The Chaos Protocol | Arc Three | E25: the sword falls sharp

Xainan shields his family. Lumièra glimpses true intentions. Seir is just in Time. And the Spider and the Shrike descend on each other.

Content warnings: environmental apocalypse, drought, dehydration, coughing, death of loved ones, references to child death, complex relationships, vampirism, gore, blood, fantasy violence, body horror, visions, death, and impalement.

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THE CHAOS PROTOCOL is Transplanar RPG's main campaign that stars Valiant Dorian, Samm Star, and Cai K. as the players with Hamnah Shahid as the Arc guest, 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 Three, we are playing Court of Vampires: an original hack of Court of Blades by a Couple of Drakes.

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. Connie's Court of Vampires hack is officially available for Hands of Fate+!

Special thanks to our Hands of Fate: Rachel H., aldebrn, Astor, Yanhuan, E Gardner, Chromatic, Oz, D. Crash, Lamda H., Travis L., Homebrew Human, Tabbet, Kyubi, Tyrahnon, Casper, Milo, Amelia S., Z., Jade, Broken Glasses Sadge, Faebelle, Astrid, Seth, @brownestnerd, and Summer.

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