Nature Check

Welcome to Burn, a post-apocalyptic game of danger, intrigue, and exploration! As the world continues to warm with the return of the sun, more trading caravans begin arriving in the Homeland. How will the Families respond to these newcomers? And will they plan to go on an adventure? REFERENCE SECTION Follow us on Twitter: Nature Check: @CheckNature Jareth/GM: @maeamian Sheryl/The Ripples/Islae: @R...

Tulip plays host to our heroes as they continue to explore the Murium village of Flos Agri. Will they destroy private property? Meet some delightful NPCs? Explain who they are twelve times? Guess you'll just have to watch to find out. REFERENCE SECTION Follow us on Twitter: Nature Check: @CheckNature Sheryl/DM: @RvingNaturalist Nikki/Tulip: @beholdertonoone Peter/Cedric: @petercoffey Ryan/Fletcher...

Welcome to Burn, a post-apocalyptic game of danger, intrigue, and exploration! The group deals with the aftermath of the revolution among the Shepherds of the Cave and meets a new PC. We trade with the people from the next city to the east, and The Ripples lead an expedition to the chapel-sized slaughterhouse and the nearby hot springs. Oh, also, there's a LOT of chaos in this episode. REFERENCE S...

The PCs head off north through the grasslands until they encounter a field of striking purple flowers. They meet the guardian of this area, a Mousefolk (Murium) named Tulip, who has assigned herself the task of protecting these flowers in order to provide refuge for the rare "pop bugs." The group fights off a threat to the "pop bugs," then journeys to the Murium village of Flos Agri to ask questio...

Welcome to Burn, a post-apocalyptic game of danger, intrigue, and exploration! After the Turn of the Age caused by the meltdown of our nuclear reactor, the group deals with new In Need situations. The Shepherds faction is torn apart by rebellion while The Ripples manage to narrowly avoid a similar fate. The Bowerbirds encounter a strange caravan near Ganysburg and invite The Ripples to engage in i...

After dealing with ghouls in the abandoned gnoll camp, our heroes do some intense sciencing in the Loj Dej river to try to uncover the source of the pollution. Their incredible teamwork sends them in a new direction: north, through the grasslands. This episode has lots of science and stunning roleplay, so enjoy! REFERENCE SECTION Follow us on Twitter: Nature Check: @CheckNature Sheryl/DM: @RvingNa...

Welcome to Burn, a post-apocalyptic game of danger, intrigue, and exploration! We turn the age forward once again. The Bowerbirds establish the town of Ganysburg, the Shepherds and the Institute are beset by dangers of the Wasteland, and the Ripples enjoy the new freedom of open water. But this new Age comes at a cost: who is responsible for stealing the control rods and leading to a meltdown in t...

The PCs head off east in the direction of the pollution entering the river. Along the way they have some heart-to-hearts and do some hunting. But as they near the part of the river where the water turns bad, they encounter an unexpected landmark occupied by some less-than-hospitable creatures. REFERENCE SECTION Follow us on Twitter: Nature Check: @CheckNature Sheryl/DM: @RvingNaturalist Joe/Lucanu...

Welcome to Burn, a post-apocalyptic game of danger, intrigue, and exploration! Lissa has another robot drone follow her home, Islae deals with overly-familiar orcas, and Charon enlists the help of the Elevator Operators to deal with the centipedes in his basement. Lissa leads another Institute investigation of the secret military base and meets a surprising new entity. REFERENCE SECTION Follow us...

The group, along with their new friend Barika, battles Thenga the Ursurper, her skeletal wolf familiar, Koh, and her army of undead Gnolls in the Farrun camp. Everyone gets a chance to showcase some new abilities, but this is also their first fight against a caster. Will everyone survive the fight? And what will our heroes learn about the Farrun camp's ruling line and their connection to the gods?...

Welcome to Burn, a post-apocalyptic game of danger, intrigue, and exploration! The group builds Quick Characters to help Charon rescue his lost riding dung beetle. After that, we explore the Needs of each of the Families at the beginning of this New Age. Lissa gains a new pet and The Ripples expand their territory.   REFERENCE SECTION Follow us on Twitter: Nature Check: @CheckNature Jareth/GM: @ma...

Donate to The Bail Project: https://tiltify.com/@naturecheckdnd/nature-check-bail-project   The PCs have made it Level 4! But as they continue their journey east following the river, they meet a strange loner at the edge of the hill country. This person tells them of a sinister usurpation in a nearby clan camp, and the groups initiates combat with some truly frightening foes.   REFERENCE SECTION F...

DISCLAIMER: None of the Nature Check cast are medical professionals, so any information in this episode is purely for educational and entertainment purposes. Please speak to a certified physician if you have questions regarding your own medical health. Peter and Sheryl do a recap of Episodes 22 and 23 of Nature Check, then speak with long-term guest/party member Cindy Page (@unboundpage on Twitter...

Welcome to Burn, a post-apocalyptic game of danger, intrigue, and exploration! Lissa and Charon use weird grenades and attack wasps to create a distraction while Ganymede and Islae sneak up to the Raiders' crawling fortress to sabotage it. But will everyone emerge from the meleé safely? Later, Ganymede is kidnapped by the Raiders, so the group makes a daring rescue attempt. REFERENCE SECTION Follo...

Joe and Sheryl do a recap of Episodes 22 and 23 of Nature Check, then speak with special guest Brian Lovett (@lovettbr on Twitter) about his experience playing D&D for the first time, the science behind the Myconid character Gary, fungal mating strategies and Gary's pronouns, and Brian's research. Have questions for the cast about the Nature Check game, or just science in general? Leave them in th...

Welcome to Burn, a post-apocalyptic game of danger, intrigue, and exploration! The group spends the first half of this session working through a Turn of the Ages, a fun mechanic of Legacy that allows us to shift the clock forward in time. Some of the Families fared better than others, and all tell interesting and dramatic stories about how the world changed in the 5 years after the Sun returned. I...

Donate to The Bail Project: https://tiltify.com/@naturecheckdnd/nature-check-bail-project Our heroes finish their combat with the insectoid adversaries, but at what cost? Gary is able to recover some bits of their food fungus and return to their circle to replant the farm. We also have a long aside about fungi and the science that inspired this particular story arch. REFERENCE SECTION Follow us on...

Welcome to Burn, a post-apocalyptic game of danger, intrigue, and exploration! The PCs escape from the ice floe and an albino orca, helping to gain territory for The Ripples. Then the PCs head back to the catacombs full of failed genetic experiments and gain that territory for The Shepherds of the Cave, but not before making some new invertebrate acquaintances and re-meeting some old "friends." RE...

Donate to The Bail Project:  https://tiltify.com/@naturecheckdnd/nature-check-bail-project The group camps at the base of the fossil hill, but when they wake in the morning, they're surrounded by strange company. After some trial-and-error with communication, our heroes set off to help Gary investigate the theft of their food stores. The trail leads them back to the base of the sick kapok tree fro...

Near the edge of the rainforest, Lucanus spots a weird kapok tree, and the group spends some time trying to diagnose this plant disease. However, they're rudely interrupted and must fight for their lives before they can reach an answer. We talk about ecotones or the transition zones between ecosystems, and then the group makes their way through the ecotone between the rainforest and a hilly grassl...

Welcome to Burn, a post-apocalyptic game of danger, intrigue, and exploration! We start this episode by creating Quick Characters to serve as Lissa's grad students for a return trip to the Secret Military Research Base. Once inside, the group investigates the small camera drones further and makes a friend. Zooming out, we take another look at what all of the Families are doing. Then Islae recruits...

Welcome to Burn, a post-apocalyptic game of danger, intrigue, and exploration! We start this episode by talking about passing out, then head into the irradiated Secret Military Research Facility in search of spoil. Along the way, our group gets lost, meets some pretty kitties, and finds some stuff, then heads back to the Caves where our Families live. Once inside, we Zoom Out to get a look at who...

Rate My NPC: https://bit.ly/2QH731H On their last session in the underground temple, the group discovers a library and some books, desecrates some tombs, and discusses some theories about what to do next. Will they figure out what to do in the pedestal room? Is the DM benevolent enough to help them out by the end of the episode? REFERENCE SECTION Follow us on Twitter: Nature Check: @CheckNature Sh...

Welcome to Burn, a post-apocalyptic game of danger, intrigue, and exploration! In this episode, we meet the first group of player characters, and the group sets off to explore the surface world after reports of the first sunrise in more than three thousand years. What dangers will they encounter upon trying to enter the catacombs filled with failed genetic experiments? Will they make it across the...

Rate My NPC: https://bit.ly/2QH731H In this session, our heroes ask the important questions, like "Who hasn't eaten potpourri?" "Who is Madonna?" and "Have you seen Peter's dancing?" The group also nerds out about spiders while fighting spiders, raids a storeroom in the underground temple, and discovers a room with strange carvings on the walls and floor. What other secrets does this dungeon have...