Blackspire

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 fifth installment of this classic Planescape adventure, our characters must traverse the hellish plane of Baator to find (and then barter for) the keys to their escape from the fabled Pillar of Skulls… though how could they ever hope to trust something actually comprised of the souls of dead sages who in life had lied for a living?

But first, please enjoy Hjalmar and Aaron’s dramatic reading of excerpts from their character backgrounds given to each of them prior to gameplay. And special thanks to Jenny Randle for voicing Lady Maje Harkadies, Shaaraxxis (called “Stormsong”), and Vanel Harper!

If you prefer to just jump forward to the actual-play action, please skip ahead to 31:00.

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Night Hag (art by Tony Diterlizzi)

The Pillar of Skulls (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!

Tracks:

Main Title

Intro Movie

Vhailor Theme

The Shadows Theme

Nameless One Theme

Fall-From-Grace Theme

Curst

Bad Ending

Annah Theme

Baator

Mortuary

Good Ending

Finale Movie

Neutral Ending

This episode of To Baator & Back features music from:

The Cryo Chamber Collaboration off the album Nyarlathotep

Tracks:

Nyarlathotep 1

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

Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com

Gregorian Chant

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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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 fourth installment of this classic Planescape adventure, our characters must wade through a river of blood… in this particular case: literally! And all on the blind hope that they will eventually be able to trade something of theirs for the information they need to escape the hellish plane of Baator… and that from a very dubious vendor indeed…

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 10:30.

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Map of Avernus, First Layer of the Nine Hells (Baator) by the demon cartographer Lazz

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

Mortuary

Intro Movie

Bones of the Night

Deionarra Theme

Annah Theme

Baator

The Shadows Theme

Smoldering Corpse Bar

Civic Festhall

Neutral Ending

This episode of To Baator & Back features music from:

Metatron Omega off the album Gnosis Dei

Tracks:

Apotheosis

The Cryo Chamber Collaboration off the album Yog-Sothoth

Tracks:

Yog-Sothoth 2

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

Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com

Gnarled Situation

Adventure Meme

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

ZapSplat

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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…

To Baator and Back – Episode Three:  In That Sleep of Death (Lucid)…

In the third installment of this classic Planescape adventure, our characters begin to take in the full scope of the truly terrifying obstacles that lie ahead of them… and yet, the challenges of this literal hellscape may pale in comparison to the challenges that face each man’s personal journey…

But first, please enjoy Hjalmar’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 Lady Maje Harkadies and Shaaraxxis, called “Stormsong”!

If you prefer to just jump forward to the actual-play action, please skip ahead to 17:00.

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Lemures (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!

Tracks:

Main Title

The Shadow’s Theme

Baator

Curst

Morte Theme

Ravel Theme

Trias Theme

Intro Movie

Catacombs Battle

Vhailor Them

Dak’kon Theme

Fall-From-Grace Theme

Ignus Theme

Nameless One Theme

Mortuary

Neutral Ending

This episode of To Baator & Back features music from:

Halgrath off the album The Whole Path of War and Acceptance

Tracks:

Afflatus (Amanait Akhat)

Metatron Omega off the albums Gnosis Dei, Illuminatio and Sanctum

Tracks:

Hierosgamos

Sacrum Noctis

The Eastern Star

Atrium Carceri off the album Codex.

Tracks:

The Maze

Path of Fallen Gods

The Ancient City

A Hunger too Deep

From Chasms Reborn

Flowers for Bodysnatchers off the album Ao...

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…

To Baator and Back – Episode Two:  Hellbound & Down

In the second installment of this classic Planescape adventure, our characters find themselves in the horrific plane of Baator… yet this bunch of clueless primes still somehow manages to bring the adversarial relationships of their home world right along with them… to the very Nine Hells themselves…

But first, please enjoy Craig and Aaron’s dramatic reading of excerpts from their character backgrounds given to each of them prior to gameplay.  

If you prefer to just jump forward to the actual-play action, please skip ahead to 34:00.

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Symbol of the Dark Alliance

Halitsu the Spinagon devil (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!

Tracks:

Main Title

The Shadows Theme

Ravel Theme

Morte Theme

Trias Theme

Transcendent One Theme

Baator

Ravel’s Maze

Fortress of Regrets

Curst

Bones of the Night

Neutral Ending

This episode of To Baator & Back features music from:

Metatron Omega off the albums Sanctum, Gnosis Dei, and Illuminatio.

Tracks:

Trinitas

Transfiguration

Ecclesia Universalis

Atrium Carceri off the album Codex.

Tracks:

From Chasms Reborn

The Seer

The Void

Path of Fallen Gods

The Citadel

The Empty Chapel

…and made available courtesy of their label Cryo Chamber. Visit cryochamber.bandcamp.com for more dark ambient.

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

Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com

Gnarled Situation

Adventure Meme

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…

To Baator and Back – Episode One:  Paradise Lost & Found

In this first installment of this classic Planescape adventure (first published in Well of Worlds 1994) the Red Moon guys first get to know Robert Randle and Aaron Campbell from the Adventure Hook podcast a little bit before diving headlong into the game. Starting our story in the world featured in Rob’s other actual-play podcast Blackspire, we are initially introduced to our four player characters and receive many hints concerning their storied (and in some cases adversarial) backgrounds with one another…

If you prefer to just jump forward to the actual-play action, please skip ahead to 19:30.

Links

Blackspire Podcast

Reliquum YouTube Channel

Infidel

Adventure Hook Podcast

Legend Lore (Red Moon Edition)

Rob’s Twitter: @TheReliquum

Aaron’s Twitter: @olmancampbell

RESOURCES

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

Arcusian Solar Barque Emblem

Map of the Wizard’s Mound provided in the “To Baator & Back” module (from the Well of Worlds adventure anthology)

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 

TEASER #12: Please enjoy PART 2 of some excerpts from the Patreon-exclusive episode: Akihoshi's Beliefs. Get introduced to the Twelve Sacred Animal Forms, as well as how her fox family may actually have some crossover with the wizard Golemoro! Plus: enjoy a brief Blackspire ecology lesson on Darkwood trees.

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 #11: Please enjoy some (juicy) excerpts from the Patreon-exclusive episode: Akihoshi's Background. Get introduced to the nine ranks of the kitsune kami, as well as the five Paths of the Druids!

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 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

Twitter

Instagram

Patreon

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Map of the Jade Town neighborhood in Pickett's Ward

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 #10: Please enjoy PART 3 of some excerpts from the Patreon-exclusive episode: Akihoshi's Upbringing. Get introduced to the eight sacred cherry blossom trees!

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 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

Twitter

Instagram

Patreon

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Map of the Jade Town neighborhood in Pickett's Ward

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 Jim’s website the ...

TEASER #9: Please enjoy PART 2 of some excerpts from the Patreon-exclusive episode: Akihoshi's Upbringing. Get introduced to the twelve kitsune clans!

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 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

Twitter

Instagram

Patreon

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The 12 Sacred Animal forms

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 Jim’s website the 

TEASER #8: Please enjoy PART 1 of some excerpts from the Patreon-exclusive episode: Akihoshi's Upbringing. Get introduced to the philosophy behind kitsune culture and decide for yourself whether you are more zenki or more nogitsune...

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 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

Twitter

Instagram

Patreon

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Miniatures for Jenny's Claerydia and Jen's Akihoshi (in progress)

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