Character Creation Cast (Amelia Antrim, Ryan Boelter)

In a follow up to episode 5, we revisit the concepts from actual play podcasts that you can bring to your home table. 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: Kristine Chester https://twitter.com/12thknight Marshall Sims https://twitter.com/MrMalicious1 PROJECTS Omen’s Call https://www.omenscall.com/ https://twitter.com/omenscallpod Glass Dagger https://twitter.com/theglassdagger https://completeknight.com Heroes of Hydian Way https://twitter.com/thehydianway https://thehydianway.com/ Sounds like Crowes http://www.soundslikecrowes.com/ https://twitter.com/soundsofcrowes SHOWS MENTIONED Critical Role https://critrole.com/ Clear Skies https://twitter.com/shieldoftmrw The Magpies https://magpiespodcast.net/ Force Majeure https://forcemajeurepod.com/ Court of Swords https://www.youtube.com/user/itmeJP HyperRPG https://www.twitch.tv/hyperrpg Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/character-evolution-cast-e17-ap-at-home-part-ii-with-kristine-chester-and-marshall-sims/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1:Tyrfing by Danheim (https://danheimmusic.com/) - Theme for Omen’s Call 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: 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: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Website: https://ameliaantrim.wordpress.com/ Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) Side Heroes: @SideHeroesPod (https://twitter.com/SideHeroesPod) Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter Itch.io: https://lordneptune.itch.io/ 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

On this special Character Creation ReCast episode, we’re going all the way back to the beginning! This episode was originally released with the launch of our podcast back in April, 2018, and our guests were the GMs from Protean City Comics where we learned about MASKS: A New Generation and learned a lot about PbtA and how important it is to be able to see yourself in a game. 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 Guests: Brandon Leon-Gambetta: @DrCaptainKobold Protean City Comics: Twitter: @ProteanCity Website: http://www.proteancity.com/ Stop, Hack and Roll: Twitter: @StopHackandRoll Website: https://www.stophackandroll.com/ Pasión de las Pasiones James Malloy: @AndTheMeltdowns Protean City Comics: Twitter: @ProteanCity Website: http://www.proteancity.com/ Stop, Hack and Roll: Twitter: @StopHackandRoll Website: https://www.stophackandroll.com/ Two Weeks: A Microgame Collection https://www.rpgnow.com/product/201480/Two-Weeks-A-Microgame-Collection Elsbeth Denman: @TheCatOnTheWall Protean City Comics: Twitter: @ProteanCity Website: http://www.proteancity.com/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:02:37 - Introductions 00:09:50 - D20 For Your Thoughts? 00:10:01 - How do you approach character creation? 00:21:56 - How does MASKS compare to other systems for character creation? 00:30:52 - How does this process set up expectations of play? 00:47:01 - How do the mechanics of the game lead to character immersion? 00:57:05 - What sort of tone will our game have with this group? 01:08:17 - Take It Up A Level! 01:22:08 - Episode Closer 01:26:46 - Outtakes Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/recast-series-23-masks-with-brandon-james-and-elsbeth-protean-city-comics-discussion/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Action Epic by Komiku Clip 2: Stop, Hack and Roll opening theme Clip 3: Night Owl by Broke For Free Clip 4: Protean City Comics opening theme Main Theme: Hero (Remix) by Steve Combs Games discussed this episode: MASKS: A New Generation by Magpie Games PDF: MASKS: A New Generation on DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/193258/Masks-A-New-Generation Character Inspired Dice Sets: Ryan Chessex Gemini Black and Blue w/Gold: https://amzn.to/2GjkTA5 Swirling vortex of blue and black as a reminder of space, gold like her eyes Amelia Chessex Scarab Scarlet w/Gold: https://amzn.to/2E4nA6W A representation of the fire burning inside her Brandon Chessex Gemini Purple and Teal w/Gold: https://amzn.to/2utft4j Bright colors to match the flashy costume, and a mix of teal and purple to represent the male and female sides James Chessex Opaque Red w/White: https://amzn.to/2IejWcS Cool and classic, just like a Ford Mustang Elsbeth Chessex Frosted clear w/Black: https://amzn.to/2E3dN0X Clear to represent the negation of the power around her, but frosted to show that you don’t know everything about her Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the first episode of the 16th series, and we’ll be covering Hearts of Wulin, a Powered by the Apocalypse wuxia RPG with creators Agatha Cheng from the Asians Represent podcast and Lowell Francis from The Gauntlet podcast. We are also joined by a new guest co-host, Adira Slattery, fellow One Shot Network individual from the A Woman With Hollow Eyes twitch stream and podcast. 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: Agatha Cheng Asians Represent Twitter: https://twitter.com/aznsrepresent Website: http://oneshotpodcast.com/interview-discussion/asians-represent/ Lowell Francis The Gauntlet Twitter: https://twitter.com/GauntletRPG Website: https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/ Adira Slattery A Woman With Hollow Eyes Season 2 Website: http://oneshotpodcast.com/actual-play/a-woman-with-hollow-eyes/ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/oneshotrpg/videos/all Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:05:12 - Introductions 00:07:12 - What’s in a game? 00:08:06 - What do we need to play this game? 00:08:42 - What do characters do in this game? 00:11:42 - What else makes this game unique? 00:14:32 - How accessible is this game without prior wuxia genre knowledge? 00:22:32 - How has playtesting been going? 00:24:56 - Terms and Concepts - Elements and Conditions 00:28:59 - Playbooks 00:36:20 - Entanglements 00:40:35 - Scale 00:43:24 - Let’s make some people - Playbook Selection 00:51:14 - Looks 00:54:43 - Factions and Names 00:56:15 - Safety Tools 01:02:31 - Style 01:04:10 - Episode Closer 01:06:02 - 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: The Gauntlet Main theme (https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/) Clip 2: Asians Represent Main theme (http://oneshotpodcast.com/interview-discussion/asians-represent/) 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/) Games discussed this episode: Hearts of Wulin https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/hearts-of-wulin.html 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: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) Side Heroes: @SideHeroesPod (https://twitter.com/SideHeroesPod) Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter 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 the last episode of series 27, we welcome back Alex Flanigan, from the A Horror Borealis and The Cryptid Keeper podcasts, as our special guest co-host, filling in for Amelia due to a family emergency at the time of recording. We also welcome back Ryan’s best friend since the first grade, and current GM for their campaign together using the system we’re covering this series: Beyond the Wall and Other Adventures, a Fantasy RPG by Flatland Games. This episode we’ll be discussing what we thought of the game as well as learning more about our characters during the fanfic portion of the show! 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 Guests and Projects:  Alex Flanigan @Coff33Detective Twitter: https://twitter.com/Coff33Detective Website: https://therealalexflanigan.com Patreon: https://patreon.com/TheCryptidKeeper A Horror Borealis @AHorrorBorealis Twitter: https://twitter.com/AHorrorBorealis Website: http://oneshotpodcast.com/actual-play/a-horror-borealis/ The Cryptid Keeper @CryptKeepPod Twitter: https://twitter.com/CryptKeepPod Website: https://www.lunarlightstudio.com/cryptid-keeper Adam Steward No social media footprint currently. Games discussed this episode: Beyond the Wall and Other Adventures DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/113405/Beyond-the-Wall-and-Other-Adventures?affiliate_id=1601603 Amazon: https://amzn.to/3dk9Ref Beyond the Wall Further Afield DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/145675/Beyond-the-Wall--Further-Afield?affiliate_id=1601603 Amazon: https://amzn.to/3dhcZr2 Beyond the Wall Supplements DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?keywords=Beyond+the+Wall&affiliate_id=1601603 Website: https://www.flatlandgames.com/btw/downloads/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:04:44 - Introductions 00:10:44 - D20 for your thoughts? 00:13:14 - What is Adam’s personal process for creating characters? 00:14:57 - How does the character creation in this game stack up to others? 00:21:31 - How does the process set expectations for playing? 00:25:26 - What is the biggest flaw of character creation in this system? 00:32:47 - Fanfiction! 00:46:26 - Take it up a level! 00:57:44 - Episode Closer 01:00:44 - Show Blurb: Neoscum 01:01:36 - Outtakes Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-273-beyond-the-wall-with-alex-flanigan-and-adam-steward-discussion/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Truth of the Legend by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4551-truth-of-the-legend License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Clip 2: Village Consort by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4585-village-consort License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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

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

In this first episode of series 27, we welcome Alex Flanigan, from the A Horror Borealis and The Cryptid Keeper podcasts, as our special guest co-host, filling in for Amelia due to a family emergency at the time of recording. We also welcome Ryan’s best friend since the first grade, and current GM for their campaign together using the system we’re covering this series: Beyond the Wall and Other Adventures, a Fantasy RPG by Flatland Games. Learn about the game and hear about the character archetypes we’ll be creating for this series! Announcements: Courier’s Call Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/oneshotpodcast/skyjacks-couriers-call-season-1 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 Guests and Projects:  Alex Flanigan @Coff33Detective Twitter: https://twitter.com/Coff33Detective Website: https://therealalexflanigan.com Patreon: https://patreon.com/TheCryptidKeeper A Horror Borealis @AHorrorBorealis Twitter: https://twitter.com/AHorrorBorealis Website: http://oneshotpodcast.com/actual-play/a-horror-borealis/ The Cryptid Keeper @CryptKeepPod Twitter: https://twitter.com/CryptKeepPod Website: https://www.lunarlightstudio.com/cryptid-keeper Adam Steward No social media footprint currently. Games discussed this episode: Beyond the Wall and Other Adventures DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/113405/Beyond-the-Wall-and-Other-Adventures?affiliate_id=1601603 Amazon: https://amzn.to/3dk9Ref Beyond the Wall Further Afield DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/145675/Beyond-the-Wall--Further-Afield?affiliate_id=1601603 Amazon: https://amzn.to/3dhcZr2 Beyond the Wall Supplements DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?keywords=Beyond+the+Wall&affiliate_id=1601603 Website: https://www.flatlandgames.com/btw/downloads/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:04:41 - Introductions 00:07:16 - What’s in a game? 00:10:50 - What materials do we need to play? 00:12:25 - What sort of stories and themes is this game meant to explore? 00:17:24 - What do characters do in this game? 00:17:57 - What is the most unique thing about Beyond the Wall? 00:23:08 - Terms and Concepts - Abilities 00:24:14 - How skills work 00:27:20 - Fortune Points 00:30:16 - Let’s make some people! 00:34:45 - Picking our playbooks 00:47:52 - Getting started on our playbook questions 00:48:16 - Episode Closer 00:50:11 - Show Blurb: Modifier Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-271-beyond-the-wall-with-alex-flanigan-and-adam-steward-creation/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Truth of the Legend by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4551-truth-of-the-legend License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Clip 2: Village Consort by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4585-village-consort License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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

Welcome to the second episode of our Ryuutama series, everyone! This series we have Amber Seger from the Tabletop Babble and Shapeshift podcasts, joining us to discuss and create characters for Ryuutama by Atsuhiro Okada, a cozy game about travel in a fantasy world. This episode we finish up with character creation and run into a few struggles we hadn’t ever encountered before! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Regarding Ads on the network: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1tiUCVvh9HJSV0I6vH5fNS?si=245d84e493b64829 One Shot Network Bad Ads Reporting Form: https://bit.ly/osnbadads One Shot Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast 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 Guests and Projects: Amber Seger @rocketorca Twitter: https://twitter.com/rocketorca Website: https://rocketorca.com Tabletop Babble @TableTopBabble Twitter: https://twitter.com/TableTopBabble Website: https://geekspective.com/show/table-top-babble/ Shapeshift Twitter: https://twitter.com/Shapeshiftcast Website: https://geekspective.com/show/shapeshift/ Games/Tools discussed this episode: Ryuutama: Website:  DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/161432/Ryuutama?affiliate_id=1601603 Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:02:01 - Picking stats 00:05:19 - Mastered Weapons 00:07:29 - Personal Item 00:09:22 - Character Details and Personal Color 00:11:38 - Reason for Journeying, Hometown and Personality Details 00:21:07 - Class Features 00:28:26 - Type Features 00:38:49 - Creating Ryuujin 00:40:53 - Ryuujin Artifacts 00:42:25 - Shapeshifted appearance and stats 00:44:56 - Ryuujin Personality 00:47:32 - Benedictions 00:49:30 - Living Quarters 00:50:22 - World Building? 00:56:16 - Call to Action 01:03:22 - Credits Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: TableTop Babble Theme Music Clip 2: Shapeshift Theme Music Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Tumblr: https://creationcast.tumblr.com/ Amelia Antrim: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What do you get when you blend necromancers and magical girls? We're about to find out! Join Amelia and Ryan in this bonus series where they create a whole RPG using the Illuminated by Lumen system. In this episode we explore what we want to get out of this game and give ourselves a direction to move towards. Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Patreon Drive: https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Newsletter Signups: https://newsletter.charactercreationcast.com/ 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 Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Main Theme: Black Crown by Andrew Stanton (https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/8359) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Tumblr: https://creationcast.tumblr.com/ Amelia Antrim: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Mastodon: @gingerreckoning@dice.camp (https://dice.camp/@gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Mastodon: @lordneptune@dice.camp (https://dice.camp/@lordneptune) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the first episode of series 76, everyone! In this series, we sat down with Tyler Samples, the Keeper from the One Shot Network show, Mystery County Monster Hunters Club, to learn about Monster of the Week, an urban-fantasy horror PbtA game from Evil Hat Productions that lets you play out your favorite monster of the week style shows like Buffy, Supernatural and so much more! This episode, Tyler tells us all about the game and his podcast before setting us up for character creation. Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Herald’s Horn - New show on the One Shot Network! https://linktr.ee/herladshorn One Shot Oberfest - Live streams on Twitch October 15-30th! https://twitch.tv/oneshotrpg One Shot Patreon https://patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Athraplay Podcast https://athraplay.simplecast.com/episodes USA Folks - Voter information and Registration for every state https://vote.gov What Am I Rolling? - New show on the One Shot Network! https://www.wairpodcast.com/ Roleplay Retcon - New show on the One Shot Network! https://oneshotpodcast.com/actual-play/roleplayretcon/ Gamewoven - New show on the One Shot Network! https://oneshotpodcast.com/actual-play/gamewoven/ The Ultimate RPG Podcast https://oneshotpodcast.com/interview-discussion/the-ultimate-rpg-podcast/ Starwhal Odyssey https://oneshotpodcast.com/starwhal/ Join our Discord! https://discord.charactercreationcast.com 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 Guests Tyler Samples Twitter: https://twitter.com/tlrsmpls Mystery County Podcast: https://mysterycounty.com Games/Tools discussed this episode: Monster of the Week Revised Edition: Evil Hat Productions: https://evilhat.com/product/monster-of-the-week/ DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/143518/monster-of-the-week?affiliate_id=1601603 Amazon: https://amzn.to/4dynB3z Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Announcements (00:01:38) - What is one of the biggest flaws of character creation? What is its biggest strengths? (00:10:52) - Fanfic! (00:29:52) - Take it up a level! - Lessons and Seasons (00:37:32) - Final Thoughts (00:38:26) - Episode Closer (00:39:55) - Call to Action (00:47:06) - Credits Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: Mystery County Monster Hunters Club Theme Music by Tyler Samples https://mysterycounty.com Clip 2: Waffles by Dresden, The Flamingo From Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/14879 Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Contact Us: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com BlueSky: @CreationCast.net (https://bsky.app/profile/creationcast.net) Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: BlueSky: @gingerreckoning.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/gingerreckoning.bsky.social) Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: BlueSky: @lordneptune.com (https://bsky.app/profile/lordneptune.com) Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the first episode of series 42, everyone! This series we welcome back Jef and Jon from the System Mastery podcast, to talk about Sentinel Comics, the Role Playing Game, a superhero RPG by Greater Than Games. In this episode, we learn about the game and begin creating our superheroes! Announcements: One Shot Network Patreon: https://patreon.com/oneshotpodcast 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: Jef and Jon (System Mastery) @SystemMastery Twitter: https://twitter.com/SystemMastery Website: https://systemmasterypodcast.com/ Games discussed this episode: Sentinel Comics the Role Playing Game Website: https://store.greaterthangames.com/sentinel-comics-the-roleplaying-game-core-rulebook.html DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/341539/Sentinel-Comics-The-Roleplaying-Game-Core-Rulebook?affiliate_id=1601603 Amazon: https://amzn.to/3yp4XaQ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:04:39 - Introductions 00:08:04 - What's in a game? - Sentinel Comics 00:11:24 - What tools do we need to play? 00:15:51 - What kind of stories and themes does this game tell? 00:19:06 - What do characters do in this game? 00:21:00 - What is unique about Sentinel Comics? 00:24:27 - History of Sentinel Comics 00:25:19 - Terms and Concepts - Attributes 00:26:52 - Characteristics 00:28:04 - Principles and Twists 00:30:56 - Hero Points 00:32:25 - Powers, Qualities and Abilities 00:38:24 - Green Yellow Red Out (GYRO) status system 00:39:50 - Let's make some people! 00:40:23 - Character Background 00:42:43 - Assigning Dice for Background Qualities 00:46:05 - Rolling for Power Source 00:49:35 - Assigning Dice for Powers 00:56:12 - Selecting Power Source Abilities 01:05:37 - Call to Action 01:08:40 - Credits 01:10:35 - Show Blurbs - One Shot Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-421-sentinel-comics-with-jef-and-jon-system-mastery-creation/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: The Final Battle Of Superheroes by WinnieTheMoog Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7418-the-final-battle-of-superheroes License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 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/) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the extra nice final episode of Series 69! In this series, we are delighted to welcome Haley Gordon, one half of the Storybrewers, to talk about their remarkable sports drama RPG, Fight With Spirit, a game where relationships are as important as the intense sports action! In today's episode, we get to discuss the character creation process, find out about Haley's boardgame origins, and come up with some truly inspired fanfic for these folks! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Skyjoust: https://storybrewersroleplaying.com/skyjoust/?v=7516fd43adaa Our social media info: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com 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 Guests Haley Gordon Twitter: https://twitter.com/storybrewers Website: https://storybrewersroleplaying.com/ Games/Tools discussed this episode: Fight With Spirit!: Storybrewer’s Page: https://storybrewersroleplaying.com/fight-with-spirit-sports-drama-rpg/?v=7516fd43adaa Itch.io: https://storybrewers.itch.io/fight-with-spirit Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Announcements (00:01:33) - Reintroductions (00:06:12) - D20 for your thoughts? (00:08:53) - What makes for a great character creation system? (00:11:17) - What story do the character sheets tell us? (00:16:15) - How did the character creation stack up with other games we've played? (00:23:12) - How does this process set our expectations for play? (00:28:19) - Flaws and Strengths (00:32:06) - Fanfic! (00:43:54) - Take it up a level! (00:49:32) - Episode Closer (00:50:53) - Call to Action (00:57:30) - Credits Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: This is my Time by Ivy States From Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/15902 Clip 2: Motivation by Ivy Bakes From Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/15955 Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Contact Us: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com BlueSky: @CreationCast.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/creationcast.bsky.social) Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: BlueSky: @gingerreckoning.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/gingerreckoning.bsky.social) Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: BlueSky: @lordneptune.com (https://bsky.app/profile/lordneptune.com) Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to a special bonus episode of Character Creation Spotlight! For this episode, we sit down with Andrew Gillis, designer of the game we'll be shining a light on today, Girl by Moonlight, a Magical Girl game about exploring the heartbreak of denying who you really are, fighting for what you believe in, and the transcendent power of building relationships while embracing your true self. This game is funding on Backerkit right now, so check it out after you hear all about it and hear about our amazing group we created this episode! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Girl By Moonlight on Backerkit: https://www.backerkit.com/c/evil-hat/girl-by-moonlight Newsletter Signups: https://newsletter.charactercreationcast.com/ 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 Guests and Projects: Andrew Gillis @CommutingCrow Twitter: https://twitter.com/CommutingCrow Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/actualfactual Games/Tools discussed this episode: Girl By Moonlight Backerkit: https://www.backerkit.com/c/evil-hat/girl-by-moonlight Timestamps: 00:00:08 - Introductions 00:02:35 - What's in a game? 00:03:22 - Setting 00:04:37 - What do characters do in this game? 00:05:18 - Materials 00:05:40 - What kind of characters can you make in this game? 00:07:32 - Let's make some people! - Choose a setting 00:09:14 - Series creation worksheet 00:10:14 - What blight is upon the world? 00:11:10 - What is its agenda? 00:13:38 - Mundane World 00:18:11 - What is held sacred? 00:20:15 - What is considered profane? 00:21:40 - How did we get our abilities? 00:23:06 - What role do we play? 00:24:57 - Choosing playbooks 00:34:56 - Filling initial details 00:35:40 - Action Ratings and Transcended Abilities 00:42:01 - Create secondary characters? 00:52:07 - Naming our characters 00:55:46 - Introduce our characters 00:59:35 - Promises 01:10:26 - We finished! 01:11:57 - Episode Closer 01:13:30 - Credits Music: Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Tumblr: https://creationcast.tumblr.com/ Amelia Antrim: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Mastodon: @gingerreckoning@dice.camp (https://dice.camp/@gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Mastodon: @lordneptune@dice.camp (https://dice.camp/@lordneptune) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the finale of a special bonus series of episodes! We are excited to be answering your questions! This episode we cover 23 questions from various folks who have submitted questions, and hopefully provide some thoughtful answers to them! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/CharacterCreationCast Announcements Alchemistresses Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/allisonkcole/alchemistresses C3 on YouTube https://youtube.charactercreationcast.com 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 Timestamps: 00:00:08 - Introduction 00:03:00 - Question 36 - Best Non-Euro-centric fantasy game? 00:08:02 - Question 37 - How would magical girl Ryan help redeem Necromelia? 00:09:07 - Question 38 - Favorite character (or top 3)? 00:13:56 - Question 39 - How do you deal with the fact that there are too many RPGS that you'll never get to play? 00:21:38 - Question 40 - What game are you least looking forward to? 00:24:30 - Question 41 - Why all the blood magic? 00:28:58 - Question 42 - Vanilla or chocolate? 00:33:53 - Question 43 - Any tips for creating NPCs in any setting that aren't too tropey? 00:39:49 - Question 44 - What does it mean to Amelia-ize or Ryan-ificate your games? 00:44:35 - Question 45 - What non-RPG podcast would you like to create? 00:49:04 - Question 46 - What 3 RPGs do you really want to create characters for that you haven't yet? 00:52:24 - Question 47 - Have you noticed that there's a trend for crunch to be removed from games? 01:00:15 - Question 48 - What rules or mechanics make it distinctly Ryan or Amelia-ish? 01:03:38 - Question 49 - Advice for pregenerated characters? 01:11:18 - Question 50 - Is a Ninja Turtle a magical girl where the Ooze is the catalyst for the transformation? 01:14:12 - Question 51 - Which character do you think is the most like each other? 01:16:28 - Question 52 - Ryan, why is Neptune your favorite? 01:20:34 - Question 53 - What is a Ryan or Amelia D&D supplement look like? 01:23:43 - Qeustion 54 - Has your favorite genre changed since doing C3? 01:28:13 - Question 55 - Which series should be turned into a movie or TV series? 01:29:46 - Question 56 - What would be your ideal point buy system? 01:32:45 - Question 57 - Why? 01:33:53 - Question 58 - What question do you most want someone to ask (no answering!)? 01:38:42 - Credits 01:40:37 - Show Blurbs - Iron Edda Reforged Music: 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 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@charactercreationcast?lang=en Amelia Antrim: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Website: https://ameliaantrim.wordpress.com/ Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Twitch: https://twitch.tv/lordneptunerb Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) Itch.io: https://lordneptune.itch.io Our Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the second episode for series 36! We welcome back Adira Slattery, to finish creating characters, plural, for her new game, Tension, a queer cat and mouse game for 2 players! Amelia had to sit this series out, but this episode, Ryan and Adira finish creating the other twenty characters needed to play a session! Join us for the most condensed character creation series to date! Announcements: Ryan’s Chimera Live Stream Campaign: A Tale of Twinkle and Awe https://twitch.chimera.games https://youtube.chimera.games A Horror Borealis presents LOSERS: A Love Story: https://a-horror-borealis.simplecast.com/ 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: Adira Slattery @AdiraSlattery Twitter: https://twitter.com/AdiraSlattery Itch.io: https://adira.itch.io/ Website: https://adiraslattery.com Games discussed this episode: Tension by Adira Slattery Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adiraslattery/tension-0 Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:02:25 - The Lovers and The Devil 00:03:58 - The Chariot and The Hermit 00:05:19 - The Sun and the Fool 00:10:00 - Death and The Heirophant 00:11:36 - The Empress and The Moon (Adira) 00:12:57 - The Magician and Temperance 00:15:29 - The Tower (Ryan) and The Star 00:17:24 - The Wheel of Fortune and The High Priestess 00:21:25 - Strength and Justice 00:23:06 - The World and The Hanged Man 00:26:05 - Summary 00:30:54 - Episode Closer 00:32:10 - Call to Action 00:33:58 - Credits 00:35:54 - Show Blurbs: Asians Represent Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-362-tension-with-adira-slattery-designer-creation-continued/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Spy Story: The Agent by Sascha Ende Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/84-spy-story-the-agent License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Clip 2: Beach Resort Noir Murder Mystery by Brian Holtz Music Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7033-beach-resort-noir-murder-mystery License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 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: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Website: https://ameliaantrim.wordpress.com/ Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Twitch: https://twitch.tv/lordneptunerb Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) A Horror Borealis: @AHorrorBorealis (https://twitter.com/AHorrorBorealis) Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter Itch.io: https://lordneptune.itch.io 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 third episode of series 72! In this series, we welcome Pelle Nilsson to discuss his game, Mörk Borg, a pitch-black apocalyptic fantasy RPG about lost souls and fools seeking redemption, forgiveness or the last remaining riches in a bleak and dying world. We also have a guest co-host on this series, Agatha Cheng from the Asians Represent podcast is filling in for Amelia. In today's episode, we learn more about Pelle as well as discuss how the character creation process went for this game! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Our social media info: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com 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 Guests Pelle Nilsson Discord: https://discord.gg/rKgAKAj Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MORKBORGRPG Games/Tools discussed this episode: Mörk Borg: Website: https://morkborg.com DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/295910/moerk-borg-english?affiliate_id=1601603 Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Announcements (00:01:26) - Reintroductions (00:07:39) - D20 for your thoughts? (00:09:12) - What makes for a great character creation system? (00:10:59) - What story do these character sheets tell us about the game? (00:14:25) - How does Mork Borg character creation stack up to other games? (00:20:18) - How does this process set expectations for play? (00:26:11) - Flaws and Strengths (00:29:39) - Call to Action (00:33:09) - Credits Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: Cold Dead World by Bobo Renthlei From Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/14501 Clip 2: Armageddon by Bobo Renthlei From Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/13396 Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Contact Us: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com BlueSky: @CreationCast.net (https://bsky.app/profile/creationcast.net) Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: BlueSky: @gingerreckoning.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/gingerreckoning.bsky.social) Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: BlueSky: @lordneptune.com (https://bsky.app/profile/lordneptune.com) Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the second episode of Series 66, everyone! In this series, we sat down with three different designers live at the AcadeCon 2023 convention in Dayton, Ohio in the US! In today's episode, Ryan was able to sit down with Carlos Salazar to talk about his brand-new game still in development, Under and Above, an isekai RPG where you play as people interacting with a world adjacent to ours! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Star Crossed: Love Letters Backerkit: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/bully-pulpit-games/Star-Crossed-Love-Letters Our social media info: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com 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 Guests Carlos Salazar https://linktr.ee/carlos.makes.games Games/Tools discussed this episode: Under and Above: https://linktr.ee/carlos.makes.games Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:01:23 - Introductions 00:03:53 - What's in a game? - Core concept for Under and Above 00:05:05 - What is the setting? 00:06:04 - What do characters do in the game? 00:08:17 - What materials do we need to play Under and Above? 00:11:18 - What sorts of characters can you make in this game? 00:14:27 - Let's make some people! 00:17:06 - Choosing our kin 00:20:26 - Kin Questions 00:23:42 - Names and Appearance 00:25:17 - Signature Move 00:29:00 - Banes and Drawbacks 00:30:08 - Worldbuilding - What is the Above? 00:31:03 - How is the Above and Below separated? 00:31:48 - What is it like between the two? 00:33:13 - What is the Below? 00:43:33 - Why is your group together and how does the adventure start? 00:48:14 - Choosing our kith playbooks 00:49:41 - Kith signature moves, solo moves and group moves 00:51:59 - Attributes 00:54:16 - Gear and weapons 00:55:22 - Touchstones 01:02:41 - Connections 01:04:42 - Finishing Touches 01:05:57 - What was the process like developing these mechanics? 01:08:35 - What inspirations were pulled from for the character creation in this game? 01:10:20 - Episode closer 01:11:34 - Call to Action 01:19:46 - Credits Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: Journey Into a New World by Adam Saban on Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/15114 Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Contact Us: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com BlueSky: @CreationCast.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/creationcast.bsky.social) Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: BlueSky: @gingerreckoning.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/gingerreckoning.bsky.social) Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: BlueSky: @lordneptune.com (https://bsky.app/profile/lordneptune.com) Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com 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

On today’s episode, Series 18 continues with the final portion of our character creation for Descent into Midnight, a Powered by the Apocalypse game designed by Richard Kreutz-Landry, Taylor LaBresh and Rich Howard. We welcome back Richard and Taylor this episode and really dive into the abstract with our characters. Announcements: GenCon Twitter Thread https://twitter.com/CreationCast/status/1131181309504741377 Character Creation Cast Panel https://www.gencon.com/events/152269 Quiztem Mastery https://www.gencon.com/events/152272 Brewing Strife (Amelia’s L5R Game) https://www.gencon.com/events/152276 World Building through Character Creation https://www.gencon.com/events/152275 Chimera Games Still TBD 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: Richard Kreutz-Landry @rkreutzlandry Twitter: https://twitter.com/rkreutzlandry Website: http://origamigaming.com/ Taylor LaBresh @LeviathanFiles Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeviathanFiles Website: https://riverhousegames.com/ Itch.io: https://riverhousegames.itch.io/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:04:32 - Recap 00:04:55 - Gifts, Attitude and Home 00:13:03 - Stats and Moves 00:29:51 - Team Moves 00:32:17 - Names 00:38:08 - Links 00:51:04 - Episode Closer 00:54:51 - 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: Ocean Ending (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Soft_and_Furious/Best_Of__Pick_Your_Player/Soft_and_Furious_-Best_Of-Pick_Your_Player-_01_Ocean_Ending) by Soft and Furious (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Soft_and_Furious/) 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/) Games discussed this episode: Descent Into Midnight Twitter: https://twitter.com/DiMRPG Website: https://descentintomidnight.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: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) Side Heroes: @SideHeroesPod (https://twitter.com/SideHeroesPod) Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter 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 series 79! In this series, we are going to be going over a different solo RPG every episode, and in today’s episode, Ryan is all by themself to explore the game Ironsworn, a dark fantasy RPG about vows and perilous quests! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Bluesky Starter Pack! https://go.bsky.app/RBJ971x Join our Discord! https://discord.charactercreationcast.com 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 Games/Tools discussed this episode: Ironsworn: Free PDF: https://tomkinpress.com/collections/products-for-ironsworn/products/ironsworn-digital-edition Website: https://ironswornrpg.com Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Announcements (00:02:08) - Introductions (00:02:53) - What's in a game? - Core Concepts of Ironsworn (00:04:37) - Setting - Ironlands (00:08:31) - Materials needed to play (00:10:05) - What stories and themes is this game meant to explore? (00:12:10) - What do characters do in this game? (00:14:30) - What is unique about Ironsworn? (00:16:04) - History of Ironsworn (00:18:04) - Basic terms and concepts - Assets (00:22:29) - Vows (00:24:14) - World Building Truths (00:25:03) - Let's make some people! - Concept and Name (00:27:17) - Stats and Momentum (00:34:52) - Vows, Bonds, Dibilities, Conditions, Banes and Burdens (00:37:19) - Asset Selection (00:47:34) - Equipment and other notes (00:52:14) - World Building Truths (01:06:21) - Second Vow and Background Bonds (01:10:51) - Discussion - How were the character sheets? (01:12:06) - How did character creation stack up to other games? (01:13:15) - Fanfic? (01:14:22) - Take it up a level! (01:16:53) - Episode Closer (01:17:42) - Call to Action (01:22:50) - Credits Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Clip 2: Strike Iron by Third Age On Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/7564 Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Contact Us: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com BlueSky: @CreationCast.net (https://bsky.app/profile/creationcast.net) Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@charactercreationcast Amelia Antrim: BlueSky: @gingerreckoning.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/gingerreckoning.bsky.social) Ryan Boelter: BlueSky: @lordneptune.com (https://bsky.app/profile/lordneptune.com) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to a bonus episode of Character Creation Spotlight! This episode we will be sitting down with Jeffrey Hayes to learn about, and create characters for, Haunted Hill Academy, a Fate based RPG about being a student at a mysterious boarding school! Announcements: Haunted Hill Academy Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/351992582/haunted-hill-academy 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: Jeffrey Hayes @JeffreyJeffrawr Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeffreyJeffrawr Website: https://criticalgrowthgames.com Haunted Hill Academy Twitter: https://twitter.com/HauntedHillAcad Critical Growth Games Twitter: https://twitter.com/CritGrowthGames Games discussed this episode: Haunted Hill Academy by Jeffrey Hayes Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/351992582/haunted-hill-academy Our Characters Amelia: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10bpkQ9hg3i0gkgWfxei90XzHq4AY0-BNWM6UnIwrekA/edit?usp=sharing Ryan: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1umYeZsa7a4OYEXhJnXiAvucy6i4V6xLF36uSA1Ssuls/edit?usp=sharing Jeffrey:  Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Opening Music 00:00:16 - Introductions 00:02:08 - What's in a game? - Core Concept 00:03:29 - What is the setting and what are characters doing in the game? 00:05:13 - What materials do we need to play? 00:05:48 - What kind of characters can you create in this game? 00:06:48 - Let's make some people! - Rumors 00:09:54 - Aspects! 00:12:15 - Core Beliefs 00:13:09 - Why Haunted Hill Academy? 00:15:23 - Greatest Desires 00:17:37 - Plaguing Questions 00:19:37 - Identities 00:24:30 - Academic Tracker 00:26:04 - Optional Multiplayer Rules - Shared Secret Aspect 00:32:18 - Names 00:33:29 - Final Details 00:36:55 - Character Creation Commentary 00:38:53 - Kickstarter Highlights 00:40:05 - Episode Closer 00:41:07 - Credits 00:43:02 - Show Blurbs - All My Fantasy Children 00:43:39 - Outtakes Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/character-creation-spotlight-haunted-hill-academy-with-jeffrey-hayes-designer/transcript Music: Clip 1: The Ghost Castle by Frank Schröter Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6602-the-ghost-castle License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 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: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Website: https://ameliaantrim.wordpress.com/ Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Twitch: https://twitch.tv/lordneptunerb Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) A Horror Borealis: @AHorrorBorealis (https://twitter.com/AHorrorBorealis) Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter Itch.io: https://lordneptune.itch.io 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 45, everyone! This series, we welcome Danny Dellinger from Pod of Wonder, to learn about their game, A Christmas Belonging, a Belonging Outside Belonging/No Dice No Masters RPG about creating your own Hallmark style Christmas movie! This episode we create our characters and somehow make our movie even more weird! Announcements: One Shot Network Patreon https://patreon.com/OneShotPodcast Waukesha Foundation Community Fund https://waukeshafoundation.org/united-for-waukesha-community-fund/ 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: Danny Dellinger @DannyPlaysRPGs Twitter: https://twitter.com/DannyPlaysRPGs Itch.io: https://dannymakesrpgs.itch.io/ Pod of Wonder: https://podofwonder.com Games discussed this episode: A Christmas Belonging Website: https://dannymakesrpgs.itch.io/a-christmas-belonging Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:02:30 - Recap 00:03:13 - Let's make some people! 00:04:29 - Small Town vs Big City characters 00:09:03 - Picking Roles 00:13:05 - Create the following for your character - Names and Pronouns 00:15:57 - Our character's personal questions 00:18:33 - What do people notice about you? 00:20:32 - Props! 00:23:22 - Some choices for each of our characters 00:29:32 - Final character questions 00:31:22 - Relationships 00:43:08 - We did it! 00:43:32 - Episode Closer 00:44:28 - Call to Action 00:51:33 - Credits 00:53:28 - Show Blurbs - A Horror Borealis Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-452-a-christmas-belonging-with-danny-dellinger-pod-of-wonder-creation-continued/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: It's Christmas Time by Frank Schröter Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7183-it-s-christmas-time License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Clip 2: Happy Christmas Inspiring by WinnieTheMoog Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7179-happy-christmas-inspiring License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 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: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Website: https://ameliaantrim.wordpress.com/ Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Twitch: https://twitch.tv/lordneptunerb Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) A Horror Borealis: @AHorrorBorealis (https://twitter.com/AHorrorBorealis) Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter Itch.io: https://lordneptune.itch.io 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 a very special series, everyone! This series Amelia and Ryan examine random tables from all sorts of sources, mash them all together, and create some character concepts together! What sort of havoc have they wrought with this process? You’ll have to listen to find out! This episode we create our final two characters before gearing up for world building and relationships in the next episode! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: 2023 ProHealth Care Walks for Cancer http://events.phci.org/site/TR/Walks/General?pg=entry&fr_id=1372 Patreon Drive: https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Newsletter Signups: https://newsletter.charactercreationcast.com/ 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 Games/Tools discussed this series: D&D 5E Player’s Handbook and D&D 3.5E Dungeon Master’s Guide by Wizards of the Coast Aliens Unlimited Revised Edition, Heroes Unlimited 2nd Edition, Transdimensional TMNT and After the Bomb 2nd Edition by Palladium Games Thirsty Sword Lesbians and Advanced Lovers & Lesbians by April Kit Walsh Heart, Strata and Unbound by Rowan, Rook and Decard’s Grant Howitt and Chris Taylor Sentinel Comics by Greater Than Games Pasión de las Pasiones by Brandon Leon-Gambetta Call of Cthulhu Investigator's Handbook by Chaosium Inc. Quest by The Adventure Guild Undying Bonds by Amelia Antrim and Ryan Boelter Roll & Play: The Fantasy Character Kit by Roll and Play Press Roll & Play: The Game Master’s Fantasy Toolkit by Roll and Play Press The Ultimate Random Encounter Book by Travis Wheeler, Logan Jenkins, Lee Terrill and Greg Leatherman The Ultimate RPG Character Backstory Guide Expanded Genres Edition by James D’Amato Old School Stylish by Heavy Pepper Games The Big Wet by Sam Sorensen Legend of the Five Rings 5th Edition by Fantasy Flight Games Temple of 1000 Swords by Swordlords Publishing A Grim Hack by Perilous Games Untold Encounters of the Random Kind by Loke BattleMats Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:01:41 - Recap 00:02:24 - Character 3 - Origins 00:04:52 - Character 3 - Class 00:07:37 - Character 3 - Traits/Personality 00:09:11 - Character 3 - Backstory 00:12:14 - Character 3 - Flair 00:17:37 - Character 3 - Random Name 00:18:36 - Character 3 - Recap 00:21:36 - Character 4 - Origins 00:24:11 - Character 4 - Class 00:24:57 - Character 4 - Traits/Personality 00:25:46 - Character 4 - Backstory 00:30:34 - Character 4 - Flair 00:38:17 - Character 4 - Name 00:40:17 - Character 4 - Recap 00:43:07 - Patreon Drive Call to Action 00:51:23 - Credits Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Tumblr: https://creationcast.tumblr.com/ Amelia Antrim: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Mastodon: @gingerreckoning@dice.camp (https://dice.camp/@gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Mastodon: @lordneptune@dice.camp (https://dice.camp/@lordneptune) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com 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

On this special bonus episode, Amelia sits down with game designer Jason Morningstar of Bully Pulpit Games to talk about the new edition of Fiasco, a game about criminal plans gone terribly wrong. 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 Guest: Jason Morningstar Twitter: @jmstar (https://twitter.com/jmstar) Bully Pulpit Games Twitter: @bullypulpit_hq (https://twitter.com/bullypulpit_hq) Website: https://bullypulpitgames.com/ Fiasco Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bullypulpitgames/fiasco-the-cinematic-game-of-plans-gone-wrong Fiasco (2009) https://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Fiasco-Print-PDF.html Music: 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: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Website: https://ameliaantrim.wordpress.com/ Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) Side Heroes: @SideHeroesPod (https://twitter.com/SideHeroesPod) Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter 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 final episode of our special February series, everyone! February is the month of love, romance and relationships, so we're excited to invite Maso Perez to the studio in order to look at their new game Life on the Edge, the official Boyfriend Dungeon TTRPG from Kitfox Games, that lets you explore your inner psyche, confront your fears, and also smooch swords! In today's episode, we discuss the character creation process, learn more about our guest, and get into some fantastic fanfic as well as character advancement discussions! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Dillin on the One Shot Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Oxc13QX2II5wHXWLWqefe?si=2bcf8629590a4850 Our social media info: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com C3 on YouTube https://youtube.charactercreationcast.com 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 Guests Maso Perez Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/trumoi Itch.io: https://trumoi.itch.io/ Games/Tools discussed this episode: Boyfriend Dungeon: Life on the Edge: Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2677740/Boyfriend_Dungeon_TTRPG_Life_On_the_Edge/ Itch.io: https://trumoi.itch.io/boyfriend-dungeon-life-on-the-edge DriveThruRPG: https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/461467/boyfriend-dungeon-ttrpg-life-on-the-edge?affiliate_id=1601603 Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Announcements (00:01:13) - Reintroductions (00:10:40) - D20 for your thoughts? (00:17:40) - What makes for a great character creation system? (00:22:00) - What do the character sheets tell us about the game? (00:29:31) - How does character creation in Life on the Edge stack up to other games? (00:39:16) - How does this process reinforce expectations of play? (00:51:38) - Flaws and Strengths of the character creation (00:58:41) - Fanfic! (01:20:20) - Take it up a level! (01:42:07) - Episode Closer (01:46:43) - Call to Action (01:52:57) - Credits Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: Whisper by Reveille From Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/13611 Clip 2: Those Lost by Moments From Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/14084 Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Contact Us: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com BlueSky: @CreationCast.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/creationcast.bsky.social) Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: BlueSky: @gingerreckoning.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/gingerreckoning.bsky.social) Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: BlueSky: @lordneptune.com (https://bsky.app/profile/lordneptune.com) Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We continue our character creation series for Quest, an RPG created by T.C. Sottek from The Adventure Guild, and we welcome back Kyle Allen and Russ Wilde from the Prism Pals podcast to finish creating our wild crew of characters! Announcements:  Ennie Winners: https://www.geeknative.com/79540/the-ennies-2020-winners-have-been-announced-and-a-doom-metal-art-rpg-won-best-product-of-the-year/ 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: Kyle Allen @SuperQueero Twitter: https://twitter.com/SuperQueero Itch.io: https://superqueero.itch.io/ Off The Table: https://www.twitch.tv/off_thetable Russ Wilde @RussWIldest Twitter: https://twitter.com/RussWildest Heutopia: https://www.twitch.tv/huetopia Prism Pals @PrismPals Twitter: https://twitter.com/PrismPals Website: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/prism-pals/id1394229580?mt=2 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/prismpals Games discussed this episode: Quest @QuestRPG The Adventure Guild: https://adventure.game Twitter: https://twitter.com/questrpg Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:01:48 - Recap 00:02:26 - Show your style 00:06:20 - Call home 00:08:54 - Believe in something 00:11:08 - Vulnerability 00:12:25 - Dream big 00:14:09 - Gear 00:19:02 - Names and pronouns 00:21:34 - Introducing our characters 00:26:26 - Abilities 00:40:55 - Episode Closer 00:44:05 - Show Blurb: Session Zero Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-302-quest-with-kyle-allen-and-russ-wilde-prism-pals-creation-continued/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Prism Pals main theme by Neil Martin (https://twitter.com/BardicMartin) Clip 2: Adventure by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6092-adventure License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Website: https://ameliaantrim.wordpress.com/ Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) Side Heroes: @SideHeroesPod (https://twitter.com/SideHeroesPod) Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter Itch.io: https://lordneptune.itch.io 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 extra nice second episode of Series 69! In this series, we are delighted to welcome Haley Gordon, one half of the Storybrewers, to talk about their remarkable sports drama RPG, Fight With Spirit, a game where relationships are as important as the intense sports action! In today's episode, we finish up creating our characters as well as a pool of other connections in our character's lives! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Skyjoust: https://storybrewersroleplaying.com/skyjoust/?v=7516fd43adaa Our social media info: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com 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 Guests Haley Gordon Twitter: https://twitter.com/storybrewers Website: https://storybrewersroleplaying.com/ Games/Tools discussed this episode: Fight With Spirit!: Storybrewer’s Page: https://storybrewersroleplaying.com/fight-with-spirit-sports-drama-rpg/?v=7516fd43adaa Itch.io: https://storybrewers.itch.io/fight-with-spirit Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Announcements (00:01:53) - Character Details (00:03:38) - Connections and finishing up details (00:36:36) - Character Summaries (00:50:23) - Picking connections (00:52:23) - Team Special (00:55:06) - Episode Closer (00:56:23) - Call to Action (01:04:48) - Credits Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: This is my Time by Ivy States From Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/15902 Clip 2: Motivation by Ivy Bakes From Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/15955 Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Contact Us: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com BlueSky: @CreationCast.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/creationcast.bsky.social) Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: BlueSky: @gingerreckoning.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/gingerreckoning.bsky.social) Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: BlueSky: @lordneptune.com (https://bsky.app/profile/lordneptune.com) Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the first episode of 2020 and the first episode of series 23! This series we’ll be covering Lancer, a tactics based mech combat RPG by Massif Press, with designers Tom Parkinson Morgan and Miguel Lopez! This episode we’ll be diving into what the game is about as well as a peek behind the curtain at game design as a whole. 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: Tom Parkinson Morgan @Orbitaldropkick Twitter: https://twitter.com/Orbitaldropkick Website: https://killsixbilliondemons.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/killsixbilliondemons Miguel Lopez @The_One_Lopez Twitter: https://twitter.com/The_One_Lopez Massif Press @LancerRPG Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lancer_RPG Website: https://massif-press.itch.io Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:02:43 - Introductions 00:05:49 - What’s in a game? 00:14:30 - What sort of stories and themes does this game explore? 00:31:36 - The history of Lancer - Where did the idea come from? 00:37:12 - How do you maintain momentum? 00:49:19 - Episode Closer 00:51:14 - Show Blurbs (Asians Represent) Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-231-lancer-with-tom-parkinson-morgan-and-miguel-lopez-designers-creation/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Music from https://filmmusic.io "Strength Of The Titans" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Clip 2: Music from https://filmmusic.io "Crossing the Chasm" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) 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/) Games discussed this episode: Lancer Itch.io: https://massif-press.itch.io/corebook-pdf 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: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Website: https://ameliaantrim.wordpress.com/ Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) Side Heroes: @SideHeroesPod (https://twitter.com/SideHeroesPod) Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter Itch.io: https://lordneptune.itch.io 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 special bonus episode of Character Creation Cast, Amelia sits down with her favorite people in the world (most of the time), her kids, Nathan and Eleanor. They create characters for their favorite game, “No Thank You, Evil!” by Monte Cook Games. Announcements: GenCon Twitter Thread https://twitter.com/CreationCast/status/1131181309504741377 Character Creation Cast Panel https://www.gencon.com/events/152269 Quiztem Mastery https://www.gencon.com/events/152272 Brewing Strife (Amelia’s L5R Game) https://www.gencon.com/events/152276 World Building through Character Creation https://www.gencon.com/events/152275 Chimera Games TBD Guests and Projects: Nathan and Eleanor Projects Going to school Making messes Frustrating their mother Games discussed in this episode: No Thank You, Evil! Website: http://www.nothankyouevil.com/ Monte Cook Games: https://www.montecookgames.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/montecookgames Music: Opening: 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: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) Side Heroes: @SideHeroesPod (https://twitter.com/SideHeroesPod) Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter 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 series 77, everyone! In this series, we sat down with Mike Macagnone, writer on the game we are covering this series, Crucible of Aether by Living Metal Games, a mystic-industrial TTRPG where you hone your skills, explore the world and forge a life in the tumultuous Odayan Empire! This episode, we learn all about this game and start creating our characters using this lifepath adjacent character creation system. Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Crucible of Aether Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/366614887/crucible-of-aether-a-mystic-industrial-ttrpg Chimera Worldbuilding: https://www.patreon.com/posts/oneshotobefest-114437335?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_fan&utm_content=web_share Chimera Character Creation https://www.patreon.com/posts/oneshotobefest-114936141?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_fan&utm_content=web_share Bluesky Starter Pack! https://go.bsky.app/RBJ971x USA Folks - Voter information and Registration for every state https://vote.gov Join our Discord! https://discord.charactercreationcast.com 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 Guests Mike Macagnone Crucible of Aether on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/crucibleofaether.bsky.social Crucible of Aether Discord: https://discord.gg/NMsN2VSzNr Crucible of Aether Linktree: https://linktr.ee/livingmetalgames Games/Tools discussed this episode: Crucible of Aether: Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/366614887/crucible-of-aether-a-mystic-industrial-ttrpg Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Announcements (00:01:31) - Introductions (00:03:21) - What's in a game? - Core Concept (00:04:54) - What is the setting for Crucible of Aether? (00:05:47) - What materials do we need to play? (00:07:42) - What stories and themes is this game meant to explore? (00:09:30) - What do characters do in the game? (00:13:55) - What makes the game unique? (00:16:10) - History of the game (00:21:29) - Terms and Concepts (00:25:16) - Let's make some people! (00:25:23) - Fantastical Origins (00:28:52) - History of the world (00:30:52) - Selecting our Fantastical Origin (00:33:10) - Home Nations (00:40:28) - Attribute Arrays (00:46:16) - Mental and Physical Traits (00:50:54) - Call to Action (00:59:55) - Credits Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: Into the Unknown by Hill On Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/11006 Clip 2:The Games By LNDÖ On Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/15948 Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Contact Us: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com BlueSky: @CreationCast.net (https://bsky.app/profile/creationcast.net) Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: BlueSky: @gingerreckoning.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/gingerreckoning.bsky.social) Ryan Boelter: BlueSky: @lordneptune.com (https://bsky.app/profile/lordneptune.com) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the first episode of our 36th series! We welcome back Adira Slattery, as a guest this time, to discuss her new game, Tension, a queer cat and mouse game for 2 players! Amelia had to sit this series out, but Ryan and Adira create their characters and begin the process of creating the other twenty characters needed to play a session! Join us for the most condensed character creation series to date! Announcements: Ryan’s Chimera Live Stream Campaign: A Tale of Twinkle and Awe https://twitch.chimera.games https://youtube.chimera.games A Horror Borealis presents LOSERS: A Love Story: https://a-horror-borealis.simplecast.com/ 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 Guests and Projects: Adira Slattery @AdiraSlattery Twitter: https://twitter.com/AdiraSlattery Itch.io: https://adira.itch.io/ Games discussed this episode: Tension by Adira Slattery Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adiraslattery/tension-0 Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:04:05 - Introductions 00:06:32 - What's in a game? - Concept 00:07:40 - What do we need to play this game? 00:07:55 - What sort of stories and themes is this game meant to explore? 00:08:28 - What do characters do Tension? 00:08:58 - What is one of the most unique thing about Tension? 00:10:19 - History of the game. 00:11:23 - Basic Terms and Concepts: Tarot 00:17:26 - The Ensemble 00:19:36 - Orbiting characters 00:20:15 - Let's make some people! 00:21:38 - The Killer 00:21:48 - Type 00:23:03 - Looks 00:24:47 - Pattern 00:26:29 - Name and Pronouns 00:27:05 - The Investigator 00:27:08 - Profession 00:27:25 - Looks 00:28:05 - Obsession 00:28:38 - Name and Pronouns 00:28:55 - Picking our characters' major arcanas 00:32:45 - Creation relationship pairs for 20 NPCs 00:33:43 - The first pair 00:37:48 - Call To Action 00:39:49 - Credits 00:41:44 - Show Blurbs: A Horror Borealis Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-361-tension-with-adira-slattery-designer-creation/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Spy Story: The Agent by Sascha Ende Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/84-spy-story-the-agent License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Clip 2: Beach Resort Noir Murder Mystery by Brian Holtz Music Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7033-beach-resort-noir-murder-mystery License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 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

In today’s Character Evolution Cast episode, Marie-Claire Gould, host of the What The Force? Podcast and creator of the new Fan Girls audio drama podcast, sits down with Ryan to discuss artificial intelligence and how we can better play these types of characters at the table. Announcements: One Shot Podcast Network Patreon https://patreon.com/OneShotPodcast 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: Marie-Claire Gould @MarieCGould Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarieCGould Tavern Tales Twitter: https://twitter.com/tavern_tales Website: http://taverntales.ca What The Force? / Fan Girls Twitter: https://twitter.com/wtforceshow Website: http://whattheforce.ca Holonet Radio Twitter: https://twitter.com/theholonetradio Website: https://holonet-radio.com/ Fall For It Twitter: https://twitter.com/fallforit_drama Website: https://www.buzzsprout.com/214415/819529-fall-for-it-an-asian-drama-pod-episode-1 Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:03:37 - Getting to know Marie-Claire Gould 00:38:25 - Examples of AI from Pop Culture Media 00:50:46 - What are some commonalities between all these examples? 00:59:02 - How does an AI grow? 01:05:08 - How do we all of this to our characters at the table? 01:17:44 - Finding your character’s voice 01:21:18 - Final thoughts 01:22:16 - Episode Closer 01:25:26 - 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: What The Force? Main theme (http://whattheforce.ca) by Christy Carew (https://twitter.com/Christy_Carew) 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/ Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Amelia Antrim: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) Side Heroes: @SideHeroesPod (https://twitter.com/SideHeroesPod) Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter 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 70! In this series, we are thrilled to welcome Dillin Apelyan, brand new host of the One Shot Podcast, to talk about their marvelously meta TTRPG, Metalepsis, a game that breaks the 4th wall between a creator and a created character! In today's episode, we create our characters and find out how we first make contact with one another! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Our social media info: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com 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 Guests Dillin Apelyan Website: https://superdillin.carrd.co/ Itch: https://superdillin.itch.io/ Games/Tools discussed this episode: Metalepsis: Itch.io: https://superdillin.itch.io/metalepsis Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Announcements (00:01:27) - Recap (00:01:56) - Creating the Protagonist (00:07:08) - What is the protagonist's primary goal? (00:08:07) - What matters most to them now? (00:09:02) - Has the protagonist ever thought something else is controlling their fate? (00:10:44) - Author name and story name (00:12:13) - Why is this story being created? (00:13:22) - Has the author ever regretted a decision to their creation? (00:14:43) - What has the protagonist already lost so far? (00:16:01) - What does the protagonist still have left? (00:17:34) - Setting the stage (00:23:13) - How does the 4th wall break happen? (00:27:19) - Episode Closer (00:29:56) - Call to Action (00:36:25) - Credits Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: Distant Light by Jed Stark From Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/15250 Clip 2: Fractured Light by Stephen Keech From Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/9509 Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Contact Us: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com BlueSky: @CreationCast.net (https://bsky.app/profile/creationcast.net) Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: BlueSky: @gingerreckoning.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/gingerreckoning.bsky.social) Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: BlueSky: @lordneptune.com (https://bsky.app/profile/lordneptune.com) Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to a special bonus episode of Character Creation Spotlight, everyone. In this bonus series we are thrilled to welcome Jess Levine and satah, designers of I Have the High Ground, a two-player game about banter, posturing and capes! This episode we create our characters and learn more about the design behind the game! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: I Have the High Ground: Itch: https://jessfromonline.itch.io/ihthg Indie Press Revolution: https://indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/I-Have-the-High-Ground.html Crowdfunding Info: https://www.gameontabletop.com/cf710/i-have-the-high-ground.html 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 Guests and Projects: Jess Levine @jessfromonline Twitter: https://twitter.com/jessfromonline Website: https://jessfrom.online/ Itch.io: https://jessfromonline.itch.io/ Music: https://liquidcrystal.bandcamp.com/ satah @nuditea Twitter: https://twitter.com/nuditea Website: https://gaygothvibes.online Games and Tools discussed this episode: I Have the High Ground: Itch: https://jessfromonline.itch.io/ihthg Indie Press Revolution: https://indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/I-Have-the-High-Ground.html Crowdfunding Info: https://www.gameontabletop.com/cf710/i-have-the-high-ground.html Timestamps: 00:00:22 - Recap 00:00:51 - Selecting Capes 00:07:25 - Advantages 00:19:53 - Clothing 00:27:33 - Your weapons 00:34:51 - Inventory 00:45:31 - Names 00:48:06 - Circumstances 00:50:10 - What was the process for these character creation mechanics? 00:57:11 - What inspirations did you draw upon then for the character creation mechanics? 01:03:59 - Final Highlights 01:07:29 - Episode Closer 01:09:43 - Credits 01:11:38 - Show Blurbs - Modifier 01:12:13 - Outtakes Music: Clip 1: The following music was used for this media project: Music: Sing Along by Alexander Nakarada Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4722-sing-along License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Clip 2: The following music was used for this media project: Music: Volcano by Sascha Ende Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/540-volcano License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://www.sascha-ende.de 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 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@charactercreationcast?lang=en Amelia Antrim: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Website: https://ameliaantrim.wordpress.com/ Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Twitch: https://twitch.tv/lordneptunerb Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) Itch.io: https://lordneptune.itch.io Our Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: https://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 38! This series we welcome Jeff Barber back to the studio to cover the brand new version of a game we covered 32 series ago, Blue Planet: Recontact, a sci-fi game about life on an alien, ocean world. This episode we finish creating our characters!! Also, make sure to check the show notes for the Blue Planet Kickstarter page as well as the #Reviews4Good campaign that Podchaser is doing this whole month of April! Announcements: Blue Planet: Recontact Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1875712273/blue-planet-recontact Podchaser #Reviews4Good Campaign: https://www.podchaser.com/articles/reviews4good/reviews4good-2021 Character Creation Cast Podchaser Page: https://podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast 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 Guests and Projects: Jeff Barber @BiohazardJeff Twitter: https://twitter.com/BiohazardJeff Website: https://www.biohazardgamespublishing.com/ Games discussed this episode: Blue Planet: Recontact by Jeff Barber Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1875712273/blue-planet-recontact Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:03:59 - Recap 00:04:28 - Profile - Goals Motivations and Attitudes 00:09:30 - Attributes 00:15:14 - Focus Attributes 00:25:58 - Strain 00:28:46 - Skill Sets 00:44:22 - Our Origin Skill Sets 00:45:52 - Our Background Skill Sets 00:46:53 - Our Occupation Skill Sets 00:47:23 - Our Experiential Skill Sets 00:48:01 - Our Developmental Skill Sets 00:49:56 - Tags 00:54:50 - Tracks - Creating a campaign track 00:58:52 - Creating a more personal track 01:01:42 - Ties and Names 01:14:39 - Actual Age vs Apparent Age 01:18:17 - Features 01:21:56 - Biomods 01:28:39 - Gear 01:29:16 - We did it! 01:29:40 - Episode Closer 01:30:27 - Call To Action 01:34:47 - Credits 01:36:42 - Show Blurbs: Campaign Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-382-blue-planet-recontact-with-jeff-barber-designer-creation-continued/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Diving In The Oceans Of Kepler by MusicLFiles Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7062-diving-in-the-oceans-of-kepler License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Clip 2: Beyond The Known Space by MusicLFiles Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6835-beyond-the-known-space License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 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

Welcome to the final episode of our Ryuutama series, everyone! This series we have Amber Seger from the Tabletop Babble and Shapeshift podcasts, joining us to discuss and create characters for Ryuutama by Atsuhiro Okada, a cozy game about travel in a fantasy world. This episode we have an excellent discussion with Amber about character sheets and accessibility, talk about how the process went with the character creation, and try to make sense of everything in our fanfic segment! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Regarding Ads on the network: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1tiUCVvh9HJSV0I6vH5fNS?si=245d84e493b64829 One Shot Network Bad Ads Reporting Form: https://bit.ly/osnbadads One Shot Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast 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 Guests and Projects: Amber Seger @rocketorca Twitter: https://twitter.com/rocketorca Website: https://rocketorca.com Tabletop Babble @TableTopBabble Twitter: https://twitter.com/TableTopBabble Website: https://geekspective.com/show/table-top-babble/ Shapeshift Twitter: https://twitter.com/Shapeshiftcast Website: https://geekspective.com/show/shapeshift/ Games/Tools discussed this episode: Ryuutama: Website:  DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/161432/Ryuutama?affiliate_id=1601603 Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:01:48 - Reintroductions 00:05:43 - D20 for your thoughts? 00:08:28 - What makes for a really great character creation system? 00:10:58 - Let's talk about these character sheets. 00:32:06 - How does the character creation of Ryuutama stack up to other systems? 00:39:53 - Favorite part of character creation? 00:41:58 - Fanfic! 00:59:28 - Take it up a level! 01:06:28 - Final thoughts about Ryuutama 01:12:04 - Episode Closer 01:14:41 - Call to Action 01:23:49 - Credits 01:25:44 - Outtakes Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: TableTop Babble Theme Music Clip 2: Shapeshift Theme Music Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Tumblr: https://creationcast.tumblr.com/ Amelia Antrim: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the second episode of series 79! In this series, we are going to be going over a different solo RPG every episode, and in today’s episode, Ryan is all by themself again to explore the game Elegy, an urban fantasy vampiric RPG by Miracle M! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Bluesky Starter Pack! https://go.bsky.app/RBJ971x Join our Discord! https://discord.charactercreationcast.com 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 Games/Tools discussed this episode: Elegy: Free PDF: https://miraclem.itch.io/elegy Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Announcements (00:01:27) - Introductions (00:02:05) - What's in a game? - Core Concepts (00:03:16) - What setting do you play in? (00:07:53) - What materials do we need to play Elegy? (00:10:40) - What stories and themes does this game explore? (00:12:41) - What do characters do in Elegy? (00:15:39) - What is unique about Elegy? (00:16:37) - History of the game (00:17:04) - Terms and Concepts (00:19:25) - Let's make some people! (00:24:04) - World Building Truths (00:47:16) - Name and Stats (00:49:23) - Assets (01:02:54) - Background and Connections (01:14:54) - Background Elegy (01:25:36) - Discussion - Character Sheets (01:27:09) - How does character creation stack up to other games? (01:27:52) - Fanfic? (01:32:13) - Episode Closer (01:32:58) - Call to Action (01:38:02) - Credits Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Clip 2: Vampires by Andrew Stanton On Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/10737 Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Contact Us: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com BlueSky: @CreationCast.net (https://bsky.app/profile/creationcast.net) Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@charactercreationcast Amelia Antrim: BlueSky: @gingerreckoning.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/gingerreckoning.bsky.social) Ryan Boelter: BlueSky: @lordneptune.com (https://bsky.app/profile/lordneptune.com) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to a bonus Character Creation Spotlight episode 15, everyone! This episode, we welcome Austin Taylor and Amanda Kahl, to learn about the game they are designing along with Banana Chan, Deimos Academy, a horror RPG set in a spooky boarding school that is played with a coloring book and paper dolls! This episode we learn about the game, figure out some details about our school, and make our supernaturally powered students returning for a mysterious 15 year reunion! Announcements: TTRPG Bundle for Trans Rights Texas on Itch https://itch.io/b/1308/ttrpgs-for-trans-rights-in-texas Deimos Academy Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gameandacurry/deimos-academy?ref=clipboard-prelaunch Character Creation Cast TikTok https://tiktok.com/@charactercreationcast?lang=en Girl Scout Cookies from Amelia’s Daughter: https://bit.ly/eleanorcookie One Shot Network Patreon https://patreon.com/OneShotPodcast 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: Austin Taylor @SailorSctAustin Twitter: https://twitter.com/SailorSctAustin Amanda Kahl @AgeOfNight Twitter: https://twitter.com/AgeOfNight Website: https://ageofnight.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amandakahlart/ Patreon: https://patreon.com/ageofnight Games discussed this episode: Deimos Academy Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gameandacurry/deimos-academy?ref=clipboard-prelaunch Timestamps: 00:00:20 - Introductions 00:03:26 - What's in a game? 00:04:16 - What is the setting? 00:05:33 - What sort of materials do we need? 00:07:54 - What sort of characters can be created? 00:10:21 - Let's make some people! 00:10:46 - Consumed character types 00:14:01 - Picking Archetypes 00:15:55 - Creating the Boarding School with an Alumni Letter 00:17:06 - Determining the year 00:17:38 - The reason for the reunion 00:18:36 - Time of year 00:19:31 - Location of the Academy 00:20:59 - Sender of the letter 00:23:17 - Names and Pronouns 00:23:45 - Where did your parents live while you were going to school? 00:24:38 - What was your reputation in High School? 00:26:26 - How do you define yourself now? 00:29:17 - How did you discover your powers? 00:32:01 - What is your fear? 00:34:37 - Why do you decide to go to the union? 00:37:24 - Final steps of character creation 00:38:12 - Kickstarter Information 00:40:01 - Episode Closer 00:41:13 - Credits 00:43:08 - Show Blurbs - All My Fantasy Children 00:43:45 - Outtakes Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/character-creation-spotlight-e15-austin-taylor-and-amanda-kahl-designers/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Reunited by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4282-reunited License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Clip 2: Darkest Child var A by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3614-darkest-child-var-a License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 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

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

Welcome to the second episode of series 15! In this episode, we’ll be finishing our Holdfast and finally start character creation with Tracy Barnett, creator of Iron Edda and the newer version, which we start covering this series, Iron Edda Accelerated! Announcements: AcadeCon Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/therpgacademy/acadecon-2019-ours-goes-to-seven Submit your questions to us here: https://questions.charactercreationcast.com 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: Tracy Barnett @TheOtherTracy Twitter https://twitter.com/TheOtherTracy Iron Edda Accelerated http://www.encodeddesigns.com/iron-edda-accelerated/ The Other Cast http://www.theothertracy.com/theothercast Patreon https://patreon.com/TracyBarnett Gnome Stew https://gnomestew.com/ Timestamps 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:03:38 - Recap 00:03:58 - Finishing up the Holdfast 00:10:36 - Let’s make some people! 00:15:26 - We pick our archetypes 00:16:58 - First steps, learning about our conditions 00:27:25 - Creating our aspects - High Concepts 00:31:36 - Creating our Trouble aspects 00:34:38 - Clan aspects 00:45:27 - Sacred Items 00:49:38 - Rating our approaches 00:53:29 - Stunts 00:58:48 - Additional stunts 01:06:35 - Names 01:11:32 - Group aspects 01:15:59 - Episode Closer 01:18:42 - Show Blurbs Character Sheets Holdfast Presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1lCF5gaJl5HUBdpx93mjCgydPbRnqMNNHpwGUnZCcvUs/edit?usp=sharing Amelia’s Character: Next week! (Life was busy this week!) Ryan’s Character: Next week! Tracy’s Character: Next week! Game systems and materials discussed in this episode: Iron Edda Accelerated: http://www.encodeddesigns.com/iron-edda-accelerated/ Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Góða Nótt by Alexander Nakarada Clip 2: The Other Cast Iron Edda main theme (http://www.theothertracy.com/theothercast) 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 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

Welcome to the fifth and final episode of series 74! This series welcomed Sam Sleney, one of the three designers behind Orbital Blues, the space western RPG we are covering this month! This episode, we finish up our discussion with more industry chat about the review process and how it’s ok to like things that are objectively bad, we make some fantastic fanfic for our characters, and do a deep dive into inspiration and being true to your games that you design or run! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: The Ultimate RPG Podcast https://oneshotpodcast.com/interview-discussion/the-ultimate-rpg-podcast/ Starwhal Odyssey https://oneshotpodcast.com/starwhal/ Join our Discord! https://discord.charactercreationcast.com 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 Guests Sam Sleney Twitter: https://x.com/samsleney Soul Muppet Publishing: https://usa.soulmuppet-store.co.uk/ Games/Tools discussed this episode: Orbital Blues: Website: https://usa.soulmuppet-store.co.uk/collections/orbital-blues DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/365815/Orbital-Blues-A-Space-Western-RPG?affiliate_id=1601603 Itch.io: https://soulmuppetpublishing.itch.io/orbital-blues Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Announcements (00:01:42) - The state of reviews in the RPG industry (00:17:08) - How does the process of creating characters for Orbital Blues stack up to other games? (00:30:32) - Fanfic! (00:44:04) - Take it up a level....? (00:52:44) - Episode Closer (00:54:43) - Call to Action (00:59:44) - Credits Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: Orbit by Ender From Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/9540 Clip 2: Blues for Miss D by The Realist From Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/10938 Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Contact Us: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com BlueSky: @CreationCast.net (https://bsky.app/profile/creationcast.net) Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: BlueSky: @gingerreckoning.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/gingerreckoning.bsky.social) Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: BlueSky: @lordneptune.com (https://bsky.app/profile/lordneptune.com) Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the first episode of our Visigoths vs Mall Goths series, a game where you play time displaced Visigoths in a 90’s mall where, naturally, you are enemies with the mall goths that inhabit said mall. We welcome a special guest to cover this game with us, Lucian Kahn, designer of Visigoths vs Mall Goths, and much more, and we had a blast recording this series with him! Announcements: Descent into Midnight Kickstarter Watch: https://dimrpg.io/ks A Horror Borealis/The Cryptid Keeper Year of the Moth Patreon Drive: https://patreon.com/TheCryptidKeeper 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: Lucian Kahn @oh_theogony Twitter: https://twitter.com/oh_theogony Website: https://necromancy.itch.io Dead Friend: A Game of Necromancy https://necromancy.itch.io/dead-friend-a-game-of-necromancy Grandma’s Drinking Song - Doikayt: A Jewish RPG Anthology https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/5527230/doikayt-a-jewish-ttrpg-anthology Honey and Hot Wax - Pelgrane Press https://necromancy.itch.io/best-of-lucian-kahn Games discussed this episode: Visigoths vs Mall Goths Backer-Kit Pre Order: https://goths.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:02:39 - Introductions 00:09:10 - What’s in a game? 00:13:00 - What materials do we need to play? 00:14:37 - What stories and themes is this game meant to explore? 00:18:18 - What do characters do in this game? 00:24:18 - History of the game. 00:29:29 - Basic Terms 00:29:49 - Let’s make some people! 00:31:09 - Picking our playbooks 00:32:11 - Episode Closer 00:34:06 - Show Blurbs (NeoScum) Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-241-visigoths-vs-mall-goths-with-lucian-kahn-designer-creation/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Music from https://filmmusic.io "Gothamlicious" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Clip 2: Music from https://filmmusic.io "Eighties Action" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) 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: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Website: https://ameliaantrim.wordpress.com/ Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) Side Heroes: @SideHeroesPod (https://twitter.com/SideHeroesPod) Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter Itch.io: https://lordneptune.itch.io 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 50, everyone! This series, we welcome Aram and Dylan from the Kill Every Monster Podcast, to revisit Dungeons and Dragons 5E by utilizing supplements to enhance your games. This episode we finish our characters and ask ourselves what we hath wrought! Announcements: Questions for us! - Last chance this round! https://questions.charactercreationcast.com One Shot Twitch Channel for Miracle Monday: https://twitch.tv/OneShotRPG One Shot Network Patreon https://patreon.com/OneShotPodcast 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 Guests and Projects: Aram Vartian @AramVartian Twitter: https://twitter.com/AramVartian Website: http://aram.gay Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/godsfall Godsfall: https://godsfall.simplecast.com/ Dylan Malenfant @DJMalenfant Twitter: https://twitter.com/djMalenfant Kill Every Monster @KEMPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/KEMPodcast Website: https://killeverymonster.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/killeverymonster Games and Tools discussed this episode: Dungeons and Dragons 5E: Amazon: https://amzn.to/3vRijwb D&D Beyond: Website: https://dndbeyond.com/ Monsters of the Multiverse (Orc Ancestry): Amazon: https://amzn.to/3KyRli9 Guildmaster’s Guide to Ravnica (Loxodon Ancestry): Amazon: https://amzn.to/3KyRli9 Tales of Arcana 5e Race Guide (Hologod and Vroom vroom Ancestries): DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/363154/Tales-of-ArcanaR-5E-Race-Guide?affiliate_id=1601603 Planet Apocalypse (Blood of the Lost Sorcerer Variant): DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/380038/Planet-Apocalypse-for-5E?affiliate_id=1601603 Nightfell (Rogue Variant, Backgrounds): DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/376494/Nightfell--A-Horror-Fantasy-Setting-for-5e--ENG-ITA?affiliate_id=1601603 Dragon Stew (Baker Background) Website: https://metalweave.games/collections/dragon-stew/products/dragon-stew?variant=32044274286710 Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:04:41 - Recap 00:05:09 - Ability Scores 00:12:40 - Classes and Sub-Classes 00:29:48 - HP but also names and other Class things 00:32:29 - Ancestry Features 00:44:34 - Class Details - skill proficiencies 00:48:59 - Pitstop chat about Attributes 00:58:58 - Back on track! - Class Specialties and Backgrounds 01:04:39 - Some Equipment 01:06:03 - More sub-class stuff 01:14:10 - Cantrips, Spells and Backgrounds - Listen, we're all over the place 01:31:53 - We're done, we think? 01:35:03 - What sort of world does this make? 01:38:31 - Episode Closer 01:40:31 - Call to Action 01:47:52 - Credits 01:49:47 - Show Blurbs - System Mastery Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-502-dungeons-and-dragons-5e-with-aram-and-dylan-kill-every-monster-creation-continued/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Dungeons And Dragons by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5215-dungeons-and-dragons License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Clip 2: Kill Every Monster Intro Music - A Truly Powerful Force by NC Music Link: A Truly Powerful Force by ncmusic | AudioJungle 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

Welcome to the second episode of series 47, everyone! This series, we welcome April Kit Walsh, to learn about her game, Thirsty Sword Lesbians, a Powered by the Apocalypse game where swords cross and hearts race! This episode we create our characters and determine their relationships and find out how many characters we are smitten with before we’re even done! Announcements: Kill Every Monster - Amelia’s Undead Horde Episode https://killeverymonster.com/2022/01/undeadhorde/ Truths of Heart Bundle https://itch.io/b/1252/truths-of-heart-powered-by-lesbians-bundle One Shot Network Patreon https://patreon.com/OneShotPodcast 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: April Kit Walsh @GaySpaceshipGms Twitter: https://twitter.com/GaySpaceshipGms Website: https://gayspaceship.com Games discussed this episode: Thirsty Sword Lesbians Website: http://sword.gay DriveThru RPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/348096/Thirsty-Sword-Lesbians?term=Thirsty+Sword?affiliate_id=1601603 Advanced Lovers & Lesbians Preorder https://advanced-lovers-and-lesbians.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders/387544 Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:03:05 - Recap 00:03:57 - Picking Stats 00:10:46 - Playbook Features 00:16:10 - Playbook Moves 00:22:12 - Default Playbook Moves 00:26:18 - Aesthetics and Random Tables 00:36:21 - Introducing our characters 00:40:38 - Relationship Questions 00:52:55 - Handing out strings 00:56:03 - Episode Closer 00:57:46 - Call to Action 01:01:29 - Credits 01:03:24 - Show Blurbs - Warda Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-472-thirsty-sword-lesbians-with-april-kit-walsh-designer-creation-continued/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Love Trip by Sascha Ende® Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/2969-love-trip License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Clip 2: Aerosol Of My Love by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7013-aerosol-of-my-love License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 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: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Website: https://ameliaantrim.wordpress.com/ Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Twitch: https://twitch.tv/lordneptunerb Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) A Horror Borealis: @AHorrorBorealis (https://twitter.com/AHorrorBorealis) Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter Itch.io: https://lordneptune.itch.io 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, everyone. In this bonus series we are thrilled to welcome Jess Levine and satah, designers of I Have the High Ground, a two-player game about banter, posturing and capes! This episode we learn about the game and create our scenarios together. Stay tuned for the next episode where we finish our characters and learn more about the design behind the game! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: I Have the High Ground: Itch: https://jessfromonline.itch.io/ihthg Indie Press Revolution: https://indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/I-Have-the-High-Ground.html Crowdfunding Info: https://www.gameontabletop.com/cf710/i-have-the-high-ground.html 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 Guests and Projects: Jess Levine @jessfromonline Twitter: https://twitter.com/jessfromonline Website: https://jessfrom.online/ Itch.io: https://jessfromonline.itch.io/ Music: https://liquidcrystal.bandcamp.com/ satah @nuditea Twitter: https://twitter.com/nuditea Website: https://gaygothvibes.online Games and Tools discussed this episode: I Have the High Ground: Itch: https://jessfromonline.itch.io/ihthg Indie Press Revolution: https://indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/I-Have-the-High-Ground.html Crowdfunding Info: https://www.gameontabletop.com/cf710/i-have-the-high-ground.html Timestamps: 00:00:22 - Introductions 00:04:36 - What's in a game? - Core Concept for I Have the High Ground 00:11:44 - Settings 00:14:05 - What materials do we need for this game? 00:16:15 - What kinds of characters can you make for this game? 00:20:53 - How can we tell what the stakes are? 00:22:51 - Let's make some people! - Genre 00:24:27 - Stakes 00:27:15 - History 00:33:50 - Descriptors 00:51:35 - How did it come to this?! 00:57:27 - Environment 01:03:50 - Capes 01:11:34 - Credits 01:13:28 - Show Blurbs - Iron Edda Reforged Music: Clip 1: The following music was used for this media project: Music: Sing Along by Alexander Nakarada Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4722-sing-along License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Clip 2: The following music was used for this media project: Music: Volcano by Sascha Ende Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/540-volcano License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://www.sascha-ende.de 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: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/charactercreationcast 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 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@charactercreationcast?lang=en Amelia Antrim: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Website: https://ameliaantrim.wordpress.com/ Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Twitch: https://twitch.tv/lordneptunerb Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) Itch.io: https://lordneptune.itch.io Our Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: https://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 our Pasión de las Pasiones series, everyone! In this series we have the game's designer, Brandon Leon-Gambetta (he/him) joining us with his good friend, and Magpie Games GM Elsbeth Denman (she/her) to look at this phenomenal Powered by the Apocalypse game about playing out your very own Telenovela. In this episode, we talk about how the character creation process went, get into some dramatic fanfic, and give Brandon some well-deserved praise! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Buy Pasión de las Pasiones!: https://magpiegames.com/pages/pasion?m Girl Scout Cookies!: https://cookies.charactercreationcast.com/ Undying Bonds Session 3: https://www.patreon.com/posts/undying-bonds-2-77740925 Newsletter Signups: https://newsletter.charactercreationcast.com/ 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 Guests and Projects: Brandon Leon-Gambetta @bleongambetta Twitter: https://twitter.com/bleongambetta Website: https://brandonleongambetta.com Itch.io: https://bleongambetta.itch.io/ Elsbeth Denman @elsbethdz Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elsbethdz/ Dark Valley: https://darkvalleypod.com Magpie Games Curated Play: https://magpiegames.com/pages/elsbeth Stop, Hack and Roll @StopHackAndRoll Twitter: https://twitter.com/stophackandroll Website: https://stop-hack-and-roll-podcast.pinecast.co/ Games/Tools discussed this episode: Pasión de las Pasiones: Website: https://magpiegames.com/pages/pasion?m Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:01:28 - Reintroductions 00:07:09 - D20 for your thoughts? 00:18:03 - What makes for good character creation? 00:23:48 - What do the character sheets tell us? 00:33:00 - How does character creation in PdlP stack up to other games? 00:41:02 - How does the process of character creation set expectations for play? 00:46:38 - Biggest flaw of character creation in PdlP? Best part? 00:56:28 - Fanfic! 01:12:22 - Take it up a level! 01:21:06 - Final thoughts 01:26:37 - Episode Closer 01:30:10 - Call to Action 01:42:46 - Credits 01:44:40 - Outtakes Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: There It Is by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4519-there-it-is License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Clip 2: Catalina by True Genesis From SoundStripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/8030 Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Tumblr: https://creationcast.tumblr.com/ Amelia Antrim: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Mastodon: @gingerreckoning@dice.camp (https://dice.camp/@gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Mastodon: @lordneptune@dice.camp (https://dice.camp/@lordneptune) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the second episode of Series 39, everyone! This series, we’re finally tackling the game that Ryan has been talking about for ages, Chimera, a Powered by the Apocalypse game that allows you to blend genres together and create unique worlds and people. Today, Ryan again takes a backseat as a guest along with co-designer Amr Ammourazz, while Senda from Panda’s Talking Games, Gnome Stew and She’s a Super Geek takes over co-host duties with Amelia! We’ll be finishing up character creation and world building for our group in this episode, and it’s quite a lengthy one at that! Announcements: Chimera RPG Itch.io Page: https://play.chimera.games/ Ryan’s A Tale of Twinkle and Awe campaign backlog: https://twitch.chimera.games/ Amr’s Cape and Blade campaign backlog: https://capeandblade.chimera.games/ Blue Planet: Recontact Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1875712273/blue-planet-recontact 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 Guests and Projects: Amr Ammourazz @ammourazz Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ammourazz Itch: https://ammourazz.itch.io/ Ryan Boelter @lordneptune Twitter: https://twitter.com/lordneptune Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter Itch: https://lordneptune.itch.io Website: https://lordneptune.com Side Heroes on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SideHeroesPod Senda @IdellaMithlynnd Twitter: https://twitter.com/IdellaMithlynnd Panda’s Talking Games: https://twitter.com/PandasTalkGames Gnome Stew: https://twitter.com/GnomeStew She’s a Super Geek: https://twitter.com/SASGeekPodcast Games discussed this episode: Chimera Playtest by Ryan Boelter and Amr Ammourazz Itch: https://play.chimera.games Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:02:48 - Recap 00:03:51 - Populating character sheets 00:08:29 - Name/Looks/Gender/Ancestry/Age 00:19:28 - Abilities 00:25:14 - Assigning Attitudes and Chimera Dice 00:34:25 - Secondary Archetype Attitude Adjustments 00:35:36 - Our Attitude Choices 00:39:45 - Moves 00:53:48 - Our move choices 01:03:58 - Backstory Questions 01:04:36 - Amelia's Questions 01:15:28 - Senda's Questions 01:23:12 - Amr's Questions 01:26:20 - Ryan's Questions 01:30:25 - Relationships 02:00:56 - Genre Team Questions 02:08:43 - Individual Team Questions 02:21:08 - Why do we care about the team? 02:27:51 - We did it! - Episode Closer 02:34:27 - Call to Action 02:36:28 - Credits 02:38:23 - Show Blurbs - All My Fantasy Children Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-392-chimera-with-amr-ammourazz-and-ryan-boelter-designer-creation-continued/transcript 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: 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/) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the final episode of our Sleepaway series, everyone! This series we have Nicole Trainor/Phae from the Misfits of Space podcast, joining us to discuss and create characters (and a camp!) for, Sleepaway, existential horror themed summer camp RPG by Jay Dragon! This episode we discuss the character creation process as well as dive into some exquisite fanfic! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Amelia’s Christmas Cards Sign-Up: https://forms.gle/tpQMdqcnNujkrCo97 One Shot Podcast - Starwhal: Odyssey of the Lucky Fin https://open.spotify.com/episode/033JivhzqoCAPvW5WTeb82?si=62dd8cd5c6ef4099 One Shot Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast 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 Guests and Projects: Nicole Trainor @Phaedra220 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Phaedra220 Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/phaedra220 Misfits of Space @MisfitsOfSpace Twitter: https://twitter.com/MisfitsOfSpace Website: https://misfitsofspace.com Games/Tools discussed this episode: Sleepaway: Website: https://possumcreekgames.com/products/sleepaway Itch.io: https://possumcreekgames.itch.io/sleepaway DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/353967/Sleepaway?affiliate_id=1601603 C3 Camp Map: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qoENXxq-skJ-rl33A1Hj-adVNC_xkQ5mthcBw5X1G0s/edit?usp=sharing Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:01:27 - Reintroductions 00:12:23 - D20 for your thoughts? 00:15:10 - What makes a good character creation system for Nicole? 00:17:40 - What story do the character sheets tell? 00:23:34 - How does Sleepaway character creation stack up to other games? 00:25:38 - How does the process of character set the expectations for play? 00:31:05 - Biggest flaw of character creation? Best Part? 00:33:22 - Fanfic! 00:44:42 - Take it up a level! 00:47:23 - Final Thoughts 00:48:56 - Episode Closer 00:50:29 - Call to Action 01:01:14 - Credits 01:03:08 - Outtakes Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: El Grillo by Josquin des Prez https://haldms.halleonard.com/rendering/audio/preview/146/1059418 Clip 2: Silver by MészárcsekGergely https://pixabay.com/music/rock-silver-7870/ Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Amelia Antrim: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the second part of our Nova/Lumen series, everyone! This series we have Spencer Campbell joining us to showcase his fast-paced, action heavy RPG, Nova, a rules-lite tabletop RPG in a world where the sun exploded, and humanity struggles to hold onto what little light they have left. In this episode, finish our characters and find out a lot more about our world with some collaborative world building! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Welcome Mystery County Monster Hunters Club to the One Shot Network! https://mysterycounty.com 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 Guests and Projects: Spencer Campbell @GilaRPGs Twitter: https://twitter.com/GilaRPGs Website: https://gilarpgs.com/ Itch.io: https://gilarpgs.itch.io/nova Games and Tools discussed this episode: Nova: Itch: https://gilarpgs.itch.io/nova Hard Copy: https://gilarpgs.myshopify.com/products/nova Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:01:20 - Recap 00:01:41 - Health and Fuel 00:06:25 - Mods 00:16:55 - Spark Abilities 00:28:37 - The Pilot 00:34:44 - Optional World Building! 00:36:02 - Expanding our pilot's backgrounds 00:51:42 - Our City - What does it look like? 00:54:20 - Populating the city 01:02:38 - Defining the Dusk - Recent Experiences 01:07:24 - What sort of missions do we want to do? 01:11:35 - Episode Closer 01:13:56 - Call to Action 01:19:30 - Credits 01:21:24 - Show Blurbs - Mystery County Monster Hunter Club Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: The following music was used for this media project: Music: The Death Of A Dark Star by MusicLFiles Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/7297-the-death-of-a-dark-star License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://cemmusicproject.wixsite.com/musiclibraryfiles Clip 2: The following music was used for this media project: Music: Dancing Between Light And Shadows by MusicLFiles Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/6433-dancing-between-light-and-shadows License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://cemmusicproject.wixsite.com/musiclibraryfiles 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: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/charactercreationcast 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 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@charactercreationcast?lang=en Amelia Antrim: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Website: https://ameliaantrim.wordpress.com/ Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Twitch: https://twitch.tv/lordneptunerb Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) Itch.io: https://lordneptune.itch.io Our Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: https://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 series 33, everyone! This episode, we are welcoming back Grant Howitt and Chris Taylor, two familiar voices for those who have heard our Heart series. This series we will be covering Unbound, a game where you build the setting along with your characters in a fairly unique way. Join us this episode as we discuss the game and start diving into world building and character creation! Announcements:  Ryan’s Chimera Live Stream Campaign: A Tale of Twinkle and Awe https://twitch.chimera.games Cape and Blade Live Stream Campaign: https://capeandblade.chimera.games 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 Guests and Projects: Grant Howitt @gshowitt Twitter: https://twitter.com/gshowitt Patreon: https://patreon.com/gshowitt Chris Taylor @TheMaddigan Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheMaddigan Rowan, Rook and Decard Website: https://rowanrookanddecard.com Games discussed this episode: Unbound Website: https://rowanrookanddecard.com/product-category/game-systems/unbound/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:05:56 - Introductions 00:08:58 - What’s in a game? 00:11:23 - Why choose to make a setting neutral game? 00:16:41 - What do we need to play Unbound? 00:18:27 - What kind of stories and themes does this game explore? 00:20:30 - What do characters do in this game? 00:23:59 - What is unique about Unbound? 00:28:08 - History of Unbound 00:30:27 - Terms and Concepts 00:30:40 - Cores 00:31:26 - Roles 00:32:10 - Traits 00:32:59 - Foundation 00:33:36 - Fates 00:33:46 - Factions and Twists 00:34:20 - Scars 00:34:38 - Saga 00:36:02 - Let’s make some people and a place! 00:36:54 - Touchstones 00:40:01 - Core 00:43:46 - World building questions 00:46:39 - Naming the city 00:48:13 - What do we want and what happens if we don’t get it? 00:53:17 - Who’s in charge of the law around these parts? 00:55:22 - Who’s the one person you can trust? 00:58:18 - Who are we looking to screw over? 01:00:55 - Recovery power 01:01:45 - Role selection 01:07:15 - Call to Action 01:11:28 - Credits 01:13:23 - Show Blurb: System Mastery Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-331-unbound-with-grant-howitt-and-chris-taylor-creation/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Water Of The Moon by MusicLFiles Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6890-water-of-the-moon License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Clip 2: The Technology Is Here by MusicLFiles Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6842-the-technology-is-here License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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

In a bonus Evolution Cast episode (because March has an extra Monday) we tackle how to plot out your characters story using goals and motivations.  Announcements Descent into Midnight Kickstarter https://dimrpg.io/ks Princess World Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1706590045/princess-world Pasión de las Pasiones Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bleongambetta/pasion-de-las-pasiones The Creatensive Character Zine Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/isidorerae/the-creatensive-character-zine-with-praxis-descends 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 - Announcements 04:58 - Introduction 08:36 - Desires and Motivations 12:06 - Decisions vs. Goals 15:46 - Motivations 20:10 - Motivations can change 22:04 - Make them credible 25:06 - Cause and effect 26:11 - Conscious vs. unconscious motivation 29:02 - Impulsive vs. careful 31:22 - Don’t make it easy 32:43 - Show, don’t tell 34:03 - Make it complex 36:53 - Obstacles 37:39 - How to do this 38:13 - In-character journaling 42:02 - Ask questions 43:19 - Thanks 43:50 - Closer 45:04 - Show Blurbs 45:52 - Outtakes Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/character-evolution-cast-e19-how-plot-plot/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Our Story Begins by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4181-our-story-begins License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Clip 2: Touching Story by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4540-touching-story License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Website: https://ameliaantrim.wordpress.com/ Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) Side Heroes: @SideHeroesPod (https://twitter.com/SideHeroesPod) Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter Itch.io: https://lordneptune.itch.io/ 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 series 43, everyone! This series we welcome Cam Banks to discuss his game, Cortex Prime, an RPG Toolkit for creating ANY game you want! We talk game design, working with a “generic” game, and start making our characters! Announcements: International Podcast Month Website: https://www.internationalpodcastmonth.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/podmonth 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: Cam Banks (Designer) @boymonster Twitter: https://twitter.com/boymonster Instagram: https://instagram.com/rustysellsword Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cambanks Games discussed this episode: Cortex Prime Website: https://www.cortexrpg.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CortexRPG Amazon: https://amzn.to/3tpJmwZ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:02:53 - Introductions 00:04:37 - What's in a game? 00:05:15 - What materials do we need to play the game? 00:12:54 - The history of Cortex 00:25:56 - Basic terms and concepts 00:27:32 - Traits 00:29:22 - Let's make a... system! - Selecting genres 00:33:16 - Prime Sets 00:38:12 - Distinctions 00:41:17 - Additional Rules 00:45:57 - Additional Traits - Resources, Specialties, Assets 00:50:16 - Let's make some people! 00:50:39 - Three forms of character creation 00:51:23 - Scratch build method - Prime traits - Values 00:57:01 - Call to Action 00:58:36 - Credits 01:00:32 - Show Blurbs - All My Fantasy Children Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-431-cortex-prime-with-cam-banks-designer-creation/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Magic Drops by Rafael Krux Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5685-magic-drops- License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Clip 2: Schools Out by Sascha Ende® Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/501-schools-out License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 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: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Website: https://ameliaantrim.wordpress.com/ Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Twitch: https://twitch.tv/lordneptunerb Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) A Horror Borealis: @AHorrorBorealis (https://twitter.com/AHorrorBorealis) Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter Itch.io: https://lordneptune.itch.io 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 another bonus episode of Character Evolution Cast everyone! In this episode, Amelia and Ryan sit down to discuss (and teach Ryan about) Intraparty conflict. What forms can it take in our games, how to safely navigate it, and some examples from games in our past to showcase how it can work in our games. Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: AcadeCon Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/therpgacademy/acadecon-2023-daytons-own-3-day-tabletop-convention Courier’s Call Season 3 Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/oneshotpodcast/skyjacks-couriers-call-season-3 Our social media info: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com Newsletter Signups: https://newsletter.charactercreationcast.com/ Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com 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 Games/Tools discussed this episode: DIE RPG: DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/417563/DIE-The-Roleplaying-Game?affiliate_id=1601603 Website: https://rowanrookanddecard.com/product/die-the-roleplaying-game/ Pasión de las Pasiones: Website: https://magpiegames.com/pages/pasion DriveThruRPG: https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/409558/Pasion-de-las-Pasiones?affiliate_id=1601603 Fiasco Website: https://bullypulpitgames.com/products/fiasco DriveThruRPG: https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/335287/fiasco?affiliate_id=1601603 Amazon: https://amzn.to/3L9IiYb Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:01:12 - Introduction 00:02:07 - Marker 13 00:03:18 - What is intraparty conflict? 00:05:05 - How is intraparty conflict different than regular conflict with NPCs. 00:09:10 - What are the benefits of bringing intraparty conflict into our games? 00:11:58 - How do we prepare for intraparty conflict? 00:25:18 - How does this work in the game? 00:44:12 - What can we do if it starts getting uncomfortable or bleeding into real life? 00:56:47 - Turning these conflicts into character growth and development 01:01:24 - Examples of conflict at the table 01:10:34 - Episode Closer 01:17:09 - Call to Action 01:27:22 - Credits Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Evolution Cast Theme: Our Imperfect Place by Strength To Last on Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/9966 Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com BlueSky: @CreationCast.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/creationcast.bsky.social) Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Tumblr: https://creationcast.tumblr.com/ Amelia Antrim: BlueSky: @gingerreckoning.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/gingerreckoning.bsky.social) Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Mastodon: @gingerreckoning@dice.camp (https://dice.camp/@gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: BlueSky: @lordneptune.com (https://bsky.app/profile/lordneptune.com) Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Mastodon: @lordneptune@dice.camp (https://dice.camp/@lordneptune) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the final episode of series 50, everyone! This series, we welcome Aram and Dylan from the Kill Every Monster Podcast, to revisit Dungeons and Dragons 5E by utilizing supplements to enhance your games. This episode we discuss how the process went and try to make sense of whatever this was in our fanfic portion! Announcements: One Shot Twitch Channel for Miracle Monday: https://twitch.tv/OneShotRPG It’s a Magical Bee-ch Episode! - New Micro RPG by Ryan: https://lordneptune.itch.io/magical-bee-ch-episode New Sims4 e-sports C3 T-shirt: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/30148993-s4-league-shirt One Shot Network Patreon https://patreon.com/OneShotPodcast 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 Facebook https://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCast Guests and Projects: Aram Vartian @AramVartian Twitter: https://twitter.com/AramVartian Website: http://aram.gay Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/godsfall Godsfall: https://godsfall.simplecast.com/ Dylan Malenfant @DJMalenfant Twitter: https://twitter.com/djMalenfant Kill Every Monster @KEMPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/KEMPodcast Website: https://killeverymonster.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/killeverymonster Games and Tools discussed this episode: Dungeons and Dragons 5E: Amazon: https://amzn.to/3vRijwb D&D Beyond: Website: https://dndbeyond.com/ Monsters of the Multiverse (Orc Ancestry): Amazon: https://amzn.to/3KyRli9 Guildmaster’s Guide to Ravnica (Loxodon Ancestry): Amazon: https://amzn.to/3KyRli9 Tales of Arcana 5e Race Guide (Hologod and Vroom vroom Ancestries): DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/363154/Tales-of-ArcanaR-5E-Race-Guide?affiliate_id=1601603 Planet Apocalypse (Blood of the Lost Sorcerer Variant): DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/380038/Planet-Apocalypse-for-5E?affiliate_id=1601603 Nightfell (Rogue Variant, Backgrounds): DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/376494/Nightfell--A-Horror-Fantasy-Setting-for-5e--ENG-ITA?affiliate_id=1601603 Dragon Stew (Baker Background) Website: https://metalweave.games/collections/dragon-stew/products/dragon-stew?variant=32044274286710 Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:07:39 - Reintroductions 00:15:07 - D20 for your thoughts? 00:28:09 - What does a system need to have to make great characters? 00:33:28 - How did using the supplements compare to not? 00:48:18 - How does using these supplements set expectations for play? 00:55:30 - What story does the character sheet still tell us with all these supplements? 01:05:12 - What's one of the biggest flaws of character creation using these supplements and what's the best part? 01:17:19 - Fanfic! 01:39:28 - Take it up a level! 01:45:27 - Final thoughts 01:51:34 - Episode Closer 01:52:53 - Call to Action 01:57:54 - Credits 01:59:49 - Show Blurbs - Asians Represent 02:00:29 - Outtakes Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Dungeons And Dragons by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5215-dungeons-and-dragons License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Clip 2: Kill Every Monster Intro Music - A Truly Powerful Force by NC Music Link: A Truly Powerful Force by ncmusic | AudioJungle 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 first episode of the 17th series, we’ll be sitting down with Megan Scharlau and Charlotte Elena from Tabletop Potluck to discuss and create characters for Mouse Guard, a cute as heck RPG from The Burning Wheel, where you play as super adorable mice people in a medieval, semi-fantasy setting. Announcements: GenCon Twitter Thread https://twitter.com/CreationCast/status/1131181309504741377 Character Creation Cast Panel https://www.gencon.com/events/152269 Quiztem Mastery https://www.gencon.com/events/152272 Brewing Strife (Amelia’s L5R Game) https://www.gencon.com/events/152276 World Building through Character Creation https://www.gencon.com/events/152275 Chimera Games TBD Host Updates Garbage of the Five Rings: http://garbageofthefiverings.com/ Game Closet https://riverhousegamespodcast.wordpress.com/ Play/Test episode with Amelia https://playtest.pub/2019/05/16/changelog-amelia-antrim/ Chimera RPG https://chimera.lordneptune.com Side Heroes https://twitter.com/SideHeroesPod RPG Unltd. with Ryan https://anchor.fm/rpg-unltd/episodes/RPG-Unltd--Podcast-Ryan-Boelter--Chimera-RPG--Character-Creation-Cast-e45r0r/a-ag6ua9 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 Guests and Projects: Megan Scharlau @Tabletop_Megan Twitter: https://twitter.com/tabletop_megan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tabletop_megan/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletop_megan Charlotte Elena @TheCornbreab Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheCornbreab Tumblr: https://cornbreab.tumblr.com/ Tabletop Potluck Twitter: https://twitter.com/TabletopPotluck Website: https://tabletoppotluck.com/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:10:02 - Introductions 00:11:35 - What’s in a game? - Game Setting 00:12:42 - What do we need to play this game? 00:15:16 - What is unique about this game? 00:17:11 - History of the system 00:18:38 - Terms and concepts for character creation 00:19:54 - Let’s make some people! 00:29:45 - Skills and background 00:31:38 - Where were you born? 00:35:10 - Life Experience 00:38:03 - Parents 00:39:34 - How do you convince others you are right? 00:40:25 - Who did you apprentice with? 00:42:36 - What did your mentor stress in training? 00:44:11 - What is your specialty? 00:45:32 - Double check your work 00:46:33 - Mouse Nature 00:51:49 - Wises 00:56:16 - Episode Closer 00:58:11 - Show Blurbs Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Middle of Opening: News at 11 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Glass_Boy/Jenkins/07_NEWS_AT_11) by Glass Boy (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Glass_Boy/) Clip 1: Backyard Adventure (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Hans_Hylkema/Backyard_Adventure/Hans_Hylkema_-_Backyard_Adventure) by Hans Hylkema (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Hans_Hylkema/) Clip 2: Tabletop Potluck main theme (https://tabletoppotluck.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 characters: Ryan https://www.dropbox.com/s/29w4rzqhznr70l8/Ryan%20-%20Tander.pdf?dl=0 Amelia Unavailable for this release Megan https://www.dropbox.com/s/00qwtroav6v5n4d/Megan%20Scharlau%20-%20Character%20Creation%20Duncan.pdf?dl=0 Charlotte https://www.dropbox.com/s/4b5uvey9xjcebl7/Charlotte%20Elena%20-%20Wilmot%20The%20Patrol%20Leader.pdf?dl=0 Games discussed this episode: Mouse Guard 2nd Edition Box Set https://amzn.to/2I2iBcb Mouse Guard 2nd Edition PDF https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/166655/Mouse-Guard-RPG-2nd-Edition Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the second episode of Series 34, everyone! This series we’ll be covering the modular world building, action RPG Tide Breaker with designer Nick Butler! This episode we’ll be finishing up our Dragon Ball Z esque character creation. Announcements: Ryan’s Chimera Live Stream Campaign: A Tale of Twinkle and Awe https://twitch.chimera.games https://youtube.chimera.games World Builders Fundraiser: https://wb2020.charactercreationcast.com/ https://fundraise.worldbuilders.org/fundraiser/3045892 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: Nick Butler @FallOnMyBlade Twitter: https://twitter.com/FallOnMyBlade Discord: https://discord.gg/AzmaYgn Games discussed this episode: Tide Breaker Website: https://tidebreakerRPG.com Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:03:42 - Recap 00:04:05 - Jobs 00:06:33 - Specialties 00:10:02 - Quirks and Standout Feature 00:19:49 - Ability Generation - Ryan’s Abilities 00:39:54 - Amelia’s Abilities 01:00:04 - Nick’s Abilities 01:05:41 - Episode Closer 01:07:10 - Call to Action 01:10:55 - Credits 01:12:50 - Show Blurb: One Shot Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-342-tide-breaker-with-nick-butler-designer-creation-continued/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Stormfront by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4421-stormfront License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Clip 2: RestlessTide by Lilo Sound Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6079-restlesstide License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Website: https://ameliaantrim.wordpress.com/ Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Twitch: https://twitch.tv/lordneptunerb Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) Side Heroes: @SideHeroesPod (https://twitter.com/SideHeroesPod) Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter Itch.io: https://lordneptune.itch.io 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 second episode of our 33rd series, we welcome back Grant Howitt and Chris Taylor from Rowan Rook and Decard, to finish character creation and world building for Unbound, a scalable action pulp, collaborative world building RPG. Announcements: Ryan’s Chimera Live Stream Campaign: A Tale of Twinkle and Awe https://twitch.chimera.games Cape and Blade Live Stream Campaign: https://capeandblade.chimera.games Contact us about an art commission! https://contact.charactercreationcast.com 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: Grant Howitt @gshowitt Twitter: https://twitter.com/gshowitt Patreon: https://patreon.com/gshowitt Chris Taylor @TheMaddigan Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheMaddigan Rowan, Rook and Decard Website: https://rowanrookanddecard.com Games discussed this episode: Unbound Website: https://rowanrookanddecard.com/product-category/game-systems/unbound/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:04:57 - Recap 00:05:29 - Chris’s Role Questions 00:08:36 - Ryan’s Role Questions 00:18:33 - Amelia’s Role Questions 00:24:52 - Group Foundation 00:25:58 - Traits 00:41:22 - Individual Foundations 00:47:32 - Fates 00:52:56 - Factions 00:53:45 - Scars 00:56:21 - Names 00:59:34 - Episode Closer 01:01:29 - Call to Action 01:08:52 - Credits 01:10:47 - Show Blurb: The Broadswords Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-332-unbound-with-grant-howitt-and-chris-taylor-creation-continued/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Water Of The Moon by MusicLFiles Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6890-water-of-the-moon License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Clip 2: The Technology Is Here by MusicLFiles Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6842-the-technology-is-here License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Website: https://ameliaantrim.wordpress.com/ Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Twitch: https://twitch.tv/lordneptunerb Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) Side Heroes: @SideHeroesPod (https://twitter.com/SideHeroesPod) Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter Itch.io: https://lordneptune.itch.io 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 today’s episode, Amelia and Ryan recap their experience at GenCon as well as reveal some details for our current contest! 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 Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) 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: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Website: https://ameliaantrim.wordpress.com/ Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) Side Heroes: @SideHeroesPod (https://twitter.com/SideHeroesPod) Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter 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 of the 16th series, and we’ll be discussing Hearts of Wulin, a Powered by the Apocalypse wuxia RPG with creators Agatha Cheng from the Asians Represent podcast and Lowell Francis from The Gauntlet podcast. We are also joined by a guest co-host, Adira Slattery, fellow One Shot Network individual from the A Woman With Hollow Eyes twitch stream and podcast. Announcements: Hearts of Wulin Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gauntlet/hearts-of-wulin Character Creation Cast GenCon Panel: https://www.gencon.com/events/152269 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: Agatha Cheng Asians Represent Twitter: https://twitter.com/aznsrepresent Website: http://oneshotpodcast.com/interview-discussion/asians-represent/ Lowell Francis The Gauntlet Twitter: https://twitter.com/GauntletRPG Website: https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/ Adira Slattery A Woman With Hollow Eyes Season 2 Website: http://oneshotpodcast.com/actual-play/a-woman-with-hollow-eyes/ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/oneshotrpg/videos/all Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:03:16 - Introductions 00:14:17 - D20 for your thoughts? 00:22:52 - How does character creation in this game stack up against others? 00:31:03 - How do the mechanics of character creation reinforce the feel of Hearts of Wulin? 00:35:41 - How does character creation set a player’s expectations for playing a session? 00:37:17 - Biggest flaw? 00:44:36 - What was it like designing within the PbtA framework? 00:52:45 - What themes did you want to incorporate in this game? 00:59:02 - How would this group fair in a typical game? / Fanfiction 01:07:27 - How does this game lend to character development? 01:11:54 - Take it up a level! 01:17:24 - Episode Closer 01:21:51 - 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: The Gauntlet Main theme (https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/) Clip 2: Asians Represent Main theme (http://oneshotpodcast.com/interview-discussion/asians-represent/) 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 characters: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19mZCkNbOwi6ihfO9h0psKVUwTteHUDVJ9cjdxuLvHmw/edit?usp=sharing Games discussed this episode: Hearts of Wulin https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/hearts-of-wulin.html 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: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) Side Heroes: @SideHeroesPod (https://twitter.com/SideHeroesPod) Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter 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 our Sleepaway series, everyone! This series we have Nicole Trainor/Phae from the Misfits of Space podcast, joining us to discuss and create characters (and a camp!) for, Sleepaway, existential horror themed summer camp RPG by Jay Dragon! This episode we finish creating our characters and define more of our camp, including some of the many campers we have to protect! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Epic Levels Mad Dungeons: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6CyvRQXjbRXelKYdN5yVJT?si=c8945930a12c45b9 One Shot Podcast - Starwhal: Odyssey of the Lucky Fin https://open.spotify.com/episode/033JivhzqoCAPvW5WTeb82?si=62dd8cd5c6ef4099 One Shot Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast 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 Guests and Projects: Nicole Trainor @Phaedra220 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Phaedra220 Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/phaedra220 Misfits of Space @MisfitsOfSpace Twitter: https://twitter.com/MisfitsOfSpace Website: https://misfitsofspace.com Games/Tools discussed this episode: Sleepaway: Website: https://possumcreekgames.com/products/sleepaway Itch.io: https://possumcreekgames.itch.io/sleepaway DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/353967/Sleepaway?affiliate_id=1601603 C3 Camp Map: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qoENXxq-skJ-rl33A1Hj-adVNC_xkQ5mthcBw5X1G0s/edit?usp=sharing Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:01:49 - Recap 00:03:16 - Looks 00:05:33 - Gender 00:08:13 - Childhood Fear 00:11:32 - Playbook Specific Choices 00:16:51 - Relationships and RP Tips 00:29:10 - Lures and Moves 00:37:42 - Setting Elements 00:38:24 - The Field 00:43:39 - The Woods 00:49:34 - The Lake 00:52:52 - The Campers 01:03:08 - The Magic 01:06:44 - The Strangeness 01:12:07 - Episode Closer 01:14:18 - Call to Action 01:25:24 - Credits Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: El Grillo by Josquin des Prez https://haldms.halleonard.com/rendering/audio/preview/146/1059418 Clip 2: Silver by MészárcsekGergely https://pixabay.com/music/rock-silver-7870/ Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Amelia Antrim: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com 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 final episode of series 79! In this series, we are going to be going over a different solo RPG every episode, and in today’s episode, Ryan is all by themself again to explore the game Colostle, a fantasy solo RPG by Nich Angell that takes place in an impossibly big castle! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Adventure Capitalists https://open.spotify.com/show/1GVcnON9T3zHcQ9cmhe7Xs?si=e093c4dbabf24984 Campaign Skyjacks https://open.spotify.com/show/2Rpw9eKVdpgiYRVPwjGe1U?si=b3dc8b5fb561444b Starwhal https://open.spotify.com/show/0CrArFeAPbTFm871oLtmrU?si=2e72dc21257c4a3a Skyjoust!! https://open.spotify.com/show/67illcOMVsb6YCtbuzYnJT?si=06d77ef7189341f9 Join our Discord! https://discord.charactercreationcast.com 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 Games/Tools discussed this episode: Colostle: Website: https://www.colostle.com/ Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Announcements (00:01:26) - Introductions (00:02:09) - What's in a game? - Core concept (00:02:58) - What setting do you play in? (00:04:16) - What tools do we need to play and what are the primary mechanics? (00:06:22) - What are Colostle's stories and themes? (00:09:03) - What do characters do in the game? (00:10:44) - What is unique about Colostle? (00:11:45) - History of Colostle (00:13:34) - Terms and Concepts (00:17:06) - Let's make some people! - Calling and Nature (00:21:35) - Picking a class (00:24:48) - Class Features (00:30:57) - Class Prompts (00:41:05) - Name and Look (00:43:58) - Creating a city (00:52:37) - D20 for your thoughts? - What story do the character sheets tell? (00:53:43) - How does character creation for Colostle stack up to other systems? (00:55:06) - Fanfic? (00:56:49) - Take it up a level! (00:59:40) - Episode Closer (01:00:53) - Call to Action (01:08:21) - Credits Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Clip 2: Gentle Giant by Lincoln Davis On Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/11552 Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Contact Us: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com BlueSky: @CreationCast.net (https://bsky.app/profile/creationcast.net) Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@charactercreationcast Amelia Antrim: BlueSky: @gingerreckoning.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/gingerreckoning.bsky.social) Ryan Boelter: BlueSky: @lordneptune.com (https://bsky.app/profile/lordneptune.com) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the second of a special bonus series of episodes! This series will be released at the end of May and subsequent months until we are done, and we are excited to be answering your questions! This episode we cover 18 questions from various folks who have submitted questions, and hopefully provide some thoughtful answers to them! Announcements More questions for us? https://questions.charactercreationcast.com/ Revamped Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ 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 Facebook https://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCast Timestamps: 00:00:08 - Introduction 00:02:32 - Question 18 - What is the most complicated system you've created characters in? 00:07:47 - Question 19 - If you had to pick two characters to date from different series, who would you pick? 00:14:52 - Question 20 and 21 - Who would you dream having on the show and what game would you cover? 00:18:46 - Question 22 - What is the hardest part about editing for each of you? 00:28:52 - Question 23 - What system are you most looking forward to? 00:33:23 - Question 24 - What is your favorite sandwich? 00:39:10 - Question 25 and 26 - What is the best random table you ever rolled on? 00:41:43 - Question 27 - TMNT when? 00:45:16 - Question 28 - What is your dream merch for the show? 00:49:09 - Question 29 - How would a necromatic magical person work? 00:54:28 - Question 30 - What should I put on the ground in my closet so I can record in there? 00:56:55 - Question 31 - What podcast music did you like adding the most to the intro music to the episodes? 01:00:27 - Question 32 - What game do you wish you hadn't done so you can do it again for the first time? 01:04:30 - Question 33 - What game do you wish did not exist? 01:10:40 - Question 34 - What is your least favorite genre to create characters for? 01:16:09 - Question 35 - Paired characters: Thoughts? 01:24:06 - Episode Closer 01:26:23 - Credits 01:28:18 - Show Blurbs - Neoscum Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/character-creation-cast-qa-4-year-anniversary-edition-part-2/transcript Music: 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: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/charactercreationcast 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 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@charactercreationcast?lang=en Amelia Antrim: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Website: https://ameliaantrim.wordpress.com/ Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Twitch: https://twitch.tv/lordneptunerb Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) A Horror Borealis: @AHorrorBorealis (https://twitter.com/AHorrorBorealis) Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter Itch.io: https://lordneptune.itch.io Our Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the second episode of the 17th series, we welcome back Megan Scharlau and Charlotte Elena from Tabletop Potluck to finish creating characters for Mouse Guard, a cute as heck RPG from The Burning Wheel, where you play as super adorable mice people in a medieval, semi-fantasy setting. Announcements: GenCon Twitter Thread https://twitter.com/CreationCast/status/1131181309504741377 Character Creation Cast Panel https://www.gencon.com/events/152269 Quiztem Mastery https://www.gencon.com/events/152272 Brewing Strife (Amelia’s L5R Game) https://www.gencon.com/events/152276 World Building through Character Creation https://www.gencon.com/events/152275 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 Guests and Projects: Megan Scharlau @Tabletop_Megan Twitter: https://twitter.com/tabletop_megan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tabletop_megan/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletop_megan Charlotte Elena @TheCornbreab Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheCornbreab Tumblr: https://cornbreab.tumblr.com/ Tabletop Potluck @TabletopPotluck Twitter: https://twitter.com/TabletopPotluck Website: https://tabletoppotluck.com/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:02:23 - Recap 00:02:40 - Guard Resources 00:03:23 - Guard Circles 00:03:42 - Mouse Traits 00:15:09 - Friends 00:18:37 - Enemies 00:22:11 - Cloak Color 00:24:24 - First Mission, Beliefs, Goals and Instincts 00:27:22 - Gear 00:34:15 - Episode Closer 00:37:02 - 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: Backyard Adventure (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Hans_Hylkema/Backyard_Adventure/Hans_Hylkema_-_Backyard_Adventure) by Hans Hylkema (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Hans_Hylkema/) Clip 2: Tabletop Potluck main theme (https://tabletoppotluck.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 characters: Ryan https://www.dropbox.com/s/29w4rzqhznr70l8/Ryan%20-%20Tander.pdf?dl=0 Amelia Unavailable for this release Megan https://www.dropbox.com/s/00qwtroav6v5n4d/Megan%20Scharlau%20-%20Character%20Creation%20Duncan.pdf?dl=0 Charlotte https://www.dropbox.com/s/4b5uvey9xjcebl7/Charlotte%20Elena%20-%20Wilmot%20The%20Patrol%20Leader.pdf?dl=0 Games discussed this episode: Mouse Guard 2nd Edition Box Set https://amzn.to/2I2iBcb Mouse Guard 2nd Edition PDF https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/166655/Mouse-Guard-RPG-2nd-Edition Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the first episode of series 47, everyone! This series, we welcome April Kit Walsh, to learn about her game, Thirsty Sword Lesbians, a Powered by the Apocalypse game where swords cross and hearts race! This episode we learn all about the game and then create a setting together before starting character creation. Announcements: Kill Every Monster - Amelia’s Undead Horde Episode https://killeverymonster.com/2022/01/undeadhorde/ Girl Scout Cookies! https://bit.ly/eleanorcookie One Shot Network Patreon https://patreon.com/OneShotPodcast Truths of Heart Bundle https://itch.io/b/1252/truths-of-heart-powered-by-lesbians-bundle 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: April Kit Walsh @GaySpaceshipGms Twitter: https://twitter.com/GaySpaceshipGms Website: https://gayspaceship.com Games discussed this episode: Thirsty Sword Lesbians Website: http://sword.gay DriveThru RPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/348096/Thirsty-Sword-Lesbians?term=Thirsty+Sword?affiliate_id=1601603 Advanced Lovers & Lesbians Preorder https://advanced-lovers-and-lesbians.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders/387544 Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:09:02 - Introductions 00:11:34 - What's in a game? - Core concept of Thirsty Sword Lesbians 00:12:29 - What kind of setting do you play in this game? 00:13:29 - What tools do we need to play this game? 00:14:08 - What kind of stories and themes 00:16:17 - What do characters do in this game? 00:22:25 - What does this game do to encourage celebratory queer stories? 00:28:08 - What is unique about Thirsty Sword Lesbians? 00:28:08 - PROMO - Smitten 00:30:20 - History of the system - When did this project start? 00:38:17 - Basic Terms and Concepts - Attributes 00:40:08 - Strings 00:41:56 - Conditions 00:43:10 - Safety exercise and world building worksheet 00:44:37 - Let's make a place! - Wants and Do Not Wants 00:46:59 - World Building Worksheets - Genre 00:48:15 - Tone 00:49:03 - Scope of the community 00:49:57 - What's especially positive about this community? 00:50:26 - What NPC epitomizes that positivity and what do they want from the PCs? 00:52:08 - What is a serious flaw of the community? 00:53:18 - What NPC epitomizes that flaw? 00:54:48 - Location and where is a dramatic place for a sword fight? 00:56:31 - Location Name 00:59:45 - Defining a toxic power 01:00:57 - What does it want from us? 01:01:20 - What makes it so dangerous? 01:01:50 - What's so appealing about it? 01:02:14 - Define its location 01:02:23 - What NPC is the face of this toxic power? 01:03:52 - Let's make some people! - Picking Playbooks 01:14:02 - Call to Action 01:18:55 - Credits 01:20:50 - Show Blurbs - Backstory Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-471-thirsty-sword-lesbians-with-april-kit-walsh-designer-creation/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Love Trip by Sascha Ende® Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/2969-love-trip License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Clip 2: Aerosol Of My Love by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7013-aerosol-of-my-love License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 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

Welcome to the second episode of our The One Ring series, everyone! This series we have Stef Midlock and James Pierson from the Athrabeth Podcast joining us to discuss and create characters for The One Ring 2nd Edition, the official Lord of the Rings RPG by Free League Publishing! This episode we finish creating our characters and establish our own fellowship! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast 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 Guests and Projects: Stef Midlock @thenorthfour Twitter: https://twitter.com/thenorthfour James Pierson @jpierson Twitter: https://twitter.com/jpierson Athrabeth Podcast @Athrabeth_cast Twitter: https://twitter.com/athrabeth_cast Website: http://podcast.athrabeth.com/ Games and Tools discussed this episode: The One Ring: Free League Publishing: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/store/?product_id=7472871211266 Amazon: https://amzn.to/3pBHccL DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/370267/The-One-RingTM-Core-Rules?affiliate_id=1601603 Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:01:43 - Recap 00:02:05 - Distinctive Features 00:06:11 - Name and Age 00:15:26 - Picking our Callings 00:20:39 - Calling Favored Skills 00:23:29 - Additional Distinctive Feature 00:26:25 - Shadow Path 00:29:37 - Spend XP to raise skills and proficiencies 00:34:01 - Starting Gear and Standard of Living 00:44:49 - Horses 00:46:34 - Valor and Wisdom, Rewards and Virtue 00:50:38 - Company Creation - Patrons 00:58:50 - Safe Haven 01:00:12 - Fellowship Rating 01:01:17 - Fellowship Focus - Relationships 01:05:39 - We did it! 01:06:15 - Episode Closer 01:08:11 - Call to Action 01:16:42 - Credits 01:18:36 - Show Blurbs - Campaign Skyjacks Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Music: Adventure Beyond by Alexander Nakarada Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8690-adventure-beyond License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Clip 2: Music: Traveler by Alexander Nakarada Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4770-traveler License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 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: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/charactercreationcast 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 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@charactercreationcast?lang=en Amelia Antrim: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Website: https://ameliaantrim.wordpress.com/ Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Twitch: https://twitch.tv/lordneptunerb Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) A Horror Borealis: @AHorrorBorealis (https://twitter.com/AHorrorBorealis) Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter Itch.io: https://lordneptune.itch.io Our Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to a bonus Spotlight episode, everyone! This episode we have Michael Addison and Banana Chan joining us to discuss and create characters for Rebels of the Outlaw Wastes, a game where you play in a rock-n-roll dystopia as misfit outlaws that fight the Powers That Be! Kickstarting October 4th, 2022! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Rebels of the Outlaw Wastes Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nerdypupgames/rebels-of-the-outlaw-wastes-ttrpg 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 Guests and Projects: Banana Chan @BananaChanGames Twitter: https://twitter.com/bananachangames Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bananachangames/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bananachangames YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BananaCGames Michael Addison @nerdypupgames Twitter: https://twitter.com/nerdypupgames Itch.io: https://nerdypupgames.itch.io/ Games and Tools discussed this episode: Rebels of the Outlaw Wastes: Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nerdypupgames/rebels-of-the-outlaw-wastes-ttrpg Itch.io Playtest: https://nerdypupgames.itch.io/rebels-of-the-outlaw-wastes-playtest Timestamps: 00:00:22 - Introduction 00:05:44 - What's in a game? - Core concept 00:07:50 - What is the setting like in this game? 00:09:14 - What do characters do in Rebels of the Outlaw Wastes? 00:10:15 - What materials do we need to play this game? 00:12:15 - Let's make some people! - Worldbuilding - The Crash 00:26:42 - The Outlaw Wastes 00:37:25 - The Valley 00:42:51 - The powers that be 00:52:02 - Squad Concept 00:55:21 - Backgrounds 00:59:35 - Choosing a Background 01:03:47 - Background Features, Focus Skill, Gear and Drive 01:20:05 - Choosing a Calling - Focus Skill, Features, Path and Catchphrase 01:27:36 - Character Looks 01:36:59 - Names and Assigning Attributes 01:42:22 - What inspired these character creation mechanics? 01:45:35 - How was the process of creating this game? 01:54:25 - Kickstarter Info 01:58:04 - Episode Closer 02:01:20 - Outtakes Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Music: Fun And Games by Claus Appel Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4690-fun-and-games License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Clip 2: Music: 8-Bit Chip by Frank Schroeter Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8877-8-bit-chip License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frank.schroeter.52 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) Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@charactercreationcast?lang=en Amelia Antrim: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Website: https://ameliaantrim.wordpress.com/ Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Twitch: https://twitch.tv/lordneptunerb Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) Itch.io: https://lordneptune.itch.io Our Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The second episode of our Legend of the Five Rings series welcomes back David Gordon Buresh, from the Dave of the Five Rings blog, to finish up our characters by going through the remaining *checks notes* 17 questions. Also, hear Ryan’s first exasperated sigh against Amelia’s favorite game! Announcements: Legend of the Five Rings (5th Edition): Code of the Way of the Warrior | Asians Read S2E1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRh2icYVrks&feature=youtu.be 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 Guests and Projects: David Gordon Buresh @SndWurks Twitter: https://twitter.com/SndWurks Website: https://www.cardboardrepublic.com/about-us/david-gordon Dave of the Five Rings Blog: https://www.cardboardrepublic.com/category/articles/dave-of-the-five-rings Games discussed this episode: Legend of the Five Rings DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/257004/Legend-of-the-Five-Rings-Core-Rulebook?affiliate_id=1601603 Amazon: https://amzn.to/2DdKz4F Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:02:25 - Recap 00:03:01 - Question 4: How does your character stand out within their school? 00:05:22 - Question 5: Who is your lige and what is your character’s duty to them? 00:08:30 - Question 6: What does your character long for, and how might this impede their duty? 00:11:22 - Question 7: What is your character’s relationship with their clan? 00:17:16 - Question 8: What does your character think of Bushido? 00:20:06 - Question 9: What is your character’s greatest accomplishment so far? 00:26:36 - Question 10: What holds your character back most in life? 00:34:04 - Question 11: What activity makes your character feel at peace? 00:35:15 - Question 12: What concern, fear or foible troubles your character most? 00:37:28 - Question 13: Who has your character learned from the most during their life? 00:43:29 - Question 14: What do people notice first upon encountering your character? 00:46:17 - Question 15: How does your character act in stressful situations? 00:47:49 - Question 16: What is your character’s pre-existing relationships with other clans, families, organizations or traditions? 00:50:55 - Question 17: How would your character’s parents describe you? 00:54:08 - Question 18: Who was your character named to honor? 01:01:22 - Question 19: What is your character’s personal name? 01:01:56 - Question 20: How should your character die? 01:05:21 - Finally finished! 01:06:55 - Episode Closer 01:09:33 - Show Blurb: One Shot Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-292-legend-of-the-five-rings-with-david-gordon-buresh-creation-continued/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Mountain Emperor by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4085-mountain-emperor License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Clip 2: A Journey Towards My Dreams by Luna Li (Shao Qing) Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6106-a-journey-towards-my-dreams License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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

In today’s Character Evolution Cast episode, Victoria Rogers (The Broadswords DM) joins Ryan and guest co-host Marie-Claire Gould (What The Force? Host and Fan Girls Creator) to talk about the pros and cons of playing in an established setting. Announcements: Questions for us? Submit them here for a future Q&A episode: https://questions.charactercreationcast.com/ 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: Victoria Rogers @MimiMerlot Twitter: https://twitter.com/MimiMerlot The Broadswords Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheBroadswords Website: https://thebroadswords.com/ Patreon: https://patreon.com/thebroadswords D&D Live 2019 Website: http://dnd.wizards.com/dndlive2019 Marie-Claire Gould @MarieCGould Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarieCGould Tavern Tales Twitter: https://twitter.com/tavern_tales Website: http://taverntales.ca What The Force? / Fan Girls Twitter: https://twitter.com/wtforceshow Website: http://whattheforce.ca Holonet Radio Twitter: https://twitter.com/theholonetradio Website: https://holonet-radio.com/ Fall For It Twitter: https://twitter.com/fallforit_drama Website: https://www.buzzsprout.com/214415/819529-fall-for-it-an-asian-drama-pod-episode-1 Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:07:44 - Introductions 00:09:52 - Getting to know Victoria Rogers 00:18:00 - What is an established setting? 00:26:50 - What can we expect? 00:38:06 - How does it change the way we play? 00:49:10 - How can we prepare ourselves? 00:54:33 - What are the benefits? 01:06:30 - Final thoughts 01:10:06 - Episode Closer 01:13:13 - 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: What The Force? Main theme (http://whattheforce.ca) by Christy Carew (https://twitter.com/Christy_Carew) Clip 2: The Broadswords Main theme (https://thebroadswords.com) by Victoria Rogers (https://twitter.com/MimiMerlot) 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: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) Side Heroes: @SideHeroesPod (https://twitter.com/SideHeroesPod) Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter 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 Character Creation ReCast episode! December is a busy month for Amelia and Ryan, so join us on a remastered version of the discussion episode of Star Crossed, one of the four most impactful episodes that we’ve hand-picked to ReCast throughout December. If you enjoy this episode, check out the whole series back at the beginning of our feed! 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 Guests: 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/ 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 Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/recast-series-33-star-crossed-with-alex-roberts-discussion/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Autumn Day by Kevin MacLeod Clip 2: Backstory podcast opening theme Clip 3: Sovereign Quarter by Kevin MacLeod Clip 4: Delicate Frost by Winter Solstice used in the Star Crossed Kickstarter video created by @banana_chan_vid (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/) 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join our hosts, Amelia Antrim and Ryan Boelter, as they take a look back at 2022 in this special bonus series! In this episode, we discuss the games covered in our primary series releases between September and December as well as all of the Character Creation Spotlight episodes we released this year, with a little mention of our Q&A bonus series as well! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Assist with Mr. Peaches’ final expenses: https://paypal.me/lordneptune One Shot Network Bad Ads Reporting Form: https://bit.ly/osnbadads 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 Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:01:15 - Recap 00:01:33 - The One Ring 00:05:53 - Delta Green 00:09:56 - Sleepaway 00:15:30 - Ryuutama 00:23:28 - Deimos Academy 00:26:27 - Yazeba's Bed and Breakfast 00:28:32 - Broken 00:36:38 - I Have the High Ground 00:41:47 - Rebels of the Outlaw Wastes 00:46:32 - Q&A Series 00:47:25 - Episode Closer 00:48:40 - Call to Action 00:57:31 - Credits Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Tumblr: https://creationcast.tumblr.com/ Amelia Antrim: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com 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

Welcome to the final episode of series 46, everyone! This series, we welcome Melody from Mother Multiverse Media, to learn about her game, Trash Mob!, a d4 based, isekai RPG about dying and then waking up as a weak monster in a fantasy world, eventually becoming an OP god! This episode we discuss the process, learn a bit more about Melody, figure out whatever is left over for the fanfic section, and leave you with some oversized amounts of outtakes! Announcements: One Shot Network Patreon https://patreon.com/OneShotPodcast 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: Melody - Mother Multiverse @gamskee Twitter: https://twitter.com/gamskee Itch.io: https://mothermultiverse.itch.io/ Website: https://mothermultiversemedia.carrd.co/ Games discussed this episode: Trash Mob! Website: https://mothermultiverse.itch.io/trash-mob Timestamps: 00:04:13 - Reintroductions and Characters 00:12:23 - D20 for your thoughts? 00:15:32 - What does Melody look for in a game for great character creation to happen? 00:20:09 - How does character creation in Trash Mob stack up to other games? 00:27:03 - How does the process of character creation set expectations for play? 00:31:21 - What story do these character sheets tell about the game? 00:40:20 - What's the of the biggest flaws and what's one of the best parts? 00:49:41 - Fanfic! 01:02:40 - Take it up a level! 01:13:35 - Final Thoughts 01:15:16 - Episode Closer 01:18:44 - Call to Action 01:24:10 - Credits 01:26:05 - Show Blurbs - One Shot 01:26:53 - Outtakes Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-463-trash-mob-with-melody-mother-multiverse-discussion/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Fantastic World by WinnieTheMoog Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7042-fantastic-world License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Clip 2: Overworld by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4189-overworld License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 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: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Website: https://ameliaantrim.wordpress.com/ Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Twitch: https://twitch.tv/lordneptunerb Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) A Horror Borealis: @AHorrorBorealis (https://twitter.com/AHorrorBorealis) Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter Itch.io: https://lordneptune.itch.io 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

How does a new player get into RPGs in the first place? What resources are out there to help me find the right game? How many other episodes are we able to reference in one episode?! Join us for the long-awaited return of our Character Evolution Cast series! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Patreon Drive: https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Newsletter Signups: https://newsletter.charactercreationcast.com/ 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 Other CEC Episodes Discussed: 8 Kinds of Fun: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1IBmhLnq84Bxjs0hnSGz1T?si=825c8276735342a8 AP at Home: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5reg42vAGrYLkLd3nBcsvq?si=f2874d141a9f4b29 Session Zero: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4wyRzm1toRsjNnptLF6AEg?si=ef05aef50247452c Safety at the Table: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1l2JuaipCTeJQkwCrkWJ0d?si=95d153fe14bb40a3 Character Creation: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4yFN46Qdc7tTHMZaAznwRZ?si=02fae08095f24e6f Convention Survival Guide: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1LlaNbM81y7HYC4zJlpTvQ?si=c463b9d6c7084e49 AP at Home Part II: https://open.spotify.com/episode/31dFojZ0gahxiLOnVnb2fa?si=74d3d52ac1044c7f Gaming at a Distance: https://open.spotify.com/episode/45LbWMFUPRBgmdIUVI88Nj?si=028ba916f60240aa Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:01:36 - Introduction 00:05:15 - Finding a Group 00:13:37 - Picking a Game 00:26:18 - Creating a Character 00:37:49 - Learning the Rules 00:49:18 - Playing the Game 01:18:24 - Episode Closer 01:20:03 - Call to Action 01:26:38 - Credits Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Evolution Cast Theme: Our Imperfect Place by Strength To Last on Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/9966 Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Tumblr: https://creationcast.tumblr.com/ Amelia Antrim: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Mastodon: @gingerreckoning@dice.camp (https://dice.camp/@gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Mastodon: @lordneptune@dice.camp (https://dice.camp/@lordneptune) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to a bonus episode of Character Creation Spotlight! This episode we will be sitting down with Tracy Barnett to learn about, and create characters for, Iron Edda Reforged, a cyberpunk RPG where you are Ragnarok! Announcements: Iron Edda Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sandandsteam/iron-edda-reforged-season-one 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: Tracy Barnett @TheOtherTracy Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheOtherTracy Itch.io: https://theothertracy.itch.io/ Website: http://www.theothertracy.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/m/theothertracy Games discussed this episode: Iron Edda Reforged by Tracy Barnett Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sandandsteam/iron-edda-reforged-season-one Our Characters: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1mYABVpuQf-XUZyXfrvYtPIsOaPp03UBsmv0MnPyJBmM/edit?usp=sharing Timestamps: 00:00:20 - Introductions 00:04:10 - What's in a game? - Core concept of Iron Edda Reforged 00:05:11 - What is the setting and what sort of characters can we play? 00:06:58 - Where did this idea come from? 00:11:11 - What sort of materials do we need to play this game? 00:13:36 - What sort of characters can we make in this game? 00:17:30 - Let's make some people! - Start with a neighborhood 00:19:03 - Amelia's Question 00:21:02 - Ryan's Question 00:23:18 - Tracy's Question 00:25:23 - Creating our characters 00:27:25 - Choosing Clans 00:31:27 - Writing our three "aspect" details 00:35:50 - Gear 00:38:11 - Clan Ways and Abilities 00:40:09 - Glitch Dice 00:44:37 - Afterthoughts 00:47:07 - Kickstarter highlights 00:52:24 - Final Thoughts 00:53:46 - Episode Closer 00:54:17 - Credits 00:56:12 - Show Blurbs - Neoscum 00:57:21 - Outtakes Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/character-creation-spotlight-iron-edda-reforged-with-tracy-barnett-designer/transcript Music: Clip 1: Wonderful by Scott Buckley (https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/library/wonderful/) Clip 2: Epic Giants by Rafael Krux Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5346-epic-giants- License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 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: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Website: https://ameliaantrim.wordpress.com/ Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Twitch: https://twitch.tv/lordneptunerb Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) A Horror Borealis: @AHorrorBorealis (https://twitter.com/AHorrorBorealis) Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter Itch.io: https://lordneptune.itch.io 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 72! In this series, we welcome Pelle Nilsson to discuss his game, Mörk Borg, a pitch-black apocalyptic fantasy RPG about lost souls and fools seeking redemption, forgiveness or the last remaining riches in a bleak and dying world. We also have a guest co-host on this series, Agatha Cheng from the Asians Represent podcast is filling in for Amelia. In today's episode, we get to the phenomenal fanfic about our characters, take a peek at the apocalypse, and learn how characters both get better (or not) in our advancement discussion! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Our social media info: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com 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 Guests Pelle Nilsson Discord: https://discord.gg/rKgAKAj Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MORKBORGRPG Games/Tools discussed this episode: Mörk Borg: Website: https://morkborg.com DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/295910/moerk-borg-english?affiliate_id=1601603 Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Announcements (00:01:55) - Fanfic! (00:09:12) - Apocalypse Rules (00:20:34) - Take it up a level! (00:33:36) - Episode Closer (00:36:05) - Call to Action (00:40:54) - Credits Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: Cold Dead World by Bobo Renthlei From Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/14501 Clip 2: Armageddon by Bobo Renthlei From Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/13396 Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Contact Us: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com BlueSky: @CreationCast.net (https://bsky.app/profile/creationcast.net) Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: BlueSky: @gingerreckoning.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/gingerreckoning.bsky.social) Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: BlueSky: @lordneptune.com (https://bsky.app/profile/lordneptune.com) Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Character Evolution Cast, we welcome Aly Grauer and Drew Mierzejewski from the Warda podcast to discuss the joys of building a world together, including some great tips on how to do it well on both sides of the table! 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: Aly Grauer @dreamstobecome Twitter: https://twitter.com/dreamstobecome Website: http://www.dreamstobecome.com Instagram: https://instagrame.com/dreamstobecome Sidewalkia (200 Word RPG Winner): https://200wordrpg.github.io/2018/rpg/winner/2018/05/18/Sidewalkia.html Drew Mierzejewski @worldstoforge Twitter: https://twitter.come/wolrdstoforge Warda @WelcomeToWarda Website: https://welcometowarda.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/welcometowarda Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/WhimsyArtifice Podcast Feed: http://warda.simplecast.fm/ Transcripts: https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/character-evolution-cast-e15-collaborative-world-building-with-aly-grauer-and-drew-mierzejewski-warda-podcast/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: from https://filmmusic.io "Industrial Music Box" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) 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/ Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Amelia Antrim: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Website: https://ameliaantrim.wordpress.com/ Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) Side Heroes: @SideHeroesPod (https://twitter.com/SideHeroesPod) Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter 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

Join our hosts, Amelia Antrim and Ryan Boelter, as they take a look back at 2022 in this special bonus series! In this episode we talk about our favorite things as well as what we're looking forward to in this new year! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Newsletter Signups! https://newsletter.charactercreationcast.com Assist with Mr. Peaches’ final expenses: https://paypal.me/lordneptune One Shot Network Bad Ads Reporting Form: https://bit.ly/osnbadads 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 Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:01:09 - Introductions 00:01:40 - Favorite Game of 2022 00:08:15 - Favorite Characters of 2022 00:13:57 - Favorite Moments with Guests in 2022 00:22:16 - Favorite Mechanic of 2022 00:28:29 - Favorite World Building Detail of 2022 00:37:48 - Favorite Behind the Scenes Thing in 2022 00:50:02 - What are we looking forward to in 2023? 01:03:24 - What is one non-podcast thing we're looking forward to in 2023? 01:09:33 - Podcast Recommendations 01:16:49 - Episode Closer 01:20:26 - Call to Action 01:28:00 - Credits 01:29:54 - Outtakes Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Tumblr: https://creationcast.tumblr.com/ Amelia Antrim: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com 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

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

On today’s episode, we start to tackle character creation for a game that has been on our list from the beginning of this podcast: Descent into Midnight! Series 18 begins here with Richard Kreutz-Landry and Taylor LaBresh, co-designers for this very game! Announcements: GenCon Twitter Thread https://twitter.com/CreationCast/status/1131181309504741377 Character Creation Cast Panel https://www.gencon.com/events/152269 Quiztem Mastery https://www.gencon.com/events/152272 Brewing Strife (Amelia’s L5R Game) https://www.gencon.com/events/152276 World Building through Character Creation https://www.gencon.com/events/152275 Chimera Games Still TBD 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: Richard Kreutz-Landry @rkreutzlandry Twitter: https://twitter.com/rkreutzlandry Website: http://origamigaming.com/ Taylor LaBresh @LeviathanFiles Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeviathanFiles Website: https://riverhousegames.com/ Itch.io: https://riverhousegames.itch.io/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:04:01 - Introductions 00:06:25 - What’s in a game? 00:10:14 - PbtA Mechanics Refresher 00:14:05 - What do you need to play this game? 00:16:56 - What does it feel like to have those 'Ah-ha!' moments? 00:22:11 - What's the difference between collaborating and solo designing? 00:44:20 - Basic terms and concepts 00:47:22 - Let’s make some people! 00:56:34 - Looks 01:04:43 - Episode Closer 01:06:38 - 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: Ocean Ending (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Soft_and_Furious/Best_Of__Pick_Your_Player/Soft_and_Furious_-Best_Of-Pick_Your_Player-_01_Ocean_Ending) by Soft and Furious (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Soft_and_Furious/) 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/) Games discussed this episode: Descent Into Midnight Twitter: https://twitter.com/DiMRPG Website: https://descentintomidnight.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: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) Side Heroes: @SideHeroesPod (https://twitter.com/SideHeroesPod) Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter 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 21, everyone! Today we welcome back Daniel Kwan and Patrick Keenan from Dundas West Games to discuss the character creation process for their new game, Ross Rifles, a World War 1, Powered by the Apocalypse RPG, kickstarting right now! 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: Daniel Kwan @danielhkwan Twitter: https://twitter.com/danielhkwan Level Up Gaming: https://www.levelupgaming.ca/ Patrick Keenan @Keenan_Patrick Twitter: https://twitter.com/Keenan_Patrick Dundas West Games @dundaswestgames Twitter: https://twitter.com/dundaswestgames Website: https://www.dundaswestgames.com/ Asians Represent @aznsrepresent Twitter: https://twitter.com/aznsrepresent Website: http://oneshotpodcast.com/interview-discussion/asians-represent/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:01:17 - Intro 00:04:21 - D20 For Your Thoughts 00:04:30 -How Daniel got started  00:06:17 - How Patrick got started 00:07:11 -Personal process for creating characters  00:08:34 - How does this stack up against other PbtA games?  00:12:34 - How did you decide what character types to include?  00:14:06 - Specific character options 00:17:21 - What does character creation teach us about the game?  00:18:24 -What is a flaw and what are you proud of? 00:24:36 - How did you change the system to tell different stories? 00:28:56 - FANFIC (Antonio time!)  00:34:25 - Take it up a level   00:34:32 - How do characters change as people? 00:37:42 - How do you level up? 00:41:26 - Safety Tools 00:43:00 - Patrick’s Plugs 00:43:17 - Daniel’s Plugs 00:44:15 - Episode Closer 00:45:43 - Show Blurbs (Adventure) 00:46:18 - Outtakes Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-213-ross-rifles-with-daniel-kwan-and-patrick-keenan-designers-discussion/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: from https://filmmusic.io "Dark Times" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Clip 2: Good Vibes by DJ Quads https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads 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/) Games discussed this episode: Ross Rifles Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dundaswestgames/ross-rifles 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: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Website: https://ameliaantrim.wordpress.com/ Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) Side Heroes: @SideHeroesPod (https://twitter.com/SideHeroesPod) Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter 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 73! This series, Amelia agreed to cover TMNT for Ryan's birthday month! So we invited Jef and Jon from the System Mastery podcast to join us and help us through the experience. Since TMNT is so small, we are also covering Palladium's After the Bomb to give us more options and a more robust setting! This episode, learn about the mechanics of Palladium's system a bit as well as how the experience system works in the game. We also dive into our fanfic section to figure out how this all works together! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: The Ultimate RPG Podcast launches July 30th! https://oneshotpodcast.com/interview-discussion/the-ultimate-rpg-podcast/ Kickstarter for Hunter/Hunted by Dillin Apelyon and Meghan Cross: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/meghanlynnftw/hunter-ed?ref=profile_created Skyjacks: Courier’s Call Season 3: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4mxQq9K2eVYJZF5VwDHyjC?si=4065fbd461eb49ee The Düngeonmeister Random Monster Generator: A Mix-and-Match RPG Flipbook Pre-order: https://amzn.to/3VQ4tHB Product Page: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Dungeonmeister-Random-Monster-Generator/Jef-Aldrich/Dungeonmeister-Series/9781507222539 Düngeonmeister: A Drink Master’s Guide Product Page: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Dungeonmeister/Jef-Aldrich/Dungeonmeister/9781507214657 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 Guests Jef Aldrich Twitter: https://x.com/systemmastery Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/systemmastery.bsky.social Jon Taylor Twitter: https://x.com/Gurglespasm Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/gurglespasm.bsky.social System Mastery Website: https://systemmasterypodcast.com/ Düngeonmeister Series: Website: https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Jef-Aldrich/165085026 Games/Tools discussed this episode: TMNT and Other Strangenesses: Backerkit for latest version: https://teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-and-other-strangeness.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders After the Bomb 2nd Edition: Amazon: https://amzn.to/3W1eenv DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/61133/After-the-BombR-RPG?affiliate_id=1601603 Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Announcements (00:01:33) - How the mechanics generally work (00:08:15) - What are the biggest flaws? What is the best part? (00:17:32) - Fanfic! (00:26:28) - Take it up a level! (00:40:45) - Episode Closer (00:43:13) - Call to Action (00:50:58) - Credits Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: Mutations by Cast of Characters From Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/15126 Clip 2: System Mastery Podcast Intro: From the System Mastery Podcast: https://systemmasterypodcast.com Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Contact Us: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com BlueSky: @CreationCast.net (https://bsky.app/profile/creationcast.net) Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: BlueSky: @gingerreckoning.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/gingerreckoning.bsky.social) Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: BlueSky: @lordneptune.com (https://bsky.app/profile/lordneptune.com) Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to a special bonus episode of Character Creation Spotlight! Today we’re highlighting Izzy, aka Praxis Descends, and her new character building resource, The Creatensive Character Zine, kickstarting right now! Find out about this very cool resource as well as see how one of the exercises works with one of Ryan’s latest characters from the last Series! Announcements: The Creatensive Character Zine Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/isidorerae/the-creatensive-character-zine-with-praxis-descends Princess World Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1706590045/princess-world Descent into Midnight Kickstarter: https://dimrpg.io/ks A Horror Borealis/The Cryptid Keeper Year of the Moth Patreon Drive: https://patreon.com/TheCryptidKeeper 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:  Izzy @PraxisDescends Twitter: https://twitter.com/PraxisDescends Games Resources discussed this episode: The Creatensive Character Zine Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/isidorerae/the-creatensive-character-zine-with-praxis-descends Timestamps: 00:00:22 - Introductions 00:02:16 - What’s in a game? 00:05:28 - What materials do we need? 00:09:35 - Steps of using this Zine 00:12:23 - Using the random tables 00:22:19 - Kickstarter Details 00:26:04 - Episode Closer 00:29:09 - Show Blurbs (Campaign) Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/character-creation-spotlight-the-creatensive-character-zine-with-izzy-praxis-descends/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: New Hero In Town by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5742-new-hero-in-town License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Clip 2: Gothamlicious by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5741-gothamlicious License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Website: https://ameliaantrim.wordpress.com/ Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) Side Heroes: @SideHeroesPod (https://twitter.com/SideHeroesPod) Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter Itch.io: https://lordneptune.itch.io 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 the final episode of series 20, and we welcome back Grant Howitt and Chris Taylor, designers of Heart, to talk about the character creation process, their hopes for the game, and the reasons behind the design choices they made. Amelia also gets to talk about jello and sand again. 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: Grant Howitt @gshowitt Twitter: https://twitter.com/gshowitt Patreon: https://patreon.com/gshowitt Chris Taylor @TheMaddigan Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheMaddigan Rowan, Rook and Decard @RowanRookDecard Website: https://rowanrookanddecard.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/RowanRookDecard Hearty Dice Friends @HDFpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/HDFpodcast Website: https://rowanrookanddecard.com/hearty-dice-friends-podcast/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:05:19 - Introductions 00:06:31 - D20 For Your Thoughts 00:06:51 - Chris’s start in games 00:08:33 - How did you decide what kinds of characters to put in Heart? 00:18:37 - The Jello to Sand Continuum 00:24:35 - Specific character options 00:28:51 - Lessons learned from Spire 00:38:47 - What does the process of character creation tell us about the game? 00:46:57 - Potential flaws 00:51:34 - Points of pride 00:53:46 - Changes from Spire 01:00:40 - FAN FIC TIME 01:09:47 - Take It Up A Level 01:10:31 - How do characters change? 01:21:42 - Grant’s plugs 01:22:32 - Chris’s plugs 01:23:51 - Closer 01:25:21 - Show Blurbs (System Mastery) 01:26:11 - Outtakes Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Hearty Dice Friends (old) podcast theme song (https://rowanrookanddecard.com/hearty-dice-friends-podcast/) Clip 2: Hearty Dice Friends (current) podcast theme song (https://rowanrookanddecard.com/hearty-dice-friends-podcast/) 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/) Games discussed this episode: Heart Kickstarter: September 17th! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gshowitt/heart-the-city-beneath 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: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Website: https://ameliaantrim.wordpress.com/ Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) Side Heroes: @SideHeroesPod (https://twitter.com/SideHeroesPod) Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter 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 Series 59, everyone! This series we are joined by previous guest Spencer Campbell to cover his game, Slayers, an RPG where you play as monster hunters for hire. This episode we learn all about the game and start diving into one of the most contentious character creation sessions to date! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Characters Without Stories: Episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2GymF24kf53Ph7dRlmC6AC?si=4a0a9f37e92344ea Feed: https://open.spotify.com/show/2xNlepeOhw2KUBSGio2o4h?si=2dcbe3c00b9d45d0 Girl Scout Cookies!: https://cookies.charactercreationcast.com/ Undying Bonds Episode 4: https://www.patreon.com/posts/undying-bonds-4-78522481 Newsletter Signups: https://newsletter.charactercreationcast.com/ 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 Guests and Projects: Spencer Campbell @GilaRPGs Twitter: https://twitter.com/GilaRPGs TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gilarpgs Website: https://gilarpgs.com/ Itch.io: https://gilarpgs.itch.io/ Games/Tools discussed this episode: Slayers: Itch: https://gilarpgs.itch.io/slayers Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:01:24 - Introductions 00:06:38 - What's in a game? - Core Concept 00:07:31 - What is the setting of Slayers? 00:13:58 - What materials do we need for this game? 00:16:19 - What stories and themes is this game meant to play? 00:22:30 - What do characters do in Slayers? 00:26:28 - What makes this game unique? 00:37:14 - History of Slayers 00:44:28 - Basic terms and concepts 00:53:07 - Let's make some people! 00:55:56 - Call to Action 01:06:31 - Credits Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: Cold Dark World by Bobo Renthlei From SoundStripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/14501 Clip 2: Inhale Infinity by PALA From SoundStripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/15656 Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Tumblr: https://creationcast.tumblr.com/ Amelia Antrim: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Mastodon: @gingerreckoning@dice.camp (https://dice.camp/@gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Mastodon: @lordneptune@dice.camp (https://dice.camp/@lordneptune) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this session Amelia and Ryan discuss fusing more necromancy in with the magical girl aesthetics, relationship mechanics, fashion, the names of things, what happens when you die, how you get revived, game balance and much more. Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Patreon Drive: https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Newsletter Signups: https://newsletter.charactercreationcast.com/ 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 Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Main Theme: Black Crown by Andrew Stanton (https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/8359) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Tumblr: https://creationcast.tumblr.com/ Amelia Antrim: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Mastodon: @gingerreckoning@dice.camp (https://dice.camp/@gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Mastodon: @lordneptune@dice.camp (https://dice.camp/@lordneptune) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the final episode of series 52, everyone! This series, we welcome Kyle Decker to discuss his game, Under the Neighborhood, a game where you play out the curiously ordinary lives of characters in a world like you see in Hilda, Gravity Falls, The Owl House and other similar shows. This episode we discuss the process, discover a new cryptid and figure out more about our characters in the fanfic! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Alchemistresses Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/allisonkcole/alchemistresses 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 Facebook https://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCast Guests and Projects: Kyle Decker @Quest_Friends Twitter: https://twitter.com/Quest_Friends Website: https://www.questfriendspodcast.com/ Itch.io: https://questfriends.itch.io Games and Tools discussed this episode: Under the Neighborhood by Kyle Decker Itch.io: https://questfriends.itch.io/neighborhood Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:01:21 - Reintroductions 00:07:14 - D20 for your thoughts? 00:10:44 - What does Kyle look for in a good character creation system? 00:14:58 - How does character creation in Under the Neighborhood stack up to other games? 00:20:13 - How does the process of character creation set up expectations for play? 00:26:44 - What sort of story does the character sheets tell? 00:33:20 - What's the biggest flaw/best part of character creation in this system? 00:40:05 - Fanfic! 00:47:09 - Take it up a level! 00:55:58 - Final Thoughts 00:58:21 - Episode Closer 01:01:25 - Call to Action 01:09:41 - Credits 01:11:35 - Show Blurbs - Design Doc 01:12:12 - Outtakes Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-523-under-the-neighborhood-with-kyle-decker-designer-discussion/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Childplay by Sascha Ende® Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/2974-childplay License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Clip 2: "Quest Friends! Hereafter Theme" by Miles Morkri: https://twitter.com/milesmorkri 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: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/charactercreationcast 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 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@charactercreationcast?lang=en Amelia Antrim: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Website: https://ameliaantrim.wordpress.com/ Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Twitch: https://twitch.tv/lordneptunerb Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) A Horror Borealis: @AHorrorBorealis (https://twitter.com/AHorrorBorealis) Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter Itch.io: https://lordneptune.itch.io Our Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: https://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 first episode of series 50, everyone! This series, we welcome Aram and Dylan from the Kill Every Monster Podcast, to revisit Dungeons and Dragons 5E by utilizing supplements to enhance your games. This episode we dive into commentary on D&D itself, what makes something D&D, and a lot of other great discussion before we dive into a very interesting character creation session! Announcements: Questions for us! - Last chance this round! https://questions.charactercreationcast.com Character Creation Cast TikTok https://tiktok.com/@charactercreationcast?lang=en One Shot Network Patreon https://patreon.com/OneShotPodcast 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 Guests and Projects: Aram Vartian @AramVartian Twitter: https://twitter.com/AramVartian Website: http://aram.gay Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/godsfall Godsfall: https://godsfall.simplecast.com/ Dylan Malenfant @DJMalenfant Twitter: https://twitter.com/djMalenfant Kill Every Monster @KEMPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/KEMPodcast Website: https://killeverymonster.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/killeverymonster Games and Tools discussed this episode: Dungeons and Dragons 5E: Amazon: https://amzn.to/3vRijwb D&D Beyond: Website: https://dndbeyond.com/ Monsters of the Multiverse (Orc Ancestry): Amazon: https://amzn.to/3KyRli9 Guildmaster’s Guide to Ravnica (Loxodon Ancestry): Amazon: https://amzn.to/3KyRli9 Tales of Arcana 5e Race Guide (Hologod and Vroom vroom Ancestries): DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/363154/Tales-of-ArcanaR-5E-Race-Guide?affiliate_id=1601603 Planet Apocalypse (TBD): DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/380038/Planet-Apocalypse-for-5E?affiliate_id=1601603 Nightfell (Rogue Variant, Backgrounds): DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/376494/Nightfell--A-Horror-Fantasy-Setting-for-5e--ENG-ITA?affiliate_id=1601603 Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:12:38 - Introductions 00:15:42 - What's in a game? - What makes something D&D? 00:20:59 - What would Aram's and Dylan's own D&D setting look like? 00:37:12 - What other tools or accessories would be recommended for D&D? 00:46:18 - What kinds of themes is D&D best at and what does it not do well? 00:53:31 - What should GMs have characters do aside from adventuring in D&D? 01:14:54 - What is the most uniquely interesting thing Aram and Dylan saw in D&D? 01:24:49 - The history of D&D is evolving 01:33:06 - Terms and Concepts 01:33:43 - Race, Background and Class 01:34:13 - Stats and Skill Proficiencies 01:34:40 - Class Abilities, Feats, Hitpoints and Armor Class 01:35:57 - Let's make some people! 01:36:58 - Picking our Races, Classes and Backgrounds 01:50:47 - Call to Action 01:57:45 - Credits 01:59:40 - Show Blurbs - Neoscum Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-501-dungeons-and-dragons-5e-with-aram-and-dylan-kill-every-monster-creation/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Dungeons And Dragons by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5215-dungeons-and-dragons License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Clip 2: Kill Every Monster Intro Music - A Truly Powerful Force by NC Music Link: A Truly Powerful Force by ncmusic | AudioJungle 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

In the second episode of our Numenera series, Darcy Ross, from Cypher Speak and Monte Cook Games, returns to finish our characters with us! Announcements: Black Lives Matter Resources Donate: Find And Donate to a Local Bail Fund https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/nbfn-directory Support Black Lives Matter https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019 Action: Contact your representatives  https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials June Justice- A guide of daily reading and activism  https://bit.ly/junejustice Education NPR Throughline Podcast on history of policing in America: https://www.npr.org/2020/06/03/869046127/american-police Talking to kids about race: https://www.prettygooddesign.org/blog/Blog%20Post%20Title%20One-5new4 Books To Read Right Now from Nerdette podcast https://www.wbez.org/stories/books-to-read-right-now/9f1e0ee0-4bf3-4300-92ce-cedb6ab7aa5f Support RPG Bundle for Racial Justice https://itch.io/b/520/bundle-for-racial-justice-and-equality RPG Podcasts featuring people of color: http://rpgcasts.com/category/bimpoc/ Twitter Thread of Black creators: https://twitter.com/definitelyvita/status/1267813758107152387?s=19 Black Literature Compendium https://bit.do/blacklit Black voices in the RPG Community https://medium.com/tabletop-micdrop/pay-attention-black-voices-in-the-rpg-community-34fd75f8bad8 Drawing While Black Artist Directory https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1d9gokwVQLCOmqf8zfez6-yMRgHOq4P5veW7lfZF7BCs/edit?usp=drivesdk Monte Cook Games $5 Off listener promotion: https://montecookgames.com/store/ Use code “ccc5off” to get $5 off your order! 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 Guests and Projects:  Darcy Ross @DarcyLRoss Twitter: https://twitter.com/DarcyLRoss Monte Cook Games: @MonteCookGames Twitter: https://twitter.com/MonteCookGames Website: https://www.montecookgames.com/ Cypher Speak Podcast: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CypherSpeakPod Website: https://misdirectedmark.com/category/podcasts/cypherspeak/ Games discussed this episode: Numenera: Discovery & Destiny https://www.montecookgames.com/store/product/numenera-discovery-and-destiny/ Numenera: Starter Set https://www.montecookgames.com/store/product/numenera-starter-set/ Ashes of the Sea Free Quickstart Rules https://www.montecookgames.com/store/product/ashes-of-the-sea-pdf/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:03:08 - Recap 00:05:39 - Rolling for Cyphers 00:16:26 - Oddities 00:20:50 - Equipment and Currency 00:25:42 - Abilities 00:30:24 - Stat pool distribution 00:34:13 - Initiative discussion 00:37:15 - Focus and Descriptor Abilities and Bonuses 00:41:37 - Backgrounds 00:45:37 - PC Connections 00:51:45 - Initial link to the starting adventure 00:55:56 - Naming our characters 00:59:55 - Episode Closer 01:03:04 - Show Blurb - The Broadswords Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-282-numenera-with-darcy-ross-creation-continued/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: History and Future by Sascha Ende Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/67-history-and-future License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Clip 2: Shiny Tech II by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4348-shiny-tech-ii License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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 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 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

On the final episode of our 25th series, Ryan welcomes back David Gunsberg and Morgan Jenkins to talk about Golden Sky Stories, a slice of life RPG where kindness reigns. Amelia wasn’t able to make it for this recording, but we end up with a really great discussion about this very wholesome game. Announcements: Princess World Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1706590045/princess-world Multiverse Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/playmultiverse/multiverse-rpgs-for-every-kind-of-player 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 Guests and Projects:  David Gunsberg @Tigrannosaurus1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tigrannosaurus1 Morgan Jenkins @MorriganJenk Twitter: https://twitter.com/MorriganJenk Going In Blind @GoingInBlindDnD Twitter: https://twitter.com/GoingInBlindDnD Website: https://goinginblindpodcast.com/ Games discussed this episode: Golden Sky Stories DrivethruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/118784/Golden-Sky-Stories?affiliate_id=1601603 Resource Economy Powerpoint: https://www.dropbox.com/s/03xy2hhitihesw6/David%20Gunsberg%20-%20GSS%20Resource%20economy.pptx?dl=0 Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:03:19 - Intro 00:03:50 - David’s Character 00:04:28 - Morgan’s Character 00:05:14 - Amelia’s Character 00:05:32 - Ryan’s Character 00:06:29 - D20 for your thoughts 00:06:51 - Morgan’s start in RPGs 00:08:09 - David’s start in RPGs 00:10:30 - David’s process 00:12:00 - Morgan’s process 00:14:46 - How does character creation stack up? 00:23:46 - How does character creation set expectations? 00:29:46 - Biggest flaw 00:33:10 - Playing as animals 00:42:03 - Our group 00:51:56 - Take it up a level 00:52:04 - How characters change 00:56:30 - Do characters level up? 01:00:56 - Plugs 01:02:58 - Closer 01:04:30 - Show Blurbs: All My Fantasy Children 01:05:08 - Outtakes Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-253-golden-sky-stories-with-david-gunsberg-and-morgan-jenkins-discussion/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Ukulele Fun by Rafael Krux Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5441-ukulele-fun- License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Clip 2: Carefree by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefree License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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

In the final episode of our Numenera series, Darcy Ross, from Cypher Speak and Monte Cook Games, sits down with us to discuss the process of character creation and we make some great fanfic! Announcements: Monte Cook Games $5 Off listener promotion: https://montecookgames.com/store/ Use code “ccc5off” to get $5 off your order! 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:  Darcy Ross @DarcyLRoss Twitter: https://twitter.com/DarcyLRoss Monte Cook Games: @MonteCookGames Twitter: https://twitter.com/MonteCookGames Website: https://www.montecookgames.com/ Cypher Speak Podcast: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CypherSpeakPod Website: https://misdirectedmark.com/category/podcasts/cypherspeak/ Games discussed this episode: Numenera: Discovery & Destiny https://www.montecookgames.com/store/product/numenera-discovery-and-destiny/ Numenera: Starter Set https://www.montecookgames.com/store/product/numenera-starter-set/ Ashes of the Sea Free Quickstart Rules https://www.montecookgames.com/store/product/ashes-of-the-sea-pdf/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:02:50 - Intro 00:03:35 - Darcy’s Character 00:05:04 - Amelia’s Character  00:06:01 - Ryan’s Character 00:07:32 - D20 for your thoughts 00:07:51 - Darcy’s start in RPGs 00:10:51 - Personal process for character creation 00:12:48 - How does character creation stack up? 00:18:43 - How do mechanics reinforce feel? 00:20:55 - How does character creation set expectations? 00:27:31 - Flaws and best parts 00:38:22 - Mix of sci fi and fantasy 00:42:47 - Fanfic 00:57:38 - Take it up a level 01:05:30 - Plugs 01:07:13 - Closer 01:08:46 - Show Blurb: Total Party Kill Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-283-numenera-with-darcy-ross-discussion/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: History and Future by Sascha Ende Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/67-history-and-future License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Clip 2: Shiny Tech II by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4348-shiny-tech-ii License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Website: https://ameliaantrim.wordpress.com/ Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) Side Heroes: @SideHeroesPod (https://twitter.com/SideHeroesPod) Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter Itch.io: https://lordneptune.itch.io 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