The Unexplored Places

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An actual play podcast about exploring weird worlds and making bold choices | Current season: The Stormwrought Shores https://unexploredcast.libsyn.com/ | https://www.patreon.com/unexploredcast

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ANDREW: [continues the dramatic ‘movie trailer’ voice, but mumbles and slurs into incoherence] CHRISTINE: Maybe his Discord will stop working and we can cut him from the episode completely.
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CHRISTINE: Right, so… [chuckles] So Serafina tells you that Raphael was speaking to—I’m not calling him known criminal Nowm Crininal! I’m not doing it! We have to give this character a real name. [laughter] ANDREW: How hard is it? CHRISTINE: I can’t say it without laughing. ANDREW: Serafina says that Raphael was talking to known criminal Nowm Crininal. SAM: [cackles] CHRISTINE: Well, now you’ve said it, so I don’t have to. ANDREW: Yeah. No, that’s fine. This is my character connection. You just have to play known criminal Nowm Crimininal.
ANDREW: So, if she says that Raphael was talking to known criminal… um. CHRISTINE: Yeah, that’s his name, first name Known, surname Criminal. ANDREW: Yeah. CHRISTINE: Yeah. ANDREW: Noam Criminal… Crininal. CHRISTINE: [laughs] SAM: [types notes] ANDREW: No, Crininal. SAM: Crininal. Thank you. ANDREW: Noam Crininal. CHRISTINE: Bad. ANDREW: Also, not gnome like the fantasy race, Noam as in Noam Chomsky. CHRISTINE: Noam as in Noam Chomsky? SAM: Oh, okay, like that. ANDREW: Nope, that’s like Alaska.
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Bartender is Serafina Sarah, who works for FEMA Curfew in place at sunset. “Everything gets stranger at night. ‘For our safety’ we’re supposed to stay inside.” Gossip for the cause: shadow curse, errant magic, city of fish-uhls (this is my favorite) have been secretive. Asius describes Raphael & asks for info — apparently he was talking to known criminal Nowm Crininal, homegrown, who is famous for the crimes he does. Cal directs us to The Moth & Flame (underbelly establishment)
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ANDREW: Does the process of mining have an effect on you, temporary or permanent? Like, is there a black lung equivalent. Do you turn into a ghost (specter) DYLAN: I feel like Extraction is a more ambiguous term that makes the whole process/job feel mysterious CHRISTINE: “it turns you into a ghost” would be a WILD thing to happen CHRISTINE: no wonder they have a really active labor union CHRIS: I mean, I’m fairness CHRIS: Current real world coal mining also turns a lot of people into ghosts CHRIS: Albeit in a more traditional method
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For your consideration Crit awards 2025 Best Series The Unexplored Places: Ruin’s Gate Best NPC in an Actual play Marshal Val Bishop Best Game Master (indie) Christine Prevas Best player (indie) Andrew Perricone, Christopher Wilson, Dylan Gregory, Morgan Harden, Roman Davis Best Legacy Podcast The Unexplored Places Best Setting Ruin’s Gate Best Instrumental Music “Cataclysm” by Andrew Perricone Best One Shot “Decaying Orbit” (with Monster Hour)
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