{"id":2004,"date":"2022-09-19T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T13:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/?p=2004"},"modified":"2022-09-18T12:38:44","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T17:38:44","slug":"episode-193-designing-monsters-for-rpgs-with-greg-stolze-and-caleb-stokes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/2022\/09\/podcast-episode\/episode-193-designing-monsters-for-rpgs-with-greg-stolze-and-caleb-stokes\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 193: Designing Monsters for RPGs with Greg Stolze and Caleb Stokes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slangdesign.com\/newsletter\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2005\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/2022\/09\/podcast-episode\/episode-193-designing-monsters-for-rpgs-with-greg-stolze-and-caleb-stokes\/attachment\/rppr-ep193\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/RPPR-ep193.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,506\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"RPPR-ep193\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/RPPR-ep193.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2005\" src=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/RPPR-ep193-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/RPPR-ep193-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/RPPR-ep193-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/RPPR-ep193-465x261.jpg 465w, https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/RPPR-ep193-695x391.jpg 695w, https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/RPPR-ep193.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Designing new monsters for your RPG is a time honored tradition for most GMs. I got Greg Stolze and Caleb Stokes to talk about their approaches to creating new creatures for games. Is the monster a metaphor or just a weird new enemy to fight? Get some tips on becoming Dr. Frankenstein for your next game!<\/p>\n<p><strong>News<\/strong>: Caleb is running Delta Green on Twitch on September 28 at 6 pm CST. F<a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/deltagreenrpg\">ollow the Delta Green Twitch channel to get notified when the game goes live<\/a>. It should be fun!<\/p>\n<p>Greg started a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/GregStolze\">Patreon for his fiction. Sign up to get his latest works.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m starting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slangdesign.com\/newsletter\/\">a newsletter<\/a> with original content, links, and updates for all my projects. Sign up below and get a <strong>free PDF of the Death Stratum<\/strong>, a new monster usable for any horror or fantasy RPG.<\/p>\n<p>[convertkit form=3624176]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shout Outs<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fashionpolicesquad.com\/\"><strong>Fashion Police Squad<\/strong><\/a>: a new FPS with cool game mechanics and fun to play<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/books\/9780765386632\/deathsend\"><strong>Death&#8217;s End:<\/strong><\/a> the final novel in the Three Body Problem trilogy<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/abbyhowardart.myportfolio.com\/\"><strong>Abby Howard:<\/strong><\/a> a cartoonist behind The Last Halloween and Crossroads at Midnight<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cultofthelamb.com\/\"><strong>Cult of the Lamb<\/strong><\/a>: A hybrid base building\/rogue-like dungeon crawling game<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/perilouspress.com\/store.html\"><strong>Ravenous Dusk:<\/strong><\/a> Sequel to Radiant Dawn, a very Delta Green horror novel with lots of body horror.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/visualsignals.xyz\/visual-signals-issue-seven\/\"><strong>Visual Signals issue 7<\/strong><\/a>: I wrote an article for this vaporwave zine. Check it out.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Music: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RxcAv_Q50DI\">The Devil&#8217;s Eyes by White Bat Audio<\/a><\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Episode 193: Designing Monsters for RPGs with Greg Stolze and Caleb Stokes\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-09-19T08:00:28-05:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1H05M05S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Designing new monsters for your RPG is a time honored tradition for most GMs. I got Greg Stolze and Caleb Stokes to talk about their approaches to creating new creatures for games. Is the monster a metaphor or just a weird new enemy to fight? 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