Necropolitans, episode 98: Being engulfed in frozen sludge

Jaal is trapped inside his own mind, in Episode 098: Being engulfed in frozen sludge

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The first of three solo sessions with Nathan, exploring Jaal's fragile mental state from the inside. This was a fun exercise in mostly improvised roleplay around various incidents from the campaign, points from the extensive backstory he'd written, and things I'd woven between the two or just thought would be fun. Very little of this was planned and most of the time I had very little idea what Nathan would do.

I will say it's difficult doing creepy atmosphere for things that should be creepy to that person specifically. You've got your Generic Creepy factors, but playing into Jaal's specific quirks was a challenge at times.

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4. Episode 007: Screaming blue murder from his waist (start of Castaways)
5. Episode 023: Everyone knows that mummy octopi are not scared of cooking (start of Nautical Shenanigans)
6. Episode 027: The crumpling noise you can hear was Book 2 (start of Nameless Ancients)
7. Episode 049: Mint Ice Cream (start of Trouble in Cheliax)
8. Episode 067: Or we'll come and eat you and your children (start of Road to Rachikan)
9. Episode 074: Give me a butter knife and about three days (start of City in the Deep)
10. Episode 088: I don’t want to try and explain why I’m covered in grease (start of Iris flashback)
11. Episode 092: Someone that might have fetishes (start of Business in Belde)
12. Episode 094: Like a dead, dead corpse (start of Makoa flashback)
13. Episode 097: Neither of you have eyes (start of Inside Jaal's Brain)
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