Welcome to the second episode of Series 65, everyone! This series will be covering varying degrees of spooky micro RPGs from various sources so that you can have a good heap of options for your own groups if you are hoping to do an RPG one shot this Halloween! In today’s episode, Amelia and Ryan sit down to talk about and do the setup for It Takes a Child to Raze a Village by Ursidice and Absolution in Brass by Sharang Biswas! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Roar Cat Reads Streamathon Website: https://roarcatreads.com/charityevent/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/roarcatreads/ AcadeCon Events: Magical Bee-ch Episode Event: https://tabletop.events/conventions/acadecon-2023/schedule/145 Game: https://lordneptune.itch.io/magical-bee-ch-episode Our Final Gathering Event: https://tabletop.events/conventions/acadecon-2023/schedule/100 Game: https://lordneptune.itch.io/our-final-gathering Character Creation Cast Panel:  Event: https://tabletop.events/conventions/acadecon-2023/schedule/144 Our social media info: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com Leave us reviews in any, or all, of these places: Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Podchaser https://podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Games/Tools discussed this episode: It Takes a Child to Raze a Village (Ursidice): DriveThruRPG: https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/317712/it-takes-a-child-to-raze-a-village?affiliate_id=1601603 Itch: https://ursidice.itch.io/village Ursidice Website: https://ursidice.com/village/ Absolution in Brass (Sharang Biswas) [Ultimate Micro RPG Book]: Simon and Schuster: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ultimate-Micro-RPG-Book/James-D-Amato/The-Ultimate-RPG-Guide-Series/9781507212868  Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:01:22 - Introduction 00:02:46 - What's in a game? - It Takes a Child to Raze a Village 00:05:48 - Let's make some people! - It Takes a Child to Raze a Village 00:08:49 - How the stats work 00:09:40 - Demands and Suspicion 00:11:33 - Defining our rituals ahead of time 00:21:34 - Creating a Village 00:33:42 - Figuring out items needed for each ritual. 00:44:46 - What's in a game? - Absolution In Brass 00:49:40 - Let's make some people! - Absolution in Brass - What fueled your character's life? 00:53:20 - Occupation 00:54:18 - Fuel 00:56:55 - What one possession from your life do you still carry? 00:57:11 - What physical limitation does your undead brass form impose on you? 00:57:32 - What is the first initial of your character's name? 00:58:40 - Describe your character 01:02:03 - How the game plays 01:05:09 - Proximal Shard 01:16:50 - Medial Shard 01:35:15 - Ending the Game 01:36:41 - Episode Closer 01:38:07 - Call to Action 01:49:47 - Credits Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: Meditation yltsA kciR yb pU Impromptu uoY eviG annoG reveN 03 Clip 2: Dystopia by Ian Kelosky on Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/15186 Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com BlueSky: @CreationCast.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/creationcast.bsky.social) Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: BlueSky: @gingerreckoning.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/gingerreckoning.bsky.social) Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: BlueSky: @lordneptune.com (https://bsky.app/profile/lordneptune.com) Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices.