The Chaos Protocol | Arc One | E8: turns hearts to spite

Nova boards their Wildsea ship, Stormchaser. Xainan calls a team meeting. Lumièra catches strays. Seir ruins everything... again. And Sing flirts with a princess. Note: We're taking next week off from our regular release schedule. E9 will come out Tuesday, August 8.

Content warnings: complex and complicated relationships, heights, interpersonal tension, romance, and references to storms.

THE CHAOS PROTOCOL is Transplanar RPG's brand-new main campaign that stars Valiant Dorian, Samm Star, and Cai K. as the players with Sea Thomas as the producer and Connie Chang as the Game Master. This podcast episode is edited by Marisa Ewing. Our original intro music is by Jonathan Charles.

For Arc One, we are playing The Wildsea by Mythworks! The Wildsea is a narrative, fiction-first, action-packed RPG that uses a d6 dice pool system where players embody wildsailors traversing an ocean of verdant greenery. Use TRANSPLANAR for 15% off a hard copy or PDF of the game.

Transplanar RPG is sponsored by ExplainTrade, a negotiation skills training consultancy that wants you to pledge to Transplanar's Patreon for a patron-only aftershow, early podcast episodes, GM notes, and even the chance for your OC to cameo in our show. This episode is also sponsored by Die Hard Dice, an indie tabletop dice vendor with iconic metal dice, polymer sets, and velvet dice bags, trays, and portable scrolls. Use CHAOS at checkout for 10% off any order!

Finally, special thanks to our Hands of Fate and Precepts: Charles, Cora Eckert, Brooke Brite, River, chillacres, Lex Slater, Scruffasus, Hat, Alex, Mark J., Lyle and Peanut, Spencer, Brooke in Seattle, Aria, Derryk Davidson, Phil, Azra, Summer Rose Folta, @brownestnerd, Isabel, Seth, Emma, Finn, Kevin O., Faebelle, Rose, AshRex, Gavin, Nate Rose, Taylor, jinn, and Mycah.