Series 29.3 - Legend of the Five Rings with David Gordon Buresh (Discussion)

The final Episode of our Legend of the Five Rings series with David Gordon Bursesh. We discuss the character creation process, the problems with this game, and the frustrations of trying to level up. Announcements:  Asian’s represent L5R Read on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbQUmmaVBxqrHrVZFBiuGSHBYx-KlhmAU 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: David Gordon Buresh @SndWurks Twitter: https://twitter.com/SndWurks Website: https://www.cardboardrepublic.com/about-us/david-gordon Dave of the Five Rings Blog: https://www.cardboardrepublic.com/category/articles/dave-of-the-five-rings Games discussed this episode: Legend of the Five Rings DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/257004/Legend-of-the-Five-Rings-Core-Rulebook?affiliate_id=1601603 Amazon: https://amzn.to/2DdKz4F Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:01:22 - Introduction 00:01:39 - David’s character 00:02:37 - Amelia’s character 00:03:12 - Ryan’s character 00:05:28 - D20 for your thoughts 00:05:49 - David’s start in RPGs 00:09:22 - Personal Process 00:13:47 - How does character creation stack up? 00:27:59 - How do mechanics reinforce feel? 00:36:23 - Does the process set expectations? 00:44:53 - Flaws and best parts 00:58:30 - Problematic fave 01:03:02 - Elephant in the room 01:13:21 - Fanfic 01:17:07 - Take it up a level 01:43:55 - Plugs 01:44:30 - Episode Closer 01:46:02 - Show Blurb: Campaign 01:46:59 - Outtakes Transcripts https://charactercreationcast.simplecast.com/episodes/series-293-legend-of-the-five-rings-with-david-gordon-buresh-discussion/transcript Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Clip 1: Mountain Emperor by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4085-mountain-emperor License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Clip 2: A Journey Towards My Dreams by Luna Li (Shao Qing) Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6106-a-journey-towards-my-dreams 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/) Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Facebook: https://facebook.com/charactercreationcast/ Discord: http://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Amelia Antrim: Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Website: https://ameliaantrim.wordpress.com/ Garbage of the Five Rings podcast: (http://garbageofthefiverings.com/) G5R Twitter: @G5Rpodcast (https://twitter.com/G5Rpodcast) Ryan Boelter: Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Website: https://lordneptune.com Chimera RPG: @ChimeraRPG (https://twitter.com/ChimeraRPG) Side Heroes: @SideHeroesPod (https://twitter.com/SideHeroesPod) Patreon: https://patreon.com/RyanBoelter Itch.io: https://lordneptune.itch.io Our Website: http://www.charactercreationcast.com Our Network: http://oneshotpodcast.com Network Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices