The Art of Storytelling

1. RPG From Scratch :: Design Episode 58 :: Throwing the Fight

   Ever wanted to create your own tabletop RPG? Join the Homebrew Hombres on a D.I.Y. docu-quest for tabletop roleplaying perfection as they design, test, and rebalance their own RPG From Scratch!

   The Hombres get in your bags and sort ’em out. Think you’re strong enough to bear the weight of this system? Think again. Better hire a Dillo to drag your piles of dyron and enchanted toilets. Only the strong get to pull a Riddick and keep what they kill. Maybe you can just throw it all away. What if you throw it at an enemy? Let’s argue about it.Big news as well! There’s a new way for all of you to contribute. We are launching McGarrgl’s Compendium of Wondrous and Wacky Items, a codex of user-submitted items for the world of Urd! All listeners can document the items they find via the Unique Item Submission Form.

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2. RPG From Scratch :: Design Episode 57 :: Submissive and Readable

   Ever wanted to create your own tabletop RPG? Join the Homebrew Hombres on a D.I.Y. docu-quest for tabletop roleplaying perfection as they design, test, and rebalance their own RPG From Scratch!

   Join the Hombres this week as we discuss the ever-compelling topic of economics! Also, we discuss the kinds of parties that GMs should be balancing combat encounters around at every size.

   Big news as well! There’s a new way for all of you to contribute. We are launching McGarrgl’s Compendium of Wondrous and Wacky Items, a codex of user-submitted items for the world of Urd! All listeners can document the items they find via the Unique Item Submission Form.

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3. RPG From Scratch :: Design Episode 56 :: Secret Knowledge

   Ever wanted to create your own tabletop RPG? Join the Homebrew Hombres on a D.I.Y. docu-quest for tabletop roleplaying perfection as they design, test, and rebalance their own RPG From Scratch!

   What do you know? Are you willing to roll for it? Join the Hombres as they come up with guidelines for knowledge checks, light levels, and echolocation!

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4. RPG From Scratch :: Design Episode 55 :: Sunny Disposition

   Ever wanted to create your own tabletop RPG? Join the Homebrew Hombres on a D.I.Y. docu-quest for tabletop roleplaying perfection as they design, test, and rebalance their own RPG From Scratch!

   In this episode, the Hombres hammer out a better version of Initiative, talk more about Opposed Rolls, and NPCs with attitude.

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5. RPG From Scratch :: Design Episode 54 :: Showing Initiative

   Ever wanted to create your own tabletop RPG? Join the Homebrew Hombres on a D.I.Y. docu-quest for tabletop roleplaying perfection as they design, test, and rebalance their own RPG From Scratch!

   SURPRISE! Sneak Attack. We figure it out. Battle Readiness gets pulled apart and reassembled. Opposed rolls are thrown out, and Skill Checks are refined.

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6. RPG From Scratch :: Design Episode 53 :: Group Rolls

   Ever wanted to create your own tabletop RPG? Join the Homebrew Hombres on a D.I.Y. docu-quest for tabletop roleplaying perfection as they design, test, and rebalance their own RPG From Scratch!

   Liam sits this one out while Doug, Josh, and Maxx go to town on the Savothian racial abilities. With the changes to Professions and combat actions, they could really use a replacement for Character Bonus. We also go in depth on skill checks and group rolling. Should everyone roll individually? Is the +2 from Aid in Pathfinder and D&D sufficient? We hash it out.

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7. RPG From Scratch :: Design Episode 52 :: Win Conditions

   Ever wanted to create your own tabletop RPG? Join the Homebrew Hombres on a D.I.Y. docu-quest for tabletop roleplaying perfection as they design, test, and rebalance their own RPG From Scratch!

   We’ve got a great episode on our hands today. We create a fraternal order of physicians. We fix Champion’s Challege, create a mail system for our world and have AWESOME news about the Wiki!

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8. RPG From Scratch :: Design Episode 51 :: Send me a Letter

   Ever wanted to create your own tabletop RPG? Join the Homebrew Hombres on a D.I.Y. docu-quest for tabletop roleplaying perfection as they design, test, and rebalance their own RPG From Scratch!

   We’ve got a great episode on our hands today. We create a fraternal order of physicians. We fix Champion’s Challege, create a mail system for our world and have AWESOME news about the Wiki!

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9. RPG From Scratch :: Design Ep. 50 :: WE’RE BACK!

   

   We’re back, baby! After braving the wilds of quarantine for over a year and a half, we have survived, gotten vaxx’d, and can now meet again in person, and we have SO much new to share with you. – Upcoming free tabletop game using a block tower – Updates about the Wiki – Merging back […]

10. RPG From Scratch :: Design Episode 49

    Ever wanted to create your own tabletop RPG? Join the Homebrew Hombres on a D.I.Y. docu-quest for tabletop roleplaying perfection as they design, test, and rebalance their own RPG From Scratch!

    In Episode 49, the gang gets a special surprise and has a few top-down discussions about the game. Are players leveling up to fast? How long should a typical campaign last? Can players aid skill checks? Also, could we improve the terminology around adventures? Tune in to find out!

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