The Drifting City
A noir D&D actual play podcast • Welcome to Rz’n, the drifting city, where rain blurs the line between truth and falsehood, enemy and reluctant ally, life and death. Unspoken secrets and unsolved mysteries lurk in every alley. Radiant storms rage in the void beyond your window. Your silence might just buy you your next meal.
Episodes
15 episodes
Ep. 13 - Those We've Lost
Orion shares his realization with the group, and Valentine helps him cope. Rook solves an important case.CONTENT WARNINGS:This episode contains vomit, graphic depictions of corpses and corpse mutilation, graphic depict...
Ep. 12 - Wakes
Never meet your mother’s lovers. Never confront your mentors. Never find what you’re looking for. You’ve been warned.CONTENT WARNINGS:This episode contains smoking, consumption of alcohol-coded substance, implied/refer...
Ep. 11 - Guilt by Association
The fight at the Fluttering Lash reaches an inevitably bloody conclusion. Chrys and Orion grapple with unwelcome revelations.CONTENT WARNINGS:This episode contains smoking, graphic depictions of violence (mund...
Ep. 10 - Deadlock
A meeting goes awry. Morin comes out on top. Chrys embraces violence.CONTENT WARNINGS:This episode contains smoking, graphic depictions of violence (mundane and magical), forced mind reading, death, mu...
Ep. 9 - The Persistence of the Departed
A madman’s notes provide much-needed clues. Chrys holds on. The dead and dying reveal the past.Content WarningsThis episode contains a depiction of ghosts and haunting, discussion of murder, discussion...
Ep. 8 - Shear Lines
The drifters pay a visit to Rook’s mentor, and confront the first major obstacle to their fact-finding mission: a door. Orion causes a commotion, Valentine gets a gift, and Rook hears some bad news.Content Warnings
Ep. 7 - The Hands That Wield The Knife
Regrouping after the chase, the group trades information and makes new plans. Morin goes home. Rook, Chrys, and Orion have a sleepover.Content WarningsThis episode contains a depiction of grief, consum...
Ep. 6 - Case Closed
Six hares flee through Rz’n’s shadows, the hounds more terrible for being unknown. Chanterelle stays positive.Content Warnings: This episode contains a depiction of chases, violence (magical and mundane),...
Ep. 5 - In the Wee Small Hours
Rz’n closes in on the seam, and a storm gathers outside its hull. In Rook’s apartment, the shift passes slowly.Content WarningsThis episode contains a depiction of stalking and stakeouts, smoking, suicidal id...
Ep. 4 - Fundamental Techniques in Handling People
Our rag-tag crew scatter across the lower decks making final preparations for their smuggling operation. Orion and Morin plan a heist.Content WarningsThis episode contains discussion and depictions of crime (...
Ep. 3 - Fata Morgana
The Hold heating up around them, our reluctant allies smuggle their cargo back towards the decks. Morin has to make a choice. The Brigs close in around their prey. But first, re-introductions, stabbings, and cups of tea.Content Wa...
Ep. 2 - Down These Mean Streets: Part 2
As Irrigation day continues, necessity and a secretive woman lead Rook, Orion, Valentine, and Morin into the Hold. Chrys makes a friend. Chanterelle gets paid. Content WarningsThis episode contains dark...
Ep. 1 - Down These Mean Streets: Part 1
In Rz’n, the drifting city, rain blurs the line between truth and falsehood, enemy and reluctant ally, life and death. A corpse and a damsel in distress set a hag, a fixer, a smuggler, a bodyguard and a detective on a collision course.<...