Episode 2 – “A Plague of Words”

Alchemy Investigations

This time on Alchemy Investigations, we explore the mysterious death of Dr. Jura Wieland, his role in bringing about the Plague of Words, and we question just what lurks out in the far reaches beyond the Adhim desert. Bad or not, some lands were never meant for footprints, and some tongues are best kept behind teeth. Stay tuned, Investigators.

Now to pick up where Ichabod left off. Follow the following links to transform this mystery into a playable TTRPG module. 

Episode 2 – “A Plague of Words” Episode Page:
https://www.alchemyinvestigations.com/eps/ep2.html

[For Everyone] Episode 2 – Cast of Characters
https://www.alchemyinvestigations.com/pdfs/PDF_ThreeStaves_Characters.pdf

[For Everyone] Episode 2 –  Spoiler-Free Map
https://www.alchemyinvestigations.com/maps/Map_ThreeStaves.png

[FOR GAME LEADS ONLY] Episode 2 – How to Run The Mystery
https://www.alchemyinvestigations.com/pdfs/PDF_ThreeStaves.pdf


Alchemy Investigations is a unique podcast and role-playing game (RPG) project hosted by Investigator Ichabod M. Groster. Every episode features an unsolved mystery that becomes a system-agnostic tabletop RPG (TTRPG) adventure for you and your friends to solve—for free!

Each unnerving episode includes spoiler-free resources for players and full-spoiler materials for game leaders. Players can enjoy the fictional, “true-crime” style podcast to learn about the mystery from an in-world perspective. Meanwhile, game leaders can access the detailed module materials, which provide the complete mystery, along with advice on how to integrate the scenario into your next RPG session.

Listen to the podcast. Roll the dice. Solve the mystery.

Alchemy Investigation and its related materials are offered with absolutely no warranty nor support and are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).
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