Welcome to the first episode of series 70! In this series, we are thrilled to welcome Dillin Apelyan, brand new host of the One Shot Podcast, to talk about their marvelously meta TTRPG, Metalepsis, a game that breaks the 4th wall between a creator and a created character! In today's episode, learn about the game and just begin diving into the character creation process! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Our social media info: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com Leave us reviews in any, or all, of these places: Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us) https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation Cast on Podchaser https://podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Guests Dillin Apelyan Website: https://superdillin.carrd.co/ Itch: https://superdillin.itch.io/ Games/Tools discussed this episode: Metalepsis: Itch.io: https://superdillin.itch.io/metalepsis Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Announcements (00:01:33) - Reintroductions (00:06:12) - D20 for your thoughts? (00:08:53) - What makes for a great character creation system? (00:11:17) - What story do the character sheets tell us? (00:16:15) - How did the character creation stack up with other games we've played? (00:23:12) - How does this process set our expectations for play? (00:28:19) - Flaws and Strengths (00:32:06) - Fanfic! (00:43:54) - Take it up a level! (00:49:32) - Episode Closer (00:50:53) - Call to Action (00:57:30) - Credits Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: Distant Light by Jed Stark From Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/15250 Clip 2: Fractured Light by Stephen Keech From Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/9509 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 Contact Us: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com BlueSky: @CreationCast.net (https://bsky.app/profile/creationcast.net) 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. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices