Series 28.1 - Numenera with Darcy Ross (Creation)

In this first episode of series 28, we welcome Darcy Ross, who is the co-host of the Cypher Speak podcast from the Misdirected Mark Network as well as the Community Relations Coordinator for Monte Cook Games, as we sit down to discuss Numenera, a Science Fantasy RPG. We’ll start building our characters this episode, too, so get ready to start meeting some amazing people in this amazingly unique setting! Announcements: Monte Cook Games $5 Off listener promotion: https://montecookgames.com/store/ Use code “ccc5off” to get $5 off your order! 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:  Darcy Ross @DarcyLRoss Twitter: https://twitter.com/DarcyLRoss Monte Cook Games: @MonteCookGames Twitter: https://twitter.com/MonteCookGames Website: https://www.montecookgames.com/ Cypher Speak Podcast: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CypherSpeakPod Website: https://misdirectedmark.com/category/podcasts/cypherspeak/ Games discussed this episode: Numenera: Discovery & Destiny https://www.montecookgames.com/store/product/numenera-discovery-and-destiny/ Numenera: Starter Set https://www.montecookgames.com/store/product/numenera-starter-set/ Ashes of the Sea Free Quickstart Rules https://www.montecookgames.com/store/product/ashes-of-the-sea-pdf/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:03:55 - Introductions 00:06:06 - What’s in a game? 00:07:38 - What do we need to play this game? 00:09:49 - What sorts of stories and themes is Numenera meant to explore? 00:11:12 - What do characters do in this game? 00:12:36 - What is most unique about Numenera? 00:16:38 - The history of Numenera 00:21:59 - Basic terms and concepts 00:29:36 - Let’s make some people! 00:32:26 - Constructing our sentences 00:35:05 - Picking our Types 00:37:23 - Picking our Focuses 00:41:18 - Picking our Descriptors 00:43:49 - Expanding our choices: Type 00:44:31 - Effort 00:45:13 - Edge 00:46:52 - Cypher Use 00:48:47 - Weapons 00:51:07 - Skills 00:55:38 - Abilities 01:00:01 - Episode Closer 01:01:57 - Show Blurb: System Mastery Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-281-numenera-with-darcy-ross-creation/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: History and Future by Sascha Ende Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/67-history-and-future License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Clip 2: Shiny Tech II by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4348-shiny-tech-ii 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/) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices