This is very good advice... stuff that should be right in the book as part of standard game procedures, rather than anecdotal lore and knowledge one has to find on a UA-cam channel. It gives me a great appreciation for those RPGs that DO provide these rules, helping everyone (veterans and n00bs alike) to have an easier time playing, and getting more out of their play experience :)
When they started talking about creating an accountant/bureaucrat player character, I found myself recalling the old CRPG "league of superhero hoboken" where the player leads a band of d-grade superheroes; the player character in that was "the crimson tape" whose super hero ability was "create organisational charts".
@Jimmy JazzHahahaha! My brain is overloaded. Man, it's discussions like this that keep me going some days. Thank you, Jimmy, I needed a boost today. :)
I like doing creation of a party, as a party -- food, friends, fun etc. For one thing, it proves everyone can make the run time. It also keeps there from being a huge gap in the lineup, like no heals or no survival skills at all. People can discuss what kind of run they want to have, and model their individual roles at various orbits around that. It also prevents the plague of narcissism that you can get with isolated character making. If some "session zero" type background runs are called for to establish PC or NPC connections, I actually do that afterwards, so people can zoom in on their point of view and connect their backstory to current events.
D&D 1974: Experience your wildest fantasies and play out the life of a graceful elf, a swarthy dwarf, a heroic paladin or a villainous necromancer in a setting where the impossible happens every day and the only limit is your imagination! D&D 2019: Experience your wildest fantasies in a setting where the impossible happens every day and the only limit is your imagination. Be a gnome, a dragonborn, a tiefling... you could even be a mortgaged homeowner!
Reminds me of the time I make a character who was completely normal. Raised on a farm by his parents, healthy relationship with them and his siblings. Then I got bored and made him a divine soul sorcerer who was based around destiny
1:12 I'm very curious about that list of questions. I'm looking to do something similar with players in my groups. When I asked for backstories I usually only got a couple details and not really much to work with (Not even NPCs). When I'm making a character, I tend to write something out or imagine a story for them but I'm realizing that not everybody does the same XD I'm thinking maybe a list of specific questions might inspire some ideas or something.
First, Who is your immediate family? Is there any conflicts between family members, including yourself? Who are your friends? Is there a friend that you disagree with, be it philosophical or because of something you or they did? Do you work? Where do you work? Do you own a business?
I look at background and use that to build complications that I get to use in the game. Mutants and Masterminds use those complications to give players hero points.
I do 1 on 1 with each player on a call. We make the sheets then. I then do a session 0 with a realtionship map and preludes with the group. Then I sit down again with each person to tweak things. I am sneaky I ask questions for 1 xp to get good ideas on what to include. I do that throughout the story. My last one was what was the worst crime your character could imagine, excluding pedophilia?
i like the idea about creating the chracters together in a session so that they maybe build them around each other... but if one player wants to play a spy for another sect,..or clan,.. or an ssassin without everybody knowing from the start whats up with them... then you would have to pull that player aside while everyone else creates their chars together, and so still everyone would know that somethings up with that character... (yeah i know player vs character knowledge... but lets be real here... the number of players that can separate the two 100% freom each other is around the 1% mark... the rest will always at least subconsciously react differently to the knowledge) and i dont know if thats a thing everyone plays with but when we played our games ( i am a complete noob in relation the wod interested but only pplayed 2 round 15years ago...) like dnd, shadowrun, earthdawn or inferno ( nor sure about the name of the last game.. the one where you could play either demons or angels that nearly no one knows) we allways had a "dark secret" per character... one that would harm them socially, financially,.. or something like that... you could never do that with a grp build
Does Jason run a discord of VTM??? And this lady has a discord for DnD?? Where can I join? I have played multiple times VTM but not DnD and I would like to give it a try!
How does someone who sounds like they're probably from the U.S. end up saying "aluminium," instead of aluminum? Anyhow, I don't think I've ever had the opportunity to play a campaign where everyone got to come up with their characters in the same space and time. I'm much more used to characters being intentionally withheld from each other, save maybe some bits like 'well, the party doesn't have a healer yet, if you'd like a suggestion'. I've even encountered more recent cases of 'it doesn't matter what anyone else is playing, don't worry about it'.
@@sodadrinker89 Could be. I don't think I've heard anyone who's Canadian say it that way, but dialects do differ a fair amount between some parts of Canada.
Level Up Dice is an Australian company, so that's undoubtably how they pronounce it in-house. International standards organization says either pronunciation works for them. "Aluminum" was the original pronunciation, even in Britain, but the brits changed their mind later and now act like it's everyone else's fault.
@@animistchannel2983 The same goes for the differences between U.S. and British English in general. The U.S. kept the language more similar to how it was when the country was founded, while the U.K. made far more changes.
Human Barbarian. Clubs himself in the head to maintain rage. Kind of like a cross between Francis from Left 4 Dead and Brick from Borderlands 2 and Borderlands PreSequel. Goblin Bard. Owns a pair of tribal hand drums which used to belong to the goblin boss in some backwater warren. He's much more stylish and supposedly 'civilized' now. He's a laid back kind of fellow, and he believes ancient racial grudges can be overcome by a relaxed and happy attitude. Black Dragonborn Pact of the Great Old One Warlock. Owns a pockmarked and acid burned crowbar he believes is cursed by his master. He's an archaeologist who unfortunately survived a maddening encounter with an ancient alien (or imprisoned insane deity, depending on the setting). Fighting his master and manic urges, he eccentrically adventures to stop his master's influence in the world.
I loved Jason's expression when he said 'Why would you want to know that?' at 3:30 :D
I didn't even recognize Xander Jeanneret as the guy who plays X on L.A. by Night for a few minutes. What a great actor.
“Known vampire, Jason Carl”
Well he isn’t wrong...
That's a flaw in books.
Accurate.
The result of the Great Prank was that everyone forgot who he was 😂
Talk about a Masquerade breach.
This is very good advice... stuff that should be right in the book as part of standard game procedures, rather than anecdotal lore and knowledge one has to find on a UA-cam channel. It gives me a great appreciation for those RPGs that DO provide these rules, helping everyone (veterans and n00bs alike) to have an easier time playing, and getting more out of their play experience :)
When they started talking about creating an accountant/bureaucrat player character, I found myself recalling the old CRPG "league of superhero hoboken" where the player leads a band of d-grade superheroes; the player character in that was "the crimson tape" whose super hero ability was "create organisational charts".
Two of the greatest RPG minds.
That's really kind, thank you. :)
@Jimmy Jazz so true, Matthew Dawkins is an incredible Storyteller and writer!
@Jimmy Jazz Oh my goodness yes! The Gentleman Gamer will always be an inspiration.
@Jimmy JazzHahahaha! My brain is overloaded. Man, it's discussions like this that keep me going some days. Thank you, Jimmy, I needed a boost today. :)
@Jimmy Jazz maybe we could import The Gentleman someday for a future episode!
Love you Jason Carl!!
:D
I like doing creation of a party, as a party -- food, friends, fun etc. For one thing, it proves everyone can make the run time. It also keeps there from being a huge gap in the lineup, like no heals or no survival skills at all. People can discuss what kind of run they want to have, and model their individual roles at various orbits around that. It also prevents the plague of narcissism that you can get with isolated character making.
If some "session zero" type background runs are called for to establish PC or NPC connections, I actually do that afterwards, so people can zoom in on their point of view and connect their backstory to current events.
I really enjoy JC as the storyteller in LA By Night! Would love to see how he runs a fantasy game.
D&D 1974: Experience your wildest fantasies and play out the life of a graceful elf, a swarthy dwarf, a heroic paladin or a villainous necromancer in a setting where the impossible happens every day and the only limit is your imagination!
D&D 2019: Experience your wildest fantasies in a setting where the impossible happens every day and the only limit is your imagination. Be a gnome, a dragonborn, a tiefling... you could even be a mortgaged homeowner!
Reminds me of the time I make a character who was completely normal. Raised on a farm by his parents, healthy relationship with them and his siblings. Then I got bored and made him a divine soul sorcerer who was based around destiny
1:12 I'm very curious about that list of questions. I'm looking to do something similar with players in my groups. When I asked for backstories I usually only got a couple details and not really much to work with (Not even NPCs). When I'm making a character, I tend to write something out or imagine a story for them but I'm realizing that not everybody does the same XD I'm thinking maybe a list of specific questions might inspire some ideas or something.
"Legend of the 5 Rings" have those questions, and I guess that you can easily convert them for what you need.
First, Who is your immediate family? Is there any conflicts between family members, including yourself? Who are your friends? Is there a friend that you disagree with, be it philosophical or because of something you or they did? Do you work? Where do you work? Do you own a business?
I look at background and use that to build complications that I get to use in the game. Mutants and Masterminds use those complications to give players hero points.
I'd like to see the creation story of Juan.
+4 in Persuasion, so that he's able to easily coffee and bagels onto young adults! I actually wonder if Juan has any written stats at all LOL
Great session, love it ❤️. Great tips 🤩 and recommendations. Thanks🙏🏼 a lot for this video.
See Jason Carl, that’s a like right there
I do 1 on 1 with each player on a call. We make the sheets then. I then do a session 0 with a realtionship map and preludes with the group. Then I sit down again with each person to tweak things. I am sneaky I ask questions for 1 xp to get good ideas on what to include. I do that throughout the story. My last one was what was the worst crime your character could imagine, excluding pedophilia?
Awesome!!! Hey Amy!!
Did anyone manage to write down the list of 11 questions?
What clan would Jason Carl be?
I would bet on Venture, but in the world of darkness looks can be deceiving :)
Jason Carl playing a Ventrue? What could possibly go wrong?
Toreador, a man of the finest wines & theatre
i like the idea about creating the chracters together in a session so that they maybe build them around each other... but if one player wants to play a spy for another sect,..or clan,.. or an ssassin without everybody knowing from the start whats up with them... then you would have to pull that player aside while everyone else creates their chars together, and so still everyone would know that somethings up with that character... (yeah i know player vs character knowledge... but lets be real here... the number of players that can separate the two 100% freom each other is around the 1% mark... the rest will always at least subconsciously react differently to the knowledge) and i dont know if thats a thing everyone plays with but when we played our games ( i am a complete noob in relation the wod interested but only pplayed 2 round 15years ago...) like dnd, shadowrun, earthdawn or inferno ( nor sure about the name of the last game.. the one where you could play either demons or angels that nearly no one knows) we allways had a "dark secret" per character... one that would harm them socially, financially,.. or something like that... you could never do that with a grp build
I'm confused...this isnt a vampire story?
Does Jason run a discord of VTM??? And this lady has a discord for DnD?? Where can I join? I have played multiple times VTM but not DnD and I would like to give it a try!
How does someone who sounds like they're probably from the U.S. end up saying "aluminium," instead of aluminum? Anyhow, I don't think I've ever had the opportunity to play a campaign where everyone got to come up with their characters in the same space and time. I'm much more used to characters being intentionally withheld from each other, save maybe some bits like 'well, the party doesn't have a healer yet, if you'd like a suggestion'. I've even encountered more recent cases of 'it doesn't matter what anyone else is playing, don't worry about it'.
Maybe Canadian?
@@sodadrinker89 Could be. I don't think I've heard anyone who's Canadian say it that way, but dialects do differ a fair amount between some parts of Canada.
Level Up Dice is an Australian company, so that's undoubtably how they pronounce it in-house. International standards organization says either pronunciation works for them. "Aluminum" was the original pronunciation, even in Britain, but the brits changed their mind later and now act like it's everyone else's fault.
@@animistchannel2983 The same goes for the differences between U.S. and British English in general. The U.S. kept the language more similar to how it was when the country was founded, while the U.K. made far more changes.
@@sodadrinker89 I know this is old, but I'm Canadian and I've never heard someone who isn't British say aluminium
I might have understood the aluminium dice concept better if you used a metaphor or an analogy... like the one about the ketchup smoothie.
An American accent but the British pronunciation of "aluminum". Interesting.
Gotta be either midwestern or Canadian
That person that just wanted to have a mortgage and own a home was clearly a millennial and that's our happy fun pretend lives
mood
Ah, sciencemagic.
So, Amy V on LA By Night S3, YES.
That yellow make up job on her face tho!
My approach falls pretty close to Jason's.
Im not gay but id be gay for jason carl
big resemblance to chris o'neil
OMG, its X the malkavian!
X is a PERFECT Malkavian, flawless interpretation.
Human Barbarian.
Clubs himself in the head to maintain rage. Kind of like a cross between Francis from Left 4 Dead and Brick from Borderlands 2 and Borderlands PreSequel.
Goblin Bard.
Owns a pair of tribal hand drums which used to belong to the goblin boss in some backwater warren. He's much more stylish and supposedly 'civilized' now. He's a laid back kind of fellow, and he believes ancient racial grudges can be overcome by a relaxed and happy attitude.
Black Dragonborn Pact of the Great Old One Warlock.
Owns a pockmarked and acid burned crowbar he believes is cursed by his master. He's an archaeologist who unfortunately survived a maddening encounter with an ancient alien (or imprisoned insane deity, depending on the setting). Fighting his master and manic urges, he eccentrically adventures to stop his master's influence in the world.
The world is pretend - the fun is real.
I just Sheldon Cooper’d it!!
And then Leeroy goes in... L...O...L...
I actually also just want to teach new people how to play dnd lol
Fine. I'll take second. Lmao
a lieu minium
FIRST. HAHA
Xander is X. He is pretending to be human
Fifth