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  • 50: The Babysitters Crew, Part 1 (Stars Are Fire)

    It's another Stars Are Fire one-shot! Mox and Tamara are hired for a covert company mission that may prove to be their most challenging yet: escorting Dr. Ria Ortiz.

    • Welcome to "Space Vegas".
    • Mox grabs the key, and Tamara knows the way.
    • A trash cart is collected and shenanigans ensue.
    • WORST. DAY SPA. EVER.
    • Player Intrusion:

      Alex: God of War

      Your cast:

      GM: Stace

      Tamara: Daniel
      Mox: Alex
      Ria Ortiz: Marietta

      Music

      Theme music: Ninth World by Dave Sterling.

      Red Mystery by Alexander Nakarada

      Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5104-red-mystery
      License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

      Breath Well by When Mountains Move / via Audiio

      We Came To Fight by Willyecho / via Audiio

      Battle Dance by Rhythm Scott / via Audiio

      Some additional sound effects by Audio Alchemist.

      Production

      Editing: Daniel

      Transcription: Stace

      Safety in Role-playing

      It is essential that everyone playing in a game feels safe and is having fun. We've compiled a brief list of the safety tools we use here.

      As always, see our standard disclaimer.

      Support Explorers Wanted

      1 hr 12 min
    • 49: Of Paperwork and Panties, Part 2 (We Are All Mad Here)

      We conclude our one-shot of We Are All Mad Here! The party coaxes key information out of the Blue Haired Fairy which leads them to an annual event known as The Wild Hunt.

      • Ivy taunts the BHF with a pair of panties. Things escalate quickly.
      • Ser Percy steps through the doors of perception.
      • Whitbourne demonstrates aggressive animal handling.
      • Agrippina employs her fairy gifts against extremely motivated hunters.
      • Player Intrusion:

        Daniel: What We Do In The Shadows

        Resources

        If you or a loved one suffers from mental illness, there are resources available. You can find information at the website for National Institute of Mental Health. If you are in any way considering hurting yourself, please immediately call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).

        Your cast:

        GM: Daniel

        Whitbourne: Sampson
        Agrappina: Marietta
        Ivy: Alex
        Ser Percy: Stace

        Music

        Theme music: Ninth World by Dave Sterling.

        Last Night Out by Colors of Illusion / via Adobe Stock

        Ghost Mission by Stationary Sign / via Adobe Stock

        Distrustful Dinner by Morris / via Audiio

        Telltale Nightingale by Placidic / via Adobe Stock

        Lost Rememberance by Morris / via Audiio

        Some additional sound effects are provided via Zapsplat.

        Production

        Editing: Daniel

        Transcription: Stace

        Safety in Role-playing

        It is essential that everyone playing in a game feels safe and is having fun. We've compiled a brief list of the safety tools we use here.

        As always, see our standard disclaimer.

        Support Explorers Wanted

        57 min
      • 48: Of Paperwork and Panties, Part 1 (We Are All Mad Here)

        An interlude during our season break where we play a one-shot of We Are All Mad Here. A group of disparate wanderers find themselves summoned to the Heart of the Heartwood by a White Rabbit, who insists the group assist Maury Hoofbottom get his paperwork in order.

        • This backlog is NOT acceptable, and Maury is missing the magic item he needs to help him get the work done.
        • The secret lore of laundry is discussed in great detail.
        • A visit to a tavern and a comfort house to search out Maury's lost item.
        • Into the woods and across the sea, where the undertaker rabbits roam.
        • Player Intrusion:

          Stace: Mount & Blade: Warband

          Resources

          If you or a loved one suffers from mental illness, there are resources available. You can find information at the website for National Institute of Mental Health. If you are in any way considering hurting yourself, please immediately call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).

          Your cast:

          GM: Daniel

          Whitbourne: Sampson
          Agrippina: Marietta
          Ivy: Alex
          Ser Percy: Stace

          Music

          Theme music: Ninth World by Dave Sterling.

          Tribulations by Andy D. Park / via Audiio

          Telltale Nightingale by Placidic / via Adobe Stock

          Teddy Bear Waltz by Kevin MacLeod

          Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4466-teddy-bear-waltz
          License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

          Infados by Kevin MacLeod

          Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3914-infados
          License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

          The Pied Piper by Morris / via Audiio

          They Will Come for You by Brad Hill / via Audiio

          Production

          Editing: Daniel

          Transcription: Stace

          Safety in Role-playing

          It is essential that everyone playing in a game feels safe and is having fun. We've compiled a brief list of the safety tools we use here.

          As always, see our standard disclaimer.

          Support Explorers Wanted

          1 hr 36 min
        • 47: Promises

          Our crew exchanges weighty oaths and make difficult decisions that cannot be undone.

          • Gma has lines, but asks Atalia's permission before taking her next steps.
          • Nix decides that Doc Taraz will require special treatment.
          • Cha-Cha makes a deal with Buddy Cop, with far reaching repurcussions.
          • Atalia, Dili, and Nix take tea in Ward Ana, and open themselves up to Mamma Jerrun's fire.
          • While this is the end of Season One, it's not the end of the campaign! We'll take a short break while we play We Are All Mad Here and prep for the start of the next season arc.

            Player Intrusion:

            Marietta: M*A*S*H

            Your cast:

            GM: Daniel

            Adilabrim "Dili" Kret: Sampson
            Atalia: Marietta
            Chansey "Cha-Cha" Letoile: Alex
            Nix: Stace

            Music

            Theme music: Ninth World by Dave Sterling.

            Feeling Emotional Distress by MusicLFiles

            Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6252-feeling-emotional-distress
            License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

            Long Note Three by Kevin MacLeod

            Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3993-long-note-three
            License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

            Grounded by Jameson Nathan Jones / via Audiio

            Footsteps by Matt-Stewart Evans / via Audiio

            Blood King by Datrotz / via Audiio

            Sebastian J F by Philip Rice

            Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6819-sebastian-j-f
            License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

            Until the End of Time by Petteri Saino / via Audiio

            We Came To Fight by Willyecho / via Audiio

            Hidden Place by Rafael Krux

            Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5361-hidden-place-
            License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

            Production

            Editing: Daniel

            Transcription: Stace

            Safety in Role-playing

            It is essential that everyone playing in a game feels safe and is having fun. We've compiled a brief list of the safety tools we use here.

            As always, see our standard disclaimer.

            Support Explorers Wanted

            1 hr 35 min
          • 46: Doc Taraz

            Our crew of explorers split up and find themselves unknowingly pursuing very similar goals related to an enigmatic nano known as Doc Taraz.

            • Cha-Cha meets up with friends both old and new.
            • Nix investigates her parent's papers and attempts to explain to her friends what her parents do for a living.
            • Cha-Cha goes on a vision quest for Nix's parents.
            • Atalia searches Doc Taraz's office.
            • Dili learns the secrets of wellness.
            • Player Intrusion:

              Daniel: The Laundry Files by Charles Stross. Start with The Jennifer Morgue Bookshop | Amazon | Barnes & Noble

              Your cast:

              GM: Daniel

              Adilabrim "Dili" Kret: Sampson
              Atalia: Marietta
              Chansey "Cha-Cha" Letoile: Alex
              Nix: Stace

              Music

              Theme music: Ninth World by Dave Sterling.

              Long Note Three by Kevin MacLeod

              Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3993-long-note-three
              License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

              Evolutions IV by Jameson Nathan Jones / via Audiio

              Stranger Synths IV by Liam Back / via Audiio

              Hidden Place by Rafael Krux

              Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5361-hidden-place-
              License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

              Production

              Editing: Daniel

              Transcription: Stace

              Safety in Role-playing

              It is essential that everyone playing in a game feels safe and is having fun. We've compiled a brief list of the safety tools we use here.

              As always, see our standard disclaimer.

              Support Explorers Wanted

              1 hr 32 min
            • 45: Retail Therapy

              On the run from the Queen's guards, our crew grapples with what to do next. With shins burning a hole in their pockets, they momentarily drown their sorrows by shopping for new tools to face the dangers ahead.

              • Nix attempts to deescalate a situation, but the rest of the crew turns the knob to eleven anyway.
              • Despite Daniel's best efforts, a shopping trip ensues.
              • Items of both utility and dubious morality are acquired, resulting in tension amongst our explorers.
              • Nix concocts a plan to distract the Queen.
              • Atalia receives an urgent request.
              • NOTE: Daniel had some audio issues in his recording and while we've tried to clean it up as best we can, it's still a little rough in spots. We are sorry. We love you.

                Player Intrusion:

                Sampson: Hades

                Your cast:

                GM: Daniel

                Adilabrim "Dili" Kret: Sampson
                Atalia: Marietta
                Chansey "Cha-Cha" Letoile: Alex
                Nix: Stace

                Music

                Theme music: Ninth World by Dave Sterling.

                The End by CAPE / via Audiio

                Production

                Editing: Daniel

                Transcription: Stace

                Safety in Role-playing

                It is essential that everyone playing in a game feels safe and is having fun. We've compiled a brief list of the safety tools we use here.

                As always, see our standard disclaimer.

                Support Explorers Wanted

                1 hr 6 min
              • 44: Room and Board

                After a violent misunderstanding at the bar, the crew grapples with Dili's relationship to his automaton, and seeks refuge from their many pursuers.

                • Dili isn't feeling like himself.
                • Atalia comes out on top and implores Dili to look within.
                • Nix flexes new muscles.
                • Cha-Cha interrogates her stowaway to understand their motives.
                • Player Intrusion:

                  Stace: Daughter of the Sun by Effie Calvin Bookshop | Amazon | Barnes and Noble

                  Your cast:

                  GM: Daniel

                  Adilabrim "Dili" Kret: Sampson
                  Atalia: Marietta
                  Chansey "Cha-Cha" Letoile: Alex
                  Nix: Stace

                  Music

                  Theme music: Ninth World by Dave Sterling.

                  Dark Traveler by Matthew L. Fisher / via Audiio

                  Grounded by Jameson Nathan Jones / via Audiio

                  Welcome to the Fire by Willyecho / via Audiio

                  Production

                  Editing: Daniel

                  Transcription: Stace

                  Safety in Role-playing

                  It is essential that everyone playing in a game feels safe and is having fun. We've compiled a brief list of the safety tools we use here.

                  As always, see our standard disclaimer.

                  Support Explorers Wanted

                  1 hr 5 min
                • 43: What Is The Door?

                  Puzzled by a series of revelations, our crew presses Mamma Jerrun on the answer to a question that has followed them throughout their recent journeys.

                  • Atalia and Nix press Mamma Jerrun for an answer and choices must be made.
                  • Cha-Cha goes to the Queen's Spittoon in search of old friends.
                  • Mamma Jerrun shows them an image of the gate in question.
                  • Dili has one of those moments, you know?
                  • Player Intrusion:

                    Alex: Fatal Frame

                    Your cast:

                    GM: Daniel

                    Adilabrim "Dili" Kret: Sampson
                    Atalia: Marietta
                    Chansey "Cha-Cha" Letoile: Alex
                    Nix: Stace

                    Music

                    Theme music: Ninth World by Dave Sterling.

                    Marty Gots A Plan by Kevin MacLeod

                    Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4992-marty-gots-a-plan
                    License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

                    Through the Past by Center of the Sea / via Audiio

                    Planetary Meditation by Human Suits / via Audiio

                    Night Thoughts performed by Max Anson / via Adobe Stock.

                    Production

                    Editing: Daniel

                    Transcription: Stace

                    Safety in Role-playing

                    It is essential that everyone playing in a game feels safe and is having fun. We've compiled a brief list of the safety tools we use here.

                    As always, see our standard disclaimer.

                    Support Explorers Wanted

                    54 min
                  • 42: Family Heirlooms

                    Our explorers delve deeper into the mysterious artifact retrieved from Nix's home and uncover alarming truths in the process.

                    • Atalia's scan has unexpected results.
                    • Cha-Cha opens her mind to the other worlds.
                    • Nix consults with Mamma Jerrun on a plan to free her parents.
                    • Dili's confronts old fears.
                    • Player Intrusion:

                      Daniel: The Locked Tomb Trilogy beginning with Gideon the Ninth Bookshop | Amazon | Barnes and Noble

                      Your cast:

                      GM: Daniel

                      Adilabrim "Dili" Kret: Sampson
                      Atalia: Marietta
                      Chansey "Cha-Cha" Letoile: Alex
                      Nix: Stace

                      Music

                      Theme music: Ninth World by Dave Sterling.

                      Footsteps by Matt-Stewart Evans / via Audiio

                      Long Note Four by Kevin MacLeod

                      Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3991-long-note-four
                      License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

                      Deep Space by Matthew L. Fisher / via Audiio

                      Production

                      Editing: Daniel

                      Transcription: Stace

                      Safety in Role-playing

                      It is essential that everyone playing in a game feels safe and is having fun. We've compiled a brief list of the safety tools we use here.

                      As always, see our standard disclaimer.

                      Support Explorers Wanted

                      1 hr
                    • 41: Homecoming

                      The crew has made their way back to Charmonde, and are ready to rush in to save Nix's parents. The only problem? They're not there...

                      • The crew collects their cargo, and Dili receives encouraging words from Stannis.
                      • The explorers re-enter Charmonde with newly crafted disguises.
                      • Nix's folks are in danger, but the crew isn't sure how best to save them.
                      • Mamma Jerrun has both news and drinks to share, and plenty of shade to throw.
                      • Nix gets consultation on a family heirloom.
                      • Player Intrusion:

                        Sampson: 3Blue1Brown

                        Your cast:

                        GM: Daniel

                        Adilabrim "Dili" Kret: Sampson
                        Atalia: Marietta
                        Chansey "Cha-Cha" Letoile: Alex
                        Nix: Stace

                        Music

                        Theme music: Ninth World by Dave Sterling.

                        Reach For The Stars by Rafael Krux

                        Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5591-reach-for-the-stars-
                        License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

                        Particles by Rafael Krux

                        Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5696-particles-
                        License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

                        Half Mystery by Kevin MacLeod

                        Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5026-half-mystery
                        License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

                        In the Black Lake performed by Gerard Franklin / via Adobe Stock.

                        Production

                        Editing: Daniel

                        Transcription: Stace

                        Safety in Role-playing

                        It is essential that everyone playing in a game feels safe and is having fun. We've compiled a brief list of the safety tools we use here.

                        As always, see our standard disclaimer.

                        Support Explorers Wanted

                        1 hr 2 min

                      About Explorers Wanted

                      From the publisher's feed

                      We are an actual play podcast using the Numenera (http://numenera.com) Discovery and Destiny rules. Set one billion years in the future, we journey across the Ninth World. There have been eight worldsโ€ฆ