The Companions Podcast
Paper Sword Podcasting produce the following podcasts:
The Companions - an actual-play Dungeons & Dragons podcast using the DnD5e (D&D Fifth Edition) rules.
The Companions is the 'story' of a group of adventurers as they begin their path through dangerous adventures, surviving the Dark Wind of Malvelous, battling monsters and cults, and perhaps even saving Life itself.
The Inquisitors of Illem - actual play DnD5e campaign using Lawful Evil characters.
Servants of the Gods of Obedience and Punishment in a DnD campaign, fighting against Chaos
THACO and Things - actual play DnD BASIC from the early 1980s.
In an older version of the iconic Dungeons and Dragons setting, where Demi Humans were a class as well as a race, the adventurers start their journey investigating the Isle of Hazsharrad the Dark Wizard.
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 47 minutes
- Episodes
- 37
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2019
S1E12 The Companions - Discussions, Hints of a Past and The Way Forwards
Episode 12. The Companions have returned to the Leather and Lash and taken stock of what happened in Pietr the Sculptor’s building. They have discussed the task that Jax wants them to do, which in …
S1E11 The Companions
The party continue to investigate their quests, Victor and Leaf'n'Twig meet potential contacts, and two unwanted guests enter the Leather and Lash.
S1E10 Part 2 - Pietr the Sculptors, Silver that Burns, and Going into the Wrong Inn
Hi Everyone,
thanks for tuning in :) At the time of writing this, we are just about to hit our 500th download, which is great for us and thanks very much to all of you, you are the best and we appr…
S1E10 Part 1 The Companions - At Pietr the Sculptors aka "Get Him to a Church"
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Thanks for turning in :)
So, after finding the location of Pietr – the sculptor that the Inquisitors had discovered making statues of Heronious the Southern God, and convinced to add i…
S1E9 The Companions - Almost Lost but Mostly Recovered
This episode was uploaded whilst on vacation in Cuba (see the lengths we go to, to get episodes out on time ?! lol). Howevere, there was a little technical difficulty but the podcast was mostly reco…
S1E8 The Companions - Ointments for Making Your Armour Stealthy !
In this episode, the Companions go to The Leather & Lash. It isn't what they expected, it isn't 'cheap' as Timothy had been told, and was in fact a very tasteful example of "it's type".
The Teifli…
Inquisitors S1E1 - The Inquisitors of Illem - The Order and The Crown of Golden Yellow
Welcome to the first episode of The Inquisitors of Illem. Based in the same DnD5E world and the same timeline as The Companions, this podcast follows three Lawful Evil members of The Order - the sec…
S1E7 The Companions - Timothy Gets a Riding Beast
The party explores Illem, but first, they need a guide.
S1E0.9 The Companions - The Tor of Anaroch reveals something
A bi tof background, and Leaf'n Twig and Cid meet up together at the Tor, meet something and found out something they didn't expect, and head off North after their Companions and Grecious of The Stro…
S1E1 The Companions - The Group Forms and Heads Northwards after Grecious (Reissued)
*Reissued, moving some background to Episode S1E0.9*
Leaf'n Twig the Firbolg Ranger and Cid the Human Bloodhunter move Northwards, reaching the Farmhouse where the rest of the Companions are. But …
S1E6 The Companions - Out of the Frying Pan
Having survived the Norsemen and then the Inquisitors, the Companions have headed North, still tracking the killer Grecious. After a clever bit of forgery, they have entered the city and found it no…
S1E0.1 The Inquisitors of Illem pre-podcast
The first of the pre-podcast offerings for The Inquisitors of Illem, setting the scene for the podcast which will run alongside The Companions which is already published to Episode 5 (S1E5 - Necksies…
S1E5 The Companions - Necksies and Handsies
The party have headed North into Illem, tracking both Grecious and the skeletal footprints. As dusk began to fall, the temperature began to fall with it, and they realised they had no winter clothin…
S1E4 The Companions - Making Jerky
After 'removing the evidence' of their almost-disasterous fight with the Illem Guard, the party meet back up with Reethos. Heading Northwards again, determined to catch up with Grecious, they encoun…
S1E3 The Companions I Shot the Sheriff But I Didn't Shoot the Deputy
Moving Northwards from Chanstop, having passed on the message to Oylet (and burned down Dave's wagon), the party have said goodbye to Dave and Bil' and headed North after Grecious.
They haven't m…
The Companions S1E2 - Everyone Likes a Bonfire
This is the second episode of The Companions, a D&D 5th Edition actual-play adventure.
After defeating the zombie and the two staff-wielding skeletons that drew the very life essence from living be…
Companions S1E1 - The Group Forms and Heads to Illem
The first episode for publishing of The Companions, an actual-play Dungeons & Dragons campaign.
Leaf & Twig the Firbolg Ranger and Cid the Human Bloodhunter have become seperated from their compani…