37 episodes

A podcast where two writers roll up D&D characters from scratch without prior planning. In each episode, Matt Phillion and Colin Carlton create brand new D&D characters, fully formed with stats, classes, equipment, spells, backstories, and everything a good player or NPC needs to survive in the world of tabletop role-playing games!

Whether you're listening for fun or need help creating your own characters, this podcast is for you!

Find out more at charactersandclass.com

Characters & Class Characters & Class

    • Leisure
    • 5.0 • 9 Ratings

A podcast where two writers roll up D&D characters from scratch without prior planning. In each episode, Matt Phillion and Colin Carlton create brand new D&D characters, fully formed with stats, classes, equipment, spells, backstories, and everything a good player or NPC needs to survive in the world of tabletop role-playing games!

Whether you're listening for fun or need help creating your own characters, this podcast is for you!

Find out more at charactersandclass.com

    S2E7: Clumsy Performances & Licking Eyeballs

    S2E7: Clumsy Performances & Licking Eyeballs

    In this special episode of Characters & Class, up-and-coming writer, Courtney Herring, joins us to create a character and talk about her fantasy trilogy. Courtney comes to us from Writer Hive. WriteHive is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to helping writers achieve their goals. They have a variety of events and programs dedicated to that purpose. They are run 100% by a group of dedicated volunteers passionate about providing opportunities to the writing community that are normally inhibited by financial means. 
    Check out writehive.org for more information.

    • 1 hr 18 min
    S2E6: It Takes All Kinds

    S2E6: It Takes All Kinds

    This is Characters & Class, a podcast where two writers roll up Dungeons & Dragons characters from scratch without prior planning. Special guest and extremely talented artist, James Groeling joins us this week. This week's cover art is by James, which he made in only a handful of days after recording with us. Matthew Phillion is a writer, actor, and seasoned Dungeon Master. Colin Carlton is a writer and voice actor with an improv background. The characters we create in this episode are free to use in your own tabletop RPGs, however, we do claim rights on the intellectual property related to the characters themselves in relation to anything other than a for-fun game. The character sheets are available for free online at our website and social media profiles.   

    www.charactersandclass.com  @cnclasspodcast   For more on the hosts please visit: matthewphillion.com and colincarlton.com

    • 56 min
    S2E5: Nature vs Laughter

    S2E5: Nature vs Laughter

    This is Characters & Class, a podcast where two writers roll up Dungeons & Dragons characters from scratch without prior planning. Matthew Phillion is a writer, actor, and seasoned Dungeon Master. Colin Carlton is a writer and voice actor with an improv background. The characters we create in this episode are free to use in your own tabletop RPGs, however, we do claim rights on the intellectual property related to the characters themselves in relation to anything other than a for-fun game. The character sheets are available for free online at our website and social media profiles.   www.charactersandclass.com  @cnclasspodcast   For more on the hosts please visit: matthewphillion.com and colincarlton.com

    • 57 min
    S2E4: Of Giffs & Dwarves

    S2E4: Of Giffs & Dwarves

    This is Characters & Class, a podcast where two writers roll up Dungeons & Dragons characters from scratch without prior planning. Special guest, Chuck Christiansen joins us this week. Matthew Phillion is a writer, actor, and seasoned Dungeon Master. Colin Carlton is a writer and voice actor with an improv background. The characters we create in this episode are free to use in your own tabletop RPGs, however, we do claim rights on the intellectual property related to the characters themselves in relation to anything other than a for-fun game. The character sheets are available for free online at our website and social media profiles.   www.charactersandclass.com  @cnclasspodcast   For more on the hosts please visit: matthewphillion.com and colincarlton.com

    • 56 min
    S2E3: Halloween Live Stream

    S2E3: Halloween Live Stream

    This episode was recorded from a live stream on Twitch.tv/charactersandclass. This is Characters & Class, a podcast where two writers roll up Dungeons & Dragons characters from scratch without prior planning. Matthew Phillion is a writer, actor, and seasoned Dungeon Master. Colin Carlton is a writer and voice actor with an improv background. The characters we create in this episode are free to use in your own tabletop RPGs, however, we do claim rights on the intellectual property related to the characters themselves in relation to anything other than a for-fun game. The character sheets are available for free online at our website and social media profiles.  
    www.charactersandclass.com  @cnclasspodcast  
    For more on the hosts please visit: matthewphillion.com and colincarlton.com

    • 1 hr 17 min
    S2E2: “Nuts & Bolts”

    S2E2: “Nuts & Bolts”

    This is Characters & Class, a podcast where two writers roll up Dungeons & Dragons characters from scratch without prior planning. Matthew Phillion is a writer, actor, and seasoned Dungeon Master. Colin Carlton is a writer and voice actor with an improv background. The characters we create in this episode are free to use in your own tabletop RPGs, however, we do claim rights on the intellectual property related to the characters themselves in relation to anything other than a for-fun game. The character sheets are available for free online at our website and social media profiles.  
    www.charactersandclass.com  @cnclasspodcast  
    For more on the hosts please visit: matthewphillion.com and colincarlton.com

    • 58 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
9 Ratings

9 Ratings

godzyfan ,

This is podcast is a natural 20!

How many people have already used this title? But seriously, for those who know and love D&D or are new to the table, this is a fun discussion on the game we love! Matt & Colin have an easy rapport and a great sense of humor that make this an enjoyable way to spend an hour of your time. Looking forward to hearing them play a one shot soon!

mcarthey ,

Learning and Laughter!

This group lives - and proves! - the adage that friendships are made over the gaming table. If you enjoy listening and laughing along with friends telling stories about their adventures, while learning something through the process, this is a podcast for you! Matthew and Colin share their fun with us and we’re grateful for the opportunity to listen in! If you’re new to DND and want to learn or just looking for new friends to laugh with, don’t miss out! Take advantage of the information they make available for download, as well! We’ve been collectively involved with TTRPGs over 50 years and, as a group, we give them a big thumbs up! Keep up the good work all!
- Dungeon Digressions

Tim - Under the Capes ,

Great inspiration and entertainment

This is a great show for D&D and RPG fans to get ideas for new characters and fun race/class combinations. Getting to see Matt and Colin put together characters with options I haven't used or considered before is really cool and great inspiration. The best part is the backstories they come up with for their characters. As a couple of experienced writers the character stories Matt and Colin come up with are always entertaining.

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