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Jan. 17, 2024

Fancy Vegetables

Clip from Season 3, Episode 1 of Characters Without Stories. Rook brings Dale Dorries, AKA Alehat to the table. Alehat is a greedy, rotten scoundrel feeding his retirement fund with ill-gotten gains. Rook and I discuss filling a role in a party, using characters to try out game mechanics, and…

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Jan. 15, 2024

Building a workforce one child at a time #podcast #roleplayinggame #bladesinthedark #ttrpg

Clip from Season 3, Episode 1 of Characters Without Stories. Rook brings Dale Dorries, AKA Alehat to the table. Alehat is a greedy, rotten scoundrel feeding his retirement fund with ill-gotten gains. Rook and I discuss filling a role in a party, using characters to try out game mechanics, and…

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Jan. 13, 2024

Alehat, a Sly Slide - Playing Dangerous Games with Rook (Blades in the Dark)

Rook brings Dale Dorries, AKA Alehat to the table. Alehat is a greedy, rotten scoundrel feeding his retirement fund with ill-gotten gains. Rook and I discuss filling a role in a party, using characters to try out game mechanics, and being out for yourself. This character is built for Blades…

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Jan. 6, 2024

Tortles don't bang #podcast #roleplayinggame #dungeonsanddragons #ttrpg

Clip from Season 1, Episode 1 of Characters Without Stories. Andrew Rahman brings Bart Biggityburg to the table. Bart is a Tortle Drakewarden Ranger who has trained to be a championship marathon runner. Andrew and I discuss turning the tables on common misconceptions about what a character can do, finding…

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Jan. 6, 2024

Is this the end of a golden age of TTRPGs?

TTRPGs are changing - is that a bad thing? #ttrpg #dnd #dnd5e #dungeonsanddragons #roleplayinggame #ogl #mattmercer #pathfinder

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Jan. 5, 2024

Nobody thought about the bleed

Clip from Season 2, Episode 16 of Characters Without Stories. Jeffrey Baker brings an unnamed soldier to the table. The unnamed soldier is a grizzled drill sergeant who motivates his party through tough love and (bardic) inspirational speeches. Jeffrey and I discuss playing older characters with life experience, roleplay bleed…

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Jan. 4, 2024

You can whine when you're dead

Clip from Season 2, Episode 16 of Characters Without Stories. Jeffrey Baker brings an unnamed soldier to the table. The unnamed soldier is a grizzled drill sergeant who motivates his party through tough love and (bardic) inspirational speeches. Jeffrey and I discuss playing older characters with life experience, roleplay bleed…

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Jan. 3, 2024

Moments of Discovery

Clip from Season 2, Episode 16 of Characters Without Stories. Jeffrey Baker brings an unnamed soldier to the table. The unnamed soldier is a grizzled drill sergeant who motivates his party through tough love and (bardic) inspirational speeches. Jeffrey and I discuss playing older characters with life experience, roleplay bleed…

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Jan. 1, 2024

Jack Black

Clip from Season 2, Episode 16 of Characters Without Stories. Jeffrey Baker brings an unnamed soldier to the table. The unnamed soldier is a grizzled drill sergeant who motivates his party through tough love and (bardic) inspirational speeches. Jeffrey and I discuss playing older characters with life experience, roleplay bleed…

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Dec. 29, 2023

An Unnamed Soldier – Coping with Fictional Trauma in Character and Out with Jeffrey Baker (D&D5e)

Jeffrey Baker brings an unnamed soldier to the table. The unnamed soldier is a grizzled drill sergeant who motivates his party through tough love and (bardic) inspirational speeches. Jeffrey and I discuss playing older characters with life experience, roleplay bleed and after care, and being the party dad. This character…

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Dec. 27, 2023

"The world opened up" #podcast #dndcharacter #roleplayinggame

Clip from Season 2, Episode 15 of Characters Without Stories. Wes Ascolese brings Trypoxylus "Tryp" to the table. Tryp is a newborn hive mind formed from a group of Japanese stag beetles looking to learn about the world they are seeing with new eyes. Wes and I discuss how bugs…

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Dec. 26, 2023

"I don't want to make a ghost mad" #podcast #dndcharacter #roleplayinggame

Clip from Season 2, Episode 15 of Characters Without Stories. Wes Ascolese brings Trypoxylus "Tryp" to the table. Tryp is a newborn hive mind formed from a group of Japanese stag beetles looking to learn about the world they are seeing with new eyes. Wes and I discuss how bugs…

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Dec. 23, 2023

Do humans get a bad rap? #podcast #dndcharacter #roleplayinggame

Clip from Season 2, Episode 15 of Characters Without Stories. Wes Ascolese brings Trypoxylus "Tryp" to the table. Tryp is a newborn hive mind formed from a group of Japanese stag beetles looking to learn about the world they are seeing with new eyes. Wes and I discuss how bugs…

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Dec. 17, 2023

“Maybe if I get some buddies together I can make a body”

Clip from Season 2, Episode 15 of Characters Without Stories. Wes Ascolese brings Trypoxylus "Tryp" to the table. Tryp is a newborn hive mind formed from a group of Japanese stag beetles looking to learn about the world they are seeing with new eyes. Wes and I discuss how bugs…

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Dec. 15, 2023

Tryp, a Newborn Hive Mind - Containing Multitudes with Wes Ascolese (The Wildsea)

Wes Ascolese brings Trypoxylus "Tryp" to the table. Tryp is a newborn hive mind formed from a group of Japanese stag beetles looking to learn about the world they are seeing with new eyes. Wes and I discuss how bugs think, trying to build a unified identity, and discovering yourself…

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Dec. 8, 2023

Wanderlust is like being a completionist in a videogame #podcast #dndcharacter #roleplayinggame

Clip from Season 2 Episode 14 of Characters Without Stories: Nate (Beardic Inspiration) brings Ed'varay Fiero to the table. Ed'varay is a noble ranger, restlessly wandering in search of transcendental experiences. Nate and I discuss creating random characters for real people, being shaped by your environment, and the controversy surrounding…

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Dec. 6, 2023

Don't Michael Scott your characters #podcast #dndcharacter #roleplayinggame #dnd

Clip from Season 2 Episode 14 of Characters Without Stories: Nate (Beardic Inspiration) brings Ed'varay Fiero to the table. Ed'varay is a noble ranger, restlessly wandering in search of transcendental experiences. Nate and I discuss creating random characters for real people, being shaped by your environment, and the controversy surrounding…

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Dec. 5, 2023

D&D was the Bandaid #podcast #dndcharacter #roleplayinggame #dnd #ogl

Clip from Season 2 Episode 14 of Characters Without Stories: Nate (Beardic Inspiration) brings Ed'varay Fiero to the table. Ed'varay is a noble ranger, restlessly wandering in search of transcendental experiences. Nate and I discuss creating random characters for real people, being shaped by your environment, and the controversy surrounding…

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Dec. 4, 2023

Give your character a reason to need a party #dndcharacter #roleplayinggame #podcast #dnd #ttrpg

Clip from Season 2 Episode 14 of Characters Without Stories: Nate (Beardic Inspiration) brings Ed'varay Fiero to the table. Ed'varay is a noble ranger, restlessly wandering in search of transcendental experiences. Nate and I discuss creating random characters for real people, being shaped by your environment, and the controversy surrounding…

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Dec. 1, 2023

Ed'varay Fiero, a Restless Ranger - Tributes and Transcendentalism with Beardic Inspiration

Nate (Beardic Inspiration) brings Ed'varay Fiero to the table. Ed'varay is a noble ranger, restlessly wandering in search of transcendental experiences. Nate and I discuss creating random characters for real people, being shaped by your environment, and the controversy surrounding Wizards of the Coast's attempt to withdraw the Open Gaming…

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Dec. 1, 2023

Ed'varay Fiero, a Restless Ranger - Tributes and Transcendentalism with Beardic Inspiration (Syst...

Nate (Beardic Inspiration) brings Ed'varay Fiero to the table. Ed'varay is a noble ranger, restlessly wandering in search of transcendental experiences. Nate and I discuss creating random characters for real people, being shaped by your environment, and the controversy surrounding Wizards of the Coast's attempt to withdraw the Open Gaming…

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Nov. 10, 2023

Characters With Stories - an interview with The Moonstone Matriarchy

In this very special episode, I interview my costars on DnDenial's The Moonstone Matriarchy actual play stream, an all-women D&D game set in the home brew world of Solandria. I Sneeze Stars is the DM GM of Reven is Anemone Juniper is Clover Mamaicailleach is Delphra Dungeon Mistress Katie is…

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Nov. 10, 2023

Characters With Stories - an interview with The Moonstone Matriarchy

In this very special episode, I interview my costars on DnDenial's The Moonstone Matriarchy actual play stream, an all-women D&D game set in the home brew world of Solandria. I Sneeze Stars is the DM GM of Reven is Anemone Juniper is Clover Mamaicailleach is Delphra Dungeon Mistress Katie is…

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Aug. 18, 2023

S2E13 Dagamot the Hermit - Tarot and Tropes with Jordan Peacock (Coyote and Crow)

Jordan Peacock brings his tarot deck to the table. In this episode, Jordan and I collaborate to build three characters using tarot spreads. Dagamot, inspired by the Hermit card, is a reclusive healer with a painful past reevaluating his life on the road. Content warning: brief mention of suicide at…

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