Ross Payton

Work in Progress of October's RPPR Illustrated: A Safe house of a forgotten superhero

Starting next month, we're switching the focus of RPPR Illustrated to handouts and resources for players and GMs. This image is a work in progress sketch of part of this image. This is not a finalized image.

For the first image in this series, we'll have a map usable in Base Raiders or any other modern superhero game: 

A small base created with Build-A-Base technology. The owner was a minor superhero with stealth powers. They worked with the Ideal but avoided the new...

2021-09-26 18:27:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Early Access: Red Markets: The Cooper County War - Episode 12

Off to Troutfit for some collector firearms! What could possibly cause Deacon to have a mental breakdown on the way? 

RPPR Patreon Poll 2021

Hi! I am conducting a survey to help improve the RPPR Patreon. Feel free to share the link with anyone you know who listens to RPPR. Please try to submit your answers in a week. Thanks for your help! 

Early Access: Blades in the Dark: The Blind Eyes - Episode 21

If you want to fight a demon, you need a special weapon to slay the demon. Otherwise you're just wasting time. 

Early Access: Red Markets: The Cooper County War - Episode 11

The D4s gotta retrieve a cache of goods from an underground storage facility, a very safe and not at all infested hellhole. 

After Hours: Ninjas and Superspies Part 1

We're back! There's one Palladium RPG we've barely mentioned and it's now time to dissect it. Ninjas and Superspies is a bizarre mix of high tech espionage and martial art mysticism. It supposedly contains 41 unique martial art forms but as Baz, Rob, and I discover, it's a bit weirder than that. 

Rob's podcast, The Orpheus Protocol is worth checking out.

2021-09-06 17:18:55 +0000 UTC View Post

RPPR Patron Online Games for September

I am changing how I announce online games for the month. I (Ross Payton) will run 2 games a month and announce the dates and systems here at the beginning of the month. Signing up and running the games will still be handled through our Discord. The first game will have a synopsis here.

HOW TO SIGN UP FOR A GAME: 

1. Join the RPPR Patreon at the $10 or $25 level

2. Link your Patreon account to your Discord account. Instructions here. This will allow you ...

Actual Play Remastered Poll #1

Here's the link for the first poll for voting on the Remastered AP episodes. If you want details on the individual episodes, check the initial special offer post. It has links to all 20 episodes. 

Thank you for supporting RPPR!

Early Access: Blades in the Dark: The Blind Eyes - Episode 20

It's time to finally steal the Soul Engine! How do you steal an entire building, guarded by the Blue Coats? If anyone can figure that out, it's the Blind Eyes!

RPPR Illustrated: Monster of the Week: Godzilla versus Malum

In the latter stages of a mission with reality itself as the stakes, the  G-force team struggle to control their hijacked helicopter and pray to  Holy Mothra for salvation as the titular titans clash in downtown Tokyo.

A thrilling scene from our Heisei-era one shot!  

2021-09-01 18:44:42 +0000 UTC View Post

Early Access: Red Markets: The Cooper County War - Episode 10

The D4s travel to an enclave dealing with river pirates and try to score a new vehicle. Drink tickets are involved. Also heavy metal music. 

Special Offer: Remastered Actual Plays Volume 1

I have launched a special offer for patrons who are interested in listening to classic actual play episodes with improved audio quality. I’ve attached an example AP, Lady Gaga 2.0.

Lady Gaga was originally recorded in 2010 with a Zoom h2 recorder. It’s a bit rough at places. In the years since I recorded this episode, I’ve learned more about editing audio and I have access to better audio editing software and hardware. I recently re-edited the source file to improve its audio qual...

Early Access: Blades in the Dark: The Blind Eyes - Episode 19

The Blind Eyes sneak into the offshore facility run by the Whalers and Mr. Ink to find out what's really going on in there.

Arkham Cold Cases: Podcasting Ethics

After ethical issues arose from the last episode, Scott Daniels brings in a special guest to discuss ethical podcasting. It seems the guest may have their own agenda for visiting though...

Special guests: Nathan Shelton and Tom Church. Check out Frightmare Theater Podcast to hear more from Nathan. 

Next month, we return to After Hours to look at Ninjas and Superspies! 

Early Access: Red Markets: The Cooper County War - Episode 9

The D4s visit an airport for some choice looting but discover there's a reason no one else has looted it.

Early Access: Blades in the Dark: The Blind Eyes - Episode 18

The Gang goes out into the Wastes and Messes with an Artifact that May Break the Space Time Continuum. 

RPPR Illustrated: Delta Green - Spearfinger

Baz's recent Delta Green game, Spear Finger, was unique and thrilling enough to merit an illustration. If you haven't listened to the game yet, check it out! 

On the top left we have the church picnic that  starts the whole grim business off, with Spearfinger-as-Ruth reaching  out for a new victim; Below...

Early Access: Red Markets: The Cooper County War - Episode 8

There's a puppy in this game! Also, a score to get computers running adobe flash because they're super rare and valuable. What could go wrong?

Early Access: Blades in the Dark: The Blind Eyes - Episode 17

Now this is the part of the campaign that goes Yojimbo because all RPGs become a Yojimbo. 

Early Access: Red Markets: The Cooper County War - Episode 7

There's a new member of the D4s just in time to finish the rope job! Can the D4s navigate the social scene of an enclave to secure the goods?

Early Access: Blades in the Dark: The Blind Eyes - Episode 16

The Blind Eyes break into the Vault of Secrets! Once they get inside, can they find the documents they need before the alarm is raised?

Tillinghast's Secrets - The Benevolent Street Mystery - Part 3

Walter Alan Peabody, a member of the Arkham Historical Society, visits to explain what the society knows about the Tillinghast case. He reveals some shocking information, although I remain dubious about some of his claims.

Our guest was played by Baz. Check out his livestreams on Twitch!  

This episode was based on the story ...

RPPR Illustrated: Wild Talents - The Heroes of New Arcadia - Cosmic Tier

The final tier of our Heroes of New Arcadia campaign! 

Clockwise from top left; Silver Centurion goes on a drunken flight  through the skies above Las Vegas accompanied by two fellow revelers;  Later, as a coup threatens the very planet, he wrestles with a thorny  moral choice; Science Ghost, currently ...

Early Access: Red Markets: The Cooper County War - Episode 6

The D4s find out getting to the job site is just as dangerous as the job itself...

Early Access: The Ultimate RPG Game Master's Worldbuilding Guide with James D’Amato

This episode is a bit different. James D’Amato from the One Shot podcast conducts some world building exercises in the Base Raiders setting! Check out his new book today. 

Early Access: Blades in the Dark: The Blind Eyes - Episode 15

The Blind Eyes go to jail! For reasons. Can they get back out?

Early Access: Red Markets: The Cooper County War - Episode 5

A cache of lawn tools you say? A hedge maze you say? To shreds you say?

Arkham Cold Cases - The Benevolent Street Mystery - Part 2

Perhaps the mystery behind Crawford Tillinghast's untimely death had nothing to do with the pineal gland. Our guest, a most unconventional expert, posits a theory in our first episode recorded live in my garret apartment! Check out this highly charged episode!

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Our guest was Caleb Stokes.
This episode was inspired by the story From Beyond.

Thanks for supporting the RPPR Patreon!

Early Access: Blades in the Dark: The Blind Eyes - Episode 14

The Blind Eyes go undercover by disguising themselves as merchants for an upper class dinner party. They want to learn a secret or two by ingratiating themselves with The Hive, a powerful faction of the wealthy. 

RPPR Illustrated: Wild Talents - The Heroes of New Arcadia - Global Tier

The second tier of our first superhero campaign, now in thrilling color!  

Returning  triumphant from their planet-saving mission to outer space, they arrive  to a grateful city in the midst of an unprecedented gathering of the  superpowered community- only to find feds waiting for them...