Nix, a Children's Party Magician - Quirks and Quests with Alex (Quest)

Characters Without Stories

Alex brings Nix to the table. Alex is a traveling magician who cheerfully becomes a hero.

Alex and I discuss mad libs character creation, the nature of magic, and being inspired by a hat.

This character is built for Quest.

Alex, also known as Apples_n_Cinnamon, a ttrpg enthusiast and a blooming forever GM. They make TTRPG content somewhat sporadically but play in a variety of games in as many systems as possible!

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Chapters

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. Nix (00:02:02)

3. Mad Libs character creation (00:03:10)

4. Magicians in Quest (00:06:56)

5. Gandalf is a children's party magician (00:10:49)

6. That one moment that sparks your imagination (00:13:37)

7. Pay attention to the dancing clown (00:17:49)

8. Singlehandedly ending climate change (00:22:54)

9. What's a magician without a deck of cards? (00:27:30)

10. You can't pin down a gender on magic (00:29:51)

11. I put too much of my soul in my characters (00:33:07)

12. That's just the Barovian accent (00:36:28)

13. Medieval Tiger Beat (00:39:33)

14. Would you rather spend the night outdoors or in an inn? (00:40:18)

15. Outro (00:41:09)