Charisma Check – Dungeons and Dragons (D&D 5e) Podcast
A Speaking Common Actual Play DnD Audio Drama
Charisma Check is a Dungeons and Dragons 5e actual play podcast that follows six improv theatre friends trying our best to deliver a truly narrative-driven D&D podcast experience. With a focus on dramatic collaborative storytelling, the Charisma Check Podcast takes place in the Forgotten Realms setting of Faerun that, while story-oriented, is fun, big-hearted and explores the dynamics of adventure, companionship, death-defying odds and sacrifice.
Our actual play D&D podcast is the culmination of our love for this game and the best stories that are often the result – it is also 100% ad-free. We don’t make money on the podcast, we get paid when you decide to join us for the adventure. Please help us spread the word on your social media of choice. A 5-star review on iTunes is probably the best way to give us props!
Season 1, Episode 4 – Faerun's Brightest Star
Our friends and newly anointed “Hand of the Harp” are quickly wrested from home after their brief return. If there’s one thing that can pull the bardling, Chyna Bigly, away it’s the promise of a bigger, better party, especially one that promises fortune and fame. Some of the biggest names in Toril are headed to the Talespinners Jamboree near the mercenary town of Yulash to the east, and Chyna isn’t about to throw away her shot.
But all is not jovial and swell in Hillsfar, for Torin Nomerthal is still broiling from the fact that the companions were able to pluck his prized Shadovar prisoners from under his big nose. He’s not likely to leave the offenders unharrassed for long. While our champions make their way through the Cormanthor forest and on towards Yulash, amidst the woods now thick with Red Plume patrols and scouts carrying Lord Nomerthal’s orders to bring them to his twisted justice, all are yet unaware that a far greater threat is in its infancy in the deep recesses of the forgotten Hillsfar Sewers.
What lies in wait at the dark convergence of our bard’s love of the spotlight and her haunted history of deep loss.
Meet the Charisma Check Cast:
Dungeon Master, writer and creator - ShambazzleGames
Tamasin – Human Light Cleric of Selune | Ranquess – Half-elf Wild Magic Sorcerer, Shade Loyalist | Chyna Bigly – Gnome Bard of Lore, Debutante and Ingénue | Fa’en – Elf Monk, Way of the Shadow and Protector of the Meek | Merkesh – Half-elf Fighter/Rogue, Vengeful Assassin
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