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Nature Check is a show where scientists play TTRPGs. Through our games, we hope to show you that scientists are real people with bawdy senses of humor and creative solutions to problems. We also hope to use our game worlds to talk about real issues in biology, ecology, environmental science, scientific research, and society.
Episodes
Monday Sep 30, 2019
Monday Sep 30, 2019
The PCs meet Siwan, the young(?) woman to whom Hudson Green is indebted. The group makes a deal with her and signs a contract in order to release the Greens from their debt and allow Janet Green to testify and provide Jay with an alibi for the night of the murder of Timothy Prendergast. But will Janet's testimony and Kae's presentation of the evidence be enough to prove Jay's innocence?
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Joe/Lucanus: @Stylopidae
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Peter/Cedric: @petercoffey
Ryan/Fletcher: @Entemnein
Channel art by Sheryl/The Roving Naturalist
The Arda Campaign is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC.
Saturday Oct 05, 2019
Saturday Oct 05, 2019
Peter and Sheryl do a recap of Episode 6 of Nature Check, then speak with player Joe Ballenger (@Stylopidae on Twitter) about his background in industry and new PhD research. Joe also talks about his innovative science communication project, Ask an Entomologist, that he runs with fellow Nature Check player Nancy.
Have questions for the cast about the Nature Check game, or just science in general? Leave them in the comments, or tweet us at @CheckNature and we'll do our best to answer them!
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Monday Oct 14, 2019
Monday Oct 14, 2019
In this episode, we wind the hands of the clock back, long ago to a time when the world of Lasudes was still being ravaged by the wars of The Loss (so, like, 20 years prior to the opening scenes of the core game story). Our PCs are on board a Tainibrian naval vessel, the "Drake's Crest," but they have been separated from the rest of the fleet by a terrible storm, then attacked by a monstrous Megalodon. Will the crew be able to get to land before their ship sinks? And if they do make it to the coast of Arda, will they find a safe place to make landfall?
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Emily/Lt. Carter Dawson-Clark: @embododd
Joe/Master Peter Mathers: @Stylopidae
Eric/Radiant Marshall Brown: @EricJEarley
Peter/Dr. Percy Quilton: @petercoffey
Channel art by Sheryl/The Roving Naturalist
"From the Annals of History" is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC.
Tuesday Oct 29, 2019
Tuesday Oct 29, 2019
Apologies in advance: Our streaming tech was acting up again, so the first part of the episode has choppy audio. But we promise it gets better!
The PCs hear a story from an unfortunate farmer whose livestock were mysteriously killed and sucked dry. While out on the farm investigating the deaths, they meet an Ibixian who agrees to assist them with their work in return for some help with his own quest. The group reacts quickly to an emergency in a crop field, but will they be too late?
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Sheryl/DM: @RvingNaturalist
Joe/Lucanus: @Stylopidae
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Peter/Cedric: @petercoffey
Dan/Bedwyr: @DanPeach3
Channel art by Sheryl/The Roving Naturalist
The Arda Campaign is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC.
Friday Nov 01, 2019
Friday Nov 01, 2019
Peter and Sheryl do a recap of Episode 7 of Nature Check, then speak with special guest player Dan Peach (@DanPeach3 on Twitter) about his PhD research on mosquitoes, Canada, and his Dungeons & Dragons background.
Have questions for the cast about the Nature Check game, or just science in general? Leave them in the comments, or tweet us at @CheckNature and we'll do our best to answer them!
Sunday Nov 03, 2019
Sunday Nov 03, 2019
The PCs and their new Ibixian companion clean up the flooded farm field, removing any further threat of stirges (at least for now). They do what they can for the grieving widow, then agree to travel to the Ibixian encampment to meet the clan chief and the wise woman in order to repay the favor.
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Dan/Bedwyr: @DanPeach3
Channel art by Sheryl/The Roving Naturalist
The Arda Campaign is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC.
Sunday Nov 24, 2019
Sunday Nov 24, 2019
Isbeil, the Ibixian wise woman with whom the PCs had spoken to in the camp of the Chun An Iar, requests that they help two young Ibixians with a problem in the Coille Neo-Chríochnach (Unending Forest) far across the grasslands to the east of New Sechester. Will the PCs be able to find a solution to the problem with the trees? And will they be able to survive their first foray into the forests of Arda?
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Jody/Tempest: @JodyBugsMeUNL
Jon/Calder: @bugmanjon
Channel art by Sheryl/The Roving Naturalist
The Arda Campaign is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC.
Tuesday Dec 03, 2019
Tuesday Dec 03, 2019
Isbeil, the Ibixian wise woman with whom the PCs had spoken to in the camp of the Chun An Iar, rewards them for the help they've rendered to the tribes and marks them as friends of the Ibixian people. The group makes their way back through the grasslands, where they engage in combat with goblins and an orc. Kae and Lucanus are both shaken after the battle and take some time to recuperate, while Fletcher accompanies Cedric on adventure to go shopping for his first time ever.
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Ryan/Fletcher: @Entemnein
Channel art by Sheryl/The Roving Naturalist
The Arda Campaign is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC.
Monday Jan 20, 2020
Monday Jan 20, 2020
Kae is nowhere to be found, so the boys are on their own. Cedric and Fletcher find a concerning bill posted on a wall in town that causes the group to act even more squirrelly than usual. However, despite the scare, they still manage to make some appointments and have a very thorough conversation with Casper Reid, the Cartographer for the Royal Academy of Explorers.
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Peter/Cedric: @petercoffey
Ryan/Fletcher: @Entemnein
Channel art by Sheryl/The Roving Naturalist
The Arda Campaign is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC.
Monday Jan 27, 2020
Monday Jan 27, 2020
Cedric, Fletcher, and "Frank" experience the festivities of New Sechester Day, but without Kae they seem to be utterly at a loss. Fletcher and Cedric meet Captain Dawson-Clark at the naval fort and share their fears about an orc invasion, while Lucanus seems to be developing a concerning drinking habit.
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Follow us on Twitter:
Nature Check: @CheckNature
Sheryl/DM: @RvingNaturalist
Nancy/Kae: @SciBugs
Peter/Cedric: @petercoffey
Ryan/Fletcher: @Entemnein
Channel art by Sheryl/The Roving Naturalist
The Arda Campaign is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC.