June 8, 2023
Rule of cool can give you epic moments
Videos
June 7, 2023
We can be bigger than ourselves
Clip from Season 2 Episode 9 of Characters Without Stories: Quinn brings Aya Bailey to the table. Aya has been called by the gods to serve, but chooses instead to serve the people through activism and direct action. Quinn and I discuss using TTRPGs as a way to learn about…
June 7, 2023
Playing a selfish character
Clip from Season 2 Episode 8 of Characters Without Stories: Natalie Marley brings Dewey Aberforth to the table. Dewey is an accidental folk hero and a selfish jerk who happens to have a wonderful aquiline nose. Natalie and I discuss playing a selfish character without making your friends hate you…
June 6, 2023
S2E10: Shasta and Alistair, a Girl and her Mask - The Masks We Wear with Jack (Pathfinder 2e)
Jack brings Shasta and Alistair to the table. Shasta is a young Aasimar monk traveling the world and Alistair is the god within the mask she wears. Jack and I discuss the masks we and our characters wear, player agency and GM input into characters, and what might make you…
June 6, 2023
Shasta and Alistair, a Girl and her Mask - The Masks We Wear with Jack (Pathfinder 2e)
Jack brings Shasta and Alistair to the table. Shasta is a young Aasimar monk traveling the world and Alistair is the god within the mask she wears. Jack and I discuss the masks we and our characters wear, player agency and GM input into characters, and what might make you…
June 5, 2023
Bringing a character to the table truthfully
Clip from Season 2 Episode 9 of Characters Without Stories: Quinn brings Aya Bailey to the table. Aya has been called by the gods to serve, but chooses instead to serve the people through activism and direct action. Quinn and I discuss using TTRPGs as a way to learn about…
June 5, 2023
This character is a fraud
Clip from Season 2 Episode 8 of Characters Without Stories: Natalie Marley brings Dewey Aberforth to the table. Dewey is an accidental folk hero and a selfish jerk who happens to have a wonderful aquiline nose. Natalie and I discuss playing a selfish character without making your friends hate you…
June 4, 2023
His best asset is his what?
Clip from Season 2 Episode 8 of Characters Without Stories: Natalie Marley brings Dewey Aberforth to the table. Dewey is an accidental folk hero and a selfish jerk who happens to have a wonderful aquiline nose. Natalie and I discuss playing a selfish character without making your friends hate you…
May 24, 2023
S2E9: Aya Bailey, the Rebellious Scion Decolonizing TTRPGs with Quinn Scion 2e
Quinn brings Aya Bailey to the table. Aya has been called by the gods to serve, but chooses instead to serve the people through activism and direct action. Quinn and I discuss using TTRPGs as a way to learn about other cultures and identities including your own, growing beyond others'…
May 23, 2023
Aya Bailey, the Rebellious Scion - Decolonizing TTRPGs with Quinn (Scion 2e)
Quinn brings Aya Bailey to the table. Aya has been called by the gods to serve, but chooses instead to serve the people through activism and direct action. Quinn and I discuss using TTRPGs as a way to learn about other cultures and identities including your own, growing beyond others'…
April 24, 2023
S2E8: Dewey Aberforth, a Handsome Fraud - Playing Selfish and Taking up Space with Natalie Marley
Natalie Marley brings Dewey Aberforth to the table. Dewey is an accidental folk hero and a selfish jerk who happens to have a wonderful aquiline nose. Natalie and I discuss playing a selfish character without making your friends hate you IRL, how to play a man, and developing the confidence…
April 24, 2023
Dewey Aberforth, a Handsome Fraud - Playing Selfish and Taking up Space with Natalie Marley (D&D5e)
Natalie Marley brings Dewey Aberforth to the table. Dewey is an accidental folk hero and a selfish jerk who happens to have a wonderful aquiline nose. Natalie and I discuss playing a selfish character without making your friends hate you IRL, how to play a man, and developing the confidence…
April 23, 2023
Going full goth
Clip from Season 2 Episode 7 of Characters Without Stories: Simon brings Dex to the table. Dex is a gnome hacker slowly becoming a revolutionary. Simon and I discuss finding the bravery to be who you are, building characters that embody neurodiversity, and the intersection of masculinity and fantasy races.…
April 22, 2023
Friends through the internet
Clip from Season 2 Episode 7 of Characters Without Stories: Simon brings Dex to the table. Dex is a gnome hacker slowly becoming a revolutionary. Simon and I discuss finding the bravery to be who you are, building characters that embody neurodiversity, and the intersection of masculinity and fantasy races.…
April 21, 2023
Turning up your personality to 11
Clip from Season 2 Episode 7 of Characters Without Stories: Simon brings Dex to the table. Dex is a gnome hacker slowly becoming a revolutionary. Simon and I discuss finding the bravery to be who you are, building characters that embody neurodiversity, and the intersection of masculinity and fantasy races.…
April 20, 2023
No one emasculates a gnome
Clip from Season 2 Episode 7 of Characters Without Stories: Simon brings Dex to the table. Dex is a gnome hacker slowly becoming a revolutionary. Simon and I discuss finding the bravery to be who you are, building characters that embody neurodiversity, and the intersection of masculinity and fantasy races.…
April 19, 2023
A character who is "brave in all the ways I am not"
Clip from Season 2 Episode 7 of Characters Without Stories: Simon brings Dex to the table. Dex is a gnome hacker slowly becoming a revolutionary. Simon and I discuss finding the bravery to be who you are, building characters that embody neurodiversity, and the intersection of masculinity and fantasy races.…
April 18, 2023
Recognizing you're different because of TTRPGs
Clip from Season 2 Episode 7 of Characters Without Stories: Simon brings Dex to the table. Dex is a gnome hacker slowly becoming a revolutionary. Simon and I discuss finding the bravery to be who you are, building characters that embody neurodiversity, and the intersection of masculinity and fantasy races.…
April 13, 2023
S2E7: Dex the Gnome Revolutionary - Representing Neurodiversity with Simon (Shadowrun)
Simon brings Dex to the table. Dex is a gnome hacker slowly becoming a revolutionary. Simon and I discuss finding the bravery to be who you are, building characters that embody neurodiversity, and the intersection of masculinity and fantasy races. This character is built for Shadowrun. Simon is a queer,…
April 12, 2023
Dex the Gnome Revolutionary - Representing Neurodiversity with Simon (Shadowrun)
Simon brings Dex to the table. Dex is a gnome hacker slowly becoming a revolutionary. Simon and I discuss finding the bravery to be who you are, building characters that embody neurodiversity, and the intersection of masculinity and fantasy races. This character is built for Shadowrun. Simon is a queer,…
April 2, 2023
Finding the comfort to play Latine characters
Clip from Season 2 Episode 6 of Characters Without Stories: Morgan Nuncio brings Lucia “Luz” Guadalupe Lozano to the table. Luz is a young Latina wizard learning to control her magic and setting some fires in the process. Morgan and I discuss finding the comfort in community to play your…