In this week’s episode, Gethen and Niluhn make one final delve to reach Hang Station and their encounter with the creature that dwells in the subterranean ocean beneath. On the way, they’ll encounter new dangers, meet strange denizens of the Heart, and find themselves drawn deeper into their misgivings about their work with The Ministry. Can they free the trapped creature from its prison, and what terrible consequences will they bring about if they do?
Two delvers set off into the depths of the Heart on orders from their handlers in the City Above. One, a Gnoll Hound, is forced to be there by the moonsilver collar he wears. The other, a Drow Witch, struggles with her past and is inexplicably drawn to the City Beneath. When they are tapped to escort a skittish academic to a deep Vermissian station, they find themselves embroiled in a plot to harness the suffering of a trapped creature to create a bomb, caught between their obligations and the Heart’s desire to set the creature free.
Since we posted our first episode in June 2011, our notion of Rag-NERD-rök has been evolving. It started out as a geek culture blog and podcast, where we would cover events, post reviews and interviews, and discuss our nerdy interests like film, comics and role playing. Two months later, Rag-NERD-rök became an actual play podcast, when we posted “Dragon Heat: Rise of the Chili-Mancer,” a Fiasco that we recorded on a lark. Before long, we stopped posting our daily articles on the blog, and started alternating actual play recordings with our regular episodes. After 2014, we decided to focus exclusively on role playing sessions, and we’ve been an actual play podcast ever since.
Now, as the project enters its eleventh year, Rag-NERD-rök is changing again.
As we get older, as life presents us with new challenges and opportunities, it has become more difficult to gather every week to record a session. We’ve tried a few tactics to mitigate this problem, such as recording off-night one-shots, and splitting every recording into two, but we have nevertheless struggled to play enough to produce a new episode each week.
As such, we are going to take an indefinite hiatus from posting–not because we want to stop entirely, but in order to try something new. Going forward, we’re going to hold the sessions of our campaigns in reserve until the final game is recorded. We’ll then schedule the episodes to release once a week, as they would normally, until the entire campaign is posted. You may even hear a few new voices here and there, depending on whether Ryan can successfully lure more unwitting victims into his basement, or imagine more friends into hideous unlife—whichever continuity you believe.
An aside to our Patrons: we have not yet decided how this new posting schedule will affect the Patreon. For now, we’re going to put the campaign on pause while we evaluate our options and make a decision. Look for another update with further details.
In conclusion, we wanted to thank you all for continuing to listen while we play pretend. We are always thrilled to get feedback on the stories and characters we’ve created together, and chat with you on Discord or social media.
Whatever the future brings, we’ll save you a spot at the table.
A Note to Our Traitorous Listeners
I hope you fuckwhistles are happy, now that you think you’ve won. This is what you wanted all along, wasn’t it? Well, rest on your laurels for now, assholes, because we’ll be back when you least expect it.
That’s a promise.
-The Rag-NERD-rök Staff
Alex, Chris, Ed, Erik, James, Meyer, Ryan and Will.
In this week’s episode, the posse is waylaid by a troublesome critter known far and wide as Death. But even Death can’t stop our heroes, as Mr. Cooper is well aware. Y’see, Death knows that they’ve got an enemy to face, and their showdown with Satan could raise Hell and tarnation on Earth if they lose. In order to help them out, Death offers each of them a test with a great big reward if they pass. Can they meet Death’s challenge and save the world? Listen to find out!
This week, the gang of gatecrashers heads for the other survivors, hoping to rescue them and make a quick exit. However, the xenobiologist who has been conversing with Whisper has an idea, one that may eliminate the threat from Teragula once and for all.
Can they obtain a biological sample and engineer a toxin that will affect the hookbladders, without being speared and subsumed? Listen to find out!
