POP 0: Character Creation

Summary
Luke Varner introduces the cast of this campaign: Tyberius Wilson, Fabby Garza, Mike Painter, and Crystal Zaslavchik. There is also Zoe Tunnell, who could not make it to this recording.

As discussed in Design Session #0, Eidolon POP leans towards a more Persona-esque style compared to Eidolon ROCK. Before the game can begin, however, characters need to be made. Most of the players have an idea already of what they'll be playing, but now it will all be finalized. The campaign will be set at Joseph University of North Gibsonburg, where most of the players will be students that take Narrative Musicology and the Occult Philosophy of Storytelling. This is a class run by Tyberius Wilson's character, who designed it with the hope that no one would take it.

First to discuss his character is Tyberius Wilson. His character's Playbook is the Veteran, meaning he had previous adventures in days long gone. While protagonists in the Persona series are predominantly teenagers, this character can lean on the archetypes of the adult figure who supports the party. Tyberius Wilson does not have a name prepared, but suggests Quentin for a first name. He does have an Eidolon name ready - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. Its power is providing crucial support with threads, making use of the power of its former Playbook (Alchemist) of turning sound into threads. Tyberius Wilson describes the Eidolon as being spider-like with trickster/gangster vibes and multiple eyes. In its younger form, it was more spider-like. In order to save time hashing out the character's entire backstory, Luke Varner suggests they can only hazily remember the previous adventure they went on, with blanks filling in later.

Up next is Fabby Garza. She is playing the Inhuman, a Shade who found her way to the human world somehow. In The Undertow, the character is an anthropomorphic bear girl

Trivia

 * Everyone in the cast has played with Luke Varner in a tabletop game before, except for Crystal Zaslavchik.
 * played in a previous off-air playtest of EIDOLON: Become Your Best Self.