November 16, 2020

Series 33.3 - Unbound with Grant Howitt and Chris Taylor (Discussion)

1 hour 12 minutes

On the last episode of our 33rd series, halfway to the evil number, we welcome back Grant Howitt and Chris Taylor from Rowan Rook and Decard, to discuss character creation and world building in Unbound, a scalable action pulp, collaborative world building RPG. We also get to some pretty fantastic fanfiction for our characters, so you’ll want to stick around for that!

Announcements:

Make Georgia Twice as Nice One Shot Act Blue Campaign for Fair Voting:

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Ryan’s Chimera Live Stream Campaign: A Tale of Twinkle and Awe

https://twitch.chimera.games

Cape and Blade Live Stream Campaign:

https://capeandblade.chimera.games

https://contact.charactercreationcast.com

Leave us reviews in any, or all, of these places:

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 Podchaser

https://podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast

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

Website: https://rowanrookanddecard.com

Games discussed this episode:

Unbound

Website: https://rowanrookanddecard.com/product-category/game-systems/unbound/

Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Announcements

00:03:06 - ReIntroductions

00:06:33 - D20 for your thoughts?

00:06:54 - Grant and Chris’s favorite part of creating games.

00:08:31 - What was it light to playtest Unbound?

00:14:39 - How does character creation stack up against other games?

00:21:38 - How does the process of character creation set expectations of playing Unbound?

00:27:02 - How does creating a world affect creating characters?

00:31:33 - What is the biggest flaw and the best part of creating characters in Unbound?

00:35:21 - Fanfiction!

00:42:15 - Take it up a level! - Advancement Mechanics

00:48:28 - What effect does this have on the narrative?

00:51:50 - Episode Closer

00:53:32 - Call to Action

00:56:57 - Credits

00:58:52 - Show Blurb: Total Party Kill

00:59:38 - Outtakes

Transcripts

https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-333-unbound-with-grant-howitt-and-chris-taylor-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: Water Of The Moon by MusicLFiles

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6890-water-of-the-moon

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Clip 2: The Technology Is Here by MusicLFiles

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6842-the-technology-is-here

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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By Amelia Antrim, Ryan Boelter

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November 16, 2020

Series 33.3 - Unbound with Grant Howitt and Chris Taylor (Discussion)

1 hour 12 minutes

Announcements:

Make Georgia Twice as Nice One Shot Act Blue Campaign for Fair Voting:

https://actblue.com/donate/ga69/

Ryan’s Chimera Live Stream Campaign: A Tale of Twinkle and Awe

https://twitch.chimera.games

Cape and Blade Live Stream Campaign:

https://capeandblade.chimera.games

https://contact.charactercreationcast.com

Leave us reviews in any, or all, of these places:

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 Podchaser

https://podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast

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

Website: https://rowanrookanddecard.com

Games discussed this episode:

Unbound

Website: https://rowanrookanddecard.com/product-category/game-systems/unbound/

Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Announcements

00:03:06 - ReIntroductions

00:06:33 - D20 for your thoughts?

00:06:54 - Grant and Chris’s favorite part of creating games.

00:08:31 - What was it light to playtest Unbound?

00:14:39 - How does character creation stack up against other games?

00:21:38 - How does the process of character creation set expectations of playing Unbound?

00:27:02 - How does creating a world affect creating characters?

00:31:33 - What is the biggest flaw and the best part of creating characters in Unbound?

00:35:21 - Fanfiction!

00:42:15 - Take it up a level! - Advancement Mechanics

00:48:28 - What effect does this have on the narrative?

00:51:50 - Episode Closer

00:53:32 - Call to Action

00:56:57 - Credits

00:58:52 - Show Blurb: Total Party Kill

00:59:38 - Outtakes

Transcripts

https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-333-unbound-with-grant-howitt-and-chris-taylor-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: Water Of The Moon by MusicLFiles

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6890-water-of-the-moon

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Clip 2: The Technology Is Here by MusicLFiles

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6842-the-technology-is-here

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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