This week the crews of the Tidebreaker and the regained Spider’s Silke are rejoined and the crew rejoined on the Isle of Empty Eyes. Plans are made for the upcoming naval battle as new allies and old come together to stem the tide of Harrigan’s fleet. Will the Isle of Empty Eyes be the site of victory or a watery grave for the heroes? Find out this week with Mass Naval Combat on Dead Men Roll No Crits!!
The heroes exit the Black Tower with their spoils, but a new foe awaits them outside. But will Captain Casius be able to return to the Isle of Empty Eyes with enough clout to raise a pirate army? Or will Barnabas Harrigan overrun the crew of the Tidebreaker and take their new sword for his own? Find out this week on Dead Men Roll No Crits!
A deep dark hole in the Black Tower holds a secret kept locked away for decades. Does Captain Casius and the crew have what it take in order to unseal an ancient horror and claim the sword Aiger’s Kiss for themselves? Or will they fall prey to the machinations of the Shrouded Queen? Find out all that and more on this week’s DMRNC!
This weeks episode sees the resolution to the nail biting cliffhanger of last weeks episode? Will the party fall victim to the yellow mold? Will Qandoso survive two of those arcane horrors? Will Patrick ever again roll anything besides a natural 1 on his first attack in a round? Find out all that and more on this episode…of Dead Men Roll No Crits!
This week Captain Casius and the crew continue on to the take on the dark tower, ascending the impossibly large wizardly structure. But will they find a red carpet waiting for them, or traps and tricks that are meant to try those wishing entrance? Well we uncover the secrets of Druid pooping habits? We’ll find out all that and more along with the players this week as we enter into another dark stairwell on this week’s Dead Men Roll No Crits!
This week we head back to follow the tales of Captain Casius as he aims to explore the isle of the Black Tower, find what treasures lie within, and gain renown in the Shackles before his fated conflict with Barnabas Harrigan. But what ancient unknown horrors lie in wait around the isle’s jungle forests? Find out with us what is going to carry away Casius this book on this week’s episode of Dead Men Roll No Crits!!!
Captain Elaerys has to retrieve her ship and save her crew, but will she be able to avoid an undead ambush alongside Hanto, Bartleby and Kovik? Find out of this week’s episode of Dead Men Roll No Crits!
Captain Elaerys faces her toughest challenge yet on the high seas as ship wrecked pirates try to take her ship. But will she able to broker a deal with them before the true horrors of Dagon’s Gullet rear their ugly heads? Find out all that and what kind of lotion Gorbadoc Bungalot Rummerbutt uses to get rid of his rashes on this week’s episode of Dead Men Roll No Crits!
This week Captain Elaerys (not Sharga) leads her crew to Dagon’s gullet in order to find the pirate Scags Rotgram, with the aid of his former mate Gorbadoc Bungalot Rummerbutt! Will the freshly minted captain of the Spider’s Silke be able to navigate the dangerous rocks of the gullet or will their ship and hopes be dashed before their real adventure even begins? Find out all that and more on this week’s Dead Men Roll No Crits!
This week the two crews meet up after Casius in the guise of Giles Hamlis takes down the Theater of Corruption and secures the players for Arronax Endymion. The crews then look at other ways to gain renown in the Shackles and have more pirate crews join their cause. Splitting the party once more its decided that Captain Elaerys Delqarin of the newly minted ship “The Spider’s Silke” will take a crew of officers and mates down to the port Rumbutter to find the pirate Scags Rotgram and perhaps pick up a new crew mate in the process…on this weeks DMRNC!
This week Casius and his crew finish the fight against the members of the Theatre of Corruption! Who will live and who will die upon the stage? Find out in this weeks thrilling fights here on Dead Men Roll No Crits!
This week on the Shakespearean inspired Dead Men Roll No Crits, our dramatis personae are arrayed at a crossroads, as something wicked their way has come. With the Assassin construct defeated they go looking for answers and a performance at the Theater of Corruption. Will they be able to stop the raucus play or will this be the heroes final curtain call? Find out all that and more on this week’s DMRNC
Casius in the guise of Giles Hamlis and his crew explore some of Hell Harbor, seeking information about the mysterious Theater of Corruption, but quickly realize that they are being watched…and followed! Will they be able to lose their tail or is something more nefarious afoot? Find out on this week’s episode of Dead Men Roll No Crits!
This week on Dead Men Roll No Crits, Captain Casius leads some of his junior crew back to the isle of Hell Harbor to try and help gain an ally in Arronax Endymion, by clearing the former Chelish Officer’s name. But when a local city guard catches wind of them snooping around the docks will their plan to infiltrate the defaming Theatrical fail before it even begins? Find out on this weeks DMRNC!
The crew of the Tide Breaker under the secret identities of pit fighters have one their battles on Green Blood on a Black Rock, and earned their audience with the unofficial pirate lord in charge of the gladiatorial arena. Captain Blue Eyes has invited Stella Fane to his private vessel, but are they about to be wined and dined as honored guests or are they on the menu themselves? Find out on this week’s Dead Men Roll No Crits!
The one on one grudge matches continue this week as its time for Qandoso and Hanto to step into the ring. Will the even match ups be fair fights or will they devolve into blood sports beyond belief? Find out on this week’s Dead Men Roll No Crits!
The infiltrators of Green Blood on a Black Rock are invited to 1 on 1 fights to the death on the gladiatorial field. Will they accept the knowledge of an old enemy and now potential ally? Will they fight fair and true an live to see another day? Find out who takes on who on this weeks DMRNC!
The arena fight against the huge monster “Mr. Croaks” is here and the officers and Kovik are ready to battle! A giant froghemoth stands in the party’s way, and the only thing that can stop them…is all getting swallowed whole! Find out if they survive on this week’s DMRNC!
Hanto leads a crew along with the pirate Captain Stella Fane to the isle of Green Blood on a Black Rock, the infamous gladiatorial arena where he lost Tepeu to the fights. Holding back returning emotions the crew sets about infiltrating as new fighters…but will their covers be blown before they even make it to the first bout? Find out all that and more on this week’s Dead Men Roll No Crits!
The crew of the Tide Breaker take on the monumental task of building a fleet of ships to defend themselves and they’re newly developed Island colony. Will new opportunities walk through the front door or will they need to empty their coffers to pay for a mercenary fleet? Find out on this week’s episode of DMRNC!
Book 5 of Skull and Shackles kicks off in grand style as crew of the Tidebreaker are awarded their seats on the pirate council of Kerdak Bonfist, the Hurricane King himself. But will they find court intrigue and mysteries at the first meeting or heaps of boring clerical parliamentary procedure? Find out on this week’s DMRNC!
The end of book 4 sees a reckoning as the Pirate Council members assigned to rate the Tide Breakers partying skills finally turn in their voting cards. Was the entertainment provided enough to off balance the fires and poisoning? Well find out all that and the fate of Captain Casius’s seat at the table on this week’s final grading of Dead Men Roll No Crits!
This week the party finds out who indeed is behind Sefina’s traitorous turn, and the rest of the party’s duplicitous problems behind the scenes. Can the Tide Breaker crew survive a slippery foe who deals in bombs and acid? Find out on this week’s DMRNC!
The full belly and drinks are causing chaos at the dinner table and all finger seem to point towards one culprit? But why would Qandoso’s Fey friend fly feloniously towards a fight? Why would she risk what they shared for a chance to poison a few Piratical dinner guests? Find out as the crew of the Tidebreaker blow chunks and take names, and they’re all out of chunks on this weeks Dead Men Roll No Crits!
The dinner party that will determine Captain Casius’s fate on the Pirate Council is in full swing! What will fickle fate throw their way next? Bigger Rats? More fighting around the table? Find out all that and who let the dogs out on this week’s episode of Dead Men Roll No Crits!
The party for the pirate council seat is in full swing as the right proper duelist Cerise Bloodmourn challenges the officers of the Tidebreaker to a disarming fight! Will they be able to stand and deliver or will the heat in the kitchen be too much for them? Find out all that and more in this week’s Dead Men Roll No Crits!
This week the culmination of book 4 of Skull and Shackles begins as the party to end all parties begins! Captain Casius and the crew have to celebrate and entertain three randomly picked members of the Pirate’s Council…or else! If they succeed they gain access to the highest echelons of the piratical world, and if they fail their efforts of the last two books have been for naught! Find out if they can pull it off on this week’s DMRNC!
This week the lower deck crew members of the Tide Breaker go on a special mission to intercept a rumrunner and potential rat-spy onboard the Jester’s Grin. When they dip below deck are they springing the rat trap or will they do the trapping and take the rum as their prize? Find out on this week’s episode of Dead Men Roll No Crits!
This week we skip ahead to the good part as the crew spends a month of downtime revitalizing the Isle of Empty Eyes and planning out their party to end all pirate parties! Will the team come together to blow out this buccaneer blast or will they crack under the planning stress? Find out that and more on this week’s DMRNC!
The Tide Breaker crew have a pirate’s buried treasure to claim, and a Fort to secure as the adventures on the Isle of Empty Eyes come to a close and we look towards the future. What adventures lies in wait still for Captain Casius and his Officers? Find out this week on Dead Men Roll No Crits!
The A-team is back adventuring once more as there is a pirate wreck to uncover and a buried treasure to claim from the now departed Bikendi Otongu. What lurks below in the underwater cave waiting for them to swim by? Well find out all that and more in this week’s DMRNC!
Captain Casius has a deal to make with the devil…or rather, a Ghost. Can the evil spirit that haunts the Chelish fort be trusted or will they find a different path? Find out in the chilling conclusion to this section of book 4 on this week’s Dead Men Roll No Crits!
The two teams of ranging and adventuring pirates meet in Sumitha as they strike an uneasy truce with an enemy. Upon returning to the ship Hanto and Casius come to loggerheads as the Captain retreats further from his crew’s confidence. Heavy is the head that wears the big frilly hat on this week’s Dead Men Roll No Crits.
The B-team rescue of Captain Casius and the rest has turned into a full blown race against time to try and rescue poor Jack Scrimshaw, but does he really need a rescue? What lurks upon the mangrove isle of the Black Dragon and will Sharga manage to fulfill her acidic blood oath? Find out all this and more on this week’s DMRNC!
While crossing the dead marshes Sam and Frodo…er, I mean the sailors of B-team, find a evil trap laying in wait for them. Dark reflections threatens to stymy the party’s advance to save Jack Scrimshaw from a dragon’s dinner. Can they solve the the mystery of the deadly reflecting pools or is it time for them to permanently take a dip down below? Find out on this week’s episode of Dead Men Roll No Crits!
We shift back this episode to the camp site to follow what happened to Scrimshaw Jack after he went running for help. Can the intrepid heroes of B-team follow the path and assist in Sumitha? Or will the Isle of Empty Eyes claim another set of 4 victims?
“This is it gang!”, indeed, the final fight of this section of this book is a long episode and one of the most brutal fights in DMRNC history. Will the Captain and his crew survive Sumitha and this fight fiasco? Will they be able to escape the Cyclops warrior Shaiga and her minions? Find out on this week’s episode!
They have activated the GM’s trap card, and now two statues have come to life and are threatening to end the party’s party. Can Qandoso’s magics bring down the stone golems, or will it take the brawn of an Iruxi Monk? Find out all that and more on this week’s Dead Men Roll No Crits!
The crew have barely walked away from the fight with the Cyclops King with their lives, but they managed to take the raging regent down all the same. The fallout of last week’s blows and battle continues and Captain Casius has a decision to make and the crew have questions. What was the deal with those wings made of water? Find out all that and more on this week’s Dead Men Roll No Crits!
The party ventures forth with the Immortal Dreamstone in tow, finding themselves behind enemy lines. When they encounter another Cyclops they try their best to talk their way past but they have stumbled into the great hall of Cyclops heroes! Will they take out their one-eyed quarry or will they fall in the hall? Find out on this week’s Dead Men Roll No Crits!
Two undead cyclops stand in the way of the crew of the Tide Breaker and their ultimate treasure here in Sumitha, but does this magic crystal want to cooperate. With two members of the party blinded will they stand a chance of will this mystic chamber become their tomb? Find out on this weeks Dead Men Roll No Crits!
Deep into the ancient ruinous city of Sumitha the Pirate gang of the Tide Breaker have teleported into the treasure room, but will it also be their tomb? What other mysteries lie in this forgotten and sealed off section of the ancient city? Find out what lies in the eye of the beholder and more in this week’s Dead Men Roll No Crits!
After an vicious battle with a quartet of Cyclops chefs the heroes of the Tidebreaker takes stock of their options, and their soup while resting. Qandoso hatches a plan to start to bug the opposition and get some intel on the ruins of Sumitha. Will his plan work or will the Cyclop’s squash their foes into some kind of jam? Find out on this weeks episode of Dead Men Roll No Crits!
The crew of the Tidebreaker spring their trap on another set of Cyclops, this time hoping to burn their would be aggressors in a hot soup! Will the Captain’s brash antics “Secure Him the Dub” or will in finally put him in an early grave? Find out in this weeks thrilling combat in Dead Men Roll No Crits!
The party grapple with how to eject the Cyclops from Sumitha, and stop them from destroying their ship and crew. Meanwhile Hanto uses his remaining wishes to try to help Olivier and Vailea, but Patrick is a mean and spiteful monkey’s paw of a GM and so expect the suspected unexpected. Find out what happens on this week’s Dead Men Roll No Crits!
The crew are alive and out of danger for now, but for how long? Is this indeed Elaerys’s Uncle Olivier (Unkie-O) who helped save them? And the better question is can the crew trust this crusty pirate? Find out all that jazz and more in this week’s episode of Dead Men Roll No Crits!
This week the Captain and crew of the Tide Breaker are in a bind! The party is broken, with only Hanto still conscious, with a half dozen cyclops carrying off his mates. When a mysterious bargain presents itself will the Iruxi take it or can he trust this new entity? Find out who lives and who dies on this week’s Dead Men Roll No Crits!
The epic fight at the gates of the ancient Cyclopian city of Sumitha has begun! Watch as the intrepid crew of the Tide Breaker bite off more than they can chew in Monocular Opponents, and the Cyclops take bites that they can easily swallow and digest. Find out who lives and who dies by the ole 1-Eyes on this weeks Dead Men Roll No Crits!
This week the crew take the fight west and follow the tracks to what may be the ancient site of Sumitha, home of the islands remaining Cyclops. When the Captain tries to get fancy and awakens the site’s defenders will the Tide Breaker’s get lucky or will they find out the meaning of an eye for an eye the hard way? Find out on this week’s Dead Men Roll No Crits!
This week’s episode marks the first drag-out, beat-down fight with the giant inhabitants of the Isle of Empty Eyes, and its a dust up to remember. There’s defenestrations, there are super-crits, there are multiple chills and thrills, and a wilhelm scream to top it all off. All that and more on this week’s Dead Men Roll No Crits!
This week the officers of the Tide Breaker take to the jungles and head north to search out the Cyclops that are said to still haunt this evil isle of eyeless statues. Will they discover what beasts bray in the night? Will they discover the path forward up the plateau? Find our this week on Dead Men Roll No Crits!
With the giant spideress vanquished that crew adventure into the depths below the haunted fort. What they find looks like the destroyed site of an arcane and/or occult ritual, and who they find down there will change the shape of this adventure to come. Find out what happens in this weeks installment of Dead Men Roll No Crits!
The big bad of the haunted fortress is flushed out as the crew of the Tidebreaker are back together and exploring the giant tower. After the ether spider’s attack their matriarch reveals itself and engages into a crit-heavy dangerous combat. Will they keep up the heat and burn these monsters out or will they get scorched themselves? Find out on this week’s Dead Men Roll No Crits!
This week the heroes of the Tidebreaker are back on that horse, or rather that ship. Hanto, Elaerys, Qandoso and Casius are back in action. After a host of bad dreams the heroes return in force to the fateful fortress to investigate the lone tower.
After rescuing Captain Casius the crew retreat to lick their wounds on the Tide Breaker, but some heal easier than others. With the weight of the knowledge that the evil harpy unlocked will Casius be the same or will he alienate his crew before he can conquer the Isle of Empty Eyes? Find out all that and more in this weeks episode of Dead Men Roll No Crits!
The epic conclusion to the Die Harpy quadrilogy is here! Can the crew save Captain Casius from a cruel carrion kill? Will the Mistress Mother of the monstrous harpies have it in her to at least take out Kovik before she dies? Find out in this exciting boss battle here on Dead Men Roll No Crits!
Captain Casius has found himself in a bit of a pickle. No weapons, no armor, near dead and strung up like a fish waiting to be gutted, the leader of the pirate band has to think fast if he wants to survive his deadly captor. But what exactly is it that keeps him alive over and over again? Well find out all that and more when we dive into this weeks special episode of Dead Men Roll No Crits!
The party fights their way through a nest of devilish giant harpies! Will they take flight from the caves in defeat or are these Harpies going to get plucked? Find out on this week’s episode of Dead Men Roll No Crits!
With Captain Casius captured by killer giant harpies, the crew rallies to form a plan on how to rescue him. They stalk to the Western ridges behind the fortress to try and track the she-beasts down and save their captain! Find out if they succeed on a series of misadventures starting this week on Dead Men Roll No Crits!
This week the crew seek to reunite at the Tidebreaker, but an unknown enemy has other plans for them. Will they be able to return to the safety in numbers and shelter of their vessel or will everything be lost on the shores of the Bay of no Hospitality? Find out this week on Dead Men Roll No Crits!
We are back from the episode 100 and side quest zombie bonanza back to the adventure in the Shackles. We return to the overdue exploration of the abandoned “fort” as Casius would call it, and the mysterious trap laying man holed up inside one of the buildings…and his pet monkey. Will they crew survive the gauntlet of electrifying eels? Find out on this week’s Dead Men Roll No Crits!
You’ve sailed the Shackled Seas with us for the last two years, meeting heroes and pirates, going on swash-buckling adventures and joining the crew of the Tide Breaker on their quest for plunder, prestige and a piece of pirate council. We are taking this week to celebrate and explore these mighty PCs in a double-long episode #100! The entire crew is summoned together to take on an epic threat that threatens to wipe out the ship! Can the crew fight off the evil that exists within the center of the Island of Empty Eyes, or will they fall to the fearsome foes that flourish along these fetid fields? Find out on this weeks Dead Men Roll No Crits!!!
With seemingly the remaining Ether Spider in retreat the crew exploring the destroyed fortress decides to venture south. There they find signs of life as booby traps abound in these buildings, but who or what is setting them up? Find out on this weeks episode of Dead Men Roll No Crits!
An old abandoned church, in a ghost-ridden destroyed fortress, honoring a dead god…what could go wrong? The crew are believe themselves to be alone but something hides within the ether, stalking them as they slink through the desecrated pews of Aroden’s place of worship. Will they survive or will they join the ghost pirates of the Isle of Empty Eyes? Find out on this week’s Dead Men Roll No Crits!
A chance for rest for the Scooby Doo gang of Captain Casius, Elaerys, Bartleby and Ozzie opens up as a Cozy Cabin is cast outside the abandoned fortress. But something lurks inside the haunted halls as something akin to a dream is sent to attack! Will the crew fight their way out of a close quarters combat of their own design or will Freddy Krueger strike back? Find out on this week’s Dead Men Roll No Crits!
Bypassing the mystical ghost pirates the Scooby-Doo gang exploring the fortress bypasses the crumbling entrance and seeks another means of entrance. Unfortunately for them something awaits them in the darkness, and these evil monsters are quite inappropriately handsy! Find out how the crew shakes hands with doom in this week’s Dead Men Roll No Crits!
We are switching things up and going back in time to see how the other side of the crew is doing this week. Captain Casius and Elaerys call on the nebbish Bartleby and the enigmatic Ozzie to aid them in investigating a mystery! Something odd is happening in the abandoned fortress and the gang has to get to the bottom of it on this week’s Dead Men Roll No Crits!
The hexploration crew finally make it to the barrier island and plan their assault on the giant octopus’s lair! The slippery beast though lies in wait and is expecting trouble, so its up to Hanto, Qandoso, Sharga and Kovik to fight this tentacled terror! Find out who prevails on this week’s Dead Men Roll No Crits!”
The hexploration team continues their march south towards the inlet of the Bay of No Hospitality! After finding a nude fey what can this island throw at them next? As they enter a salt marsh something awaits them…a random encounter of doom! Find out if they can survive on this weeks Dead Men Roll No Crits!
This week while exploring the new Outdoors team of Hanto, Qandoso, Sharga and Kovik are on the trail of a giant octopus. While exploring the coast though they come across a secretive grotto hiding a deadly secret! Will their modesty win out and can they make a new friend here on the Island Of Empty Eyes? Find out on this week of Dead Men Roll No Crits!
This is the official start to book 4 of Skull and Shackles: “Island of Empty Eyes” by Neal Spicer, and a new adventure for the crew of the Tide Breaker! A deserted island awaits the extreme edges of pirate seas to the far west. The island beckons, but wait awaits them in the waters of the Bay of No Hospitality? Something quite inhospitable indeed! Find out on this weeks Dead Men Roll No Crits!
This week on DMRNC we celebrate a hard earned victory from the crew of the tide Breaker, and the cast of this show! The great regatta is over and Captain Casius and his crew are the victors, and the players have completed book 3 of Skull and Shackles! What can be awaiting them at their awards ceremony? Find out this on week’s rum-drenched episode!
The Tide Breaker and the Wyrmwood are neck and neck going into the final leg of the Free Captains Regatta. The Captain is blind and being attacked by nearly invisible foes though, will the officers survive this attack, and even if they do can they finish this race and earn their place on the Pirate Council? Find out of this week’s Dead Men Roll No Crits!
The Free Captain’s Regatta is nearly through, as the Tide Breaker makes its way to Sharkskin Reef and face another potentially dangerous route. Can they catch up to the Wyrmwood and its horrendous Barnabas Harrigan? What evil does the rest of this race have in store for Captain Casius and the crew? Find out in this blindingly bright episode of Dead Men Roll No Crits!
The crew of the Tide Breaker are still in the middle of the Free Captain’s Regatta, and if a gigantic dragon turtle can’t stop them can anything? They will find out by traveling through the waves and winds of an immense immobile hurricane! What other dangers could possibly await them? Find out in this week’s episode of Dead Men Roll No Crits!
The fight against the colossal HIRGENZOSK, Dragon Turtle of the Splinters and Eye of Abendego, continues this week. Will the Tide Breaker be capsized, and all hands lost or will they be able to stave off this ancient beast? There’s only one way to find out and that’s by listening to this week’s Dead Men Roll No Crits!
On this weeks episode arcane rituals, skillful sailing and dragon turtle racing all come up, but will it be enough to stop the unstoppable Hirgenzosk? Find out all that and more as the crew of the Tide Breaker complete the first third of the Free Captains Regatta in this week’s episode of Dead Men Roll No Crits!
The great Free Captain’s Regatta begins! The crew of the Tide Breaker are up against 16 of the most dangerous and knowledgeable sailing ships in all of the Shackles! Will the great Eye of Abendego hurricane humble this crew? Will their hopes like their ship be dashed upon the rocks? Find out on this week’s DMRNC!
In the finale of our solo adventures with GM and a single member of the crew we’ve saved the head honco for last as Tyler brings Captain Casius to bear. The enigmatic sea captain’s adventures are brought into greater focus with the wheel of his former ship. What does One-Eye Greg have to do with it all and how will this effect the race? Find out this week on Dead Men Roll No Crits!
Gibert steps up and we see the race preparations from the point of the Storm Druid Qandoso! Will he gain information vital to the Free Captains Regatta or will he continue on his personal journey to master the squalls of the Eye of Abendego? Find out in this weeks episode of Dead Men Roll No Crits?
This week’s episode is the Hanto special, where we learn of the dangers of the upcoming Free Captain’s Regatta. Hanto is troubled in sleep and gets a forewarning from a friend, but will he be able to alter the course of the future and make changes or will he be stuck in a Cassandran circle of pain?!? Find out in this week’s episode of Dead Men Roll No Crits!
This week’s episode is the first of some 1 on 1s with what happens when Elaerys goes a courting, and some secrets come out about her Uncle. Find out all that and more as Rebecca explains it all in this weeks special Dead Men Roll No Crits!
This week the B-team continue their search of the Jasperleaf Apothecary and with only one floor left what else could there be to attack them? Imagine four sentient potatoes with a taste for demonic flesh and weeks of hunger pains. Well we will find all about that and what evidence that they could find that the officers couldn’t on this weeks Dead Men Roll No Crits!
With their spirit broken and their quarry captured, Captain Casius and the officers limp away from the Jasperleaf Apothecary, but there are still many a …
On the heels of successfully brining the dangerous chemical queen down the Tidebreaker crew has only one mission: Get Zarskia and evidence of her treason out of this building. The only thing stopping the crew are hardened and hearty hired ex-pirate guards! How hard can this task be? Well find out on this week’s episode of Dead Men Roll No Crits!
With most of the team having infiltrated Jasperleaf Apothecary, the plan to get incriminating evidence on Zarskia the chemist continues. Will Elaerys be able to make it inside? Will Rat-doso and an invisible Hanto be able to find her secret lair? Will Tyler be able to make a roll for Casius this episode? Find out all that and more in this weeks nail-biting episode of Dead Men Roll No Crits!
This week the Tidebreaker crew are back on the case of a potential Chelaxian spy ring, which has lead them to the very heart of the Shackles – Port Peril. The Jasperleaf Apothecary is their mark, and a complicated plan is hatched to make it inside the locked building. Will their subterfuge succeed or will they fail furiously? Find out this week on Dead Men Roll No Crits!
After making clear of Hell Harbor and returning once more to Port Peril, the superstitious crew of the Tide Breaker seek to thank the goddess Besmara for their good weather and gooder fortunes. What does a goddess of plunder and pirating care for ceremonies, and what does her worship mean to the crew of the ship? Find out in this very special Holy-day episode of Dead Men Roll No Crits!
The officers of the Tidebreaker under suspicion of murder are brought to the Wretched Furnace, the city of Hell’s Harbor dual prison and foundry. While their sailors try to clear their name they make busy trying to adjust to life on the inside, the heat and the hard labor, and staying clear of the Chelish pirate-hunters who hold a grudge. Will they crack under the Devil’s Arches Redemption while they await trial or will they break out and make a run for it? Find out on this week’s episode of Dead Men Roll No Crits!
With the officers of the Tidebreaker under suspicion of murder and under lock and key, its up to Sandara Quinn and the swabs of the B-team to investigate the other Devil’s Arches lead in the form of a mysterious Tengu.
But nothing is ever simple in the imp haunted streets of Hell Harbor, as they are not the only ones searching for the members of the spy network…find out if they will be able to get the evidence they need to free their officers in this weeks Dead Men Roll No Crits!
The investigation into the sudden disappearances of members of the Chelish spy network takes a mysterious turn. With dead ends, lingering questions and a path that leads to the imp haunted island of Devil’s Arches, the crew of the Tidebreaker are nearing the end of their dangerous dance with death! Find out if they come out on top on this week’s episode of Dead Men Roll No Crits!
Part 2 of the Chronicles of Naga is here as the crew follow the directions and look for the den of the female water naga Sarliss. Ready to first sue for peace between the quarreling lovers, Casius and his crew must make for the coast line in order to settle this dispute, but what happens when Papa Naga doesn’t want to leave? Find out all that and more on this weeks episode of Dead Men Roll No Crits!
The mission to seek out one who has had an interaction with the supposed spy network in the Shackles leads the Tidebreaker South. This affords Captain Casius the first time in many years to return to the Bonuwat fishing village where he was raised. The family reunion is short though as the heroes need to venture up the coast to meet a Naga named Sarlis…will they find out some clandestine information? Find out on this week’s Dead Men Roll No Crits!
The battles are fought and the officers and captain of the Tidebreaker have survived! But the wreck of the Brine Banshee still has treasures to discover…and mysteries to uncover. Just what was the secret of this ship’s speed? Find out all that and more on this week’s episode of Dead Men Roll No Crits!
This weeks special Halloween episode of DMRNC the officers of the Tidebreaker are off ship in dangerous storm filled waters, the B-team are off exploring a spooky derelict ship, and that leaves the SWABS to defend the vessel from the likes of the Not-Undead and pirates like Dad-Murdering Jim!
The exploration of the wreck of the Brine Banshee comes to a climactic conclusion with 10 times the Jellyfish, and a shark attack to remember. Dive into another adventure and deadly waves on this week’s Dead Men Roll No Crits!
This week’s episode sees the Captain and his crew diving into deeper water than ever before, but what lies within that darkness? Something has been waiting for them at the back half of the Brine Banshee…and it hungers for them! Find out on this week’s episode of Dead Men Roll No Crits!
CONTENT WARNING: This is episode is rated PG-13 for foul language, discussions of a sexual nature. Bleeped cursing, and suggestive discussions
This week of DMRNC the exploration of the Brine Banshee kicks off in earnest as soon as the crew gets aboard they are set upon by a massive Jellyfish. What does pee-wine, diaper accidents, and peen-shaped aquatic animals all have in common? The answer is this weeks episode, which might be the hardest PG-13 we ever earn, and probably the most puerile conversation in the history of this podcast…so enjoy and see you next time on Dead Men Roll No Crits!
We are back on the officer’s crew of the Tidebreaker on this weeks DMRNC, with Captain Casius and the rest having tracked the sunkeen remains of the vessel the Brine Banshee. Through what they find beneath the waves is quite shocking…or should I say SHARKING!?!
We are back aboard the Tidebreaker this week looking for a vessel and a magical ring, but in this week’s episode, we look at the events through the eyes of the crew, especially the B-team as they watch the officers lead them into dangerous waters and combat with another magical pirate captain!
It’s finally come, the episode where Patrick as GM loses not just a fight, but complete control over this podcast. The Tidebreaker crew return to the port of Ollo, looking for Haneilious Fitch, a old sailor friend of Elaerys’ Pirate Uncle, as well as friend of the crew of the lost Brine Banshee. Instead they find a terrifying lizard from another age!
In this double-long episode of DMRNC the crew is out on the high seas tracking down a scurvy prey: A crew of wreckers who are said to use illusions to wreck ships and take their cargo, without so much as a care for the Pirate Code.
This week the heroes and scoundrels aboard the Tidebreaker are in Tessa Fairwinds port of Quent, visiting the temple of Calistria known as the “House of Stolen Kisses”. This house of ill repute is home to whores, assassins and secrets that the crew needs to continue their search for Chelaxian spies in the Shackles…but will they make the grade and impress the head mistress/priestess? Find out on this week’s Dead Men Roll No Crits.
A new potential ally reveals herself to the crew of the Tidebreaker, and a new threat potentially is uncovered. Under the guise of a dinner in the hills the course of political machinations in the Shackles is unfurled like a patch-work sail, and a mighty wind threatens to blow!
After a black out party the crew of the Tidebreaker celebrates their hangovers with a bar brawl, a former bully, and a chase across the city of Port Peril to remember, a chase for the ages!
On this week’s episode a tale as old as time, a story told to crowds, a love of cold ale and stale bread, Beauty and the Beastly! Captain Casius has to impress the court of the Hurricane King Kerdak Bonefist himself, and if he wants to succeed then he will need the help of his team. Other mysteries are afoot but that’s all a tale for another time…
This week on DMRNC we continue down the path of piratedom and the crew of the Tidebreaker are on their way to a soiree held at Lucrehold castle, the stronghold of none other than the Hurricane King himself! Before they get there though they will need to navigate the Crocodile infested waters…where perhaps they will be on the menu instead of the guest’s list!
The rest of Tsadok Goldtooth’s test await the Tidebreaker crew as they have entered the waters of Port Peril. A high-stakes alcohol fueled card game is first on the agenda? Can Captain Casius escape with his booty intact? Find out on this week’s DMRNC!
This week the crew of the Tidebreaker return to where this adventure all began…the Pirate Capital of Port Peril, but they have a hold full of treasure and a reputation as a ship to be feared and admired. But as they pull into port none other than the Hurricane King’s right hand man is there to meet them and give them a pirate test! Can Hanto tight rope walk his way out of this one? Find out on DMRNC!
The crew is able to count their coins, appraise their gems, spellcraft thier magics and divvy up the loot on this week’s Dead Men Roll No Crits! You will want to stick around those for we have an explanation of the magical pearl that Hanto has sought this entire campaign, and Pirate Mad Libs!
The leader may be slain, but there is still death and devastation in these caves. A prized magical chair worth hundreds in gold must be exhumed from the underwater sea caverns, but to do so the party must venture forth into uncharted caves on this week’s Dead Men Roll No Crits!
This week’s episode has the crew of the Tidebreaker bounce back from the brink of obliteration to take the fight to the murdersome leader of this rabble, this tribe of sea devils. Krelloort the Terrible is ready for them, though many of his warriors are dead at the hands of the pirate crew. Will they be able to revenge their murdered crew-mates and the Princess Neema’s people? Find out on this week’s episode of Dead Men Roll No Crits!
This weeks is the fatally FUN conclusion of one of the most brutal combats in the history of this podcast! The heroes are underwater and surrounded by Sea Devils, Hanto is unconscious and everyone is low on hit points. How will the crew of the Tidebreaker make it out of this one alive? Tune in to find out!
Returning to the sea caves beneath Mancatcher Cove, the upper levels cleared of Sea Devils the party continue to dive deeper into the darkened dugout. Little did they know that the massive matronly mother of the tribe is laying in wait for them…what starts as a 4 on 1 combat rapidly changes. Will the party survive this latest fight to the death?
This week the party retreats with the Locathah prisoner and retreat to the surface . While they think that they’re safe in the Right Eye cavity though, something lurks outside, spying them inside!!!
This week on DMRNC the crew continues their treasure hunt in the water-logged caves beneath Mancatcher Cove, fighting off Sea Devils and creatures that infest those caverns. Who or what will they find down there? Only time will tell as you join the adventure and find out in this week’s episode!
In this week’s episode, the crew of the Tidebreaker with their erstwhile enemy Isabella Locke descend into the depths of the caverns beneath Mancatcher Cove. Will they find the famous treasure rumored to be hidden here or will they find death at the hands of a dozen angry creatures? Well maybe its a little of column A and a little of column B.
This weeks episode finds an unlikely 5-some on the hunt for buried treasure and the hidden loot at Mancatcher’s cove. This mission is too dangerous for the other crew members, so its up to the 4 senior treasure aficionados of the Tidebreaker to dive into these crystal clear waters and take on the Sea Devils!
The crew have formed an uneasy alliance with Isabella Locke, who wants revenge on her former mate Knuckles Grype almost as much as the body builder wants to break Casius. They head to islands depicted on the map tattooed on Isabella, and try to decipher the clues to the puzzle along the way, but before they can go treasure hunting its time to fight Grype, who challenges for command of both ships!
This week’s episode sees the Tidebreaker crew coming clean with the inhabitants of Tidewater Rock, and facing their pasts and murky futures. After taking on the combined forces of the Sea Devils and Isabella Locke, Captain Casius forms a strategic union with the castle and its time to celebrate their latest victory with booze and food!
It is a boss battle on the beaches. A blast from Casius’s past is back to haunt him, but does he have what it take to assuage the hate of the legendary pirate Isabella ‘Inkskin’ Locke? Find out on this weeks episode of Dead Men Roll No Crits!!
This week’s episode sees Captain Casius and the crew of the Tidebreaker having to deal with two problems at once! The island upon which Tidewater Rock is located seems to be under attack and the crew needs to set sail to pursue a threat from the sea and need to send someone to warn the Castle! This sounds like a job for the illustrious B-Team!
The crew of the Tidebreaker try their hand at cracking the Rock! Tidewater Rock seems like a juicy target for the pirates, but will their plan to impersonate nobility work with the help of their more erudite crew? Or will their captive crew face certain peril in this undertaking!
This week sees the Sea’s return of villains that seem to be on the Tidebreaker’s tail! What happened when they came upon the remains of a derelict ship in the water? Why are they hunting a member of the crew? Find out all this and more in this week’s episode of Dead Men Roll No Crits!
This week we welcome a new member of the crew, and a new guest to our podcast. We welcome Patreon supporter Jim to the podcast and the crew of the Tidebreaker returns to Rickety Hake’s to pay their debts and learn of a secret buried Azlanti treasure!
This week’s episodes welcomes one of the podcast most OG super fans into the DMRNC’s rotating players chair with Donald aka Wookiegunner bringing one of Patrick’s favorite PCs to life. Tying in with the sordid and mysterious background for Captain Casius, we meet out new small friend riding the waves and bringing Vell a warning from the seas…
Tidebreaker in rest mode as they recover from to effects of Whalebone Pilk’s attack. They bury the dead in the briny depths and continue on forward…but does Elaerys have the luck of her goddess on her side or is she destined to meet Pharasma this day! Find out and more on this week’s Dead Men Roll No Crits!!!
Are you ready for some of the most nail-biting, ghost-punching, zombie-blasting action that the Pathfinder 2nd Edition has to throw at you? Well, you’re not ready but you’re still allowed to listen to this week’s episode and its coming at you right now. Jon from the patreon and fan community on discord joins us (and saves the player’s lives) through the power of song. Its the dramatic conclusion of “NO WHALEBONES ABOUT IT”
This week we have another guest from the ranks of the Patreon population in the form of Jon and his Dwarven Bard! This is part one of two episodes over a long recording session, and one of GM Patrick’s favorite parts of this entire AP! It’s time to head to the Shackles and take on a living legend on Dead Men Roll No Crits!!
This week’s episode we are joined my Patreon subscriber and friend of the show Jonathan aka “GoldenPaw” as the newest member of the pirate crew. This book is going to be peppered with guest spots from some of our friends as the Tidebreaker’s crew is increased, and this week is a massive 2-hour long extravaganza as the pirate’s put into a dangerous port and put up their plunder and attempt to gain infamy!
On this week’s DMRNC history repeats itself as the new crew of the Tidebreaker are welcomed aboard with games and drinks. The crew hardly has time to celebrate as its back to work with acts of piracy! A Rhamadoumi vessel is on the horizon and looks laden with goods and plunder!
This week’s episode we are back to the crew of the Tidebreaker as they come upon the Famished Mane assaulting the pirate Vorsfang vessel! Its a fight to the death…or rather the undeath as the evil Chelaxian Captain shows the crew a bit of necrotic power!
This week on Dead Men Roll No Crits, there are some new faces on the Shackled Sea, as pirates aboard another vessel face a threat from the North. Who are the players playing this week if not for Casius and the gang?
This week’s episode we find out about the origin of the enigmatic and drunken pirate Druid Qandoso. This episode is about 10 later than initially planned, but we just had so much great pirates story to tell. Enjoy the introduction of the Chelish into the lands of the Shackles, with Qandoso’s origin in the realm of the pirates!
This week’s episode sees the crew on their mission to pay back Rickety Hake and make some money on the high seas through piracy. The Eltin Blade isn’t much but its someplace to start South of Shark Island. Will Hanto put up with this form of blatant Piracy or will he argue the better of Captain Casius?
This week’s episode starts a long tradition of this Adventure Path going where the players want. I had a whole other combat prepared for the adventurers, but they had something else in mind! Enjoy as Hanto goes with his gut on this week’s DMRNC!
If you thought that last week’s Critmas episode was a barrel of laughs wait until you get to this week’s adventure. Rickety Hake has asked a favor of the crew to go and check on the town’s lookout. It is a hot and deadly climb up the coastline and nature’s deadliest predators wait in their path!
Welcome to the miracle that is the 2020 Critmas DMRNC Special! This week and this week only its crits as far as the eye can see, to the windows and to the walls, til we crit and deck the halls! Feel the stingers! Feel the mirth! Fell the joy and the terror of Critsmas 2020!
This week the climactic battle between the pirates and the water Naga continues! Then as the community reels from the attack, Hanto and Casius explore the coastal town and learn more about Rickety Hake’s.
This week the crew sets sail on their first adventure to sail their newly plundered vessel to the port of Rickety Squibs. Will they be welcomed with open pirate arms or are they in for a steely reception? Find out this week on DMRNC.
The ship is theirs but now the responsibility of command comes crashing down on the PCs. There is also tales of a nearby ship wreck that they must discover to pay for the squibbing of the Man’s Promise. Will this fledgling crew keep it together or will they fall apart at the start? Listen in to find out!
The island canvassed, friends saved, and rest rightfully taken, the heroes have to move back to the ship…but they know that Mr. Plugg surely didn’t expect them to survive the islands challenges. They are stepping into a trap, but they know what is about to happen to them, and what must be done to get the crew on their side!
The final dark watery cavern of Ripetide Cove beckons, as the party hears the shouts of Sandara Quinn from within. What horror’s lie in ‘The Cauldron’, the lair of this Grindylow’s leader? What horrors exist just below the fetid surface? You will find out just as the heroes do on this week’s Dead Men Roll No Crits!
In this week’s episode the party attempts to infiltrate Ripetide Cove, the home of the Grindylows, in search of their friend Sandara Quinn. If they falter here then their bones will never be recovered again, and their names lost to all history. Listen as they take the dive into eternity!
If you are fans of exploration and survival tales, then let me tell you the story of the Pirates of the Wormwoood trying to rescue their friend Sandara Quinn. Riptide Cove’s entrance were guarded by the Grindylow so the team decided to try for the cliff face entrance…and that’s where things got complicated…
This week’s DMRNC’s you will see a party divided as they lick their wounds from Casius’ brush with death. The pirates continue searching the lodge at the cliffside and find its former inhabitant…or perhaps we should say he finds them!
Reeling from the loss of a hero the adventurers must stave off death itself as they attempt to regroup and push back against the horror’s that Bonewrack Isle has to throw at them…
The pirate heroes continue their exploration of Bonewrack Isle as their search for water and their lost comrade meets new obstacles. They face new foes in the form of underground island denizens and arboreal attackers, but will they live through this onslaught in order to fight another day? Spoiler Warning: ‘No’.
Deeper into the swamp the heroes adventure, after having swatted moskeetees, licked some giant frogs and traversed quicksand you’d think that there was nothing else to throw at them. But you would be wrong…its time to tap into some holy powers as the undead have arrived in this AP!
This episode finds our intrepid crew washed ashore on an uncharted island with their good friend and ally Sandara Quinn missing! They will have to navigate this hostile land and avoid pitfalls and sand traps in this week’s Dead Men Roll No Crits!
The crew is split and take up new lodging aboard “The Man’s Promise” but the more things have changed, the more their situation is the exact same. A storm rolls in and threatens to knock their novice ship and fledgling Captain Plugg off course, but before that happens we meet some new friends in the form of half goblin, quarter shark and quarter squid monsters!
In this special episode we take a look back and explore the origins of Casius Vell, aka the Driftwood Pirate, failed captain and though well-known sailor he be! This intro episode was recorded between Tyler and Patrick at the start of our campain and is the origin story of sorts for the character. Why would Casius warn Barnabas Harrigan on the deck of the Man’s Promise of an impending attack? Perhaps the reasons lie within this week’s episode!
The fight on the top deck of “The Man’s Promise” wraps up, but before the pirates can take the ship they must first warn their captain of a sneak attack…or do they? This week is all about sundering and plundering, as the crew of the Wormwood sinks back into the fog of war!
This week’s episode is no sweat, as Hanto is locked inside a box, the party is turning into cats, and the entire crew of the Wormwood seems to be against them. What is a pirate to do except roll with the waves and try to survive???
On this week’s episode we are joined by none other than Paizo’s Starfinder Developer, and accomplished Pathfinder author Jason Keeley as he lends his voice and time to bring to life one of the most amazing pirate NPCs in this entire adventure path! Though this episode is not all fun and games, as behind all this Mr. Plugg is plotting an incident with far reaching consequences!
On this week’s episode a storm threaten’s the crew of the Wormwood, as the tempest seas seek another victim for the briny depths. Who knows what monsters lie just beneath the surface waiting for an unsuspecting party to dip their toes in the water. Find out in this week’s episode!
This weeks episode we are taking another interlude to discover the backstory of one of the player characters. This week we find out about how a city-girl from Magnimar made her way to Port Peril. That’s right, its time to learn all about Elaerys Delqarin!
The junior crew of the Wormwood is trying their best to pilfer back their gear stolen when pressganged, by hook or by crook! There is a combat for the ages in this episode, as one lucky member of the crew gets to fight a brutal brute for pirate sport! Dead Men Roll No Crits, but this week the players best hope that they do!
We are back aboard the Wormwood this week as the crew faces challenges from the likes of ole’ Itchy Toe Greg! We are joined by our first special guest, Drew from Cosmic Crit!
This week on Dead Men Roll No Crits, we travel back in time to one of the first recordings that we did for the podcast. GM Patrick and Seth sat down to go over the backstory of Hanto, the Lizardfolk Monk, and talke a bit about his origin.
Welcome to Episode number 2 of the podcast: Dead Men roll No Crits! That podcast name is especially true this episode as the 4 adventurers here decide not to start any fights. Instead they get their tasks on the ship and get to work! In this episode we meet the likes of Jack Scrimshaw, Sandara Quinn, ‘Fishguts’ Kroop and a whole host of other Pirate NPCS.
Here in episode 1 the four PCs find out what cruel fate has befallen them aboard a Pirate Ship. meanwhile we learn that Hanto has problems with piratical authority figures.
THAR SHE BLOWS! It’s the first episode, ‘Episode Zero’, of Cosmic Crit’s 2nd Edition Pathfinder actual play podcast of the “Skull and Shackles” adventure path!
We here at Cosmic Crit: A Starfinder Actual Play Podcast have played a lot of Pathfinder and a lot of Starfinder. So when Pathfinder 2E debuted, we couldn’t wait to try it out. Also, we (especially Tyler) love pirates.