Throughout the Planescape there are countless wars between good and evil, lawful and chaotic. Forces of great power shift the very nature of reality. These are not their stories...
Join Rolling with Difficulty as we explore the Planescape, following adventurers out on the Astral Sea, on the streets of the City of Doors, and beyond!
Every episode of this D&D 5e actual play podcast follows a different entry in our adventures, and are intended to be watched in any order your heart desires. Follow the tale from the beginning, or jump in along the way, however you listen it's sure to be a wild ride!
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Open and Shut Season 1 Episode 9: "Sabotage on the Concordant Express"
Season 1 · Episode 9
Friday, September 6, 2024 • Duration 03:23:55
An invitation to join the maiden voyage of the Concordant Express arrives at Open and Shut, and our detectives are eager to learn all that locomotion can do! If only they weren't the only ones interested in inter-planar rail travel...
---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a PG-13 program!---
Want to send us snail mail? Use this Address: Austin Funk 1314 5th Ave PO Box # 1163 Bay Shore NY 11706 Character Art by @stuckinspace Background Art by @tanukimi.s
Music by: Dominic Ricciardi https://soundcloud.com/dominicricciardimusic Featured Tracks: Open and Shut Theme City of Doors Investigation Theme Mysterious Theme Rolling, Possibly with a Bit of Difficulty
Open and Shut Season 1 Episode 8: "Return to Sender"
Season 1 · Episode 8
Friday, August 30, 2024 • Duration 03:29:01
Knights of the Post are at it again, and as experienced thief/mailman stoppers, the detectives of Open and Shut are hot on their trail. But they're not the only ones tracking these particular Knights, and not everyone is quite so discriminating about how they handle other folks that get in their way...
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Open and Shut Season 1 Episode 1: “A Dame, A Deal, A Devil”
Season 1 · Episode 1
Friday, July 5, 2024 • Duration 03:56:14
Content Warning: Arachnophobia
Step on in to Open and Shut Investigations! When you've got a job that needs doing, they're the cutters for the gig. In the series premiere of Rolling with Difficulty's second campaign, our new crew of heroes are hired by an academic in distress, and quickly find themselves thrown into a world of devils and deals. Will they crack the case? Find out in Open and Shut!
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Rolling with Difficulty Presents: "Shadow of the Skysplitter"
Season 5
Friday, June 7, 2024 • Duration 04:10:36
Content Warning: Giant Insects, Entomophobia
As the century brood awakens, five inhabitants find themselves drawn to an ancient ruin, and the tense standoff between the Farmerlings and Cloudlings that reside there. How will they sway the situation? And will they escape before the Imago arrive? We dive into the system "Cloud Empress" in this one-shot adventure! Along with special guest player Eric Silver of Join the Party Podcast, and lead by our very own Red, the crew dives into a Ghibli-inspired world and braves environmental doom. Will they survive?
Rolling with Difficulty Campaign 2, "Open and Shut," begins this summer! Return to Sigil and join our new team of adventurers for hire as they help solve crime (and other problems) in the City of Doors.
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Rolling with Difficulty Presents: "Hunt the Beast"
Season 5
Friday, April 26, 2024 • Duration 03:38:05
Content Warning: Character Death, Claustrophobia
Choose your weapon, noble knights, and begin again the hunt. The Rolling with Difficulty crew is trying our Gila RPG's Hunt, a Lumen 2.0 system, as our crew steps into a spirit-filled forest to track and defeat a mighty beast. The obstacles on their quest are many, can our knights make it to the heart of the forest?
Rolling with Difficulty Campaign 2 begins this summer! Return to Sigil and join our new team of adventurers for hire as they help solve crime (and other problems) in the City of Doors.
---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a PG-13 program!---
Cast: Dungeon Master - Austin Funk Twitter: The Set's Journal of Faerun: BlueSky:
Per Aspera Season 5 Episode 10: “Hearts Unbound”
Season 5 · Episode 10
Friday, March 15, 2024 • Duration 03:36:12
CONTENT WARNING: Stress, Anxiety, the Five Stages of TTRPG Combat Grief
After saving the Planescape, the crew faces their greatest foe, DX-TR. The mechanite holding their way home hostage, they must stand together, or risk falling apart. In this, the thrilling conclusion of the Per Aspera campaign!
Thank you for listening to the Per Aspera campaign from Rolling with Difficulty! It has been our honor and our joy to have you out on the Astral Sea with us. The pod will be back this summer for campaign 2, but until then, be sure to follow us on socials and Discord, and stay tuned for one shots and more info about our upcoming Sigil campaign. With difficulty, to the stars...
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Per Aspera Season 5 Episode 9: “Mindflayer Over Matter”
Season 5 · Episode 9
Friday, March 8, 2024 • Duration 02:54:31
CONTENT WARNING: Character Death, Kidnapping
One foe vanquished, the crew delves deeper into the Dreadnought. Their target all too eager to greet them. In the final confrontation with the Progenitor, will all their preparations be enough? And where is DX-TR!
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Returning to the Synobium for the final time, the crew begins their assault on the Dreadnaught. Many foes lie in wait, twisted halls and malicious devices, will they be able to push through and save the Planescape?
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Cast: Dungeon Master - Austin FunkTwitter: The Set's Journal of Faerun: BlueSky:
We're Level Fourteen!
Season 5
Monday, February 26, 2024 • Duration 08:12
The end is looming and we forgot to announce it, but turns out, breaking the laws of the Planescape let you level up! Enjoy this surprise lil get stronger session before the campaign finale!
---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a PG-13 program!---
Want to send us snail mail? Use this Address: Austin Funk 1314 5th Ave PO Box # 1163 Bay Shore NY 11706 Character Art by @stuckinspace Background Art by @tanukimi.s
Music by: Dominic Ricciardi https://soundcloud.com/dominicricciardimusic Featured Tracks: Open and Shut Theme City of Doors Investigation Theme Mysterious Theme Big Battle Fancy Party
Want to send us snail mail? Use this Address: Austin Funk 1314 5th Ave PO Box # 1163 Bay Shore NY 11706 Character Art by @stuckinspace Background Art by @tanukimi.s
Music by: Dominic Ricciardi https://soundcloud.com/dominicricciardimusic Featured Tracks: Open and Shut Theme City of Doors Piano Downtime Big Battle Tense Moment Rolling, Possibly with a bit of Difficulty Investigation Theme Mysterious Downtime
Want to send us snail mail? Use this Address: Austin Funk 1314 5th Ave PO Box # 1163 Bay Shore NY 11706 Campaign Art by @stuckinspace
Music by: Dominic Ricciardi https://soundcloud.com/dominicricciardimusic Featured Tracks: Rolling with Difficulty Theme Big Downtime Rolling, Possibly with a Bit of Difficulty Tense Moment Final Battle
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