Worldbuilder's Anvil

Today's Topic – Living with Batman

We are now working on episodes again. While we get going on Season three here is another best of Episode 205.

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• What is a character on the edge
• Types
• Why they are work

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Today's Topic – The Chosen Underdog

We are now working on episodes again. While we get going on Season three here is another best of episode

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1. Why Tropes are important
2. 5 Favorite Troupes
3. Ensemble vs Pure Protagonist
4. Hybrid vs pure trope

The Worldbuilding Task for the Day

What are your favorite character tropes?

The Real-world Task for the Day

What is your trope?

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Today's Topic – The world is a darker place

My Mommy passed the day 5/8/2021 a day before Mother's Day. I still struggle to talk about this. So I want to share my mother and her wisdom one more time with the world from episode 154. You want to learn more about a wonderful mother please check out her obituary.

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Today's Topic – 5 steps to create great characters great characters

Check out episode 173 for the original show notes for Our dishonorable mentions

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Podcast Show Flow

• Why the dishonorable mentions?
• Special appearance from Mariner
• Michael's number 3
• Jeffery's number 3
• Michael's number 2
• Jeffery's number 2
• Michael's number 1
• Jeffery's number 1

WBT Tell us your favorite RW Task

Do Not become a villain, think like a villain when your write

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Today's Topic – They all cannot be Jayne

This was originally episode 288 if you want the complete show notes.

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Podcast Show Flow

• What makes a character multidimensional
• This should not be your main character
• When They work
• When they don't work

WBT Take a character you love, and cut the depth right out of them RW Task

Identify one way you need to take better care of yourself. Do one thing every day to get a step closer to achieving it.

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Today's Topic – 5 steps to create great characters great characters

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1. Strong Archetypes
2. Use Quirks to add flavor and uniqueness and develop personality
3. Develop strong motivations think of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
4. Be able to visualize them in your head
5. Use story action to define character,

WBT Create a new character follow our advice RW Task

Create a character based on you

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Today's Topic – Let's Build a new Campaign, part 3

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• Character conflict / ensembleß
  • Theme:
    • What lines are too far?
    • And is good and bad?
    • Lizard since of family
  • Why the invasion
    • In search of food
    • You are just a cow
    • Closest island is running out of food
  • High Fantasy ß
  • The Journey for the Item ß
    • The Frog hero bob is not of the right class
      • Shamans for war
      • Gender swapping frog
      • What changes the way things are
        • First contact this time with lizard
      • Climax Choose
        • Finally to change beneath to farm tool power gain
        • Peaceful Pete learns about family connection to frogs
        • Forged by a god
      • Path to resolution
        • What is the setback for Pete
          • How does he recover
        • What is the setback for Bob
          • How does he recover
        • What happens when Bob gets the item
        • Prove the relation is key to peace Trident is needed
        • Main story resolution
          • Bob becomes looses all gender and uses trident to prove the link
          • Peaceful Pete – Holds the Alamo and new shaman follow Pete's
          • Evil Ed (Lizard Leader) - Exiled with Shaman
          • Silly Shamans() - Exiled with Shaman
        • Side quests and Random scenes stored
        • Character log
        • Player knowledge
      • The next season
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WBT

Think about resolution and conclusion

RW Task

Listen means more than hearing

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Today's Topic – Let's Build a new Campaign, part 2

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Podcast Show Flow

• Character conflict / ensembleß
  • Theme:
    • What lines are too far?
    • And is good and bad?
    • Lizard since of family
  • Why the invasion
    • In search of food
    • You are just a cow
    • Closest island is running out of food
  • High Fantasy ß
  • The Journey for the Item ß
    • The Frog hero bob is not of the right class
      • Shamans for war
      • Gender swapping frog
      • What changes the way things are
        • First contact this time with lizard
      • Climax Choose
        • Finally to change beneath to farm tool power gain
        • Peaceful Pete learns about family connection to frogs
        • Forged by a god
      • Path Nenet
    • The next season
      • Characters Details

· Start from the ending or the beginning · The Central conflict · The plan WBT

Work on your outline

RW Task

Remember those you love everyday

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Today's Topic – Finishing the Framework

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• Character conflict / ensembleß
  • Theme:
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    • And is good and bad?
  • Why the invasion
    • In search of food
    • You are just a cow
    • Closest island is running out of food
  • High Fantasy ß
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    • The Frog hero bob is not of the right class
      • Shamans for war
      • Gender swapping frog
      • Start Here
    • Climax Choose
    • Forged by a god
  • The next season
    • Characters Details

· Start from the ending or the beginning · The Central conflict · The plan

WBT

Outline a story for your world

RW Task

Finish up your framework as needed

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Today's Topic – Finishing the Framework

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• RPG Vs Novel
• The Central Conflict
  • Epic makes sense but could be cover or complement.
  • Character conflict / ensemble ß
  • Inner Struggle
• Genre
  • High Fantasy ß
  • Sword And Sorcery
  • Dark Fantasy
• Story Archetypes
  • Hero's Journey
  • The Journey for the Item ß
  • Rise of the old gods Pro or co
  • Tragedy
  • Other
• The next season
  • Characters Details

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RW Task

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