Character Creation Spotlight E15 - Deimos Academy with Austin Taylor and Amanda Kahl [Designers]

Welcome to a bonus Character Creation Spotlight episode 15, everyone! This episode, we welcome Austin Taylor and Amanda Kahl, to learn about the game they are designing along with Banana Chan, Deimos Academy, a horror RPG set in a spooky boarding school that is played with a coloring book and paper dolls! This episode we learn about the game, figure out some details about our school, and make our supernaturally powered students returning for a mysterious 15 year reunion! Announcements: TTRPG Bundle for Trans Rights Texas on Itch https://itch.io/b/1308/ttrpgs-for-trans-rights-in-texas Deimos Academy Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gameandacurry/deimos-academy?ref=clipboard-prelaunch Character Creation Cast TikTok https://tiktok.com/@charactercreationcast?lang=en Girl Scout Cookies from Amelia’s Daughter: https://bit.ly/eleanorcookie One Shot Network Patreon https://patreon.com/OneShotPodcast Leave us reviews in any, or all, of these places: Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us) https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation Cast on Podchaser https://podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Character Creation Cast on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/character-creation-cast?refid=stpr Character Creation Cast on Facebook https://facebook.com/CharacterCreationCast Guests and Projects: Austin Taylor @SailorSctAustin Twitter: https://twitter.com/SailorSctAustin Amanda Kahl @AgeOfNight Twitter: https://twitter.com/AgeOfNight Website: https://ageofnight.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amandakahlart/ Patreon: https://patreon.com/ageofnight Games discussed this episode: Deimos Academy Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gameandacurry/deimos-academy?ref=clipboard-prelaunch Timestamps: 00:00:20 - Introductions 00:03:26 - What's in a game? 00:04:16 - What is the setting? 00:05:33 - What sort of materials do we need? 00:07:54 - What sort of characters can be created? 00:10:21 - Let's make some people! 00:10:46 - Consumed character types 00:14:01 - Picking Archetypes 00:15:55 - Creating the Boarding School with an Alumni Letter 00:17:06 - Determining the year 00:17:38 - The reason for the reunion 00:18:36 - Time of year 00:19:31 - Location of the Academy 00:20:59 - Sender of the letter 00:23:17 - Names and Pronouns 00:23:45 - Where did your parents live while you were going to school? 00:24:38 - What was your reputation in High School? 00:26:26 - How do you define yourself now? 00:29:17 - How did you discover your powers? 00:32:01 - What is your fear? 00:34:37 - Why do you decide to go to the union? 00:37:24 - Final steps of character creation 00:38:12 - Kickstarter Information 00:40:01 - Episode Closer 00:41:13 - Credits 00:43:08 - Show Blurbs - All My Fantasy Children 00:43:45 - Outtakes Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/character-creation-spotlight-e15-austin-taylor-and-amanda-kahl-designers/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Reunited by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4282-reunited License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Clip 2: Darkest Child var A by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3614-darkest-child-var-a License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 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/) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices