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Character Creation Cast

Join Amelia and Ryan on a journey to create characters in many different role playing game systems with guests from across the industry.

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Welcome to the final episode of Series 65, everyone! This series we’ve been covering progressively spookier micro RPGs to help you find the perfect game for your own personal Halloween Special! In today’s episode, Amelia and Ryan sit down to talk about and do the setup for Lycantree by Beau Jágr Sheldon and A Green Hour: The Dying Land by Jeeyon Shim!



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Lycantree by Beau Jágr Sheldon and A Green Hour: The Dying Land by Jeeyon Shim



[Ultimate Micro RPG Book]:

Timestamps:

  • 00:00:00 - Announcements
  • 00:01:18 - Introductions
  • 00:02:07 - What's in a game? - Lycantree
  • 00:05:02 - Let's make some people! - Lycantree
  • 00:07:57 - Naming the family
  • 00:15:27 - Learning about our pack
  • 00:17:28 - Answering Questions about Ourselves
  • 00:28:21 - Solo Prompts
  • 00:30:17 - Pack Questions
  • 00:37:08 - Pack Prompts
  • 00:39:10 - What's in a game? - A Green Hour
  • 00:41:37 - Let's make some people! - A Green Hour
  • 00:43:24 - Name your Scion and Choose your Old God
  • 00:45:29 - Temptations and Tensions
  • 00:50:27 - Rolling for your Mantle
  • 00:53:18 - Gameplay
  • 00:56:40 - What is your family in charge of? What are you in charge of?
  • 00:59:12 - Meeting
  • 01:02:47 - Part 2 and 3 - Making your new god together and Ending the game
  • 01:07:20 - Episode Closer
  • 01:09:03 - Call to Action
  • 01:19:51 - Credits

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Welcome to the second episode of Series 65, everyone! This series will be covering varying degrees of spooky micro RPGs from various sources so that you can have a good heap of options for your own groups if you are hoping to do an RPG one shot this Halloween! In today’s episode, Amelia and Ryan sit down to talk about and do the setup for It Takes a Child to Raze a Village by Ursidice and Absolution in Brass by Sharang Biswas!

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It Takes a Child to Raze a Village (Ursidice):

Absolution in Brass (Sharang Biswas) [Ultimate Micro RPG Book]:

Timestamps:

  • 00:00:00 - Announcements
  • 00:01:22 - Introduction
  • 00:02:46 - What's in a game? - It Takes a Child to Raze a Village
  • 00:05:48 - Let's make some people! - It Takes a Child to Raze a Village
  • 00:08:49 - How the stats work
  • 00:09:40 - Demands and Suspicion
  • 00:11:33 - Defining our rituals ahead of time
  • 00:21:34 - Creating a Village
  • 00:33:42 - Figuring out items needed for each ritual.
  • 00:44:46 - What's in a game? - Absolution In Brass
  • 00:49:40 - Let's make some people! - Absolution in Brass - What fueled your character's life?
  • 00:53:20 - Occupation
  • 00:54:18 - Fuel
  • 00:56:55 - What one possession from your life do you still carry?
  • 00:57:11 - What physical limitation does your undead brass form impose on you?
  • 00:57:32 - What is the first initial of your character's name?
  • 00:58:40 - Describe your character
  • 01:02:03 - How the game plays
  • 01:05:09 - Proximal Shard
  • 01:16:50 - Medial Shard
  • 01:35:15 - Ending the Game
  • 01:36:41 - Episode Closer
  • 01:38:07 - Call to Action
  • 01:49:47 - Credits

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Welcome to the first episode of Series 65, everyone! This series will be covering varying degrees of spooky micro RPGs from various sources so that you can have a good heap of options for your own groups if you are hoping to do an RPG one shot this Halloween! In today’s episode, Amelia and Ryan sit down to talk about and do the setup for It’s Not Us Meddling Kids! by Ursidice and Object Kilo by Jason Morningstar!

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It Wasn’t Us Meddling Kids (Ursidice):

Object Kilo (Jason Morningstar) [Ultimate Micro RPG Book]:


Timestamps:

  • 00:00:00 - Announcements
  • 00:01:20 - Introductions
  • 00:03:05 - What's in a game? - It Wasn't Us Meddling Kids!
  • 00:06:12 - Let's make some people!
  • 00:08:33 - Defining the Look, History and a Tension Relationship - Doggy Doo
  • 00:16:10 - Greg
  • 00:22:50 - Wilma
  • 00:28:42 - P:heobe
  • 00:33:31 - Location, Monster, Supporting Cast
  • 00:39:02 - Supporting Cast
  • 00:56:33 - How the game normally plays
  • 01:00:44 - It Wasn't Us Meddling Kids! - Recap
  • 01:07:41 - What's in a game? - Object Kilo
  • 01:10:37 - Let's make some people!
  • 01:15:57 - Actual Play fanfic
  • 01:50:08 - Final Thoughts and Episode Closer
  • 01:52:04 - Call to Action
  • 02:05:43 - Credits

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Welcome to the final episode of our Flabbergasted series! On this series we are joined by the sister duo behind The Wanderer’s Tome, Fleur and Chelsea Sciortino, joining us all the way from Malta! Flabbergasted is a comedic TTRPG set in the roaring 20’s. In today’s episode, we discuss the character creation process and get into some really good fanfic for our characters!

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DIE RPG:


Pasión de las Pasiones:


Fiasco

Timestamps:

  • 00:00:00 - Announcements
  • 00:01:18 - Reintroductions
  • 00:10:32 - D20 for your thoughts?
  • 00:14:17 - What makes for great character creation?
  • 00:16:34 - What story do these character sheets tell us?
  • 00:27:47 - How does character creation in Flabbergasted stack up to other games?
  • 00:37:07 - How does this process set up expectations for play?
  • 00:43:17 - Flaws and strengths
  • 00:49:11 - Fanfic!
  • 00:59:04 - Take it up a level!
  • 01:08:14 - Final Thoughts
  • 01:11:29 - Episode Closer
  • 01:13:47 - Call to Action
  • 01:23:06 - Credits

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Welcome to the second episode of our Flabbergasted series! On this series we are joined by the sister duo behind The Wanderer’s Tome, Fleur and Chelsea Sciortino, joining us all the way from Malta! Flabbergasted is a comedic TTRPG set in the roaring 20’s. In today’s episode, we finish making our characters and create a really amazing social club that ties all of our characters together!

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Games/Tools discussed this episode:

DIE RPG:


Pasión de las Pasiones:


Fiasco

Timestamps:

  • 00:00:00 - Announcements
  • 00:01:22 - Recap
  • 00:01:54 - Character Traits and Scene Cues
  • 00:12:28 - Money and its purpose
  • 00:15:26 - Final character details
  • 00:16:37 - Nicknames
  • 00:18:29 - Let's make a social club! - Club Theme
  • 00:20:43 - Picking the name
  • 00:23:05 - Description and location of the club
  • 00:25:21 - Club Slogan
  • 00:26:46 - Rivals
  • 00:28:33 - Public Challenge
  • 00:31:09 - Big Trouble
  • 00:34:24 - Club Rooms
  • 00:36:33 - Club Roles
  • 00:39:23 - Additional Club Members
  • 00:44:37 - Club Renown
  • 00:47:02 - Episode Closer
  • 00:50:38 - Call to Action
  • 01:00:19 - Credits

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Welcome to our Flabbergasted series! On this series we are joined by the sister duo behind The Wanderer’s Tome, Fleur and Chelsea Sciortino, joining us all the way from Malta! Flabbergasted is a comedic TTRPG set in the roaring 20’s! In today’s episode, we learn about the game, including its interesting history, and dive into the character creation process!

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Games/Tools discussed this episode:

DIE RPG:


Pasión de las Pasiones:


Fiasco

Timestamps:

  • 00:00:00 - Announcements
  • 00:01:15 - Introductions
  • 00:03:42 - What's in a game? - Core Concept
  • 00:05:21 - What is the setting for Flabbergasted?
  • 00:07:22 - What tools do we need to play this game?
  • 00:08:32 - What sort of stories and themes is this game geared towards?
  • 00:11:13 - What do characters do in Flabbergasted?
  • 00:15:11 - What is unique about this game?
  • 00:18:04 - The history of Flabbergasted
  • 00:23:13 - Terms and concepts
  • 00:26:26 - Let's make some people! - Picking Archetypes
  • 00:30:41 - The steps of character creation
  • 00:34:22 - Biographical Information
  • 00:42:12 - Mementoss and Description
  • 00:47:22 - Flaws
  • 00:50:44 - Call to Action
  • 00:56:42 - Credits

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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.

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DIE RPG:


Pasión de las Pasiones:


Fiasco

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

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Welcome to the fourth and final episode of our DIE RPG series! Wait, a FOUR episode series?! That’s right, we’re endcapping this series with a special designer spotlight with the creator of DIE the RPG and DIE the comic, Kieron Gillen. We talk a bunch about this meta, dark fantasy TTRPG and even create a new set of characters with Kieron at the helm! You won’t want to miss this special episode for a very remarkable series.

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen

Games/Tools discussed this episode:

DIE RPG:

DIE Comic:

Timestamps:

  • 00:00:00 - Announcements
  • 00:01:58 - Introductions
  • 00:05:49 - What's in a game? - Core Concept
  • 00:14:41 - What inspired taking the standard D&D RPG and turning it on its head?
  • 00:22:06 - How did the comic and RPG influence one another?
  • 00:31:05 - What sort of key design decisions were made to get the feel of the DIE Comic?
  • 00:40:34 - Let's make some people! - Picking the scenario
  • 00:47:43 - Each player picks a role for their personas
  • 00:48:54 - Persona questions
  • 01:02:57 - Defining our personas a bit more
  • 01:06:44 - What's the name of the fantasy world?
  • 01:07:49 - What sacrifices have been made to be here?
  • 01:10:14 - The end of persona generation
  • 01:12:43 - Assigning Paragons
  • 01:17:32 - Stats and Abilities
  • 01:26:03 - The final ritual
  • 01:30:03 - What inspirations did Kieron draw upon for character mechanics?
  • 01:42:28 - Final thoughts
  • 01:50:46 - Episode Closer
  • 01:52:36 - Call to Action
  • 02:02:13 - Credits

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Welcome to the third episode of our DIE RPG series! This series, we have Aram Vartian and Alex V, from the upcoming Replay DIE RPG Actual Play podcast, joining us to teach us about DIE RPG, a meta fantasy TTRPG by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans. In today’s episode, we discuss the creation process, what morality means in RPGs, and dive into some really amazing fanfic for our characters.

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Aram Vartian @AramVartian / @vartian


Alex V @alexv_fyi / @alexvalente.fyi

Games/Tools discussed this episode:

DIE RPG:

Timestamps:

  • 00:00:00 - Announcements
  • 00:01:35 - Reintroductions
  • 00:12:41 - D20 for your thoughts?
  • 00:16:33 - What makes for great character creation in any system?
  • 00:30:50 - How do players getting assigned character types affect the game?
  • 00:41:29 - What do the character sheets tell us about the game?
  • 00:48:45 - How does character creation in DIE stack up to other systems?
  • 01:03:19 - What is one of the biggest flaws of DIE character creation? What is the best part?
  • 01:09:21 - Fanfic
  • 01:24:44 - Take it up a level!
  • 01:27:58 - Final Thoughts
  • 01:30:24 - Episode Closer
  • 01:32:14 - Call to Action
  • 01:41:44 - Credits

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Welcome to the second episode of our DIE RPG series! This series, we have Aram Vartian and Alex V, from the upcoming Replay DIE RPG Actual Play podcast, joining us to teach us about DIE RPG, a meta fantasy TTRPG by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans. In today’s episode, we finish our Personas and have a really unique experience when getting our Paragons!

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Guests and Projects:

Aram Vartian @AramVartian / @vartian


Alex V @alexv_fyi / @alexvalente.fyi

Games/Tools discussed this episode:

DIE RPG:

Timestamps:

  • 00:00:00 - Announcements
  • 00:02:03 - In what ways are you different from the stereotype?
  • 00:06:37 - Why did you decide to join the initial game?
  • 00:09:07 - What did you love and hate about it?
  • 00:15:41 - What were the group's interests?
  • 00:20:17 - Big Questions for each characters
  • 00:22:58 - Where did we play together?
  • 00:25:41 - Who was the smartest in the group?
  • 00:25:57 - Who is the most attractive in the group?
  • 00:27:13 - Who will people pick the most on?
  • 00:28:39 - Was there ever anyone in the group you had a crush on?
  • 00:29:26 - Who was the group scared of at school?
  • 00:30:42 - Who was the least and most favorite person in the group?
  • 00:34:05 - Time Passes - Questions for our adult characters
  • 00:44:57 - What made us come to the reunion regardless of being tempted not to?
  • 00:52:00 - What did we think about the reunion being rescheduled online?
  • 00:56:38 - Paragon assignment
  • 01:01:03 - The Reasoning
  • 01:05:41 - Paragon character sheet details and final ritual
  • 01:22:39 - Episode closer
  • 01:26:12 - Call to Action
  • 01:33:03 - Credits

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