Dungeons and Dragons

Make-Believe Heroes

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Welcome to Make-Believe Heroes: an actual-play, 5th Edition Dungeon and Dragons Adventure! Join our players every Monday as they set out for adventure in the homebrew world of Manumi.

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Dec 24, 2025

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Episodes

#6 | HEY BOYS! 26.11.2018

**Note: HUGE thanks to Sam Sharples (or Trackpad) for helping us remaster Season 2! Check out his work at https://www.audiobysam.com/. Welcome back to Make-Believe Heroes! Description: With the would-be assassins taken care of, our adventurers (finally) set forth towards Devil's Pass. The day's journey gives them a few moments to catch their breath, for a couple certain siblings to reconnect. But...

#5 | It Was Too Late for Gilbert 19.11.2018

**Note: HUGE thanks to Sam Sharples (or Trackpad) for helping us remaster Season 2! Check out his work at https://www.audiobysam.com/. Welcome back to Make-Believe Heroes! Description: Our heroes are almost ready to set out for Devil's Pass. All they need to do is get some horses and head out. Easy peasy, right? RIGHT???? Have you seen the awesome MBH Patreon? If not, go check it out and see the a...

#4 | A New Quest Awaits! 12.11.2018

**Note: HUGE thanks to Sam Sharples (or Trackpad) for helping us remaster Season 2! Check out his work at https://www.audiobysam.com/. Welcome back to Make-Believe Heroes! Description: In the aftermath of the attack on the Third House, these unexpected heroes find themselves loved and lauded by all present in the Core. But as things wind down, Mayor Braxxon Tariq reveals that something more nefari...

Halloween Special! - The Forest Hymn & Picnic 08.11.2018

Welcome to the very first Halloween Special from Make-Believe Heroes! Listen closely, friend, as a Person, a Badger-folk, and two zany Ghosts meet on the path through the Forest Hymn on their journey toward "picnic." Follow along as they find that the forest is both a magical and quite dangerous place, especially for the living. What wonder and mystery might linger in the waiting darkness? A HUGE...

#3 | The People's Champion 05.11.2018

**Note: HUGE thanks to Sam Sharples (or Trackpad) for helping us remaster Season 2! Check out his work at https://www.audiobysam.com/. Welcome back to Make-Believe Heroes! Description: There's been an explosion... In Branshire?! What king of MADNESS is this? There are no explosions in Branshire! And yet, smoke is rising over the Core, and our adventurers dash toward the commotion to see if they mi...

#2 | The Hard Way 29.10.2018

**Note: HUGE thanks to Sam Sharples (or Trackpad) for helping us remaster Season 2! Check out his work at https://www.audiobysam.com/. Welcome back to Make-Believe Heroes! Description: This week, we return to the streets of Branshire as the Festival of the Rising Sun continues. Brackle returns to his booth to find some suspicious looking fellows at the desk. Where is Laylea? Can he sort out this u...

#1 | Welcome to Branshire! 22.10.2018

**Note: HUGE thanks to Sam Sharples (or Trackpad) for helping us remaster Season 2! Check out his work at https://www.audiobysam.com/. Description: This marks the beginning of a new chapter for Make-Believe Heroes. We're so very glad to have you come along with us. It's time for the Season 2 premiere: Welcome to Branshire! You can also find the newest addition to our table, Felicia, at @Junior21Ko...

Origin Stories: The Secret Origin of Jemaliel Kartdth 15.10.2018

Now that the secret is out, perhaps we should take a deeper look into the life of Jemaliel Kartdth... DO we know everything that we need to know about our friend Jem? Or are there still secrets held within, things that would turn your blood cold? Listen with care, traveler. For this tale is not for the faint of heart... Also, quick note, WE HAVE MERCH! http://tee.pub/lic/E16wZvDeYO8  Also also, if...

Lost 08.10.2018

With Season One now behind us, we are still left with many uncertainties... What happened to the rest of the party? Where did they go when they stepped through that gate? Will we ever learn the REST of their story? The short answer is: yes. Right now, in fact. Well, some of it. Is this the end for these characters? Or is it just a new beginning? Also, quick note, WE HAVE MERCH! http://tee.pub/lic/...

Season One Q&A/Recap 01.10.2018

Season One is in the bag. And so, let's dig into the Mail Bag! We got SO MANY QUESTIONS from you all, and we are so happy. So tune in as we just hold one another for about an hour and a half and weep... Nah, just kidding. We dig into all of your questions and our thoughts about the finale and season as a whole. Thanks SO MUCH for listening! Big thanks to Sam Sharples from http://www.audiobysam.com...

#41 | The Grove, the Tree, and the Stone 24.09.2018

It all comes down to this. Deep in the Grove of Otonia, there is a tree with golden leaves that shine like the sun. This tree houses within itself a stone, blacker than darkness. Someone seeks to destroy the tree and claim the stone for themselves. But a small group of misfits-made-heroes have travelled far and endured much to save the tree and protect the stone. No more waiting. It's here. I hope...

#40 | The Long Stair 17.09.2018

Welcome to Make-Believe Heroes: an actual play, 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons adventure! Description: The harrowing battle at the base of the stairs continues. And even if they do defeat these dark sentinels, what awaits them at the top of the long stair? And can they reach the top before their time runs out? Questions stack up with this, the penultimate episode of Season 1. That's right, just on...

#39 | The Sentinels of the Lake 10.09.2018

Welcome to Make-Believe Heroes: an actual play, 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons adventure! Description: Standing at the foot of the staircase that leads up to the Tree, our heroes make their stand. Tasked with preventing the living from ascending the stairs, the undead sentinels stand vigilant and ready for battle. Can our heroes overcome this combat and ascend the stairs before it's too late? Also...

#38 | The Lake of the Lost 03.09.2018

Welcome to Make-Believe Heroes: an actual play, 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons adventure! Description: Last week certainly brought a strange turn of events... And now our heroes are traveling deep underground, alongside an unexpected addition to their party. As distrust and uncertainty builds amongst friends, they soon discover that they’ll have to work together regardless of their quarrels.. That...

#37 | A Final Feast 27.08.2018

Welcome to Make-Believe Heroes: an actual play, 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons adventure! Description: This week, our party moves deeper into the Grove. However, it would appear that already the fey nature of this place has begun to tear our heroes apart from within their own minds... Should they go ahead now and use the power gifted to them by Ovi? What if they can't make it to the Tree before th...

Origin Stories: Lauric Darkbolt 23.08.2018

Welcome to yet ANOTHER special bonus episode from Make-Believe Heroes: the Origin Story of Lauric Darkbolt! Description: Before Lauric became the jittery, neurotic wizard boy that we know (and love?), he was just a student and a son. Today, we take you back, not to Lauric's "beginning" per-say, but to a crucial moment in his past. Listen closely friends, for there are some key pieces to the puzzle...

#36 | Puppy Dogs and People Dogs 20.08.2018

Welcome to Make-Believe Heroes: an actual play, 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons adventure! Description: Our party has finally entered the Grove, and they have quickly discovered that this place is, to put it mildly, "unsafe for travel." Case-in-point: an wild pack of blink dogs is currently chasing them through the forest! But what awaits on the other side of this passage? Something strange, someth...

#35 | It's Raining Carrots 13.08.2018

Welcome to Make-Believe Heroes: an actual play, 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons adventure! Description: They did it. They actually did it. They found the grove. Now all they need to do is find the tree, and save it. Simple, right? Well, maybe not so simple. But one thing is absolutely certain: it's not going to get easier from here. Also, quick note, WE HAVE MERCH! http://tee.pub/lic/E16wZvDeYO8  A...

Origin Stories: Jemaliel Kartdth 09.08.2018

Welcome (finally) to another special bonus episode from Make-Believe Heroes: the Origin Story of Jemaliel Kartdth! Description: Have you ever wondered what it‘s like to be inside the mind of Jem? Gather ‘round, listeners, and lend an ear; this is the journal of Jemaliel Kartdth, the Half-Elf Warlock. Also, quick note, WE HAVE MERCH! http://tee.pub/lic/E16wZvDeYO8  Also also, if you're looking for...

#34 | No Looking Back 06.08.2018

Welcome to Make-Believe Heroes: an actual play, 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons adventure! Description: With the shocking revelation of Jem's patron, what is the party to do now? Along with this answer come so many more questions... And yet, our party must make haste: the Tree is waiting, and the Archdruid knows the way. Will he take them there with what he now knows about Jem? We're close now, clo...

#33 | The Archdruid of Fallengrove 30.07.2018

Welcome to Make-Believe Heroes: an actual play, 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons adventure! Description: After all this time, our heroes have finally come to the Corin. Ellevanre Anorias, the Archdruid of Fallengrove, will be there soon to speak with them. Can they convince him to help them on their quest? Will he finally show them the path to The Grove? Or will he turn them away? Have a seat and li...

#32 | Real Heroes Walk Away From Explosions 23.07.2018

Welcome to Make-Believe Heroes: an actual play, 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons adventure! Description: Last week, there was an explosion... It's safe to say that the Lain Golas Inn is no longer in operation. But what of our heroes? Did they all survive this catastrophe? And what about Lauric? Tune in to find out what happened to our heroes, and where we will go from here... Also, quick note, WE HA...

#31 | Lauric and the Hotfeet 16.07.2018

Welcome to Make-Believe Heroes: an actual play, 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons adventure! Description: While Jem, Vance, Guy, and Kellen investigate at the Lain Golas Inn, let's take a moment and find out just what's been going on in the meantime. Are our heroes on the right track to find their missing wizard? Or will this be the end for Lauric? Also, quick note, WE HAVE MERCH! http://tee.pub/lic/...

#30 | THERE ARE NO TUNNELS! 09.07.2018

Welcome to Make-Believe Heroes: an actual play, 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons adventure! Description: With Lauric in the clutches of a group of nefarious halflings, the rest of the party must grab their magnifying glasses and put their gumshoe skills to the test! Can they find Lauric before some evil fate befalls him? Also, quick note, WE HAVE MERCH! http://tee.pub/lic/E16wZvDeYO8  Also also, if...

#29 | Canopy Capers 02.07.2018

Welcome to Make-Believe Heroes: an actual play, 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons adventure! Description: While Kellen goes off on his own to visit someone from his past, the rest of the crew waits (patiently?) at the meeting place. While Lauric is flying around the city on his newfound "Stick of Flying," Sir Vance tries to reach out to the High Cleric back in Branshire. Any moment now, our heroes wi...

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