The Hexplora-Corp takes a dip and swims to the lake island to discover it's already inhabited by a COLLECTIVE NOUN of punch seals! After the encounter they continue south to the mountains and discover a mysterious sinkhole that matches up oddly with that stone spire they discovered last month....
Hitting the trail once again, the Hexplora-Corp move south towards the mountains in freshly painted exploration buggies. Getting to the southern edge of the lake they run afoul of a polyphonic gel that has made its home among the reeds and cattails of this river mouth.
Their first Charter turn a complete success, the party decides to spend a little time in Orliedan's Rest before continuing their hexploration. The next morning, the entire settlement is awoken to an explosion coming from the Environmental Lab. Worried about the animals they've brought back from the wild, Tomo and the gang rush to see what's the matter.
After a truly delightful Time Recap-sule from Adam, the Hexplora-Corp heads back to Orliedan's Rest to do their first round of Charter Management. We do a great job of mixing the crunch of the rules with wonderful roleplay with some of the fellow settlers they've yet to interact with. Some decisions about the direction of the settlement are made, and the party is now going to chill at and around town for a bit. Lot of moving parts to attend to, like what's going one at the Environmental Sciences Lab???
After stumbling into a cavern the heroes cut, blast, crawl, and float their way towards the sensestone they've been tracking. After making their way back out they say farewell to their friend Rigel with the promise of a return to harvest more of this Fury sensestone in the coming months when the settlement has grown more.
The crew arrive at the base of a mountain range and after some soul-searching Hull has requested it be named in memory of his deceased daughter So the group traverse up and up the Hella Mountains where they meet up with Rigel's fellow Moyishuu travelers and are taught a ritual to help them find the sensestone.
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With a hunch that the source sensestone may be near the mountains, the crew make their way south and encounter a strange stone pillar covered in runes that absolutely does not belong here. We also discover a tactical deficit the party has with swarms. Definitely will not be filing that away to use against them later...
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A far off traveler has arrived at Weydana-4 seeking something called sensestone. And they say it's rather dangerous to handle. So Rigel joins the party and the crew mount up and continue their hexploration of their charter. What sort of strange properties does this substance have, and what effect will it have on our emotion-fueled Solarian, Tomo?
Thanks to Micah for joining us as the Rigel, the Moyishuu Precog. He brought a lot of energy and fun to the group. Rigel will be accompanying the party for a few sessions, hope you enjoy those new abilities from the new Precog class!
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The Hexplora-Corp team performs recon on a forest and bond over a campfire after a wild elemental attack. Continuing around the lake their settlement rests against, they slog thru a mucky mess to discover a mysterious meteorite. But what's that slithering thru these white trumpet vines??
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The Hexplora-Corp team saves the power station from a shocking, plant-based infestation and meet the settlement's resident action hero. All of that before they relax around a campfire for their first night on Weydana-4. The next day they set out on some spiffy wheels and we learn about hexploration rules.
The Hexplora-Corp faces off against a small colony of burrowing insectoid vermin, before taking a tour of the location they've chosen for their new settlement.
The Hexplora-Corp team boards a starship on Triaxus bound for Weydana-4. They spend time in the Drift and we get to know who our party is before they make a rather indelicate landing on this new site of a settlement still to be named...
This is the first episode of our 'Horizons of the Vast' stream converted to podcast form. New episodes will be released one week after the initial stream so if you want to stay as caught up as possible the best way is to tune in every other Thursday from 6-8pm EST at https://twitch.tv/hexgridheroes
Want to say a big thanks to my players Karee, Pan, Jeff, and Adam for embarking on this journey with me. Your energy rocked. Special thanks to Jeff for handling so much of the tech side of things, to Adam for his great artwork, and a starship-sized thanks to all of you that showed up to make our premiere so special. Music from this podcast and stream is from TabletopAudio.com