Descent into Midnight – Character Creation Spotlight with Rich Howard

Show Notes

Welcome to a special bonus episode of Character Creation Spotlight! Today we’re highlighting Rich Howard and his game, Descent into Midnight, that he is co-designing with Richard Kruetz-Landry and Taylor LaBresh, whom we had on previously for a full Descent into Midnight series back in Series 18! Find out what’s changed since that series, or hear about the game for the first time in this abridged format, and get pumped to back this amazing kickstarter happening right now!

Announcements:

• Descent into Midnight Kickstarter:
  • https://dimrpg.io/ks
• A Horror Borealis/The Cryptid Keeper Year of the Moth Patreon Drive:
  • https://patreon.com/TheCryptidKeeper

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Rich Howard @umbralwalker

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• Website: http://www.richhowardauthor.com/
• Whelmed Podcast
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Games discussed this episode:

Descent into Midnight

• Website: https://dimrpg.io/game
• Kickstarter: https://dimrpg.io/ks

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 – Announcements
• 00:02:12 – Introductions
• 00:05:06 – What’s in a game?
• 00:15:15 – What materials do we need to play?
• 00:18:41 – What sort of characters can we make in this game?
• 00:24:31 – Steps of character creation
• 00:30:04 – Any big changes since we last covered this game?
• 00:40:08 – Episode Closer
• 00:43:45 – Show Blurbs (Total Party Kill)

Transcripts

• https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/descent-into-midnight-character-creation-spotlight-with-rich-howard/transcript

Music:

• Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)
• Clip 1: Clear Waters by Kevin MacLeod
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• Clip 2: Hero Down by Kevin MacLeod
  Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3868-hero-down
  License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• 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/)

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