Lorekeepers - A Worldbuilding Podcast

Where's the episode this week? Check out ep. 1! It may be different than you remember...

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The Riven, creatures of a soulless make, were not always such. Legends tell, long ago, of a pact made with the residents of the deepest hells. But can such legends be trusted?

Talking points: Saggy wet rice bags, breaking bad (intro records), clay souls, Ep. 432 - Firbolgs, diabolical scientists, gross gross green fire, amputated priesthood, bloodless laws, calf-hilts, BDSM-positivity, and the feels.

Referenced Episodes

• Oberiska, spire of salvation: ep. 3
• the Avireal, the dream-legends of elves: ep. 15
• Age spells, the magic of generations: ep. 39

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Returning to a previously considered topic, this week we consider the spells woven by the loom of reality. What happens when the casting circle is the size of an entire city? A country?

Talking points: wetland appreciation, foot-stabbing segues, co-ed thesis magicians, hungry artifacts, symphonic BLARPs, piggy souls, erudite elementals, philosophical nonsense, the new 9-5 soul-sucking job, Diglett-Pooh's best friend, and broombas

Referenced Episodes

• Roarark, city-state of excellence: ep. 8 & 9
• Magician's guilds, the craftsfolk of the Nineflow: ep. 12
• Primordium, the plane of anima: ep. 19
• Enchanters, the guild of seduction: ep. 30
• The Nine, protectors of the Nineflow: ep. 37

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Long ago the Do'Sumai tended to the heart of the world, deep beneath the surface. Now they are a scattered people, forming the dwarves, gnomes and halflings.

You'd think that we would've thought about the implications of that before now, huh? Well, hey better late than never!

Talking points: No doxxing plz, irongeneers, nominative shenanigans, survival by strictness, creepy souless dwarves, metal as hell, extreme crime punishing, sneaky goldskins, and Colossus the architect.

Referenced Episodes

• library tattoos and early hieromancy: ep. 6
• the enchanter enclave: ep. 30
• the early elves, birth of the vampiric nations: ep. 31

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Carter steps up to the table this week to serve a heaping helping of paladin. Join us as we discuss the Nine, our very own divine force of totally-not-ripping-off-the-Avengers!

Talking points: 23rd minute clues, stipends, mediocre launch titles, Agent Cody Banks: Kingsman Reborn, Noblesse v. Mr. Robot, broody angel-chaining, delayed failure, less-than-ideal sword sheaths, and wondering whether the band will ever get back together.

Referenced Episodes

• Aevum Quartus, the Shattered Years: ep. 24
• Strife-spire, the cause of millenia of conflict: ep. 25
• Tiirs, the Mute of terror: ep. 36

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There are things that lurk in the bones of reality, underpinning us all. And their lord is fear incarnate.

Talking points: The final(s) stretch, 1337 Yoga, Respecting the roll, hell vacations, bloodthirsty bureaucrats, failure to deliver your package to howling caverns, demonic food pyramids, hellish chess confusion, divine college screwed & remixed, six buildings per tenant, and poking beholders back in their be-holes.

Referenced Episodes

• Gade, the first demigod: ep. 28
• Spans, the primal entrapment: ep. 34

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If you ever wondered about the MacGuffins of the Halûmian cosmos, look no further than every child's favorite fairy-tale filler: Erebor Seeds!

Talking points: Percy of Whiteface, Laryngitis and essays, crystal castes, chameleon magic, nobody expects the Halûmian Inquisition(!), Carter's Very Loud Leg Rubbing, tri-racial binds, gem shaming,

Referenced Episodes

• The Ashcurse, the cataclysm that broke the world : ep. 1
• Oberiska, city of gnomes and angels: ep. 3
• Spellbooks, or writing with dust: ep. 6
• Roarark, the land of desires: ep. 8, 9
• Vampires, the soul-shattered: ep. 31

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We launch 2019 with an absolute banger, a veritable cornucopia of ideas. Welcome to the realms of Spans.

Talking points: Fake Christmas, orphanage burning, a cubit for giants, mountains forever, non-linear spacetime, the king is afraid of trees, the roads like currents, professional doubt, bermuda's hexagon, risky fire thieves, and deer gut alchemy.

Referenced Episodes

• Primordium, the crucible of form : ep 19

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It's here! It's finally here! Which is to say our first officially holiday-themed episode. Welcome to Bremann, the festival of lights!

Talking points: Halloween fascists, gnome astronomy, moon-fusion, Hadrian's wall, visible nice lists, the devil rules the future, Frank's first (official) ramble, tree nuts and egg holsters, and month stuffing.

Referenced Episodes

• Gade, the first demigod: ep 28

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Returning to our favorite roll table-y goodness, Carter picks a random country, and we decide on its capitol city! Tune in for all that urban goodness.

Talking points: bloody burning tree-mas, fajitas, bad bad meteorology, sea lungs, current labyrinths, bathing techniques cont., angel pranks, kraken-dad, tide hand-waving, and sleeping giants.

Referenced Episodes

• Roarark, secret country of meritocracy: eps. 8 & 9
• Yamdallah, mecca of the dragonborn: ep. 16
• En'golin, the First mecca of the distant Maker: ep. 20

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