Our trio continues their adventure, seeking to slay the final guardian within the House of Dust and Ash that still protects the ritual spell that will summon a volcanic dragon to destroy Jataka. Unfortunately for them, the fourth guardian is a figure seen before in another adventure. One that can match their burning ferocity and determination.
We are excited to bring you another awesome C-Side! This time we are playing Trophy Dark. For this episode (which I hoped to get out on Halloween, but failed) we went with a system that engages with horror. I’ll admit, we go pretty deep on the roleplay with this one! I hope that you enjoy listening to our two players banter back and forth as much as I did.
A big shout out to Jesse Ross, Jason Cordova, and other involved with Trophy. It is 100% our pleasure to play your amazing game:
https://trophyrpg.com/
Shout out as well to hinterheim for the use of their track “Finnaly Lost” which I got from the FMA. Please support their music if you enjoy it: https://hinterheim.bandcamp.com/
The Song is licensed under a CC BY.
Viatrix, Orello, and Brendis continue their way through the strange, twisted halls of the spectral palace that has overtaken and subsumed Jataka. Up against enslaved warriors, royalty, gods, and even darkness itself, can our trio of adventurers struggle against the House that even time has not destroyed?
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Brendis, Orello, and Viatrix meet with Alovara and a mysterious figure at the Goran estate in order to make plans. Settling on a course of action, they head toward the House of Dust and Ash which has finally subsumed the Jatakan royal palace, altering space and time within.
We once again use a modified Labyrinth move by the wonderful Jason Cordova in this episode. It rules.
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After leaving the party, Brendis faces his ultimate fear. Then the party face their final, and most dangerous, challenge in the gladiator arena. However, the politics of Jataka continue to churn, leading to an unexpected swerve.
Our party makes it through their encounter with the city guard (ACAB), and joins the party celebrating the queen of Jataka - the reason for the current run of games they have been fighting in. But it’s awkward. Orello lunges headlong into what should be a social disaster, Viatrix stress eats in the corner, and Brendis looks for somewhere he can get fucked up. Some of this goes all right…
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We're back with the main party of Brendis, Orello, and Viatrix. Their last morning in the desert before returning to the city-state of Jataka, the party discusses what they went through in the Library of First Thought and make their plans for getting back in the city despite Brendis being wanted. Though a reunion with an old ally has them questioning what they should do next. This one is roleplay and plot heavy!
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We continue our GMless/full game by following Iltani Evermind and Tahunas as they seek to kidnap an invading desert elf and extract knowledge from their mind. Mostly Zach and J.D. DM this one, with input into the conversation from Ryan and Nathan adding key details to the fiction. Iltani and Tarhunas struggle with some personal issues before tackling their primary mission.
While the main characters are searching for a book of evil rituals, life in Jataka continues. We rejoin Kurul, Iltani, Tahunas, and Kinea in order to learn what is happening while the main characters are away. This GMless/GMfull game shows a different way to enjoy Dungeon World, and we have a ton of fun working with characters and fleshing out the politics of this city as our evil agents of the Ashkeshahri Empire attempt to manipulate Jataka’s future.
Brendis, Orello, and Viatrix, their goal attained, make their way back to the library tower in order to exit back out into the desert. But the lion riders sent to find them have already entered the tower and locate the party before they can safely leave.
Read MoreThe crew continues traveling through the Library of First Thought, as Do'alar slowly pieces his past life back together in his mind. But retrieving Etrofasch's spellbook won't be as easy as simply finding it.
Read MoreOrello, Brendis, and Viatrix have made it safely to the Library of First Thought. Since their guide has a poor memory, we use Jason Cordova's excellent Labyrinth move to remind him of his past life and search for Letvedi Etrofasch's journal of vile rituals. We also begin looting ancient relics, but hey, we're just trying to help, right?
Brendis, Viatrix, and Orello start their day with a surprise before heading off into the desert to find a book. And they fight a god in there, somewhere.
Brendis, Orello, and Viatrix get back in the arena against Lilith the Bloodmistress and her two whipping boys in a race to reach the top of a spiked pyramid. But the politics of Jataka cannot be contained as an assassination interferes with the entertainment.
Read MoreIn our GMless / GMfull take on Dungeon World, we follow Kinea, Iltani, Tarhunas, and Kurul as they attempt to sow chaos in Jataka on behalf of the Ashkeshahri Empire. Each of us plays a character, and we let the Conversation be the GM for our game, and find this way of playing Dungeon World can be a very satisfying experience!
The crew party with the Ghoul, Orello takes a nap, Brendias moves a bomb, and Viatrix gets her gold before a great force enters the city. We also get the chance to meet another cast of characters.... who have their own plans for the city.
Despite the appearance of a ghostly castle appearing in the sky, the Jatakan festival continues, and our adventurers must fight once again in the pits, this time coming eye-to-eye with a flying tiger!
The party faces their first test in the Arena, though against less than worthy opponents.
A new adventure begins! Meet our intrepid adventures, about to be thrown into mortal combat in the Arena in a city beset by elven sorceries, and on the edge of revolution.
Intro music by friend of the show Ryan!
This is it. The end of the cyclopes (which we found out well after recording this series from my Latin-studied partner is phoenetically the same as “cyclops”) and all because of Arahallin. Also yes, a group of weasels can be referred to as “a confusion”.
At the beginning, I wanted to run a game that was very different from Series V: fights! blood! weasels! and this turned out to be a blast. The next series has been recorded and you’ll see the intro session next week, and Ryan may have brought the best series we’ve recorded to life. So stay tuned.
-N