December 21, 2020

Series 34.3 - Tide Breaker with Nick Butler [Designer] (Discussion)

1 hour 26 minutes

Welcome to the final episode of Series 34 and 2020, everyone! This series we are covering the modular world building, action RPG Tide Breaker with designer Nick Butler! This episode we’ll be discussing the character creation process as well as dishing up some final outtakes of the year.

Announcements:

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

https://twitch.chimera.games

https://youtube.chimera.games

A Horror Borealis presents LOSERS: A Love Story:

https://a-horror-borealis.simplecast.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

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:

Nick Butler @FallOnMyBlade

Twitter: https://twitter.com/FallOnMyBlade

Discord: https://discord.gg/AzmaYgn

Games discussed this episode:

Tide Breaker

Website: https://tidebreakerRPG.com

Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Announcements

00:02:44 - Reintroductions

00:05:57 - D20 for your thoughts?

00:10:22 - What is Nick’s personal process for creating characters?

00:11:37 - How does character creation in Tide Breaker stack up to other systems?

00:22:41 - How does this character creation set expectations for playing the game?

00:25:33 - How does creating the world together affect the character creation process?

00:29:55 - What is one of the flaws of this system and what is one of the best parts?

00:39:40 - Fanfic time!

00:44:58 - Take it up a level! - Mechanical Advancement

00:48:49 - Narrative Advancement

00:51:11 - Final Thoughts

01:00:41 - Episode Closer

01:01:31 - Call to Action

01:05:46 - Credits

01:07:41 - Show Blurb: Campaign

01:08:37 - Outtakes

Transcripts

https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-343-tide-breaker-with-nick-butler-designer-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: Stormfront by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4421-stormfront

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

Clip 2: RestlessTide by Lilo Sound

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6079-restlesstide

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/)

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/

Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast

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

Twitch: https://twitch.tv/lordneptunerb

Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG)

Side Heroes: @SideHeroesPod (https://twitter.com/SideHeroesPod)

Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter

Itch.io: https://lordneptune.itch.io

Our Website:

http://www.charactercreationcast.com

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December 21, 2020

Series 34.3 - Tide Breaker with Nick Butler [Designer] (Discussion)

1 hour 26 minutes

Announcements:

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

https://twitch.chimera.games

https://youtube.chimera.games

A Horror Borealis presents LOSERS: A Love Story:

https://a-horror-borealis.simplecast.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

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:

Nick Butler @FallOnMyBlade

Twitter: https://twitter.com/FallOnMyBlade

Discord: https://discord.gg/AzmaYgn

Games discussed this episode:

Tide Breaker

Website: https://tidebreakerRPG.com

Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Announcements

00:02:44 - Reintroductions

00:05:57 - D20 for your thoughts?

00:10:22 - What is Nick’s personal process for creating characters?

00:11:37 - How does character creation in Tide Breaker stack up to other systems?

00:22:41 - How does this character creation set expectations for playing the game?

00:25:33 - How does creating the world together affect the character creation process?

00:29:55 - What is one of the flaws of this system and what is one of the best parts?

00:39:40 - Fanfic time!

00:44:58 - Take it up a level! - Mechanical Advancement

00:48:49 - Narrative Advancement

00:51:11 - Final Thoughts

01:00:41 - Episode Closer

01:01:31 - Call to Action

01:05:46 - Credits

01:07:41 - Show Blurb: Campaign

01:08:37 - Outtakes

Transcripts

https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-343-tide-breaker-with-nick-butler-designer-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: Stormfront by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4421-stormfront

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

Clip 2: RestlessTide by Lilo Sound

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6079-restlesstide

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/)

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/

Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast

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)