September 16, 2019

Series 20.3 - Heart with Grant Howitt and Chris Taylor [Designers] (Discussion)

1 hour 35 minutes

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.

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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)

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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

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http://www.charactercreationcast.com

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