Episode 319 – playing like a BAUS, part 2

* (0:38) Fear the Con 7 sign-ups are live! * (0:45) Mikey Mason has dropped a new comedy album, Dangerous Gifts, which you can get digitally or on disc. * (2:30) March 7th – 9th, 2014, Coast Con will be running in Biloxi, Mississippi.  You can find their website here. * (2:59) The levels of BAUS.  How extreme the distinctions are between the characters, and the different kinds of distinction. * (10:06) The lie of, “I swear, my BAUS-ness will never come up.”  Getting to the real reason someone wants to play a particular kind of character, which may not be about the power. * (15:47) Remaining unique in a way that still gels with the rest of the group and the kind of game being run. * (18:47) How BAUS-ness can help or hinder Game Master efforts to spread the game’s focus evenly. * (20:23) Being a BAUS without being a freak show character. * (23:20) Running a campaign where characters are at different BAUS levels and making it work. Hosts: Chad, Dan, Pat, Wayne