Threat Dice

Thank you all so much for a wonderful year!

For our last episode of 2020, Kylen takes a look back at the months of May through October on Threat Dice, highlighting some of his favorite moments. To know where you're going, it's always a good idea to remember where you've been.

See you in 2021!

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On this week's episode of Threat Dice: Non-Player Characters. The players of a tabletop RPG portray a tiny slice of the people that populate a fictional world. All the rest of them belong to the GM. But how do we create them? How do we make them feel real? How can we inspire sympathy in fictional characters, to the end of guiding and inspiring the players?

All that, and more, in this week's discussion!

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This week's quote is from The Fellowship of the Ring.

Kylen's back from NaNoWriMo, and boy are his fingers tired! With his return, he brings some thoughts on what inspired him to take on the NaNo challenge for the first time in 7 years.

A book by Gail Carriger called The Heroine's Journey is what drove Kylen back to the word mines. It tells us about a different fundamental structure for stories, one that is somewhat underappreciated in mainstream media's constant search for the eternal loner hero.

But what does this have to do with tabletop RPGs? Well, jump right in and come along while Kylen breaks down the differences between the two journeys, how they mesh with and subvert player expectations, and how we can use these concepts to identify, set up, and then enhance the victories that TTRPG players experience during gameplay!

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This week's quote is from Disney's Hercules.

In this episode, I gather all nerds to me and have a talk with Kevin, Kylen, and Eric.

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This week's quote is from William Shakespeare.

In this episode, I talk with my friend and business partner, Kevin Baringer on the subject of RPG art.

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This week's quote is from J.R.R. Tolkien.

In this episode, I interview my good friend and renowned DM (at least in the New Hampshire seacoast area), Eric Doucet

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This week's quote is from Douglas Adams.

In this episode, a special host interviews a special guest covering the topic of the RPG homebrew.

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This week's quote is from Frank Herbert's "Dune".

Bryn, Keeva, Domnhall and the sheep have arrived home in Verbrigg. Now it's time to settle in, and watch as our small community navigates the rest of the year ahead. Will the Veldt be sweet and kind to them, or will it pile hardship upon hardship until the village is barely holding on? Find out, on this week's FINALE episode of FALCON'S CRY - A Ballad of Blood and Iron Story, powered by Trove!

Book Recommendation: The Heroine's Journey by Gail Carriger

Today's episode featured clips from:
"Thunderbird" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
"Midnight Tale" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Other music in this episode is licensed CC-BY 4.0 by VINDSVEPT: youtube.com/vindsvept, patreon.com/vindsvept, vindsvept.bandcamp.com

Foley sound by:
cmusounddesign
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This week's quote is from Babylon 5.

With their goal in Tsyr achieved, it's time for Bryn, Keeva, Domnhall, and the flock of sheep to head back to Verbrigg. They've got a three-day journey ahead of them, back through the ancient forest, and then among the hills and fields that surround Bryn's home.

Dangers lurk everywhere in the Veldt. Nowhere is entirely safe. Can Bryn guide them true along the way, and get them all home to a warm hearth? Find out, on this week's episode of FALCON'S CRY - A Ballad of Blood and Iron Story, powered by Trove!

Today's episode featured clips from:
"Thunderbird" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
"Shadowlands 4 - Breath" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
"Aftermath" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
"Midnight Tale" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Other music in this episode is licensed CC-BY 4.0 by VINDSVEPT: youtube.com/vindsvept, patreon.com/vindsvept, vindsvept.bandcamp.com

Foley sound by:
cmusounddesign
sauron974
audio_hero
free2usesounds