Bonus Content: On Halflings

In this piece of bonus content, listen to Professor Merwyn Tumblebrook of the University of Crosswater talk a little bit about halflings and their native lands and practices in Calcinea.  You can find the written version of this below, or listen to the audio above!

At the very bottom of this post you can also find some statblocks for the halfling carabineer and their elite, more experienced equivalent, the halfling sharpshooter.  Feel free to use these in your own games!

Music copyright Kevin MacLeod.

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Episode Three: Truth & Beauty

Celestia, Corzin & Scamp make port at Peder’s March, an ugly town with a very handsome mayor. A hunting expedition in the swamps may lead them to get more than they bargain for…

Each week on Flintlocks and Fireballs, join actors Robbie Bellekom (as Scamp), Sam Burns (as Corzin Horhace) and Ellie Sparrow (as Celestia Stardust) with Dungeon Master Jason Phelps for adventure in the Napoleonic world of Calcinea, a setting for 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons.

Music: All tracks except the theme song by Kevin MacLeod. Rated 15+ (We swear like sailors.)

As always, you can follow the party’s adventures on the globetrotting map below!

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This week’s episode contains an in-universe map!  When you reach the point where a map is purchased, click the link below to view the map itself!

The Map

This map is a combination of the parchment map found by Scamp originally with the more detailed map of Slavistka’s Isle sold to them by Thrain Lensbearer.

Episode Two: Hangmen & Harris Hawks

Celestia, Corzin and Scamp find themselves in frantic pursuit of their assailant, winding up in a less cosy part of Scarroll’s Cove. After a certain amount of cross-examination by the watch, they encounter some particularly murderous travel difficulties.

Each week on Flintlocks and Fireballs, join actors Robbie Bellekom (as Scamp), Sam Burns (as Corzin Horhace) and Ellie Sparrow (as Celestia Stardust) with Dungeon Master Jason Phelps for adventure in the Napoleonic world of Calcinea, a setting for 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons.

Music: All tracks except the theme song by Kevin MacLeod. Rated 15+ (We swear like sailors.)

 

You can follow the party’s progress with the handy globetrotting map below!

Indie Tracker Ep2

Fan Art: Episodes One-Two

We have our first fan art!  Credit to Eddie Widdows (https://www.deviantart.com/eddiew) for these lovely portraits of our three main characters!

Scamp – Eddie Widdows ( https://www.deviantart.com/eddiew)
Corzin – Eddie Widdows ( https://www.deviantart.com/eddiew)
Celestia – Eddie Widdows ( https://www.deviantart.com/eddiew)

 

After Episode Two, Hamster of Wrath (@StormHamster, ) sent us this lovely news scroll written with Scroll Creator.

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A More Accurate Map of Calcinea!

You may recall our earlier post with a map of Calcinea.  Well it turns out that had a couple of problems with it!  The first was that the world was a little small, especially the other continents, for the epic globetrotting fantasy we planned to tell.

The second was that Calcinea’s entire circumference turned out to be around 4000 miles at the equator, roughly a sixth that of Earth’s.  Calcinea was tiny.

This is our answer to that.

Calcinea World Map Smaller

This is not a complete map, nor a wholly accurate map of the world – there is a notable absence of polar regions and rather a lot of certain places (Faernon in particular) seem to have just been ‘filled in’ with jungle.  This is because this map is about as accurate a map as we can get in 1797.  (And maybe the DM wants space to put things in later.)  Exploration is still ongoing.

The Dragon Coast, where the story starts, is in the north-eastern edge of the smallest continent, Jova (geographers, politicians and several kings with armies have argued over whether Sanustal is part of Jova or Haldanos).  If you look carefully, you can recognise the Draconic Archipelago there.

We fully expect to see at least two continents before this campaign is over.  Trim your sails, we have a long voyage ahead.

Episode One: Fake Beards & Broken Necks

You can check out the first episode of Flintlocks and Fireballs here: Fake Beards and Broken Necks!

In the sleepy port town of Scarroll’s Cove, three strangers are brought together by chance, fate and the lack of seating space in a cramped bar. When privateer (not a pirate!) halfling Corzin Horhace, drow bard Celestia Stardust and mysterious bearded stranger Scamp become aware of a series of brutal murders, danger lies overhead…

Each week on Flintlocks and Fireballs, join actors Robbie Bellekom (as Scamp), Sam Burns (as Corzin Horhace) and Ellie Sparrow (as Celestia Stardust) with Dungeon Master Jason Phelps for adventure in the Napoleonic world of Calcinea, a setting for 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons.

Music Credit: Basically everything except the theme tune is by Kevin MacLeod. Rated 15+ (We swear like sailors.)

We’re Nearly There!

It’s the 10th of July!  In just under six hours the first episode of Flintlocks and Fireballs will go live, so as a little treat here’s a map of the region of Calcinea we’ll be starting in – the Dragon Coast.  Follow our party on this little globetrotting map as we chart their journey episode by episode across the seas and shores of Calcinea!

The first episode won’t go live until 7pm GMT (6pm British Summer Time), but when it does you’ll be able to find it here (and eventually on iTunes):

Podbean

YouTube

Indie Tracker Ep1

 

Cast Announcement: Ellie Sparrow

Ellie Sparrow will be playing Celestia Stardust, a drow elf bard.

Ellie Sparrow is an actor, playwright and co-director of theatre company Break the ‘Verse. Their first arts council funded play was on at the end of last year, which she cowrote, aided heavily by red wine. 
Ellie Started role playing when the DM of this campaign made her 4 years ago. She thought the whole thing would be incredibly lame and agreed that she’d try it once. She has never been more wrong. It was not lame. And here she is 4 years later on a D&D podcast.

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