The party recaps entering a fog-shrouded, decrepit town, fighting undead near a Church of Tyr, discovering townsfolk are euphoric and branded when they notice the true horror, and finding a mass grave where Isabelle grabs dog tags and resists corrupting ichor. They follow an eight-legged “spider rat” into the crypt of Elora Thorn, avoid a hoard mimic treasure room, and trigger a sarcophagus/portal that separates Van into a strange house. Inside, they find a guest book of notable townspeople, Van has extra brands and no reflection, and a Modron servant says its mistress Velma Thorn left centuries ago; it identifies several names tied to the town. After manipulating a magically stuck grandfather clock to midnight and reaching an attic lab under time-stop, Velma’s diary reveals she tried to undo Elora’s death via a deal. In the basement they battle a multi-headed bear-sized spider-rat and shadows, seize a cipher fragment orb, lift the town’s curse, and are teleported back to town.

00:00 Session Recap Begins

03:41 Graveyard Dog Tags Curse

07:08 Spider Rat Leads to Crypt

09:55 Elora Thorn Crypt Entry

13:03 Split Level Crypt Exploration

15:25 Treasure Room Mimic Reveal

19:25 Sarcophagus Trap and Portal

23:04 Oil Painting Gateway to House

25:50 Van Alone in the House

34:47 Guestbook and Time Dilation

44:10 Study Clues and Clock Mystery

48:06 Living Paintings and Bat Crash

51:49 Dining Hall Feast

53:39 Grandfather Clock Curse

58:19 Modron Butler Appears

01:04:38 Guestbook Names Explained

01:06:07 Marks and Library Plan

01:07:51 Library Darkness Test

01:13:55 Deciphering the Cursed Book

01:20:40 Incantation Triggers Staircase

01:27:47 Attic Lab Time Stop

01:33:45 Velma Thorn Diary Reveal

01:35:44 Trapdoor Under the Bed

01:36:56 Down the Trapdoor

01:38:55 Ceiling Horror Revealed

01:41:09 Initiative and Opening Volley

01:45:30 Grapple and Shadow Minions

01:54:13 Shatter Brings It Down

02:01:13 Turn Undead Cleanup

02:13:53 Final Push and Kill Shot

02:18:13 Claiming the Orb Cipher

02:20:12 Curse Lifted Finale

Adam from Tales of the Broken Realms apologizes for missing the first 30 minutes of Sam’s episode two due to audio issues and provides a recap: the party reaches a mist-shrouded town, discovers a magical “immersion” around a tavern, and heads into the mist toward the church after hearing screams, where they meet Sky’s paladin and enter combat with hulking undead. The session features a long fight with heavy necrotic damage, Anya being downed and killed, then revived with revivify after the party finishes the enemies. The group rests at an illusory tavern (The Hollow Flask), notices strange tally marks, confirms a False Hydra–like memory effect, and finds the town’s church defaced and preaching power rather than Tyr. At the cemetery they identify “Homie,” retrieve dog tags, and Is becomes infected by black symbiote goo.

00:00 Audio Issues Notice

00:55 Recap Into The Mist

01:13 Tavern Illusion Breaks

02:00 Town Square Ambush

02:30 Combat Begins

03:49 Turn Undead Tactics

05:44 Crits And Big Damage

19:29 Anya Drops And Returns

27:44 Fatal Blow And Revivify Debate

31:09 Guiding Bolt Comeback

35:14 Big Bad On The Ropes

36:16 Hellfire Blocked

37:10 Dorian Finishes Boss

39:11 Roofshot Revenge

41:40 Last Enemy Falls

44:07 Revivify Aftermath

46:35 Searching for Shelter

51:10 Inside The Hollow Flask

53:53 Something Feels Off

55:46 Illusions and Tally Marks

01:04:30 Reggie Breaks the Spell

01:09:37 Long Rest Mysteries

01:13:11 Gift Ring and Deductions

01:17:06 Reggie Wears the Hat

01:17:39 Tally Marks Mystery

01:19:37 False Hydra Explained

01:22:57 Plan to Visit Church

01:26:27 Illusion Breaks Outside

01:27:30 Deviant Pauldron Evidence

01:31:13 Church Recon as Bat

01:34:49 Tyr Temple Revealed

01:36:40 Van’s Prayer and Infiltration

01:42:27 Confronting the Priest

01:50:18 Cemetery and New Tally

02:00:54 Homie’s Tags and Infection

In a rain-soaked opening, the party—Dorian the rock gnome artificer, Van Draven the hooded archer with glowing green eyes, Anya the halfling rogue, and Reginald the muscular gnome—are briefed as “Omega Seven” and cleared for the Blackthorn Division to investigate deviants and a town where teams vanish, with magic communication disrupted; they receive items, sending stones, and visit R&D (including a theft attempt). Traveling through the forest, they spot a teleporting, corrupted bear-like creature, witness it obliterate a passing caravan, and kill it after a chase, collecting symbiotic black ooze and learning it spreads corruption. At Base Camp Ilmar, survivor Jonathan—partially afflicted—describes a mist-shrouded town with a church, tavern, graveyard attack, and a creature that reappears. Camp tensions rise via Reginald’s antics and Dorian’s intelligence headband prank, then an infected apothecary kills two patients and later dies in front of the party. The group enters the northern mist, fails wisdom saves, and experiences fear visions before the episode ends.

00:00 Rainy Mission Briefing

00:58 Meet the Squad

05:48 Omega Seven Orders

08:40 R&D Gear Upgrades

13:05 Pastry Bribe Sidequest

21:08 Into the Forest

22:34 Teleporting Shadow Stalker

30:14 Caravan Ambush Fallout

35:14 Initiative Chase Begins

42:22 Ensnare and Escape Plan

55:25 Bear Revealed Rage Time

57:28 Rage Damage Math

59:46 Ooze Venom Save

01:00:56 Backpack Sniper Shots

01:02:34 Creature Counterattacks

01:05:08 Locate and Mark

01:08:19 Finishing Blow

01:09:19 Harvesting Symbiote

01:12:45 Caravan Aftermath Loot

01:18:16 Resistance Outpost Found

01:20:07 Awkward Gate Password

01:26:33 Lieutenant Voss Briefing

01:29:21 Camp Downtime Plans

01:30:59 Reggie Card Game

01:34:13 Jonathan the Survivor

01:36:51 Lesser Restoration Clue

01:40:45 Town in the Mist

01:46:03 Artificer Upgrades

01:46:56 Headband Prank

01:54:08 Pastry Professor Reggie

01:57:16 Wrestling Bet Chaos

02:00:10 Arm Wrestle Goes Wrong

02:04:58 Kitchen Donut Distraction

02:07:33 Tense Truce With Draven

02:15:00 Camp Prep And Intel

02:17:36 Surgical Tent Investigation

02:23:33 Apothecary Executes Infected

02:27:55 Infection Spreads To Doctor

02:45:03 Deck Of Many Things Draw

02:50:48 Into The Mist Northbound

02:53:58 Fear Visions Cliffhanger

00:00 Last Session Recap

03:55 Entering the Temple

04:17 Trial of Light Puzzle

07:11 Light Beams and Damage

11:43 Solving the Light Trial

18:10 Second Gate Riddle

24:27 Watcher Seal Sacrifice

32:56 Antichamber of Braziers

35:40 Speak Your Truth Trial

40:02 Zeeb Confession Ignites Flame

45:13 Anya Steps Up Next

45:27 Jacket Sacrifice Ignites Tattoos

49:47 Celine Pressed to Confess

55:25 Gods Clash and Stairway Opens

58:59 Descending to the Hidden Chamber

01:00:50 Restoring the Mosaic Cipher

01:06:40 Guardian Appears and Initiative

01:19:40 Battle Turns Desperate Escape Plan

01:29:02 Dire Wolves Strike

01:30:23 Champion Blocks Escape

01:33:10 Lightning Bolt Desperation

01:35:27 Wild Magic Unicorn

01:37:05 Sneak Shot Setup

01:39:34 Guiding Bolt Finisher

01:43:00 Unicorn Turns Tide

01:45:42 Last Wolf Stand

01:54:50 Looting The Champion

01:56:19 Ethereal Spear Reveal

02:00:26 Gate Flames Confessions

02:02:12 Sham Debrief Escape

02:03:11 Temple Collapse Finale

Adam and Zac introduce “Tales of the Broken Realm,” a shared-world series of connected one-shots run by rotating DMs, joined by Grace, Kaleb, Sky, and Sam. The party recaps meeting in a temple with a robed scholar who sent them after the Cipher of the First Flame to help find missing gods; they obtained a Del Orb talisman and directions that led to a cavern temple with nine statues of major gods. Solving a poem-based sequence, they ignite colored flames on the statues to reveal and claim a crystal shard, triggering a collapse and an ambush by Malakar’s deviant blade collar and spine watchers; the blade collar escapes, the party captures a clockwork scout owl with a void eye, and they find a tracking compass keyed to the shard. After resting and leveling to 6, they travel toward Autamopol, cross a dangerous bridge where Henry falls into the chasm, and follow the shard into a ruined forest citadel, opening a celestial door by speaking “Ceridil.”

00:00 Welcome to Broken Realm
01:35 Meet the Dungeon Masters
03:04 Session Recap Begins
07:37 Back in the Ice Temple
10:08 The Poem Puzzle
14:28 Lighting the Statues
18:20 Claiming the Crystal Shard
20:22 Shadows on the Mountain
21:45 Clockwork Owl Warning
24:11 Ambushed by Blade Collars
26:15 Initiative and Enemies
29:18 Combat Chaos Unleashed
40:28 Acid Arrow Opener
42:00 Chaos Bolt Wild Magic
44:27 Burning Hands Counterplay
46:33 Blade Collar Escapes
48:35 Cleanup and Spare the Owl
52:20 Meet Mr Who
59:13 Loot and Tracking Compass
01:05:47 Back to Glom Lock Level Up
01:06:54 Ominous Travel Encounters
01:11:04 Chasm Bridge Skill Challenge
01:24:36 Bridge Begins to Snap
01:25:24 Zeb Mends the Rope
01:26:43 Sham Scouts Safe Steps
01:28:24 Anya Dashes for Safety
01:30:02 Henry Robot Walk Disaster
01:38:17 Fly Potion Miss and the Fall
01:41:49 Spider Climb Survival Ruling
01:50:11 Aftermath and Henry Funeral Jokes
01:51:51 Road Encounter and Shard Compass
01:57:43 Ruined Citadel in the Forest
02:03:04 Celestial Door Passphrase
02:06:37 Ceridil Opens the Chamber

Music by Jack Henman

Adam introduces a shared-world D&D project where multiple dungeon masters run one-shots in the same realm, then DMs Grace Henman, Kaleb McGuire, Skyy Bunny, and Sam Limon introduce themselves. In Opal Keep, a city under Malakar surveillance amid rebellion, Henry Croft (tiefling warlock), Sham (kobold alchemist), Celine Duskbain (human in noble plate with divine visions), and Zeb (warforged sorcerer) are summoned to the Flaming Chapel to meet exiled scholar Professor Eli Thorn. Thorn recruits them to find the first ring of the Cipher of the First Flame by stealing a scorched codex page from the guarded Library of Malakar (formerly Eldrich Record), and gives Henry a Sun Cipher orb tied to Empress Ceridil. Disguised, the party infiltrates via sewers, solves a celestial door puzzle, survives traps, and retrieves a riddle page pointing to Glom Lock. Traveling there, they enter a collapsing spire archive, use a divine recollection scroll, unlock a seal with Ceridil’s name, earn a location scroll from the Words Keeper, and escape as the spire collapses, then follow a hidden map toward Mount Hahrathen and descend into an aurora-lit cavern with nine celestial statues.

00:00 Welcome and Format
00:36 Meet the Dungeon Masters
02:23 Opal Keep Mission Hook
03:24 Henry Croft Arrives
04:55 Sham the Kobold Joins
06:43 Celine Answers the Call
10:06 Zeb Crashes In
13:01 Professor Thorn Revealed
18:46 The Library Lead
20:47 Sun Cipher and Warnings
28:34 Disguises and Street Act
35:41 Spotted by Malakar Agents
43:26 Sewer Infiltration Plan
50:21 Into the Scriptorium
51:39 Divine Fire Mystery
52:40 Unexplored Library Wing
55:12 Celestial Door Puzzle
58:14 Sanctum of Ink Revealed
59:58 Book Trap Arrow Barrage
01:03:12 Skill Challenge Escape
01:16:10 Garden Breather Short Rest
01:17:10 Riddle From the Codex
01:20:31 Three Day Trek Begins
01:21:32 Roadside Corpse Loot
01:24:11 Suspicious Random Inn
01:28:14 Crowned Elk Encounter
01:29:18 Glam Lock And Flame Spire
01:32:33 Fractured Spire Climb
01:36:11 Misty Step Saves
01:40:53 Scroll Vault Rest
01:43:19 Dispel Stasis Field
01:45:49 Divine Lock Riddle
01:54:18 Wordskeeper Encounter
01:59:20 Spire Collapse Escape
02:05:28 Secret Map North
02:07:14 Icy Cavern Descent
02:14:18 Nine Statues Chamber

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