The Roleplaying Exchange Podcast

RPX Rollup - Episode 32 - The Exorcist Codex

Adam and Crazon walk through character creation for The Exorcist Codex, an 1890s BRP-based occult RPG. They discuss setting lore (the Unseen War), professions (priest, vanguard), skills, holy faith mechanics, codex lore, and backgrounds while building two agent characters.

The episode covers world tone, mechanics for spirit/power points and demonic corruption, quirks, and order affiliations, ending with impressions and recommendations for further reading and supplements.

Track: Dark Side Bpm72 Full

Music provided by: Slipstream Music https://slipstreammusic.com

Author: Aardvark Music

Actual Play - Dresden Accelerated - Morehead Mysteries EP 4 - Good Run Of Bad Luck

“Well it seems the tri-state area is getting weirder out there. Sightings abound, of large wolf creatures, strange noises in the woods and one hell of a speed demon racing car that state police still refuse to apprehend. Things are gonna get worse before they get better. Until next time Children… Sleep well.”

 

Chris/Crazon - GM
David - Ulrich Von Karkov (Werepanther/Baron of Eastern Kentucky)
Jeremy - Lester Gibson (Former Underworld Coyote/Focused Practitioner)
OLD Josh - Elizabeth Skarsgard (Body-swapped Warden of the White Council)
Adam - Kallum Blackburn (Veteran Veterinarian/Focused Practitioner)

Actual Play - Dresden Accelerated - Morehead Mysteries EP 3 - As The Wyrm Turns

“Have y’all heard of those speed demons out on the back roads and country highways? They’re stirring up trouble for the local authorities. Weird thing is even with close calls and stops, the cops are just letting them get away with it, things are in a hairy state I tell ya. Until next time Children… Sleep well.”

Chris/Crazon - GM
David - Ulrich Von Karkov (Werepanther/Baron of Eastern Kentucky)
Jeremy - Lester Gibson (Former Underworld Coyote/Focused Practitioner)
OLD Josh - Elizabeth Skarsgard (Body-swapped Warden of the White Council)
Adam - Kallum Blackburn (Veteran Veterinarian/Focused Practitioner)

RPX Rollup - Episode 31 - Rivers of London

In this episode the hosts explore Chaosium’s Rivers of London RPG: discussing the setting, magic system, and character creation. They introduce three new investigators—a paramedic magician, a holy compliance officer, and a dilettante hedge wizard—and outline a gallery-based mystery involving a haunted sculpture. The episode covers rules impressions, spell mechanics, and scenario seeds for future play.

Actual Play - Dresden Accelerated - Morehead Mysteries EP 2 - Trouble Comes In Threes

“Remember that break in last night at the Peddler’s Mall? It seems that streak freak Jimmy might have something to do with it, but something smells fishy here. He was always such a fungi too, despite his performative proclivities. Until next time Children… Sleep well.”

Chris/Crazon - GM

David - Ulrich Von Karkov (Werepanther/Baron of Eastern Kentucky)

Jeremy - Lester Gibson (Former Underworld Coyote/Focused Practitioner)

OLD Josh - Elizabeth Skarsgard (Body-swapped Warden of the White Council)

Adam - Kallum Blackburn (Veteran Veterinarian/Focused Practitioner)

Actual Play - Dresden Accelerated - Morehead Mysteries EP 1 - Bluegrass Root

“It seems a special red delivery has ended up on someone's doorstep! Congratulations are in order for the new father, have Mercy. Meanwhile there seems to have been a break in at the local Folk Art Museum, as well as the Peddler’s Mall. Someone was looking for something! Until next time Children… Sleep well.

Chris/Crazon - GM

David - Ulrich Von Karkov (Werepanther/Baron of Eastern  Kentucky)

Jeremy - Lester Gibson (Former Underworld Coyote/Focused Practitioner)

OLD Josh - Elizabeth Skarsgard (Body-swapped Warden of the White Council)

Adam - Kallum Blackburn (Veteran Veterinarian/Focused Practitioner)

Actual Play- Red Markets d20 - Ep 3 Con Crud

Looking to expand after their recent successes, the burgeoning enclave of MyWay has experienced a population boom. As a result they want to grow the safe zone into the convention center across the street, and everyone willing including our takers are being hired to make that happen. They could refuse, but it IS MyWay or the SkyWay.

Brownie - The Market

Adam - Snips - totally not a hair dresser latent with trust issues - but actually a hard of hearing surgeon with a penchant for vasectomies laser or otherwise.

Crazon – Ecclesiarch – Knight of the Realm… Err, Believer… Little Bit of a LALA… Using medieval armor and armaments, making his way through his personal broken dreams in the loss.

Joe – 7-8-9 – Latent who frequently finds themselves on the blunt end of casualty bashing.

David – Longshot – The baby variant of this storied character. Your friendly local Canadian terrorist/chair enthusiast. Interesting in checking things off of his list and popping a nice squat.

RPX Rollup - Episode 30 - Kids on Bikes 2nd Ed

In this episode of RPX Rollup, we're rolling up characters for Renegade Game Studios' Kids on Bikes: Second Edition. Set in 2007-2008 before smartphones ruled the world, players take on the roles of teenagers navigating a small-town mystery.

Track: Clouds Above

Music provided by: Slipstream Music https://slipstreammusic.com

Author: Grover van Kouldesak

Actual Play Call of Cthulhu- The Miskatonic Bees - Ep 4

Note:  Sorry, last month we accidentally published the actual 5th episode of this mini campaign as episode 4.  This has since been corrected.

The intrepid journalists of the Miskatonic Bee are summoned to a wealthy patron's unfinished estate, where marble statues lie shattered, workers are missing, and strange egg-like formations have been discovered.  As claw marks in solid stone hint at something powerful lurking nearby, our investigators must uncover get to the bottom of this mystery before they miss their DEADLINE.

 Ian - Keeper 

Adam - Robert Shaver - A streetwise bootlegger who infiltrates the working class while keeping his shotgun close 

Chris - Wesley Graves - Wealthy, art-savvy editor-in-chief funding the newspaper, whose sanity fractures at otherworldly sights 

Crazon - Damien Elliott - Medical student with mysterious neck scars and unsettling connections to coastal Innsmouth 

David - Professor Alex Parker - Tenured geology professor whose expertise is tested by fossils that are definitely not fossils

RPX Rollup - Episode 29 - Urban Shadows 2nd Ed - PT 2 City Creation

In this episode of the RPX Rollup, we're back with Urban Shadows 2nd edition. We're doing some city creation work, building Barrie, Ontario as our supernatural setting. We walk through the process of taking a real place and figuring out what kind of supernatural stuff might be going on there.

Join us as we discuss Barrie's actual history and geography, then start layering in the supernatural elements - where different factions might operate, what kind of politics exist between them, and how the supernatural world intersects with the regular city.

If you're interested in Urban Shadows or just curious about how to develop RPG settings, this gives you a look at how we approach city creation.

Track: When Dusk Comes

Music provided by: Slipstream Music https://slipstreammusic.com

Author: Gabagool