August 17, 2020

Series 30.3 - Quest with Kyle Allen and Russ Wilde [Prism Pals] (Discussion)

1 hour 35 minutes

In today’s episode, we welcome back Kyle Allen and Russ Wild from the Prism Pals podcast, to discuss the character creation process for Quest, the fantasy RPG from TC Sottek of The Adventure Guild. We also get into some not-at-all confusing fanfic about the characters we made this series!

Announcements:

Kyle Allen’s Quest Adventure Profile:

https://superqueero.itch.io/the-adventure-profile

Ammourazz’s Twitch Channel:

https://twitch.tv/ammourazz

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https://podchaser.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

00:03:29 - Reintroductions

00:07:05 - D20 for your thoughts?

00:10:03 - Kyle and Russ’s personal processes for creating characters.

00:14:58 - How does character creation in Quest stack up against other games?

00:24:35 - How do the mechanics of character creation reinforce the feel of Quest?

00:27:41 - How does the process of character creation set the expectations for playing?

00:32:27 - What is one of the biggest flaws/best parts of character creation?

00:47:33 - Fanfiction!

01:02:10 - Take it up a level!

01:02:34 - How do characters grow narratively?

01:03:59 - How do characters advance mechanically?

01:12:51 - Final thoughts?

01:16:30 - Episode Closer

01:20:43 - Show Blurb: All My Fantasy Children

01:21:20 - Outtakes

Transcripts

https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-303-quest-with-kyle-allen-and-russ-wilde-prism-pals-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: 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/)

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