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Jan. 30, 2024

Medieval Tiger Beat #podcast #roleplayinggame #quest #ttrpg

Clip from Season 3, Episode 2 of Characters Without Stories. Alex brings Nix to the table. Alex is a traveling magician who cheerfully becomes a hero. Alex and I discuss mad libs character creation, the nature of magic, and being inspired by a hat. This character is built for D&D…

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Jan. 29, 2024

An ability called Over There #podcast #roleplayinggame #quest #ttrpg

Clip from Season 3, Episode 2 of Characters Without Stories. Alex brings Nix to the table. Alex is a traveling magician who cheerfully becomes a hero. Alex and I discuss mad libs character creation, the nature of magic, and being inspired by a hat. This character is built for D&D…

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Jan. 26, 2024

Nix, a Children's Party Magician - Quirks and Quests with Alex (Quest)

Alex brings Nix to the table. Alex is a traveling magician who cheerfully becomes a hero. Alex and I discuss mad libs character creation, the nature of magic, and being inspired by a hat, This character is built for Quest. Alex, also known as Apples_n_Cinnamon, a ttrpg enthusiast and a…

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Jan. 23, 2024

I like rules #dnd #ttrpg #rpg

Crunch v. rules-light - what do you prefer? Is arguing about the rules as fun for you as it is for me?

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Jan. 22, 2024

The DM is sick of your shit #baldursgate3 #baldursgate #astarion #dnd #dungeonmaster

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Jan. 21, 2024

The human in the D&D party be like #baldursgate3 #baldursgate #astarion #dungeonsanddragons #dnd

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Jan. 20, 2024

A cleric that can make their own god?! #roleplayinggame #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #ttrpg #cleric

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Jan. 19, 2024

I guess I'll do this whole male thing #podcast #roleplayinggame #dungeonsanddragons #ttrpg

Clip from Season 1, Episode 2 of Characters Without Stories. Jay brings Qurr to the table. Qurr is an Aarakocra Barbarian on a mission to prove herself to the goddess Syranita. Jay and I discuss how introducing randomness into character building can help bring characters to life, creating detailed backstories…

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Jan. 18, 2024

Put a rock in your hand and charge you gold for it

Clip from Season 3, Episode 1 of Characters Without Stories. Rook brings Dale Dorries, AKA Alehat to the table. Alehat is a greedy, rotten scoundrel feeding his retirement fund with ill-gotten gains. Rook and I discuss filling a role in a party, using characters to try out game mechanics, and…

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Jan. 17, 2024

Fancy Vegetables

Clip from Season 3, Episode 1 of Characters Without Stories. Rook brings Dale Dorries, AKA Alehat to the table. Alehat is a greedy, rotten scoundrel feeding his retirement fund with ill-gotten gains. Rook and I discuss filling a role in a party, using characters to try out game mechanics, and…

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Jan. 15, 2024

Building a workforce one child at a time #podcast #roleplayinggame #bladesinthedark #ttrpg

Clip from Season 3, Episode 1 of Characters Without Stories. Rook brings Dale Dorries, AKA Alehat to the table. Alehat is a greedy, rotten scoundrel feeding his retirement fund with ill-gotten gains. Rook and I discuss filling a role in a party, using characters to try out game mechanics, and…

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Jan. 13, 2024

Alehat, a Sly Slide - Playing Dangerous Games with Rook (Blades in the Dark)

Rook brings Dale Dorries, AKA Alehat to the table. Alehat is a greedy, rotten scoundrel feeding his retirement fund with ill-gotten gains. Rook and I discuss filling a role in a party, using characters to try out game mechanics, and being out for yourself. This character is built for Blades…

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Jan. 6, 2024

Tortles don't bang #podcast #roleplayinggame #dungeonsanddragons #ttrpg

Clip from Season 1, Episode 1 of Characters Without Stories. Andrew Rahman brings Bart Biggityburg to the table. Bart is a Tortle Drakewarden Ranger who has trained to be a championship marathon runner. Andrew and I discuss turning the tables on common misconceptions about what a character can do, finding…

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Jan. 6, 2024

Is this the end of a golden age of TTRPGs?

TTRPGs are changing - is that a bad thing? #ttrpg #dnd #dnd5e #dungeonsanddragons #roleplayinggame #ogl #mattmercer #pathfinder

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Jan. 5, 2024

Nobody thought about the bleed

Clip from Season 2, Episode 16 of Characters Without Stories. Jeffrey Baker brings an unnamed soldier to the table. The unnamed soldier is a grizzled drill sergeant who motivates his party through tough love and (bardic) inspirational speeches. Jeffrey and I discuss playing older characters with life experience, roleplay bleed…

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Jan. 4, 2024

You can whine when you're dead

Clip from Season 2, Episode 16 of Characters Without Stories. Jeffrey Baker brings an unnamed soldier to the table. The unnamed soldier is a grizzled drill sergeant who motivates his party through tough love and (bardic) inspirational speeches. Jeffrey and I discuss playing older characters with life experience, roleplay bleed…

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Jan. 3, 2024

Moments of Discovery

Clip from Season 2, Episode 16 of Characters Without Stories. Jeffrey Baker brings an unnamed soldier to the table. The unnamed soldier is a grizzled drill sergeant who motivates his party through tough love and (bardic) inspirational speeches. Jeffrey and I discuss playing older characters with life experience, roleplay bleed…

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Jan. 1, 2024

Jack Black

Clip from Season 2, Episode 16 of Characters Without Stories. Jeffrey Baker brings an unnamed soldier to the table. The unnamed soldier is a grizzled drill sergeant who motivates his party through tough love and (bardic) inspirational speeches. Jeffrey and I discuss playing older characters with life experience, roleplay bleed…

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Dec. 29, 2023

An Unnamed Soldier – Coping with Fictional Trauma in Character and Out with Jeffrey Baker (D&D5e)

Jeffrey Baker brings an unnamed soldier to the table. The unnamed soldier is a grizzled drill sergeant who motivates his party through tough love and (bardic) inspirational speeches. Jeffrey and I discuss playing older characters with life experience, roleplay bleed and after care, and being the party dad. This character…

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Dec. 27, 2023

"The world opened up" #podcast #dndcharacter #roleplayinggame

Clip from Season 2, Episode 15 of Characters Without Stories. Wes Ascolese brings Trypoxylus "Tryp" to the table. Tryp is a newborn hive mind formed from a group of Japanese stag beetles looking to learn about the world they are seeing with new eyes. Wes and I discuss how bugs…

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Dec. 26, 2023

"I don't want to make a ghost mad" #podcast #dndcharacter #roleplayinggame

Clip from Season 2, Episode 15 of Characters Without Stories. Wes Ascolese brings Trypoxylus "Tryp" to the table. Tryp is a newborn hive mind formed from a group of Japanese stag beetles looking to learn about the world they are seeing with new eyes. Wes and I discuss how bugs…

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Dec. 23, 2023

Do humans get a bad rap? #podcast #dndcharacter #roleplayinggame

Clip from Season 2, Episode 15 of Characters Without Stories. Wes Ascolese brings Trypoxylus "Tryp" to the table. Tryp is a newborn hive mind formed from a group of Japanese stag beetles looking to learn about the world they are seeing with new eyes. Wes and I discuss how bugs…

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Dec. 17, 2023

“Maybe if I get some buddies together I can make a body”

Clip from Season 2, Episode 15 of Characters Without Stories. Wes Ascolese brings Trypoxylus "Tryp" to the table. Tryp is a newborn hive mind formed from a group of Japanese stag beetles looking to learn about the world they are seeing with new eyes. Wes and I discuss how bugs…

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Dec. 15, 2023

Tryp, a Newborn Hive Mind - Containing Multitudes with Wes Ascolese (The Wildsea)

Wes Ascolese brings Trypoxylus "Tryp" to the table. Tryp is a newborn hive mind formed from a group of Japanese stag beetles looking to learn about the world they are seeing with new eyes. Wes and I discuss how bugs think, trying to build a unified identity, and discovering yourself…

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