TPT #123: Filling the Room & The Whirling Dervish

Posted on December 7, 2017December 6, 2017 by Total Party Thrill

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane discuss how to prod players to stop chewing the scenery and start interacting with it. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the Rogue Traders take a load off, and the Whirling Dervish carves a deadly arc through enemy lines in the Character Creation Forge. (50m)

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TPT #122: Randomly Generated Backstories & The Armored Arcana

Posted on November 30, 2017December 1, 2017 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane share their love of creating character histories using little more than a few dice, an ounce of creativity, and pages and pages of tables. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the Rogue Traders regroup after a massacre, and the Armored Arcana expertly angles her deflector shields in the Character Creation Forge. (54m)

Important Links:

2C Gaming’s Let’s Kill Strahd: Written (and run for us) by Christopher Grey

Paizo Character Generator: Designed for Pathfinder, but works for any fantasy.

Donjon NPC Generator: Distills characters to a few critical details.

Who the F*ck is My D&D Character?: It’s a f*cking random character generator, baby!

TPT Character Creation Forge Codex: It’s finally here! A huge thanks to all our Patreon supporters who made it possible.

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TPT #121: Epilogues & The Last Man Standing

Posted on November 23, 2017 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane discuss how to get the most out of an extended ending to your campaign. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the Rogue Traders make a deadly charge, and the Last Man Standing refuses to go down in the Character Creation Forge. (56m)

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TPT Character Creation Forge Codex: It’s finally here! A huge thanks to all our Patreon supporters who made it possible.

System Mastery: And a shoutout to Jef at the System Mastery podcast for populating the spreadsheet.

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TPT #119: Playing Halflings & The Pint-Sized Punisher

Posted on November 9, 2017November 25, 2017 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane discuss how to play halflings, which are definitely not just hobbits. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the Rogue Traders prove they can learn from their mistakes, and the Pint-Sized Punisher cuts you down to size in the Character Creation Forge. (60m)

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TPT #118: Changing the World & The Stoneshaper

Posted on November 2, 2017November 25, 2017 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane discuss modifying the setting of your games, whether at the outset of a campaign or in response to the players’ shenanigans. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the Rogue Traders try to settle an old grudge, and the Stoneshaper bedrocks and bedrolls in the Character Creation Forge. (56m)

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TPT #116: Respeccing Characters & The Savage Sage

Posted on October 19, 2017November 25, 2017 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane change their builds but not their personalities as they discuss respeccing characters in RPGs. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the Rogue Traders have a surprise waiting for them in the infamous Port Aquila, and the Savage Sage reads up then rages down in the Character Creation Forge. (62m)

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TPT #115: Plot Hooks #2 & Hercules

Posted on October 12, 2017October 11, 2017 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane share a new round of plot hooks to use in your games. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the Rogue Traders leave their captain breathless, and Hercules is a surprisingly good shot in the Character Creation Forge. (60m)

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TPT #114: Resource Management & The Pacemaker

Posted on October 5, 2017November 25, 2017 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane discuss ways for GMs to pace their adventures’ resource consumption, as well as ways for players to pace their characters’ resource spend. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the Rogue Traders chart a course for less tame voidspace, and the Pacemaker lights up your life in the Character Creation Forge. (63m)

Editor’s Note: In this episode, we joked that our location was the “Mundangerous disaster area,” a reference to our recording in Shane’s half-unpacked apartment. We realized in editing that this could be misconstrued as a joke about the devastation caused recently by Hurricanes like Harvey and Irma. It was not intended that way. Please support relief organizations such as The American Red Cross.

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TPT #113: The Eclipse Phase Campaign Setting & The Gatecrasher

Posted on September 28, 2017September 27, 2017 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane discuss a hard-sci campaign setting full of body-hopping and mind-hacking in the post-apocalypse. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the Rogue Traders finally make a deal, and the Gatecrasher kicks in doors and lives to tell about it in the Character Creation Forge. (60m)

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Eclipse Phase PDFs: Posthuman Studios co-founder Rob Boyle’s repository of free Eclipse Phase books.

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TPT #112: The Superhero Problem & Wonder Woman

Posted on September 21, 2017November 25, 2017 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane discuss one of the most challenging story archetypes to model in RPGs: superheroes. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the Rogue Traders piece themselves back together, and Wonder Woman lassos out the true depth of Shane’s comic book knowledge in the Character Creation Forge. (59m)

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