Excess Advantage Episodes

By c__beck, in Genesys

Today brings us Episode 4: Advantageous Failure, Threatening Success . In this episode, I discuss what can happen when you fail with lots of advantage or succeed with lots of threat.

I also answer a listener question about the specifics of Triumphs and Despairs.

Great episode! :)

Episode 5: Cinematic Combat

Today’s episode is my first listener-requested episode! The listener (I forgot who you are, sorry!) wanted me to cover combat, so here is what I hope to be part 1 of 2. This episode is all about how to inject more narrative flair into your combats and how to avoid boring encounters.

In the near future I’ll cover the mechanics of combat, but today it’s all about the narrative, baby. Also, my first ever iTunes review is in! Thanks, MW1880, whoever you are!

Episode 06: Characterization

For this episode, Devon returns to talk with me about characterization. That is, coming up with your character's backstory, their appearance and their outlooks and personality. We discuss quite a few places where you can draw inspiration besides just the Genesys core book, including: