Dicey Stories

Tric and Heppa meet Alric’s parents, a papermaker and a falconer. Scene 5 Scene 6 Scene 7 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!

The team deals with Mariah’s sudden collapse. Scene 11 Scene 12 Scene 13 Scene 14 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com . Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Tric and Heppa arrive in Weldyn, the capital of Wesnoth, but not without a minor magical mishap first. Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Scene 4 GM Notes The Battle for Wesnoth video game is a tactical turn-based strategy game that also involves some resource management. Each unit needs to be paid its level in gold every turn. The standard day/night cycle has six parts: dawn, morning, afternoon, dusk, first...

Mariah, Cleve, and Corazon assault Morgan’s network node and encounter some unexpected phenomena. Scene 8 Scene 9 Scene 10 GM Notes Network Nodes are an adaptation from Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. In the video game, it’s the first building which boosts science output. In our setting, with miasma cutting off long range communications, cable must be physically laid. Similar to old telegraph rep...

Following the ambush, Tric and Heppa get to know Knots and the Beard a bit better. Scene 14 Scene 15 Scene 16 Scene 17 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 t...

Cleve guides Mariah and Corazon through the wilderness to Morgan’s network node. Scene 5 Scene 6 Scene 7 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com . Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Tric and Heppa deal with ambush clean-up. Scene 12 Scene 13 GM Notes Once again, units from the video game informed NPCs in this arc. Tomos was a perfect vehicle for leaking more information on Kachen. He is very much based on the basic human Mage . The nagas at the ambush were based on the basic Naga Fighter , except for Zlek, the Naga Myrmidon . Even the environmental hazard of the Mudcrawler wa...

Mariah, Cleve, and Corazon spend some time in Data Haven resting and preparing for their data recovery job. Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Scene 4 GM Notes Data Haven is an original location, heavily inspired by my experiences in hackerspaces and machine shops in the United States. I adapted that kind of freewheeling creative culture into a contained environment. They’ve got basic needs like food and hou...

With some help from their new friends, Tric and Heppa ambush the ambushers. 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 . Need context? Jump to the start of the series...

Roze offers Cleve, Mariah, and Corazon a job, but Dr. Citali has her own ideas on what it should include. Scene 20 Scene 21 Scene 22 GM Notes In this arc, we see several characters and creatures adapted from the video games. From Civilization: Beyond Earth, we have the Wolf Beetle , the Siege Worm , and the ever present Miasma . From the original Alpha Centauri, I also lifted Xenofungus (which is...

When a collapsed bridge halts the caravan’s progress, Tric and Heppa conduct an investigation. Scene 8 Scene 9 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 st...

Mariah, Cleve, and Corazon reach Data Haven. Scene 16 Scene 17 Scene 18 Scene 19 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com . Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Tric and Heppa make the acquaintance of some veteran mercenaries also serving as guards on the caravan. Scene 5 Scene 6 Scene 7 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 contex...

Mariah and Cleve have their first close-up encounter with Chiron’s atmospheric miasma. Scene 13 Scene 14 Scene 15 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com . Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

As the caravan heads down the bank of the River Weldyn, Tric and Heppa search for a missing child. Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Scene 4 GM Notes This episode’s description of Falcon Sight was inspired by information from What It’s Like to Be a Bird by David Allen Sibley. In case you hadn’t guessed it yet, we really like birds. Also, this episode also introduces several new NPCs. Prior to starting this...

Mariah and Cleve protect Corazon Santiago from the Morgan Repossession Team. Scene 10 Scene 11 Scene 12 GM Notes The Stepdaughters of Chiron is an adaptation of the video game faction, Gaia’s Stepdaughters . It remains to be seen if they are as peaceful as their video-game equivalent (which itself takes inspiration from real-world organizations like Greenpeace), or if they truly are “ecoterrorists...

Tric and Heppa take care of their business with Damal and Heledd in South Tower. Scene 11 Scene 12 Scene 13 Scene 14 Scene 15 GM Notes Tracking currency is not something I particularly enjoy in RPGs. And yet, here I saddled my players with debt, which had the potential to push them away from story-oriented playing to money-grabbing. Why did I do this? Well, the simple reason was to continue giving...

Mariah and Cleve meet another human and learn some of the current situation on Chiron. Scene 7 Scene 8 Scene 9 GM Notes Corazon is perhaps the NPC most loosely inspired by the original video game character of the same name. Rather than have her focus be militarization as in the source game, I reinterpreted that at a more personal level as someone who is a bit reckless. Plus, early on, I wanted an...

Tric and Heppa reconnect with Heledd and Alric at the Parting Glass. Scene 7 Scene 8 Scene 9 Scene 10 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 th...

The first extraterrestrial lifeforms that Mariah and Cleve encounter are less than happy to see them. Scene 4 Scene 5 Scene 6 GM Notes During our Session Zero, our group made a list of things we either really wanted to have or really wanted to avoid in the campaign. Both players were interested in something supernatural to fit into the sci-fi setting. For Cleve, this translated to an ethereal anim...

Tric and Heppa meet with Thrandolil about their next project for him and then head back to South Tower. Scene 4 Scene 5 Scene 6 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 contex...

Mariah and Cleve leave Earth aboard Unity , seeking a new life on the planet Chiron in the Alpha Centauri system. But something goes wrong on the way there. Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 GM Notes You might be wondering why I set this campaign 30 years after planetfall rather than coincident with it. By setting it later, the world has already had some chance to develop into factions that the PCs have to...

High Lord Volas commissions Tric and Heppa to undertake a task for him on their upcoming journey. Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 GM Notes High Lord Volas is a character from the Battle for Wesnoth mainline campaign, Eastern Invasion. The assassination attempt we refer to is from Scenario 4a of that campaign. He does not have much dialogue in that, so his personality is mainly my invention here. His physi...

Tric and Heppa exchange information with Kachen before he leaves on his own job for Thrandolil. Scene 4 Scene 5 Scene 6 Scene 7 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 contex...

Jump to Arcs | Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Addendum Open Datalinks. Subject: Honest Assessment of Earth in 2100. Result: The few billion people and perhaps half as many kind souls don't agree on much, but they do agree that Earth is ruined. The environment. The politics. The war. The Mistake. Sure, there are pockets where things are mostly okay, if you've got the credits. But you know it's go...