Every week, Recall Knowledge recaps the Know Direction content of the past week, a preview of the Know Direction content of the week to come, and the director of operations, Ryan Costello, thoughts on the state of the network.
You can rewrite lost text, you can redraw a lost image, but you can’t rerecord lost audio.
Our April Fool’s gag joked about Loren and Vanessa taking over the network, but with all of the Legend Lore content lately, we could have just as easily reskinned the site as the Legend Lore Network.
We’ve released an average of one Legend Lore a week, with back-to-back Legend Lores releasing Mondays and Tuesdays of Block 2. This week features a double dose of not just Legend Lore, but me on Legend Lore. Luis and Loren invited Perram and I onto tomorrow’s episode to celebrate Legend Lore’s first anniversary.
Since we never came up with another name for the Stabby’s Group episodes, I affectionately think of the extra Legend Lore episodes as the One Shot That Never Ends. It goes on and on again today with Legend Lore Special Edition: One Shot Part 3: Debrief.
And now the question is, should they end? I have character creation sessions recorded for every cast member but Loren, who’s Queen of Wolves character came to be in Legend Lore 017 — New Player Guide, Part 1: Brand New Players. I decided to follow up session 0 with the first part of the actual play to keep the ball rolling, with no clear idea when to release the character creation sessions.
Would you like to hear them? They’re about 30 minutes each, start to finish explanations of the Pathfinder 2e character creation steps.
My reasons to release them: They’re fun because they’re one more chance to visit our Legend Lore One Shot cast, and to gain insight into the inception and development of their characters. It’s also good examples of how to teach 2e through character creation to players of various levels of experience.
Why I’m hesitating: Has the moment passed? Should I have released them concurrent with part 1? Maybe. Plus, they’re drier than your average Know Direction content. These were for the cast first, audience second, instead of both at the same time. I can edit out down time and boring parts of no consequence, but I can’t edit in jokes.
On the topic of the One Shot that never ends, would you be interested in another one-shot with Stabby’s Group? The cast ended the session with positive feelings about 2e and an even better feelings about the cast as a whole, so we’d be up for it. If this is KD content you’d like to hear more of, let us know in the Know Direction Discord.
Speaking of network content, here’s a recap of what you might have missed last week from the Know Direction Network:
Recap of April 5th to 9th
What happened last week on knowdirectionpodcast.com and twitch.tv/knowdirection?
Monday, April 5th
Podcast
Adventurous 054 – You Get What You Deserve
There are two versions of this episode that I could have released. One with the preamble in which Loren admits to stealing a friend’s lucky d20, and one without. How you felt about what happens to Loren (not Lily, Loren) towards the end of the episode depended on which version I released.
Article
Recall Knowledge – The Fool Who Follows
By Ryan Costello
Reminiscing about April Fools past and present.
Tuesday, April 6th
Podcast
Digital Divination 027 – Dealing with Invisibility
You realize the complexity of perception rules in an RPG when you fight something you can’t see. John and Ron look at invisibility in Starfinder.
Article
Burst of Insight—Don’t Neglect the Character of your Dungeon
By Andrew Marlowe
What’s Doctor Doom without his technological medieval castle in Latveria? What’s Krang without the Technodrome? What’s Karzoug without the Eye of Avarice? A great villain is worthy of a great lair.
Wednesday, April 7th
Twitch
The Pathfinder Bestiary 3 Review – Know Direction 247
Dustin Knight joined us to review Bestiary 3.
Podcast
Game Design Unboxed 12: CTRL
I love tactile board games. Some say they’re more toys than tabletop games, to which I shrug, because I also love toys. Julio Nazario talks all about taking the challenges of building prototypes for an abstract tactile game idea, and getting it published.
Article
Groundbreaking – Academic Private Tutoring
By Randal Meyer
Randal’s series on Caldera Magical Academy feels like the first softcover book in a campaign setting line that only includes the hardcover core campaign setting book. We’re gaining incredible insight into the function, character, and operations of the Caldera Magical Academy, to the point that an entire campaign could easily be run entirely at the magic academy.
Thursday, April 8th
Podcast
Know Direction 247 – Pathfinder Bestiary 3 Review
Originally, Bestiary 3’s review was scheduled for a month ago and was the topic we thought Vanessa and Loren were going to cover for KD 245. I didn’t think I’d miss covering another Bestiary, but this turned out to be such a good book, and an equally fun review.
Article
Fox’s Cunning – Summon-Dex Bestiary 3 Update Part 1
By Dustin Knight
A double dose of Dustin! Fox’s Cunning subs in for Something Creates this week so Dustin can bring up the latest Summon-Dex the same day the Bestiary 3 review embargo lifts.
Friday, April 9th
Podcast
Intrepid Heroes 057 – Teamwork!
I made a joke about this on Facebook, but when Ron listed the immunities of the creature our Intrepid Heroes faced, it felt like there was nothing left. But there was one thing the creature wasn’t immune to: Teamwork!
Article
Bend the Knee Heightened – Stats for Hero’s Shade
By Loren Sieg
I owe Hero’s Shade an apology. I’m the one who sends Loren’s questions to our guests. I accidently sent the same prompt to Hero’s Shade as I sent to The WafflesMapleSyrup Network for the previous BTK. Fortunately Loren asks intriguing questions, and getting the cast of another actual play podcast to answer it lead to just as interesting answers.
Preview of April 12th to April 16th
This is back to Block 1 of our 2-block schedule.
Monday, April 12th
Podcast
Legend Lore Special Edition: One Shot Part 3: Debrief
We rejoin the players behind Stabby’s Group once again to see what everyone thought of the latest edition of Pathfinder.
Article
Recall Knowledge – Being Legendary
Almost called this “It’s Been Legendary” but I didn’t want anyone to think Legend Lore was leaving the Network.
Tuesday, April 13th
Podcast
Legend Lore 024 – Happy Birthday
Perram and I join Luis and Loren to celebrate Legend Lore’s first anniversary.
Article
Something Creates by Andrew Sturtevant
Andrew Sturtevant creates Starfinder content, and shares insight into his decisions and his struggles along the way.
Wednesday, April 14th
Twitch
Know Direction Beyond Live – Backmatter Breakdown
The articles in the back of Starfinder Adventure Paths volumes have been surprisingly player-centric lately, something a lot of players may have missed. Alex, James, and Vanessa look at the best the Starfinder AP backmatter has to offer players.
Podcast
Presenting – Gamers Making Games: Jeff Grubb
John Godek talks with veteran designer and fantasy fiction author Jeff Grubb about his storied career, the changing RPG industry, and sharing initials with his interviewer.
Article
Guidance by Alex Augunas
Alex shares his thoughts and comments on topics getting attention in the RPG gaming community.
Thursday, April 15th
Podcast
Valiant episode 15
GM Luis Loza runs Owen K.C. Stephens, Rob Pontious, Avi, and Jessica Redekop through an original, gun totting fantasy western story.
Article
Investing In by Rob Pontious
Rob shares what he loves about the RPGs he’s been playing lately, and why you should check them out.
Friday, April 16th
Podcast
Know Direction: Beyond 57 – Backmatter Breakdown
Alex, James, and Vanessa flip to the back of the Starfinder Adventure Paths for the player focused treasures hidden in the backmatter.
Article
Monstrous Physique by Luis Loza
Luis makes monsters!
Now you know,
Ryan Costello
