Altabella, a Diver Losing Her Humanity - Telling Sad Stories with Kurt Refling (Thousand Year Old Vampire)

Kurt Refling brings Altabella to the table. Altabella is a sea silk diver who is turned into a vampire, slowly losing her memory and becoming a predator in the process.

Kurt and I discuss how a good prompt leads to creative storytelling, what it means to become a vampire, and why we tell sad stories in TTRPGs.

This character is built for Thousand Year Old Vampire, a game by Tim Hutchings.
https://thousandyearoldvampire.com/products/thousand-year-old-vampire

Kurt Refling is a designer, writer, and artist based in Ottawa, Canada. Kurt has published GM-less tabletop roleplaying games including Knots in the Sky, This Spells Trouble, and Faewater. He is currently launching a Kickstarter campaign for his game Here We Used to Fly, a tabletop role-playing game about abandoned theme parks and the bittersweet nostalgia of growing up.

Learn more about Kurt at:
https://www.characterswithoutstories.com/guests/kurt-refling

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