How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG
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Pilot - Making a Noble Monk in Dungeons & Dragons
How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG
04/01/24 • 46 min
21 - Making a Big, Strong, Focused, Dumb Boy in Warriors Adventure Game
How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG
05/03/23 • 63 min
It took nearly a year of doing this show, but someone finally decided to tell us that there was an officially licensed Warrior Cats RPG. But as SOON as we were told, we knew what we had to do.
Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/
Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/
Follow Austin Erwin: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemist
Download the character sheets: https://bit.ly/literalcatpod
Intro/Outro music made by Joel Holland
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Announcement - Making a Patreon and a "brand" to publish other projects by the two of us under.
How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG
06/01/23 • 13 min
Because Austin and I are hoping to create more projects together than just this podcast, and also work with more people on them (hopefully), we've begun work on building Badger Trove, built on the observation that when people team up, they tend to be able to make more of what they want to make with fewer compromises, and that idea is appealing to us!
Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/
Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/
Follow Austin Erwin: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemist\
We’ve got a Patreon now! https://www.patreon.com/BadgerTrove
Download the character sheets: https://bit.ly/literalcatpod
Cover art and Intro/Outro music made by Joel Holland
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25 - Making an Isekai'd Office Pet With a Pet Dog-Man in PokeRole Feat. Quinn Schulte
How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG
06/28/23 • 78 min
PokeRole is a fan-made Pokemon-themed RPG made to mimic the style of the Pokemon anime. Quinn Schulte of Dungeons and Dragon-Types has come to us to help us through the first month of Anime Summer Season by helping us make Lawnmower, a tired office pet from our world who survived an incident with a lawnmower as a kitten only to be run over by a truck one day. But Arceus had other plans for this cat, sending her to the world of Pokemon with one goal: Be the very best, like no one ever was.
Follow Quinn Schulte: https://twitter.com/NotADoctorQuinn
Dungeons and Dragon-Types: https://pnc.st/s/dungeons-and-dragon-types
Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/
Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/
Follow Austin Erwin: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemist\
We’ve got a Patreon now! https://www.patreon.com/BadgerTrove
Download the character sheets: https://bit.ly/literalcatpod
Cover art and Intro/Outro music made by Joel Holland
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Pilot - Making a Roguish Team Mascot in Dungeons and Dragons
How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG
07/13/22 • 33 min
This pilot was done as a test episode/proof of concept back in late 2020 and published in January 2021 with the help of my friend, Zach. We recorded a D&D episode because D&D players are plentiful and now nobody can legally ever ask me where the D&D episode is because it's done and you're looking at it. Now we can focus on RPGs that are good without a mountain of homebrew and... homebrew a cat into them. Don't think about it too hard. Starting next episode, you'll hear me working with Austin Erwin, who heard this then agreed to be my co-host.
The rules for making the cat are as follows:
- We accept no cop-outs. It is a cat, the exact animal that comes to mind when I say the word. Not an anthropomorphic race, not some person turned into a cat, not a lion, tiger, or any other cop-out you can imagine.
- Homebrew isn't real. If the rules do not explicitly allow it to happen, it counts as a rule broken. If we come across a "Rules as Written vs Rules as Intended" situation, we go with whichever one says, "no."
- If the game includes stats for a literal cat, those must be used or adapted to the game's character sheet.
- The character class/background/playbook/job has to exist in the game's core rules or as part of an official expansion. We cannot use Homebrew classes, they do not exist.
- The cat can learn any skill available to its class. We once had a cat that could seal away peoples’ superpowers because it worked for an organization that trained people to do that.
- If a tool would be physically impossible for a literal cat to use, even if comically downsized for them, they cannot use it.
- We Have to Keep Track of Every Rule we Break
Follow the show online: https://twitter.com/literalcatpod
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My guest this episode is Zachary Turner, who does not have a major online presence that he wants shared, but DOES say hello.
This will not be the normal theme, I made a better one with the Meowsynth and some midi loops that you'll hear next episode.
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50 - Making a Witch With a Creepy Living Hat in Thirsty Sword Lesbians Feat. Misha B
How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG
06/12/24 • 68 min
Evil Hat Productions' Thirsty Sword Lesbians is a game designed to encapsulate the experience of seeing two characters fighting as sexual tension grows between them, and then hands you the reigns so you can actually let those characters kiss at the battle's climax. Misha B, a contributor to the Advanced Lovers and Lesbians expansion, joins us in this episode to help us make a spooky witch who wears The Hat That Swings The Sword tm.
Follow Misha B online: https://www.tumblr.com/elfgirlcraftworks
Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/
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Follow Avalon: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemist
We’ve got a Patreon now! https://www.patreon.com/BadgerTrove
Download the character sheets: https://bit.ly/literalcatpod
We’re on Bluesky now! https://bsky.app/profile/literalcatpod.bsky.social
Cover art, midroll theme, and Intro/Outro music made by Joel Holland
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49 - Making a Lucky Charm-Turned Scoundrel in Scum and Villainy
How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG
05/29/24 • 58 min
Scum and Villainy is a Forged In the Dark space adventure game about a ragtag crew trying to make a living under the oppressive control of the Galactic Hegemony by Evil Hat Productions. In this episode, we make a small scoundrel who's used to living a life of luxury aboard spaceships, but turned to a life of crime after that peaceful life was disrupted by a bounty hunter.
Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/
Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/
Follow Avalon: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemist
We’ve got a Patreon now! https://www.patreon.com/BadgerTrove
Download the character sheets: https://bit.ly/literalcatpod
We’re on Bluesky now! https://bsky.app/profile/literalcatpod.bsky.social
Cover art, midroll theme, and Intro/Outro music made by Joel Holland
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42 - Making a Reality-Bending Stray in See Issue X Feat. Chris Longhurst
How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG
02/21/24 • 64 min
Chris Longhurst, aka PotatoCubed, has joined us to talk about his RPG, See Issue X! See Issue X is a superhero RPG whose unique claim to fame is that it has you develop a character using the exact same gameplay mechanics you'd use to complete every other story arc! It offered no resistance whatsoever to the cat creation process. Patrick is a stray cat who has gained the ability to rewrite reality after touching the blank pages of a history book, completing a ritual meant for a local wizard, who is now Patrick's eternal rival.
Follow Chris Longhurst Online: https://potatocubed.carrd.co/
Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/
Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/
Follow Austin Erwin: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemist
We’ve got a Patreon now! https://www.patreon.com/BadgerTrove
Download the character sheets: https://bit.ly/literalcatpod
We’re on Bluesky now! https://bsky.app/profile/literalcatpod.bsky.social
Cover art and Intro/Outro music made by Joel Holland
Thanks for listening! We’ll Cat-ch you later!
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48 - Making the Grey (Tabby) Jedi in Force and Destiny
How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG
05/15/24 • 79 min
Force and Destiny is the second of Fantasy Flight Games's cross-compatible Star Wars RPGs we've covered. This one focused primarily on the surviving Jedi in hiding in the aftermath of the Battle of Yavin. While it is the official stance of the Literal Cat Podcast and official Star Wars brand that Grey Jedi aren't real, they never said anything about making Grey Tabbies into Jedi, and we feel like that's basically the same thing.
Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/
Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/
Follow Avalon: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemist
We’ve got a Patreon now! https://www.patreon.com/BadgerTrove
Download the character sheets: https://bit.ly/literalcatpod
We’re on Bluesky now! https://bsky.app/profile/literalcatpod.bsky.social
Cover art, midroll theme, and Intro/Outro music made by Joel Holland
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43 - Making a Leader Among Alley Cats in Scion: Origin Feat. Kevin Kutlesa
How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG
03/06/24 • 70 min
Scion is an RPG about gods and demigods and the creation of new myths and epics in the modern day by Onyx Path Publishing. Kevin Kutlesa of Lawful Good Media joins us today to talk more about it! Hope you like our street cat with the spirit of a ruler!
Follow Kevin Kutlesa Online: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs8UKu1M0dnj0fdORZWMJGA
Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/
Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/
Follow Avalon: https://twitter.com/AvalonAlchemist
We’ve got a Patreon now! https://www.patreon.com/BadgerTrove
Download the character sheets: https://bit.ly/literalcatpod
We’re on Bluesky now! https://bsky.app/profile/literalcatpod.bsky.social
Cover art, midroll theme, and Intro/Outro music made by Joel Holland
Thanks for listening! We’ll Cat-ch you later!
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Podcast Q&A
Why did you start this show?
I thought it would be funny to go through different games and figure out how many rules one would have to break to play as a cat in various RPGs. So far, the rule-breaking has not been as big of a deal as we expected, but we're having fun so we're sticking with it.
What do you hope listeners gain from listening to your show?
A funny character sheet to try and push on their game master the next time they play their favorite RPG.
Which episode should someone start with?
Whichever episode talks about their favorite RPG. And if we haven't covered your favorite yet, start with episode 8.
Which have been your favourite episodes so far?
Episode 8, for sure. Peter the Kaiju Reader, based loosely on Austin's cat, Genji, was the first cat we could find an in-game explanation for why they had a gun.
Which episode are you most proud of?
Episode 17. It was an incredible experience to be able to help promote the Solo but Not Alone 3 charity bundle for Jasper's Game Day!
What is your vision for your show?
I'd love it if I was able to help even one person find a new favorite RPG. Even if we disregard some rules, we try to follow the character creation process as closely as possible. And you can tell a lot about how a game is going to play based on what your characters are or aren't allowed to do.
What is your favourite other podcast that isn't yours?
Its fallen in quality a bit, but I'm still pretty fond of My Brother, My Brother, and Me.
How did you come up with the name for your podcast?
I mean.... It's the concept for the show, isn't it?
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How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG currently has 72 episodes available.
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The podcast is about Leisure, Games, Comedy, Cat, Podcasts and Ttrpg.
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The average episode length on How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG is 67 minutes.
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Episodes of How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG are typically released every 13 days, 23 hours.
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The first episode of How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG was released on Jul 8, 2022.
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