Series 59.3 - Slayers with Spencer Campbell [Designer] (Discussion)

Welcome to the final episode of Series 59, everyone! In this series we are joined by previous guest Spencer Campbell to cover his game, Slayers, an RPG where you play as monster hunters for hire. This episode we dig into some phenomenal discussion surrounding inspiration in game design and world building, how the character creation session went in this series, as well as some spectacular fanfic! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Patreon Drive: https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Newsletter Signups: https://newsletter.charactercreationcast.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 Guests and Projects: Spencer Campbell @GilaRPGs Twitter: https://twitter.com/GilaRPGs TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gilarpgs Website: https://gilarpgs.com/ Itch.io: https://gilarpgs.itch.io/ Games/Tools discussed this episode: Slayers: Itch: https://gilarpgs.itch.io/slayers Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:01:44 - Reintroductions 00:08:24 - D20 for your thoughts? - Where does Spencer's design inspiration come from? 00:16:49 - What does Spencer enjoy most about world building? 00:25:09 - Let's talk about character sheets. 00:34:01 - How does this character creation stack up to other games? 00:39:50 - How does this character creation set expectations for play? 00:44:14 - Flaws and Favorites 00:54:21 - Fanfic! 01:05:36 - Take it up a level! 01:11:11 - Final thoughts 01:13:02 - Episode Closer 01:15:31 - Call to Action - Patreon Drive Edition! 01:24:59 - Credits 01:26:53 - Outtakes Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: Cold Dark World by Bobo Renthlei From SoundStripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/14501 Clip 2: Inhale Infinity by PALA From SoundStripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/15656 Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Tumblr: https://creationcast.tumblr.com/ Amelia Antrim: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Mastodon: @[email protected] (https://dice.camp/@gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Mastodon: @[email protected] (https://dice.camp/@lordneptune) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices