We're talking character creation from both sides of the table. There's an art to making good characters and the rules are the same whether you're playing Dungeons and Dragons, Call of Cthulhu or pretty much any other system you can name. We'll talk about the red and green flags of building a character, appropriate backstories, and the secret sauce that is collaborative character design!

This week's challenge is called Dope Tropes! Our hosts must design a character that uses a classic fantasy trope (The chosen one, former villain, etc), but with a twist to make the character more interesting or more relatable.

Whatever roleplaying universe you like to play or run games in, the desire is always there to become a better player or run a better game. Welcome to Playing The Roll. A show dedicated to exploring the art of roleplaying in hopes of building better players and better games. Join three long time Game masters as they talk about everything that goes into making great games, the things you should never do, and how to take your gaming experience to the next level. There’s plenty of stories to tell along the way of great gaming moments, disasters averted, or just plain old disasters! Each episode ends with a challenge, a call out to the hosts, and to you, to work your roleplaying muscles by designing a character, NPC or location within a certain theme. We hope you’ll join our quest to become better players and run better games, here on Playing The Roll.