Passive (Aggressive) Perception
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Passive (Aggressive) Perception
Ep 57 - Factions, Guilds, & Other Affiliations
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Ivan Potocnik & Steve Jones
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Season 1
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Episode 57
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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
Intro
TTRPG News
Main Topic
Some TTRPGs lean more heavily on factions than others
TTRPG factions serving as patrons
Forged in the Dark and juggling power between factions
Big factions that span entire peoples and how they can inform character backstory and disposition
TTRPG factions can help characters realize end-game aspirations
Using factions as a trump card
Factions can be a way to introduce lore and legacy setting characters
Factions can be a great way to explain the 'start of things'
Watch out for misaligned goals and disparate faction affiliations within your TTRPG party
Outro
