Series 34.3 - Tide Breaker with Nick Butler [Designer] (Discussion)

Welcome to the final episode of Series 34 and 2020, everyone! This series we are covering the modular world building, action RPG Tide Breaker with designer Nick Butler! This episode we’ll be discussing the character creation process as well as dishing up some final outtakes of the year. Announcements: Ryan’s Chimera Live Stream Campaign: A Tale of Twinkle and Awe https://twitch.chimera.games https://youtube.chimera.games A Horror Borealis presents LOSERS: A Love Story: https://a-horror-borealis.simplecast.com/ 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 Character Creation Cast on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stpr Character Creation Cast on Facebook https://facebook.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 00:02:44 - Reintroductions 00:05:57 - D20 for your thoughts? 00:10:22 - What is Nick’s personal process for creating characters? 00:11:37 - How does character creation in Tide Breaker stack up to other systems? 00:22:41 - How does this character creation set expectations for playing the game? 00:25:33 - How does creating the world together affect the character creation process? 00:29:55 - What is one of the flaws of this system and what is one of the best parts? 00:39:40 - Fanfic time! 00:44:58 - Take it up a level! - Mechanical Advancement 00:48:49 - Narrative Advancement 00:51:11 - Final Thoughts 01:00:41 - Episode Closer 01:01:31 - Call to Action 01:05:46 - Credits 01:07:41 - Show Blurb: Campaign 01:08:37 - Outtakes Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-343-tide-breaker-with-nick-butler-designer-discussion/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/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Amelia Antrim: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Website: https://ameliaantrim.wordpress.com/ Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Twitch: https://twitch.tv/lordneptunerb Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) Side Heroes: @SideHeroesPod (https://twitter.com/SideHeroesPod) Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter Itch.io: https://lordneptune.itch.io Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices