Welcome to Character Build! In this episode Sherrick Robinson (he/him) and I talk finding the right table for you, applying your interests to your play, and nearly a dozen different video games!
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Be sure to follow The Initiative Order Twitch channel to catch the Cyberpunk one-shot Sherrick will be featured in coming up!
Glossary:
-Chicken! - A new dice game that takes 10-20 minutes to play (find them on Kickstarter!)
-Cyberpunk - A TTRPG that is affiliated with a web series on Netflix as well as a video game titled Cyberpunk 2077
-Curse of Strahd - An official D&D Beyond module centered around the titular vampire
-Goliath - A lineage of massive people in D&D
-Lolth - In the D&D more she is the Spider Queen and evil goddess worshipped by drow elves
-Lost Mine of Phandelver - An official D&D Beyond module often used for first time adventurers due to its relative simplicity
-NPC - Stands for “non-player-character” which referred to any character in a video game or role playing game that is not played by one of the players of the game
-One shot - A one-session adventure that last between 2-5 hours, typically
-Ossawa - Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937) an American painter and artist that spent much of his career in France
-Patron - Warlocks (in D&D and otherwise) gain their power from worshipping a patron. Examples include a genie or an extraplanar being)
-Raven Queen - also known as the Matron of Death, a Diety revered from the realm of Shadowfell
-Warforged- A lineage from D&D of semi-mechanical beings made of stone, wood, and metal
-Warlock - Among other things, one of the main 13 classes in D&D that relies on magical powers granted by a worshipped Patron
-Video games referenced in the episode:
-Borderlands
-Cyberpunk 2077
-Dave the Diver
-Dragon Age
-Killer Frequency (cut for time)
-Mass Effect 3
-Persona 3
-Saints Row 3
-Shinagami Teaso
-Soul Calibur
Content Warning:
This episode contains references to the following:
-Death of a loved one
-Moments of violence and peril
-References to murder and corpses
-Sexual references
-Discussion of abduction and kidnapping
-Language Level: R-rated
Credits:
Character Build artwork by Gabriella Ashlin
