Series 17.3 - Mouse Guard 2E with Charlotte and Megan [Tabletop Potluck] (Discussion)

On the last episode of the 17th series, Megan Scharlau and Charlotte Elena from Tabletop Potluck join us to discuss the character creation process for Mouse Guard, a cute as heck RPG from The Burning Wheel, where you play as super adorable mice people in a medieval, semi-fantasy setting. Announcements: The Ultimate RPG Gameplay Guide by James D’Amato Pre order now on Amazon https://amzn.to/2IijdKN GenCon Twitter Thread https://twitter.com/CreationCast/status/1131181309504741377 Character Creation Cast Panel https://www.gencon.com/events/152269 Quiztem Mastery https://www.gencon.com/events/152272 Brewing Strife (Amelia’s L5R Game) https://www.gencon.com/events/152276 World Building through Character Creation https://www.gencon.com/events/152275 Chimera Games Still TBD 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 Guests and Projects: Megan Scharlau @Tabletop_Megan Twitter: https://twitter.com/tabletop_megan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tabletop_megan/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletop_megan Charlotte Elena @TheCornbreab Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheCornbreab Tumblr: https://cornbreab.tumblr.com/ Tabletop Potluck Twitter: https://twitter.com/TabletopPotluck Website: https://tabletoppotluck.com/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:03:25 - Episode Intro 00:03:47 - Megan’s Character 00:04:19 - Charlotte’s Character 00:04:46 - Amelia’s Character 00:05:09 - Ryan’s Character 00:05:54 - D20 for your thoughts 00:06:10 - Charlotte’s Gaming Story 00:07:23 - Megan’s Gaming Story 00:08:19 - Megan’s Process 00:09:06 - Charlotte’s Process 00:13:06 - Character Creation in Mouse Guarde 00:18:39 - Mechanics and Character Creation 00:20:20 - Setting Expectations 00:24:56 - Biggest Flaw 00:28:11 - Playing Humans vs. Playing Mice 00:32:19 - Group Cohesion 00:37:23 - Character Growth 00:41:57 - Take It Up A Level 00:46:41 - Advancement 00:50:46 - Plugs 00:51:57 - Episode Closer 00:53:51 - Show Blurbs 00:54:27 - Outtakes Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Backyard Adventure (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Hans_Hylkema/Backyard_Adventure/Hans_Hylkema_-_Backyard_Adventure) by Hans Hylkema (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Hans_Hylkema/) Clip 2: Tabletop Potluck main theme (https://tabletoppotluck.com) 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/) Our characters: Ryan https://www.dropbox.com/s/29w4rzqhznr70l8/Ryan%20-%20Tander.pdf?dl=0 Amelia Unavailable for this release Megan https://www.dropbox.com/s/00qwtroav6v5n4d/Megan%20Scharlau%20-%20Character%20Creation%20Duncan.pdf?dl=0 Charlotte https://www.dropbox.com/s/4b5uvey9xjcebl7/Charlotte%20Elena%20-%20Wilmot%20The%20Patrol%20Leader.pdf?dl=0 Games discussed this episode: Mouse Guard 2nd Edition Box Set https://amzn.to/2I2iBcb Mouse Guard 2nd Edition PDF https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/166655/Mouse-Guard-RPG-2nd-Edition Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices