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Welcome back to Complicated Opportunities!  This week we are following up on allomancy with feruchemy! We deep dive into each of the paths.  Hear about the different mechanics and some of our favorites like Zinc and Brass. What builds do you want to see using feruchemy?     Follow us on Instagram @complicatedopportunites Listen to our podcasts on: Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/complicated-opportunities/id184343689 Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/4O8WAJzWbH3GyC8wDlkdzs Podbean:  https://www.podbean.com/pw/pbblog-38agw-145856e   Get a discount on all your fantasy-inspired candles! Cantrip Candles Affiliate Link: https://cantripcandles.com/?bg_ref=6dRfmHw5Io Discount Code: CANTRIPSHARDOF10    Join the Shard of Opportunity on Patreon: https://patreon.com/ShardofOpportunity   GMs: Kyle ( ⁨@dorksider⁩  ) & Irving Logo and Art By: Nikki Ashton Socials managed by: Irving   #cosmere  #cosmererpg  #shardofopportunity  #brandonsanderson  #ttrpg  #brotherwise  #podcast  #rpg  #tabletopgames  #tabletop  #tabletoprpg  #rpggames #mistbornrpg

Welcome back to Complicated Opportunities!  This week we are joined by part of the Mistborn Legacy Writing team! WARNING THERE ARE HEAVY SPOILERS.  We hear about the process, early development, designing chapters and adversaries, and NPCs.  This is one you don’t want to miss!   Chapters:   00:00 — Introduction and Spoiler Alert 00:50 — Introduction of the Panel and Speakers 02:47 — Origins of the Mistborn Legacy Project and the Writers’ Backgrounds 03:36 — Designing Chapters Based on Book Lore 07:33 — Incorporating Genre Elements and Themes 08:26 — Initial Concepts and Design Decisions for the Adventure 11:20 — Major Timeline Changes and Their Narrative Implications 12:08 — Tools and Resources for GMs 14:10 — The Evolution of Mistborn Legacy 15:42 — Player Engagement and Storytelling 19:47 — The Writers on Outlining and Changes 20:11 — Community Involvement in Development 23:07 — Balancing Narrative and Gameplay 25:50 — Differences Between Early Drafts and Final Versions 26:48 — Final Tips for GMs and Players 32:40 — Designing Adversaries and Key NPCs 38:45 — Favorite NPCs and Memorable Character Moments 44:44 — Working Within the Cosmere Universe and Lore Considerations 51:39 — Challenges of Writing in an Established World Versus Original Settings 57:03 — The Collaborative Process of Writing, Feedback, and Revisions 62:47 — Balancing Lore, Mechanics, and Narrative in Adventure Design 70:07 — Reflections on the Creative Journey and Future Projects   Follow us on Instagram @complicatedopportunites Listen to our podcasts on: Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/complicated-opportunities/id184343689 Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/4O8WAJzWbH3GyC8wDlkdzs Podbean:  https://www.podbean.com/pw/pbblog-38agw-145856e   Get a discount on all your fantasy-inspired candles! Cantrip Candles Affiliate Link: https://cantripcandles.com/?bg_ref=6dRfmHw5Io Discount Code: CANTRIPSHARDOF10    Join the Shard of Opportunity on Patreon: https://patreon.com/ShardofOpportunity   GMs: Kyle ( ⁨@dorksider⁩  ) & Irving Logo and Art By: Nikki Ashton Socials managed by: Irving   #cosmere  #cosmererpg  #shardofopportunity  #brandonsanderson  #ttrpg  #brotherwise  #podcast  #rpg  #tabletopgames  #tabletop  #tabletoprpg  #rpggames #mistbornrpg

Welcome back to Complicated Opportunities!  This week we are giving you our deep dive into everything World Guide!  We discuss Cosmology, Points of Interest, Adversaries oh my!     Follow us on Instagram @complicatedopportunites Listen to our podcasts on: Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/complicated-opportunities/id184343689 Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/4O8WAJzWbH3GyC8wDlkdzs Podbean:  https://www.podbean.com/pw/pbblog-38agw-145856e   Get a discount on all your fantasy-inspired candles! Cantrip Candles Affiliate Link: https://cantripcandles.com/?bg_ref=6dRfmHw5Io Discount Code: CANTRIPSHARDOF10    Join the Shard of Opportunity on Patreon: https://patreon.com/ShardofOpportunity   GMs: Kyle ( ⁨@dorksider⁩  ) & Irving Logo and Art By: Nikki Ashton Socials managed by: Irving   #cosmere  #cosmererpg  #shardofopportunity  #brandonsanderson  #ttrpg  #brotherwise  #podcast  #rpg  #tabletopgames  #tabletop  #tabletoprpg  #rpggames #mistbornrpg

Welcome back to Complicated Opportunities!  Mistborn launch week continues! We are covering the rest of the Allomancy Paths!   Follow us on Instagram @complicatedopportunites Listen to our podcasts on: Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/complicated-opportunities/id184343689 Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/4O8WAJzWbH3GyC8wDlkdzs Podbean:  https://www.podbean.com/pw/pbblog-38agw-145856e   Get a discount on all your fantasy-inspired candles! Cantrip Candles Affiliate Link: https://cantripcandles.com/?bg_ref=6dRfmHw5Io Discount Code: CANTRIPSHARDOF10    Join the Shard of Opportunity on Patreon: https://patreon.com/ShardofOpportunity   GMs: Kyle ( ⁨@dorksider⁩  ) & Irving Logo and Art By: Nikki Ashton Socials managed by: Irving   #cosmere  #cosmererpg  #shardofopportunity  #brandonsanderson  #ttrpg  #brotherwise  #podcast  #rpg  #tabletopgames  #tabletop  #tabletoprpg  #rpggames

Welcome back to Complicated Opportunities!  Mistborn launch week continues! We are covering the metalborn talents and starting down the path to allomancy!   Follow us on Instagram @complicatedopportunites Listen to our podcasts on: Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/complicated-opportunities/id184343689 Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/4O8WAJzWbH3GyC8wDlkdzs Podbean:  https://www.podbean.com/pw/pbblog-38agw-145856e   Get a discount on all your fantasy-inspired candles! Cantrip Candles Affiliate Link: https://cantripcandles.com/?bg_ref=6dRfmHw5Io Discount Code: CANTRIPSHARDOF10    Join the Shard of Opportunity on Patreon: https://patreon.com/ShardofOpportunity   GMs: Kyle ( ⁨@dorksider⁩  ) & Irving Logo and Art By: Nikki Ashton Socials managed by: Irving   #cosmere  #cosmererpg  #shardofopportunity  #brandonsanderson  #ttrpg  #brotherwise  #podcast  #rpg  #tabletopgames  #tabletop  #tabletoprpg  #rpggames

Welcome back to Complicated Opportunities Episode 47!  Mistborn launch week continues! We are finishing the first impressions of the handbook! We cover the metalborn paths, items, and world hopping?!?    Follow us on Instagram @complicatedopportunites Listen to our podcasts on: Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/complicated-opportunities/id184343689 Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/4O8WAJzWbH3GyC8wDlkdzs Podbean:  https://www.podbean.com/pw/pbblog-38agw-145856e   Get a discount on all your fantasy-inspired candles! Cantrip Candles Affiliate Link: https://cantripcandles.com/?bg_ref=6dRfmHw5Io Discount Code: CANTRIPSHARDOF10    Join the Shard of Opportunity on Patreon: https://patreon.com/ShardofOpportunity   GMs: Kyle ( ⁨@dorksider⁩  ) & Irving Logo and Art By: Nikki Ashton Socials managed by: Irving   #cosmere  #cosmererpg  #shardofopportunity  #brandonsanderson  #ttrpg  #brotherwise  #podcast  #rpg  #tabletopgames  #tabletop  #tabletoprpg  #rpggames

Welcome back to Complicated Opportunities!  IT IS TIME! There is Always Another Secret, as Mistborn launches.  In this episode, the guys will be discussing the beginning of the Handbook through the Heroic Paths.  We will keep the Mistborn content coming, so be on the look out, you never know when a new video might drop.   Follow us on Instagram @complicatedopportunites Listen to our podcasts on: Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/complicated-opportunities/id184343689 Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/4O8WAJzWbH3GyC8wDlkdzs Podbean:  https://www.podbean.com/pw/pbblog-38agw-145856e   Join the Shard of Opportunity on Patreon: https://patreon.com/ShardofOpportunity   GMs: Kyle ( ⁨@dorksider⁩  ) & Irving Logo and Art By: Nikki Ashton Socials managed by: Irving   #cosmere  #cosmererpg  #shardofopportunity  #brandonsanderson  #ttrpg  #brotherwise  #podcast  #rpg  #tabletopgames  #tabletop  #tabletoprpg  #rpggames

Welcome back to Complicated Opportunities!  This week we get back to our series on prepping a campaign.  This week we talk about character backstories.  They talk about some tips and how to use your players backstories to help them….or cause emotional damage!   Follow us on Instagram @complicatedopportunites Listen to our podcasts on: Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/complicated-opportunities/id184343689 Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/4O8WAJzWbH3GyC8wDlkdzs Podbean:  https://www.podbean.com/pw/pbblog-38agw-145856e   Join the Shard of Opportunity on Patreon: https://patreon.com/ShardofOpportunity   GMs: Kyle ( ⁨@dorksider⁩  ) & Irving Logo and Art By: Nikki Ashton Socials managed by: Irving   #cosmere  #cosmererpg  #shardofopportunity  #brandonsanderson  #ttrpg  #brotherwise  #podcast  #rpg  #tabletopgames  #tabletop  #tabletoprpg  #rpggames

Welcome back to Complicated Opportunities!  This week we hear the guys tales from the tables at GenCon!  Hear about Law and Obligation (Spoilers in the Chapters), as little as we can talk about Mistborn, and general GenCon fun! We talk hauls, signings, celebrity spottings, and Kyle gets recognized?!? Sit back, relax and enjoy the show!   Chapters:   0:00-0:39 Intro 0:40-10:56 Tales from the Table 10:57-19:46 Law and Obligation Spoilers 19:47-24:18 Food Talk 24:19-27:06 Book Signings 27:07-28:16 Kyle Gets Recognized?!? 28:17-36:06 Con Wrap Up   Follow us on Instagram @complicatedopportunites Listen to our podcasts on: Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/complicated-opportunities/id184343689 Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/4O8WAJzWbH3GyC8wDlkdzs Podbean:  https://www.podbean.com/pw/pbblog-38agw-145856e   Join the Shard of Opportunity on Patreon: https://patreon.com/ShardofOpportunity   GMs: Kyle ( ⁨@dorksider⁩  ) & Irving Logo and Art By: Nikki Ashton Socials managed by: Irving   #cosmere  #cosmererpg  #shardofopportunity  #brandonsanderson  #ttrpg  #brotherwise  #podcast  #rpg  #tabletopgames  #tabletop  #tabletoprpg  #rpggames

Welcome to the first part of our GenCon coverage! This week we will be breaking down all of the news that Brotherwise and Dragonsteel shared at GenCon! Hear about Mistborn! Shards of Creation! The follow up to Stonewalkers!   Follow us on Instagram @complicatedopportunites Listen to our podcasts on: Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/complicated-opportunities/id184343689 Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/4O8WAJzWbH3GyC8wDlkdzs Podbean:  https://www.podbean.com/pw/pbblog-38agw-145856e   Join the Shard of Opportunity on Patreon: https://patreon.com/ShardofOpportunity   GMs: Kyle ( ⁨@dorksider⁩  ) & Irving Logo and Art By: Nikki Ashton Socials managed by: Irving   #cosmere  #cosmererpg  #shardofopportunity  #brandonsanderson  #ttrpg  #brotherwise  #podcast  #rpg  #tabletopgames  #tabletop  #tabletoprpg  #rpggames

While the guys were at GenCon this past week (it was AWESOME), we figured we would share the rest of the interviews that Kyle did at JordanCon, well most of them.  Join us as LitRPG writer Erin Ampersand, Game Writer Sarah Madsen, and Kritter XD join Kyle to talk all things JordanCon.     Follow us on Instagram @complicatedopportunites Listen to our podcasts on: Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/complicated-opportunities/id184343689 Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/4O8WAJzWbH3GyC8wDlkdzs Podbean:  https://www.podbean.com/pw/pbblog-38agw-145856e   Join the Shard of Opportunity on Patreon: https://patreon.com/ShardofOpportunity   GMs: Kyle ( ⁨@dorksider⁩  ) & Irving Logo and Art By: Nikki Ashton Socials managed by: Irving   #cosmere  #cosmererpg  #shardofopportunity  #brandonsanderson  #ttrpg  #brotherwise  #podcast  #rpg  #tabletopgames  #tabletop  #tabletoprpg  #rpggames

Welcome back to another episode of Complicated Opportunities!  Storms Above we caught a Legendary!  Join us this week as we are joined by not 1, not 2, but 3 members of the Brotherwise Team! Ross Leiser and Meric Moir make their return, but we are also joined by Johnny O’Neal! We have an AMA that we gathered on reddit and discuss the future of the Cosmere RPG and answer some of your burning questions.  Enjoy!   Follow us on Instagram @complicatedopportunites Listen to our podcasts on: Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/complicated-opportunities/id184343689 Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/4O8WAJzWbH3GyC8wDlkdzs Podbean:  https://www.podbean.com/pw/pbblog-38agw-145856e   Join the Shard of Opportunity on Patreon: https://patreon.com/ShardofOpportunity   GMs: Kyle ( ⁨@dorksider⁩  ) & Irving Logo and Art By: Nikki Ashton Socials managed by: Irving   #cosmere  #cosmererpg  #shardofopportunity  #brandonsanderson  #ttrpg  #brotherwise  #podcast  #rpg  #tabletopgames  #tabletop  #tabletoprpg  #rpggames

Welcome back to another episode of Complicated Opportunities!  We are doing a bit of a remix! Kyle & Irving talk about the 7 player types as outlined by Robin’s Laws of Gamemastering. Irving has decided they are more like a horoscope so: Kyle is a Powergamer Sun, Storyteller Rising, Butt-kicker Moon & Irving a Powergamer Sun, Tactician Rising, Method Actor Moon   Follow us on Instagram @complicatedopportunites Listen to our podcasts on: Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/complicated-opportunities/id184343689 Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/4O8WAJzWbH3GyC8wDlkdzs Podbean:  https://www.podbean.com/pw/pbblog-38agw-145856e   Join the Shard of Opportunity on Patreon: https://patreon.com/ShardofOpportunity   GMs: Kyle ( ⁨@dorksider⁩  ) & Irving Logo and Art By: Nikki Ashton Socials managed by: Irving   #cosmere  #cosmererpg  #shardofopportunity  #brandonsanderson  #ttrpg  #brotherwise  #podcast  #rpg  #tabletopgames  #tabletop  #tabletoprpg  #rpggames

Session Zero Revisited | Episode 39 - Complicated Opportunities Needs Review Needs Link   Welcome back to another episode of Complicated Opportunities!  We are doing a bit of a remix!  In the first of a series of episodes, Kyle & Irving revisit Session Zero through the lens of more of what Kyle learned running Stonewalkers.  They talk about online vs in person, character creation, and more!   Follow us on Instagram @complicatedopportunites Listen to our podcasts on: Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/complicated-opportunities/id184343689 Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/4O8WAJzWbH3GyC8wDlkdzs Podbean:  https://www.podbean.com/pw/pbblog-38agw-145856e   Join the Shard of Opportunity on Patreon: https://patreon.com/ShardofOpportunity   GMs: Kyle ( ⁨@dorksider⁩  ) & Irving Logo and Art By: Nikki Ashton Socials managed by: Irving   #cosmere  #cosmererpg  #shardofopportunity  #brandonsanderson  #ttrpg  #brotherwise  #podcast  #rpg  #tabletopgames  #tabletop  #tabletoprpg  #rpggames

Welcome back to another episode of Complicated Opportunities!  Join us as Irving helps Kyle learn how to read a chart (j/k…kinda).  We review how to build encounters and maybe prevent (or encourage a TPK).  Join us as we use the handbook to discuss different ways to challenge your party and keep it interesting.     Follow us on Instagram @complicatedopportunites Listen to our podcasts on: Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/complicated-opportunities/id184343689 Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/4O8WAJzWbH3GyC8wDlkdzs Podbean:  https://www.podbean.com/pw/pbblog-38agw-145856e   Join the Shard of Opportunity on Patreon: https://patreon.com/ShardofOpportunity   GMs: Kyle ( ⁨@dorksider⁩  ) & Irving Logo and Art By: Nikki Ashton Socials managed by: Irving   #cosmere  #cosmererpg  #shardofopportunity  #brandonsanderson  #ttrpg  #brotherwise  #podcast  #rpg  #tabletopgames  #tabletop  #tabletoprpg  #rpggames