Series 34.1 - Tide Breaker with Nick Butler [Designer] (Creation)

Welcome to the start of the 34th series, everyone! This series we’ll be covering the modular world building, action RPG Tide Breaker with designer Nick Butler! This episode we’ll be covering what the game is all about and teaching Amelia a bit about Dragon Ball Z before diving into character creation. Announcements: Ryan’s Chimera Live Stream Campaign: A Tale of Twinkle and Awe https://twitch.chimera.games https://youtube.chimera.games Cape and Blade Live Stream Campaign Replay On Demand: https://capeandblade.chimera.games World Builders Fundraiser: https://wb2020.charactercreationcast.com/ https://fundraise.worldbuilders.org/fundraiser/3045892 Georgia, US Voter Registration: https://www.mvp.sos.ga.gov/ Leave us reviews in any, or all, of these places: Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us) https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation Cast on Podchaser https://podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Guests and Projects: Nick Butler @FallOnMyBlade Twitter: https://twitter.com/FallOnMyBlade Discord: https://discord.gg/AzmaYgn Games discussed this episode: Tide Breaker Website: https://tidebreakerRPG.com Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:04:08 - Introductions 00:05:53 - What’s in a game? 00:10:19 - What do we need to play this game? 00:12:50 - What kind of stories and themes is this game meant to explore? 00:17:01 - What do characters do in Tide Breaker? 00:17:52 - What is unique about Tide Breaker? 00:28:22 - History of Tide Breaker 00:30:28 - Terms and Concepts: Stats 00:33:57 - Advantages 00:34:40 - Stunts 00:34:54 - Botches, Explosions and Ignites 00:36:00 - Showstoppers 00:36:15 - Cliffhangers/Nailbiters 00:37:29 - Let’s make some people! 00:40:21 - Character Concepts 00:45:52 - Assigning or Rolling Stats 00:55:53 - Secondary Stats 00:56:05 - Power Level 00:56:32 - Critical Value 00:57:52 - Recovery Value 00:59:46 - Attrition Pool 01:00:42 - Call to Action 01:06:31 - Credits 01:08:27 - Show Blurb: Warda Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-341-tide-breaker-with-nick-butler-designer-creation/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Stormfront by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4421-stormfront License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Clip 2: RestlessTide by Lilo Sound Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6079-restlesstide License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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/) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices