Welcome to the first episode of series 77, everyone! In this series, we sat down with Mike Macagnone, writer on the game we are covering this series, Crucible of Aether by Living Metal Games, a mystic-industrial TTRPG where you hone your skills, explore the world and forge a life in the tumultuous Odayan Empire! This episode, we learn all about this game and start creating our characters using this lifepath adjacent character creation system. Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Crucible of Aether Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/366614887/crucible-of-aether-a-mystic-industrial-ttrpg Chimera Worldbuilding: https://www.patreon.com/posts/oneshotobefest-114437335?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_fan&utm_content=web_share Chimera Character Creation https://www.patreon.com/posts/oneshotobefest-114936141?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_fan&utm_content=web_share Bluesky Starter Pack! https://go.bsky.app/RBJ971x USA Folks - Voter information and Registration for every state https://vote.gov Join our Discord! https://discord.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 Mike Macagnone Crucible of Aether on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/crucibleofaether.bsky.social Crucible of Aether Discord: https://discord.gg/NMsN2VSzNr Crucible of Aether Linktree: https://linktr.ee/livingmetalgames Games/Tools discussed this episode: Crucible of Aether: Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/366614887/crucible-of-aether-a-mystic-industrial-ttrpg Timestamps: (00:00:00) - Announcements (00:01:31) - Introductions (00:03:21) - What's in a game? - Core Concept (00:04:54) - What is the setting for Crucible of Aether? (00:05:47) - What materials do we need to play? (00:07:42) - What stories and themes is this game meant to explore? (00:09:30) - What do characters do in the game? (00:13:55) - What makes the game unique? (00:16:10) - History of the game (00:21:29) - Terms and Concepts (00:25:16) - Let's make some people! (00:25:23) - Fantastical Origins (00:28:52) - History of the world (00:30:52) - Selecting our Fantastical Origin (00:33:10) - Home Nations (00:40:28) - Attribute Arrays (00:46:16) - Mental and Physical Traits (00:50:54) - Call to Action (00:59:55) - Credits Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: Into the Unknown by Hill On Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/11006 Clip 2:The Games By LNDÖ On Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/15948 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) Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: BlueSky: @gingerreckoning.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/gingerreckoning.bsky.social) Ryan Boelter: BlueSky: @lordneptune.com (https://bsky.app/profile/lordneptune.com) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices