Episode 330 – switching player characters

* (0:29) Welcoming Stu and CADave from Happy Jacks RPG Podcast.  The show Julia and Dan recorded for their feed can be found here. * (1:36) Fear the Con 7. The online convention, Jacker Con 2014 (forum discussion here, Google group here). * (8:16) Switching your character in the middle of a game. * (9:23) Reasons people switch characters.  Why ditched characters often make great villains. * (19:41) Negative vs positive reasons people switch characters. * (25:30) Switching characters because the player felt they were done with their goals.  How the GM can help by pacing those goals. * (26:39) Handling the player character that’s being retired. * (34:08) When the GM asks a player to retire his or her character. Hosts, CADave, Chad, Dan, Stu