Listen "Character Evolution Cast E09: Character Creation with All My Fantasy Children"
Episode Synopsis
In today’s Character Evolution Cast episode, we welcome Aaron and Jeff from All My Fantasy Children to talk about how to create characters for any system. We get into a lot of interesting topics this episode and have a ton of fun along the way.
Announcements:
GenCon
https://www.gencon.com/
Shadow of the Cabal
https://www.shadowofthecabal.com/
RPG Academy
https://therpgacademy.com/
Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1
Character Creation Cast on Stitcher
https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stpr
Character Creation Cast on Facebook
https://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCast
Guests and Projects:
All My Fantasy Children
Website: https://www.allmyfantasychildren.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AMFC_Podcast/
Aaron Catano-Saez: @AaronCatanoSaez
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AaronCatanoSaez
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mthollyhero
Jeff Stormer: @dexdynamo
Website: https://www.jeffstormer.com/
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/dexdynamo
Party of One Podcast Website: http://partyofonepodcast.com/
Party of One Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PartyOfOnePod
Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Announcements
00:02:12 - Introductions
00:05:41 - What was your favorite character creation experience?
00:11:08 - What system have you never created a character in that you really want to?
00:14:27 - Designing RPGs is amazing
00:15:52 - Getting into the main discussion
00:17:38 - How do you go about creating characters on All My Fantasy Children?
00:26:47 - What do we need to know from our group before diving into character creation?
00:35:22 - How can character details inform us of who they are as a person?
00:52:35 - How do we go from a background to figuring out what our characters would become?
01:02:59 - How can we collaborate together to make our characters better?
01:19:42 - Creating a shared backstory
01:26:41 - Anything else?
01:28:08 - Episode Closer
01:31:28 - Outtakes
01:32:21 - Show Blurbs
Materials discussed in this episode:
James D’Amato’s The Ultimate RPG Character Backstory Guide
https://amzn.to/2sJJ85k
Madeline Hale’s Table Fables
https://amzn.to/2WcifEC
Music:
Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)
Clip 1: Children - Our Life (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Nuno_Adelaida/none_given_1662/Nuno_Adelaida_02_Children-Our_Life) by Nuno Adelaida (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Nuno_Adelaida/)
Clip 2: All My Fantasy Children theme music (https://www.allmyfantasychildren.com/)
Clip 3: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/)
Main Theme: Endless Motion (https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/endless-motion-edm-electro) by Ben Sound (https://www.bensound.com/)
Our Podcast:
Character Creation Cast:
Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast)
Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/
Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/
Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning)
Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune)
Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com
Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com
Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast
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Announcements:
GenCon
https://www.gencon.com/
Shadow of the Cabal
https://www.shadowofthecabal.com/
RPG Academy
https://therpgacademy.com/
Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us)!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1
Character Creation Cast on Stitcher
https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stpr
Character Creation Cast on Facebook
https://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCast
Guests and Projects:
All My Fantasy Children
Website: https://www.allmyfantasychildren.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AMFC_Podcast/
Aaron Catano-Saez: @AaronCatanoSaez
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AaronCatanoSaez
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mthollyhero
Jeff Stormer: @dexdynamo
Website: https://www.jeffstormer.com/
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/dexdynamo
Party of One Podcast Website: http://partyofonepodcast.com/
Party of One Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PartyOfOnePod
Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Announcements
00:02:12 - Introductions
00:05:41 - What was your favorite character creation experience?
00:11:08 - What system have you never created a character in that you really want to?
00:14:27 - Designing RPGs is amazing
00:15:52 - Getting into the main discussion
00:17:38 - How do you go about creating characters on All My Fantasy Children?
00:26:47 - What do we need to know from our group before diving into character creation?
00:35:22 - How can character details inform us of who they are as a person?
00:52:35 - How do we go from a background to figuring out what our characters would become?
01:02:59 - How can we collaborate together to make our characters better?
01:19:42 - Creating a shared backstory
01:26:41 - Anything else?
01:28:08 - Episode Closer
01:31:28 - Outtakes
01:32:21 - Show Blurbs
Materials discussed in this episode:
James D’Amato’s The Ultimate RPG Character Backstory Guide
https://amzn.to/2sJJ85k
Madeline Hale’s Table Fables
https://amzn.to/2WcifEC
Music:
Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)
Clip 1: Children - Our Life (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Nuno_Adelaida/none_given_1662/Nuno_Adelaida_02_Children-Our_Life) by Nuno Adelaida (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Nuno_Adelaida/)
Clip 2: All My Fantasy Children theme music (https://www.allmyfantasychildren.com/)
Clip 3: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/)
Main Theme: Endless Motion (https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/endless-motion-edm-electro) by Ben Sound (https://www.bensound.com/)
Our Podcast:
Character Creation Cast:
Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast)
Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/
Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/
Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning)
Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune)
Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com
Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com
Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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