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PODCAST

How to Make A Literal Cat in Your Favorite RPG

Joel Holland & Avalon Erwin

We hope you"re not here to learn character creation in new roleplaying systems, because here, we"re all about breaking rules to adapt the character creator to let us play as a basic, run-of-the-mill cat. We accept no cop-outs, we don"t acknowledge Homebrew materials, and we... very rarely come close to a pure and simple feline, but we do have fun along the way! Join us every other Wednesday to see what RPG we try to learn next! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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41 - Making a Cat on a Mouse's Journey Into Public...

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2024/02/07

Wanderhome by Possum Creek Games is the story of a journey, and the people you meet along the way. For instance, Mickey Mouse is making a journey into the public domain, and now instead of being an anthropomorphic mouse, he's an adolescent Literal Cat, in a world full of anthropomorphic animals. It'll be quite the journey for our naive young friend. Who will Micholas M. Mouse (the cat) meet along the way? Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/Follow Joel Holland:

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40-Episode Special: Tunnel Goons Lightning Round!

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2024/01/24

We have made it, yet again, through another set of 10 episodes! Rejoice and enjoy as we work our way through many hacks and variants of the Tunnel Goons RPG, originally published by the Highland Paranormal Society. You can find a list of the hacks included in this episode and countless more by following this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cImeRD36N4XWFLRjuWaP9cTu64nVAzuGQPP9KOCA-qs/edit#gid=0Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/Follow Joel Holland:

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39 - Making a Lab Experiment-turned Ace Pilot in Beam...

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2024/01/10

Beam Saber is a Forged in the Dark system that lets you live out your mecha anime fantasies, if you're into that kind of thing. If you need a fresh idea for a character, why not consider playing as Cedric, the mildly psychic cat who operates his mech via telepathic connection? NOTE: This episode does not constitute an endorsement of CAT's actions in Gaza on behalf of Israel. We here at the Literal Cat Podcast would strongly prefer a free Palestine. Honestly if I'd known about the connection when we

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38 - Making a Mutant Hunter with a Friendly Pet in...

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2023/12/27

Mutants in the Now is an RPG system by Julian Kay, inspired by the classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tabletop RPG from 1985, with updated mechanics for the modern era. However, it's still a CRONCHY system, if you like that kind of thing! If you'd like to make a mutant in the style of your favorite pizza-loving sewer dwellers, this is probably the game you want. You wanna know how it works? We basically follow the normal process step-by-step to make a mutant cat! Follow Julian Kay:

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37 - Making a Cow-Cat from a Loving Home in Dogs In...

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2023/12/13

Unfortunately, Austin couldn't be here this week. Filling in for him is Greg Carrobis of Ghosts on a Train/Faustian Nonsense fame. Greg came to me with Dogs in the Vineyard for two reasons: One, it was one of his first and most formative TTRPGs. Two, it would be funny to make a literal cat in a TTRPG called "Dogs." He was right, it is pretty funny to do that. Community-made character sheets by Reddit user lukehawksbee:

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36 - Making a Weird Little Guy Who Knows Your Secrets...

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2023/11/29

Apocalypse World by D. Vincent and Meguey Baker, the origin of the Powered By The Apocalypse flavor of RPG design, has a second edition! We looked at it this episode, and after much deliberation, landed on the Brainer playbook for our cat this week. Be careful if you pet him - he can figure out your secrets and plant ideas in your head from a single touch!Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Austin Erwin:

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35 - Making the Squire with a Friend in Every Town...

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2023/11/15

Fellowship is a Lord of the Rings inspired fantasy adventure that puts a significant amount of worldbuilding power in the players' hands at the point of character creation. Cucumber Pip is your party's squire, he's a cat, the horses listen to him, and he's probably not the best at carrying your gear. But that's what the horses are for, right? Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow Austin Erwin:

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34 - Making a Familiar Face Around the Skate Park (in...

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2023/11/01

In the far-off year of 2020, the Grand Cross Space Station exists. People live on it. So do cats. Specifically, Wilhelm the Wheels lives on it. He's a cat that hangs around the space station's skate park, which exists, and he went viral a while back for successfully using a skateboard.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

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33 - Making a Biker Gang Leader You Can't Look Away...

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2023/10/18

Vampire: The Masquerade, currently published by Renegade Games at the time of this episode's release, is one of those systems that was bound to pop up eventually, and here it is. It's one we worried about doing alone, but luckily Meghan Murphy of $2 Creature Feature was here to help! In all honesty, though, I think Brother Billy the Vampire Cat was inside all of us, all along, and this was merely the vessel he used to be written into the world. Follow Meghan Murphy:

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32 - Making The Last Living Practitioner of Shield-fu...

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2023/10/04

It's October, so we're doing some spooky games just for you! First up is the paranormal search-and-destroy game, F.I.S.T! This week's cat is... actually they're totally not a cat, why would you think that? This is just the last living practitioner of Shield-Fu, haunted by ghosts from their past (literally) and on a quest for (???). Agent 777 is here for all your shield-throwing needs! Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow

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1:24:52

31 - Making a Mother Figure who Just Wants to Have...

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2023/09/20

Parselings by Smunchy Games is as in-depth of a system as the Literal Cat Crew can do alone without getting scared, apparently, but we did make it through! Listen as we work our way through a game where words are power and you are a spoiled house cat with a heart of gold! I mean, you will be if you take this character sheet. 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

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1:22:57

30 - Midsize Lightning Round

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2023/09/06

Anime Summer Season is over, and we are at the 30-episode mark! This episode, we took a look at Renegade Games' Kids on Bikes and Teens in Space, Tunnel Goons by Highland Paranormal Society, Bxllet by Rathayibacter, Web of Lies and Defense Engineers by Incitement Studio (which is just Joel from This Show and they'll probably be republished by Badger Trove soon), and Ghost Lines by John Harper. This episode radically skews the cat-to-episode ratio, but that's okay. We'll do them anywayFollow the show

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29 - Making a Demon Lord With Catgirl Servants in...

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2023/08/23

Nick Duff's This World Summons Too Many Heroes!! is the story of a fantasy realm where, for some bizarre reason, the Goddess just keeps making more and more summoning scrolls. It's like, a serious problem. Like, a group of catgirl demons just randomly called forth a cat from our world and started worshipping it, just because they could. By the way, that cat's name is Tiberius, and he is the focus of our episode today. Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/Follow Joel Holland:

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28 - Making a Sweet Little Guy Who Cannot Be Harmed...

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2023/08/09

Over Arms is a TTRPG by Rookie Jet Studio made to emulate anime series like Jojo's Bizarre Adventure and other series you don't care about as much. We thought it'd be funny to make a cat in this who was as close to invincible as we were allowed to get it, the trade-off being that he's a wimpy idiot. But that doesn't stop him from using his Anima to sabotage corporate land development projects! Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/Follow Joel Holland:

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1:41:40

27 - Making a Local Celebrity from a Slice-Of-Life...

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2023/07/26

OVA is a generic Anime-inspired RPG system from Wise Turtle Games, and a personal favorite of Nye from $2 Creature Feature. Thanks to his help, we made it through this extensive point-buy character creation system unscathed and made it out with Tortellini, the cat that loves appearing in selfies and giving high fives around the market district. Perfect for your Slice-Of-Life character needs! Follow Nye: https://twitter.com/ErsatzExpertFollow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/Follow

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26 - Making a Product of the Void in Voidheart Symphony

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2023/07/12

Voidheart Symphony is a game by UFO Press which draws heavy inspiration from the Persona video game series. It may not have kept the anime aesthetic, but we felt it belonged. Our cat's been in the void since it made contact with reality, and while there, he's become distorted beyond recognition. Almost. You could probably figure out he's a cat, still. BUT IT'S NOT A MORGANA SITUATION!Follow the show online: https://literalcatpod.start.page/Follow Joel Holland: https://jholland.start.page/Follow

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25 - Making an Isekai'd Office Pet With a Pet Dog-Man...

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2023/06/28

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

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24 - Making a Cringefail Otaku Maid in Maid Feat....

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2023/06/14

Content Warning: pedophilia (lolita) mention. The RPG book itself also contains references to homophobic and transphobic tropes that were incredibly common in 90's to early 2000's anime, although none of these tropes are brought up in the episode or used in character creation.Anime Summer Season has begun! We're starting with Maid by Ryo Kamiya, translated by Ewen Cluney. In the episode with us is actual anime boy, RPG player, and occasional maid dress wearer, FinnOcellaris! With his help, we made

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Announcement - Making a Patreon and a "brand" to...

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2023/06/01

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:

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23 - Making a Telepathic Sidekick in Masks: A New...

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2023/05/31

Masks: A New Generation, written by Brendan Conway and published by Magpie Games, is a game about young superheroes with big feelings to work through. Our cat this episode is the overly muscular super genius with the power of Telepathy who trained under the great hero, Psychic Boom, but has always believed his talents would be better suited for science and research than crime fighting. Featuring Laura McMill from $2 Creature Feature: https://twitter.com/2DollarCreatureFollow the show online:

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