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The Kaleidosphere podcast is a series of D&D campaigns set in a multiverse cooked up by Nathan Heard and his peers. The Kaleidosphere's first campaign, To Whom the Sea Belongs, follows the story of an unlikely team of motley scalawags and genteel nobles as they stumble into a mind-bending conspiracy that reaches far beyond their mortal world. In this campaign, the party wrestles with the moderate good and considerable evil that arises from colonialism, and they experience the vast and diverse oceanic cultures of the homebrew world of Nera’ohan. Join the party as their sanity slips away in the face of Lovecraftian horrors, and laugh along at all their piratey misadventures! This is a Homebrew Podcast. Learn more at actualplaypods.com You can support the show at patreon.com/thehomebrew Join the discord @ discord.gg/thehomebrewpodcast If you are enjoying the show, please leave us a review, make sure you're following or subscribed, and share with your friends!

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    • Jul 31, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 18m AVG DURATION
    • 118 EPISODES
    • 1 SEASONS


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    Episode 83 (part 2): The Beginning of the End

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2024 106:20


    The Dreamer stirs. The gods are dying. Nagish's headaches foretell doom. The party reunites and make their final plans to combat the Collective. This is the beginning of the end.

    Episode 83 (part 1): The Beginning of the End

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2024 78:46


    The Dreamer stirs. The gods are dying. Nagish's headaches foretell doom. The party reunites and make their final plans to combat the Collective. This is the beginning of the end.

    Episode 82 (part 2): Torronation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2024 57:03


    After Torr's coronation, the two parties plan their next moves.

    Episode 82 (part 1): Torronation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2024 69:25


    The tide turns in the battle, and the party makes new plans for the nation of Shikyodai.

    Episode 81 (part 2): Double Agents

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2024 94:21


    New alliances tenuously forged, the heroes return to Shikogawa, where Torr challenges Emperor Bosunaga to a duel to the death on a marble bridge over a pool of lava.

    Episode 81 (part 1): Double Agents

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024 105:21


    Upon arriving in Monisokotan, the heroes meet Zugchigaungu. But all is not as it seems, and it appears that the heroes are not the only ones looking to navigate fraught alliances.

    Only (Lethal) Fins!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2024 139:22


    While the Nathan is away the crew will play! Join the cast of Sanity Damage as they play Lethal Company, answer questions, and discuss campaign theories!

    Episode 80 (part 2): Enemies Abound

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2024 90:17


    After speaking with Bosunaga, the heroes secure passage on an airship and head to Monisokotan, home of the resistance, and allegedly where the heroes anticipate meeting a much anticipated foe.

    Episode 80 (part 1): Enemies Abound

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2024 87:44


    In the sewers beneath Shikogawa, the heroes meet frogfolk that are orchestrating a resistance against the dread emperor Bosunaga. After a night of strategizing and doing shrooms, the heroes come up with a plan and approach Bosunaga for an audience.

    Episode 79 (part 2): It's the Economy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2024 70:30


    The heroes continue their shopping spree despite the city's exorbitant prices. They finally head into the sewers beneath the city in search of “the Resistance.”

    Episode 79 (part 1): It's the Economy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2024 83:34


    Having arrived in Shikogawa, capital of Shikyodai, the heroes go on a shopping spree only to find that everything has become back-breakingly expensive under the new emperor, Bosunaga. Spies lurk in the shadows and average citizens trade in drugs rather than currency.

    Episode 78 (part 2): We're Taking the Sarcophagus

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2024 76:09


    The party set sail for Shikyodai, witnessing a terrifying storm and arriving to an uncertain city coping with a recent regime change.

    Episode 78 (part 1): We're Taking the Sarcophagus

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2024 99:52


    Abraham faces the consequences of his previous deals. The party loots the pyramid and makes a new friend in a doomed village.

    Episode 77 (part 2): Godslayer

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2024 102:15


    Atahualpa, a mummy lord with a dark history, battles the heroes in the heart of the pyramid.

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    Episode 77 (part 1): Godslayer

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2024 78:52


    The heroes reach the grand crypt at the base of the pyramid and plan for a coming confrontation, choosing each of their next moves with great care.

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    Episode 76 (part 2): The Cursed Isles

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2024 98:58


    The party delve into the pyramid, contending with numerous traps and studying ancient hieroglyphs depicting the key events of a past World Storm.

    Episode 76 (part 1): The Cursed Isles

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2024 107:32


    The party washes up on the mysterious island chain with a dark past. After scouting, they set out to explore some ancient ruins and the pyramid overlooking them.

    Episode 75 (part 2): World Breaker

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2024 95:13


    With land in sight, the party is hopeful for a reprieve. But they are intercepted by Nyarlatili, the Avatar of Cthulhu… who invites them to parley over a strangely human meal.

    Episode 75 (part 1): World Breaker

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2024 99:39


    After being devastated by a kraken on the open seas, the party floats adrift. But the ocean is a brutal and unforgiving force of nature.http://voten.mythcraftrpg.com/5

    Sanity Damage Episode 74 Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2024 76:22


    The battle rages on against the Kraken. Can the heroes prevail?http://voten.mythcraftrpg.com/5

    Sanity Damage Episode 74 Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2024 119:58


    The heroes face a brutal attack from a kraken, mind flayers, and Chomp Razorfin, the champion of Nyarlatili.http://voten.mythcraftrpg.com/5

    Only Fins! To Whom the Sea Belongs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 88:37


    Join Nathan, Cody, Pippin, and Maggie in a round table discussion about the campaign and about a variety of characteristically unrelated topics, such as the moon rusting.http://voten.mythcraftrpg.com/5

    Episode 73 (part 2): Stowaway

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2024 61:40


    The party argues about what to do with their unexpected guest, eventually convincing their pirate crew to keep the stowaway on board as long as she pulls her weight. Penelope receives a message from a friend, and danger lurks in the water.http://voten.mythcraftrpg.com/5

    Episode 73 (part 1): Stowaway

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2024 69:32


    We return to Cliffsbay, where Abraham, Penelope, Arf, and Torr prepare for their voyage to Shikyodai. They acquire a ship, a crew… and a stowaway.http://voten.mythcraftrpg.com/5

    Episode 72 (part 2): The End of an Era

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2024 109:07


    At Lake Sankuriang, a devastating battle breaks out. The party holds their own, but were they too late? And what does this mean for the fate of the world? http://voten.mythcraftrpg.com/5

    Episode 72 (part 1): The End of an Era

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2023 87:03


    The cottage in the jungle holds a nasty surprise… and some troubling revelations. The party chooses to push on through the night, trudging through heavier and heavier rain before they arrive at Sankuriang's lake.

    Episode 71 (part 2): Welcome to the Jungle

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2023 83:35


    The party immediately sets out into the jungles of Keluarumah and are accosted by dreadful ahools. Sustaining scrapes and bruises, they press forward and come across a cottage that seems to be straight out of the Legend of Sankuriang.

    Episode 71 (part 1): Welcome to the Jungle

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2023 101:01


    Arriving in the coastal capital of Keluarumah, the party goes on a shopping spree, Klakkr makes an appearance at a Tea and Honey Quarterly office, and the party learn that illithids might be looking for the same artifact that they are.

    Episode 70 (part 2): A Jaded Rat and Lots of Drugs

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2023 75:54


    Seline finds too many drugs. The party learns the history of the Boat of Sankuriang and the Jade Jewel, leading Jack to ponder questions of cosmology. Jack, Klakkr, and Moriarty tend to an emaciated and broken-spirited Hudson Swift.Get in contact with us!Watch us on YouTube Thursdays, 7:30 EST!

    Episode 70 (part 1): A Jaded Rat and Lots of Drugs

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2023 75:06


    Seline finds too many drugs. The party learns the history of the Boat of Sankuriang and the Jade Jewel, leading Jack to ponder questions of cosmology. Jack, Klakkr, and Moriarty tend to an emaciated and broken-spirited Hudson Swift.Get in contact with us!Watch us on YouTube Thursdays, 7:30 EST!

    Episode 69 (part 2): The Debtor's Penance

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2023 99:25


    The desperate battle rages on as the crew battle Thousand Tooth Tom in an effort to rescue Hudson Swift.Get in contact with us!Watch us on YouTube Thursdays, 7:30 EST!

    Episode 69 (part 1): The Debtor's Penance

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2023 91:37


    A desperate battle erupts as the crew battle Thousand Tooth Tom in an effort to rescue Hudson Swift.Get in contact with us!Watch us on YouTube Thursdays, 7:30 EST!

    Episode 68 (part 2): Shock Therapy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2023 78:05


    Seline leads the rest of the party to follow up on her lead with the Dusk noble family. They meet Freya Dusk, a politician who went insane after a confrontation with a mind flayer who calls himself Nyarlatili, the Avatar of Cthulhu.Back on the sea, the party encounters a dreaded foe… and a long-lost friend.

    Episode 68 (part 1): Shock Therapy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2023 83:12


    The treasure crew arrive at the capital of Nerao and plan an overnight stay to repair their boat. Klakkr and Seline lead a night out on the town, and Seline's quest to get in on Nerao's real estate leads to a surprising discovery.

    Episode 67 (part 2): Plunder the Booty

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2023 66:42


    The treasure hunters speak with Neraoese patrol agents and learn that mind flayers are threatening the underwater nations as well as those on the shore. Back onboard the Stormbreaker, Jack has a troubling dream.Get in contact with us!Watch us on YouTube Thursdays, 7:30 EST!

    Episode 67 (part 1): Plunder the Booty

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2023 102:08


    Moriarty leads a diving expedition to plunder the sunken Taiyangese destroyer, but another crew of plunderers battle them for rights to the ship.Get in contact with us!Watch us on YouTube Thursdays, 7:30 EST!

    Episode 66 (part 2): High Seas Skirmish

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2023 104:19


    The treasure hunters learn more of the legend of Sangkuriang. As they sail deeper into contested waters, they are accosted by a pair of Taiyangese warships.Get in contact with us!Watch us on YouTube Thursdays, 7:30 EST!

    Episode 66 (part 1): High Seas Skirmish

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2023 77:25


    The treasure hunters learn more of the legend of Sangkuriang. As they sail deeper into contested waters, they are accosted by a pair of Taiyangese warships.Get in contact with us!Watch us on YouTube Thursdays, 7:30 EST!

    Episode 65 (part 2): Whatever Floats your Boat

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2023 84:28


    The treasure hunters set sail for Keluarumah, braving hurricane winds and an enormous sea monster.Get in contact with us!Watch us on YouTube Thursdays, 7:30 EST!

    Episode 65 (part 1): Whatever Floats your Boat

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2023 82:58


    Jack, Klakkr, Moriarty, and Seline spend the day fixing up their new warship, shopping for supplies, and gathering a crew. They intend to sail for Keluarumah, reembarking on their quest for the artifacts that compose the legendary Jeushpitar Lyre.Get in contact with us!Watch us on YouTube Thursdays, 7:30 EST!

    Episode 64 (part 2): Amendments

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2023 82:16


    The party oversee negotiations and help the various factions interested in Cliffsbay reconfigure its governmental structure. They get reunited with a couple old friends and a former enemy, and plan their next steps in taking on the mind flayers.Get in contact with us!Watch us on YouTube Thursdays, 7:30 EST!

    Episode 64 (part 1): Amendments

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2023 84:57


    The crew is back, LIVE on YouTube! As the dust settles from the Battle of Cliffsbay, the Westannicans, Shadowcats, and Fangdeath call a parley to discuss a ceasefire. The heroes, especially Penny and Abraham, step in and moderate the negotiations.Get in contact with us!Watch us on YouTube Thursdays, 7:30 EST!

    Episode 63: The Battle of Cliffsbay (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2023 85:22


    The Elder Brain has revealed itself and the battle rages on. Things look especially grim for the heroes of Cliffsbay, but they are determined to see this battle through to its bitter end…

    Episode 62: The Battle of Cliffsbay (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2023 86:06


    As the heroes in Cliffsbay launch an assault on the mind flayers' last stronghold in the Riverbed Inn complex, the party that has returned from Trisyn launches their own invasion of the city. Westannicans, Glitzcliffians, Shadowcats, Fangdeath, and the Collective collide in a five-way battle.

    Episode 61: The Lines Are Drawn

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2023 70:41


    While the party in Cliffsbay plans their next move against the mind flayers, the party journeying to the city from Kraz's lair makes similar plans with Hashiss and the Fangdeath.

    Episode 60: Rocks Fall…

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2023 60:55


    The party struggles to defeat Rayalan and escape the cavern with their lives as the cavern collapses.

    Episode 59: Rayalan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2023 63:17


    The party in the caverns beneath Cliffsbay battle Rayalan. As both sides grow more and more desperate, they pull out all stops.

    Episode 58: A Fateful Return

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2023 74:34


    Klakkr and Moriarty attempt to go back to the Well and rescue Jack, picking up a couple new friends along the way. Then, they decide that it's finally time to return to Penjarhao.

    Interlude: The Eye of the Beholder (Part 2)

    Play Episode Play 30 sec Highlight Listen Later May 24, 2023 70:46


    Nagish and Jack continue their sojourn through the stars as Nagish seeks to escape Azathoth's reach. When ambushed by interstellar mind flayers, the unlikely duo confront an unforeseen turn of events.

    Interlude: The Eye of the Beholder (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2023 49:54


    Jack and Nagish float through the Astral Sea, and as they talk philosophy, Nagish reveals secrets regarding the multiverse's entire existence.

    Episode 57: The Collective

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2023 48:33


    As the party continues to explore the lair, they find that they have descended into caverns beneath the waves. They finally come face to face with Rayalan…

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