The Story Told RPG Podcast

In this episode, we wrap up our Changeling the Dreaming arc with character creation. This time, we've each created a character and really focused on how to build characters working with each other. Download the character sheets here: Tuck Siobhan You can find Changeling the Dreaming on DrivethruRPG: C20 Core Rulebook Book of Freeholds Our artist for Phillipe is Noah Hirka. You can find more of his work at the following links: https://www.instagram.com/ichor.teeth/ https://ichorteeth.artstation.com/ https://www.facebook.com/ichorandteeth/ Our music is composed by James Horan. To contact him regarding composition, send him an email: [email protected] To help support the show, share it, or rate and review on your podcast services of choice. We've also set up a Patreon page if you like to support us financially: https://www.patreon.com/thestorytold We'll use your donations to pay our artist and cover the hosting costs for the show. For a one-time donation, you can use PayPal: Tuck and Siobhan Ahern Background: The siblings grew up together in a small, but prosperous town in Texas. Their mother was distant but loving and their father a dreamer who managed the family ranch. Their parents were immigrants and raised horses; their father was from the green hills of Ireland. Their mother was from South America, but when spoke of it at all, she would simply say that she had to leave to find something and had found herself where she happened to be. This all changed when the children chrysalized. Soon, the Ahern children learned that their mother was a changeling as well and their father her dreamer. Together, they bred fairy steeds and provided glamour to a small court tied to a larger county as a whole. Tuck and Siobhan grew together, though in different ways. She was prepared for a life at court while he learned to serve. However, things changed when Tuck took a more active role in the family holding. He would die to defend it and eventually found an opportunity to save it. When their father died, Tuck took over, their mother having succumbed to banality in grief. What Siobhan never knew, however, is that Tuck killed their father to save the Ranch. Father planned to sell Starlight Stables to developers so that the family would be taken care of for life. But the secret begins to strain their bonds. Siobhan would become more consumed with her fairy life and Tuck is consumed with his own guilt. Description: Tuck stands at 5' 6" with lightly tanned skin dusted with freckles across the bridge of his nose. His hair is a bright, true red, and he's certifiable ginger, both making his Irish heritage. While he doesn't have large muscles, he is dexterous and could withstand a beating, horses can be temperamental at times. His eyes are slightly too large for his face and a bright peridotite green that each have an emerald crescent moon on the outer edge of each iris. He generally presents the world with a grin and playful nature but when unobserved his face carries lines of stress and worry, about things he will not discuss in the mortal world. Typically, he wears jeans boots and plain t-shirts (usually in a shade of green) with a denim jacket. His voile however is chestnut brown leather breeches and an ornately embroidered but practical in use tunic with the colors of his sister's house. His hair lightens to a fiery red and is longer, reaching his shoulders, the rich thick waves he typically has bound into a messy bun and his ears taper into small gentle points. Tuck's skin is fairer in his fairy guise but the freckles remain, looking more pronounced against his lighter skin. His fairy steed Epona is a steely grey with a white mane and tale that almost seem to shimmer in the sunlight and fall nearly to the ground. Epona's hooves shine like silver and her eyes are dusted with starlight if you look deep enough into them she appears like many of the Fairy steeds at Starlight Stables. Siobhan, Savanah to the mortal world, is a woman of action. She is 5' and graceful, moving with the fluid elegance of the Sidhe. She has dark hair, which she wears long and free and dusky olive skin. Her eyes are green, though not as bright as Tuck's. She wears a cowboy hat and fancy (but practical) cowboy boots. Siobhan has a revolver on one hip and a magic sword on the other. A buttoned shirt and jeans completes the look of a rodeo performer. Roleplaying hints: Siobhan lives a life unclouded by worry. A knight of the court and beloved among them, she leaves the day to day managing of her holding with Tuck trusting that he will see it right. She just wants to revel in her fairy nature and be the knight she is supposed to be. She keeps her intent focus on whatever has caught her attention, and let's everything else fade into the background. Tuck is guilt-wracked. He loves his sister, he loves their ranch and would (and eventually did) do anything to protect them both. Would Siobhan understand, though? Her own house demands vengeance but also hosp

Join us for our interview with C20 writer and developer Pete Woodworth. You can find Pete on his website: https://peterwoodworth.com/ You can find Changeling the Dreaming on DrivethruRPG: Core rulebook Kithbook Boggans Our music is composed by James Horan. To contact him regarding composition, send him an email: [email protected] Episode cover art by Melissa Uran. To help support the show, you can donate through PayPal. We'll use the donation to pay our artists and cover hosting costs for the show.

In this episode, we review some of the supplements released for Changeling the Dreaming 20th Anniversary Edition. The Book of Freeholds offers a deep dive into the secret places of the fae and Kithbook Boggans completes the original cycle of Kithbooks. We also highlight the C20 Ready-Made Characters. You can find Changeling the Dreaming on DrivethruRPG: Book of Freeholds Kithbook Boogans Ready-Made Characters C20 Core Rulebook Our music is composed by James Horan. To contact him regarding composition, send him an email: [email protected] To help support the show, you can donate through PayPal. We'll use the donation to pay our artists and cover hosting costs for the show.

In this highly exciting bonus episode we interview the Hugo award wining Seanan McGuire, author of the October Day series among other works. Seanan is a long time fan of Changeling and this interview is a way to bridge two highly exciting worlds and expand our inspiration into any dream we can imagine. You can find Seanan and her work on the web: http://www.seananmcguire.com Our music is composed by James Horan. To contact him regarding composition, send him an email: [email protected] To help support the show, you can donate through PayPal. We'll use the donation to pay our artists and cover hosting costs for the show.

Join us for our interview with C20 writer Charlie Cantrell. You can find Charlies on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/charlie.cantrell You can find Changeling the Dreaming on DrivethruRPG: Core rulebook Book of Freeholds Our music is composed by James Horan. To contact him regarding composition, send him an email: [email protected] Episode cover art by Melissa Uran. To help support the show, you can donate through PayPal. We'll use the donation to pay our artists and cover hosting costs for the show.

We provide view into Changeling the Dreaming 20th Anniversary Edition. You can find Changeling the Dreaming on DrivethruRPG: Core rulebook Our music is composed by James Horan. To contact him regarding composition, send him an email: [email protected] To help support the show, you can donate through PayPal. We'll use the donation to pay our artists and cover hosting costs for the show.

Join us for our first interview episode with Luka Carroll, writer and developer for Changeling the Dreaming. You can follow him on his facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/epiphling You can find Changeling the Dreaming on DrivethruRPG: Core rulebook Book of Freeholds Our music is composed by James Horan. To contact him regarding composition, send him an email: [email protected] To help support the show, you can donate through PayPal. We'll use the donation to pay our artists and cover hosting costs for the show.

Join us for an overview of 7th Sea, a game of swashbuckling adventure set in a world that rhymes with our own of the 17th century. 7th Sea is produced by John Wick Presents, and is available from their online store or on DriveThru RPG. A base version of the game is available for free directly from John Wick Presents. You can listen to the excellent actual play podcast of 7th Sea from the Essential NPCs. For our example character, Logan created Phillipe: Download the character sheet for Phillipe here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxwMTHrwqZccVTJQZUpPdzBhVjczM2xTdGFqM09fRXVXZVNj Our artist for Phillipe is Noah Hirka. You can find more of his work at the following links: https://www.instagram.com/ichor.teeth/ https://ichorteeth.artstation.com/ https://www.facebook.com/ichorandteeth/ Our music is composed by James Horan. To contact him regarding composition, send him an email: [email protected] To help support the show, you can donate through PayPal. We'll use the donation to pay our artists and cover hosting costs for the show.

Welcome to the world of Tribe 8, a roleplaying game set in a tribal future where Player Characters are blessed with mystical insight and marked by destiny. Tribe 8 is published by Dream Pod 9, and can be found on their website or on DriveThruRPG. For our example character, we created Yuya of the Golden Wheel, Dahlian Lightbringer. Download the character sheet for Yuya here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1qN9vA3ma9c3dminWhzpMGuOtANpveqr5 Our artist for Yuya is Noah Hirka. You can find more of his work at the following links: https://www.instagram.com/ichor.teeth/ https://ichorteeth.artstation.com/ https://www.facebook.com/ichorandteeth/ To help support the show, you can donate through PayPal. We'll use the donation to pay our artists and cover hosting costs for the show.

Join us as we review Arms of the Chosen, the first supplement for Exalted 3rd Edition. We discuss the content of the book, what it adds to Exalted, and share our opinions. Arms of the Chosen is available on DriveThru RPG: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/226224/Arms-of-the-Chosen To help support the show, you can donate through PayPal. We'll use the donation to pay our artists and cover hosting costs for the show.

In this episode, walk through an example of character creation for Exalted 3rd Edition. We've left some of the details intentionally vague so you can make the character your own. *** *** Shan Yu was a good sun of poor but loving parents in Wu Jian. A storm during his youth destroyed the outlying shanty neighborhood where his family lived, sweeping his father out to see and injuring his mother. He sought the aid of a sorcerer, and sold himself into seven years of bonded slavery in exchange for the sorcerer healing his mother. For years, he toiled for the sorcerer. His service started first with task of drudgery, but the sorcerer recognized Shan's keen mind and turned his skills to aiding her in her works and her dealings with spirits. At the end of his indenture, the sorcerer began conducting a great working. She drugged Shan, intending to use him as a sacrifice. The ritual was interrupted, and in the chaos, a blaze erupted. In his addled state, Shan walked into the fire, charring his flesh and leaving him permanently scarred. Shan turned to the streets of Wu Jian to survive. He joined the Black Wave gang, and quickly rose in prominence. His knowledge dealing with spirits gave him and the Black Wave and advantage, and he soon become known for elaborate heists. His exaltation came during one such heist. The gang had learned that an artifact of the first age was being housed for transfer to a treasure ship from the Realm. Organized by Shan, they organized a heist to steal the artifact. They had accounted for everything except the presence of one of the Exalted. The Dragon-Blooded scion of House Peleps saw through their schemes from the beginning. Slowly, she picked their team apart, and the plan came close to unraveling. Shan's determination, audacity, and skill drew the attention of the Unconquered Sun when he touched the armor Sozen. With the new-found power of the Exalted, he escaped, beginning to build a legend of his own in Wu Jian. Download a character sheet for Shan Yu here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=15005S2g2zTAAtQ26-hHp9mjkqEmZs0aL Exalted 3rd Edition is available through DriveThru RPG: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/162759/Exalted-3rd-Edition Sozen, the Cataphract of Keys can be found on page 105 of Arms of the Chosen, which is also available on DriveThru RPG: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/226224/Arms-of-the-Chosen Our artist for Shan Yu is Noah Hirka. You can find more of his work at the following links: https://www.instagram.com/ichor.teeth/ https://ichorteeth.artstation.com/ https://www.facebook.com/ichorandteeth/ To help support the show, you can donate through PayPal. We'll use the donation to pay our artists and cover hosting costs for the show.

Join us for an overview of Exalted 3rd Edition and the setting of Creation. In this epic first episode, we discuss the characters and world of Exalted, highlight some differences to previous editions, and share our stories playing the game. We also discuss how to run a game when the characters have the power to change the world.