Dicey Stories

Lilly and Imogen make good their escape. Scene 17 Scene 18 Scene 19 Need context? Jump to the start of the series! Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Tric and Heppa trick Sleidr into giving them the stolen rings. Scene 16 Scene 17 Scene 18 Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here . Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 , part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org . Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Neiman and Narud make their way through a Xel’naga temple in search of a powerful artifact while Lilly and Imogen do some precision thievery. Scene 13 Scene 14 Scene 15 Scene 16 Need context? Jump to the start of the series! Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

With some help from their friends, Tric and Heppa disguise themselves as humans. Scene 12 Scene 13 Scene 14 Scene 15 GM Notes When the players first reached South Tower, I expected that they would gain access to the House of Light by some means and there obtain a new artifact as well as information related to the mysteries surrounding Kachen. However, as play progressed, it became clear that they...

Lilly and Imogen prepare their traps for Neiman and Narud. Scene 11 Scene 12 Need context? Jump to the start of the series! Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Alric reveals himself to be well-suited for helping Tric and Heppa plan the recovery of Heledd’s stolen goods. Scene 9 Scene 10 Scene 11 Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here . Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 , part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org . Ne...

Lilly and Imogen investigate the Xel’naga temple they are using as the lure for Neiman. Scene 9 Scene 10 Need context? Jump to the start of the series! Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

While Heppa treats Heledd’s injuries, Tric and Alric investigate the scene of the crime. Scene 5 Scene 6 Scene 7 Scene 8 GM Notes After our Wesnoth campaign had been going for a while, Heppa’s player was missing the special ability she had when playing Lilly in our StarCraft campaign. Not that she wanted that exact flashback mechanic again, but just something that felt special and could gift her w...

Imogen, Lilly, and Malorn relocate the terran population of Stryko II in advance of the Swarm’s arrival. Scene 7 Scene 8 Need context? Jump to the start of the series! Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Things are a little hectic at the Parting Glass due to a missing waitress. Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Scene 4 GM Notes This arc contains spoilers for the Battle for Wesnoth campaign Eastern Invasion, as well as references to the Hammer of Thursagan and the Sceptre of Fire. Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here . Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth...

Imogen and Lilly pick a planet for ambushing Neiman, but it turns out to be less than ideal. Scene 5 Scene 6 Need context? Jump to the start of the series! Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

The dinner with Mhaev and Terwaen goes about as smoothly as can be expected. Afterwards, the younger attendants use everything they have learned to draw up Tric’s family tree. Scene 5 Scene 6 Scene 7 GM Notes Going into this family dinner, I was not sure at what point the players would figure out that Terwaen was Tric’s half-sister. The secret benefitted from the fact that the relationship between...

Imogen shares her master plan for saving the Koprulu Sector from Earth, and Lilly helps her set it in motion. Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Scene 4 Note: During the scene in Egon’s lab, when Imogen examines the Xel’naga artifact, a real life monsoon rolled through our recording location, dropping a torrential downpour around us as we played. Feel free to pretend that the noises you hear are psionic stat...

Tric and Heppa return to the Parting Glass to get ready and then welcome their dinner guests. Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Scene 4 GM Notes This arc contains spoilers for the Battle for Wesnoth campaign Eastern Invasion. Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here . Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-...

While Lilly burns bridges, Imogen plots Lost & Found’s next moves against Neiman. Scene 15 Scene 16 Scene 17 Scene 18 Note: This arc was recorded in Summer of 2020, and like many people, we did not have full control over our environments during lockdown. Please forgive the noise from the flatmate’s TV. I scrubbed out as much of it as I could. Need context? Jump to the start of the series! Musi...

Tric has a tense meeting with his mother Mhaev and then relaxes at the joust with his cousin Heppa. Scene 9 Scene 10 GM Notes In this episode, I sprang one of the surprises I’d been planning ever since Tric’s player gave me carte blanche for things pertaining to Tric’s parentage. I knew that finding his mother would be something Tric would want to accomplish early in the campaign, but I didn’t wan...

Lilly and Imogen get the escaped prisoners to safety aboard Hyperion , where Lilly finally calls Durian. Scene 12 Scene 13 Scene 14 Note: This arc was recorded in Summer of 2020, and like many people, we did not have full control over our environments during lockdown. Please forgive the noise from the flatmate’s TV. I scrubbed out as much of it as I could. Need context? Jump to the start of the se...

Heppa hangs out with the White Mage Rhaessa learning about human healing magic. Meanwhile, Tric chats with Dame Terwaen of the Horse Clans, with whom he has more in common than he expected. Scene 6 Scene 7 Scene 8 GM Notes The NPC Ulf suddenly sprung into existence in this arc. At the start of this episode, you hear us establish some things about him with 69: Ruin and 2: Dreams. That is us consult...

Imogen presents the escape plan to the liberated prisoners while Lilly leads marines away from Saffron . Scene 10 Scene 11 Note 1: This episode uses our Chase rules (starting around 12:30). Find them  here . Note 2: This arc was recorded in Summer of 2020, and like many people, we did not have full control over our environments during lockdown. Please forgive the noise from the flatmate’s TV. I sc...

Tric and Heppa enjoy the opening of the Full Bloom Festival. He tries his hand at the archery competition, while she participates in the duels. Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Scene 4 Scene 5 GM Notes Once again, units from the Battle for Wesnoth video game inspired characters in this arc. I happen to think the sprite for the Javelineer is adorable, so I had to include that unit among the guards. One of t...

Imogen makes arrangements for a rendezvous with Raynor’s Raiders while Lilly deals with Dominion military forces. Scene 8 Scene 9 Note: This arc was recorded in Summer of 2020, and like many people, we did not have full control over our environments during lockdown. Please forgive the noise from the flatmate’s TV. I scrubbed out as much of it as I could. Need context? Jump to the start of the seri...

Tric and Heppa antagonize yet another former resident of Hisanham, but then Tric manages to entertain the patrons of the Parting Glass with his first stand-up performance. Scene 18 Scene 19 Scene 20 Scene 21 GM Notes Once again, units from the Battle for Wesnoth video game inspired characters in this arc. Gwaffalyn is a mash-up of the Fencer and Duelist units. Rhaessa is a White Mage . Heledd is a...

Lilly and Imogen enact their plan to conceal Saffron , sacrificing some scantids and Dominion troopers along the way. Scene 6 Scene 7 Note: This arc was recorded in Summer of 2020, and like many people, we did not have full control over our environments during lockdown. Please forgive the noise from the flatmate’s TV. I scrubbed out as much of it as I could. Need context? Jump to the start of the...

Tric makes friends with a local magpie while Heppa savors the flavors of human food and drink. Scene 15 Scene 16 Scene 17 GM Notes Following the scene with Alric and his falcon, Tric’s player expressed interest in an animal companion. Although falcons fit with Tric’s Dunefolk heritage, we settled on a magpie to better fit Tric’s personality. Then it was up to me to introduce the animal in a way th...

Imogen talks with the former prisoners, trying to convince herself that the future of the sector will be in good hands once they are delivered to Matt Horner. Meanwhile, Lilly secures access to a crucial vespene supply. Scene 4 Scene 5 Note: This arc was recorded in Summer of 2020, and like many people, we did not have full control over our environments during lockdown. Please forgive the noise fr...