Welcome to the first episode of our DIE RPG series! This series, we have Aram Vartian and Alex V, from the upcoming Replay DIE RPG Actual Play podcast, joining us to teach us about DIE RPG, a meta fantasy TTRPG by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans. In today’s episode, we learn what DIE RPG is all about and start making our personas! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Our BlueSky Info: Character Creation Cast: https://bsky.app/profile/creationcast.bsky.social Amelia: https://bsky.app/profile/gingerreckoning.bsky.social Ryan: https://bsky.app/profile/lordneptune.bsky.social Newsletter Signups: https://newsletter.charactercreationcast.com/ 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: Aram Vartian @AramVartian / @vartian Twitter: https://twitter.com/AramVartian BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/vartian.bsky.social Website: https://aramvartian.com Alex V @alexv_fyi / @alexvalente.fyi Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexv_fyi BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/alexvalente.fyi Website: https://alexvalente.fyi/ Games/Tools discussed this episode: DIE RPG: DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/417563/DIE-The-Roleplaying-Game?affiliate_id=1601603 Website: https://rowanrookanddecard.com/product/die-the-roleplaying-game/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:01:39 - Introductions 00:06:52 - What's in a game? - Core Concept 00:11:02 - What is the setting for DIE RPG? 00:14:46 - What materials do we need to play this game? 00:18:14 - What kinds of stories/themes is this game geared towards? 00:21:21 - What do characters do in this game? 00:25:09 - What is unique about this game? 00:39:51 - History of DIE RPG 00:42:42 - Terms and Concepts 00:43:49 - Let's make some people! 00:44:37 - Setup Questions 00:53:08 - Safety tools 01:03:54 - Persona Generation 01:06:27 - Why did the group get together? 01:07:40 - What was the school like? 01:10:27 - What was the name of the original fantasy world? 01:11:42 - How long has it been since we left school? 01:13:26 - How did people think of our characters at school? 01:19:24 - Call to Action 01:27:51 - Credits Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: Venturer’s Call by Lincoln Davis on Soundstripe (https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/15882) Clip 2: Replay Theme Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com BlueSky: @CreationCast.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/creationcast.bsky.social) Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Tumblr: https://creationcast.tumblr.com/ Amelia Antrim: BlueSky: @gingerreckoning.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/gingerreckoning.bsky.social) Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Mastodon: @gingerreckoning@dice.camp (https://dice.camp/@gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: BlueSky: @lordneptune.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/lordneptune.bsky.social) Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Mastodon: @lordneptune@dice.camp (https://dice.camp/@lordneptune) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices