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I may have been involved in many of the discussions leading up to these revisions, may have been involved in many side discussions about the specifics in the meeting notes, may have already read the errata, but I gotta watch the whole thing to make sure editor-Robby includes all the important criticisms being discussed in the Discord, lol.

Hmmm, didn't realize my sound quality was so bad- I wonder if my Discord was using the wrong mic. Sorry about that everyone!

What a joy discovering and playing Enclave has been! I'm always excited for an opportunity to host, play or just talk about Enclave. Its been an awesome year with the game and I can't wait for Aspirant so that I can dig in deeper.

Though I wasn't around for the Legacy years, it's been great to see how much the game has developed just in the year since Advent's release. It's great to see the server so much busier these days, and I'm sure that trend will continue with you (and others) going off to cons to spread word of the game. Also, I'm seriously hyped for Aspirant. I know we've already discussed some of the potential changes on the server, but I look forward to learning more in the coming months.

Who knew a food court could be this romantic

It seemed like standoff completely froze the overadexi ai. And the players were always outnumbering the enemy. Feel like they could have avoided a lot of fighting by tactically using standoff, esp in the finale, and simply walk Loxpin to his suit?

I finally got around to finishing this one, and I think it's really cool mission design to have the players escorting the client around trying to get him to safety... I might have to steal that for one of my own games some time. ^_^; I think for me Dennis' portrayal of Pike was the highlight, from using his fingers as ammo to having his head explode and reform. When that happened I was really surprised, obviously, but it was totally awesome. I did worry at first, when Dennis proposed having it happen, that by just taking damage and reforming (I was assuming he wasn't planning on continuing the mission headless), it could potentially trivialise the fight, but when it came to actually describing the healing process, I thought he did great portraying the exertion involved in pulling himself back together, making it clear that even with all his +s to Resilience, this wasn't the sort of trick Pike would be able to keep doing over and over. I also found Crow as entertaining as ever, particularly when he was repeatedly infuriating RED by insisting she was a werewolf. XD RED herself seems like an interesting character, and is definitely aesthetically unique, at least compared to what I've seen so far, since most folks have stuck mainly to human-like characters. I think it's good to see someone doing something a bit different, to remind folks that there are more options available. Of course, a lot of what Gemini was saying about her went over my head, since I wasn't here for Legacy Enclave, so all the lore pertaining to her family is totally lost on me. It sounds like he's definitely put a lot of thought into it, though.

It was great to finally participate in one of these Actual Plays, thanks for having me on. Both Lee & Jim played their characters really well. It's no surprise that Lee would pull off some impressive tricks (my favorite of which has to be the Shield Wall in the gun barrel causing it to misfire - which was such a cool Energywork of that Ability) but Jim was really impressive as well. I thought it was particularly impressive the way he used the scenery to his advantage, having Sloan use first the Pabbages' home then the trees outside Gus' compound as vantage points to enhance the effectiveness of his rifle. Despite having played a Gunslinger (a lot) myself, I've rarely done anything like that, so if I hadn't known better, I'd definitely have assumed he had a lot of experience with the game.

Great session :)

Ladies and gentlemen, the first ever Enclave mission to take place in a Buc-ee's

I was able to catch this one live, but I figured I may as well comment about it here, since I think I've commented on all the other Actual Plays. SPOILER WARNING This one had a really interesting enemy, and it was cool to see the players problem-solve their way through the fight at the end. I also really enjoyed the anti-witch dynamic that Crow & Svietislaus had going on. Of all the agents Ariadne could've been paired up with, I think those two might be the only witch-hating characters I've seen so far. Either very unlucky, or Enclave HQ has it out for her. XD Ariadne's manifestations are always a pleasure, and even though these ones weren't quite as striking as literally turning herself into a spider, Lethal still did a great job showing off the benefits of a high Arcane Stat. From the Goo Positioning System (GPS), to conjuring needles in the creature's bloodstream, to making her own blood flammable, this session made her feel to me like a witch with truly versatile magic, plus some spider qualities, whereas previously she seemed primarily spider-themed, with a bit of witch thrown in. Although I have a lot of experience playing the Gunslinger Class myself, I think Detour does it better than me. Throughout this mission, Crow was getting up close and personal with the monster and had no problem rushing on ahead, whether that was in attempting to pull it out of a toilet, running to the second bathroom after it claimed another victim, clambering through the pipes into its lair, even scaling the monster's shell. And although he wasn't the one to eventually slay the beast, for the majority of the boss fight at the end, he felt like the primary threat to me, while the other two were messing around with garlic and otters. Last but not least, I'm so glad Svietislaus finally made it onto one of these actual plays. He's a character I've hosted a few sessions for myself, and I think Tomàš has done a great job making a Librarian viable in combat. Although he couldn't do much with his spear in the boss fight, since the monster's main body had a shell, his initial assault on the tentacle from the toilet was great. I found it really funny to see Ariadne trying to defend them all with a magic circle, only for Svietislaus to immediately leave it and stab the thing through the face.

Apologies for the unbalanced audio, everyone -- my players sounded much louder in my ears when I did the sound test then they ended up being in practice!

"Squire got dominated" _NOOOOOOOOO_

My favorite got sidelined by a tie, but the ones that got picked are also really cool. Here's looking forward to stretch goals!

Even though my favourite got stomped, all the winning classes do seem like they'll be a lot of fun, so this bodes very well for Aspirant.

First! Woo!

Great mission. 👌 *SPOILER WARNING* I particularly enjoyed the second half, once they’d gotten past the initial room, though the part I found funniest was right at the start, with Avanya yelling "We both hate chairs!" - really undermining Glitch's attempt to look cool. 🤣 I thought Detour did especially well this time. While Avanya's antics were certainly the most eye-catching part of the escapade to me, Hemlock's blood magic and divine rituals were probably the most impressive bit. Although I've not played one myself, I think Librarian has to be my favourite Advent class. They’re a blast to Conduit for, 'cos you never know what kind of weird stuff they might come up with during a mission. Finally, the character I'm most familiar with of these three is Glitch, having run a few games for him myself, and it’s great to see him here. I love the sliding stat bar thing Shade did to adjust his sense of smell near the start. More than any of his illusionist kit, that sort of Manifestation is what I associate most with Glitch, so I'm glad Shade's still leaning into that sort of thing.

The Vessel seems very fun but *Embrace Darkness* was too vague. In which ways does a player lose control? I sense that having guidelines around this (Triggers, Targeting, Powers, What does the trance force you to do and when?) would make this easier to manage for both players and GMs.

" Aperture Science, We do what we must because we can, For the good of all of us, Except the ones who are dead! But there's no sense crying over every mistake, You just keep on trying 'til you run out of cake, And the science gets done and you make a neat gun, For the people who are *still alive!* " ☆☆☆☆☆☆ Sorry, I couldn’t resist. In all seriousness, though, these sound epic. No matter which classes are selected, it seems like Aspirant Edition should offer options to satisfy everyone.

Finally got around to finishing one of these. I was already amazed with the stunning setting you managed to craft (heaviely inspired by the Haida people, I am guessing?) and then it turns out that that is only the surface, and there are several more layers to the mission still. Exceptional job! Another thing I really liked is how you mentioned that there is a lot of megafauna around... and then that is not even important for the mission. Great way to do some world building and also give a minor anti-hint.

[Spoiler Warning] This one was *really* interesting for me, and stuck out to me a lot compared to any of the others... though to explain why, I am going to have to lightly disagree with one point you made in the conclusion, Robby. You said that Calypso got more helpful interactions from the NPCs than the other two, which is something I didn't notice at all. In fact, the thing that stuck out to me most about this particular mission was that I thought *all* of the characters seemed in command of the situation, more or less equally. Even when they themselves didn't have a clue what was going on, it seemed to me that the NPCs were always willing to take orders from basically anyone with the wherewithal to give them, particularly after their heads cleared. Of all the NPC interactions, I'd say the one that stuck out to me the most was actually Vollanoch shushing the singers with Siri's help, via her mirror-breaking. Being able to get every single one of them to stop simultaneously was just such a spectacular moment, IMO. And I'm not sure if there was any magical compulsion to his words, but to me they just seemed *really* cooperative. I think the best contrast I can give to this mission would be The Adder & The Rain, where in the outro, you said to Kylie that if she'd led with arming the crowd, it would've gone nowhere. Whereas in this one, even before their heads were cleared, Siri was able to straight away round up a few of the NPCs and put them to work. I really liked the dynamic it gave the characters here, because while it totally makes sense for people to question strangers who randomly start bossing them around, the automatic obedience was a nice change of pace relative to the other Actual Plays, and it did fit well in this situation, as the NPCs obviously were very panicked. Plus (on a more practical note) due to the sheer number of NPCs that the players had to interact with, making them to pause and explain themselves to every new NPC probably would've slowed things down *a lot.* Other than that, I also wanted to say that I'm really glad you allowed Siri to get her mirror back, post-mission. I'm not generally very fond of consumable items in TTRPGs, so even though it was such a cool moment when she broke the mirror, I'm very relieved that her decision to do that didn't result in a long-term setback for her. Also, a few other really cool moments that stuck out to me were: 1) Siri's hat-scenery veneer into blindfold phantasm into reverse viewpoint, which I totally did not see coming. I did catch that she said she was putting the veneer on the inside of her hat, but all I could think of was that she was gonna try and fling the hat over his face. So when she did the actual plan, I was amazed. Before watching this, I don't think it would've even occurred to me that it could be possible to link all three Illusionist Abilities into a single combo. 2) Vollanoch shushing the wind to spook Vain was *such* a cool manifestation, and the way Dennis played into his earlier "Shhh" instructions really made it feel to me like he was establishing a theme for his character, and thereby selling the manifestation better. Also, the fact that he was just shushing people (& forces of nature) felt extremely in-character for a Librarian, even though it's not actually one of their Abilities. 3) Calypso drop-kicking the ocean. Like, *wow,* that was awesome. I think probably one of the best examples I've seen of something in Enclave that's just not at all viable in the overwhelming majority of TTRPGs. Comparing this to games like D&D or Pathfinder, where each spell and feature has a very specific, defined effect, this just hits home for me how much more freedom Enclave offers. She *kicked a hole in the sea.* Finally, I'd like to finish up by saying that I felt Vain was an excellent villain, because the whole way through, he felt to me just like a force of nature, rather than an enemy that could actually be fought... which really highlighted just how impressive these three were, when by working together in the best example of teamwork I've seen yet in one of these missions, they did actually manage to harm him. P.S. Okay, that's me caught up with the Actual Plays now. No more essays to write for a while. ^_^;

This one had a really interesting setting, which it seems is already popular with the legacy players, unsurprisingly. And great job to both Robby and the players for managing to come up with so many memorable moments [spoilers]: With things like Malaj offering up the box to Ahi and accidentally dodging a harpoon in the process; Hellspawn's epic leap into Standoff against the mountains; and of course, Arus' monstrous phantasm, any of these (amongst others) could've easily been play-of-the-game in many other missions. I'd also like to say that I'm looking forward to seeing Arus at level 2. I find it kinda funny that so far the only characters who've gotten there in Advent Edition are are both Illusionists, and it'll be cool to see how he'll differ from Siri when he gets his first Perk. I hope we'll get to see more recurring characters in future as well, as I'm finding myself getting invested in those I've seen multiple times. Lastly, I want to finish up by saying that I loved what Lee did with Malaj. Their voice, mannerisms, and suchlike just made them really stand out. Such an out-there character.

Great inspiration here. Love the manifestations from Ariadine (as I've said before), especially that last one... though when Lethal-Butterfly-Greg was asking for it, I really thought you might turn it down for being too big. Though after hearing your explanation at the end (wanting him to get more benefit from the Familiar Face) it makes perfect sense. As for the other characters, I totally loved the Warhammer vibes from Bertram. The purity seals made me think of a 40k inquisitor, though given his lack of laser weapons, a Warhammer Fantasy witch hunter might actually be the more fitting comparison. Either way, great stuff. It was probably the first time I've seen an Enclave character who didn't really do any problem solving at all, and just spent an entire session gunning down heretics... which aside from being very entertaining, I think also gave me a bit of insight into how combat-heavy missions should run, so that’s much appreciated. Lastly, Tiberius' origami waypoint / by the wayside combo at the end was just brilliant. A really cool way of getting out of that situation, which really showcased the Wanderer's versatility. Also, his accent was amazing.

Great episode. In particular, I really loved all the examples of Manifestation from Ariadine. Greg / Lethal Butterfly did a brilliant job demonstrating just how versatile that stat can be, and just how much flavour it's possible to add to a character by investing into it.

Just finished this one and going to be watching Part 2 soon, but first I wanted to say that these are some really great characters. They're all fantastic examples of just how much freedom Enclave gives players to be creative in character design. Also, as an aside, I find it quite funny that Ray said she discarded a character concept for being too similar to Kozuki Momonosuke from One Piece... Only to then play an amazon warrior woman who knows nothing about men and when she finally meets one, mistakes him for a woman. Considering One Piece has an entire island filled with characters fitting that description, it seems the attempt at avoiding a One Piece reference wasn’t altogether successful. 😂

Would've loved to be able to watch this live, but alas, time zones are my enemy.

(I'm David aka detour aka Crow) I loved playing Enclave! So glad it was my introduction to live role-playing games and I'm so excited to play again

Absolutely amazing time

CRACKED AF

That's funny after I saw that😂😂

Pardon the occasional audio/visual issues friends! Still working on this format -- in time I'm sure we'll perfect it.

Re: 5:10 I'm curious to know if there's a particular reason in the lore for why wanderers have magic fiddles specifically, as opposed to any other instrument. For example, would it be plausible for a wanderer character to have acquired a magic flute instead, with the same mechanical benefits as the fiddle? Or would it make more sense for a flute-playing wanderer to choose to take two common items and have their flute be one of those?

Loved the demo snippet!

This sounds really cool, already backed on KS. RPG veteran since the late 70s. Since it's a multi-genre world, I think for the "teleportation" to each session's location to work, the character needs to inhabit the world. Your character might be a space marine, but the teleport won't work if you try to use it with your battle suit to jump into the old west. Nevertheless, a space marine with only a six-shooter would be fun to imagine! Similarly, a spell-using character would be limited in what magic items and components she might bring into such a world. Then there is the question of whether you want/need to blend into the world you're travelling in. I'm sure your system has all this carefully considered, I'm just riffing on how cool it could be to play.

Have still to finish more than the character creation, but this looks like a fun game. Very interested to see where this goes.

This promo looks so cool!!!