Pre-Character Prep
From Roleplay Rescue by Che Webster
March 28, 2026 · 17 min · Season 16 · Episode 21
About this episode
The episode discusses how to prepare players for character creation in an RPG by providing them with an Otherworld Skeleton.
This one's responding to a question about what you tell the players about the Otherworld before they use a Bio Sheet to create a character concept. Answer: give them an Otherworld Skeleton. Based on Jamison's methodology and drawing on my own approaches to running RPGs, this one gives an example drawing on current work to establish an Open Table fantasy game at the school club. Thanks to UberGrog for the call-in. Game on! Roleplay Rescue Details: Voice Message: speakpipe.com/roleplayrescue Patreon: patreon.com/rpgrescue Email: roleplayrescue@pm.me Blog roleplayrescue.com Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/ubiquitousrat.bsky.social Roleplay Rescue Theme by Jon Cohen from Tale of the Manticore: https://taleofthemanticore.podbean.com/ Logo and artwork by MJ Hiblen: https://www.patreon.com/MJHiblenART/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: Che Webster
Topics covered
- character creation
- RPGs
- game design
- fantasy games
- Open Table
Keywords
- Otherworld
- Bio Sheet
- character concept
- RPG methodology
- school club
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: UberGrog
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