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