Ep 57 - Factions, Guilds, & Other Affiliations

Passive (Aggressive) Perception

Is your TTRPG character affiliated with anything larger than themselves or the party they roll with (heheh puns)? This week we cover TTRPG factions, guilds, and other big-picture affiliations. We discuss how they can provide scope, inform character backstory, create fascinating and useful narrative drivers for your campaigns, and much more.
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Show Breakdown:

• 0:00: Intro
• 01:12: TTRPG News
• 10:12 Main Topic
• 12:50: Some TTRPGs lean more heavily on factions than others
• 13:32: TTRPG factions serving as patrons
• 15:53: Forged in the Dark and juggling power between factions
• 16:58: Big factions that span entire peoples and how they can inform character backstory and disposition
• 21:14: TTRPG factions can help characters realize end-game aspirations
• 22:44: Using factions as a trump card
• 26: 18: Factions can be a way to introduce lore and legacy setting characters
• 27:17: Factions can be a great way to explain the 'start of things'
• 33:05: Watch out for misaligned goals and disparate faction affiliations within your TTRPG party
• 35:25: Outro

Chapters

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. TTRPG News (00:01:12)

3. Main Topic (00:10:12)

4. Some TTRPGs lean more heavily on factions than others (00:12:50)

5. TTRPG factions serving as patrons (00:13:32)

6. Forged in the Dark and juggling power between factions (00:15:53)

7. Big factions that span entire peoples and how they can inform character backstory and disposition (00:16:58)

8. TTRPG factions can help characters realize end-game aspirations (00:21:14)

9. Using factions as a trump card (00:22:44)

10. Factions can be a way to introduce lore and legacy setting characters (00:26:18)

11. Factions can be a great way to explain the 'start of things' (00:27:17)

12. Watch out for misaligned goals and disparate faction affiliations within your TTRPG party (00:33:05)

13. Outro (00:35:25)