Campaign 1, Episode 25: Feathers and Foils

The night in the Rust Below continues as Deep Six finds itself caught between bloodsport, backroom dealings, strange alchemical secrets, and the ever-present danger of Verdencia’s hidden machinery.

As the arena prepares for its next brutal bout, the party uses the brief pause to gamble, investigate, charm, scheme, and make several deeply questionable choices. Meanwhile, elsewhere in the city, Magda’s escape through the Judiciary’s secure systems takes a sharp turn into clockwork intrigue, legal absurdity, and dangerous noble power.

This episode brings underground arena tension, suspicious aristocrats, stolen voices, bardic blade work, halfling improvisation, and the usual Daggers and Drams chaos.

Daggers and Drams is Scotland’s own TTRPG actual play podcast, following our D&D 5e campaign Deep Six through the steampunk-noir city of Verdencia.

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Chapters

00:00 Previously on Deep Six
02:22 Back to the Rust Below
05:51 Intermission in the Arena
08:25 Stenny Makes a Little Profit
10:55 The Electron Coin Mystery
13:44 Level-Ups, Portents & Loaded Dice
14:37 Mac Checks on Orlan
20:55 Ruby Meets the Gatekeeper
26:44 Tyron, Melina & the River of Life
32:02 Highborns Return to the Stands
33:04 The Final Bout Begins
36:38 Feathers, Foils & Stolen Voices
43:33 The Bout Reaches Its Edge
43:55 Back to the Secure Mailroom
47:00 Magda Tests the System
50:13 Out Through the Mail Slot
50:42 A Phrase in the Papers
52:08 An Order in Black Wax
57:58 Outro & Announcements