Series 30.3 – Quest with Kyle Allen and Russ Wilde [Prism Pals] (Discussion)
August 17, 2020
Show Notes
In today’s episode, we welcome back Kyle Allen and Russ Wild from the Prism Pals podcast, to discuss the character creation process for Quest, the fantasy RPG from TC Sottek of The Adventure Guild. We also get into some not-at-all confusing fanfic about the characters we made this series!
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- Kyle Allen’s Quest Adventure Profile:
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Kyle Allen @SuperQueero
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/SuperQueero
- Itch.io: https://superqueero.itch.io/
- Off The Table: https://www.twitch.tv/off_thetable
Russ Wilde @RussWIldest
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/RussWildest
- Heutopia: https://www.twitch.tv/huetopia
Prism Pals @PrismPals
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- Website: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/prism-pals/id1394229580?mt=2
- Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/prismpals
Games discussed this episode:
Quest @QuestRPG
- The Adventure Guild: https://adventure.game
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/questrpg
Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 – Announcements
- 00:03:29 – Reintroductions
- 00:07:05 – D20 for your thoughts?
- 00:10:03 – Kyle and Russ’s personal processes for creating characters.
- 00:14:58 – How does character creation in Quest stack up against other games?
- 00:24:35 – How do the mechanics of character creation reinforce the feel of Quest?
- 00:27:41 – How does the process of character creation set the expectations for playing?
- 00:32:27 – What is one of the biggest flaws/best parts of character creation?
- 00:47:33 – Fanfiction!
- 01:02:10 – Take it up a level!
- 01:02:34 – How do characters grow narratively?
- 01:03:59 – How do characters advance mechanically?
- 01:12:51 – Final thoughts?
- 01:16:30 – Episode Closer
- 01:20:43 – Show Blurb: All My Fantasy Children
- 01:21:20 – Outtakes
Transcripts
Music:
- Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)
- Clip 1: Prism Pals main theme by Neil Martin (https://twitter.com/BardicMartin)
- Clip 2: Adventure by Alexander Nakarada
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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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