Crudely Drawn Swords - A Dungeon World Actual Play Podcast

Now my dear boy, I can understand that you are afraid that this makes you a pariah squared, but think about it this way: Either you are a pariah or you aren’t. If you are one already, how different is it? Hardly at all! People may not like what you are, but they can be persuaded - especially if you have the art of charms at your fingertips. Just remember that a person who dislikes you for what you...

Well I don't think we’ll be back anytime soon, so it should have died down...or we will have. Writing this real fast as things possibly about to be fairly ropey. There's a caravan or troop of people(?) heading our way on the lands just south of the salt desert. Any idea about their ways or customs? Also still no kitten pics???? How hard is that to source? ------------------------------------------...

Yeah I noticed, Percy’s pretty sunburnt and cranky. But thanks for just asking after him. We’re all in trouble. The quill ink evaporated in the desert leaving just black mush, hence I haven't replied. We’ve just found some water, which is great as I was pretty sure we were going to die. Percy's great and all but I really don't think he thought this journey through. I really don't recommend deserts...

Oh! You met young Otelo did you? And he took our surname after all? How charming for you! Is he still a sweet and shy boy? Did he recognise you? I have often wondered how things worked out for him after he left - it was a good time but I could tell the forest wasn’t the right place for him. He needed more people and I don’t really enjoy human company never mind that I have plenty of work to do her...

Hi Mum, I learnt to make the reaching scrolls in a library in Aru-sha. We’ve gone pretty far away, much further than I thought we’d go. We’re in a desert currently. Its big and bleak and I thought we were going to die. We’ve found water and I’ve rehydrated the ink meaning I can write to you. I’m not going to lie it's going to be a mixed bag this letter. I wanted to say I miss you and the forest. H...

As The Hawks realise that Tristan was not, in fact, hallucinating wildly it becomes clear that they need to take the threat posed by The Consumer seriously. Unfortunately, they are congenitally opposed to seriousness in all its forms, so this may prove a challenge far beyond their capacities.

Bambari, some very confused messages, are you alright? What do you need me to do? Did you know your friend the Paladin is in trouble? Saffron

I found this in some correspondence from Teren Galla, a priest of Maia displaced during the Cold Revolution. "I was the village priest in a small village by the name of Calderburn in southern Sudec for a few years and among the children of that village was a pair of twins named Taryu and Lemek- sweet little things they were, plump and black haired. As we sometimes see among young twins, they had t...

The prospector's account continues thus: "I was a little spooked by that and it gave me no inclination to return for some time, in fact I did find myself some sizeable copper ingots that would sell for good money if I could get 'em back to Merwall but I put off travelling back that way for a while and went further east a ways. Even spent some time around the Sleidlar and let me tell you them is go...

Season 3 of Crudely Drawn Swords begins - if you haven't listened before, we hope that this will provide an excellent jumping-on point. If you have, then buckle in- The Hawks are back and they have a whole new set of problems to contend with... --------------------------------- Bambari, this is interesting - from a source related to Enigma's network, an agent with the codename of "Mist" the accoun...

The journey along the North Coast got off to a somewhat unfortunate start, but surely the crew of The Ghost will be more than able to get everything back on an even keel ready to handle whatever challenges their quest should present to them. This follows closely from "The North Coast, Part 1" and if you haven't listened to that episode, it provides a valuable preface to the events contained herein...

The Hawks are back at sea and it was time for them to have a break, for us to follow some other characters, so in this episode and the next we will be learning about the heroic crew of The Ghost who are striving to navigate a perilous and uncharted ocean and bring their passengers safely to their distant destination. Fortunately the crew consists of expert and talented sailors with years of experi...

The Hawks are ready to travel- there is just time to tie up some loose ends in Aru-sha before they board their ship and say goodbye to the comfort and safety of the western lands where they have made themselves so many friends during their adventures. Percy darts in, Bambari expresses the beauty of flight, Enigma takes a seat and Tristan gives an old friend the finger in this retaliatory episode o...

Bambari has made a lot of difficult discoveries lately and now it is time for him to learn something of his place in the world, while outside the bridge of flame, the Hawks are laying metaphorical cards on the table. Tristan is a good guy really, Enigma is the shadow of a memory, Bambari is an angry teenager and Percy is just one man in this well-drained episode of Crudely Drawn Swords.

The Hawks have been keeping it underground as they investigate the blocked waterway that is leaving Aru-sha thirsty. As they close in on the cause of the problem things prove to be both simpler and far more complicated than they might have expected. Tristan is strong versus fire, Enigma is bringing the steam, Percy is understating the situation and Bambari is using magic to discover the true meani...

The Hawks have seemingly exhausted every opportunity to make an easy buck by simply asking someone to give them a huge amount of money and being given a huge amount of money and it seems that, filled with anger and resentment at the unreasonableness of not having won the lottery when they didn't even buy a ticket, our heroes will have to demean themselves with that most tiresome of trivialities, a...

Financing a ship sailing for months through dangerous waters turns out to be a very expensive proposition, the hawks now realise they need to get hold of a lot of money, information, money, cosmetic surgery and money. Time to hit up their contacts and persuade someone to give them a huge amount of money for no good reason. Tristan gets seated, Percy gets his fortune, Enigma gets weird and Bambari...

Sometimes the most generous gifts backfire, whether it is the kindness of gifting an amulet to the kind of person who likes amulets, the generosity of introducing someone to long-lost family or the cordial greeting of throwing someone's useful magic item into the sea, it seems there will be some ungrateful jerk who just gets angry about it. Tristan loves boiled eggs, Enigma loves seats, Percy love...

The show of the century seems to have gone with barely a hitch and now we are at the after party and it's time to catch up with old friends and enjoy some new gifts. Enigma is generous, Tristan is subtly concealed, Percy is suspicious and Bambari is crankier than normal in this chilled-out episode of Crudely Drawn Swords.

Night comes in, like some cool river, but here in the great city of Aru-sha we will celebrate its arrival as three great singers, Ophra Mezzira, Tristan Wilde and -returning to the stage for the first time in five long years- Otelo di Lutez, perform for our pleasure. It's time for Tristan to play the music, it's time for Bambari to light the lights, it's time for Percy to turn PI and Enigma to pla...

Coming up twenty gold short for that cool scroll you want to buy? For Tristan and Enigma the solution is obvious: Put on the largest concert the city has ever seen. In an afternoon. How hard can it be??? Elsewhere Percy and Bambari dive deeper into lore and history, gain some valuable knowledge and finally get a definitive answer to a question that has been bugging them for ages in this fiftieth e...

The Hawks arrive at their destination, sailing into the harbour of the ancient city of Aru-Sha. An opportunity to catch up with old friends, discover some unwelcome truths and hatch a madcap scheme the like of which the western kingdoms have seldom seen since the last time Tristan and Enigma came up with a "good" idea. Percy is cryptic, Enigma narrows her eyes, Tristan has a run of bad luck and Ba...

Percy is facing a duel to the death and the other Hawks may not intervene. If he loses, it spells disaster for our heroes, if he wins they have an easier journey ahead of them but how can they reconcile their actions with their wider moral standing? Percy hits the deck, Bambari asks awkward questions, Enigma uses her talents and Tristan stares off into the distance in this pugnacious episode of Cr...

The battle for control of The Ghost is not going as well as its instigators might have hoped, but can the Hawks turn the tide and change the direction of the ship?* Bambari threatens, Enigma draws attention, Tristan makes his peace and Percy makes a promise in this escalating episode of Crudely Drawn Swords. *This works on two levels and may be the best show notes sentence so far.

The Hawks have decided it is time to take control, passengers turned mutineers, but will Captain Arsenne give up his ship and his way of life so easily? It seems unlikely. Luckily the Hawks are experts at the top of their game! Percy lays down the law, Enigma just about hangs on, Tristan gets his chance and Bambari makes a clean sweep in this mutinous episode of Crudely Drawn Swords.