Not Ominous At All | Troika! Ep 3 — The Jaunty Mantis Actual Play

About this episode

The party encounters a staircase mural and a horde of demons in this episode of the Troika! mini-campaign.

A staircase mural of beaked figures, serrated keys, and a horde of screaming demons. Two knowledge rolls. Both fail. The party concludes everything is fine. Spoiler: it is not. Episode 3 of our Troika! Numinous Edition mini-campaign. SYSTEM - Troika! Numinous Edition by Daniel Sell, published by the Melsonian Arts Council. Buy the game: https://www.melsonia.com/ We are not affiliated with the Melsonian Arts Council. Played for the love of weird fantasy. CAST - Jesse as Gormer the Underbursar (Sorcerer of the Academy of Doors) Matty as Darlo Tik'l (Red Priest) Anna as Moth (Abyssal Myth Crusher) Chris as Game Mother (GM) ABOUT THE JAUNTY MANTIS - A podcast of creative questions for curious gamers. We play, review, and argue about tabletop roleplaying games.

People in this episode

Hosts: Matt Herzberg, Jesse Sauer

Guests: Jesse, Matty, Anna, Chris

Topics covered

• tabletop roleplaying games
• Troika!
• actual play
• fantasy
• game mechanics

Keywords

• demons
• knowledge rolls
• fantasy
• roleplaying
• game master

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Melsonian Arts Council

Products: Troika! Numinous Edition

Books & works: The Jaunty Mantis

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