Taylor LaBresh joins James and his guests Mel D'Amato, Darcy Ross, and Cory O'Brien to lead them through a session of Descent into Midnight. It's an atmospheric speculative fiction RPG with wild worldbuilding and sci-fi marine biology. Everyone builds mind-boggling characters and their strange little world.
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344. Descent into Midnight Part 1

One Shot is a podcast about role playing games. Every month, host and Game Master Dillin Apelyan leads a group of players on a self-contained adventure. Every adventure will be wrapped up in 4-5 episodes in time for a new story, in a new system, with new players the following month. One Shot will explore every RP system possible to give listeners a sampling of the possibilities in the wide, world of roleplaying.

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EPISODE SUMMARY
Formerly normal weirdos are suddenly extremely powerful thanks to the explosive mechanics in this romp of an RPG, EPIC Mundane. Will it be enough to stop the storm and fulfill their destiny??
SHOW NOTES

EPIC Mundane by Ryan Khan

Orbital Blues: Blackstar 

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Got it Just Right, Dresden, the Flamingo
Dork the Halls, Cast of Characters
Flying High, Brent Wood
Billion Air and Digital Trap House, Ivy Bakes
Tune In, Drop Out, Major Label Interest
Nervous Wreck, SUPERVIRUS
Across the Sky, Bobo Renthlei
Pyromaniac, Ghost Beatz
LNDO, Glory Days
Road to You, PALA
Editing and sound design by Tracy Barnett
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549. EPIC Mundane, Episode 3

EPISODE SUMMARY
A bunch of normal, average folks (with maybe slightly above average skills, now) take on a brewing storm of magical proportions in part two of the EPIC Mundane RPG.
SHOW NOTES

EPIC Mundane by Ryan Khan

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Got it Just Right, Dresden, the Flamingo
Dork the Halls, Cast of Characters
Flying High, Brent Wood
Billion Air, Ivy Bakes
Tune In, Drop Out, Major Label Interest
Nervous Wreck, SUPERVIRUS
Razors, Bellodrone
Storm's Coming, Cody Martin
Full Strength, Rhythm Scott
Editing and sound design by Tracy Barnett
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548. EPIC Mundane, Episode 2

EPISODE SUMMARY
Meet a bunch of regular folks, with regular skills like “being pretty good at Fortnite” or “minor first aid” or “beans?”. Then, watch (in joy or horror) as those skills escalate to unstoppable strengths in this game of EPIC Mundane.
SHOW NOTES

EPIC Mundane by Ryan Khan

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Operation Olive Branch
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Got it Just Right, Dresden, the Flamingo
Dork the Halls, Cast of Characters
Flying High, Brent Wood
Billion Air, Ivy Bakes
Tune In, Drop Out, Major Label Interest
Nervous Wreck, SUPERVIRUS
Editing and sound design by Tracy Barnett
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547. EPIC Mundane, Episode 1

EPISODE SUMMARY
Will this wandering troupe razzle dazzle the audience with Slut City, the futuristic New New York retelling of Chicago? Will they steal the still-alive head of Lin Manuel Miranda and take control of the city? The answers are probably within this episode of One Shot.
SHOW NOTES

Scene Thieves by Possible World Games

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Haley Whipjack


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Romeo & Juliet - by Pixelated Plays
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Music Used in This Episode
Greed, Nu Alkemi$t
Like Lavendar, Matt Wigton
We're Outside, Work Brunch
Hudson Hawk, Neon Beach
Spring Unfolds, Moments
Beat the System, Cody Martin
The Flamingo Heist, Dresden, the Flamingo
Perky Buns, Invy Bakes
Unchained, Lunareh
Breakfast Club Breakout, PALA
Escape the Oppression, Andrew Stanton
With Great Vengeance, Moments
Demogorgon, Cody Martin
Just When You Least Expect It, ltbloomr
Sweet Memories, Adam Saban
Heist, Thorr
Wistful, King Flamingo
Editing and sound design by Tracy Barnett
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546. Scene Thieves, Episode 3

EPISODE SUMMARY
A theater troupe attempts to dazzle an audience with the hit musical Slut City, using it as a distraction to allow them to steal the still-alive head of Lin Manuel Miranda. Using the improv RPG Scene Thieves from Possible World Games!
SHOW NOTES

Scene Thieves by Possible World Games

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Greed, Nu Alkemi$t
The Shakedown, Dresden, the Flamingo
Historique and Parmesean Crust, Sam Barsh
Won't Take Long, Dr. Delight
Thunder City, Lunareh
Sneaker Smeaker, Avocado Junkie
Liberty, The Cat's Pajamas
Forevermore, Reveille
Sneaksters, Cast of Characters
Editing and sound design by Tracy Barnett
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344. Descent into Midnight Part 1

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