• Ep 57 - Factions, Guilds, & Other Affiliations

  • Aug 24 2022
  • Length: 37 mins
  • Podcast

Ep 57 - Factions, Guilds, & Other Affiliations

  • Summary

  • Is your TTRPG character affiliated with anything larger than themselves or the party they roll with (heheh puns)? This week we cover TTRPG factions, guilds, and other big-picture affiliations. We discuss how they can provide scope, inform character backstory, create fascinating and useful narrative drivers for your campaigns, and much more.

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    Show Breakdown:

    • 0:00: Intro
    • 01:12: TTRPG News
    • 10:12 Main Topic
    • 12:50: Some TTRPGs lean more heavily on factions than others
    • 13:32: TTRPG factions serving as patrons
    • 15:53: Forged in the Dark and juggling power between factions
    • 16:58: Big factions that span entire peoples and how they can inform character backstory and disposition
    • 21:14: TTRPG factions can help characters realize end-game aspirations
    • 22:44: Using factions as a trump card
    • 26: 18: Factions can be a way to introduce lore and legacy setting characters
    • 27:17: Factions can be a great way to explain the 'start of things'
    • 33:05: Watch out for misaligned goals and disparate faction affiliations within your TTRPG party
    • 35:25: Outro
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