Speculate

This episode carries content warnings for divine magic, cursed artifacts, soulless bodies, and ghosts.

The Strange Friends assemble for the big run at Aldo Booker. Skelly scopes out Aldo’s security. Ash leads the group’s infiltration and uses her divine gifts. Crossroads discovers yet more horrors of Aldo’s operation.

“The Case of the Cindered Seal” is a joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel, playing Blades in the Dark by John Harper. Brandon O’Brien (@therisingtithes) GMs for the crew of Valerie Valdes (@valerievaldes), Iori Kusano (@iorikusano), Jeoi Gawain Lin (@thisismydasein), and our own Michael R. Underwood (@mikerunderwood). Featuring a unique “Fugitives” crew sheet created by Brandon! (Available at https://therisingtithes.itch.io/)

If you like what you hear, please tune in soon for more actual play content, and please spread the word about the show! Become a subscriber to our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/speculate to get even more content (including special episodes, access to behind-the-scenes videos like GM streams and session zero recordings, plus other bonus episodes!).

You can watch our completed miniseries “Splendour and Shadow” (playing Rebel Crown by Michael Dunn-O’Conner) at Youtube.com/ArvanEleron. We’ll be announcing our new 2022 series soon!This episode was edited by the amazing Rudy Basso (find him at https://twitter.com/RudyBasso). As always, thanks for listening!

A familiar face drops by Ash’s shop for tea and makes an unexpected offer. Ash consults the stones. Melvir doctors aggressively at Skelly. Crossroads gets some upgrades.

“The Case of the Cindered Seal” is a joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel, playing Blades in the Dark by John Harper. Brandon O’Brien (@therisingtithes) GMs for the crew of Valerie Valdes (@valerievaldes), Iori Kusano (@iorikusano), Jeoi Gawain Lin (@thisismydasein), and our own Michael R. Underwood (@mikerunderwood). Featuring a unique “Fugitives” crew sheet created by Brandon! (Available at https://therisingtithes.itch.io/)

If you like what you hear, please tune in soon for more actual play content, and please spread the word about the show! Become a subscriber to our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/speculate to get even more content (including special episodes, access to behind-the-scenes videos like GM streams and session zero recordings, plus other bonus episodes!).

You can watch our completed miniseries “Splendour and Shadow” (playing Rebel Crown by Michael Dunn-O’Conner) at Youtube.com/ArvanEleron. We’ll be announcing our new 2022 series soon!This episode was edited by the amazing Rudy Basso (find him at https://twitter.com/RudyBasso). As always, thanks for listening!

This episode carries content warnings for war flashbacks, gunfire, children in peril, dangerous artifacts 

Ring gets some last-minute intel. Ash and Crossroads realize what they’ve got in their hands (and claws).

“The Case of the Cindered Seal” is a joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel, playing Blades in the Dark by John Harper. Brandon O’Brien (@therisingtithes) GMs for the crew of Valerie Valdes (@valerievaldes), Iori Kusano (@iorikusano), Jeoi Gawain Lin (@thisismydasein), and our own Michael R. Underwood (@mikerunderwood). Featuring a unique “Fugitives” crew sheet created by Brandon! (Available at https://therisingtithes.itch.io/)

If you like what you hear, please tune in soon for more actual play content, and please spread the word about the show! Become a subscriber to our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/speculate to get even more content (including special episodes, access to behind-the-scenes videos like GM streams and session zero recordings, plus other bonus episodes!).

You can watch our completed miniseries “Splendour and Shadow” (playing Rebel Crown by Michael Dunn-O’Conner) at Youtube.com/ArvanEleron. We’ll be announcing our new 2022 series soon!

This episode was edited by the amazing Rudy Basso (find him at https://twitter.com/RudyBasso). As always, thanks for listening!

This episode carries content warnings for drowning, leaving a person to die, mention of demons, human remains,

The morning after the revelatory “conversation” with Casta, the Strange Friends awake and set about putting things in order. Ring does the rounds with some prodigal Porters. Ash and Crossroads make some dangerous discoveries.

“The Case of the Cindered Seal” is a joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel, playing Blades in the Dark by John Harper. Brandon O’Brien (@therisingtithes) GMs for the crew of Valerie Valdes (@valerievaldes), Iori Kusano (@iorikusano), Jeoi Gawain Lin (@thisismydasein), and our own Michael R. Underwood (@mikerunderwood). Featuring a unique “Fugitives” crew sheet created by Brandon! (Available at https://therisingtithes.itch.io/)

If you like what you hear, please tune in soon for more actual play content, and please spread the word about the show! Become a subscriber to our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/speculate to get even more content (including special episodes, access to behind-the-scenes videos like GM streams and session zero recordings, plus other bonus episodes!).You can watch our other series “Splendour and Shadow” (playing Rebel Crown by Michael Dunn-O’Conner), at Youtube.com/ArvanEleron and catch new episodes live at Twitch.tv/ArvanEleron

This episode was edited by the amazing Rudy Basso (find him at https://twitter.com/RudyBasso). As always, thanks for listening!

This episode carries content warnings for facial injuries, trauma, raw meat, blood, troubled sleep, violence against a captive.

 

After a long night with an imprisoned rival, Crossroads tries its hand as being a butler as the other Strange Friends sleep.

 

“The Case of the Cindered Seal” is a joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel, playing Blades in the Dark by John Harper. Brandon O’Brien (@therisingtithes) GMs for the crew of Valerie Valdes (@valerievaldes), Iori Kusano (@iorikusano), Jeoi Gawain Lin (@thisismydasein), and our own Michael R. Underwood (@mikerunderwood). Featuring a unique “Fugitives” crew sheet created by Brandon! (Available at https://therisingtithes.itch.io/)

If you like what you hear, please tune in soon for more actual play content, and please spread the word about the show! Become a subscriber to our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/speculate to get even more content (including special episodes, access to behind-the-scenes videos like GM streams and session zero recordings, plus other bonus episodes!).

You can watch our other series “Splendour and Shadow” (playing Rebel Crown by Michael Dunn-O’Conner), at Youtube.com/ArvanEleron and catch new episodes live at Twitch.tv/ArvanEleron

This episode was edited by the amazing Rudy Basso (find him at https://twitter.com/RudyBasso). As always, thanks for listening!

This episode carries content warnings for child labor, child endangerment, and interrogation.

The Strange Friends press Casta for answers, and each new bit of information is more disturbing than the last. Laden with clues and terrifying reality, the still-conscious friends debate what to do with their captive and their trauma-laden companion.

“The Case of the Cindered Seal” is a joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel, playing Blades in the Dark by John Harper. Brandon O’Brien (@therisingtithes) GMs for the crew of Valerie Valdes (@valerievaldes), Iori Kusano (@iorikusano), Jeoi Gawain Lin (@thisismydasein), and our own Michael R. Underwood (@mikerunderwood). Featuring a unique “Fugitives” crew sheet created by Brandon! (Available at https://therisingtithes.itch.io/)

If you like what you hear, please tune in soon for more actual play content, and please spread the word about the show! Become a subscriber to our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/speculate to get even more content (including special episodes, access to behind-the-scenes videos like GM streams and session zero recordings, plus other bonus episodes!).

You can watch our other series “Splendour and Shadow” (playing Rebel Crown by Michael Dunn-O’Conner), at Youtube.com/ArvanEleron and catch new episodes live at Twitch.tv/ArvanEleron

This episode was edited by the amazing Rudy Basso (find him at https://twitter.com/RudyBasso). As always, thanks for listening!

This episode carries content warnings for description of a black eye, violence against a captive, interrogation, torture, child labor, child endangerment,

Ring tags in to interrogate Casta about her relationship to Aldo Booker and what she knows about the tempest of chaos that has descended upon the Strange Friends. Crossroads turns to the ghost field for more answers.

“The Case of the Cindered Seal” is a joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel, playing Blades in the Dark by John Harper. Brandon O’Brien (@therisingtithes) GMs for the crew of Valerie Valdes (@valerievaldes), Iori Kusano (@iorikusano), Jeoi Gawain Lin (@thisismydasein), and our own Michael R. Underwood (@mikerunderwood). Featuring a unique “Fugitives” crew sheet created by Brandon! (Available at https://therisingtithes.itch.io/)

If you like what you hear, please tune in soon for more actual play content, and please spread the word about the show! Become a subscriber to our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/speculate to get even more content (including special episodes, access to behind-the-scenes videos like GM streams and session zero recordings, plus other bonus episodes!).

You can watch our other series “Splendour and Shadow” (playing Rebel Crown by Michael Dunn-O’Conner), at Youtube.com/ArvanEleron and catch new episodes live at Twitch.tv/ArvanEleron

This episode was edited by the amazing Rudy Basso (find him at https://twitter.com/RudyBasso). As always, thanks for listening!

This episode carries content warnings for flashbacks to trauma, violence between children, anger blackout, disassociation, violent outburst, and arcane visions

The players pick a crew upgrade for the crew, only several months after earning it. The Strange Friends continue to struggle with how to deal with their captive and press her for answers as Skelly is overtaken by anger and guilt. Crossroads protects its friends once more.

“The Case of the Cindered Seal” is a joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel, playing Blades in the Dark by John Harper. Brandon O’Brien (@therisingtithes) GMs for the crew of Valerie Valdes (@valerievaldes), Iori Kusano (@iorikusano), Jeoi Gawain Lin (@thisismydasein), and our own Michael R. Underwood (@mikerunderwood). Featuring a unique “Fugitives” crew sheet created by Brandon! (Available at https://therisingtithes.itch.io/)

If you like what you hear, please tune in soon for more actual play content, and please spread the word about the show! Become a subscriber to our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/speculate to get even more content (including special episodes, access to behind-the-scenes videos like GM streams and session zero recordings, plus other bonus episodes!).

You can watch our other series “Splendour and Shadow” (playing Rebel Crown by Michael Dunn-O’Conner), at Youtube.com/ArvanEleron and catch new episodes live at Twitch.tv/ArvanEleron

This episode was edited by the amazing Rudy Basso (find him at https://twitter.com/RudyBasso). As always, thanks for listening!

This episode carries content warnings for magical explosions, ghosts, contract killing, and dead bodies.

Back at Derrn’s hideout, The Strange Friends rest, then face the question of Casta. Ash shows Crossroads how to roll someone for loot.

“The Case of the Cindered Seal” is a joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel, playing Blades in the Dark by John Harper. Brandon O’Brien (@therisingtithes) GMs for the crew of Valerie Valdes (@valerievaldes), Iori Kusano (@iorikusano), Jeoi Gawain Lin (@thisismydasein), and our own Michael R. Underwood (@mikerunderwood). Featuring a unique “Fugitives” crew sheet created by Brandon! (Available at https://therisingtithes.itch.io/)

If you like what you hear, please tune in soon for more actual play content, and please spread the word about the show! Become a subscriber to our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/speculate to get even more content (including special episodes, access to behind-the-scenes videos like GM streams and session zero recordings, plus other bonus episodes!).

You can watch our other series “Splendour and Shadow” (playing Rebel Crown by Michael Dunn-O’Conner), at Youtube.com/ArvanEleron and catch new episodes live at Twitch.tv/ArvanEleron

This episode was edited by the amazing Rudy Basso (find him at https://twitter.com/RudyBasso). As always, thanks for listening!

This episode carries content warnings for references to traumatic brain injury, childhood trauma, child labor, children in peril, and alcohol.

Skelly remembers the bells of the orphanage. Ring tries to grab a ride. The crew regroups and heads back to Derrn’s.

“The Case of the Cindered Seal” is a joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel, playing Blades in the Dark by John Harper. Brandon O’Brien (@therisingtithes) GMs for the crew of Valerie Valdes (@valerievaldes), Iori Kusano (@iorikusano), Jeoi Gawain Lin (@thisismydasein), and our own Michael R. Underwood (@mikerunderwood). Featuring a unique “Fugitives” crew sheet created by Brandon! (Available at https://therisingtithes.itch.io/)

If you like what you hear, please tune in soon for more actual play content, and please spread the word about the show! Become a subscriber to our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/speculate to get even more content (including special episodes, access to behind-the-scenes videos like GM streams and session zero recordings, plus other bonus episodes!).

You can watch our other series “Splendour and Shadow” (playing Rebel Crown by Michael Dunn-O’Conner), at Youtube.com/ArvanEleron and catch new episodes live at Twitch.tv/ArvanEleron

This episode was edited by the amazing Rudy Basso (find him at https://twitter.com/RudyBasso). As always, thanks for listening!