The Ultimate RPG Character Backstory Guide: Prompts and Activities to Create the Most Interesting Story for Your Character (The Ultimate RPG Guide Series)

This episode starts our 9th series! On today’s episode we will be talking with the creator of such games as Honey Heist, One Last Job, and the game we’ll be covering this series, Spire! That’s right, we have Grant Howitt in our virtual studio for some discussion about Spire before we start digging into character creation for this amazing game!

Announcements: Strata Kickstarter: Coming Soon!

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Polygon article where we were featured:

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Guests and Projects: Grant Howitt: @gshowitt (https://twitter.com/gshowitt)

  • Website: https://rowanrookanddecard.com
  • Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gshowitt
  • Old Website (Including articles about player advice): http://lookrobot.co.uk/games/

Timestamps: * 00:00:00 - Announcements * 00:02:50 - Introductions * 00:05:54 - What’s in a Game? - Spire’s Setting * 00:07:59 - What did it take to get all of the little details into Spire? * 00:12:03 - Amelia inspires Grant - Strata * 00:16:17 - Spire SRD * 00:17:39 - What materials do we need to play? * 00:18:53 - What do your characters do in Spire? * 00:20:41 - What is unique about Spire? * 00:22:19 - History of the Spire’s development * 00:30:02 - What terms and concepts do we need to know for character creation? * 00:33:42 - Let’s Makes Some People! - Picking classes * 00:37:33 - Filling in some boxes - Advances * 00:39:32 - Grant breaks the rules - Durances * 00:41:12 - Core Abilities - Grant * 00:42:43 - What is Refresh? * 00:44:34 - Core Abilities - Amelia * 00:45:44 - Ryan’s Weapon Choice * 00:46:00 - Grant’s Weapon Choice * 00:46:27 - Core Abilities - Ryan * 00:47:25 - Episode Closer * 00:49:19 - Show Blurbs!

Game systems and materials discussed in this episode: Spire by Rowan, Rook and Decard

  • Spire RPG: https://rowanrookanddecard.com/product/spire-rpg/

Other games by Grant:

  • https://rowanrookanddecard.com/shop/

Music: * Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) * Clip 1: Revolution Now (Instrumental) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward/The_Simple_Life_Part_1/JoshWoodward-TSL-NoVox-105-RevolutionNow) by Josh Woodward (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward/) * Clip 2: Babylon Shall Fall (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Simon_Mathewson/Some_dance_tracks/Babylon_Shall_Fall_1438) by Simon Mathewson (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Simon_Mathewson/) * 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/)

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