames) She’s a Super Geek Podcast: http://sasgeek.com/category/podcasts/ Website: http://sasgeek.com/ Twitter: @sasgeekpodcast (https://twitter.com/sasgeekpodcast) Gnome Stew Website: https://gnomestew.com/ Twitter: @GnomeStew (https://twitter.com/GnomeStew) Love and Justice DriveThruRPG: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/229382/Love--Justice Phil: @DNAPhil (https://twitter.com/DNAPhil) Panda’s Talking Games Gnome Stew Misdirected Mark Podcast: http://misdirectedmark.com/category/podcasts/mmp/ Twitter: @MisdirectedMark (https://twitter.com/MisdirectedMark) Encoded Designs Website: http://www.encodeddesigns.com/ Hydro Hackers Website: http://www.encodeddesigns.com/h2o/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:01:31 - Introductions 00:05:33 - What’s in a game? 00:41:32 - Let’s make some people! 01:19:37 - Episode Closer 01:21:31 - One Shot Network Promo Game systems and materials discussed in this episode: Headspace by Mark Richardson Print Version: https://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Headspace.html DriveThruRPG: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/185198/Headspace Character Sheets: Character sheets will be available when 7.2 drops! Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: BMX Hero (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Pierlo/Olivetti_Prodest/03_BMX_Hero) by Pierlo (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Pierlo/) Clip 2: Panda’s Talking Games traditional episode opener Main Theme: Hero (Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this special bonus episode, we sit down with Amit Moshe, creator of the City of Mist RPG, to shine a quick spotlight on the game and get a rundown of what sorts of characters we can expect to create in this system. Announcements: One Shot Patreon: https://patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Discord Server: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com Guest: Amit Moshe - City of Mist Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sonofoak/city-of-mist-a-noir-rpg-of-modern-day-legends Twitter: @CityOfMistRPG (https://www.twitter.com/CityOfMistRPG) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cityofmistrpg/ Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/jH686wH Website: https://www.cityofmist.co/ Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/+CityofMistRPG YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDnkPUnVbdKjh-kJgnDvlXA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cityofmist/ Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/cityofmist/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:02:11 - Introductions 00:03:43 - What’s in a game? 00:25:38 - Show Closer 00:27:52 - Network Plug: Campaign Game Highlighted: City of Mist Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sonofoak/city-of-mist-rpg-nights-of-payne-town Starter Set Download: https://www.cityofmist.co/download Sample Character PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16MDld3MCM0vIEsia0VBPSdtW0So4ylg2/edit Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Night Owl (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke_For_Free/Directionless_EP/Broke_For_Free_-Directionless_EP-_01_Night_Owl) By Broke For Free (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke_For_Free/) Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the third episode of Character Evolution Cast we sit down with Jim McClure, host of the Talking Tabletop podcast, designer of Reflections and Satanic Panic and owner of Third Act Publishing to learn about how the theory of the 8 kinds of fun can help players hone in on their interests and communicate with their GMs for the best play experience. Guest: Jim McClure Twitter: @GMJimMcClure One Shot Network Twitter: @OneShotNetwork One Shot Network Website: One Shot Website Third Act Publishing: Third Act Publishing Website Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:03:26 - Introductions 00:05:58 - The highest art form known to mankind 00:07:06 - Jim’s most satisfying project so far 00:10:24 - Jim’s favorite part of creating 00:12:16 - Did you think we weren’t going to talk about L5R??? 00:18:09 - Jim’s types of fun 00:19:16 - What is “The 8 Kinds of Fun?” 00:23:35 - How can players use this theory to further their own experience? 00:25:31 - “My D&D looks nothing like yours” 00:28:18 - What if your game isn’t engaging your kind of fun? 00:30:54 - A description of each type of fun 00:31:31 - 1 Sensation 00:33:39 - 2 Fantasy 00:35:36 - 3 Narrative 00:42:21 - 4 Challenge 00:45:36 - It’s okay if that type isn’t your favorite! 00:48:05 - 5 Fellowship 00:50:28 - 6 Expression 00:52:28 - 7 Discovery 00:53:58 - Mountain Tuna!!! 00:56:26 - 8 Submission 01:02:57 - Ryan and Amelia speculate about their types of fun 01:06:45 - Player Examples 01:08:39 - Amelia can’t understand playing nice 01:12:33 - Ryan can’t understand why you wouldn’t 01:14:28 - How having these terms can change the conversation 01:16:29 - How to know what your type of fun is 01:18:47 - The 8 kinds of fun in character creation 01:21:57 - HAVE A SESSION ZERO 01:23:24 - Do RPGs do certain kinds of fun better? 01:25:11 - How can players bring in additional types? 01:30:49 - A little more advice... 01:34:33 - Amelia tells Jim what’s what 01:35:35 - Plugs 01:39:15 - Show Closer 01:40:22 - Network Plug: Design Doc Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: Short Mission By Tagirijus Clip 2: Hero (Remix) by Steve Combs Main Theme: Endless Motion by Ben Sound Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the third episode of the 6th series where we will be covering Blue Planet, a science fiction RPG by Biohazard Games. We are joined by Rich Howard and Jeff Barber to discuss character creation in the Blue Planet system, their history with gaming, and why they love this game! Announced Links: One Shot Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Discord Server Invite: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com Guests and Projects: Jeff Barber: @BiohazardJeff (https://twitter.com/BiohazardJeff) Biohazard Games Rich Howard: @umbralwalker (https://twitter.com/umbralwalker) Whelmed: The Young Justice Files Twitter: @theYJFiles (https://twitter.com/theYJFiles) Website: https://crashingthemode.com/ Podcast: http://crashingthemode.libsyn.com/ Youtube: https://crashingthemode.com/youtube Descent Into Midnight Twitter: @DiMRPG (https://twitter.com/DiMRPG) Alchemist Class for D&D http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/177767/Alchemist-5E?affiliate_id=546217 Rich Howard on Tribality https://www.tribality.com/author/richhoward/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:03:27 - Introductions 00:17:31 - D20 For Your Thoughts 00:18:03 - Jeff’s RPG Origin Story 00:18:34 - Rich’s RPG Origin Story 00:20:18 - Jeff Hates Making Characters?!?! 00:21:45 - Rich’s Creation Process 00:23:54 - How Does Blue Planet Stack Up? 00:32:20 - We Scold Jeff 00:33:49 - Changes in Design Philosophy 00:36:39 - Is Everything For Everyone? (No) 00:37:40 - Character Balance 00:40:20 - We Correct Jeff Again 00:44:53 - Simulating Combat 00:47:14 - Jeff’s Game Design Process 00:51:19 - Take It Up A Level 00:57:04 - Character/GM/Game Focus 00:59:01 - 20 Questions 01:00:00 - All The Little Details 01:05:32 - Guest Plugs 01:06:57 - Episode Closer 01:08:35 - Outtakes 01:16:40 - One Shot Network Promo Game systems and materials discussed in this episode: Blue Planet V2 by Biohazard Games Player’s Guide on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2m0R9iT Moderator’s Guide on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2KPi1jZ Character Sheets: Due to unforeseen life circumstances, our character sheets have been delayed. We will let you know when they are available! Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Hang Ten (The Ocean) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/MindsEye/The_Ocean_1297/MindsEye_-_Hang_Ten_The_Ocean) by Mindseye (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/MindsEye/) Clip 2: Whelmed: The Young Justice Files (https://crashingthemode.com/) opening theme Main Theme: Hero (Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the second episode of the 6th series where we will be covering Blue Planet, a science fiction RPG by Biohazard Games. We are joined by Rich Howard and Jeff Barber to finish learning about the system, and then we start, and finish, creating characters together! Announced Links: One Shot Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Discord Server Invite: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com Guests and Projects: Jeff Barber: @BiohazardJeff (https://twitter.com/BiohazardJeff) Biohazard Games Rich Howard: @umbralwalker (https://twitter.com/umbralwalker) Whelmed: The Young Justice Files Twitter: @theYJFiles (https://twitter.com/theYJFiles) Website: https://crashingthemode.com/ Podcast: http://crashingthemode.libsyn.com/ Youtube: https://crashingthemode.com/youtube Descent Into Midnight Twitter: @DiMRPG (https://twitter.com/DiMRPG) Alchemist Class for D&D http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/177767/Alchemist-5E?affiliate_id=546217 Rich Howard on Tribality https://www.tribality.com/author/richhoward/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:04:51 - Abilities 00:05:35 - Aptitudes 00:07:33 - Body Mods 00:08:37 - Other points before character creation 00:09:52 - Let’s make some people! 00:10:26 - Setting the power level of the game 00:12:56 - More about Aptitudes 00:14:47 - Modified Humans 00:22:36 - Building up your backgrounds 00:25:31 - Character attributes and their relation to skills 00:29:12 - Awareness Attribute 00:32:24 - How the backgrounds blend to build your skill repertoire 00:36:07 - Ryan’s Character and more origin information 00:41:47 - Amelia’s Character 00:43:06 - Rich’s Character 00:46:13 - Picking origins and backgrounds 00:55:22 - Jeff’s Character 00:55:47 - How our group got together 00:58:21 - Profiles and character descriptions 01:06:00 - Episode Closer 01:08:56 - One Shot Network Promo Game systems and materials discussed in this episode: Blue Planet V2 by Biohazard Games Player’s Guide on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2m0R9iT Moderator’s Guide on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2KPi1jZ Character Sheets: Due to unforeseen circumstances, our character sheets have been delayed until 6.3. Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Hang Ten (The Ocean) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/MindsEye/The_Ocean_1297/MindsEye_-_Hang_Ten_The_Ocean) by Mindseye (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/MindsEye/) Clip 2: Whelmed: The Young Justice Files (https://crashingthemode.com/) opening theme Main Theme: Hero (Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode starts the 6th series where we will be covering Blue Planet, a science fiction RPG by Biohazard Games. We are joined by Rich Howard and Jeff Barber to learn about this system before we start creating characters together. Announced Links: One Shot Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Discord Server Invite: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com Guests and Projects: Jeff Barber: @BiohazardJeff (https://twitter.com/BiohazardJeff) Biohazard Games Rich Howard: @umbralwalker (https://twitter.com/umbralwalker) Whelmed: The Young Justice Files Twitter: @theYJFiles (https://twitter.com/theYJFiles) Website: https://crashingthemode.com/ Podcast: http://crashingthemode.libsyn.com/ Youtube: https://crashingthemode.com/youtube Descent Into Midnight Twitter: @DiMRPG (https://twitter.com/DiMRPG) Alchemist Class for D&D http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/177767/Alchemist-5E?affiliate_id=546217 Rich Howard on Tribality https://www.tribality.com/author/richhoward/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:03:23 - Introductions 00:14:23 - What’s in a Game? | The Setting 00:20:24 - Metaplot 00:25:11 - What do characters do in Blue Planet? 00:28:15 - What materials do people need to play Blue Planet? 00:32:48 - What is unique about Blue Planet? 00:36:49 - How did you go about making this game as scientifically accurate as possible? 00:46:28 - What is the history of Blue Planet? 00:56:06 - Need to know terms | Attributes 01:01:29 - Episode Closer 01:03:24 - One Shot Network Promo Game systems and materials discussed in this episode: Blue Planet V2 by Biohazard Games Player’s Guide on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2m0R9iT Moderator’s Guide on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2KPi1jZ Character Sheets: Character sheets will be released with series 6.2 once our characters are fully finished! Stay tuned for that episode’s show notes for links to the latest character sheets! Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Hang Ten (The Ocean) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/MindsEye/The_Ocean_1297/MindsEye_-_Hang_Ten_The_Ocean) by Mindseye (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/MindsEye/) Clip 2: Whelmed: The Young Justice Files (https://crashingthemode.com/) opening theme Main Theme: Hero (Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode, we sit down with author, game designer and creative coach John Adamus to discuss what we can do to make our characters more three dimensional when we bring them to the table. Announced Links: Charity for The Void by @OneShotNetwork (https://twitter.com/oneshotnetwork): https://oneshotpodcast.bandcamp.com/album/charity-for-the-void Guests and Projects: John Adamus: @awesome_john (https://twitter.com/awesome_john) Editor Fate Worlds (http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/141364/Fate-Core-o-Worlds--Adventures-2014-BUNDLE) Dinocalypse Now by Chuck Wendig: (https://amzn.to/2KqqGKe) Night’s Black Agents: (https://amzn.to/2MEoVpr) Night’s Black Agents - Double Tap: (https://amzn.to/2MGtM9E) Marvel Super Heroic Role Playing Time Watch Mark Richardson’s Headspace (http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/185198/Headspace) Room 209 Gaming’s Forthright (http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/222089/Forthright-Open-Roleplay-Core-Rulebook) Game Designer Noir World (https://twitter.com/noirworldrpg) Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: The Lounge (https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/the-lounge) by www.bensound.com Clip 2: Hero (Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) Main Theme: Endless Motion (https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/endless-motion-edm-electro) by www.bensound.com Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Announced Links: Charity for The Void by @OneShotNetwork: https://oneshotpodcast.bandcamp.com/album/charity-for-the-void She’s a Super Geek - Everyone is Prince John: http://sasgeek.com/podcasts/82-everyone-is-prince-john/ Trans Language Primer by @Legend0fGreyson: http://bit.ly/TransLanguage Guests and Projects: Chris Burlew: @burlew_chris Redemption Podcast Twitter: @redemptionpod Podcast: http://www.redemptionpodcast.com/ Tales of Blood and Stone Twitter: @tobaspod Podcast: http://tobaspod.blubrry.net/ Michael: @LoserMLW Redemption Podcast Tales of Blood and Stone Return to Greyhawk Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/returntogreyhawk Emily: @TheCraftyDM Redemption Podcast She’s a Super Geek Twitter: @sasgeekpodcast Podcast: http://sasgeek.com/ Wednesday Evening Podcast Allstars Podcast: http://misdirectedmark.com/category/podcasts/wepas/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:03:23 - Character and Guest Introductions 00:07:29 - D20 for Your Thoughts? - How did you get into RPGs? 00:16:30 - What is your process for creating characters in any RPG? 00:21:48 - Converting Isla from NPC to PC - Player vs GMPCs 00:24:51 - Player Agency 00:35:34 - How does character creation stack up to other games? 00:40:14 - Failing Forward - More Player Agency 00:42:08 - Characters are like a piece of music 00:51:06 - How do the mechanics of character creation reinforce the feel of the game? 00:54:13 - Player vs Player Secrets 01:00:22 - How does the process of character creation set expectations of play? 01:04:11 - What are the flaws of character creation in this system? 01:15:02 - How balanced are the different character types? 01:21:27 - How would our group fair in a typical game? 01:25:34 - Take it up a level! 01:31:40 - Episode Closer 01:35:49 - Outtakes 01:49:13 - One Shot Network Promo Game systems and materials discussed in this episode: Edge of the Empire by Fantasy Flight Games Amazon: https://amzn.to/2Lyvk5j Star Wars RPG Dice: https://amzn.to/2kWu1S9 Character Sheets: https://blockpartypodcastnetwork.squarespace.com/completed-characters/2018/6/18/series-5-characters-edge-of-the-empire-with-chris-emily-and-michael Action Figure Pairings Ryan’s Character Close Approximation Action Figure: https://amzn.to/2t0ApvA Amelia’s Character Action Figure: https://amzn.to/2HD2yxK Chris’s Character Action Figure: https://amzn.to/2Jsyfjk Emily’s Character Action Figure: https://amzn.to/2y0tLej Michael’s Character Action Figure: https://amzn.to/2MeIZiZ Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: Redemption by The Vivisectors Clip 2: Redemption Podcast opening theme Main Theme: Hero (Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Announced Links: Charity for The Void by @OneShotNetwork: https://oneshotpodcast.bandcamp.com/album/charity-for-the-void Guests and Projects: Chris Burlew: @burlew_chris Redemption Podcast Twitter: @redemptionpod Podcast: http://www.redemptionpodcast.com/ Tales of Blood and Stone Twitter: @tobaspod Podcast: http://tobaspod.blubrry.net/ Michael: @LoserMLW Redemption Podcast Tales of Blood and Stone Return to Greyhawk Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/returntogreyhawk Emily: @TheCraftyDM Redemption Podcast She’s a Super Geek Twitter: @sasgeekpodcast Podcast: http://sasgeek.com/ Wednesday Evening Podcast Allstars Podcast: http://misdirectedmark.com/category/podcasts/wepas/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:03:10 - Recap 00:03:46 - Derived Attributes 00:05:51 - Spending Credits 00:11:34 - Motivations and a bit of background story 00:22:01 - Names 00:24:52 - Our Ship 00:31:17 - Our Backgrounds 00:39:36 - Droid Philosophy 00:52:51 - An offer the droid mafia cannot refuse 00:55:41 - Episode Closer 00:59:39 - One Shot Network Promo Game systems and materials discussed in this episode: Edge of the Empire by Fantasy Flight Games Amazon: https://amzn.to/2Lyvk5j Star Wars RPG Dice: https://amzn.to/2kWu1S9 Character Sheets: https://blockpartypodcastnetwork.squarespace.com/completed-characters/2018/6/18/series-5-characters-edge-of-the-empire-with-chris-emily-and-michael Action Figure Pairings: Ryan’s Character Close Approximation Action Figure: https://amzn.to/2t0ApvA Amelia’s Character Action Figure: https://amzn.to/2HD2yxK Chris’s Character Action Figure: https://amzn.to/2Jsyfjk Emily’s Character Action Figure: https://amzn.to/2y0tLej Michael’s Character Action Figure: https://amzn.to/2MeIZiZ Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: Redemption by The Vivisectors Clip 2: Redemption Podcast opening theme Main Theme: Hero (Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: @CreationCast Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode starts the 5th series where we will be covering Edge of the Empire, a Star Wars RPG by Fantasy Flight Games. We are joined by Chris, Emily and Michael from the Redemption podcast to learn about this system and start creating some characters together. Guests and Projects: Chris Burlew: @burlew_chris Redemption Podcast Twitter: @redemptionpod Podcast: http://www.redemptionpodcast.com/ Tales of Blood and Stone Twitter: @tobaspod Podcast: http://tobaspod.blubrry.net/ Michael: @LoserMLW Redemption Podcast Tales of Blood and Stone Return to Greyhawk Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/thegreyhawkchannel Emily: @TheCraftyDM Redemption Podcast She’s a Super Geek Twitter: @sasgeekpodcast Podcast: http://sasgeek.com/ Wednesday Evening Podcast Allstars Podcast: http://misdirectedmark.com/category/podcasts/wepas/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:01:52 - Introductions 00:05:24 - What’s in a Game? 00:05:49 - The Setting 00:07:56 - What do characters do in Edge of the Empire? 00:09:09 - What materials do you need for this game? 00:10:45 - What is unique about Edge of the Empire? 00:20:25 - History of the Game and Terms 00:21:18 - Attributes and Skills 00:22:20 - Talent Trees 00:28:42 - Let’s Make Some People! - Starting with backgrounds? 00:30:48 - Ryan’s concept 00:35:50 - Emily’s concept 00:39:20 - Chris’s concept 00:40:50 - Michael’s concept 00:43:16 - Amelia’s concept 00:45:59 - Obligations 00:53:54 - Careers and Specializations 00:58:22 - Experience Point Spending 01:05:05 - Buying Ability Scores 01:10:12 - Talent Trees 01:19:55 - Potential Names for Ryan’s Character 01:23:01 - Skills 01:25:37 - Force Powers 01:31:58 - Episode Closer 01:33:53 - One Shot Network Promo Game systems and materials discussed in this episode: Edge of the Empire by Fantasy Flight Games Amazon: https://amzn.to/2Lyvk5j Star Wars RPG Dice: https://amzn.to/2kWu1S9 Character Sheets: Character sheets will be released with series 5.2 once our characters are fully finished! Stay tuned for that episode’s show notes for links to the latest character sheets! Action Figure Pairings Ryan’s Character Close Approximation Action Figure: https://amzn.to/2t0ApvA Amelia’s Character Action Figure: https://amzn.to/2HD2yxK Chris’s Character Action Figure: https://amzn.to/2Jsyfjk Emily’s Character Action Figure: https://amzn.to/2y0tLej Michael’s Character Action Figure: https://amzn.to/2MeIZiZ Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: Redemption by The Vivisectors Clip 2: Redemption Podcast opening theme Main Theme: Hero (Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: @CreationCast Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the very first episode of Character Evolution Cast we sit down with James D’Amato, host of the ONE SHOT podcast, to learn about how incorporating character voices can enhance your play experience. Guest: James D’Amato Twitter: @OneShotRPG One Shot Network Twitter: @OneShotNetwork One Shot Network Website: One Shot Website Dungeon Dome Card Game Twitter: @DungeonDome Dungeon Dome Card Game Website: bit.ly/dungeondome Pre-Order: The Ultimate RPG Character Backstory Guide Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:01:46 - Introductions 00:05:20 - Why James started One Shot 00:08:33 - Amelia has a fangirl moment 00:11:05 - James talks about his favorite character 00:13:25 - Character growth and evolution 00:17:39 - We get an idea for another show 00:18:11 - Why should people give RPGs a try? 00:22:18 - Moving from playing to designing 00:28:19 - Character Evolution Cast talks about voices 00:29:15 - Why is James our expert? 00:30:27 - Why should people use character voices? 00:32:41 - What if you are really shy? 00:40:00 - How does using a character voice help you play better? 00:40:36 - Playing close to/far from the spine 00:47:27 - Techniques (and not just accents!) 00:48:00 - Spine work/posture 00:50:03 - Adding/changing emotion 00:54:52 - Jim McClure makes million dollar deals 00:59:15 - Impressions 01:03:12 - Being conscious and respectful in your performance 01:10:25 - Choosing the right voice 01:12:02 - Ryan and Amelia give it a try 01:23:49 - Maintaining a voice for a long time 01:32:08 - Noisy Person Cards 01:39:04 - Moving your voice around 01:41:58 - Just let yourself have fun! 01:43:04 - PLUGS! 01:44:58 - Episode Closer Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: Adventure by Be Your Own Pet (One Shot Podcast Theme) Clip 2: Hero (Remix) by Steve Combs Main Theme: Endless Motion by Ben Sound Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: @CreationCast Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode we sit down with Alex Roberts to discuss character creation and much more in regards to Star Crossed! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:03:45 - Reintroductions 00:07:24 - D20 for your thoughts? 00:07:46 - How did Alex get into RPGs? 00:12:10 - Alex’s personal character creation process 00:14:45 - How does Star Crossed compare to other systems for character creation? 00:22:30 - What did Alex need to have in this game for character creation? 00:26:36 - How does the process lead to immersion? 00:30:58 - How do we think our scenarios for our couples would play out? 00:38:22 - How does this game handle character development? 00:41:56 - Take it up a level! 00:42:16 - Intensity and the concept of bleed 00:48:22 - Decompressing during and after an intense game 00:51:40 - What sorts of things can be learned from this game? 01:01:32 - What did Alex learn from making this game? 01:04:06 - Alex’s advice to get the most from Star Crossed 01:05:31 - Why should people give this game a try? 01:08:57 - Episode Closer 01:12:52 - Outtakes Guests and Projects: Alex Roberts: @muscularpikachu Backstory Podcast @backstorycast Bully Pulpit Games www.bullypulpitgames.com Dialect by Thorny Games www.thornygames.com/dialect-rpg/ Threadbear by Stephanie Bryant www.drivethrurpg.com/product/215255/Threadbare-RPG Sig: The City Between by Genesis of Legend www.genesisoflegend.com/products/sig/ Game systems discussed in this episode: Star Crossed! by Bully Pulpit Games Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bullypulpitgames/star-crossed-the-two-player-game-of-forbidden-love Other Games Mentioned as inspiration for Star Crossed!: Dread by Impossible Dream (amazon) (website) Kagematsu by Cream Alien Games (website) Hot Guys Making Out by Tao Games (drivethru) (website) Breaking the Ice by Black and Green Games (drivethru) (website - romance trilogy) Fiasco by Bully Pulpit Games (amazon) (drivethru) (website) Character Inspired Mix Tapes: Amelia and Ryan’s Couple Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/verovladamir/playlist/7nguieqg9s4h9CqQMNifHp?si=aFX7r4HdTpaLO80McU5kbQ YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIQvSCMCGGkKn12lcNm8I3thhTK2MFvPt Ryan and Alex’s Couple Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/verovladamir/playlist/1fiectTQbuKO4d1gXOhiFd?si=WarEhAgHRUymPn4Cad94AQ YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIQvSCMCGGkLN3LhyGuLoBP9bMyNgJCNi Alex and Amelia’s Couple Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/verovladamir/playlist/5GLObBcZZxfRMjAoH8Tg3n?si=tWr0fDgPRpytAK3yVTfP-A YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIQvSCMCGGkIb1bw9OiDjDpX9ty-l8b7t Character sheets for this episode: https://blockpartypodcastnetwork.squarespace.com/completed-characters/2018/4/23/series-32-characters-star-crossed-with-alex-roberts Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: Autumn Day by Kevin MacLeod Clip 2: Backstory podcast opening theme Main Theme: Hero (Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: @CreationCast Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode we sit down with Alex Roberts to create characters for her new game, Star Crossed! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Cold Open 00:03:27 - Recap 00:03:43 - Amelia and Ryan - What two things about me do I not know is attractive? 00:04:24 - Player agency and X card use 00:09:18 - Back to picking two traits for Amelia and Ryan 00:13:11 - Amelia and Ryan - Why can’t I act on my feelings? Why is that so important to me? 00:17:16 - Play what you know 00:19:46 - Can you play with more than two people? 00:25:46 - Ryan and Alex - What brought our characters together? 00:27:32 - Ryan and Alex - What’s keeping us apart? 00:29:56 - Ryan and Alex - Who am I? 00:30:18 - Ryan and Alex - What is most attractive about ourselves? 00:31:08 - Ryan and Alex - What two things about me do I not know is attractive? 00:32:31 - Ryan and Alex - Why can’t I act on my feelings? Why is that so important to me? 00:35:01 - Alex and Amelia - What brought our characters together? Who am I? 00:38:45 - Alex and Amelia - What is most attractive about ourselves? 00:39:07 - Alex and Amelia - What two things about me do I not know is attractive? 00:41:17 - Alex and Amelia - Why can’t I act on my feelings? Why is that so important to me? 00:46:49 - Episode Closer Guests and Projects: Alex Roberts: @muscularpikachu Backstory Podcast @backstorycast Bully Pulpit Games www.bullypulpitgames.com Dialect by Thorny Games www.thornygames.com/dialect-rpg/ Threadbear by Stephanie Bryant www.drivethrurpg.com/product/215255/Threadbare-RPG Sig: The City Between by Genesis of Legend www.genesisoflegend.com/products/sig/ Game systems discussed in this episode: Star Crossed! by Bully Pulpit Games Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bullypulpitgames/star-crossed-the-two-player-game-of-forbidden-love Other Games Mentioned as inspiration for Star Crossed!: Dread by Impossible Dream (amazon) (website) Kagematsu by Cream Alien Games (website) Hot Guys Making Out by Tao Games (drivethru) (website) Breaking the Ice by Black and Green Games (drivethru) (website - romance trilogy) Fiasco by Bully Pulpit Games (amazon) (drivethru) (website) Character Inspired Mix Tapes: Amelia and Ryan’s Couple Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/verovladamir/playlist/7nguieqg9s4h9CqQMNifHp?si=aFX7r4HdTpaLO80McU5kbQ YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIQvSCMCGGkKn12lcNm8I3thhTK2MFvPt Ryan and Alex’s Couple Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/verovladamir/playlist/1fiectTQbuKO4d1gXOhiFd?si=WarEhAgHRUymPn4Cad94AQ YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIQvSCMCGGkLN3LhyGuLoBP9bMyNgJCNi Alex and Amelia’s Couple Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/verovladamir/playlist/5GLObBcZZxfRMjAoH8Tg3n?si=tWr0fDgPRpytAK3yVTfP-A YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIQvSCMCGGkIb1bw9OiDjDpX9ty-l8b7t Character sheets for this episode: https://blockpartypodcastnetwork.squarespace.com/completed-characters/2018/4/23/series-32-characters-star-crossed-with-alex-roberts Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: Autumn Day by Kevin MacLeod Clip 2: Backstory podcast opening theme Main Theme: Hero (Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: @CreationCast Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode we sit down with Alex Roberts to learn about and create characters for her new game, Star Crossed! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:04:42 - Introductions 00:07:01 - What’s in a Game? 00:07:13 - The Common Thread for Infinite Settings 00:08:45 - What Do Characters Do in Star Crossed? 00:10:42 - What Do You Need to Play Star Crossed? 00:12:55 - What is Unique? 00:16:04 - History of the Game 00:25:44 - Term Definitions 00:29:42 - The X Card and Its Importance 00:34:09 - Let’s Make Some People 00:34:17 - First Steps: Creating a World 00:35:42 - Amelia and Ryan Brainstorm with Alex 00:37:42 - Amelia and Ryan Pick a Setting for Their Couple 00:42:17 - The Character Sheets - Lead/Follow Explained 00:50:52 - Amelia and Ryan - Who am I? 00:51:37 - Amelia and Ryan - What is most attractive about ourselves? 00:53:22 - Amelia and Ryan - What two things about me do I not know is attractive? 00:54:42 - Episode Closer Guests and Projects: Alex Roberts: @muscularpikachu Backstory Podcast @backstorycast Bully Pulpit Games www.bullypulpitgames.com Dialect by Thorny Games www.thornygames.com/dialect-rpg/ Threadbear by Stephanie Bryant www.drivethrurpg.com/product/215255/Threadbare-RPG Sig: The City Between by Genesis of Legend www.genesisoflegend.com/products/sig/ Game systems discussed in this episode: Star Crossed! by Bully Pulpit Games Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bullypulpitgames/star-crossed-the-two-player-game-of-forbidden-love Other Games Mentioned as inspiration for Star Crossed!: Dread by Impossible Dream (amazon) (website) Kagematsu by Cream Alien Games (website) Hot Guys Making Out by Tao Games (drivethru) (website) Breaking the Ice by Black and Green Games (drivethru) (website - romance trilogy) Fiasco by Bully Pulpit Games (amazon) (drivethru) (website) Character Inspired Mix Tapes: Amelia and Ryan’s Couple Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/verovladamir/playlist/7nguieqg9s4h9CqQMNifHp?si=aFX7r4HdTpaLO80McU5kbQ YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIQvSCMCGGkKn12lcNm8I3thhTK2MFvPt Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: Autumn Day by Kevin MacLeod Clip 2: Backstory podcast opening theme Main Theme: Hero (Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: @CreationCast Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices