On the last episode of the 17th series, Megan Scharlau and Charlotte Elena from Tabletop Potluck join us to discuss the character creation process for Mouse Guard, a cute as heck RPG from The Burning Wheel, where you play as super adorable mice people in a medieval, semi-fantasy setting.Announcements:The Ultimate RPG Gameplay Guide by James D’AmatoPre order now on Amazonhttps://amzn.to/2IijdKNGenConTwitter Threadhttps://twitter.com/CreationCast/status/1131181309504741377Character Creation Cast Panelhttps://www.gencon.com/events/152269Quiztem Masteryhttps://www.gencon.com/events/152272Brewing Strife (Amelia’s L5R Game)https://www.gencon.com/events/152276World Building through Character Creationhttps://www.gencon.com/events/152275Chimera GamesStill TBDLeave 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=1Character Creation Cast on Podchaser:https://podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCastGuests and Projects:Megan Scharlau @Tabletop_Megan

Twitter: https://twitter.com/tabletop_megan

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tabletop_megan/

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletop_megan

Charlotte Elena @TheCornbreab

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheCornbreab

Tumblr: https://cornbreab.tumblr.com/

Tabletop Potluck

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Website: https://tabletoppotluck.com/

Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Announcements

00:03:25 - Episode Intro

00:03:47 - Megan’s Character

00:04:19 - Charlotte’s Character

00:04:46 - Amelia’s Character

00:05:09 - Ryan’s Character

00:05:54 - D20 for your thoughts

00:06:10 - Charlotte’s Gaming Story

00:07:23 - Megan’s Gaming Story

00:08:19 - Megan’s Process

00:09:06 - Charlotte’s Process

00:13:06 - Character Creation in Mouse Guarde

00:18:39 - Mechanics and Character Creation

00:20:20 - Setting Expectations

00:24:56 - Biggest Flaw

00:28:11 - Playing Humans vs. Playing Mice

00:32:19 - Group Cohesion

00:37:23 - Character Growth

00:41:57 - Take It Up A Level

00:46:41 - Advancement

00:50:46 - Plugs

00:51:57 - Episode Closer

00:53:51 - Show Blurbs

00:54:27 - Outtakes

Music:

Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)

Clip 1: Backyard Adventure (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Hans_Hylkema/Backyard_Adventure/Hans_Hylkema_-_Backyard_Adventure) by Hans Hylkema (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Hans_Hylkema/)

Clip 2: Tabletop Potluck main theme (https://tabletoppotluck.com)

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 characters:Ryanhttps://www.dropbox.com/s/29w4rzqhznr70l8/Ryan%20-%20Tander.pdf?dl=0AmeliaUnavailable for this releaseMeganhttps://www.dropbox.com/s/00qwtroav6v5n4d/Megan%20Scharlau%20-%20Character%20Creation%20Duncan.pdf?dl=0Charlottehttps://www.dropbox.com/s/4b5uvey9xjcebl7/Charlotte%20Elena%20-%20Wilmot%20The%20Patrol%20Leader.pdf?dl=0Games discussed this episode:Mouse Guard 2nd Edition Box Sethttps://amzn.to/2I2iBcbMouse Guard 2nd Edition PDFhttps://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/166655/Mouse-Guard-RPG-2nd-Edition

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