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TEASER #20: Please enjoy PART 2 of some excerpts from the Patreon-exclusive episodes: The High Cost of Trading Favors: Parts 1 & 2. The temptations keep on coming as Jolly Paul's negotiations with Countess St. Lovebane conclude! Plus: find out just what a "Road Harvester" does during the month of Necrodious...

Thank you for listening to Season One of the Blackspire RPG Campaign! For the foreseeable future the full Blackspire adventures will be available exclusively on our Patreon page.

https://www.patreon.com/blackspire

There you can listen to the additional material from Seasons Zero and One, hear the continuing adventures of the White Hydra Mercenary Company, and even listen to all the preparatory recordings that will go into the creation of the upcoming Season Two... including new BISHAMONTEN story lines, new Player Characters, and much more!

We plan to take our time to create, record, edit, and finally produce a fully remastered and highly condensed Season Two, and we'd like to invite you to come alone on this journey with us. The only way you can hear the continuing saga (or really to just get the full Blackspire experience) is to listen to it all on Patreon! There you will not only see the bigger picture, but receive many opportunities to be a part of it... or even shape it!

Please review our various rewards levels and consider backing us at a level you feel comfortable with.

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Welcome to the Blackspire RPG Campaign Actual-Play Podcast… a dark, baroque, postmodern love letter to Dungeons and Dragons.

Blackspire is an ongoing sci-fantasy epic told through the lens of a Dungeons & Dragons game and set in an original world of dark, baroque glory!

The episode was written, produced, and edited by Robert Randle and played by members of the Baltimore Role-Players Unite Weekly (or B.R.U.W. Crew for short).

Comedian Jim Meyer played BISHAMONTEN as well as providing voice-over for our intros and outros . Be sure to check 

TEASER #19: Please enjoy PART 1 some excerpts from the Patreon-exclusive episodes: The High Cost of Trading Favors: Parts 1 & 2. Get introduced to the infamous Countess St. Lovebane and the eerie members of her court as Jolly Paul learns the nature of the favor he now owes to the Crimson Shadow! Plus: find out just what the mysterious Vorpal Order is...

Thank you for listening to Season One of the Blackspire RPG Campaign! For the foreseeable future the full Blackspire adventures will be available exclusively on our Patreon page.

https://www.patreon.com/blackspire

There you can listen to the additional material from Seasons Zero and One, hear the continuing adventures of the White Hydra Mercenary Company, and even listen to all the preparatory recordings that will go into the creation of the upcoming Season Two... including new BISHAMONTEN story lines, new Player Characters, and much more!

We plan to take our time to create, record, edit, and finally produce a fully remastered and highly condensed Season Two, and we'd like to invite you to come alone on this journey with us. The only way you can hear the continuing saga (or really to just get the full Blackspire experience) is to listen to it all on Patreon! There you will not only see the bigger picture, but receive many opportunities to be a part of it... or even shape it!

Please review our various rewards levels and consider backing us at a level you feel comfortable with.

Click Here for more Campaign Resources

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Welcome to the Blackspire RPG Campaign Actual-Play Podcast… a dark, baroque, postmodern love letter to Dungeons and Dragons.

Blackspire is an ongoing sci-fantasy epic told through the lens of a Dungeons & Dragons game and set in an original world of dark, baroque glory!

The episode was written, produced, and edited by Robert Randle and played by members of the Baltimore Role-Players Unite Weekly (or B.R.U.W. Crew for short).

Comedian Jim Meyer played BISHAMONTEN as well as providing voice-over for our intros and outros . Be sure to check 

TEASER #18: Please enjoy some excerpts from the Patreon-exclusive episodes: Claerydia's Special Assignment and Salutations at the Cult of the Machine God. Hear just a hint of what only the most dedicated Blackspire listener could hope to understand... as the secret inner workings of the Three Guilds of Fleshcraft are on full display in these exclusive episodes! Plus: hear a roster of the most common mechanical insect creatures that are at the disposal of the agents of the three Guilds of Silence, Secrets, and Justice.

Thank you for listening to Season One of the Blackspire RPG Campaign! For the foreseeable future the full Blackspire adventures will be available exclusively on our Patreon page.

https://www.patreon.com/blackspire

There you can listen to the additional material from Seasons Zero and One, hear the continuing adventures of the White Hydra Mercenary Company, and even listen to all the preparatory recordings that will go into the creation of the upcoming Season Two... including new BISHAMONTEN story lines, new Player Characters, and much more!

We plan to take our time to create, record, edit, and finally produce a fully remastered and highly condensed Season Two, and we'd like to invite you to come alone on this journey with us. The only way you can hear the continuing saga (or really to just get the full Blackspire experience) is to listen to it all on Patreon! There you will not only see the bigger picture, but receive many opportunities to be a part of it... or even shape it!

Please review our various rewards levels and consider backing us at a level you feel comfortable with.

Click Here for more Campaign Resources

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Patreon

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Welcome to the Blackspire RPG Campaign Actual-Play Podcast… a dark, baroque, postmodern love letter to Dungeons and Dragons.

Blackspire is an ongoing sci-fantasy epic told through the lens of a Dungeons & Dragons game and set in an original world of dark, baroque glory!

The episode was written, produced, and edited by Robert Randle and played by members of the Baltimore Role-Players Unite Weekly (or B.R.U.W. Crew for short).

TEASER #17: Please enjoy some excerpts from the Patreon-exclusive episode: A Day in the Life of Claerydia. One very special day perhaps, but get a unique insight into the life of the Steampunk gorgon Inspector Claerydia... both known and unknown... What begins as a routine day takes a turn into anything but... Plus: hear just a smidgen of the latest Jade Town gossip over breakfast with master chef Udunaba!

Thank you for listening to Season One of the Blackspire RPG Campaign! For the foreseeable future the full Blackspire adventures will be available exclusively on our Patreon page.

https://www.patreon.com/blackspire

There you can listen to the additional material from Seasons Zero and One, hear the continuing adventures of the White Hydra Mercenary Company, and even listen to all the preparatory recordings that will go into the creation of the upcoming Season Two... including new BISHAMONTEN story lines, new Player Characters, and much more!

We plan to take our time to create, record, edit, and finally produce a fully remastered and highly condensed Season Two, and we'd like to invite you to come alone on this journey with us. The only way you can hear the continuing saga (or really to just get the full Blackspire experience) is to listen to it all on Patreon! There you will not only see the bigger picture, but receive many opportunities to be a part of it... or even shape it!

Please review our various rewards levels and consider backing us at a level you feel comfortable with.

Click Here for more Campaign Resources

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Patreon

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Welcome to the Blackspire RPG Campaign Actual-Play Podcast… a dark, baroque, postmodern love letter to Dungeons and Dragons.

Blackspire is an ongoing sci-fantasy epic told through the lens of a Dungeons & Dragons game and set in an original world of dark, baroque glory!

The episode was written, produced, and edited by Robert Randle and played by members of the Baltimore Role-Players Unite Weekly (or B.R.U.W. Crew for short).

Comedian Jim Meyer played BISHAMONTEN as well as providing voice-over for our intros and outr...

TEASER #16: Please enjoy PART 3 of some excerpts from the Patreon-exclusive episodes: Gone Fishin': Parts 1 - 4. The White Hydra Mercenaries seek out the assistance of the Crimson Shadow to aid them with either retrieving the imprisoned Solina or replacing the missing Sacred Invoice that's still on her person... Plus: listen to Jolly Paul ask the vampire assassin a seemingly simple question that will undoubtedly have vastly wider implications for the whole of the Season Two story-line to come..!

Thank you for listening to Season One of the Blackspire RPG Campaign! For the foreseeable future the full Blackspire adventures will be available exclusively on our Patreon page.

https://www.patreon.com/blackspire

There you can listen to the additional material from Seasons Zero and One, hear the continuing adventures of the White Hydra Mercenary Company, and even listen to all the preparatory recordings that will go into the creation of the upcoming Season Two... including new BISHAMONTEN story lines, new Player Characters, and much more!

We plan to take our time to create, record, edit, and finally produce a fully remastered and highly condensed Season Two, and we'd like to invite you to come alone on this journey with us. The only way you can hear the continuing saga (or really to just get the full Blackspire experience) is to listen to it all on Patreon! There you will not only see the bigger picture, but receive many opportunities to be a part of it... or even shape it!

Please review our various rewards levels and consider backing us at a level you feel comfortable with.

Click Here for more Campaign Resources

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Patreon

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Welcome to the Blackspire RPG Campaign Actual-Play Podcast… a dark, baroque, postmodern love letter to Dungeons and Dragons.

Blackspire is an ongoing sci-fantasy epic told through the lens of a Dungeons & Dragons game and set in an original world of dark, baroque glory!

The episode was written, produced, and edited by Robert Randle and played by members of the Baltimore Role-Players Unite Weekly (or B.R.U.W. Crew for short).

TEASER #15: Please enjoy PART 2 of some excerpts from the Patreon-exclusive episodes: Gone Fishin': Parts 1 - 4. The White Hydra Mercenaries find themselves trading more and more of their leverage away in exchange for the hope of collecting any reward at all from their mission. Will the final price prove itself to be too high..? Plus: enjoy a brief Blackspire ecology lesson on the nature of Golden Ice, the mysterious crystalline substance formed from the blood and tears of very special gargoyles like St. Jezebel.

Thank you for listening to Season One of the Blackspire RPG Campaign! For the foreseeable future the full Blackspire adventures will be available exclusively on our Patreon page.

https://www.patreon.com/blackspire

There you can listen to the additional material from Seasons Zero and One, hear the continuing adventures of the White Hydra Mercenary Company, and even listen to all the preparatory recordings that will go into the creation of the upcoming Season Two... including new BISHAMONTEN story lines, new Player Characters, and much more!

We plan to take our time to create, record, edit, and finally produce a fully remastered and highly condensed Season Two, and we'd like to invite you to come alone on this journey with us. The only way you can hear the continuing saga (or really to just get the full Blackspire experience) is to listen to it all on Patreon! There you will not only see the bigger picture, but receive many opportunities to be a part of it... or even shape it!

Please review our various rewards levels and consider backing us at a level you feel comfortable with.

Click Here for more Campaign Resources

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Patreon

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Welcome to the Blackspire RPG Campaign Actual-Play Podcast… a dark, baroque, postmodern love letter to Dungeons and Dragons.

Blackspire is an ongoing sci-fantasy epic told through the lens of a Dungeons & Dragons game and set in an original world of dark, baroque glory!

The episode was written, produced, and edited by Robert Randle and played by members of the Baltimore Role-Players Unite Weekly (or B.R.U.W. Crew for short).

TEASER #14: Please enjoy PART 1 of some excerpts from the Patreon-exclusive episodes: Gone Fishin': Parts 1 - 4. After the epic assassination attempt on the beholder Count Zarathusa, the (remaining) White Hydra Mercenaries scramble to keep their very lives... and still try to turn a profit in the bargain... Plus: enjoy a brief Blackspire ecology lesson on the nature of consciousness as it relates to petrification.

Thank you for listening to Season One of the Blackspire RPG Campaign! For the foreseeable future the full Blackspire adventures will be available exclusively on our Patreon page.

https://www.patreon.com/blackspire

There you can listen to the additional material from Seasons Zero and One, hear the continuing adventures of the White Hydra Mercenary Company, and even listen to all the preparatory recordings that will go into the creation of the upcoming Season Two... including new BISHAMONTEN story lines, new Player Characters, and much more!

We plan to take our time to create, record, edit, and finally produce a fully remastered and highly condensed Season Two, and we'd like to invite you to come alone on this journey with us. The only way you can hear the continuing saga (or really to just get the full Blackspire experience) is to listen to it all on Patreon! There you will not only see the bigger picture, but receive many opportunities to be a part of it... or even shape it!

Please review our various rewards levels and consider backing us at a level you feel comfortable with.

Click Here for more Campaign Resources

Facebook

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Patreon

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Welcome to the Blackspire RPG Campaign Actual-Play Podcast… a dark, baroque, postmodern love letter to Dungeons and Dragons.

Blackspire is an ongoing sci-fantasy epic told through the lens of a Dungeons & Dragons game and set in an original world of dark, baroque glory!

The episode was written, produced, and edited by Robert Randle and played by members of the Baltimore Role-Players Unite Weekly (or B.R.U.W. Crew for short).

Comedian Jim Meyer played BISHAMONTEN as well as providing voice-over for our intros a...

TEASER #13: Please enjoy some excerpts from the Patreon-exclusive episode: Akihoshi & Golemoro. Dig even deeper into the background and motivations of our kitsune sorceress (including those of her oracular father), as well as their familial crossover with Golemoro's household. Plus... learn where Akihoshi's actually been during all of Season One!

Thank you for listening to Season One of the Blackspire RPG Campaign! For the foreseeable future the full Blackspire adventures will be available exclusively on our Patreon page.

https://www.patreon.com/blackspire

There you can listen to the additional material from Seasons Zero and One, hear the continuing adventures of the White Hydra Mercenary Company, and even listen to all the preparatory recordings that will go into the creation of the upcoming Season Two... including new BISHAMONTEN story lines, new Player Characters, and much more!

We plan to take our time to create, record, edit, and finally produce a fully remastered and highly condensed Season Two, and we'd like to invite you to come alone on this journey with us. The only way you can hear the continuing saga (or really to just get the full Blackspire experience) is to listen to it all on Patreon! There you will not only see the bigger picture, but receive many opportunities to be a part of it... or even shape it!

Please review our various rewards levels and consider backing us at a level you feel comfortable with.

Click Here for more Campaign Resources

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Patreon

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Welcome to the Blackspire RPG Campaign Actual-Play Podcast… a dark, baroque, postmodern love letter to Dungeons and Dragons.

Blackspire is an ongoing sci-fantasy epic told through the lens of a Dungeons & Dragons game and set in an original world of dark, baroque glory!

The episode was written, produced, and edited by Robert Randle and played by members of the Baltimore Role-Players Unite Weekly (or B.R.U.W. Crew for short).

Comedian Jim Meyer played BISHAMONTEN as well as providing voice-over for our intros and outros . Be sure to check 

Red Moon Roleplaying in association with the Adventure Hook podcast proudly present a Blackspire Studios rendition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition classic Planescape adventure “To Baator & Back”… which we’ve humbly subtitled: “Hell is Other People”.

This episode contains themes and situations that may be offensive to some audiences. Listener discretion is advised…

In the final installment of this classic Planescape adventure, our characters face a series of terrifying challenges, each more horrific than the last… all in the desperate hope that they might finally escape from the plane of Baator and perhaps even one day to find a portal that will eventually lead them back to their home world. But, how many more of their dwindling numbers will the Nine Hells ultimately claim before they even have a prayer of safely setting foot upon the streets of Sigil: the City of Doors…?

Abandon all hope, ye who exit here.

But first, please enjoy Mattiaz’s dramatic reading of excerpts from his character background that was provided to each player prior to gameplay. And special thanks to Jenny Randle for voicing Shaaraxxis, called “Stormsong”! If you prefer to just jump forward to the actual-play action, please skip ahead to 18:30.

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The four Player Characters (PCs) and their voice actors (from left to right):Lord Finott Pickett, the Occultist (Aaron Campbell) Virgil St. Frostkiss, the Inquisitor (Craig Austin) Sir Milton Vespers, the Papal Dragonknight (Mattiaz Fredriksson) Magi Dante Harkadies, aka “The Swarmer” (Hjalmar Nordén) & Nix his falcon familiar

Map of Avernus provided in the “To Baator & Back” module (from the Well of Worlds adventure anthology)

Ar’kle-mens and the Portal to Sigil (art by Tony Diterlizzi) from the opening page of the “To Baator and Back” module

A Rogue Modron (art by Tony Diterlizzi)

Two of the mysterious Dabus (art by Tony Diterlizzi) and their strange “rebus” speech

The Lady of Pain (art by Tony Diterlizzi)

This episode features music from the enhanced soundtrack of the classic video game Planescape: Torment created by Black Isle Studios (music composed by Mark Morgan) and provided courtesy of the fine folks at Beamdog.

Visit Beamdog.com to access digital downloads of more classic RPG video games, remastered gaming soundtracks, and other great roleplaying resources!

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Main Title

Fortress of Regrets

Red Moon Roleplaying in association with the Adventure Hook podcast proudly present a Blackspire Studios rendition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition classic Planescape adventure “To Baator & Back”… which we’ve humbly subtitled: “Hell is Other People”.

This episode contains themes and situations that may be offensive to some audiences. Listener discretion is advised…

In the penultimate installment of this classic Planescape adventure, our characters set forth with the new knowledge that they have obtained concerning the method and means to finally facilitate their escape from the dreaded plane of Baator. But… will they be able to find their way safely along the river Styx, or will the horrific denizens of the Nine Hells prove to be their final undoing?

But first, please enjoy Craig’s dramatic reading of excerpts from his character background that was provided to each player prior to gameplay. And special thanks to Jenny Randle for voicing Vanel Harper! If you prefer to just jump forward to the actual-play action, please skip ahead to 17:30.

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Marraenoloth (art by Tony Diterlizzi) Monstrous Manual entry from the original Planescape boxed set

This episode features music from the enhanced soundtrack of the classic video game Planescape: Torment created by Black Isle Studios (music composed by Mark Morgan) and provided courtesy of the fine folks at Beamdog.

Visit Beamdog.com to access digital downloads of more classic RPG video games, remastered gaming soundtracks, and other great roleplaying resources!

Tracks:

Main Title

Deionarra

Annah Theme

Fhjull Theme

Nameless One Theme

The Shadows Theme

Curst

Baator

Vhailor Theme

Neutral Ending

This episode of To Baator & Back features music from:

Atrium Carceri & Cities Last Broadcast off the albumBlack Corner Den.

Tracks:

Wind-Up Orchestra

An Atrementous City

The Cryo Chamber Collaboration off the album Nyarlathotep

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Nyarlathotep 3

Music (Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License – http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com

Supernatural

Gnarled Situation

Adventure Meme

SFX (Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License – http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

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