Writing Alchemy Unfamiliar Heroes 15 Summary
In the fifteenth game episode of Unfamiliar Heroes, our three heroes arrive in Islandtown, the home of the Crossroads Wildnerness Keepers. Join them as potions are brewed, paper is shuffled, and a wagon is wreathed in flames!
Willa the gecko lizardperson rogue, Tarragon the orc bard, and D’Zân the weredragon druid are participating in The Owlbear Reintroduction Program, a project that is reestablishing owlbears in areas where the owlbear populations have been previously wiped out. Of course, this is not as simple as it sounds, because owlbears are large, ferocious, magical predators. Throw in a group of skilled poachers determined to steal owlbear eggs and things are bound to get interesting. This improvised, tabletop adventure was created with the Magic Goes Awry role-playing system!
Unfamiliar Heroes is a new podcast series where people with disabilities, chronic illnesses, or diverse minds use tabletop role-playing games to together create stories that center disabled, sick, and mentally diverse characters. In its core values this project centers the experiences of people living at the intersections of oppression. Unfamiliar Heroes is part of the Writing Alchemy Podcast.
Game System: Magic Goes Awry
Storyteller: Fay Onyx
Players: Oriana, Robin, Sage Ealy Silk
This illustration depicts three characters, each from a different genre of story, and each with a disability. On the left is a black gnome archer riding in a chariot pulled by a large brown dog. The chariot has a chair in it so that they can sit instead of stand. In the middle is a Latina woman manipulating a tech device on her wrist as she begins to go invisible. She is wearing an air filtering mask of the type that people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity sometimes wear. On the right is a white muscular superhero wearing a very gay, blue superhero outfit. He has lightning crackling between his two hands, which are shaped atypically. This beautiful work of art was created the amazing Rose Adare!
Episode Transcript
In order to make these transcripts as accessible as possible, each one is produced in four formats: as an online post for access convenience, in a word document with a low vision friendly font (Veranda), in a pdf with a dyslexia friendly font (OpenDyslexic), and a low contrast blue on black pdf as an access option for people with migraines (Veranda).
- Online transcript: https://writingalchemy.net/2019/11/19/transcript-of-the-owlbear-reintroduction-program-part-2/
- Word doc: Writing Alchemy E34 Transcript
- Pdf: Coming soon!
- Blue on black: Coming soon!
- Main transcripts page: https://writing-alchemy.net/podcast-2/transcripts/
- Transcribed by: Larcie with the help of Otter.ai
Show Notes
Game System
Magic Goes Awry: https://writing-alchemy.net/magic-goes-awry/
Fay’s Links
You can become my patron on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/WritingAlchemy
The RSS feed of this podcast is: https://writing-alchemy.net/feed/podcast
Unfamiliar Heroes: https://writing-alchemy.net/podcast-2/unfamiliar-heroes/
Robin’s Links
Tumblr: http://skeletonmug.tumblr.com
Access LARP: https://accesslarp.com/
Oriana’s Links
Facebook: www.facebook.com/oriana.sobriket
Our Space: A Coloring Book: https://www.facebook.com/ourspacecoloring/
Sage’s Links
Dreamwidth: https://vladdraculea.dreamwidth.org/
Music and Sound Credits
Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Game theme: Living Voyage (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0
The alchemy lab sound sequence was made from the following ten sounds:
Bubbling: Bubbling beaker.wav by Melthurian | License: Creative Commons 0
Magical bubbling: Bubbles.aiff by gnrja | License: Attribution
Chopping: 1019-chopping_kale.wav by brightmedusa | License: Creative Commons 0
Mortar and pestle #1: Mortar and pestle cooking; loud by Australopithecusman | License: Attribution
Mortar and pestle #2: mySound_GPSUK_pestle&mortar.wav by thecityrings | License: Attribution
Drips: Water, Dripping, Medium, A.wav by InspectorJ | License: Attribution
Rattling: Japanese Ceramic Rice Pot by S. Dedalus | License: Attribution
Splashes: Splash, Small, A.wav by InspectorJ | License: Attribution
Hissing: 120110_15 hot plate, cold water (2).wav by toiletrolltube | License: Creative Commons 0
Lid going on: top on pot.WAV by samplecat | License: Creative Commons 0
The Islandtown ferry sequence was made from the following four sounds:
Lake: Lake shore waves.wav by juskiddink | License: Attribution
Rowing: Rowing2.wav by juskiddink | License: Attribution
Docks: moored small boats in harbour by arnaud coutancier | License: Attribution Noncommercial
People: College Campus Ambiance.wav by Sphi_woah | License: Attribution Noncommercial
The Wilderness Keepers Office environment was made from the following five sounds:
Door: WOOD DOOR 2.wav by souchav | License: Creative Commons 0
Corridor: 01769 corridor foley.wav by Robinhood76 | License: Attribution Noncommercial
Footsteps: Footsteps on tiled bathroom by brandonb1111 | License: Creative Commons 0
Fountain: Fountain_1.wav by skyko | License: Creative Commons 0
People: Office Ambiance.wav by Blu_150058 | License: Attribution Noncommercial
The paper and filing sequence was made from the following eight sounds:
Handling paper: paper sounds by swordofkings128 | License: Creative Commons 0
Unfolding: Paper_Unfolding_Refolding.wav by Brokenphono | License: Creative Commons 0
Drawer: drawer_with_handle.wav by laura222 | License: Creative Commons 0
Filing: Opening and closing of file cabinet.wav by lostmaiden | License: Attribution Noncommercial
Writing: Writing_Pencil_01.wav by moai15 | License: Creative Commons 0
Stamp: thick-stamp-nosub.wav by newagesoup | License: Attribution
Signature: Writing,Pen,Signature,Paper.wav by Mediaman57 | License: Creative Commons 0
Stamp #2: thick-stamp.wav by newagesoup | License: Attribution
Anxiety music: The Complex (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0
Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Performance music: Tenebrous Brothers Carnival – Prelude (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0
The flame sounds were made from the following five sounds:
Flame waving: Torch_Swinging_ medium speed 1.wav by kev_durr | License: Attribution
More complicated waving: Torch_Swinging Quickly 1.wav by kev_durr | License: Attribution
Flame whoosh #1: Fireball Flyby 1b by LiamG_SFX | License: Attribution
Flame whoosh #2: Designed Fire – Swooshes – Bursts, evolving by GregorQuendel | License: Attribution
Flame whoosh #3: flamewind.wav by scarbelly25 | License: Creative Commons 0
The applause effect was made from the following two sounds:
Three people with distinct claps and cheers: Small Crowd Cheering & Clapping — Three People; Two Females & One Male.WAV by Ndheger | License: Attribution
Small crowd clapping: smallcrowd.wav by sagetyrtle | License: Creative Commons 0
Forest birdsong: morning in the forest.WAV by inchadney | License: Attribution
Will-o’-wisp enchantment music: Ritual (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0
Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0
