Series 9.1 - Spire with Grant Howitt (Creation)
Channel: Character Creation Cast
Date: 19/03/2021

This episode starts our 9th series! On today’s episode we will be talking with the creator of such games as Honey Heist, One Last Job, and the game we’ll be covering this series, Spire! That’s right, we have Grant Howitt in our virtual studio for some discussion about Spire before we start digging into character creation for this amazing game!

Announcements:
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Guests and Projects:
Grant Howitt: @gshowitt (https://twitter.com/gshowitt)

Website: https://rowanrookanddecard.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gshowitt
Old Website (Including articles about player advice): http://lookrobot.co.uk/games/
Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Announcements
00:02:50 - Introductions
00:05:54 - What’s in a Game? - Spire’s Setting
00:07:59 - What did it take to get all of the little details into Spire?
00:12:03 - Amelia inspires Grant - Strata
00:16:17 - Spire SRD
00:17:39 - What materials do we need to play?
00:18:53 - What do your characters do in Spire?
00:20:41 - What is unique about Spire?
00:22:19 - History of the Spire’s development
00:30:02 - What terms and concepts do we need to know for character creation?
00:33:42 - Let’s Makes Some People! - Picking classes
00:37:33 - Filling in some boxes - Advances
00:39:32 - Grant breaks the rules - Durances
00:41:12 - Core Abilities - Grant
00:42:43 - What is Refresh?
00:44:34 - Core Abilities - Amelia
00:45:44 - Ryan’s Weapon Choice
00:46:00 - Grant’s Weapon Choice
00:46:27 - Core Abilities - Ryan
00:47:25 - Episode Closer
00:49:19 - Show Blurbs!
Game systems and materials discussed in this episode:
Spire by Rowan, Rook and Decard

Spire RPG: https://rowanrookanddecard.com/product/spire-rpg/
Other games by Grant:

https://rowanrookanddecard.com/shop/
Music:
Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)
Clip 1: Revolution Now (Instrumental) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward/The_Simple_Life_Part_1/JoshWoodward-TSL-NoVox-105-RevolutionNow) by Josh Woodward (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward/)
Clip 2: Babylon Shall Fall (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Simon_Mathewson/Some_dance_tracks/Babylon_Shall_Fall_1438) by Simon Mathewson (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Simon_Mathewson/)
Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/)
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