The Lone Adventurer
A solo actual play RPG podcast; I’ll be your narrator, your Game Master and guide
Episodes
In this preliminary, Session Zero episode, I talk about the what and the why of Solo RPGs, my goals and preparation for this 5th Edition D&D solo game, how I intend to approach the podcast, and the reasons behind some of the decisions I’ve made.
Links
Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eQFxhCZ8tqDql3PwmYjcwWZM-AcWQOHE3PZayNAsYi8/edit?usp=sharing
Tale of the Manticore: https://taleofthemanticore.podbean.com/
In this episode Mina finds herself on the run from a pack of mech-fixated maniacs, and we learn who sent her to investigate them, and why.
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Transcript https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EqdqyTweQpTiPuKanq7kYbkstQfMbUx5CjmYmwgyvDE/edit?usp=sharing
Level Up Monstrous Menagerie: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/376472/Level-Up-Monstrous-Menagerie-A5E#:~:text=The%20Monstrous%20Menagerie%20provides%20nearly,khalkos%20and%20...
In this episode Mina returns home only to find an unwelcome visitor waiting for her, with a truly nefarious proposition. Will Mina betray her own House, or will she risk conflict with a group capable of penetrating one of the most secret organisations in the city?
LINKSTranscript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BJ6rM2nlHck4PTZekyKmpIKlEPOADiJgIcW4N2Koxb8/edit?usp=sharing
MECHANICS SCENE 3: Return to the Rookery (CR 7)SCENE M...
This episode sees Mina find some sanctuary, but that doesn’t mean her troubles are over. She faces a dangerous setback and a night of chilling nightmares before the dawn.
LINKSTranscript https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w4TEp_aJN-4FtEd7p9_M5Sg6TX1wWKpd9FHKtzSItKU/edit?usp=sharing
MECHANICS Scene 5: Studying the FolderChaos Factor 7
SCENE ALTERED? 3 (Altered) 65 Attach 91 Weapons (folder is trapped: Glyph of Warding)
Exhaustio...
Mina visits the Necropolis hoping to find clues, but runs into an unforeseen complication. Instead, she’s forced to take a perilous journey into the unknown, in search of answers that she hopes will explain the mystery of the Infernal Powder.
LinksTranscript https://docs.google.com/document/d/11T9fnLz-pXpvO1TjnC6xxzVkdrs6JD4BbTH6hiobTgM/edit?usp=sharing
CHAPTER 4: Mechanics SCENE 8Chaos Factor 6
SCENE ALTERED? 3 Altered (ceremon...
Mina begins her exploration of the Underpipes, and makes a surprising discovery that makes her reassess her quest. But she’ll need to avoid being discovered herself if she’s going to survive…
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Transcript https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n568c4YkbsuKocfV-V0TWqrNtEpxrTAS-KXM3P9ALeI/edit?usp=sharing
Mina’s character sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JGnbhd25G18rT_vAqkAUInVhukGgsvRLe960o_bUsi8/edit?usp=sharing
Mina and Cadmus stumble upon the site of a battle fought between unknown adversaries, and make much-needed camp. Will they make it through the night without interruption? And what strange new adversaries await them in the depths of the Underpipes?
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Transcript https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YnNlVXuY_8_vBHAxWPPti5q_wN-py7xzESU0VRXnX50/edit?usp=sharing
Mina’s character sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JGnbhd25G18...
Mina and Cadmus find themselves within touching distance of freedom, but face seemingly insurmountable odds to attain it. Can they possibly overcome the massed might of HydroClan?
LinksTranscript https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xRd_qCajdPk1J51blWBEwicI5s1ooK7clxQ3wtcbcWI/edit?usp=sharing
Mina’s character sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JGnbhd25G18rT_vAqkAUInVhukGgsvRLe960o_bUsi8/edit?usp=sharing
Mina constructs a companion, and hopes to retain another, but shocking news throws her plans into disarray. With all other avenues seemingly closed, Mina is left with only one option; to return to the infamous House of Whispers.
Links
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ro9GhVcPjAWSFal1sHQyCU4oVPvss3O7VlcQUSv4anw/edit?usp=sharing
Mechanics
SCENE 17 (Cont)
FATE: Are they able to slip away unnoticed? (Unlikely) No
FATE: Ejected...
Mina wakes to discover the identity of the new Spymaster, and it’s the last person she would wish it to be. But the bad news doesn’t stop there; the identity of the Whisperer’s murderer could spell doom for House Montisario, and the new spymaster’s plan to deal with the situation puts Mina right in the very last place she wants to be.
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Transcript https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YhGRF-ZUfINL8-ea2Mu3LSE9C4gMv-3O9Z5O1vaK4jY...
Mina is given an unwelcome decision to make by an even more unwelcome visitor, and we learn more about the death of her father. With a decision reached, Mina and Cadmus start to lay their plans, but they are interrupted by an atrocity no-one could have predicted.
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Transcript https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L--J0_zsmOtoxNXIOwcJS77KRDxbEqduNjomCRWl8xo/edit?usp=sharing
Ranks of peerage: https://debretts.com/peerage/ranks-a...
Mina and Cadmus have identified a way to reach the Underpipes, hidden beneath the gladiatorial Blood Pits of Kyras. Surely their attempt to sneak in unnoticed will go smoothly, and if they do make it down there, there’ll be nothing awful waiting for them. Right?
LinksTranscript https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Pzp5ZI6pfV0BoGjlCpB2XszX_uVIi_C_q7xeLbnsuII/edit?usp=sharing
All music is royalty-free, and courtesy of Pixabay: https:...
Our heroes must avoid the many dangers of the twisting tunnels of the Underpipes, but there are things far more lethal than magic-eating beetles down here. They soon come face to face with a terrible new foe, as well as a hated old one.
LinksTranscript https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NzofrwSCc7SgKgMcUC1AhcNgfw-Q1sLv6wgqVic2z6A/edit?usp=sharing
All music is royalty-free, and courtesy of Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/music/
Captured by the Piperunners, a helpless Mina and Cadmus discover the true ruthlessness of their foe, and the full terrifying scale of her master plan.
LinksTranscript https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JBvJwZrNhl0NWbs0YYV5Mz01N3FY86P6z28Z65qFNWc/edit?usp=sharing
All music is royalty-free, and courtesy of Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/music/
Ring of Winter: http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/wondrous-items:ring-of-winter
Personalities: htt...
Mina lays her plans against the Piperunners, but nothing can prepare her for the Hall of the Great machine. Can her desperate scheme possibly succeed, and what new city-shattering revelations lie in wait?
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Transcript https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UUCE_Q1j-ICt-EfzhrOECzGqsuiw8FrJvCN1oeXJuCI/edit?usp=sharing
All music is royalty-free, and courtesy of Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/music/
RPG GNS Theory: https://cannibalha...
With a death-defying leap, Mina escapes the battle atop the Great Machine. But more danger is waiting for her below, standing between her and the infernal powder she so desperately seeks. More danger, but also a potential ally…
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Transcript https://docs.google.com/document/d/19CRry_yqe4hw0AmYD57au1MNqXhIH9rJqyXveLc1Y5I/edit?usp=sharing
All music is royalty-free, and courtesy of Pixabay: https://pixabay.c...
Mina sneaks her way into Sanctum Eruptio in search of the Infernal Powder, but an unpleasant discovery awaits her. It’s all-out war between the Cult of the Great Machine and the Piperunners, with the very existence of the city at stake!
LinksTranscript https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kZleqdp8rkFVDwkmOYlLKFatEvqDdFIr-P-PFcblvjo/edit?usp=sharing
All music is royalty-free, and courtesy of Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/music/
Blad...
Links
Corey Mayo’s O Solo Mayo: http://webjudy.com/osolomayo/
Transcript links
Session 0: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eQFxhCZ8tqDql3PwmYjcwWZM-AcWQOHE3PZayNAsYi8/edit?usp=sharing
Chapter 1: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EqdqyTweQpTiPuKanq7kYbkstQfMbUx5CjmYmwgyvDE/edit?usp=sharing
Chapter 2: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BJ6rM2nlHck4PTZekyKmpIKlEPOADiJgIcW4N2Koxb8/edit?usp=sharing
Chapter 3: https://docs.google...
It all comes down to this. Mina Monisario, in disguise, must join with her sworn enemies, the fanatical Machine Cultists, in a final, desperate battle against the Piperunners for control of the explosives stashed beneath the Great Machine. And if she fails, the entire city is forfeit!
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Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cHMEBI3YqBE-RdihCbuZKqhC7XaGvAXaaXpGMkW8eWg/edit?usp=sharing
In the aftermath of the war against the Piperunners, Mina is left facing another implacable foe. And even if she does survive, what price will she be forced to pay?
LinksTranscript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WKIggxPt0wNAMRZvltZHibhznT76I-4VLgWhF6xWLbk/edit?usp=sharing
All music is royalty-free, and courtesy of Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/music/
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