Inspired Incompetence

Skram has discovered an interesting piece of street art that bears further investigation, but first, Manny's gun is getting a very special cleaning. It's time to take a trip down memory lane with Sandara and Manny before investigating yet another zombie-making octopus monster.  As always, please remember to subscribe, rate, and review us in your podcast distributor of choice. If you want to get in...

The gang continues their pirate-y exploits and have captured not one, but two ships! Not only that, but the time has come for the gang to finally make port for the first time since they truly became pirates. Bloodcove ahead! As always, please remember to subscribe, rate, and review us in your podcast distributor of choice. If you want to get in contact with us you can follow us on Twitter and Face...

So, we've got a sinking ship, a box that we can't get wet, and we're surrounded by a bunch of angry fish people. Sounds about right. Let's see how the gang manages to get out of this one without dooming half the Fever Sea to the briny deep. We apologize in advance for the sound quality in this one. We were having some issues with our equipment this week, but we'll get it sorted before the next epi...

Level 5 is here at last! The gang made it through the series of unfortunate events at Rickety's Squibs and came out the other side with a ship they can call their own. Now that they've started their true pirate career in the Fever Sea, they're feeling a bit more powerful. Will that power be enough for what lies ahead, though? Let's find out, shall we? As always, please remember to subscribe, rate,...

This week we're back with another edition of our Sweet Side Action. This time around, Matt takes the guys through the third scenario in the Doomsday Dawn Pathfinder Playtest material. "Third scenario?" you may ask, "What happened to the second one?" Well I'll tell you. The audio quality was simply not up to snuff, so we decided to put that episode on the shelf for the time being and move on. We ap...

Our super eventful stay at Rickety Squibs has finally come to an end! The gang has their very own ship, all specced out and looking super fine and they are ready to start their journey to become the scourge of the Shackles. First, though, they have to get the feet wet, so to speak, by plying the Fever Sea shipping lanes for a bit before they can earn their place among the hierarchy in the Shackles...

Tensions amid Skram's past come to a cacophonous head as his new crew meets the old in a good old-fashioned standoff. It may be the whole gang against a lone hobgoblin, but something tells me he's got a few tricks up his sleeve and is tougher than he looks. No worries, we've got this...right? As always, please remember to subscribe, rate, and review us in your podcast distributor of choice. If you...

Well, the gang is going to be in search of a new officer now, but at least they can finally sleep at night without leaving one eye open. Life at Rickety Squibs is never simple, though, as a blast from Skram's past catches up with him this week in Episode 25 - Squibbing (Relation)Ships! As always, please remember to subscribe, rate, and review us in your podcast distributor of choice. If you want t...

We're back with our second edition of some Sweet Side Action. This time around the story continues as Matt runs (most of) the guys through the first scenario of the Pathfinder 2 Playtest, modified to fit into our Sweet Side Action format, of course. Come give us a listen as we give a (mostly) lighthearted real-time review of the playtest. As always, please remember to subscribe, rate, and review u...

And we thought this was supposed to be a safe place to get a ship outfitted! Not only is there a murder mystery afoot, but now we have giant, intelligent, mean snakes to deal with? What the hell, Rickety?!  A couple quick mentions before we get started on this one: We have a new player joining us today! Our friend Andrew decided to join the crew for a few weeks, so enjoy his time with the gang, I...

The time has come to make the ship their own. The gang has arrived at Rickety Squibs, a place that specializes in giving ships a makeover. Now they have over a week to wait around while the ship gets all made up. Surely this will be a nice, relaxing bit of shore leave for the gang after all they've gone through, right?  As always, please remember to subscribe, rate, and review us in your podcast d...

Welcome to our first installment of some Sweet Side Action! Due to some scheduling conflicts, we weren't able to get the full compliment of gamers to the table for this week's episode, so this week Matt is taking his turn at GMing the first in our series of side missions featuring an entirely new cast of characters played by Nick and Alex. Who can resist a little Sweet Side Action? Not you, surely...

We did it! We pulled off a successful mutiny and have taken control of the soon-to-be-renamed ship. On top of that, we leveled up! Level 4 brings some new goodies as well as a new playground for us in the form of the Fever Sea and the Shackles. Let's see what hijinks the group can get into now that they have free reign of the seas. As always, please remember to subscribe, rate, and review us in yo...

The time has come. The gang's time away from the ship has brought the tensions among the crew to a head and the mutiny has begun. I don't know if the group ever thought they were going to have to aggressively board their own ship, but here we are. Mister Plugg has joined the fray, and the battle for the Man's Promise heats up, it's episode 21 - Burying the Hatchet. As always, please remember to su...

There's no rest for the fallen, apparently. Having made it through the Grindy-lair mostly intact, the gang finds themselves surrounded by undead ghouls with a bone to pick with their newest ally. Help comes from a surprising place as the group steels themselves for what they assume is their final showdown aboard the Man's Promise in Episode 20 - His Mask Will Go On. As always, please remember to s...

With two of their friends down for the count and two more about to be, the gang finds themselves in dangerous waters as they try to rescue their crewmates and survive their most dangerous encounter yet. It's the epic conclusion to the Grindy-lair saga in episode 19 - Manny in the Deep. As always, please remember to subscribe, rate, and review us in your podcast distributor of choice. If you want t...

It took some time, but the gang managed to fight their way into the Grindy-lair. With their focus solely on rescuing Sandara and Sams, does the gang have what it takes to make it out of this flooded cave complex in one piece? In two pieces? Find out in episode 18 - In Over His Helmet! As always, please remember to subscribe, rate, and review us in your podcast distributor of choice. If you want to...

The gang has finally found their source for fresh water. Unfrotunately it also came with Assassin Vines and a possible madman. Come and listen as the group attempts to recruit a new ally for their push - Into the Grindy-Lair. As always, please remember to subscribe, rate, and review us in your podcast distributor of choice. If you want to get in contact with us you can follow us on Twitter and Fac...

The gang's mission to gather fresh water for the ship is going swimmingly. Their more secret mission to rescue Sandara and Sams is going less so. The gang faces their deadliest foe yet this time around in episode 16 - A Quick Stand in Quicksand. As always, please remember to subscribe, rate, and review us in your podcast distributor of choice. If you want to get in contact with us you can follow u...

The ship is under attack! Mother nature and some horrible little octo-goblins have seemingly teamed up to give the gang a bad time. With most of the crew up in the rigging simply trying to keep the ship afloat in a terrible storm, will the gang be able to handle a fight by themselves? Can the crew weather the storm even without added complications? The life of a pirate is never easy in Episode 15...

The gang finds themselves aboard a new ship, but the situation isn't as different as it seems. The crew is more divided than ever as the gang is given the most grueling tasks day in and day out while those who buddied up to Mister Plugg are pampered. With no real communication between the two factions, the gang and their allies ponder their possible fate and plan for the worse contingencies in Epi...

It's party time!  The crew has plenty to celebrate in this installment. They are riding high off of a sucecssful battle, but those good feelings can only last so long as tensions among the crew continue to grow taut. The gang continues their scheming from before the appearance of another ship so rudely interrupted them in Episode 13 - A Symbolic Heist. As always, please remember to subscribe, rate...

We rejoin the crew as they partake in a brutal fight for plunder. Captain Harrigan is up to all sorts of wild hijinks and the gang thinks they're gaining the upper hand, but things are never as easy as they seem. Let's finish the fight in episode 12 - Steamboat Skram. As always, please remember to subscribe, rate, and review us in your podcast distributor of choice. If you want to get in contact w...

The pirates are finally getting to do pirate-y things! After weeks of hoisting sails and swabbing decks (and nearly dying to rats) the Wormwood has finally spotted another ship, and it looks ripe for plunder. Any plans the gang might have been cooking up are going to have to be put on hold as the crew prepares for an exciting foray into the life of a pirate! As always, please remember to subscribe...

Sandara has been without her holy symbol for far too long. Not only does it make her sad, it makes the entire group rely on De'Voth for healing, and that just won't do! This week, the gang hatches several elaborate plots to retrieve Sandara's holy symbol, but will any of them actually accomplish anything? Find out in episode 10 - Let's Make a Steal! As always, please remember to subscribe, rate, a...