10 episodes
The Thief Thief Companion
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5.0 • 4 Ratings
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The Thief is an immersive, fully cast, low-fantasy mystery kicked off by the catalytic arrest of a City Watchman, whose obsession with the disappearance a Lady-in-Waiting is left to the only person he trusts: an undermarket draw-latch called Symphony.
The Thief is a Dungeons and Dragons Actual Play edited to within an inch of its life: fully cast, fully immersive.
Created by Michael Schofield
Played by Sisi Wei
Voices by Kristian Byrne, Patrik Deraković-Rakas, S. Kaiya J, Jeremy Roman, Patricia Wires, Charles Villard, Isabela Duffles, Vincent Hughes.
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Gilded, Courtly Cage • Teaser
I am in the script-making part of the next season of The Thief, so there’s not much creative exhaust that makes for a neat update. Instead, how about a new teaser? Here is a letter found in Wirwen Osgard’s things.
Transcript
Credits
Written and produced by Michael SchofieldVoices in order of appearance: Micah Schroeder is Gisela, Michael Schofield is Subprior.Music by Tabletop Audio (see usage statements).
About The Thief
"The Thief" is a Dungeons and Dragons actual play, with just one player -- Sisi Wei -- and a full cast of NPCs, supported with soundscapes.
The original world is grim, and it is unlikely the thief will survive.
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Behind the scenes: http://thiefpodcast.com
Support for just $2 per episode: https://patreon.com/thethief
Thief Companion Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RuTvm561vbTpgnCSp3FSk
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@thethiefpodcast
Tiktok: https://tiktok.com/@thiefpodcast
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Unlikely to Survive • Trailer
"The Thief" is a Dungeons and Dragons actual play, with just one player -- Sisi Wei -- and a full cast of NPCs, supported with soundscapes.
The original world is grim, and it is unlikely the thief will survive.
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Behind the scenes: http://thiefpodcast.com
Support for just $2 per episode: https://patreon.com/thethief
Thief Companion Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RuTvm561vbTpgnCSp3FSk
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@thethiefpodcast
Tiktok: https://tiktok.com/@thiefpodcast
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Night Callers • Chaper Three :: Part Two
Symphony's audience with Lady Merchant concludes, and she spends her first fortuitous night in Merchant's Row.
Credits
Written and produced by Michael Schofield. Played by Sisi Wei. Sound design by Michael Schofield.
Cast, in order of appearance:
Patricia Wires as both Lady Merchant and Nora
Charles Villard as both Marley Osgard and the lovesick Godwin
Anna Braithwaite as Her Lady's Maid
Fletcher Noman as Doorman
Isabela Duffles of the Night-calling Polewick
Jeremy Roman as Hector
The licensed music you heard that I just love was Celtic Harp and respectively Medieval Harps 1 & 2 by a Blacksmith; and The Way It Was and Lore And Myths by Crypt of Insomnia.
The Thief is made possible with the support of patrons we call "the Fyrd." Our thegns Trei Brundrett and Andy McLellan, and our spear-throwers: Rebekah Monson, Mike Atchley, and Andy Priestner.
Help make The Thief for just $2 per episode on patreon.com/thethief.
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Good Impressions • Chapter Three :: Part One
Symphony, as Asta Evansdottir, manages an audience with the belle dame Lady Merchant herself. She has only this one chance to get in through the front door.
Support our story, gain early access to new unpublished audio dramas in the same world, and find a free transcript for this episode alongside its highest quality version of the audio on patreon.com/thethief.
Credits
Written and produced by Michael Schofield. Played by Sisi Wei. Sound design by Michael Schofield.
Cast, in order of appearance:
Patrik Derakovic-Rakas as Drypoint
Kristian Byrne as the announcer
Sisi Wei as Symphony
Fletcher Noman as Gatekeeper
Logan Riensmith as Wagon-loader
Jeremy Roman as Albret Solly
Patricia Wires as Nora
Vincent Hughes as Messenger
Patricia Wires as Lady Merchant
Anna Braithwaite as Her Lady's Maid
The Thief is made possible with the support of patrons we call "the Fyrd." Our thegns Trei Brundrett and Andy McLellan, and our spear-throwers: Rebekah Monson, Mike Atchley, and Andy Priestner. And with the support of our freepeoples, who help spread the word on social: SC Tadsen (@sctadsen), Patrik Derakovic-Rakas (@drpatrikva), Kris the Deserted GM (@desertedgm), Rusty Rayne (@rustyrayne), and Nathan from the AARPG Podcast (@tatooineunited.bsky.social).
Help make The Thief for just $2 per episode on patreon.com/thethief.
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Doppleganger • Chapter Two :: Part Two
Symphony can’t get in with Merchant’s Row without some proof of - competency. So, she drops-in on an old friend. A transcript is published for free alongside the highest quality version of the audio on patreon.com/michaelschofield.
Credits
Written and produced by Michael Schofield. Played by Sisi Wei. Dialogue editing by Brianna Jean. Sound design by Michael Schofield.
Cast, in order of appearance:
Sisi Wei as Symphony
Kristian Byrne as the announcer
Charles Villard as Haldwen
Patricia Wires as Isobel Hart
Patrik Derakovic-Rakas as both Tailor’s Apprentice and Drypoint
The Thief is produced by the Fyrd. Our thegns Trei Brundrett and Andy McLellan, and our spear-throwers: Rebekah Monson, Mike Atchley, and Andy Priestner.
Join these heroes and join the fyrd and help me make more stories about the legacy of Caledoran at https://patreon.com/michaelschofield.
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The First Stone • Chapter Two :: Part One
For the first time we really see Symphony's neighborhood, Lorim's Hill, as she -- against Haldwen's warning -- starts looking under the rocks for clues about Eleanor Merchant and Lord Cagwen. A transcript is available on patreon.com/michaelschofield.
CreditsWritten and produced by Michael SchofieldPlayed by Sisi WeiDialogue editing by Brianna JeanCast, in order of appearance:
Kristian Byrne as the announcer
Michael Schofield as the storyteller and Old Gossip
Sisi Wei as Symphony
Patricia Wires as Regal Gossip, Shrewed Gossip, and Isobel Hart
Charles Villard as Haldwen.
The Thief is produced by the fyrd. Our thegns Trei Brundrett and Andy McLellan, and our spear-throwers: Rebekah Monson,
Mike Atchley, Andy Priestner, and Joshua Simpson.
Special thanks to the hérd, who answered the call to help bring The Thief to new ears.
S. Kaiya J. creates strange and contemplative tabletop RPGs at https://mirror-lock.com.
Isabela Duffles is our village's artist at https://isabeladuffles.com, and she's working with me right now on a comic called Swán.
A very special thanks to Brigette Metzler, who wants to point out the volunteer-run ResearchOps community, a global community dedicated to scaling the impact and the craft of user research at https://researchops.community. You can sponsor the running of the 15,000-person-strong community on Patreon.
Super special thanks to Sean Tadsen, who I see help signal-boost The Thief all the time. He streams every Friday on Twitch at https://twitch.tv/librarianwritergeek.
Thanks to Emil, who is part of Double DM Podcast at https://twitter.com/DoubleDMPod. Ya'll are so prolific; I have no idea how you do it.
And Adam Yauhasz, or Brim, or Razahhh. Voice actor and streamer over at https://twitch.tv/therazahhh - with three H's.
And thanks to Bad Heroes, a fantasy actual play podcast about hapless adventurers hunting deadly curses in a realm bound to Hell. You can find them at http://badheroescast.com.
Join these heroes and join the fyrd and help me make more stories about the legacy of Caledoran at https://patreon.com/michaelschofield.
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Customer Reviews
Great soundscape gets you into the game!
The sound editing and voice acting leads to immediate immersion into the story. If you like role playing scenarios, this is your jam.
Excellent podcast
This is a very engaging and entertaining podcast and while there’s not many episodes, I’m looking forward to what’s ahead. This is the kind of podcast that I look for constantly but seldom find. Well produced, Lots of ambience, good voice acting and at least based on a D&D actual play. Fantastic
Atmospheric Low Fantsy
Characters interactions feel natural, the story is intriguing so far, and a lot of little things like background sounds and scene descriptions tie it all together. Highly suggested if you like low fantasy stories with all of the urban thievery that comes with it.