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May 27, 2024

Lancelot, Blind Fighter - Testing Your Limits with Stephan Kelly (Coven and Crucible)

Stephan Kelly brings Lancelot to the table. Lance is a blind martial artist in a coven of witches, doing his best to leave the world a little bit better than when he found it. Stephan and I discuss building a character while you're building the system, testing the limits of…

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May 20, 2024

Min minners #podcast #dnd #dndcharacter #tabletoproleplaying #minmax

Clip from Season 3 Episode 8 of Characters Without Stories Grant brings Orco the Magnificent to the table. Orco is not a very good wizard, but he gives it his best shot. Grant and I discuss religious trauma, high school theater, and the opposite of min-maxing. This character is built…

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May 19, 2024

Is Grant OK? #podcast #dnd #dndcharacter

Clip from Season 3 Episode 8 of Characters Without Stories Grant brings Orco the Magnificent to the table. Orco is not a very good wizard, but he gives it his best shot. Grant and I discuss religious trauma, high school theater, and the opposite of min-maxing. This character is built…

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May 18, 2024

Hurt him, it's better for the game

Clip from Season 3 Episode 8 of Characters Without Stories Grant brings Orco the Magnificent to the table. Orco is not a very good wizard, but he gives it his best shot. Grant and I discuss religious trauma, high school theater, and the opposite of min-maxing. This character is built…

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May 10, 2024

Orco the Magnificent, Sh*tty Wizard - Religious Rebellion with Grant Nordine (D&D5e)

Send us a Text Message. (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2020187/open_sms) Grant brings Orco the Magnificent to the table. Orco is not a very good wizard, but he gives it his best shot. Grant and I discuss religious trauma, high school theater, and the opposite of min-maxing. This character is built for D&D5e. Grant Nordine…

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April 30, 2024

Sweet summer children

Clip from Season 3 Episode 7 of Characters Without Stories Tori Fica brings Tendertwig to the table. Tendertwig is a Leshy Oracle who moves through life with the confidence of a child - because they are actually only 1 year old. Tori and I discuss the freedom of playing a…

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April 29, 2024

Imposter syndrome

Clip from Season 3 Episode 7 of Characters Without Stories Tori Fica brings Tendertwig to the table. Tendertwig is a Leshy Oracle who moves through life with the confidence of a child - because they are actually only 1 year old. Tori and I discuss the freedom of playing a…

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April 28, 2024

Cute but disturbing

Clip from Season 3 Episode 7 of Characters Without Stories Tori Fica brings Tendertwig to the table. Tendertwig is a Leshy Oracle who moves through life with the confidence of a child - because they are actually only 1 year old. Tori and I discuss the freedom of playing a…

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April 27, 2024

Tendertwig, Sweet Summer Child - Childlike Wonder with Tori Fica (Pathfinder 2e)

Tori Fica brings Tendertwig to the table. Tendertwig is a Leshy Oracle who moves through life with the confidence of a child - because they are actually only 1 year old. Tori and I discuss the freedom of playing a character utterly devoid of imposter syndrome, how being cute is…

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April 8, 2024

Writing backstory to process grief

Clip from Season 3 Episode 6 of Characters Without Stories Chriss brings Rhan Halvard to the table. Rhan was a wizard who became a revenant in the service of Istus when her attempt to change her fate had unexpectedly dire results. Chriss and I discuss death, grief, and catharsis, the…

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April 7, 2024

Some magic BS

Clip from Season 3 Episode 6 of Characters Without Stories Chriss brings Rhan Halvard to the table. Rhan was a wizard who became a revenant in the service of Istus when her attempt to change her fate had unexpectedly dire results. Chriss and I discuss death, grief, and catharsis, the…

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April 6, 2024

A fantasy dad in memoriam

Clip from Season 3 Episode 6 of Characters Without Stories Chriss brings Rhan Halvard to the table. Rhan was a wizard who became a revenant in the service of Istus when her attempt to change her fate had unexpectedly dire results. Chriss and I discuss death, grief, and catharsis, the…

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April 6, 2024

Rhan Halvard, Paladin of Fate - Death and Destiny with Chriss Knight (D&D 5e)

Chriss brings Rhan Halvard to the table. Rhan was a wizard who became a revenant in the service of Istus when her attempt to change her fate had unexpectedly dire results. Chriss and I discuss death, grief, and catharsis, the role of fate in a fantasy story where gods are…

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March 14, 2024

Forgetting your own name

Clip from Episode 6 of Characters Without Stories: Altabella, a Diver Losing Her Humanity - Telling Sad Stories with Kurt Refling (Thousand Year Old Vampire) Kurt Refling brings Altabella to the table. Altabella is a sea silk diver who is turned into a vampire, slowly losing her memory and becoming…

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March 13, 2024

Is it brave to survive?

Clip from Season 3, Episode 5 of Characters Without Stories. Sam Dunnewold brings Exit to the table. Exit is a scavenger living on the edges of a dangerous psychic mist and a society that demands they conform. Sam and I discuss building a character within the context of a post…

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March 12, 2024

Some weirdo's collection of traffic cones

Clip from Season 3, Episode 5 of Characters Without Stories. Sam Dunnewold brings Exit to the table. Exit is a scavenger living on the edges of a dangerous psychic mist and a society that demands they conform. Sam and I discuss building a character within the context of a post…

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March 11, 2024

High transparency games

Clip from Season 3, Episode 5 of Characters Without Stories. Sam Dunnewold brings Exit to the table. Exit is a scavenger living on the edges of a dangerous psychic mist and a society that demands they conform. Sam and I discuss building a character within the context of a post…

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March 9, 2024

Exit, the Outsider - Character Building is Worldbuilding with Sam Dunnewold (Apocalypse World)

Sam Dunnewold brings Exit to the table. Exit is a scavenger living on the edges of a dangerous psychic mist and a society that demands they conform. Sam and I discuss building a character within the context of a post apocalyptic world, being brave because you have to be, and…

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March 9, 2024

Exit, the Outsider - Character Building is Worldbuilding with Sam Dunnewold (Apocalypse World)

Sam Dunnewold brings Exit to the table. Exit is a scavenger living on the edges of a dangerous psychic mist and a society that demands they conform. Sam and I discuss building a character within the context of a post apocalyptic world, being brave because you have to be, and…

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March 7, 2024

Code-Switching and Authenticity with Aetherius Bordeaux - Vampire the Masquerade

Aetherius brings Riley Howard/Jean Pierre Baptiste to the table. Riley is a Ministry kindred masquerading as Jean-Pierre, a Toreador in the Camarilla. Aetherius and I discuss being your authentic self, being the only Black player at the table, and writing strong yet flawed Black women. This character is built for…

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March 2, 2024

Running to a world that accepts disability #dnd #ttrpg #podcast #dndcharacter #dungeonsanddragons

Clip from Season 1, Episode 5 of Characters Without Stories Rachel Voss brings Madame Azlu to the table. Madame Azlu sails across the Sea of Stars, chasing constellations in a crystal ship. Rachel and I discuss how our characters are influenced by our lives and the media we consume, including…

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March 1, 2024

The DM watching the players plot #dnd #baldursgate3 #baldursgate #astarion #dungeonmaster

He's got a point...

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Feb. 29, 2024

Playing to your fears

Clip from Season 3, Episode 4 of Characters Without Stories. Aetherius brings Riley Howard/Jean Pierre Baptiste to the table. Riley is a Ministry kindred masquerading as Jean-Pierre, a Toreador in the Camarilla. Aetherius and I discuss being your authentic self, being the only Black player at the table, and writing…

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Feb. 28, 2024

Roleplaying to confront an unjust society

Clip from Season 3, Episode 4 of Characters Without Stories. Aetherius brings Riley Howard/Jean Pierre Baptiste to the table. Riley is a Ministry kindred masquerading as Jean-Pierre, a Toreador in the Camarilla. Aetherius and I discuss being your authentic self, being the only Black player at the table, and writing…

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