Table/flip‪/‬ Micah-Shalom Kesselman

SUMMARY

We talk to Guillaume Tardif about the writing, development, and setting of Inquisition. Guillaume also gives us a ton of information on the coming second version of Inquisition which he is currently developing. As usual, this meanders a good bit but includes a lot of great discussion about writing a product in English as a second language, tools that could be helpful for anyone producing written content for really anything at all, and a lot more.



NOTES

Inquisition is available on DriveThruRPG at https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/284410/Inquisition-Genesys-Medieval-Dark-Fantasy-Setting



This episode is an experiment with a different editing workflow. It is much faster to produce this way, but it also results in a final episode that sounds rawer than other more tedious workflows. Give us your feedback on whether this trade-off is worth it via our Discord!



Additionally, the At the Table segment will be published after this--editing is just running into continuous delays due to life events. After that, though, Table/flip/ will be going on an inter-season break until February to give us some breathing time for our respective holiday seasons (and year's close for work). We will continue recording through most of the break, so expect a much more consistent release schedule in season 2!

SUMMARY

We discuss the Inquisition setting, by Guillaume Tardif, and our characters for the subsequent community play! Inquisition is a dark fantasy setting available on the Foundry. We also talk about how jealous we are of Vin Diesel and how he lives his life.

NOTES

This is the first session 0 that uses the new titling scheme--expect to see it consistently as we go forward ("Episode x-0: Setting the Table for X"). While these recorded episodes are being published, we'll occasionally do a d20Radio Network spotlight here in the show notes. This episode's spotlight goes to Me and Steve Talk RPGs, which covers a ton of ground across many different RPGs. One of my favorite TTRPG podcast episodes is one of their episodes, where they discuss characterization of NPCs and tie in wrestling. It's a fantastic episode and is one I often think back on when trying to figure out how to characterize adversaries in our community plays.



* We mistakenly said that Starcana was not part of the initial wave of Foundry releases--this is incorrect. The initial wave of settings that came out with the launch of the Foundry includes Familiar, Inquisition, Starcana, and Something Strange.

SUMMARY

Micah is running solo in this Writers' Table Talk as Chris Witt chats a bit about his Familiar setting as well as about producing content for the Foundry in general.

NOTES

As of this episode, Table/flip/ is a part of the d20Radio network of podcasts! This also marks a new release schedule for the podcast. From now on, we will publish on alternating Tuesdays off of this Tuesday.

SUMMARY

A group of familiars are on the hunt for their missing familiar friend. Without the guidance of their masters, it is sure to be a treacherous investigation. They must deal with some rude fowl before checking in on their friend's last known location. From there, a trail of clues leads them to an encounter that just might be a bit too much for our diminutive animal protagonists to overcome on their own....



NOTES

Although one of the PCs in this AP has access to primal magic for healing as a relatively low XP character, it typically requires a quite advanced character to gain access to primal or divine magics in the setting, and thus the heal spell. Moreover, we made a mistake in having familiars not inherently understand masters, though it worked out in the adventure--in the setting RAW, familiars can indeed understand masters even though they cannot be understood by masters without the use of magic.



CREDITS

Artlist:

Run by ANBR

Continent by ANBR

Helix by Break of Reality

Star by Break of Reality

Spirit of the World by Anthony Vega

Skywarriors by Tilman Sillescu

Turkish March (Mozart) by Ohad Ben Ari



8 Bit Victory Fanfare Melody by Adam Pietruszko

Birds Of Prey Crow Calling Single Caw by Selkor Studio

Teen Spirit Male - Snapping Multiple Fingers At Once, Repetitive by Borrtex

Real Voices - Male Lifting Heavy Object, Straining by EVG Sound FX

Farm Life    Group Of Geese Cackling Together by Beison

Farm Life   Many Geese Honking Hissing In A Paddock by Beison

Frog Ribbit Singular by Db Studios

Odds and Ends - Food Cupboard Rummaging by Glitchedtones

Jungle And Rainforest   Geese Calling Honking by Front Row Sfx By Pole Position

Jurassic Sounds   Wings Flapping Soaring by Samantha Schellenberg

Living   Single Crow Short Cawing by Articulated Sounds

Door, wood, balcony, open, slam by Lukas Tvrdon

Hands - High Five, Three Versions by Martin Scaglia

Practical Magic   Smoke Puff by Cristian Lucchetta

Timber Footsteps   Hopping Both Feet Barefoot by Tovusound

Young Reactions   Girl Gasping Long by Vadi Sound



Ghelfi:

Electric Ooze Spell

Flame Wave SFX

Magma Pool Eruption

RPG - D&D Ambiences Vol. 4 - 48 Windy Autumn Day

Void Spell 1



CHARACTER AND ADVERSARY SHEETS

Balfazar: https://app.rpgsessions.com/char/nds/62ade33b5572c94a24b73889

Guy: https://app.rpgsessions.com/char/nds/62ab064e5572c94a24969c43

Badb: https://app.rpgsessions.com/char/nds/62aeea496bcc61cf8d8c8ae1

Jeeby: https://app.rpgsessions.com/char/nds/62a91a985572c94a24840256

Pauly: https://app.rpgsessions.com/char/nds/62a930bd5572c94a2485d3d6

Mean Geese: https://app.rpgsessions.com/char/nds/62b115a46616a789b6963f5d

Troll: https://app.rpgsessions.com/char/nds/62b1170d6616a789b696519f

SUMMARY

We discuss the Familiar setting, by Chris Witt, and prepare a set of pregen characters for this sequence's Actual Play session. Micah says "Kids on Bikes" a whole lot, Lindsay incorrectly asserts that snakes are cute, and Tyler informs us that New Hampshire is full of flies.

NOTES

Familiar can be found on DriveThruRPG at https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/284397/Familiar-Setting-Sourcebook

SUMMARY

Sam Gregor-Stewart, head of EDGE Studio and co-author on Shadow of the Beanstalk, joins Micah and Tyler to discuss the writing of Shadow of the Beanstalk and working in the Android setting.



NOTES

Shadow of the Beanstalk can be found at various outlets, including DriveThruRPG at https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/266756/Shadow-of-the-Beanstalk

The FFG Live Play mentioned in the discussion can be found at the following links (in sequence):


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59GTqyGjMNo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cml9RSY1pSs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG078luuF50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTWitlGii4c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA-VLfhAJ9c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWTpOa4um3E