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Maxwell trades the shadows of military installations for the dim warmth of Milwaukee's artistic underground, seeking refuge among the living rather than chasing the dead. But even in Riverwest's Co-op, where paint fumes mix with sage and broken dreams get second chances, the past has a way of bleeding through.

When a fellow artist's sketch reveals more than intended, and a mysterious newcomer begins collecting local talent like trophies, Maxwell discovers that his quest for human connection might have led him straight into another predator's web. Sometimes the most dangerous monsters are the ones who walk in daylight.

A blood-soaked tale of survival, art, and the thin line between predator and prey in post-Kindred Milwaukee.

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Claude AI for generating storyhooks and random tables.

Audacity for mixing and editing.

Playing through a pre-written adventure by 1 Shot Adventures with Claude AI as the GM. Descend into the darkness beneath 1918 New York City in this thrilling Call of Cthulhu solo adventure. When subway workers vanish in the newly excavated tunnels, one investigator ventures into the claustrophobic depths to uncover the truth. What starts as a search for missing men quickly spirals into a nightmare lurking in the suffocating darkness. Armed with only a flickering flashlight and fading courage, can our investigator prevent a catastrophic ritual that threatens to drown the world in primordial ooze? Join me for this tense journey through byzantine corridors where cosmic dread awaits around every corner.

A solo actual play of "Shadows of the Old Subway" using Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition rules.

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Voiceovers provided by Hume AI.

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Google Docs used for tracking character stats and the story.

Claude AI for generating storyhooks and random tables.

Audacity for mixing and editing.

Maxwell's night begins with another mess to clean. Apparently, being an apex predator doesn't guarantee you'll catch dinner. 

Armed with a borrowed badge and questionable fashion choices, Maxwell navigates locked doors, suspicious patrols, and filing cabinets full of secrets the Second Inquisition would kill to keep buried. What he finds in the basement changes everything. Hunted. Studied. Catalogued.

Join me for another installment of Midnight Ledger: Milwaukee where survival is a full-time job, and the health benefits are terrible.

 Content Warning: This episode contains depictions of violence, blood drinking/feeding, gunfire, and illegal acts. Listener discretion is advised. 

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Voiceovers provided by Hume AI.

Background music provided by Pixabay.

Google Docs used for tracking character stats and the story.

Claude AI for generating storyhooks and random tables.

Audacity for mixing and editing.

Maxwell wakes to find himself falling back into old habits: breaking, entering, and making terrible decisions.

A lead on possibly the only other Kindred left in Milwaukee pulls Maxwell into dangerous territory. Army bases don't take kindly to nocturnal visitors, even ones who claim they're just "lost." Between dodging bullets, acquiring questionable real estate in drainage pipes, and accidentally creating new problems while solving old ones, Maxwell learns that survival in post-purge Milwaukee requires equal parts cunning and cardio.

Midnight Ledger: Milwaukee — where the monsters are gone, but the mess they left behind is just getting started.

Content Warning: Violence, blood feeding, drug references, coerced blood exchange

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Voiceovers provided by Hume AI.

Background music provided by Pixabay.

Google Docs used for tracking character stats and the story.

Claude AI for generating storyhooks and random tables.

Audacity for mixing and editing.

Midnight Ledger: Milwaukee where the supernatural world of Vampire: The Masquerade collides with a city that's forgotten its monsters ever existed.

Maxwell Audron shouldn't be here. He shouldn't be anywhere. The Camarilla's gone along with the rest of the Kindred.

In this inaugural episode, Maxwell learns that survival in post-purge Milwaukee means balancing two impossible choices: feed too little and risk the Beast taking over, or feed too often and risk getting caught. When a routine hunt goes sideways and a protective instinct leads to gunfire outside a strip club, Maxwell discovers that being a "good" vampire in a world without Kindred might be the loneliest—and deadliest—job in the city.

This is Playing with AI—an actual play podcast where solo RPG meets generative storytelling in the World of Darkness.

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Voiceovers provided by Hume AI.

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Google Docs used for tracking character stats and the story.

Claude AI for generating storyhooks and random tables.

Audacity for mixing and editing.

From the warmth of the Co-Op to the shadow of Washington Park's murky lagoon, Maxwell follows a trail that suggests he may not be the last predator left in Milwaukee after all.  Maxwell's investigation into the mysterious Toma takes a deadly turn when a simple apartment search becomes a lesson in how quickly survival instincts can override conscience. 

Some hunts end with answers. Others just reveal how deep the darkness goes.

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Voiceovers provided by Hume AI.

Background music provided by Pixabay.

Google Docs used for tracking character stats and the story.

Claude AI for generating storyhooks and random tables.

Audacity for mixing and editing.