Back to the Story

By Back to the Story

A roleplay-heavy 5e D&D podcast featuring holy-rolling childhood friends. Uploads on Wednesday and Friday!

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The podcast currently has 175 episodes available.

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July 31, 2019 Episode Nine: Lying In Wait
With Ustax on the horizon, The Bronze Scales settle in for one more night of rest before readying to face Jarl Wyrm-eye. On edge, and unsure what awaits at their destination, the Scales finally solidify their approach. But as they venture forward through the dark tunnels below the mountain, they quickly encounter a dangerous welcoming committee.
Time Stamps
0:20 - Recap.
2:01 - Episode begins.
9:00 - A note: Vesper does not have dark vision either.
9:40 - At dawn, we plan!
19:23 - Planning at dawn.
29:00 - Onwards.
35:32 - Slit throats, strange shrines, and scavenging.
49:40 - A sound in the dark.
52:52 - Roll Initiative (and “take a break” AKA table talk)
55:10 - Battle begins.
1:23:27 - Inspiration: ‘We’re in Heaven’ - Bryan Adams
1:31:29 - How do you want to do this?
1:47:27 - Outro
Cast
DM - Klouse (https://twitter.com/KlouseWhite)
Amsen - Alexander (https://twitter.com/StoriesByAmsen)
Bál - Roger
Ellory - Nyessa (https://twitter.com/NyessaGaming)
Kalvyn - Michael
Meli - Katie (https://scanlan-jammin.tumblr.com)
Vesper - Swan (https://twitter.com/swanofmischief)
Wink - George
...more
1h 49min
July 31, 2019 Episode Eight: Achieving Penetration - Part 2
Stuck between peril and... more peril, The Bronze Scales are forced into a desperate battle for escape, and hope that luck is on their side this time. Finding another mountain cavern, they explore the oddities within, and do their part to aid a lost soul. Their journey to Ustax is nearly over. Now, they just have to survive the night...
Note: George was absent this session.
Time Stamps Part 2
Music: “Last Dawn” from Ross Budgen
0:07 - Previously On...
0:56 - Episode begins.
15:47 - Identifying apples.
23:39 - Lost and found.
35:51 - A quiet funeral.
45:30 - War Camp.
52:12 - Klouse meant “maraca.” Rest easy, the player chat roasted him.
1:04:28 - Natural 1’s: not always immediately effective.
1:11:07 - Outro
Cast
DM - Klouse (https://twitter.com/KlouseWhite)
Amsen - Alexander (https://twitter.com/StoriesByAmsen)
Bál - Roger
Ellory - Nyessa (https://twitter.com/NyessaGaming)
Kalvyn - Michael
Meli - Katie (https://scanlan-jammin.tumblr.com)
Vesper - Swan (https://twitter.com/swanofmischief)
Wink - George
...more
1h 12min
July 31, 2019 Episode Eight: Achieving Penetration - Part 1
Stuck between peril and... more peril, The Bronze Scales are forced into a desperate battle for escape, and hope that luck is on their side this time. Finding another mountain cavern, they explore the oddities within, and do their part to aid a lost soul. Their journey to Ustax is nearly over. Now, they just have to survive the night...
Note: George was absent this session.
Time Stamps Part 1
Music: “Heros Hand 1” from August Wilhelmsson
0:19 - Recap.
2:00 - Episode begins.
28:35 - The more the merrier.
40:43 - And so it begins.
1:12:37 - “With you or not at all.”
1:14:13 - Absentee MVP
1:17:00 - Next time...
Cast
DM - Klouse (https://twitter.com/KlouseWhite)
Amsen - Alexander (https://twitter.com/StoriesByAmsen)
Bál - Roger
Ellory - Nyessa (https://twitter.com/NyessaGaming)
Kalvyn - Michael
Meli - Katie (https://scanlan-jammin.tumblr.com)
Vesper - Swan (https://twitter.com/swanofmischief)
Wink - George
...more
1h 18min
July 31, 2019 Episode Seven: Secluded Shrines - Part 2
The Bronze Scales find themselves surrounded by the savage undead, and must defeat these profane and poisonous threats, practice their balancing acts, outmaneuver a silver-tongued fiend, survive the elements, and outrun something unseen- and likely hungry.
Note: Roger and Katie were absent this session
Time Stamps Part 2
Music: “Last Dawn” from Ross Budgen
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQKGLOK2FqmVgVwYferltKQ
0:07 - Previously On...
0:48 - Episode Begins.
9:21 - Who’s there?
15:53 - Finally face to face.
19:33 - “I mean if you want to damn yourself...”
31:31 - Making camp.
36:18 - A discussion of practicality.
40:28 - Amsen’s observations.
51:40 - Heading out.
59:55 - Morbid discoveries.
1:10:52 - Inspiration: “Beast and the Harlot” by Avenged Sevenfold
1:13:28 - Duma.
1:18:45 - Good vibrations. Or maybe not.
1:21:00 - Inspiration: “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” by Green Day
1:30:00 - From bad to worse.
1:34:29 - Outro.
Cast
DM - Klouse (https://twitter.com/KlouseWhite)
Amsen - Alexander (https://twitter.com/StoriesByAmsen)
Bál - Roger
Ellory - Nyessa (https://twitter.com/NyessaGaming)
Kalvyn - Michael
Meli - Katie (https://scanlan-jammin.tumblr.com)
Vesper - Swan (https://twitter.com/swanofmischief)
Wink - George
...more
1h 3min
July 31, 2019 Episode Seven: Secluded Shrines - Part 1
The Bronze Scales find themselves surrounded by the savage undead, and must defeat these profane and poisonous threats, practice their balancing acts, outmaneuver a silver-tongued fiend, survive the elements, and outrun something unseen- and likely hungry.
Note: Roger and Katie were absent this session
Time Stamps Part 1
Music: “Heros Hand 1” from August Wilhelmsson
0:19 - Recap.
1:56 - Episode Begins.
39:49 - How do you want to do this?
44:11 - Klouse has implemented a new “Passive Skills” rule; whenever the players are not in a stressful or time-crunched situation, they are, on certain checks, allowed to essentially “Take 10” and add their bonus, or they can roll to try and do better. This is done to aid narrative and make trained skills less of a risk to use in low-risk scenarios, which allows the players a safer chance for success and an easier time to shine in their respective talents.
54:07 - Deciphering the Runes.
1:00:00 - Crossing the Ravine.
1:08:39 - Klouse attempts to be Meli.
1:17:13 - On the other side.
1:22:17 - Next Time…
Cast
DM - Klouse (https://twitter.com/KlouseWhite)
Amsen - Alexander (https://twitter.com/StoriesByAmsen)
Bál - Roger
Ellory - Nyessa (https://twitter.com/NyessaGaming)
Kalvyn - Michael
Meli - Katie (https://scanlan-jammin.tumblr.com)
Vesper - Swan (https://twitter.com/swanofmischief)
Wink - George
...more
1h 23min
July 31, 2019 Episode Six: Cave's Respite - Part 2
The Bronze Scales recover from their encounter with the Hydra, and share their opinions on it, welcome or otherwise. But the dangers of Severwind are ever present, and even rest is not easy in the wilderness. With danger all around, and differing views among them, tensions begin to run high between the Scales, and they may be lacking unity right when they need it most.
Music: “Last Dawn” from Ross Budgen
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQKGLOK2FqmVgVwYferltKQ
0:08 - Previously on...
0:45 - Episode Begins
12:13 - Back at the cave.
19:52 - That can’t be good.
23:26 - Rude.
DM - Klouse (https://twitter.com/KlouseWhite)
Amsen - Alexander (https://twitter.com/StoriesByAmsen)
Bál - Roger
Ellory - Nyessa (https://twitter.com/NyessaGaming)
Kalvyn - Michael
Meli - Katie (https://scanlan-jammin.tumblr.com)
Vesper - Swan (https://twitter.com/swanofmischief)
Wink - George
...more
1h 18min
July 31, 2019 Episode Six: Cave's Respite - Part 1
The Bronze Scales recover from their encounter with the Hydra, and share their opinions on it, welcome or otherwise. But the dangers of Severwind are ever present, and even rest is not easy in the wilderness. With danger all around, and differing views among them, tensions begin to run high between the Scales, and they may be lacking unity right when they need it most.
Time Stamps - Part 1
Music: “Heros Hand 1” from August Wilhelmsson
0:19 - Recap
2:23 - Recap Ends
23:38 - A strange arrival.
31:15 - A strange delivery.
32:32 - You’ve got mail!
36:32 - “I’m probably just sleep deprived...”
37:50 - A dream, or perhaps a vision.
42:02 - Bál wakes.
51:00 - Kalvyn can’t read.
58:54 - Bál steps out.
1:08:06 - Kalvyn keeps watch.
1:13:18 - “Eight.”
1:25:52 - Next Time…
Cast
DM - Klouse (https://twitter.com/KlouseWhite)
Amsen - Alexander (https://twitter.com/StoriesByAmsen)
Bál - Roger
Ellory - Nyessa (https://twitter.com/NyessaGaming)
Kalvyn - Michael
Meli - Katie (https://scanlan-jammin.tumblr.com)
Vesper - Swan (https://twitter.com/swanofmischief)
Wink - George
...more
1h 27min
July 31, 2019 Episode Five: Ophidian Peril - Part 2
The Bronze Scales and their newest companion discuss the task expected of them, and deliberate possible solutions as they travel. But all is not well, and the wildlife they encounter is far from docile. Some dangers, it turns out, are not meant to be faced head on. Especially when they have many heads to face.
Music: “Last Dawn” from Ross Budgen
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQKGLOK2FqmVgVwYferltKQ
0:07 - Previously on ‘Back (to the) Story.’
0:55 - Episode Begins.
8:01 - That’s probably fine.
14:03 - Nature is the worst!
25:50 - Special racial ability from her fire/air heritage.
33:00 - The fight begins. Note: Typically, we use Roll20’s maps, but as Klouse did not plan this to be a combat encounter (33:12), we ended up using theatre of the mind this time.
44:13 - Inspiration: “Moves Like Jagger” by Maroon 5
1:01:35 - That lag...
1:05:36 - Inspiration: “I Need a Hero” by Bonnie Tyler
1:26:03 - How holding a spell works.
1:40:20 - Escape.
1:54:55 - “I hope they’re friendly.”
1:58:57 - A new friend?
2:03:51 - “Why are you naked?”
Cast
DM - Klouse (https://twitter.com/KlouseWhite)
Amsen - Alexander (https://twitter.com/StoriesByAmsen)
Bál - Roger
Ellory - Nyessa (https://twitter.com/NyessaGaming)
Kalvyn - Michael
Meli - Katie (https://scanlan-jammin.tumblr.com)
Vesper - Swan (https://twitter.com/swanofmischief)
Wink - George
...more
2h 9min
July 31, 2019 Episode Five: Ophidian Peril - Part 1
The Bronze Scales and their newest companion discuss the task expected of them, and deliberate possible solutions as they travel. But all is not well, and the wildlife they encounter is far from docile. Some dangers, it turns out, are not meant to be faced head on. Especially when they have many heads to face.
Note: Michael (Kalvyn) was absent this session
Music: “Heros Hand 1” from August Wilhelmsson
Time Stamps
0:19 - Recap.
0:55 - Technical hiccup.
1:25 - Recap ends.
13:33 - Wink’s Backstory.
17:00 - Swan gives Nyessa the bird.
22:22 - Klouse!Kalvyn
24:22 - The real interrogation begins.
30:14 - Making Plans.
41:37 - Klouse likes to generalize.
47:18 - Vesper looted Boots of False Tracks from Noxtra in the Prologue.
49:20 - Inspiration: “Wrecking Ball” by Miley Cyrus
55:28 - Evening check-in.
58:50 - Suddenly, Wink.
58:52 - It’s Orcish.
59:41 - Inspiration: “Hello” by Adele
1:16:23 - Breakfast with Bál.
1:24:00 - Nature is the best!
1:29:34 - Next Time on ‘Back (to the) Story.’
Cast
DM - Klouse (https://twitter.com/KlouseWhite)
Amsen - Alexander (https://twitter.com/StoriesByAmsen)
Bál - Roger
Ellory - Nyessa (https://twitter.com/NyessaGaming)
Kalvyn - Michael
Meli - Katie (https://scanlan-jammin.tumblr.com)
Vesper - Swan (https://twitter.com/swanofmischief)
Wink - George
...more
1h 30min
July 31, 2019 Episode Four: Blood and Snow
The Bronze Scales resolve some final matters around Embershore, and reevaluate their bond. Meanwhile, an unusual traveler in the Nohst Woodlands finds himself in an unpleasant situation. The Scales venture out to repay the debt they owe to King Kald, cross paths with a new ally, and discover that their troubles are truly just beginning.
Time Stamps
0:19 - Announcement and Recap
2:45 - Recap ends
4:32 - Malfira and Gregory are the merchants who invited Vesper to the Winery.
9:37 - A new face in Severwind...
32:24 - It didn’t go great.
42:30 - Swan’s computer lags pretty badly. She claims to be getting a new one soon.
44:33 - Kalvyn gathers the Scales.
51:11 - Setting out.
52:26 - A stone that always shows which way is North; looted from the Harpy in the prologue.
56:33 - Inspiration: “Learn to Fly” by The Foo Fighters
57:47 - Back to our new friend.
1:16:44 - Roll Initiative.
1:45:16 - Inspiration: “Rolling in the Deep” by Adele
2:16:24 - Inspiration: “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” by Randy Newman
2:30:41 - Technical Hiccup
2:36:55 - How do you want to do this?
2:39:07 - Meeting Wink.
2:43:07 - Interrogation, or “Good Cop, Bál Cop, Weird Cop.”
2:51:04 - Technical Hiccup
2:55:50 - Sounds like a plan!
3:06:34 - Fulfilling wishes.
Cast
DM - Klouse (https://twitter.com/KlouseWhite)
Amsen - Alexander (https://twitter.com/StoriesByAmsen)
Bál - Roger
Ellory - Nyessa (https://twitter.com/NyessaGaming)
Kalvyn - Michael
Meli - Katie (https://scanlan-jammin.tumblr.com)
Vesper - Swan (https://twitter.com/swanofmischief)
Wink - George
...more
3h 12min

FAQs about Back to the Story:

How many episodes does Back to the Story have?

The podcast currently has 175 episodes available.