Tales From the Hydian Way

301- The Impossible Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 13 Jun 2022 03:45:49 +0000

I’m calling this episode impossible because I never expected it to come out. Here I talk with Adam of Force Majeure and Leslie of Heroes/Tales about kickstarters and what gets us to look at other table top RPGs.

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300 – The Tales Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 01 Jun 2020 03:45:36 +0000

We look back at what has happened in the last 300 episodes and some of the lessons we’ve learned, what is happening on The Hydian Way, and where our hearts will take us.

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299 – The Mindset Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 25 May 2020 03:45:22 +0000

We had two Heroes and two denizen the Force Majeure podcast on to talk about what they put into developing characters for a short and long time, including how far ahead they make it, as well as what extra thoughts that are beyond mechanical go into a character.

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298 – The Rise of the Republic Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 18 May 2020 03:45:22 +0000

We have Kristine and Adam on to talk about the fun to be had with Rise of the Separatists and Collapse of the Republic. We go in depth on the new careers and how they can mold your campaigns in new and fun ways.

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297 – The Revenge of the Sith Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 11 May 2020 03:45:35 +0000

With three others Ben dives into the end of the prequel trilogy and comes up with several ideas and complications for campaigns and settings in some very novel ways.

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296 – The Heroic Build Tail

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 04 May 2020 03:45:14 +0000

Brandon and Wren come to talk about how their characters were built and grew over the season 2 of the Heroes of the Hydian Way, from taking a universal specialization to start with, to getting almost all 25 talents in the doctor specialization.

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295 – The Attack of the Clones Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 03:45:49 +0000

With a band of merry co-hosts we look at the middle movie of the prequel trilogy, the highs, the lows, the car theft. We have fun and come up with some interesting ideas for our own tables

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294 – The New Wren Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 03:45:42 +0000

Wren joins us to talk about their introduction to the Narrative Dice system, as well as their experiences in joining a podcast. How the dice shapes their outlook and how to choose a character that fits their narrative style.

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293 – The 30 Years In Between Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 03:45:50 +0000

Between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens there is a new galaxy for our adventures, we have Kristine on to talk about this era and man of the plot hooks that jump to mind when talking about the shift in the Galaxy Far Far Away.

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292 – The Perspective Change Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 03:45:55 +0000

We have Kristine on to talk about several of the outlooks that change when moving to a Force and Destiny game in Star Wars RPG, and how that perspective shift colors everything else in the players galaxy.

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291 – The Conflict Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 30 Mar 2020 03:45:08 +0000

With a special guest we talk about using conflict in the Force and Destiny system and how it can both help and hurt a campaign idea if it’s not discussed ahead of time.

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290 – The Low XP Force Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 03:45:59 +0000

We discuss the ways that starting force powers are deceptively powerful, as well as how to make sure that players at your table are not getting frustrated by starting experiences with a force user.

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289 – The Prologue Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 03:45:17 +0000

This episode has us talking about the tiny adventure before the big adventure so we all can get comfortable with our characters. From pilots to prologues we talk about how to set your own expectations for your games.

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Murder on the Mantellian Express
Light saber tonfa
Encounter at Farpoint
Emissary
Broken Bow
Psych
Nancy Drew CW
Supergirl

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288 – The Reason for Violence Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 03:45:21 +0000

We bring Brandon on board as a guest to help talk about encounters and adventures looking to resolve without violence, from how to frame an encounter to ideas to discuss the topic at the start of the campaign.

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287 – The Mutant Tail

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 04:45:26 +0000

We decided to use the Expanded Setting Sheet and create our own setting. What came out was an empowering setting filled with fanciful technology of medical heights. With mutations in the world and how the world has been shaped by them.

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286 – The Vehicle Encounter Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 24 Feb 2020 04:45:46 +0000

We talk about using vehicles in your encounters and what happens when you do finally give the pilot an episode focused around them. From ideas on what others can do, to ways of structuring the encounter.

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285 – The Expanded Players Guide

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 04:45:26 +0000

Our look into the Expanded Players Guide continues with a look into themes, magic, and some of the cool ideas we have about how to bring this to the table. From helping new players learn the system and advancement to the vast fields of story that can be had.

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Expanded Players Guide
Pacific Rim
His Dark Materials
Long Earth Series
Oceans Franchise

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284 – The Expanded Players Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 04:45:11 +0000

We take a look at the Expanded Players Guide from Fantasy Flight Games and give our thoughts on this new book for Genesys. From the depths of a post apocalyptic future to the high Gothic of old school monsters we talk about how to use this book and some of the ways it inspires us.

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283 – The Phantom Menace Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 04:45:24 +0000

We find the tales in The Phantom Menace that we think would be amazing adventures from podracing to the heights of Courscant intrigue.

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282 – The Mandalorian Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 04:45:32 +0000

To talk about The Mandalorian we brought on Brandon from Heroes and Chris Ing. We have a fair bit of fun looking at the surface of the show, some of the themes and some of the very generic ways that the galaxy is working in a post Endor time.

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281 – The Follow On Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 04:45:24 +0000

Preparing to improvise is one of the trickier things to happen. We talk about some of how players can twist how we change things because how our players act and expect to make a much more engaging story. This episode also contains a crossover from Ted on the Manellian Express.

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280 – The Rise of Skywalker Tale Pt 2

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 04:45:47 +0000

We’re all back to talk about the force and redemption in the Rise of Skywalker. The ways that it can feel fulfilling to us and the ways that show an understanding.

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279- The Rise of Skywalker Tale PT 1

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 04:45:42 +0000

There was a movie that came out recently that had a crawl and was a Star Wars movie. This is part one of our discussion about the movie, the choices made, and a few thoughts of what we thought would make a more satisfying story.

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KMT New York Times Article

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278 – The Specialized Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 30 Dec 2019 04:45:00 +0000

A discussion about how to prepare players for a campaign launches us into talking about how you communicate ahead of time about a general topic, what specializations are allowed, and how to adjust player character ideas to what the campaign actually is.

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277 – The Return of the Jedi

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 04:45:13 +0000

We look to the first ending of a trilogy in Star Wars, from murder bears to the ending of galactic crime lords we have ideas on where we can put stories that coincide and are inspired by the Return of the Jedi.

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276 – The Recap Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 16 Dec 2019 04:45:17 +0000

Getting going again at the start of a new session can be torturous, echoing our favourite hotshot pilot of who talks first. We have ideas on how to keep notes on what comes next and how to start off for your players to hit the ground running.

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275 – Into the Fire Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 04:45:17 +0000

Taking on deeper topics at the table can be a great way of working through your feelings as a group, but it can be intimidating. We have ideas on how to do it at the table without scaring your players away and to make it touch on the topics the players want.

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274 – The Disruption Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 02 Dec 2019 04:45:21 +0000

It can only mean one thing, invasion. We were emailed a question about a player using the crafting mechanics at the table, from there we expanded the scope into talking about disruptive players and how to deal with them.

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273 – The House Rule Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 04:45:00 +0000

When Ben is looking for help coming up with tag team rules for a fight in a game he turns to Rissa for advice and a second set of eyes. We then take a look at a few of our own house rules that we’ve had to create.

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272 – The Saber Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 04:45:00 +0000

We were given a prompt on our discord server, and got talking about using sabers and the force in Star Wars adventures and how to make getting a lightsaber into something momentous for the characters and players.

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271 – The Empire Strikes Back Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 04:45:46 +0000

Rissa and Ben take a look at The Empire Strikes Back to see what stories that they get inspired to tell by the movie and little corners that create new avenues for adventures for you to use.

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270 – A Tale of Building

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 04:45:26 +0000

We talk of setting and communicating difficulty to not overpower your characters, and to make sure that your players understand the difficulties that are presented to them. From a single patrol to a gang that’s chasing after the party we have ideas on how to make sure no one is taken by surprise.

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269 – The Lawless Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 03:45:16 +0000

Law enforcement through out the galaxy has different textures that your players can feel. We start off talking about what to do with players who seem to be a law unto their own, not paying Stormtroopers any mind. Then we move to the outer rim and find ways to make a one ronto town feel alive with the sheriff. Finally we move through the detentes of the underworld and through using the Force in the dark times.

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268 – The Side Quest Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 03:45:00 +0000

We talk about making obligation and character side quests simple and and achievable along side the main plots. From keeping the ideas contained, to getting the players involved we have ideas on how to make character quests awesome for you and your players.

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267 – The New Hope Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 03:45:02 +0000

We start our series on taking inspiration from the Star Wars movies and seeing what stories we want to tell in the cracks, and what giant plots and galaxy changing things we see as coming from the text of the movies.

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266 – The Expensive Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 03:45:59 +0000

We talk about the stages of an adventuring party, from the poverty of starting to gaining the experience and equipment to be awesome. Ideas about how to handle the frustrations and lack of equipment abound in this episode.

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265 – The Consequences Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 03:45:23 +0000

There are times when players seem to not recognize when their actions should have consequences for their characters. We give advice on how to tie their actions explicitly back to the character actions and in how to make it more interesting when a die result means it’s complicated.

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264 – Tales of the Early Years

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 03:45:59 +0000

Every GM will have issues they have to overcome, there isn’t a set path to learning and being good at it. Rissa and Ben have had to learn along the way from their own mistakes. We share some of the weird things that have happened and how we can learn from them.

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263 – The Structured Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 03:45:00 +0000

We started to talk about how to build in the flexibility to deal with your players improvising at the table in the scenes you’re creating. Plus how to shape the fun in a way to not curtail the players exuberance while keeping your own fun as a core part of the game.

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262 – The Tale of Vergences

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 03:45:59 +0000

Adam from Force Majure asked about vergences and how to use them to guide the story and adventure. We have several ideas on how to make things even more out there for Star Wars and how we’re able to focus on making it fun and meaningful for the players.

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261 – The Three Plot Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 02 Sep 2019 03:45:46 +0000

We go back to the list of RPG plots and gain ideas for you and us to use. From a fish out of water, to diplomacy, and racing in between we have ideas on engaging plots and some nifty places to find ideas.

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260 – Setting The Hook Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 03:45:30 +0000

We talk about story hooks and trying to set the ones you as a GM want, while still being okay with the changes your players will inadvertently want. Growing beyond the plots we have and maturing into the stories of the whole table.

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Gridded Easel Pads
W est Marche s

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259 – A Blockade Run Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 03:45:15 +0000

Rissa was posed a question about how to get players to run blockades, we both have ideas and advice on how to make the seemingly impossible into challenges your players won’t balk to see.

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258 – A Tale of Two NPCs

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 03:45:49 +0000

For Heroes Act 2 Ben needed advice on how to do an important characters voice without doing an accent. Rissa has experience with making new voices and showing off different personalities for characters. The advice given becomes useful for differentiating characters for all.

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Daria

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257 – The Shepard’s Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 03:45:17 +0000

Ben had a question for Rissa, how do you guide the players without taking their agency away from them? How do you get the players to choose to do something that will be cool, but they have no idea how to get there?

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256 – The Android Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 03:45:07 +0000

In part 2 of our Android review we talk careers, the construction of the book, the favor economy, and hacking. We loved the setup and found that it sparked each of our imaginations in making us want to explore the universe more.

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255 – The Beanstalk Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Sun, 21 Jul 2019 15:45:27 +0000

A little while back Shadow of the Beanstalk launched from FFG, we decided to do a review episode about it and even brought in noted cyberpunkfile David Pickering. We talk about the lore and why the setting and mechanics lead to interesting choices to be made and how adventured hooks drip from the book.

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254 – The Edge to Age Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 03:45:33 +0000

Players grow and some want to move from the Edge of the Empire style of scum and villainy and a shade of grey for every action to something more obvious of good and bad. We have ideas on how to suggest this to your players and a few ways to nudge them into the rebellion.

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253 – The End of Thursday Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 03:45:17 +0000

Ben’s Thursday night campaign is coming to an end, but he’s unsure how he should do it. Rissa has several helpful ideas on how to bring it in for an end in a satisfying fashion.

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252 – The Failing Up Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 01 Jul 2019 03:45:36 +0000

After a session or two when your players are having no luck with the dice it can be so disheartening, and which can lead to player resentment. We talk about how to deal with failure after failure in a story and how to make it more interesting and fun for the player.

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Jurassic Park
Shrek 2
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251 – The Tale of Destiny

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 03:45:57 +0000

We get talking about the Destiny pool and how to keep it in play and moving between sides. From using it as a GM intrusion to an adventure to upgrading rolls and so many places in between

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250 – The GM Experience

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 03:45:42 +0000

We have David and Leslie on to talk about our methods of preparation, what we find needed, and how to encourage a new GM into running a second campaign.

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249 – The Period Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 03:45:23 +0000

Playing in the Old Republic Era has no stats behind it, nor does the Sequel Era. We have ideas on how to still use the system to tell amazing tales and not worry about the mechanics behind everything.

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248 – The Composition Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 03:45:19 +0000

Translating the inspiration for a campaign into what the players hear and see is hard. We have a few ideas on how to take that comncept that evoked your desire to run the adventure into what your players are having a blast in doing.

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247 – The Rumble Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 27 May 2019 03:45:44 +0000

An episode of Heroes makes Ben wonder about different ways of presenting encounters to the players. Rissa and Ben have some ideas on how to make sure that the players weapons aren’t always the first thing grabbed for.

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246 – The Player Pet Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 20 May 2019 03:45:29 +0000

Recounting a few missteps in our own history we have a few ideas on how to make the pets of a player matter to the game and to the players in ways that aren’t always obvious.

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245 – The Growing Threat Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 13 May 2019 03:45:53 +0000

We said it was going to be a series, and we’re starting it. Threat is a tricky thing to use since it’s very easy to undervalue it, we have ideas on how to make it more vibrant and how to not try to steal the success of a roll with threat.

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244 – The New Advantage Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 06 May 2019 03:45:17 +0000

We start our discussion about the extra mechanics in the FFG narrative system with advantage, as we start talking about the scale of what makes one advantage a small boost versus making three or four amazing and how to scale mechanically and narratively between.

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243 – The Indecisive Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 03:45:31 +0000

We talk about methods of how you as a player and a GM can move a disagreement at the table between characters and players along to some form of resolution, with a few examples from our own tables.

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D&D Alignment Chart
Enemy Mine
Tabletop Simulator

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242- The Unexpected Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 11:40:12 +0000

Surprises can be an amazing thing, and we have a few ideas on how to turn a cliff hanger into something that the players will never expect. From fantastic settings to NPCs that will haunt your players long after they’re put back in the box, we have ideas.

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241 – The Conflicted Party Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 03:45:40 +0000

An explosion of discussion happens in this episode about using the conflict mechanic as two GMs talk about their strategy for completely integrating the mechanic into their adventures and sessions.

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240 – The Momentum Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 03:45:36 +0000

We talk about how to end a scene and how to keep narrative momentum up when interest feels like it’s flagging. From adventure starts and getting that spur into adventure to the pacing when your player group is traveling.

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Mask of the Pirate Queen
Oceans Eleven

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239 – The Narrative Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 03:45:51 +0000

We talk about getting your players to narrate their actions more, from beginners who have never played an RPG before, to dungeon crawlers, to GMs who are there to relax.

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238 – The Explosive Character Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 03:45:12 +0000

Ben and Rissa watched a live stream of Star Wars the RPG and things happened, over the top things, things that made us want to talk about it. Here we are talking about what happens when a group that’s combat heavy comes to your more moderate adventure.

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237 – The Starting Character Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 03:45:44 +0000

A longtime patron got in touch with us about something that was on their mind and we thought it would make a good episode. This is talking about what do you give characters to start with and how do you guide them into directions your story might want to put on display.

We only talked about the topic today, no outside links on this episode

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236 – The Force Majeure Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 03:45:39 +0000

We have Adam Beltane on from the Force Majeure Podcast to talk about their experience with running their games, how they prepare, and how they got into the fun of Star Wars Roleplaying

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235 – The Escort Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 04 Mar 2019 04:45:37 +0000

We looked to a list of RPG plots and figured out many ways of making them work, from escorting NPCs to transporting items, to what happens when you find a ghost ship?

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234 The Variable Party Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 04:45:18 +0000

We talk about the need of theatrics at the table and how and why the need grows the less you know the players at the table as well as how it can become harder to do at the table.

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The Trope Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 04:45:31 +0000

Tropes get brought up quite a bit, we’ve heard it so much, from how a scene is hollow because there isn’t anything else attached to the trope to how some tropes repeated enough can be harmful to your own gaming table.

We talk about how this happens and how to deal better with tropes.

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The Writers Block Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 04:45:29 +0000

Rissa ran into writers block and we go through a few ways of inspiration while doing a very good method of talking out what lead to the indecision.

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The Clue Path Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 04:45:54 +0000

We talk with Leslie from Heroes and get questions about how to make sure your adventures don’t hit dead walls when giving players paths forward, especially with setting scenes and making sure that clues are actual clues.

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The Branded Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 04:45:11 +0000

I got watching the Bumblebee trailer and then wouldn’t stop talking about it, so Rissa and I got talking about how to bring our more favorite franchises into being used in Genesys and Star Wars.

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The Environmental Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 04:45:32 +0000

We look at environments and how to make them matter to your players who have taken talents and species that would make use of them. We also talk about how to lead the way in getting the most use out of an environment

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The Social Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 04:45:25 +0000

We’re back and talking social skills, how we use them, how the intent of the rolls are a good indication of how they should be adjudicated, and how two skills can be used for the same roll

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The Single Shot Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 04:45:28 +0000

Thinking about the one shots we’ve run, and how we’ve gone into preparing the adventures. We look at two vastly different styles of creating an experience for our players.

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The Road Ahead Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 31 Dec 2018 04:45:18 +0000

We talk about what 2018 has brought to the show and where we’re planning to take Heroes and Tales in the next year.

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The Charming Combat Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 24 Dec 2018 04:45:51 +0000

We talk about how big can one social check be in a combat action, especially one that has gone on quite long. From there we talk about types of actions that are easier to adjudicate and give some fun examples of how charm can be used to deflect combat from happening.

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The Present Player Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 17 Dec 2018 04:45:06 +0000

People aren’t always paying attention and can be distracted by a great many things, we talk about when it starts impacting their participation at the table as well as others.

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Eldritch Horror

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The Adding a Player Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 04:45:02 +0000

We look at the difficulties in adding a new player and their character in the middle of an ongoing campaign and making it as seamless and as rewarding as possible.

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Oggdude

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The Secret Society Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 04:45:25 +0000

Secret societies show up in more places than we’d normally think. They are a very valuable story telling tool and we explore them in a fashion that makes them easier to use.

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The Group of Individuals Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 04:45:00 +0000

We talk about a topic from the discord regarding mixed groups and how to make it feel that everyone is in the story, instead of just given simple tasks to do. From magic users and Genesys to how to get force users to constrain their powers, we have ideas.

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The Villainous Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 04:45:36 +0000

We talk about villains in your game, from introducing them, how much different types of adventures bring a villain out to the players, and so many places in between. We have advice and tales of when things didn’t go right.

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The In Character Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 04:45:58 +0000

From policing what or why your character would act a certain way to figuring out ways to make sure your split party compartmentalizes we have ideas on how to get your players and characters to identify closer to each other. We talk about how to metagame with a much freer conscience and a few simple ways GMs can gently push their players forward from planning to action.

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The Mystery Tale
Leverage RPG
Community

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The Plotting Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 04:45:27 +0000

Your players do weird things and will deal with situations out of the order in your head. We talk about some of our experiences with players going left when we’d have expected them to go right, and give a few ideas on how to deal with it otherwise.

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The Going into Business Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 03:45:15 +0000

Ben has players that through paying attention to all the little throw away ideas he had have found enough parts to go into business for themselves as an arms manufacturer. This boggled his mind, so he asked Rissa for advice. Also there are tales of a wookiee rescue and commune.

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The Player Guidance Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 03:45:34 +0000

Sometimes players get analysis paralysis and it gets frustrating for both the GM and the players alike. We have a few strategies to lessen the effect of it at the start of a session when the last session seems so long ago

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The Backstory Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 03:45:07 +0000

Ben is joined by Heroes Kristine and Leslie to talk about character backstory and motivations. From informing the characters actions to providing hooks for the Game Master to propel the story along we dive deep in these concepts.

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The Lost in Space Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 03:45:37 +0000

We talk about challenges we’ve had as GMs to get players engaged with the stories we’re trying to tell and some of the solutions we’ve had for when the players actively try to derail your plot.

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The Murder Mystery Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 03:45:50 +0000

Rissa and Ben set out to talk a little about making careers in Genesys, that idea was a red herring apparently as they fall into the trap of making a whole murder mystery one shot for you to use.

Things talked about in this episode:

Careers talked about in this episode:

Holmes – Brawl, Perception, Knowledge, Streetwise, Medicine, Skulduggery, Cool, Coercion

Poirot – Charm, Vigilance, Discipline, Deception, Stealth, Negotiation, Perception, Knowledge

Nancy Drew – Driving, Cool, Computers, Deception, Skulduggery, Resilience, Charm, Perception

Columbo – Ranged (light), Coercion, Streetwise, Perception, Discipline, Cool, Deception, Driving

Bones – Medicine, Mechanics, Computers, Knowledge, Discipline, Skulduggery, Coordination,

Jessica Fletcher – Vigilance, Streetwise, Stealth, Deception, Perception, Knowledge, Discipline, Computers

NPCs talked about in this episode:

Frank –

Blustery man, chomping cigars, running the interview. He’s seen this so much he doesn’t think the second murder has happened, he thinks that the players are making too much out of it. He’s seen it all before in this interview process. They dislike at least one of the player characters.

Short of stature, and has a comb-over. Suffering withdrawal of his cigar smoking, still makes the hand motions to deal with the cigar.

Caroline –

They are the planner, they devised the initial scenario that the investigators are going through and attempting to solve, including how the night is supposed to progress, who ‘killed’ the victim and the implement. As their plans go awry they get more and more frazzled

In her late 20s, graduated early, this scenario is the first time she’s been in charge of any sort of large scale gathering. She starts the night very calm and collected, very logical and ‘cold’ and as the night goes on she becomes irritated. Dressed with big round glasses,

Jason –

Nice man at the front desk of the precinct. No one would suspect him of having a mean bone in his body, but now…. He’s dead, Frank.

He had knowledge of comings and goings in the building, but now he knew something that someone wanted him dead with. He was the one who could put two and two together, but he didn’t know he needed to.

Sonja –

Runs the negotiations branch of the police force. Brash woman that is fairly short and wears sunglasses on her head all the time, even in side. Always wearing a duster/trench coat out into the field. When Frank and Sonja enter a room everyone else goes quiet since her and Frank do not get along usually. Has a very high willpower and a trained high charm/negotiations. 2 presence Frank has to roll a fear check every time she walks into the room. She’s trained to the Nth degree for hostage negotiations, but is more naturally forceful in her demeanor. (high will average presence)

Dan the Lab tech –

Kind of lazy lab tech that works in Franks division. He’s taken this assignment to be the interviews dead body because he’s wanting to get noticed by Frank. He takes notes for people in the lab and is wanting a promotion to do actual lab work… Or so he says.

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The Forgotten Skill Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 03:45:16 +0000

From discipline to astrogation many skills are forgotten by the whole table. We talk about several ways to make them more valuable for you and your players.

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The Player Choice Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 03:45:03 +0000

This week we start with a Minotaur stepping on the gas and it gets weirder from there. We talk about how you can plan for players being unpredictable and how you can recover from them doing something completely unexpected.

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The Expanding Narrative Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 03:45:16 +0000

Ben and Rissa talk about bringing meaning to your scenes and items. From making the blaster your gambler is carrying mean something extra to the framing of a dead body at the start of an adventure. We have ideas and tips for bringing your players into being more descriptive and making those descriptions matter.

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The Driven Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 03 Sep 2018 03:45:29 +0000

Ben and Rissa talk about the differences in approach that character driven and plot driven campaigns can take and are generated for your players.

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The Traditional Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 03:45:13 +0000

We start talking about the different sorts of force traditions there are from the Gand Findsmen to the Dathomiri Witches and try to come up with ways to make it matter in your game.

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Disciples of Harmony – Page 79

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The Character Finding Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 03:45:12 +0000

We talk about finding the stories that specializations want to tell and learning to find the ones that are there and not always forcing our own onto the career and specializations.

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The Cheese Wheel Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 13 Aug 2018 03:45:01 +0000

Ben, Rissa, and Leslie were talking about the absolute cheese that is in Star Wars and related products, how it’s baked into the essence of it, and discuss many ways to add it in and vectors to add some tension breaking levity to your adventures

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The Player Mayhem Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 03:45:46 +0000

We talk about the players who shoot first and may remember to ask questions after they’ve looted the bodies. We get ideas on how to make the experience broader with them and how to try and how to make their actions matter to the stories you’re telling.

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The Investigation Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 03:45:49 +0000

Ben is getting ready to run Mask of the Pirate Queen, Rissa runs a bunch of investigation and mysteries for her players. Rissa gives insights from her many adventures and what has worked and what hasn’t.

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The One Shot Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 03:45:51 +0000

This week we’re excited to welcome James D’amato from the One Shot Network to talk about improvisation and some strategies to make it easier at the game table when players throw you for a loop.

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The Captured Character Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 03:45:30 +0000

A scenario that’s always hard to setup is getting player characters captured. We talk about how to make it more intuitive for the characters to be captured, how to deal with a near total party kill, and how to make it so the players get the idea to be captured ‘all on their own’

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The Thisspiasian Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 03:45:39 +0000

We started to talk about playing different species for your games and how to make it matter for your players. From how NPCs interact to how to set expectations at the table

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The Closing Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 03:45:43 +0000

Episode 200, you’d think we’d talk about something profound. We talk about one of the most profound things you can actually do for your campaign. How to end it. Three hosts talk about the different kinds of endings we’ve seen and give some advice for GMs on how to make it satisfying.

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The Challenging Player Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 03:45:44 +0000

The topic of difficult players came up in discussion in the Tales twitter DMs. This brought up the different sorts of ways players and GMs can not see eye to eye on ideas and drew us to this episode topic.

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The Gambler Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 03:45:10 +0000

We were asked about a particular build for a character, it raised a bit of a flag for us and all hosts decided we should talk about specializations that require a bit more work by those around the table.

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The Han Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 03:45:56 +0000

We have a huge group to talk about Solo: A Star Wars Story and share our perspectives. To a person we liked the movie, but we also are the sort who can look at it and see what could be done better.

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The Difficulty Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 03:45:16 +0000

Communicating difficulty in an encounter is trickier than just giving out a number of dice. The players need to know before hand how to set their expectations. We discuss how and a few things that would normally be missed.

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Into The Character Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 28 May 2018 03:45:21 +0000

We talk about how to inhabit a character and create a perspective to separate two characters in a scene. We also touch on ways of acting to make a character unique in your play group as a player

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The Module Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 21 May 2018 03:45:09 +0000

Ben and Rissa discuss running a module and some of the pitfalls that can emerge from trying to follow too close to the text as written.

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The Steam Setting Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 14 May 2018 03:45:19 +0000

We created a steampunk setting in Genesys and look to different ideas that could come from the location we’ve created in Firemouth Outpost.

Things talked about in this episode:

Description of Firemouth Outpost:

Mining facility on the edge of the boiling sea where you can go to be part of the work crews, and support workers.

Miners work in shifts with a shift lead and many people below them, they work in large semi mechanical suits that protect from the crushing depths and the pressure of being down that far.

The corporation pays in script “gears” and there are sterling pounds as well as the metal that is mined at the spouts of the boiling sea.

Characters discussed in this episode:

Mad Scientist – Intellectual – Alchemy, Coercion, Knowledge, Mechanics, Medicine, Operating, Skulduggery, Ranged Heavy

Airship Captain – Mongrel – Clockwork, Discipline, Gunnery, Knowledge, Leadership, Mechanics, Operating, Perception

Miner – Revenant – Athletics, Coercion, Discipline, Mechanics, Melee, Perception, Resilience, Streetwise

Scoundrel – Average Human – Charm, Cool, Clockwork, Deception, Ranged Light, Skulduggery, Stealth, Streetwise

Fighter Pilot – Mongrel – Cool, Driving, Gunnery, Mechanics, Perception, Piloting, Range Light, Vigilance

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The Genesys Vehicle Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 07 May 2018 03:45:58 +0000

Ben Rissa and David talk about vehicles in Genesys and how they’re different from Star Wars while trying to remember all the rules for both systems.

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The Rissa Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Sun, 29 Apr 2018 15:45:38 +0000

No, we haven’t gone full Star Trek. We’re bringing on a new host and we’re interviewing her in this episode to give our listeners an idea of her style and some of the things she’s bringing to the table

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The Starting Player Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 03:45:57 +0000

Ben and Marcus talk about some of the mechanics involved with starting characters and why somethings are more important than others at low XP amounts.

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The Tale Vs Darkside

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 03:45:05 +0000

Ben has Marcus on to talk about his Force and Destiny podcast he creates with his kids and the lessons that can be learned from there. So much of the advice can be well used for bringing in any new player.

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The Tools Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 03:45:25 +0000

Ben and David talk about preparation tools for GMs and players as well as communication and character creation.

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Map Tales

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 03:45:09 +0000

Ben has guest Leslie on to talk about ways to use maps and things to consider when using maps in person and online for your players.

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The Surprised GM Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 03:45:27 +0000

Kristine and Ben talk about what they do when the players surprise them and leave them wondering what to do next.

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The Backgrounder Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 03:45:08 +0000

We talk about some of the ideas and issues of starting a player character and how much background is too much, as well as how much is not near enough.

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The Villainous Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 03:45:51 +0000

Ben and David talk about villains and how to present them to your players as fallible beings who can be defeated.

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The Absent Player Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 04:45:48 +0000

We’ve all had players missing a game or having to leave the game, Kristine and Ben talk about how to make the blow softer and strategies to make it more fun for you and your group.

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The Genesys Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 26 Feb 2018 04:45:41 +0000

Ben and Kristine discuss with David what we’ve taken away from the Genesys core book and some of the interesting tidbits we are looking forward to for the system.

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Invetigator Career:

Cool
Perception
Skulduggery
Streetwise
Brawl
Charm
Coercion
Knowledge

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The Deep Force Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 04:45:40 +0000

Ben has Chris Ing from Silhouette Zero and Heroes on to talk about the force and some of the deeper things you can look at when using the force in your games. From what is light and dark, to the different force traditions we have ideas on how to make the force deeper in your games.

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The Everything is Terrain Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 04:45:38 +0000

We talk about space combat and a few issues that can come up as well as a few unintended consequences of putting mechanics before narrative.

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Serrano Legacy Series – Once a Hero
Mandalorian Fang Fighter
Freespace 2
Edge of the Empire Point Defence Side Bar – Page 267
X-com 2
Stay on Target
Eleven Thirty Eight
Rebel Assault 2

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The Low Resource Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 04:45:57 +0000

We talk about how to run an adventure with few player resources and how to make it so player ingenuity is welcome when you take their toys away. From survival to horror to investigations we talk about ways of a few things to expect and ways to make it awesome.

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The Fail Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 04:45:22 +0000

We talk about failure in your game and how to make it feel like that isn’t the end of the action or the story. We show how there is always effects after an action even if they aren’t the desired ones.

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The Allied NPC Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 04:45:17 +0000

This week we talk about NPCs why some get elevated, how to deal with the mechanics for those that do get elevated, and why some people make full PCs for an NPC.

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The Last Jedi Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 04:45:42 +0000

We talk about themes in The Last Jedi and several of the things we ponder about the story, from using bombers to why using force face time would be useful in an RPG setting.

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The Way to End Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 04:45:46 +0000

We talk about how to end a session and a scene. With tips and examples of dramatic situations to leave your players in, the hosts have some deep thoughts about coming to that brick wall.

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Fiasco
Fiasco Dice
Fiasco Playsets
Table Top: Fiasco
- Setup
- Part 1
- Part 2
Hail Ceaser

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The Behind the Scenes Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 04:45:59 +0000

Kristine and Ben talk about the ways that you can use the in between session times to make your games better and keep engagement going when you have ideas that just need to get out.

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The Split Party Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 25 Dec 2017 04:45:09 +0000

Splitting the party can be treacherous for a GM, from boring other players to finding there’s just too much going on to keep track of. We have ideas on making it make more sense and a few tricks on keeping everyone engaged.

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The Failed Crafting Check Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 18 Dec 2017 04:45:24 +0000

We talk of how to make a failed crafting check mean something, what comes from not making something, and how to make it become a part of the story.

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The Home Brew Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 04:45:48 +0000

We talk about making a setting up for yourself. From new adversaries and minions to new pieces of equipment. This can broaden your horizons so much we wanted to give our initial takes on how to grow beyond the time between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back.Things talked about on the show:

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Finding the Destroyer Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 04:45:45 +0000

This is Kristine and Ben talking about the ‘hunt the Bismark’ campaign Ben did and ways to bring out the things that Ben had in his head for it at the table. We also talk of how to take ideas and see how big the idea really is.

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The Moral Beginner Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 04:45:48 +0000

We get talking about the morality mechanic and a few things we’ve been having a hard time with lately when looking at what the morality system can become and how to make it grow into bigger character beats than simple good or bad.

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The Bounty Board Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 04:45:23 +0000

We talk about Bounty Boards and how they can tell a story, even just in how they are accessed, and how they can propel your story forward to make amazingly complex worlds.

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The Threatening Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 04:45:12 +0000

We start talking about social encounters and then expand to talk about how to bring threats and advantage to the table in more narrative ways than just boosts and setbacks going into the next roll.Things discussed in this episode:

Legends of the Five Rings RPG
Genesys – social scenes
Powered By the Apocalypse
Dungeons and Dragons
Pathfinder
Dice For Brains
Game of Thrones
Silhouette Zero – Chris
Brent Brown

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The First Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 04:45:58 +0000

We slip from idea to idea as we talk about learning what your players want to do and giving them the tools to do it.

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The Round Table Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 03:45:15 +0000

We look into some of the ways to save a flagging group from having co GMs to genre swapping on a regular basis.

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The Personal Module Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 03:45:11 +0000

We talk about Dead in the Water and how you can break down the modules you see and read to make them more your own and get inspiration for the campaigns you want to run.

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The Party’s Problem Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 03:45:30 +0000

We talk about how to make adversaries and villains build in power, how to make them build in threat relevant to your player characters, and how to make these characters be more of an actual character to your players than just cardboard cutouts.

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The Obligation Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 03:45:48 +0000

We have Kristine Chester on to talk about obligation and ways to braid it into your plots so they don’t become plot derailing intrusions into your story and complement the characters that are there.

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The Mysterious Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 03:45:50 +0000

We talk about building mysteries and setting hooks for players to get interested in the adventure you have planned. From disappearing children to a penpal that wants to meet we have ideas on how to make a plot hook into that consuming little thing that drives players wild.

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The Creature Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 03:45:57 +0000

We talk about several ways to make creatures matter to a scene and how to make sure they don’t get lost in normal role-playing. From keeping tracking of characters to helping them set scenes.

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The Party Starting Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 18 Sep 2017 03:45:23 +0000

We talk about getting the players to be hooked for an adventure lead and how to make them more of a player party instead of just players. From discussing other RPGs to how to manage disagreements we have a jam packed episode for you today.

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The Home Brew Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 03:45:42 +0000

We talk about some of our different approaches of rules at the table, from how powerful the force is, to how much experience we give out at the table. It’s fun to see our different approaches and how varied our styles are.

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Pages Referenced on the show

Edge of the Empire Page 198 – length of a round
Edge of the Empire Page 301 – Awarding XP
Age of Rebellion Page 316 – Awarding XP
Force and Destiny Page 320 – Awarding XP

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The Silhouette Zero Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 03:45:17 +0000

Chris Ing has been a part of Heroes almost from the start, but Ben wanted to talk to him about his other podcast Silhouette Zero and two person gaming in general since it isn’t the typical way to run Star Wars RPG from FFG

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The Street Fighter Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 03:45:02 +0000

For our three year anniversary David and Ben talk about making brawling and mêlée characters that can keep up for damage, as well as looking at ways to build up specializations that don’t normally get a light on the cool ways they can be in a fight.

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The Gearing Up Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 03:45:59 +0000

We get talking about how to show your gear is your gear. From the care that Mandalorians put into their armour to the lengths that gunfighters will customize their blasters. We also touch upon bringing gear into play with checks beyond just shooting people.

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The Traditions Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 03:45:26 +0000

We get talking about how to use some of the other traditions of force use, where you can expand past the ideas of Jedi and Sith. We also talk about how to feel more epic for your power level and how to capture that clone wars feel for Jedi.

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The Learning GM Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 03:45:03 +0000

We get talking about how to entice your player onto the plot you’re wanting and what to do when they don’t do what you expect or will not engage with what you put before them. (hint: talk to your players)

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The Video Game Tale

Talesfromthehydianway@gmail.com (Benjamin Yendall) — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 03:45:42 +0000

We start asking how can you bring the narrative from a video game to the table top and get into emphasizing how you can show off narrative choice in letting the players find agency in what their choices mean.

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