Encounter This!

Hello Creatures! We’re stepping into your feed today with heavy hearts. After a lot of thought and reflection, we’ve decided to place Encounter This! on an indefinite hiatus. This wasn’t an easy decision, this show has meant the world to us, and being able to explore the weird, wild, and wonderful parts of the tabletop RPG world with you has been a genuine joy. Unfortunately, life has gotten busie...

The final episode in the suite of Qlippoths! Don’t forget to let us know in the comments how if you enjoyed the new format or suggestions on how we can improve for the next one!   Timestamps 00:00:00 – INTRO 00:01:21 – THEME 00:02:17 - YAD IAGNOTH 00:12:35 - THULGANT LORE 00:18:15 - HONOURABLE MENTIONS 00:56:37 - THULGANT MECHANICS & COMBAT 01:20:13 - THULGANT HOMEBREW 01:23:54 - ROVAGUG 01:27...

In todays ep Freeman & James get into it with the grossest chimera yet and a floating crab with a bonk bonk hammer!   00:00:00 - INTRO 00:01:43 - THEME 00:02:11 - GONGORINAN LORE 00:16:05 - GONGORINAN MECHANICS & COMBAT 00:38:24 - GONGORINAN HOMEBREW 00:41:22 - AUGNAGAR LORE 00:45:36 - AUGNAGAR MECHANICS & COMBAT 01:00:54 – OUTRO 01:04:15 - CREDITS   Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/un...

Two writhing masses of organs make up this weeks ep, one made of intestines, the other is an inky black polyp!    Timestamps 00:00 - INTRO 00:32 - THEME 01:00 - NYOGOTH LORE  07:02 - NYOGOTH MECHANICS & COMBAT 22:30 – CHERNOBUE LORE 26:05 - CHERNOBUE MECHANICS & COMBAT 51:34 - CHERNOBUE POP CULTURE 52:50 - OUTRO 54:44 - CREDITS   Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/unchartednorth Website: htt...

What do a real world fungus and an quadrapus have in common? We’re talking about them today! 00:00:00 - INTRO 00:00:37 - THEME 00:01:05 - CYTHNIGOT LORE 00:06:08 - ZOMBIE-ANT FUNGUS 00:12:29 - CYTHNIGOT MECHANICS & COMBAT 00:23:47 - VLORIAN CYTHNIGOT 00:31:19 - HOMEBREW 00:33:44 - SHOGGTI LORE 00:39:16 - SHOGGTI MECHANICS 00:58:03 - OUTRO01:00:28 - CREDITS Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/unch...

This week Freeman and James get into the most famous of the Qlippoths that decided to forego their kin! Chapters 00:01:01 - Pathfinder Lore 00:47:00 - Mythology & Folklore Timestamp 00:00:00 - INTRO 00:00:33 - THEME 00:01:01 - QLIPPOTH LORDS 00:02:39 - CHAVAZVUG 00:06:14 - GHOLZ 00:08:48 - ISPH-AUN-VULN 00:13:03 - OAUR-OOUNG 00:19:34 - SHIGGARREB 00:24:32 - THUSKCHOON 00:30:21 - YAMASOTH 00:47...

Now that an introduction is out of the way, Freeman and James dig into the Lords that fell!   00:00:00 - INTRO 00:02:14 - THEME 00:02:40 - POWERFUL LORDS 00:05:47 - DEMON LORDS 00:06:06 - CYTH-V'SUG 00:14:21 - DAGON 00:25:31 - JUBILEX 00:33:32 - MAZMEZZ 00:42:14 - YHIDOTHRUS 00:49:14 - ZEVGAVIZEB 01:00:40 - OUTRO 01:03:47 – CREDITS   Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/unchartednorth Website: https:/...

Freeman, James and Cam are back with a whole new suite in a whole new format! Kicking off with a primer on Qlippoths! 00:00 - INTRO 00:56 - Campaign Introduction 01:56 - Theme 02:52 - THE GREAT BEYOND 09:20 - THE OUTER RIFTS 11:04 - The Qlippoth 19:54 - Qlippoths & Demons 22:37 - QLIPPOTH REALMS 26:18 - QLIPPOTHS & MORTALS 29:03 - JUDAISM & KABBALAH 30:49 - THE ZOHAR 35:39 - NAMED QLIP...

A creepy, smelly little frog-topus specifically requested by one of our Patreons! This ep also includes an update for the rest of the year at: 56:48   Timestamps Intro: 0:00 Pathfinder Lore: 06:15 Mythology and Folklore: 17:36 Mechanics: 19:31 Test Kitchen: 33:17 Homebrew: 46:50 Future: 56:48 Outro: 1:07:32   Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/unchartednorth Website: https://www.unchartednorth.ca/ S...

TPK: the Creature. Confused about what that means? We don’t blame you. You’ll just have to listen to this one and find out!   Timestamps Intro: 0:00 Pathfinder Lore: 03:25 Mythology and Folklore:  16:32 Mechanics: 17:33 Test Kitchen: 27:16 Homebrew: 46:34 Outro: 58:48   Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/unchartednorth Website: https://www.unchartednorth.ca/ Show Notes: https://www.unchartednorth.ca...

More chimeric desert folk!   Timestamps Intro: 0:00 Pathfinder Lore: 05:21 Mythology and Folklore: 19:53 Mechanics: 36:35 Test Kitchen: 46:40 Homebrew: 1:04:24 Outro: 1:11:36   Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/unchartednorth Website: https://www.unchartednorth.ca/ Show Notes: https://www.unchartednorth.ca/shownotes Merch: https://unchartednorth.com/shop     Discord: https://unchartednorth.com/disc...

Freeman takes us through the Scythe Tree! A huge, dying tree with a fearsome surprise!   Timestamps Intro: 0:00 Pathfinder Lore: 04:05 Mythology and Folklore: 13:52 Mechanics: 23:42 Homebrew: 41:41 Outro: 1:00:52   Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/unchartednorth Website: https://www.unchartednorth.ca/ Show Notes: https://www.unchartednorth.ca/shownotes Merch: https://unchartednorth.com/shop     Di...

Ferocious and divine desert roaming protectors that just happen to be half scorpion and all awesome.   Timestamps Intro: 0:00 Pathfinder Lore: 04:27 Mythology and Folklore: 21:42 Mechanics:  59:05 Homebrew: 1:30:46 Outro: 1:45:42   Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/unchartednorth Website: https://www.unchartednorth.ca/ Show Notes: https://www.unchartednorth.ca/shownotes Merch: https://unchartednort...

A very fun NPC-forward creature. While it has some neat combat abilities, it’s potential as a “stepping-stone” & “quest-giver”, and also what it offers as rewards and what it wants in return…well it makes for a great way to change up the adventuring tune without interrupting the rhythm!   Timestamps Intro: 0:00 Pathfinder Lore: 05:02 Mythology and Folklore: 18:20 Mechanics: 24:24 Homebrew: 39:...

This weeks episode is about a floating horror found in Anishinaabe lore that kills skilled hunters with invisible arrows. Timestamps Intro: 0:00 Pathfinder Lore: 05:43 Mythology and Folklore: 16:42 Mechanics: 39:16 Homebrew: 59:34 Outro: 1:05:03 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/unchartednorth Website: https://www.unchartednorth.ca/ Show Notes: https://www.unchartednorth.ca/shownotes Merch: https:/...

This week we are covering a creature that was featured on our Actual Play podcast Stemming the Tide during the Episode 100 series! We’ve waited to feature this creature to help avoid spoilers but be warned!! We have SPOILERS section for those events later in this episode! Timestamps Intro: 0:00 Pathfinder Lore: 06:47 Mythology and Folklore: 21:12 Mechanics: 40:12 Homebrew: 53:06 SPOILERS: 01:02:42...

This powerful avian looking fey, like us, is easily coaxed with sugar snacks.   Timestamps Intro: 0:00 Pathfinder Lore: 04:37 Mythology and Folklore: 15:04 Mechanics: 18:00 Homebrew: 46:37 Outro: 01:03:47   Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/unchartednorth Website: https://www.unchartednorth.ca/ Show Notes: https://www.unchartednorth.ca/shownotes Merch: https://unchartednorth.com/shop     Discord: h...

A very different kind of creature calls for a very different kind of episode! Brainchild almost follows our usual format, but takes a turn when Freeman digs into an experimental side-project he conducted to get some real player-like reactions to this creature’s setup!   A big thanks to our Patrons for getting involved (and sorry for also being left in the dark…until now)!   Timestamps Intro: 0:00...

Tiny little devils that will get inside your life and your mind, just to ruin you.   Timestamps Intro: 0:00 Pathfinder Lore: 06:24 Mythology and Folklore: 16:20 Mechanics: 26:44 Homebrew: 46:02 Outro:  01:03:55   Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/unchartednorth Website: https://www.unchartednorth.ca/ Show Notes: https://www.unchartednorth.ca/shownotes Merch: https://unchartednorth.com/shop     Disc...

A strange in-betweener of a creature. This guy doesn’t want to fight, but it’s got plenty in its arsenal to make you wanna o the other way!   Timestamps Intro: 0:00 Pathfinder Lore: 04:32 Mythology and Folklore: 11:19 Mechanics: 21:57 Homebrew: 33:30 Outro: 46:48   Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/unchartednorth Website: https://www.unchartednorth.ca/ Show Notes: https://www.unchartednorth.ca/show...

This week James presents the Grindylow; the tiny, goblin-esque, irksome creatures of the shallows!   Timestamps Intro: 0:00 Pathfinder Lore:  5:49 Mythology and Folklore: 16:44 Mechanics: 23:45 Homebrew: 35:24 Outro: 45:05   Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/unchartednorth Website: https://www.unchartednorth.ca/ Show Notes: https://www.unchartednorth.ca/shownotes Merch: https://unchartednorth.com/s...

A very different kind of Aberration, and a really fun battlefield controller! This creature coupled with the right retinue could really messed a part’s day up! Homebrew & Strategy: After a little more investigation and the help of the Pathfinder 2e Reddit community in this post we found there are lots of creatures immune the Sickened condition, the vast majority of which are Constructs! So, we...

The following was supposed to be a Patreon release but James in all his glory forgot to the add the cuts as intros to 114 Dullahan and 115 Death Coach, so here it is for everyone in all it's glory! The Headless Horseman by Thomas Crofton Croker from Fairy Legends & Traditions in the South of Ireland (1828) as read by James Kidd. Original Story available here: https://www.gutenberg.org/cach...

Trollvember Part 3! We can’t help but dig in further and further here. Expect Pop Culture mixed with Social Issues! Expect neat variations of Troll Concepts! Expect anecdotes from our good friend Gabe at Inter-Party Conflict! Expect it all!!   Timestamps Intro: 0:00 Pathfinder Lore: 5:14 Pop Culture: 28:43 Story from the Audience: 1:49:50 Mechanics: 1:03:55 Homebrew: 1:43:06 Outro: 1:57:03   Patre...

In Part 2 of Trollvember we cover some basic beefed up versions of trolls and new troll adjacent creature from the Elemental Plane of Wood! The latter of which has some really neat reinterpretations of classic features!   Timestamps Intro: 0:00 Pathfinder Lore: 5:17 Mythology and Folklore: 13:37 Mechanics: 33:43 Homebrew: 1:27:49 Outro: 1:40:0   Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/unchartednorth Webs...