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Unbalanced Encounters @uepodca.st · 12h

Unbalanced your encounters

Dylan and Dragons @dylananddragons.bsky.social · 12h

The Lion does not concern himself with appropriate challenge ratings for encounters.

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Patrick Perini 🔜 PAXU @pcperini.com · 13h

Do you have an AP or TTRPG stream or podcast launching or airing in October?

If so, let’s talk about doing a promo for you on @uepodca.st

DM me?

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molly @mabbattista.bsky.social · 1d

"When the last feather falls / The sage god shall shatter / The first leaf to burn shall / See the small gods scatter"

I loved this arc

Unbalanced Encounters @uepodca.st · 1d

Thank you so much, Sydney Web Fest, for naming Small Gods Scatter BEST ACTUAL PLAY PODCAST 2025!

@emilygreymoore.bsky.social, @ddungeondiving.bsky.social, and @oakleafinsignia.games burned the HOUSE DOWN in our story of love and loss.

WINNER
Best Actual Play Podcast
SYDNEY WEB FEST
2025

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Unbalanced Encounters @uepodca.st · 1d

#TM4 Meet Flo (played by @emilygreymoore.bsky.social)

Flo is the second child of the Osprey line. Or is she? In any event, she's being disinherited until she proves herself. With a gun.

She's an Infernal Iron Godslinger, a new class from Waste & Wild, a weird-west-WIP we're teasing.

A simple character sheet for Arianna Floridia "Flo" Osprey II, which reads:
Level 3 Infernal Iron Godslinger
STR 8 DEX 10 CON 18 / INT 10 WIS 8 CHA 16
Background: Courtier
Heritage: Anointed
Lineage: Elf?
Armor Class: 14

Her character portrait depicts a young woman with alabaster skin, pitch-white hair, and golden eyes. Her black outfit is broken up by a leather waist corset and knee-high boots adorned with golden snake motifs. In her right hand is a snub-nosed revolver.
A simple character sheet for Arianna Floridia "Flo" Osprey II, which reads:
Level 3 Infernal Iron Godslinger
STR 8 DEX 10 CON 18 / INT 10 WIS 8 CHA 16
Background: Courtier
Heritage: Anointed
Lineage: Elf?
Armor Class: 14

Her character portrait depicts a young woman with alabaster skin, pitch-white hair, and golden eyes. Her black outfit is broken up by a leather waist corset and knee-high boots adorned with golden snake motifs. In her right hand is a snub-nosed revolver.

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RahRah🫀 @rahrah.bsky.social · 1d

If you haven't heard Small Gods you are missing out on an absolutely gorgeous arc.

Unbalanced Encounters @uepodca.st · 1d

Thank you so much, Sydney Web Fest, for naming Small Gods Scatter BEST ACTUAL PLAY PODCAST 2025!

@emilygreymoore.bsky.social, @ddungeondiving.bsky.social, and @oakleafinsignia.games burned the HOUSE DOWN in our story of love and loss.

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Emily Greymoore 🔜 PAX UNPLUGGED @emilygreymoore.bsky.social · 1d

So stoked to have such an amazing story, with such incredible performers, who told it with so much heart and wit, finally recognized! And a massive thank you to @pcperini.com for GMing, editing, soundscoring, and helping mold this masterpiece.

Unbalanced Encounters @uepodca.st · 1d

Thank you so much, Sydney Web Fest, for naming Small Gods Scatter BEST ACTUAL PLAY PODCAST 2025!

@emilygreymoore.bsky.social, @ddungeondiving.bsky.social, and @oakleafinsignia.games burned the HOUSE DOWN in our story of love and loss.

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Unbalanced Encounters @uepodca.st · 1d

Thank you Gina!!!!

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Patrick Perini 🔜 PAXU @pcperini.com · 1d

We made a little 3-ep show about:
the advent of fascism in the early adulthood - of the grandmother - of a character from Rally

An EXTREMELY niche undertaking steeped in ethnoreligious diaspora. It was really for us.

Anyway, it just won best podcast at the Sydney Web Festival.

Unbalanced Encounters @uepodca.st · 1d

Thank you so much, Sydney Web Fest, for naming Small Gods Scatter BEST ACTUAL PLAY PODCAST 2025!

@emilygreymoore.bsky.social, @ddungeondiving.bsky.social, and @oakleafinsignia.games burned the HOUSE DOWN in our story of love and loss.

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Sadie is 🎲 Laying It All on the Line 🎲 @oakleafinsignia.games · 1d

Oh my goodness, nobody's gonna be able to tell me anything today
(I say through tears)

Thanks Sydney Web Fest, this story means so much to me 🥹

Unbalanced Encounters @uepodca.st · 1d

Thank you so much, Sydney Web Fest, for naming Small Gods Scatter BEST ACTUAL PLAY PODCAST 2025!

@emilygreymoore.bsky.social, @ddungeondiving.bsky.social, and @oakleafinsignia.games burned the HOUSE DOWN in our story of love and loss.

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Unbalanced Encounters @uepodca.st · 1d

And a huge shout out to @bairdlytrying.games for Last Words Are Never Enough — a small but devastating we used in the final moments of this show.

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Unbalanced Encounters @uepodca.st · 1d

THANK YOU!

Small Gods is such a quirky labor of love... the deep backstory of the GRANDMOTHER of a PC from another show.

Fun to see it appreciated as a standalone thing.

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Unbalanced Encounters @uepodca.st · 1d

Thank you so much, Sydney Web Fest, for naming Small Gods Scatter BEST ACTUAL PLAY PODCAST 2025!

@emilygreymoore.bsky.social, @ddungeondiving.bsky.social, and @oakleafinsignia.games burned the HOUSE DOWN in our story of love and loss.

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Caustic Phoenix @causticphoenix.bsky.social · 8d

Cal and Nicolas - a duo from the mud that I can't wait for you all to meet! The countdown begins!

Unbalanced Encounters @uepodca.st · 8d

#TM4 Meet Cal of Ironwater (@causticphoenix.bsky.social)

Cal knows 3 things: misery, moose, and mud. A full-time stablehand from the age of 16, she wants nothing more than a little trickle-down wealth. That, or a good night's sleep.

She's a Nature Cleric with a big hammer and a little griffin.

A simple character sheet for Cal (of) Ironwater, which reads:
Level 3 Nature Domain Cleric
STR 14 DEX 14 CON 13 / INT 10 WIS 16 CHA 8
Background: Outcast
Heritage: Wildlands
Lineage: Human
Armor Class: 16
Her character portrait depicts a young woman with tanned skin and ankle-length auburn braids. She is leaning nonchalantly against a giant sledge hammer and wears a simple blue-and-brown stablehand outfit over a chainmail shirt.

Above her hovers Nicholas, a tiny griffin — half woodpecker and half house cat.

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Unbalanced Encounters @uepodca.st · 8d

#TM4 Meet Cal of Ironwater (@causticphoenix.bsky.social)

Cal knows 3 things: misery, moose, and mud. A full-time stablehand from the age of 16, she wants nothing more than a little trickle-down wealth. That, or a good night's sleep.

She's a Nature Cleric with a big hammer and a little griffin.

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Dr. Emily Friedman @friede.bsky.social · 10d

God, the energy in that room could light up the whole town. I was unprepared.

What a gift to welcome @matthewmercer.bsky.social to Auburn, share some of the people, places, & projects I’m most proud of here, & remind all of us of the power of play & of imagining better worlds — now, more than ever.

Matt Mercer and Emily Friedman in mutual hype interpretive power posing

Matthew Mercer and Emily Friedman on stage, laughing

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Patrick Perini 🔜 PAXU @pcperini.com · 14d

not me bragging all over town about this game @craiggumz.bsky.social is running for @uepodca.st

a woman in a dress is saying i 'm excited while sitting in a chair

Alt: a woman in a dress is saying i 'm excited while sitting in a chair

media.tenor.com

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Unbalanced Encounters @uepodca.st · 15d

#TM4 Meet Odion Osprey-Heronshaw (@craiggumz.bsky.social)

Top of his class at St. Wilde's Adventuring Prep. Scion of *both* the Osprey and Heronshaw families. Recently fired intern. And he's putting together a team.

Odion is a Weapon Master Fighter. Everything by the book.

A simple character sheet for Odion Osprey-Heronshaw, which reads:
Level 3 Weapon Master Fighter
STR 16 DEX 12 CON 14 / INT 10 WIS 14 CHA 9
Background: Soldier
Heritage: Supplicant
Lineage: Elf
Armor Class: 16

His character portrait depicts a young black man nervously hunched against his gold-tipped spear. He sports a combination of purple western wear and shiny silver-and-gold knight armor.

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Unbalanced Encounters @uepodca.st · 16d

MOLLY THANK YOUUUU 🙏

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Unbalanced Encounters @uepodca.st · 19d

Happy Friday!

Gentle reminder that you probably shouldn’t be fucking by your therapist.

Unbalanced Encounters @uepodca.st · 29d

We thought you'd like to know a little more.

The Misfortunate 4: starring @pcperini.com, @emilygreymoore.bsky.social, @cinderblocksally.bsky.social, @causticphoenix.bsky.social, and @craiggumz.bsky.social.
Game system: Tales of the Valiant by @koboldpress.com.

youtube.com/shorts/gTYuV...

Misfortunate 4 #ttrpgpodcast #rpgpodcast #rpgstories

YouTube video by Unbalanced Encounters

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Unbalanced Encounters @uepodca.st · 22d

Meet Weevil Woebringer played by
@cinderblocksally.bsky.social in #TM4

He might be new to adventuring, but he's hell bent on slayin' a dragon. Any dragon, really.

He's a wizard with an animated shadow -- the Mote Tamer subclass: homebrew that'll drop over at unbalancedencounters.com with the show

A simple character sheet for Weevil Woebringer, which reads:
Level 3 Mote Tamer Wizard
STR 10 DEX 14 CON 14 / INT 16 WIS 9 CHA 12
Background: Rustic
Heritage: Coven
Lineage: Human
Armor Class: 14

His character portrait depicts a young, sallow man in monster-scale armor and steer-skull shin guards. He sports a magical satchel and is fist-bumping a plasmic shadow which climbs up from his feet.

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Emily Greymoore 🔜 PAX UNPLUGGED @emilygreymoore.bsky.social · 29d

So so proud to be a part of this and to finally see it coming out soooooon!!

Unbalanced Encounters @uepodca.st · 29d

We thought you'd like to know a little more.

The Misfortunate 4: starring @pcperini.com, @emilygreymoore.bsky.social, @cinderblocksally.bsky.social, @causticphoenix.bsky.social, and @craiggumz.bsky.social.
Game system: Tales of the Valiant by @koboldpress.com.

youtube.com/shorts/gTYuV...

Misfortunate 4 #ttrpgpodcast #rpgpodcast #rpgstories

YouTube video by Unbalanced Encounters

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Mason @ RiftKid Games @riftkidgames.itch.io · 29d

Can’t wait for this to come out, lotta fun things in it 🤠

Unbalanced Encounters @uepodca.st · Sep 2

The Misfortunate 4.
A wet western. Dropping October 28th.

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Unbalanced Encounters @uepodca.st · 29d

We thought you'd like to know a little more.

The Misfortunate 4: starring @pcperini.com, @emilygreymoore.bsky.social, @cinderblocksally.bsky.social, @causticphoenix.bsky.social, and @craiggumz.bsky.social.
Game system: Tales of the Valiant by @koboldpress.com.

youtube.com/shorts/gTYuV...

Misfortunate 4 #ttrpgpodcast #rpgpodcast #rpgstories

YouTube video by Unbalanced Encounters

youtube.com

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5 GMs in a Trenchcoat 🔜 PAXU @5gmsofficial.bsky.social · Sep 3

⛺️🌲🪵 5 GMS IN A TRENCHCOAT FROM INSIDE THE TENT TRAILER 🪵🌲⛺️

Join us as we begin our journey across the U.S. in 1987. Using Kids on Bikes 2e by @huntersent.bsky.social, this 50-episode podcast epic will be one you won’t want to miss.

The first 3 eps drop Sept. 15, wherever you get your podcasts.

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