Series 9.3 - Spire with Grant Howitt (Discussion)

Welcome to the final episode in the 9th series! On today’s episode, we sit down with Grant Howitt, co-creator for Spire, to discuss how character creation went for this amazing game! Announcements: Strata Kickstarter: It's here! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gshowitt/strata-a-spire-rpg-sourcebook AcadeCon: http://www.acadecon.com Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com 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 Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stpr Character Creation Cast on Facebook https://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCast Guests and Projects: Grant Howitt: @gshowitt (https://twitter.com/gshowitt) Website: https://rowanrookanddecard.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gshowitt Old Website (Including articles about player advice): http://lookrobot.co.uk/games/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:01:50 - Re-Introductions 00:04:10 - D20 for your thoughts? | How did Grant get his introduction to RPGs and Design? 00:06:46 - Grant’s personal character creation process. 00:09:03 - How does character creation in Spire stack up to other games? 00:15:01 - How does the process of character creation set a player’s expectations for playing? 00:19:51 - What are the flaws of character creation in Spire? 00:21:36 - Grant goes on an important tangent with Amelia 00:24:56 - How balanced are the different character types in Spire? 00:28:43 - How are NPCs created in Spire? 00:32:32 - How would our group gel together in a typical Spire session? 00:35:47 - How well does Spire allow for character development? 00:40:46 - Take it up a level! 00:48:02 - Should you have advancement in mind during character creation? 00:51:55 - Final thoughts? 00:52:47 - Episode Closer 00:55:10 - Outtakes 00:56:19 - Show Blurbs! Game systems and materials discussed in this episode: Spire by Rowan, Rook and Decard Spire RPG: https://rowanrookanddecard.com/product/spire-rpg/ Other games by Grant: https://rowanrookanddecard.com/shop/ Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Revolution Now (Instrumental) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward/The_Simple_Life_Part_1/JoshWoodward-TSL-NoVox-105-RevolutionNow) by Josh Woodward (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward/) Clip 2: Babylon Shall Fall (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Simon_Mathewson/Some_dance_tracks/Babylon_Shall_Fall_1438) by Simon Mathewson (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Simon_Mathewson/) 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/ Amelia Antrim: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) 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