Complicated Opportunities: A Cosmere RPG Podcast

Welcome back to another episode of Complicated Opportunities!  Join us as Irving helps Kyle learn how to read a chart (j/k…kinda).  We review how to build encounters and maybe prevent (or encourage a TPK).  Join us as we use the handbook to discuss different ways to challenge your party and keep it interesting.     Follow us on Instagram @complicatedopportunites Listen to our podcasts on: Apple Po...

Welcome back to another episode of Complicated Opportunities!  This week our GMs are going to focus on some feedback from you!  We reached out to see what rules misconceptions you have seen at the table and you all delivered!  Irving and Kyle run through everything from Surges, to Initiative, to Reactions!  Sit back, relax and watch the rules lawyers in the comments! Follow us on Instagram @compli...

Welcome back to Complicated Opportunities!  This week we are joined by Literary Trope! We discuss her history with content creation, some theories, and her Cosmere RPG Group!  Follow us on Instagram @complicatedopportunites Follow Literary Trope here:  linktree.com/literarytrope   Listen to our podcasts on: Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/complicated-opportunities/id18434368...

Welcome back to Complicated Opportunities!  This week our regular cast is back to discuss playing a Knight Radiant and our top 5 tips for doing so! If you have any additional tips please comment below!   Follow us on Instagram @complicatedopportunites   Listen to our podcasts on: Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/complicated-opportunities/id184343689 Spotify:  https://open.spo...

Welcome back to Complicated Opportunities!  This week we get….another side quest! Kyle was at JordanCon and was able to sit down with the Author Janci Patterson! She goes over how it is to work with Dragonsteel, her novels, and history with TTRPGS.  PS:  We had to record this at a convention so I cleaned up the audio as much as I could.   Follow us on Instagram @complicatedopportunites   Listen to...

Welcome back to Complicated Opportunities!  This week we get….another side quest! Kyle was at JordanCon and was able to sit down with the Continuity Editor from Dragonsteel:  Karen Ahlstrom!  She goes over how it is to work with Brotherwise and Dragonsteel on continuity to ensure that we get the wonderful collaboration between the two companies!  Plus we hear about the Fused and a misconception ab...

Welcome back to Complicated Opportunities!  This week we are taking a side quest to JordanCon!  Kyle goes solo at JordanCon and does an interview with Shawn Banerjee, one of the founders of the Word Refinery, and a freelancer in the TTRPG industry.  We talk about Shawn’s background in the industry, but he is also a player in a Cosmere RPG campaign! Sit back and relax and listen to two ADHDers off...

Welcome back to Complicated Opportunities!  This week we have a big change!  Irving is on vacation, so Krishna is joining as Co-Host as we interview Diana of the Rose!  Diana is a content creator specializing in TTRPG content creation.  She gives GM advice, player advice, and discusses her history with TTRPGS.  Sit back, relax, and enjoy the interview! Thanks for listening! 0:00-01:40 Intro 01:41-...

Welcome back to Complicated Opportunities!  This week we kind of have a guest?  Kyle has just completed his first year of GMing, so Irving is interviewing Kyle!  We run through his origin story, some learnings, and tips.  Listen in and let us know what you have learned running the Cosmere RPG! Thanks for listening! 0:00-1:23  Intro 1:24-5:20 Origin Story 5:21-7:26 Perception vs. Reality of Prep 7:...

Welcome to Complicated Opportunities!  Join us this week as we interview Lydia Suen, the new Lead Designer of the Cosmere RPG.  We discuss her journey through the Cosmere RPG, favorite characters, and more Mistborn teases.  Lydia takes us through writing and designing since she has been a lead for both.  She goes over her favorite Mistborn and Stormlight characters and both of them have some reall...

Welcome to Complicated Opportunities!  We have heard you! You want us to talk character builds.  Before we move on to build requests however, we figured we should go over our favorite builds.  Join us as Irving and Kyle walk you through levels 1-12 of our favorite builds.  Let us know your favorite builds in the comments! Thanks for listening! Follow us on Instagram @complicatedopportunites Listen...

Welcome to Complicated Opportunities!  This week we are back to another GM advice episode! We discuss how to adjust to the abilities and changes that your players select as they level up.  Do you stop them at every turn? Do you just allow them to run roughshod?  Is it somewhere in between?  Find out this week on Complicated Opportunities! Thanks for listening! Follow us on Instagram @complicatedop...

Welcome to Complicated Opportunities!  Join us as we speak with the writer of the Epic Stormlight Game from Dragonsteel Nexus, Michael Paylor!  He walks us through his history with TTRPGs and gives advice on writing.  We also discuss some of his other Brotherwise projects, including a Mistborn one!  Enjoy the convo! Thanks for listening! Follow us on Instagram @complicatedopportunites Listen to ou...

Welcome to Complicated Opportunities!  Join us as we do a breaking news segment on the Plotweaver April 2026 newsletter!  Alpha Testing! Talent trees! New Heroic Paths?!?!?!? Find out as we break it down! Thanks for listening! Follow us on Instagram @complicatedopportunites Listen to our podcasts on: Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/complicated-opportunities/id184343689 Spoti...

Welcome to Complicated Opportunities!  Return of the Ross!  We welcome back Ross Leiser from Brotherwise games to discuss homebrewing for TTRPGs!  Thanks for listening! Follow us on Instagram @complicatedopportunites Listen to our podcasts on: Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/complicated-opportunities/id184343689 Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/4O8WAJzWbH3GyC8wDlkdzs...

Welcome back to Complicated Opportunities!  Joining us this week is the Marketing Director from Brotherwise Games, Jillian Schumacher!  We discuss how she came on board the Brotherwise Team, her history with TTRPGs, and her character from the Brotherwise Stonewalkers playthrough.  Sit back, relax, and enjoy the interview! Thanks for listening! Follow us on Instagram @complicatedopportunites Listen...

Welcome to Complicated Opportunities!  We interrupt your regularly scheduled podcast to bring you Mistborn RPG breaking news! Jillian rocks and posted a video….with images from the handbook!  Irving and Kyle try to read them! Mistborn! Feruchemist! Wayne stuff? Listen to hear how we try to read blurry images! Thanks for listening! Follow us on Instagram @complicatedopportunites Listen to our podca...

Welcome back to Complicated Opportunities!  We are back with another tier ranking video!  Join Irving and Kyle as they tier rank the surges.  Which surges are OP?  Are there any that make the S Tier cut?  Also join us for a longer version of tales from the table!   PS:  SPOILER:  If you are in Kyle’s Stonewalkers group THERE IS A SPOT YOU SHOULD SKIP!  From 48 minutes to 50 minutes!   Do you agree...

Welcome back to Complicated Opportunities!  This week we have the Mistborn and Stormlight campaign settings, Andrew Fischer! We discuss getting the original call to build the RPG, development of the surges, and overall RPG design with the mastermind himself.  Irving also gets to write another chapter in his book about the Plot Die! Thanks for listening! Follow us on Instagram @complicatedopportuni...

Welcome back to another episode of Complicated Opportunities!  This week Irving and Kyle try their hands at a tier ranking.  Starting off with the heroic paths, our GMs discuss how each path stacks up on its own.  Are there any over powered? Are there any that are just right? Is the Warrior the definitive choice (spoiler alert: Maybe?) Find out as Irving and Kyle tier rank the heroic paths! Thanks...

Welcome back to Complicated Opportunities!  This week we are having a guest from Demiplane, Dom Kelley! We discuss the Demiplane character sheets, Dom’s love for the genre (his first RPG was Pathfinder?!?), and his career with Demiplane.  We know you love using the character builder and sheets on Demiplane, now hear all about them!   Thanks for listening! Follow us on Instagram @complicatedopportu...

Welcome back to Complicated Opportunities!  This week we get back to GM Tips with Travel in the Cosmere RPG.  We discuss how to handle travel during sessions of the Cosmere RPG including how to use an endeavor, setting DCs for the endeavor, and what skills might be helpful.  We also discuss how conversions and combats can work as well.  Also the return of Tales from the Table! Thanks for listening...

Welcome back to Complicated Opportunities!  This week we have the Lead Writer of the Mistborn World Guide and the Director of the upcoming RPG….PLOTWEAVER! Meric walks us through how he ended up at Brotherwise, his writing on Stonewalkers, and some upcoming projects.  Strap in and listen to this awesome interview!  Thanks for listening! Follow us on Instagram @complicatedopportunites Listen to our...

Welcome back to Complicated Opportunities!  This week we are taking a topic we covered, but doing a deeper dive into Goals & Rewards.  We take you through how that looks in a campaign, the different levels of rewards, and how to work with your players.   Thanks for listening! Follow us on Instagram @complicatedopportunites Listen to our podcasts on: Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/...

We interrupt your regularly scheduled Complicated Opportunities for BREAKING NEWS………The Cosmere has been optioned by Apple TV! Join Kyle, Irving, and CJ, the GM from the Loose Canons, as we discuss our thoughts, how it could help the RPG, and even some fancasting (not much, but some).   What are you excited to see adapted? Tell us in the comments! Thanks for listening! Follow us on Instagram @comp...