A Song of Crabs and Badgers

05/02/2022

As tensions between the elves and orcs rise ahead of the much feted Peace Fair, some idiot puts the Thunder Guard in charge of keeping the peace.

19/11/2021

The DM for tonight's session, in the DM throne. Agnes the dog also helpfully keeps the battle map down.

04/11/2021

Although they call themselves the Children of the Thora, amongst the other races these barbarian giants of Ned are simply known as Goliaths. They are one of the most populous races of the Northern continent, making their homes in the foothills of the Worldcrown mountains. They follow the faith of the Thora, and believe their gods still rest upon the peaks of the Worldcrown, waiting for the time they shall rise and once again sweep across Taranis in a wave of death and brutality.

Not known for their spirit of adventure or exploration, Goliath are rare in the other continents, unless as bodyguards, mercenaries, or occasionally working in construction crews as muscle. There was a time Goliath galleys would raid the northern coast of Cortanta, but Gef's Naval dominance has made this an uncommon occurrence in the modern era.

27/10/2021

17/10/2021

Did you know our current story arc, The Haunted Bridge, incorporates some of 'Epic Encounters: Village of the Goblin Chief' from Steamforged Games

Check it out now: https://anchor.fm/.../No-009-The-Haunted-Bridge---Part-9...

17/10/2021

This week the Thunderguard go under the bridge to sort out the 'haunting' once and for all. Thrills, excitement and the occasional spot of hilarity ensue.

https://anchor.fm/thomas-pugh/episodes/No-009-The-Haunted-Bridge---Part-9-e18t91m

14/10/2021

Teiflings are a nomadic folk, travelling in beautifully decorated caravans across the length and breadth of Taranis. Though they have a reputation as devil worshippers, few Teifling put their faith in anyone more than theirselves and their clan.
Teiflings are not a natural born race. Were one to listen to the oral histories of their bards, you'd learn they claim ancestry from humans. Long ago, in an empire to the east, they were a slave race to the High Elves. Their masters sought to create ever more powerful servants to aid them in their arcane studies, and through dark ritual summoned fiends from the lower planes to inter breed with their servants and birth a new race. This need was ultimately their falling, as the newly empowered race of Teifling rose up to overthrow their masters in a bloody conflict that ultimately destroyed the entire continent.
Without the resources and arcane mysteries of their overlords, the Teifling refugee's desperate journey across the seas to the west was far slower and more treacherous. By the time the first ships made landfall the Elves had already made allies and spread their narrative of events. Yet again the Teifling people found themselves to be an underclass, unwanted wherever they walked. Here in this new world, however, they were free.

/Illustration by Jeleynai, used under Creative Commons license/

08/10/2021

Sneak peak of tonight's session, it will be available in your ears in a few months.

06/10/2021

UNDER the THUNDER: An interview with the Thunder Guard's own, Hobb Bumblestump.

NO SUITABLE FOR WORK. Or children. Or particularly sensitive dogs. Cat's won't care.

04/10/2021

In this week's episode the Thunder Guard run in to trouble on the 'haunted bridge', will they survive, but more importantly what happened to Hobb's coin purse?

29/09/2021

The Mustaline Guard are a crack unit under the personal control of the Arch-Bishop of Ermentrude. They consist entirely of Badgerfolk: theologically speaking because the Badgerfolk bear the blessed black and white of Tebbett on their pelts. Of course it doesn’t hurt that they are also ruddy big and strong. Not to mention fierce when roused.
Their number are drawn from the best Badgerfolk warriors of the other Ermentrude forces. They are both a body guard for the Arch-Bishop and a long distance elite unit. Some units often disappear for months at a time, living off the land until they appear suddenly at the right moment: behind enemy lines; in an enemy commander’s tent; or, on one notable occasion, from under the Sultan’s bed.

26/09/2021

This week the Thunder Guard make it to the eponymous Haunted Bridge. What is behind the rumours?

DM Leggy Leggster created this map of the bridge using Inkarnate.

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24/09/2021

A Song of Crabs & Badgers.

Low humour and high adventure in the world of Taranis!

https://anchor.fm/thomas-pugh/episodes/No-005-The-Haunted-Bridge---Part-5-e178sa9

19/09/2021

Did you know the early episodes of ASOCAB were recorded outside, in a farm shed? This is why you can sometimes hear the atmospheric crackle of the fire, the sound of pigs in the next shed and the squeal of giant rats as they fight over who gets to feed on our remains.
This week, in Part 5 of the Haunted Bridge we have one of those encounters that I suspect the DM (Leggy) thought was going to be relativity straight forward. If the Thunder Guard has one skill, however, it is the ability to c**k things up in exciting and inventive ways.
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17/09/2021

4/5 of the Crabs and Badgers crew ready and waiting for tonight's session

17/09/2021

The question of the day.

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15/09/2021

To the east of the Free States lies the nation of Gef. Just over two thousand years ago it was a collection of rag tag kingdoms, duchies and self governing autonomous regions. But then the elves landed in their flying cities, fleeing from a calamity in thier own land. The elves united the lowly humans in a new great Kingdom. Gef expanded ever westward until they reached the mountains which protect the remaining Free States. But if the rumours are true their expansionist tendencies are not over yet...

13/09/2021

A Song of Crabs and Badgers has just been ranked no 15 in a list of the top 100 D&D podcasts!

You can check out the list here: https://blog.feedspot.com/dnd_podcasts/

(But I wouldn't worry about the other 99 podcasts if I were you, if it ain't ASOCAB, it's... something else I suppose. Accept no imitations.)

Best Dungeons and Dragons podcasts. Listen to D&D actual play, in which a group of people sit down and record themselves playing a tabletop roleplaying game (RPG). Follow to learn D&D rules, books, game tales and many more

13/09/2021

A Song of Crabs & Badgers has been placed at no 15 on a top 100 D&D podcasts lists.

Check out the list here: https://blog.feedspot.com/dnd_podcasts/

(But don't bother with any of the other 99, you know they ain't going to be no ASOCAB)

Best Dungeons and Dragons podcasts. Listen to D&D actual play, in which a group of people sit down and record themselves playing a tabletop roleplaying game (RPG). Follow to learn D&D rules, books, game tales and many more

12/09/2021

Episode 4 is out today. The Thunder Guard are heading through Dessarin Valley on their way to the Purple Hills, surely a simple and uneventful journey?

https://open.spotify.com/show/66muSJHh6aUBggnmARZMgQ

Listen to A Song of Crabs & Badgers on Spotify. Tales of high adventure and low humour. A Song of Crabs & Badgers is an actual play podcast using 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons rules. It is set in our homebrew world of Taranis.

10/09/2021

Five minutes before tonight's session and our DM is still hastily scribbling notes.

05/09/2021

This Sunday and every Sunday!

A Song of Crabs & Badgers is a 5E D&D actual play podcast set in our homebrew world of Taranis. Episode 3 drops later today, with a new episode every Sunday.

High adventure and low humour!

https://anchor.fm/thomas-pugh/episodes/No-001-The-Haunted-Bridge---Part-1-e168135

25/04/2021