304: EPG Review, Part 2: Specialization Trees

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In today's episode, I tackle maybe one of the most controversial aspects of the EPG: specialization trees! These talent trees originated in the Star Wars RPG, which is the predecessor of Genesys. I try to be as impartial as I could, but personal preferences do crop up.

If you don't yet have your copy of the EPG, you can get the PDF at DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/298208/Genesys-Expanded-Players-Guide?affiliate_id=275246

The intro/outro music is "Take a Chance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License.

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304: EPG Review, Part 2: Specialization Trees

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If you don't yet have your copy of the EPG, you can get the PDF at DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/298208/Genesys-Expanded-Players-Guide?affiliate_id=275246

The intro/outro music is "Take a Chance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License.

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307: EPG Review Part 4: New Tones 18:51

5 years ago18:51

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In this episode of Excess Advantage, we have some great news! Guillaume and I have started the French Genesys community! Pour les francophones, il y a maintenant des groupes sûr Facebook et Discord! Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/jdrgenesys/ Discord server: https://discord.gg/bUqj2nD Now, you all probably know that I am American, but I do know enough French to get into trouble, so I hope to see my French-speaking listeners on the new community sites! For the rest of the episode, I answer a listener question about incorporating the EPG and RoT magic talents. Then we do a deep dive into the two new tones in the EPG: Heist and Noir. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/excess-advantage/message…

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306: Magic Skills Guide 37:59

5 years ago37:59

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In today's episode, we take a break from the EPG review and I have a nice chat with Guillaume about his Skills Guide . It's been a #1 best seller on Foundry practically since the day it dropped, and for good reason! In this episode, we focus on the magic skills section because he has some amazing new rules for limiting starting magic without charging characters XP to unlock, and instead relies on skill checks! Text link to the Skills Guide: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/299740/Skills-Guide-Skills-Supplement-for-Genesys?affiliate_id=275246 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/excess-advantage/message…

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305: EPG Review Part 3: Social Encounters 17:56

5 years ago17:56

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In today's episode, we continue with the Expanded Optional Rules from the EPG: Social Encounters. This episode only discusses the basic of social skills as well as the new options and suggestions in the EPG. If you would like to hear my in-depth coverage of the social encounter mechanics, check out episode 113 (https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/episodes/113-Social-Encounters-e3h0qo)! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/excess-advantage/message…

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304: EPG Review, Part 2: Specialization Trees 20:13

5 years ago20:13

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In today's episode, I tackle maybe one of the most controversial aspects of the EPG: specialization trees! These talent trees originated in the Star Wars RPG , which is the predecessor of Genesys . I try to be as impartial as I could, but personal preferences do crop up. If you don't yet have your copy of the EPG, you can get the PDF at DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/298208/Genesys-Expanded-Players-Guide?affiliate_id=275246 The intro/outro music is "Take a Chance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. If you like what you hear, please leave a rating or review where you get your podcasts, it helps others find us. If you would like to donate to help support the podcast, please visit ko-fi.com/excess-advantage . --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/excess-advantage/message…

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303: EPG Review, Part 1 19:13

5 years ago19:13

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Greetings and welcome! This is the first of my more bite-sized episodes (clocking in a just under 20 minutes) and I take a deep dive into the EPG, Part 3 Chapter 1: Expanded Magic rules. In this episode, I talk about the new magic talents and actions added in the EPG and how I feel like the EPG is a love letter from the devs to the community. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/excess-advantage/message…

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Season 3 Intermission 1: Updates 6:13

5 years ago6:13

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Just a quick episode to update all y'all on what's happening with the podcast as well as the future of Genesys! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/excess-advantage/message

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302: Vehicles, Revisited 45:53

5 years ago45:53

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In this episode, I do a bit more of a deep dive into the vehicle rules and how to use them in your game. I focus on the different types of vehicle-centric campaigns. Small-craft combat and what is needed for a dog-fight. Other vehicular actions available to those who aren't the pilot or gunner. The intro/outro music is "Take a Chance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. If you like what you If you like what you hear, please leave a rating or review where you get your podcasts, it helps others find us. If you would like to donate to help support the podcast, please visit ko-fi.com/excess-advantage . --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/excess-advantage/message…

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301: Vehicles 41:34

5 years ago41:34

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With the recent release of the Expanded Player's Guide and the inclusion of vehicle creation rules, there has been a renewed interest into vehicles. So today we do a deep dive into the rules for vehicles: what a vehicle is, how it works, what it can and can't do and how vehicular combat differs from personal combat! The intro/outro music is "Take a Chance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. If you like what you If you like what you hear, please leave a rating or review where you get your podcasts, it helps others find us. If you would like to donate to help support the podcast, please visit ko-fi.com/excess-advantage. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/excess-advantage/message…

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The End 1:31

6 years ago1:31

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Due to real life circumstances, the podcast is over. Just remember, regardless of success or failure of your roll always check…for excess advantage. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/excess-advantage/message

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2i1: Asking Good Questions; Giving Quality Answers 14:37

6 years ago14:37

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Welcome to the first interlude episode of season 2! Due to an unfortunate family emergency, Scott was unable to make our regular recording day so I stepped in and gave a monologue on how you can ask good questions and give quality answers when interacting with the online community. While this advice is aimed at the Genesys community specifically, the advice is universally applicable to any fandom for any game system! Join the discussion: Discord: http://discord.gg/3vNJa6t Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/GenesysRPG/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/genesysrpg/ FFG Forums: https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/forum/527-genesys/ Buy the Books! Genesys Core Book: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/228813/Genesys-Core-Rulebook?affiliate_id=275246 Realms of Terrinoth : https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/239561/Realms-of-Terrinoth?affiliate_id=275246 Shadow of the Beanstalk : https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/266756/Shadow-of-the-Beanstalk?affiliate_id=275246 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/excess-advantage/message…

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208: Stealing From Other Games 33:57

6 years ago33:57

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Welcome back to Excess Advantage! Today, Scott and I discuss stealing from other games: what to steal, what not to steal and how to do it well. We discuss how to mitigate changes to the at-the-table mechanics as well as stealing prep/behind-the-scenes material whole-cloth from other games. Specific items discussed: The Perilous Wilds , a Dungeon World setting creation supplement Elite Dangerous RPG , which has some of the best solar system creation rules I've ever seen Stars Without Number , which has a great system for not only populating a cluster of star systems but also for figuring out what the main planet is like Scott's Traveller sector generator , for automating the sector creation for Mongoose Publishing's second edition of the Traveller RPG ————— Join the discussion: Discord: http://discord.gg/3vNJa6t Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/GenesysRPG/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/genesysrpg/ FFG Forums: https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/forum/527-genesys/ ————— Plain text links: The Perilous Wilds: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/156979/The-Perilous-Wilds?affiliate_id=275246 Elite Dangerous RPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/238339/Elite-Dangerous-RPG-core-book?affiliate_id=275246 Stars Without Number: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/226996/Stars-Without-Number-Revised-Edition?affiliate_id=275246 Traveller: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/171643/Traveller-Core-Rulebook?affiliate_id=275246 Scott's Traveller sector generator: https://github.com/DrainSmith/SectorGenerator --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/excess-advantage/message…

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207: Shadow of the Beanstalk Dev Chat 1:02:31

6 years ago1:02:31

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In today's episode, I am not only joined by everyone's favourite part-time host Scott, but Sam Stewart himself! Sam is back to answer all our questions about Android: Shadow of the Beanstalk! It's going to be a long one today, so I hope you enjoy spending the next hour with us! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/excess-advantage/message…

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206: Magic 49:12

6 years ago49:12

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Welcome to another great episode! Today I am once again joined by Scott and we discuss the magic system in Genesys . We go in-depth about how it works as well as the whys it works. One of the big things we talk about towards the end is the post by /u/greatfrito with a table for making your own magic implements! Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/excess-advantage/message…

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205: Setting Master Class, Part II 41:08

6 years ago41:08

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Welcome to the conclusion of the Genesys setting master class. If you missed the prior episode, please go back and listen to that one first so you'll get the entire class instead of just half of it. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/excess-advantage/message

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204: Setting Master Class, Part I 36:38

6 years ago36:38