Episode 29 - Apex Convergence

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent
Guest: Keith Baker

In February of 2014, we sat down and built a world with Keith Baker, the creater of Gloom and Eberron!

In this episode, we create a world where massive elemental beings fight for dominence while posing a constant threat to the human populace, who make use of special forms of magic to survive.

You can find some of Keith's work here:

Web Site: https://keith-baker.com/
Twogether Studios: https://www.twogetherstudios.com/
DMs' Guild: https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Keith%20Baker

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Episode 27 - Children of the Fury

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent
Guest: Dave Robison

Ever have one of those personal eras when your life turns upside down a few times and then a pandemic happens and then you look up and realize the audio edit you've been stressing over for the past decade doesn't have to be as perfect as your inner critic insists and it's okay if the final product runs over two hours after all? 

Sometimes it takes a very long time to get one's inner critic to back down.

But when it happens? It can be a thing of wonder.

At long last, here is the next episode of Crucible of Realms. In it, our guest Dave brings us a massive concept to play with - a world split into three parts, each experiencing a different environment and each with a different relationship with magic.

You can find more about Dave and his work at these places:

Dave Robison: Vocal Performer - https://butterymanvoice.com/
ARCHIVOS - https://www.archivos.digital/

Archivos Podcasts - https://www.roundtablepodcast.com/

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Episode 23 - Azure Tears

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent
Guest: Jason Bulmahn of Paizo Publishing and Minotaur Games

We brainstorm up a world so full of ideas that we had to bleed into an extra half hour! In a Conan-esque world where magic waxes and wanes in centuries-long cycles, the one who has the most power is the one who is best prepared for change. And when the next wave of magic comes, who will come out on top? The barbaric humans who hold Stoneshadow Valley? The forces of the High Imperator, who - it is said - can never die? The dwarves who live deep in the mountains and hold a terrifying secret? Or the much-maligned elves who live outside of civilization, yet may hold the key to changing everything? The seasons are turning, and when the Azure Tears appear in the sky once more, the die will be cast!

Jason's Kickstarter for his card game Pirate Loot can be found HERE! Check it out!

Also mentioned in this Episode:

Yoda / Midi-Chlorians
Pathfinder
V
Matt Forbeck
Oxy Acne Medication
Conan the Barbarian
Ziggurat
Lich
Hero's Journey
Sparta / Mongol Empire
Incan Terrace Farming
Helm's Deep
The Hobbit
Medici Family
Doctor Doom
Amway
To Serve Man
Cassandra
Night of the Comet
Mass Hysteria
Vlad the Impaler
Magic Jar
Dalai Lama
Thundarr the Barbarian / Gundark
Corona
Behind the Name

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Epoch Iteration 14 - Kobolds & Super Heroes

A quick Iteration to talk about our guests' upcoming projects!

Image courtesy of Imgur

LINKS:

Eloy Lasanta's Kickstarter for Third Eye Games, AMP: Year One, can be found HERE.

Wolfgang Baur's projects for Kobold Press, Deep Magic and The Kobold Guide to Magic, can be found HERE and HERE.

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Episode 20 - Sorcerer's Gambit

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

Guest: THE Jim Harris
 
In this episode, we create a Steampunk / Victorian Fantasy mashup setting. As the British Empire rolls out its engines of industry, the indigenous populations of its colonies call upon ancient magics to drive them out! Meanwhile, the Druids watch and wait and a sinister figure playing all sides against each other watches from the shadows... 

Image courtesy of Imgur

Join Jim Harris' cult on Facebook!

RECOMMENDATIONS: Jon recommends The Mongoliad by Neal Stephenson.

Mentioned in this Episode:

Steampunk
Ornithopter
The Da Vinci Code
British Empire
Boxer Rebellion
The Royal Society
The League of S.T.E.A.M.
Ghostbusters
Druid
Oxford University
Bursar
National Geographic Society
Wicker Man
Glastonbury
The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
D&D Druid
Field Marshal Kitchener
Gaia
The Green Man
Cernunnos
Celtic Pantheon
Brigid
Arithmancy
Yog-Sothoth
Cthulhu
"The only winning move is not to play."
Boudica

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Episode 14 - Perdition's Hold

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

Guest: Clint Black of Pinnacle Entertainment Group
 
We create a penal colony that exists in a medieval world where magic is outlawed and demons manipulate the future of mankind.

On an unrelated note for the gamer listeners out there, the 2012 RPG Podcast Listener Survey is going on right now! Check it out here.

00:00 Tomfoolery
00:06 Door # 2
01:02 Intro
01:39 Savage Worlds / Pinnacle Entertainment Group
02:01 Necessary Evil
02:15 Deciding Basics
02:35 Megalopolis
02:43 Gormenghast / Gormenghast Series
04:52 Fritz Leiber
07:02 Determining Scale
07:18 D&D
07:37 Discussing Structure & Resources
09:10 Convicts in Australia
09:18 Discussing Geography
10:38 Discussing Magic, Demons & Logistics
14:18 Jabba the Hutt
19:19 Discussing Religion & Church Structure
21:28 Inquisition
27:59 Planes of Existence
29:51 Discussing City Districts
29:57 The Five Boroughs (NYC)
34:52 Discussing Rules of Magic
37:39 Discussing History
43:54 Discussing Groups
49:34 Hannibal Lecter
50:16 Naming Titles & Places
52:04 Promise / I Can't Believe It's Not Butter
52:35 Raistlin / Dragonlance / Jacques Chirac
52:51 Malfeasance
53:34 Proctor & Gamble
54:49 Tarot
55:35 Naming Groups
56:25 Aufero
59:42 Naming Characters
60:11 Hector / Hannibal
61:16 Umbra
61:55 Pelagic
62:49 Phyllis Diller
63:04 Boris Yeltsin
63:18 Naming Geographic Items & Institutions
64:15 Naming the Setting
64:39 Devil's Island
65:07 DOOM / Perdition's Gate
65:29 Conclusion & Outro

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Episode 11 - Hell Noir

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Gregory

Guest: Eden Royce
 
In this episode we create a vision of a hell in which daemons try to live better lives, but are plagued by crime and corruption. And of course the occasional kidnapping by humans from another world.

00:00 Tomfoolery
00:12 Megalopolis
00:21 Mr. Snuffleupagus
00:37 Barghest / Darth Vader / Black Dog / Geist
00:52 The Hound of the Baskervilles / Baskerville
01:06 Intro
02:47 Listener Feedback
03:10 Happy Jack's RPG Podcast
03:37 Creative Commons
04:12 Determining Basics
04:38 Atlas / Atlas Shrugged
05:04 Demon / Devil / Hell
06:11 Hellevator
08:27 Fedora
08:57 Film Noir / Hardboiled Fiction
09:14 Faustian Bargain
09:37 "This is my boomstick!"
10:53 Drug Fiend
11:58 Drug Mule
12:09 Mephistopheles
13:37 Art Deco / Succubus / Femme Fatale
14:03 Determining Physical Properties
14:13 Dark City
14:59 Superman / Kryptonians
15:55 Discussing Social Aspects
16:16 No One Can Eat Just One
17:07 Discussing Supernatural Rules
18:47 Discussing Inhabitants & Society
20:43 Discussing Powers
22:29 Prohibition / Speakeasy / Eliot Ness
23:34 Devil in a Blue Dress
24:24 Imp / Incubus
25:10 Discussing Wild Life
25:38 Terrarium
25:56 Arthropod / Arachnid / Crustacean
26:35 Discussing Environment
27:24 Futurama / New New York
27:51 Zeppelin / Steampunk
29:15 Industrial Revolution
29:43 Sulfur Dioxide / Acid Rain
32:14 Discussing History
32:50 Elder Things
33:23 Yog-Sothoth / Elder Gods / Great Old Ones
37:12 Egalitarianism
38:58 Discussing Religion
39:33 Lovecraftian / Hastur
40:13 Humanism / The King in Yellow
40:30 Gothic Architecture
41:41 Gaslighting
42:14 Drinking the Kool Aid / Heaven's Gate
42:20 Discussing Crime
43:09 Discussing Souls
44:31 Scarab
45:05 Discussing Government & Organizations
45:43 Fidel Castro
47:01 Byakhee
48:03 Arkham / Mikatonic University
49:03 Wall Street
49:17 Coney Island / Renaissance Faire
50:20 Naming Beings, Titles & Organizations
50:33 Daemon
52:20 Body Politic / Constabulary / Constable
53:27 Clot
54:02 Humours / Bile
55:25 Naming Places
55:59 Furlong
56:25 Naming Deities
57:28 Naming More Groups & Movements
58:17 Walker, Texas Ranger
59:37 Naming More Places
61:08 Naming the City
62:04 Naming the Setting
63:23 www.EdenRoyce.com
63:39 LudusNovus.net
63:45 Conclusion & Outro

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Episode 7 - Neptune's Reich

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

Guest: Reece Ambrose

We take an alternate look at World War II, imagining a world in which the Nazis found a mystical artifact that would lead them to conquer Europe and change the face of global politics forever.
 
Wiki entry to follow!

00:00 Tomfoolery
00:36 Intro
02:15 Nazis
03:00 Determining Basics
05:07 World War II
06:27 Deciding Era & Society
07:27 American Civil War
07:59 Atomic Bomb
08:25 Pearl Harbor
10:00 Determining Rules & History
10:12 Rome / Carthage / Rome vs Carthage
11:18 Hiroshima / Nagasaki
11:55 Hermetic Magic
13:46 Vulcan / Neptune
14:06 Hermes Trismegistus / Hermes / Thoth
14:22 Alchemy / Astrology / Theurgy
14:38 Thule Society
15:18 Axis / Allies / Axis vs Allies
16:24 Afrika Korps / Virgil
19:36 Stormtrooper
19:52 Mars
20:07 Fifth Column
21:16 Sodom & Gomorrah
21:32 Poseidon / The Kraken / Hermann Göring

24:08 Hadrian's Wall
24:26 Winston Churchill
26:09 Picts
28:55 Navajo / Code Talkers
29:42 Determining Locations / Machu Picchu
29:54 Navajo Cliff Dwellings / Area 51
30:10 Trinity / Alomogordo
30:56 Heinrich Schliemann / Troy
31:28 Gibraltar / Pillars of Hercules
31:56 Victoria Falls / Niagara Falls / Zambezi
32:27 Mount Fuji / Ulan Bator / Genghis Khan
32:53 Gobi Desert / Mount Everest / Taroko Gorge
33:15 Dreamtime
34:31 Fighting Monks
35:52 Determining Factions
38:21 Albert Einstein
40:05 Pineapple Grenade
44:14 Imperial Japan / Communism
47:34 Chinese Gunpowder
48:03 Panacea / Elixir Vitae
49:31 KGB
50:15 Cheka / Vladimir Lenin / NKGB
50:33 Political Directorate (OGPU) / Joseph Stalin
53:20 Rwandan Genocide 

53:54 Vodoun (Voodoo)
55:24 Grigori Rasputin / Bolshevik
55:50 Naming Groups
56:02 Manhattan Project
58:13 Dynasty
58:57 Naming the Setting
59:27 3rd Reich
60:27 Conclusion & Outro

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Episode 1 - Aegis

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

In this first episode we create Aegis, a fantasy world dominated by the element of Air. Find it in the wiki here!

00:00 Introduction
00:41 World Concept
02:13 Google Documents
02:33 Google Christ
03:00 Air Theme
03:28 Bespin
03:44 George Lucas
03:55 Holo-Cube
04:30 World Rules & Geography
08:00 Elementals
09:00 Balance of the Elements
10:13 Winged People
11:33 Hawk People / Flash Gordon
11:44 Brian Blessed / Prince Vultan
12:05 Harpy
12:30 Lizard People
12:54 Airborne Jellyfish
12:55 Arthur C. Clarke / A Meeting with Medusa
13:09 The Beatles
13:25 Beholder
13:55 Bodies of Water
14:50 Poles, Temperature, Day & Night
16:17 Huge Water Spout
16:58 Up is Bad, Down is Good
21:00 The Thing at the Center
21:43 Government / Parliaments of Birdfolk / Sultanates of Lizardfolk
23:53 History, Magic & Technology
27:45 The Opener
28:29 D&D / Elemental Plane of Air / Demiplane
30:50 Present Day Conflict
32:17 Clothing, Population and Biology
37:00 Naming Things
37:44 Ouroboros
38:13 Thesaurus.com
38:38 Red Dwarf / "Ouroboros"
40:02 Komodo Dragon
41:54 Wikipedia / Medusozoa / Scyphozoa
45:49 Aegis Shield
46:24 Conclusion & Outro

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