{"id":96,"date":"2008-09-03T23:24:26","date_gmt":"2008-09-04T04:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/?p=96"},"modified":"2016-06-01T21:43:02","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T02:43:02","slug":"rppr-episode-20-random-character-advice-generator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/2008\/09\/podcast-episode\/rppr-episode-20-random-character-advice-generator\/","title":{"rendered":"RPPR Episode 20: Random Character Advice Generator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Character creation is the glue of role playing games. A game can&#8217;t be that good unless everyone has a player character suitable for the game. A crazed psychopath slasher appropriate for a Bunnies and Burrows campaign while a cute talking bunny isn&#8217;t going to last long in a call of cthulhu game. In this episode, Tom, special guest Cody Walker and I talk about the best and the worst player characters we&#8217;ve encountered both as players and when running a game. No letter from Tom, but there&#8217;s a good ass anecdote.<\/p>\n<p>Hosted by Ross Payton, Tom Church and Cody Walker.<\/p>\n<p>Music:<a href=\"http:\/\/timewarrior.legalmusicsearch.com\/\"> Into the Night by Time Warrior<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shout Outs:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.grant-morrison.com\/\">Grant Morrison<\/a>: The chaos magician comic book writer has a new website.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pelgranepress.com\/gumshoe\/index.html\">Gumshoe<\/a>: A new RPG system by Robin Laws. Perfect for investigation games.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/greenronin.com\/2008\/08\/wild_cards_returns_to_roleplay.php\">Wild cards<\/a>: Mutants and Masterminds supplement.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.metafilter.com\/74513\/Facebook-the-Movie\">Aaron Sorkin:<\/a> Go bitch at him about Facebook or something.<\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"RPPR Episode 20: Random Character Advice Generator\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2008-09-03T23:24:26-05:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1H22M54S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Character creation is the glue of role playing games. A game can&#039;t be that good unless everyone has a player character suitable for the game. 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