An Unnamed Soldier – Coping with Fictional Trauma in Character and Out with Jeffrey Baker (D&D5e)

12/30/23 • 45 min

Jeffrey Baker brings an unnamed soldier to the table. The unnamed soldier is a grizzled drill sergeant who motivates his party through tough love and (bardic) inspirational speeches.

Jeffrey and I discuss playing older characters with life experience, roleplay bleed and after care, and being the party dad.

This character is built for D&D5e.

Jeffrey Baker is a dad, LARPer, and game designer; Jeffrey has been playing TTRPGs ever since his older brothers would allow him to join. His creative well consists of using his personal life, theatre training, and LARP background to make fully realized characters.

You can learn more about Jeffrey at:
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Jeffrey Baker brings an unnamed soldier to the table. The unnamed soldier is a grizzled drill sergeant who motivates his party through tough love and (bardic) inspirational speeches.

Jeffrey and I discuss playing older characters with life experience, roleplay bleed and after care, and being the party dad.

This character is built for D&D5e.

You can learn more about Jeffrey at:
https://www.characterswithoutstories.com/guests/jeffrey-baker

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Characters Without Stories - An Unnamed Soldier – Coping with Fictional Trauma in Character and Out with Jeffrey Baker (D&D5e)

Transcript

Jeffrey00:00:00.709

The dad voice and the dad look, the glare you can give to your kid that only they know, like, Oh, I'm in trouble,

Jeffrey00:00:08.980

especially in LARP situations. It's like, Hey, anything goes, man, this is as real as it gets just stay in character. Just take it in character and you'll be okay. And nobody thought about the bleed. He's constantly buying this white powder and he mixes it with his tea every morning. A