Series 75.3 - Rangers of a Broken World with Cat McDonald [Designer] (Discussion)

Character Creation Cast

Welcome to the third episode of series 75, everyone! In this series, we sat down with game designer Cat McDonald about their brand new post-apocalyptic fantasy RPG, Rangers of a Broken World. In today’s episodes, begin our discussion block by learning a bit more about Cat before getting into our thoughts about how character creation went in this series!

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Cat McDonald

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Rangers of a Broken World:

• Playtest Signup: https://evilh.at/rangers-playtest

Timestamps:

• (00:00:00) - Announcements
• (00:01:24) - Discussion
• (00:05:53) - D20 for your thoughts?
• (00:10:30) - What sort of process or mechanic does Cat like to see in character creation?
• (00:14:08) - What story do these character sheets tell?
• (00:21:14) - What do we think about how character creation went for this game?
• (00:32:04) - How does character creation set you up for playing the game?
• (00:40:19) - Call to Action
• (00:44:35) - Credits

Music:

• Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod
• Clip 1: Sword of Symphonies Podcast Opening Music by Kathleen Childs
• Clip 2: Great Beyond by Roze Sound
• From Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/15591
• Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs

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