Series 28.2 - Numenera with Darcy Ross (Creation Continued)

In the second episode of our Numenera series, Darcy Ross, from Cypher Speak and Monte Cook Games, returns to finish our characters with us! Announcements: Black Lives Matter Resources Donate: Find And Donate to a Local Bail Fund https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/nbfn-directory Support Black Lives Matter https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019 Action: Contact your representatives  https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials June Justice- A guide of daily reading and activism  https://bit.ly/junejustice Education NPR Throughline Podcast on history of policing in America: https://www.npr.org/2020/06/03/869046127/american-police Talking to kids about race: https://www.prettygooddesign.org/blog/Blog%20Post%20Title%20One-5new4 Books To Read Right Now from Nerdette podcast https://www.wbez.org/stories/books-to-read-right-now/9f1e0ee0-4bf3-4300-92ce-cedb6ab7aa5f Support RPG Bundle for Racial Justice https://itch.io/b/520/bundle-for-racial-justice-and-equality RPG Podcasts featuring people of color: http://rpgcasts.com/category/bimpoc/ Twitter Thread of Black creators: https://twitter.com/definitelyvita/status/1267813758107152387?s=19 Black Literature Compendium https://bit.do/blacklit Black voices in the RPG Community https://medium.com/tabletop-micdrop/pay-attention-black-voices-in-the-rpg-community-34fd75f8bad8 Drawing While Black Artist Directory https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1d9gokwVQLCOmqf8zfez6-yMRgHOq4P5veW7lfZF7BCs/edit?usp=drivesdk 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 00:03:08 - Recap 00:05:39 - Rolling for Cyphers 00:16:26 - Oddities 00:20:50 - Equipment and Currency 00:25:42 - Abilities 00:30:24 - Stat pool distribution 00:34:13 - Initiative discussion 00:37:15 - Focus and Descriptor Abilities and Bonuses 00:41:37 - Backgrounds 00:45:37 - PC Connections 00:51:45 - Initial link to the starting adventure 00:55:56 - Naming our characters 00:59:55 - Episode Closer 01:03:04 - Show Blurb - The Broadswords Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-282-numenera-with-darcy-ross-creation-continued/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