Series 47.1 - Thirsty Sword Lesbians with April Kit Walsh [Designer] (Creation)

Welcome to the first episode of series 47, everyone! This series, we welcome April Kit Walsh, to learn about her game, Thirsty Sword Lesbians, a Powered by the Apocalypse game where swords cross and hearts race! This episode we learn all about the game and then create a setting together before starting character creation. Announcements: Kill Every Monster - Amelia’s Undead Horde Episode https://killeverymonster.com/2022/01/undeadhorde/ Girl Scout Cookies! https://bit.ly/eleanorcookie One Shot Network Patreon https://patreon.com/OneShotPodcast Truths of Heart Bundle https://itch.io/b/1252/truths-of-heart-powered-by-lesbians-bundle 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: April Kit Walsh @GaySpaceshipGms Twitter: https://twitter.com/GaySpaceshipGms Website: https://gayspaceship.com Games discussed this episode: Thirsty Sword Lesbians Website: http://sword.gay DriveThru RPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/348096/Thirsty-Sword-Lesbians?term=Thirsty+Sword?affiliate_id=1601603 Advanced Lovers & Lesbians Preorder https://advanced-lovers-and-lesbians.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders/387544 Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:09:02 - Introductions 00:11:34 - What's in a game? - Core concept of Thirsty Sword Lesbians 00:12:29 - What kind of setting do you play in this game? 00:13:29 - What tools do we need to play this game? 00:14:08 - What kind of stories and themes 00:16:17 - What do characters do in this game? 00:22:25 - What does this game do to encourage celebratory queer stories? 00:28:08 - What is unique about Thirsty Sword Lesbians? 00:28:08 - PROMO - Smitten 00:30:20 - History of the system - When did this project start? 00:38:17 - Basic Terms and Concepts - Attributes 00:40:08 - Strings 00:41:56 - Conditions 00:43:10 - Safety exercise and world building worksheet 00:44:37 - Let's make a place! - Wants and Do Not Wants 00:46:59 - World Building Worksheets - Genre 00:48:15 - Tone 00:49:03 - Scope of the community 00:49:57 - What's especially positive about this community? 00:50:26 - What NPC epitomizes that positivity and what do they want from the PCs? 00:52:08 - What is a serious flaw of the community? 00:53:18 - What NPC epitomizes that flaw? 00:54:48 - Location and where is a dramatic place for a sword fight? 00:56:31 - Location Name 00:59:45 - Defining a toxic power 01:00:57 - What does it want from us? 01:01:20 - What makes it so dangerous? 01:01:50 - What's so appealing about it? 01:02:14 - Define its location 01:02:23 - What NPC is the face of this toxic power? 01:03:52 - Let's make some people! - Picking Playbooks 01:14:02 - Call to Action 01:18:55 - Credits 01:20:50 - Show Blurbs - Backstory Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-471-thirsty-sword-lesbians-with-april-kit-walsh-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: Love Trip by Sascha Ende® Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/2969-love-trip License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Clip 2: Aerosol Of My Love by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7013-aerosol-of-my-love License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 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