Desperate Attune
Desperate Attune is an actual play podcast about characters with their identities in peril, played by an international cast devoted to fiction-first gaming, collaborative worldbuilding and complex character drama. Our current campaign is ’House of Endings’, using Blades in the Dark and set in the demon-haunted city of U’duasha. Desperate Attune is Zoheb (Klow), Soumithri (tree), salty, Prince, Emma, and Aadiyat (Soap).
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Here open the doors to the House of Endings...
Their villages were proud, and they lived under the glow of their ancestors. The farmers of Kethrys have been uprooted by the inexorable engine of industry. Landless, they huddle in the filthy waterfront of U'duasha, the high-handed city that rules over their world. Here they exist on the meager hospitality of the noble houses and their Five Demon Princes.
In U'duasha the Five dwell. Five only.
They threw Prince Khattam into the wilderness, after it was done.
This is our second season, using John Harper's Blades in the Dark. Follow the Cult of the Ceaseless Wheel as the players defend their migrant community and discover their heritage -- or build it from whole cloth.
Hosted by Prince, starring Soumithri (tree), Zoheb (Klow), Emma, and Aadiyat (Soap).
Episodes
Thursday Dec 15, 2022
Thursday Dec 15, 2022
Joan and Miraz take a walk through Golampith to find out what people want from the Ceaseless Temple. A maker of golems chews them out. Vickers' cooking is met with poor reviews.
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Desperate Attune is hosted by Soumithri (tree) and edited by Zoheb (Klow) and Prince.
Featuring Emma and Aadiyat (Soap)
Intro music is 'Jalandhar' by Kevin Macleod
Outro music is 'Alapana in Kiravani Ragam' by U. Srinivas
Cover art by Fahim Anzoom Rumman (botagainsthumanity)
Blades in the Dark by John Harper and Evil Hat Productions
Iruvian playbooks by Johnstone Metzger
Friday Dec 23, 2022
Friday Dec 23, 2022
Miraz hangs out in a sauna and has a nice kabab with his best friend. Joan stalks a golem. Vickers and Abbas meet with a crime boss for help. The crew ruins Morosim's life (then improves him spiritually.)
Support us at https://ko-fi.com/desperateattune and at https://www.patreon.com/DesperateAttune
Follow us at https://twitter.com/DesperateAttune
Desperate Attune is hosted by Soumithri (tree) and edited by Zoheb (Klow) and Prince.
Featuring Emma and Aadiyat (Soap)
Intro music is 'Jalandhar' by Kevin Macleod
Outro music is 'Alapana in Kiravani Ragam' by U. Srinivas
Cover art by Fahim Anzoom Rumman (botagainsthumanity)
Blades in the Dark by John Harper and Evil Hat Productions
Iruvian playbooks by Johnstone Metzger
Thursday Dec 29, 2022
Thursday Dec 29, 2022
The crew attempt to intercept the plans of Vickers's sister, Elizabeth, by going to a restaurant and meeting her associates. Shenanigans ensue. Joan comes up with an unorthodox plan for learning about golems.
Support us at https://ko-fi.com/desperateattune and at https://www.patreon.com/DesperateAttune
Follow us at https://twitter.com/DesperateAttune
Desperate Attune is hosted by Soumithri (tree) and edited by Zoheb (Klow)
Featuring Prince, Emma and Aadiyat (Soap)
Intro music is 'Jalandhar' by Kevin Macleod
Outro music is 'Alapana in Kiravani Ragam' by U. Srinivas
Cover art by Fahim Anzoom Rumman (botagainsthumanity)
Blades in the Dark by John Harper and Evil Hat Productions
Iruvian playbooks by Johnstone Metzger
Thursday Jan 05, 2023
Thursday Jan 05, 2023
In this episode of A Candle, A Blaze, the crew confront Vickers's sister about the business deals she has been doing on their father's behalf. This results in Elizabeth spilling the tea about the Ashcroft plans involving an airship, and also, coincidentally, spilling the tea more generally.
Content warning for the use of Victorian drugs.
Support us at https://ko-fi.com/desperateattune and at https://www.patreon.com/DesperateAttune
Follow us at https://twitter.com/DesperateAttune
Desperate Attune is hosted by Soumithri (tree) and edited by Zoheb (Klow)
Featuring Prince, Emma and Aadiyat (Soap)
Intro music is 'Jalandhar' by Kevin Macleod
Outro music is 'Alapana in Kiravani Ragam' by U. Srinivas
Cover art by Fahim Anzoom Rumman (botagainsthumanity)
Blades in the Dark by John Harper and Evil Hat Productions
Iruvian playbooks by Johnstone Metzger
Thursday Jan 12, 2023
Thursday Jan 12, 2023
Concluding the crafting of the corrupt contract, the crew come upon a clandestine courtship. Also, Abbas accosts Begum Bashundhara before chai.
Support us at https://ko-fi.com/desperateattune and at https://www.patreon.com/DesperateAttune
Follow us at https://twitter.com/DesperateAttune
Desperate Attune is hosted by Soumithri (tree) and edited by Zoheb (Klow)
Featuring Prince, Emma and Aadiyat (Soap)
Intro music is 'Jalandhar' by Kevin Macleod
Outro music is 'Alapana in Kiravani Ragam' by U. Srinivas
Cover art by Fahim Anzoom Rumman (botagainsthumanity)
Blades in the Dark by John Harper and Evil Hat Productions
Iruvian playbooks by Johnstone Metzger
Monday Jan 16, 2023
Monday Jan 16, 2023
The cast get together to talk about the influences and themes behind the worldbuilding for our version of U'duasha... until we get massively derailed and talk about cricket instead.
Support us at https://ko-fi.com/desperateattune and at https://www.patreon.com/DesperateAttune
Follow us at https://twitter.com/DesperateAttune
Desperate Attune is hosted by Soumithri (tree) and edited by Zoheb (Klow) and Prince
Featuring Emma and Aadiyat (Soap)
Intro music is 'Jalandhar' by Kevin Macleod
Outro music is 'Alapana in Kiravani Ragam' by U. Srinivas
The other music is 'Alapana in Shankarabharanam Ragam' by U. Srinivas
Cover art by Fahim Anzoom Rumman (botagainsthumanity)
Blades in the Dark by John Harper and Evil Hat Productions
Iruvian playbooks by Johnstone Metzger
Thursday Jan 19, 2023
Thursday Jan 19, 2023
A new roofballer makes himself known to the mademoiselles of U'duasha. Who is Augustus Khan, and what romantic secrets hide behind that eyepatch?
Support us at https://ko-fi.com/desperateattune and at https://www.patreon.com/DesperateAttune
Follow us at https://twitter.com/DesperateAttune
Desperate Attune is hosted by Soumithri (tree) and edited by Zoheb (Klow)
Featuring Prince, Emma and Aadiyat (Soap)
Intro music is 'Jalandhar' by Kevin Macleod
Outro music is 'Alapana in Kiravani Ragam' by U. Srinivas
Cover art by Fahim Anzoom Rumman (botagainsthumanity)
Blades in the Dark by John Harper and Evil Hat Productions
Iruvian playbooks by Johnstone Metzger
Thursday Jan 26, 2023
Thursday Jan 26, 2023
The crew have the Chosen of a God over for lunch. The potatoes don't turn out quite right.
Support us at https://ko-fi.com/desperateattune and at https://www.patreon.com/DesperateAttune
Follow us at https://twitter.com/DesperateAttune
Desperate Attune is hosted by Soumithri (tree) and edited by Zoheb (Klow)
Featuring Prince, Emma and Aadiyat (Soap)
Intro music is 'Jalandhar' by Kevin Macleod
Outro music is 'Alapana in Kiravani Ragam' by U. Srinivas
Cover art by Fahim Anzoom Rumman (botagainsthumanity)
Blades in the Dark by John Harper and Evil Hat Productions
Iruvian playbooks by Johnstone Metzger
Thursday Feb 02, 2023
Thursday Feb 02, 2023
The crew investigate their strange guests Freya and Hardil, and come to a startling suspicion: Maybe even here, in the Well City, not all ghosts fall straight into the flames...
Support us at https://ko-fi.com/desperateattune and at https://www.patreon.com/DesperateAttune
Follow us at https://twitter.com/DesperateAttune
Desperate Attune is hosted by Soumithri (tree) and edited by Zoheb (Klow)
Featuring Prince, Emma and Aadiyat (Soap)
Intro music is 'Jalandhar' by Kevin Macleod
Recap music is 'Alapana in Shankarabharanam Ragam' by U. Srinivas
Outro music is 'Alapana in Kiravani Ragam' by U. Srinivas
Cover art by Fahim Anzoom Rumman (botagainsthumanity)
Blades in the Dark by John Harper and Evil Hat Productions
Iruvian playbooks by Johnstone Metzger
Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Having established that Freya is not Queen of Skovland and the Entire World, and is indeed a worrying and sinister individual, the crew decide to infiltrate Kingfisher Grotto in a spelunking mission to rescue Maude. Hilarity ensues.
Support us at https://ko-fi.com/desperateattune and at https://www.patreon.com/DesperateAttune
Follow us at https://twitter.com/DesperateAttune
Desperate Attune is hosted by Soumithri (tree) and edited by Zoheb (Klow)
Featuring Prince, Emma and Aadiyat (Soap)
Intro music is 'Jalandhar' by Kevin Macleod
Recap music is 'Alapana in Shankarabharanam Ragam' by U. Srinivas
Outro music is 'Alapana in Kiravani Ragam' by U. Srinivas
Cover art by Fahim Anzoom Rumman (botagainsthumanity)
Blades in the Dark by John Harper and Evil Hat Productions
Iruvian playbooks by Johnstone Metzger