Characters Without Stories
@characterswithoutstories.com
A TTRPG interview podcast talking about characters we haven’t had a chance to play yet.
Star (she/her), socialist, fuck fascists, from the river to the sea
https://www.characterswithoutstories.com
Star (she/her), socialist, fuck fascists, from the river to the sea
https://www.characterswithoutstories.com
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Someone said something really nice to me today. They said that after I interviewed them it made them question what kind of characters they build and why, and discovered something about themselves in the process. Then they said they love to listen to people do that on my show. Damn that feels good
My new obsession: soapbox races. The creative racers, the color commentary, the nail biting drama. It’s amazing
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November 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
My new obsession: soapbox races. The creative racers, the color commentary, the nail biting drama. It’s amazing
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I love the genre mashup. Give me all the Golden Girls/Cthulhus and WWII/Draculas you've got.
But I'm also looking for non-mashups. Sometimes it feels like the industry has an allergy. Westerns without magic. Drama without aliens. Detectives without Cthulhu.
www.explorersdesign.com/one-genre-ga...
But I'm also looking for non-mashups. Sometimes it feels like the industry has an allergy. Westerns without magic. Drama without aliens. Detectives without Cthulhu.
www.explorersdesign.com/one-genre-ga...
Dare to Play it Straight
The rarest tabletop genre is the simplest one. A call for more anti-mashups.
www.explorersdesign.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I love the genre mashup. Give me all the Golden Girls/Cthulhus and WWII/Draculas you've got.
But I'm also looking for non-mashups. Sometimes it feels like the industry has an allergy. Westerns without magic. Drama without aliens. Detectives without Cthulhu.
www.explorersdesign.com/one-genre-ga...
But I'm also looking for non-mashups. Sometimes it feels like the industry has an allergy. Westerns without magic. Drama without aliens. Detectives without Cthulhu.
www.explorersdesign.com/one-genre-ga...
I’ve been starting to come back to TTRPGs, been hiding in a hole for months 😂
Playing a Daggerheart short campaign with @thisisvictor.bsky.social and @dngnclub.itch.io that has been a total blast, love playing with these two!
Also ran No Thank You Evil for my daughter and husband, such a fun game!
Playing a Daggerheart short campaign with @thisisvictor.bsky.social and @dngnclub.itch.io that has been a total blast, love playing with these two!
Also ran No Thank You Evil for my daughter and husband, such a fun game!
November 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I’ve been starting to come back to TTRPGs, been hiding in a hole for months 😂
Playing a Daggerheart short campaign with @thisisvictor.bsky.social and @dngnclub.itch.io that has been a total blast, love playing with these two!
Also ran No Thank You Evil for my daughter and husband, such a fun game!
Playing a Daggerheart short campaign with @thisisvictor.bsky.social and @dngnclub.itch.io that has been a total blast, love playing with these two!
Also ran No Thank You Evil for my daughter and husband, such a fun game!
Playing I Was a Teenage Exocolonist, which I thought was a cute little game about being a kid and making friends in space but actually it’s one of the most profound experiences I’ve had gaming. 1/3
November 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Playing I Was a Teenage Exocolonist, which I thought was a cute little game about being a kid and making friends in space but actually it’s one of the most profound experiences I’ve had gaming. 1/3
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I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak
October 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak
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I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
September 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
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There’s a melancholy that comes from finishing a book for the first time. I just finished a 9 book series, over 5000 pages. It’s overwhelming. I wonder why that is.
September 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
There’s a melancholy that comes from finishing a book for the first time. I just finished a 9 book series, over 5000 pages. It’s overwhelming. I wonder why that is.
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Congress eliminated public media funding, and the president signed it into law. At a time of deep division, public media brings us together.
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July 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Congress eliminated public media funding, and the president signed it into law. At a time of deep division, public media brings us together.
Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq
Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq
Listen to me make a character that I would definitely interview myself about if that was possible.
🧛 🧑⚕️ NEW GAME MASTER MONDAY 🐇 🌩️
We play STARTING OUT! Join Feral, Fish, and Star as they build new characters from scratch and then use those characters in a brand new scenario!
Available everywhere you enjoy podcasts!
We play STARTING OUT! Join Feral, Fish, and Star as they build new characters from scratch and then use those characters in a brand new scenario!
Available everywhere you enjoy podcasts!
July 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Listen to me make a character that I would definitely interview myself about if that was possible.
I’m a former Angeleno - my parents were both raised in Westchester, I grew up in the Inland Empire, went to UCLA, and spent most of my early adulthood living in Westchester and West Hollywood. I still root for the Dodgers. I refer to all freeways as “the…”
I’ve never been prouder of LA.
I’ve never been prouder of LA.
June 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I’m a former Angeleno - my parents were both raised in Westchester, I grew up in the Inland Empire, went to UCLA, and spent most of my early adulthood living in Westchester and West Hollywood. I still root for the Dodgers. I refer to all freeways as “the…”
I’ve never been prouder of LA.
I’ve never been prouder of LA.
TikTok needs to have a report option for sugar baby messages because apparently they aren’t a scam.
June 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
TikTok needs to have a report option for sugar baby messages because apparently they aren’t a scam.
Gonna toot my own here: I did 99 points of damage in 2 rounds of combat in my D&D game as a 4th level wizard.
May 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Gonna toot my own here: I did 99 points of damage in 2 rounds of combat in my D&D game as a 4th level wizard.
Who names their kid Pizza?
It takes moxie to earn a PhD and become a scientist without using another name. I applaud you, Pizza!
It takes moxie to earn a PhD and become a scientist without using another name. I applaud you, Pizza!
May 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Who names their kid Pizza?
It takes moxie to earn a PhD and become a scientist without using another name. I applaud you, Pizza!
It takes moxie to earn a PhD and become a scientist without using another name. I applaud you, Pizza!
So this is how work has been
April 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
So this is how work has been
This episode of MBMBAM is the Platonic ideal of McElroy content:
✅ a TMI moment
✅ a highly specific catch phrase is created
✅ how to navigate a public social situation with increasingly ridiculous solutions
✅ Munch Squad devolves into a tangent about snack history
youtu.be/uGO2MZR80OM?...
✅ a TMI moment
✅ a highly specific catch phrase is created
✅ how to navigate a public social situation with increasingly ridiculous solutions
✅ Munch Squad devolves into a tangent about snack history
youtu.be/uGO2MZR80OM?...
MBMBaM 759: Face 2 Face: Mommy’s Special Sweets For Good Business Boys
YouTube video by The McElroy Family
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April 23, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This episode of MBMBAM is the Platonic ideal of McElroy content:
✅ a TMI moment
✅ a highly specific catch phrase is created
✅ how to navigate a public social situation with increasingly ridiculous solutions
✅ Munch Squad devolves into a tangent about snack history
youtu.be/uGO2MZR80OM?...
✅ a TMI moment
✅ a highly specific catch phrase is created
✅ how to navigate a public social situation with increasingly ridiculous solutions
✅ Munch Squad devolves into a tangent about snack history
youtu.be/uGO2MZR80OM?...
The way Amy Goodman welcomes Juan Gonzales with such evident warmth on Democracy Now every morning gives me the warm fuzzies. Which is good coming after the rest of the broadcast, which routinely makes me cry.
April 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The way Amy Goodman welcomes Juan Gonzales with such evident warmth on Democracy Now every morning gives me the warm fuzzies. Which is good coming after the rest of the broadcast, which routinely makes me cry.
Just watched this for the first time in years. This style of design is my jam
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youtu.be/sy1dYFGkPUE?...
Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (Official Video)
YouTube video by Justice
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April 16, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Just watched this for the first time in years. This style of design is my jam
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Picked up Leviathan Wakes and couldn’t put it down until I finished all 561 pages in 3 days. Corey writes a cliffhanger at the end of every chapter, it’s no wonder it worked so well for TV
April 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Picked up Leviathan Wakes and couldn’t put it down until I finished all 561 pages in 3 days. Corey writes a cliffhanger at the end of every chapter, it’s no wonder it worked so well for TV
Explaining to my 7 year old that there used to be a ton of shows about groups of friends or families that were basically “here’s their life.”
Here to ruin your day if you grew up in the 90s with
“Innnnn West Philadelphia, born and raised…”
Good luck getting that out of your head
Here to ruin your day if you grew up in the 90s with
“Innnnn West Philadelphia, born and raised…”
Good luck getting that out of your head
April 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Explaining to my 7 year old that there used to be a ton of shows about groups of friends or families that were basically “here’s their life.”
Here to ruin your day if you grew up in the 90s with
“Innnnn West Philadelphia, born and raised…”
Good luck getting that out of your head
Here to ruin your day if you grew up in the 90s with
“Innnnn West Philadelphia, born and raised…”
Good luck getting that out of your head
Dear Discord,
When I mute a category, that means I don’t want to see when a new channel has been made in that category.
When I mute a category, that means I don’t want to see when a new channel has been made in that category.
April 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Dear Discord,
When I mute a category, that means I don’t want to see when a new channel has been made in that category.
When I mute a category, that means I don’t want to see when a new channel has been made in that category.
Anyone excited Hilary Clinton is on Bluesky is delusional. Looking at history through rose colored glasses. She’s just like Biden and Schumer
April 1, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Anyone excited Hilary Clinton is on Bluesky is delusional. Looking at history through rose colored glasses. She’s just like Biden and Schumer
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We hate fat. We will do anything to get rid of it.
And our hatred not only makes people in larger bodies miserable. It makes us incurious. What do we lose when we don’t ask questions about fat?
www.scientificamerican.com/article/fat-...
And our hatred not only makes people in larger bodies miserable. It makes us incurious. What do we lose when we don’t ask questions about fat?
www.scientificamerican.com/article/fat-...
Fat Doesn’t Deserve Its Bad Rap
Fat is one of the most active, dynamic organs we have. Why can’t we learn to love it?
www.scientificamerican.com
March 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
We hate fat. We will do anything to get rid of it.
And our hatred not only makes people in larger bodies miserable. It makes us incurious. What do we lose when we don’t ask questions about fat?
www.scientificamerican.com/article/fat-...
And our hatred not only makes people in larger bodies miserable. It makes us incurious. What do we lose when we don’t ask questions about fat?
www.scientificamerican.com/article/fat-...
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used to not have toilets, shade or drinking water cause bosses said it was too expensive. With pesticides we would work too close to the spray. Thanks to Cesar Chavez they changed those things. Join us in marching for Cesar Chávez - Francisco, CA farmworker, 28 yrs #WeFeedYou
March 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
used to not have toilets, shade or drinking water cause bosses said it was too expensive. With pesticides we would work too close to the spray. Thanks to Cesar Chavez they changed those things. Join us in marching for Cesar Chávez - Francisco, CA farmworker, 28 yrs #WeFeedYou