D8 Night

D8Night Remote: Chaos Out of Order – 003 Paper Savior

In this episode, the crew find themselves dealing with the remainder of the 1990s Marconi field they uncovered in the previous episode

Players/Characters:

Crash: SP4RK1 "Sparky" Monodrone Rogue Guard 
Mike: 5T4MP "Stamp" Monodrone Cleric Screw-Forger
Josh: RU5-T Duodrone Rogue Blacksmith Assistant 
Will: G1-G0 "Gigo" Tridrone Sorcerer Tour Guide

D8Night Remote: Chaos Out of Order - Session 0

D8 Night Remote Campaign: Chaos Out of Order – Originally a premium set of episodes recorded during the pandemic.

In this partial campaign, a crew of Modron Monodrones, Duodrones, and a Tridrone commander set off into the Astral Plane, where alternating GMs create out of this world encounters.

(Just a heads up, this was one of our first remoted recorded campaigns that we did during COVID. It was an amazing campaign where we swapped GMs based on a dice roll … but it is an incomplete campaign and not up to our usual audio quality due to the last minute nature of us deciding to do a campaign during COVID. However, if you are a d8night fan … or love Modrons or Chaos, we laughed so hard recording this campaign that consisted of 4 GMs getting to play at the same table.)

Episode 0 – Players meet and we figure out the format for this campaign!

Players/Characters:

Crash: SP4RK1 "Sparky" Monodrone Rogue Guard 
Mike: 5T4MP "Stamp" Monodrone Cleric Screw-Forger
Josh G: RU5-T Duodrone Rogue Blacksmith Assistant 
Will: G1-G0 "Gigo" Tridrone Sorcerer Tour Guide

Also be sure to listen to Crash’s Podcasts at: https://aaronbsmith.com/cogwheel/

** Just a note that Will's audio improves by Episode 3 as we iron out a few wrinkles in the remote recording. 

 

 

Barking Up Trees 4 - Dog Eat Dog

Barking up Trees: In this mini-arc: A pack of hyenas lope across the Blasted Lands, an ever-present hunger driving them forward until they find a dark figure that offers them a way to satisfy their hunger and grow their pack. Upon acceptance, the first of the Gnolls are born and loosed upon the Feywild. Will GMs this dark (but also silly) arc for 5 Gnoll characters played by a mixture of regulars and special guests!  

• Barbie- Aimee 
• Greyx – Mike 
• Vazwoeguise – Josh Smith 
• Ogamoth – Josh’s stepson, Donavin
• Gorignak - Jon Norcutt 

 

 

This Episode:

In this finale of the Barking Up Trees arc, the pack find out who the top dog really is.

Barking Up Trees 3 - Same Time Bone

Barking up Trees: In this mini-arc: A pack of hyenas lope across the Blasted Lands, an ever-present hunger driving them forward until they find a dark figure that offers them a way to satisfy their hunger and grow their pack. Upon acceptance, the first of the Gnolls are born and loosed upon the Feywild. Will GMs this dark (but also silly) arc for 5 Gnoll characters played by a mixture of regulars and special guests!  

• Barbie- Aimee 
•  
• Greyx – Mike 
•  
• Vazwoeguise – Josh Smith 
•  
• Ogamoth – Josh’s stepson, Donavin
•  
• Gorignak - Jon Norcutt 

 

 

This Episode: 

After leaving the boughs of the Ossuary Tree, the pack realizes someone else may have a dog in this fight.

Aftermath 5 – Finale: Sweet Farewell

Aftermath – Lumosh may have survived the Mistress’ assault during season 2, but the island is still a place full of threats, displaced refugees, and people struggling to survive the decimation wrought by months of blight and unrest. A certain Graycastle was left stranded here in the wake of the events of the Clean-Up Crew arc. In “Aftermath,” he must be pretty desperate, because he seeks help from two newcomers: Blargh and Aaroog. Our new crew faces the island’s dangers as well as other pursuers that attempt to use the chaos of the island for their own benefit. Can they survive the aftermath? Find out in this short, premium arc that takes place in the world of our main campaign!

 

GM – Mike

Blargh the Orc Paladin – Aimee

Aaroog the Battlemooster Multiclass - Will

 

This Episode: “Sweet Farewell”

Our group settles their deadly encounter in the burned clearing, and mark the end of their perilous journey together.

Aftermath 4 – Friends with Advantages

Aftermath – Lumosh may have survived the Mistress’ assault during season 2, but the island is still a place full of threats, displaced refugees, and people struggling to survive the decimation wrought by months of blight and unrest. A certain Graycastle was left stranded here in the wake of the events of the Clean-Up Crew arc. In “Aftermath,” he must be pretty desperate, because he seeks help from two newcomers: Blargh and Aaroog. Our new crew faces the island’s dangers as well as other pursuers that attempt to use the chaos of the island for their own benefit. Can they survive the aftermath? Find out in this short, premium arc that takes place in the world of our main campaign!

 

GM – Mike

Blargh the Orc Paladin – Aimee

Aaroog the Battlemooster Multiclass - Will

 

This Episode: “Friends with Advantages”

Blargh, Aaroog, and Malach settle the score with the Rhino and some of the other powerful allies of Malach’s sister.

Aftermath 3 – Violence and Knowledge

Blargh, Aaroog, and Malach discuss the economics of bread before heading back on the perilous road to Slaver’s Bay.

Aftermath 2 – Be a Man

Blargh, Aaroog, and Malach begin their harrowing journey along the road to Slaver’s Bay, but significant threats lay between them and their destination. In this case, not the least of which, some mysterious … dirt?

Aftermath Session 0 - Moose and Girl

Originally a Bonus Episode, Now available on the main feed!

Aftermath – Lumosh may have survived the Mistress’ assault during season 2, but the island is still a place full of threats, displaced refugees, and people struggling to survive the decimation wrought by months of blight and unrest. A certain Graycastle was left stranded here in the wake of the events of the Clean-Up Crew arc. In “Aftermath,” he must be pretty desperate, because he seeks help from two newcomers: Blargh and Aaroog. Our new crew faces the island’s dangers as well as other pursuers that attempt to use the chaos of the island for their own benefit. Can they survive the aftermath? Find out in this short, premium arc that takes place in the world of our main campaign!

 

 

• GM – Mike
• Blargh the Orc Paladin – Aimee
• Aaroog the Battlemooster Multiclass - Will

 

 

This Episode: “Moose and Girl”

Before Mike arrived to run the one-shot, Will and Aimee wanted to try out their characters and get some practice with their new classes before having to jump straight in at level 10. This chance encounter gives them that opportunity while also explaining a bit about how they came to know each other. 

Arcas 12: The Safety Dash

We can dash if we want to

But we won’t leave our friends behind

Cause our Friends can dash and if they don’t dash

Well, they’re no friends of mine

 

Say, we can climb if we want to

To place where we’re all blind

Where there’s something dark and out of this world

That we’d rather no one ever finds

 

And we can Dash!

Dash!

 

We can fight when we have to

The Day is dark and so are we

And we can climb and claw with our hands and feet

And reach high for victory

 

Say, we can die if we want to

If we do, nobody else will

And we can come out of the cave, act real brave

As we go running up that hill

 

And say, we can dash, we can dash

Everything’s out of control

We can dash, we can dash

But darkness takes a toll

We can dash, we can dash

Everybody open your eyes

We can dash, we can dash

Hope it’s not our demise

 

Safey Dash

Oh well, the safety dash

Ah yes, the safety dash

 

We can dash if we want to

But Don’t Leave Our Friends Behind

Cause Our Friends Can Dash and if they don’t Dash

Well, they’re no friends of mine

 

I say we can dash, we can dash

Everything’s out of control

We can dash, we can dash

But darkness takes a toll

We can dash, we can dash

Everybody open your eyes

We can dash, we can dash

Hope it’s not our demise

 

Oh well, the safety dash

Ah yes, the safety dash

Oh well, the safety dash

Oh well, the safety dash

Oh yes, the safety dash

Oh, the safety dash, yeah

 

Well, it's the safety dash

It's the safety dash

Well, it's the safety dash

Oh, it's the safety dash

Oh, it's the safety dash

Oh, it's the safety dash

Arcas 11: Granax Nor’ikian, The Green Plague

We’re back from our terribly long hiatus with a one shot!

Our players take on the role of their monk’s Masters Callion, Aesri, Aerik, Kai, and Nightflower as they prepare themselves to do battle with the Ancient Green Dragon that Shea warned them was on its way to the Monastery of Arcas!

Stay tuned for our next episode to see what unfolds for the Tomato Crew!

Arcas 10: Scream at the Rocks

The monks finally reach the prison beneath the labyrinthine kobold dungeon, but will they find the true heir alive? More importantly, when a new threat appears, will they make it out intact themselves?

Also, stayed tuned at the end of the episode, for a little off-topic Easter Egg as well as some hints about things to come as we near wrapping this arc and prepare for the next.

Arcas 9: Chains in the Dark

Our monks find ominous ancient remnants of a ritual chamber among the twisting, labyrinthine dungeon. Darkness creeps over their hope of finding the true heir that can save their monastery as they continue to be assailed by kobold traps and other, much older dangers, pushing their resourcefulness to its limits.

Arcas 8: Double-Crit Gum

The party continues its descent into what has become a grueling, unforgiving first test for our fledgling party of monks. Will they discover what the Kobolds have done with Danvers or why the little critters are fighting tooth and nail to defend when they are usually so keen to strike and run away? Or will their first sanctioned mission be their last?

Arcas 7: Death of a Thousand Pats

Our monk party delves into Wysdom’s dig site, which they quickly discover is overtaken by aggressive kobolds and other more dangerous foes.

Arcas 6: Old as Grudge

On their way to covertly supply Guillfore's rebellion, Fable, Shae, Whik, Tobias, and Silhouette are waylaid by uncharacteristically active kobolds along the road to the Stonemark. More than just a harrowing attack, the desperation of the little lizard creatures points to something bigger brewing beneath the surface of Arcas. 

Arcas 5: Tomato Baby

A few months after the events of the previous episode, we revisit with Fable, Shea, Whik, and Silhouette as they are tasked with their first mission as graduates of the school of Arcas and Members of the Row. And of course, you can’t have a tomato baby without Tobias … who is … also there!

Game-Mom’s Note: Our previous 4 episodes were from a one-shot on the Island of Arcas. We later went back and expanded the story because we had so much fun with the characters, so there may be some small incongruencies in continuity with names of NPCs and the like. We also bring them up to level 5 for this part of the adventure!

Behind the Screens Fun-Fact: Oddly enough, we recorded the “Tomato Crew” arc around the same time we recorded the “Potato Crew arc” based on our scheduling. We also recorded the Specter One-Shot (coming soon) during this same time period.

Arcas 4: The Ordered Row

Fable, Shea, Whik, Tobias, and Silhouette finish their exploration of the manor house and bring back their findings to their masters. 

The Pumpkin Man – D8 Night’s Family-Friendly Halloween D&D Special!

Join Will and his three kids (Zay, Ali, and Emmie) on adventure to discover what’s really going behind the scenes at Auntie Marlaine’s Spooky Automaton Theater!

This special episode is family friendly and does take place in Volyanaya, the world of the main campaign, and helps explore a bit of the lore relevant to season 1 of D8 Night. Mostly, however, it’s just a fun adventure Will put together for his kids to have a good time playing a somewhat spooky D&D session together!

We recorded this special last Halloween, but wanted to share it with all our listeners this year! If you like it, consider checking out all of our premium episodes that take place outside of the main the campaign arc: https://www.d8nightpodcast.com/premium-behind-the-screens.html

Arcas 3: Be Our Guest

Fable, Shea, Whik, Tobias, and Silhouette continue their investigation of the local lord’s abandoned manor in their search for evidence to save the monastery. But, the group discovers that just because the manor is abandoned, it doesn’t mean they have the place to all to themselves!

See https://www.d8nightpodcast.com/ for a few of Ive’s table sketches from this arc as well as for links to the homebrew races and feats that it features!

Arcas 2: Aggressive Gardening

Fable, Shea, Whik, and Silhouette stow away in Tobias’ gardening wagon in hopes of exploring the local lord’s manor estate in an attempt to find clues to help save their monastery.

See https://www.d8nightpodcast.com/ for a few of Ive’s table sketches from this arc as well as for links to the homebrew races and feats that it features!

Arcas 1: Leaves on the Wind

Join us at the Monastery of Arcadia about 2 years before the main campaign, as we learn the backstory of some new PCs as they undertake their monk training and embark on their first adventure together. (This was supposed to be a one shot to introduce Ive's character for season 3, but everyone loved their characters so much that we expanded it into a short arc after we completed the one-shot).

Fable, Shea, Whik, Tobias, and Silhouette celebrate Whik’s recent advancement to full member of the Ordered Row. Celebrations are cut short however, as they stumble across dire news that threatens the serenity of the monastery they call home.

See https://www.d8nightpodcast.com/ for a few of Ive’s table sketches from this arc as well as for links to the homebrew races and feats that are featured!

Potato Crew Prequel: Episode 26 – Defenders of the Realm

In this special, double-length finale episode, Wellby, Maryna, Thüt, and newly commissioned Lieutenant Uriel face Prince Hedran to decide the fate of Caerunn. Unbeknownst to them, similar battles are being fought beyond the Divine Bridges in the Outer Realms. How will things unfold? What effects will they have on the future of Volyanaya and the upcoming seasons of D8 Night? Well, since we don’t have a Wiki for the show, there’s only one way to find out!

Potato Crew Prequel: Episode 25 – Purple Rain

It was never meant to be in this city
Never meant to return to this plane
They only wanted to lock it away
But now it can see you
Laughing in the purple rain

Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
It only wants to see you
Underneath the purple rain

They never wanted it to break the seal
But its banishment is at an end
The spokes are turning, time to kneel
Purple rain, the city’s last portend

Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
It only wants to see you
Drowning in the purple rain

Potato Crew Prequel: Episode 24 – The Memory Remains

Flicker, Flames
Dreaming Pain
Gone Insane
But the Memory Remains

Heavy smoke and heavy hearts
Another flame does its part
See the manic crowd, in exaltation as they choke

The burning brimstone grows
Hides and swallows Caerrun whole
Singeing blaze of an eldritch god already woke

Flicker, Flames
Dreaming Pain
Gone Insane
Flicker, Flames
Dreaming Pain
Gone Insane
But the Memory Remains

Heavy smoke holds many ghosts
In streets of Caerrun’s spokes
While the Jester’s song makes you remember

And the pain goes on and on
As the Jester sings her song
Ash to ash
Dust to Dust
Flame to Ember

Flicker, Flames
Dreaming Pain
Gone Insane
Flicker, Flames
Dreaming Pain
Thüt’s Insane
Dance Little Potatoes

Potato Crew Prequel: Episode 23 – Human

We did our best to run
When the horde came through the gate
Around the walls of no surrender
They came, on and on
Don’t blame us if we get nervous
When Thüt Opens a Door
Sanctuary, Disengage
Cut the Cord

Are they Human?
Or are they Ichor?
The ick is slick
The goo is black
And we’re in the thick
And it’s getting thicker
Are they Human
Or are they ichor?

Potato Crew Prequel: Episode 22 – Other Side of the Gray

Wellby, Maryna, and Callum have serious conversations during the dusk before waking Thüt and making their final trek to Caerrun. But, when they arrive they discover a desperate scene that makes them fear they may be too late.

Potato Crew Prequel: Episode 20 – Carriages and Kings

The goliath and the carriage horse
Were walking cross the land
The road was wide from side to side
And the horse was in his hands
“Mr. Wizard,” said the carriage horse
“My back begins to ache
I appreciate the brief respite
That you’ve allowed for me to take.”

“The time has come” the goliath said
“To talk of other things
Of gnolls and babes and potato sacks
And carriages and kings
And while the king is boiling hot
And my dreams full of eldritch things
But Kaloo, Kalay, we walk today
Beside carriages and kings!

Potato Crew Prequel: Episode 19 – Moons Out, Cannoons Out

Thüt teaches a master class in laying low.

Potato Crew Prequel: Episode 18 – Suggestions

Wellby, Maryna, and Thüt and lay low after their interesting masquerade in the posh part of town.

Potato Crew Prequel: Episode 16 – Ballroom Blitz

Are you ready, Wellby? Uh-ha.

Maryna? Yeah!
Thüt? Okay.

All right, folks, let’s go!

 

Oh, it’s been an adventure

Livin’ with the things we’ve seen

Our dreams are getting so strange

We’d like to know what they mean

 

Oh, we found a man on the floor

His skin as hot as the sun

And a girl in the curtains, putting on a hurting

Cause she thinks we’re all caught in her web

 

Oh yeah, it was like lightning

Everybody was frightening

Things started crashing

And Thüt started smashing

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

 

Someone’s stabbed in the back: "Everyone attack!"

And it turned into a ballroom blitz

And the girl in the corner said: "girl, I should warn ya"

It'll turn into a ballroom blitz

Ballroom blitz

Ballroom blitz

Ballroom blitz

Ballroom blitz

Potato Crew Prequel: Episode 14 – The Ladle and the Lock

Wellby, Maryna, and Thüt try to navigate the Death Labyrinth they wandered into last episode. The labyrinth, of course, has other plans.

Potato Crew Prequel: Episode 11 – The Cotton-Eye Joe Proverb

If it hadn’t been for the Kraken-Eye Joe
They’d have gone back and then they’d know
Where they had come from and where they should go
But where will they wash up, Kraken-Eye Joe?

Potato Crew Prequel: Episode 10 – Calamari Maru

In this episode ten-TACTULAR spectacular, the crew of the trashfire may be outmatched as they face an incredible threat summoned from the ocean depths.

Potato Crew Prequel: Episode 6 – Big Sleeps

Aboard the Trashfire, Thüt finds himself in the midst of one big sleep, but he’s not the only new crew member facing nightmares.

S2E076: Heroes of Raventree

In the month following the assault on Raventree, the village and those around it deal with the aftermath of their near destruction. Yet, while it heals its wounds, it never fails to remember its heroes — even as they choose where their journeys will take them next.

 

Thanks for listening to D8 Night Season 2! 

Various characters from our campaign will return in future seasons soon beside all-new PCs!

S2E069 Sneak and Peek

Our party's split defense of Raventree continues through the long night, but an update from Henna warns that the darkness won't end with the dawn. 

S2E063: Killing Spree

Called by Bahamut, a Dragonborn Paladin who arrives to protect the Temple of the First Land meets some characters from earlier in our other heroes’ adventures.

 

This episode features a very special guest player!

S2E061: Aberration Undulation, Bilocation Abnegation, and Germination Incantations

With their backs against the impenetrable hidden Grove, Ahrin and Zev make a stand against the oncoming dregs of the Mistress’s rearguard while the Grease Wizard attempts to complete the ritual to bring Clippy to adolescence and Keira treats with Kipling to provide refuge for her friends.

Elsewhere, in Raventree, Durn issues a desperate prayer to Atalanta as the Mistress, now devoid of the life giving stone, advances her forces with great haste.

S2E055: Red Rock Revolution Part 2: Out of the Dark

Our heroes continue their battle against the Efreet in order to clear the way for the Azers and Dwarves to exit Red Rock. Whether they face the flame or find the light, one way or another, they are determined to leave the Underdark behind them.

S2E054: Red Rock Revolution Part 1: Out of the Bag

Our players face a hodgepodge of Nintendo figures scattered around Thomas the Tank Engine themed scenery in Red Rock Revolution Part 1: a battle-map-centric-episode where Will’s DM battle prep secrets aren’t the only things out of the bag.

S2E053 Pelvis Forward

The party attempts to settle a dispute between 2 desperate parties in order to garner some help in the last leg of their journey. Meanwhile, in the heat of the moment, the Grease Wizard makes an on-brand decision that affects at least one leg of his own.

S2E052 Sausage Canary

The party makes its way across the Nightmarch in hopes of finally reaching Redrock, though doing so may well exchange one set of dangers for another.

S2E051 Your Sweaty Heart

Your sweaty heart
Will make you weep
You'll cry and cry
And try to sleep
But sleep won't come
The whole night through
Your sweaty heart is greasy too

S2E050 No Place for the Living

When the party tries to overnight in the thick of the haunted city of Zidraz, the foreshadowing warning of the water striders is fulfilled.

S2E049 Bathroom Surprise!

We settle an uncomfortable situation that arose from the bathroom at the end of the last episode, and Ahrin has a confrontation with the source of her unease in the Underdark

S2E048 Lightwater

The party heads to Lightwater to refresh their water supply and receive a respite from the darkness.

S2E047 Reflections

As the party spends an evening stranded on an outcropping of land in the center of the Dark River, the quiet of the alien landscape affects them in drastically different ways.

S2E046 A Boy in the Bag

When we last left our heroes, they were engaged in a wild encounter with the Spider Queen in the Dark River when Black Merrin arrived ominously on his riverboat. This episode concludes this dangerous scene and dredges up an old memory for Keira as she battles to survive.

S2E045 Web of Fire

Danger is a burning thing
And it makes a fiery ring
Dark depths make falling dire
When you fall into a web of fire

They fell into a burning web of fire
And went down, down, down
Into the river muck and mire

And it drowns, drowns, drowns
The web of fire
The web of fire