Lapropo

Hello, viewers at sea! As your humble editor casts the requisite spells to prepare the third arc of Hel'mith, we will be filing the weeks with a few different kinds of episode. We'll be doing an Off Watch Chatter, our casual chats about how to run or enjoy TTRPGs, and we'll be doing a 'clip show' of our favorite moments from the podcast so far. Let us know what moments you want...

Hel'mith / D&D / Combat / Finale The thrilling conclusion of Arc 2! Sprinting across the gangway, having fought through the warehouse, the Greymates, ironbound to finish their journey, head into the inner sanctum of Councilor Willoughby, charging headlong into the deep unknown. Facio puts on the performance of his lifetime, Oggy confronts his shadow self, and Sir calls on all the aid she c...

Hello viewers at sea! This is just an update to let you know that NEXT week will be finale of the Restless Deep Saga--it's a behemoth in more ways than one... meaning an editing one too! I'll be posting some clips to our Patreon (patreon.com/lapropo), and there's going to be character art coming soon to our instagram (instagram.com/lapropodcast). And with that, its back to the salt min...

Hel'mith / D&D / Combat The Greymates follow their leads to where the tracks meet: a warehouse run by a suspicious commissioner by the name of Willoughby. They spend a surprising amount of time talking about how to proceed, before kicking the door in and proceeding with plan kick monster-butt. They find surprising guards, familiar foes, and fight their way through a tinderbox of a warehous...

Hel'mith / D&D The Greyling arrives at Calypso and begins their hunt for Shiloh Hopper, and finds a tangled web of murder, mystery and misery in the lower city section of Calypso, called the Bilges. Oggy settles old tabs, Facio spins new yarns, and Sir calls on some deep deep Atlentar naval code.  Follow us on instagram @lapropodcast and check out our patreon to support us: patreon.com/lap...

Hel'mith / D&D / Combat The Greyling is grappled and pirates swing aboard! Sit the Quarry gets spooky, Oggy takes a moment to hydrate, and Facio mocks with words and tentacles. Follow us on instagram at @lapropodcast and support us by joining our patreon: patreon.com/lapropo

Welcome to Off Watch Chatter, where we chat all about tabletop, how to have fun with it, and share the stories... behind the stories. Claire tells Paul about her early days of D&D, her tips for how to be a fun player and DM and much more. We're off watch, and the chat is spicy!

Hel’mith / D&D / The Greyling / combat / ship combat The Greymates set sail for Calypso city to cure their curse… but with a rushed route plotted by Oggy, they choose to go through the Maelstrom Straights. Facio buoys the crew morale with shanties, Oggy leaps around the ship in dire circumstances, and Sir confronts a force they never thought they would. This episode was almost titled "The...

Hel'mith / D&D / The Greyling / Combat The Greymates fight for their lives against strange, super powered Sahuagins. Facio burbles from the deep, Oggy has a sudden, unwelcome, reprieve from his curse, and Sir leaps (swim-leaps?) around the depot. Follow us on instagram at: instagram.com/lapropodcast--very exciting announcements coming soon about the end of the second arc, and.... MERCH! Yo...

Hel'mith / D&D / The Greyling The Greyling sails to Marintin to find a job. Oggy takes the lead and risks meeting an old contact with lucrative contracts, Facio has his own mission in the bar, and Roan struggles with the way the world has changed while buying truly everything on offer from a sushi stand. Follow us on instagram: @lapropodcast And check out our patreon: patreon.com/lapropo

D&D / The Greyling / Hel'mith The Greyling sails into a classic black squall and struggles to stay upright. Facio sings his tunes, Sir rabbits out orders, and Oggy.... comes clean about what's been haunting the dreams of everyone aboard the ship. Follow us on instagram: @lapropodcast (And threads!) Check out our patreon: Patreon.com/lapropo Leave us a review, and I'll read your rev...

Chuck, Vincent and Paul chat about how to create encounters from nothing but a few monsters. We discuss what makes a good encounter, how to create interesting situations for players to navigate, and each propose one encounter from a set of monsters. If you've ever wanted to run a game but felt combat and encounters were strange and hard to prepare, this is the episode for you! On our patreon (...

Hel'mith / Greyling / D&D5e The Greyling hits the doldrums, and the crew's commitment is tested. In the relentless stillness, how will they hold on to the their sanity? Facio makes mistakes at open mic as well as discoveries below the sea, Sir holds true to her ideals, and Oggy does a beautiful shark dance. If you enjoyed the show, please leave us a review! It really helps people discover the show...

Hel'mith / Greyling / Dialect / Word Episode This week, Claire plays the Traitor card, and we find the word the Greyling uses for those whose "act of selfishness stuns us all."Claire gets to flex some French curses, Chuck floats an obscure documentary, Vincent pontificates on how words become swears, and the team makes a startling discovery about how far the Greymates are willing to...

How do I start playing a TTRPG? This is how! This week we are joined by Christian Young, a Phoenixville gamemaster, referee, and brain behind a community table top night. Christian and Paul chat about what got Christian into playing TTRPGs, where he draws inspiration, how he’s grown over the years, and he shares all his secrets about how to build adventures, make them exciting, and develop player...

Hel'mith / Dialect / Word Episode This week, we find a word to describe those who are feeling Oggy's curse... and learn something huge about it in the process. Facio approaches Oggy with treats, and Oggy comes clean.  Follow us on instagram: @lapropodcast And consider supporting us on a patreon for forever ad free episodes, additional bonus content, and more. Patreon.com/lapropodcast

Another duo-word-episode! This week we make the word the Greyling uses for ‘wonderful’ and create an antonym for the first age word “misted.” Chuck gets to wax poetic about sailor’s heaven, Claire ruminates on what freedom feels like, and Facio’s soups are still wonderful. Claire plays the antonym card, and has some banger lines about what the opposite of death is. Follow us on Instagram: @lapropo...

We continue creating the world the Greyling sails through by creating its words. This week, Claire plays the Technology card to create a vital tool we use in the isolation. Chuck gets to flex his extensive knowledge of IFAKs, EPIRBs, and boat safety (and read a spell) and we discover an unsettling trend aboard our ship....  Follow us on instagram (@lapropodcast) and check out our patreon (patreon....

Hel'mith / Dialect / Word Episode We continue to find the story of the Greyling through its words. This week, Vincent plays the "faction" card, and we create a faction in the isolation that causes all of us to, to say the least, hull about it. We meet Perch, Sir the Quarry has choice words, and Facio… is putting “what looks like Seagull dander” on fish?

Dialect / Hel'mith / Word Episodes A duo-word-isode! As the Ferriers sail across old Atlentar, we continue to create the world they find through their words. This week Chuck plays the "New Source" card (members of the isolation hear one of their words being used from an outside source) and Paul plays the "Unit of Time" card. Check out our patreon (patreon.com/lapropo) for e...

Vincent and Paul sit down with Joseph and Ayame Rogers, to chat about what got us into D&D in the first place, cool techniques to engage players, and how to make sure we "remember why we are there to play the game." We sat down on our an outside porch, so do enjoy the crickets, the birds, children playing, and a very jingly cat in the background! Off Watch Chatter is our TTRPG chat s...

Hel’mith / Dialect / Word Episode Claire plays the New Ritual card in Dialect, and we develop the new ritual emerging among the crew as the restless deep begins to change our very senses. Facio, Sam and Oggy have a plan, and Sir stands at the bow, ears twitching.

Hel'mith / Greyling / D&D We begin creating the language the Ferrier's use as they sail across their new world, starting with an Action: meaning we change an word from the first age to suit the second.  Sir the Quarry struggles with negotiations, Oggy pulls out some surprising personal history, and Facio has a moment of truth.  Attributions Coast seagull ship from freesound.org by klan...

This week, the crew of the Greyling gets a lore dump from Paul about old Atlentar, we see the map, and decide where our characters are from, back mapside... literally. Follow our Instagram (Instagram.com/lapropodcast) to see the map we reference in your feed, when we post it! This finishes this round of "Community Questions" in this second age of Dialect. Usually one doesn't do a rou...

The Greyling sets forth into a new world... with new words! We create the new aspects we'll be using for our voyage, and clarify our character's relationship to them. Great great reviews of how Dialect works here, a masterful job by Vincent Tavani to guide and shape our conversations, all buoyed by the grog mixed up by Chuck. For the unabridged brainstorm, with extra content as we discuss...