Three Strangers, One Hotel Room | Troika! Ep 1 — The Jaunty Mantis Actual Play

About this episode

The episode features a group of characters with unique backgrounds sharing a hotel room in a Troika! mini-campaign.

A door-wizard with disastrous luck, a death-priest who'd rather be elsewhere, and a swamp-mystic with a mission walk into a hotel. It's the only room left. They're sharing it. Episode 1 of our Troika! Numinous Edition mini-campaign. Character creation, the first stat-roll catastrophe, and the most reluctant agreement to share a drink in podcast history. 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) 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. 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: Jesse Sauer, Matt Herzberg

Guests: Anna, Chris

Topics covered

• tabletop roleplaying games
• character creation
• fantasy
• actual play
• Troika!

Keywords

• Troika!
• actual play
• character creation
• fantasy
• roleplaying games

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Melsonian Arts Council

Books & works: Troika! Numinous Edition

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