Nature Check

If you're connected with us on Discord, be warned that Sheryl's account was hacked this morning

2hrs until we go live with the next episode of our Wild Sea campaign GM'd by @felixisaacs.bsky.social!
It may have been over a year since we last played, but things are sure to be as chaotic as ever 😂

The weather can't keep us down! All cast members have power, so we'll be streaming the next episode of Arda in about 30min 😁

The number 64 created out of plant material. The 6 is made of yellow petals and the 4 is made of blades of grass

In Arda episode 64, the party deals with two ships, both scary, but for very different reasons.

YouTube: youtu.be/BpJyqwKlbfQ
Podcast: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-7f5rh...

Twitch Twitch is the world

Our first livestream of 2026 will be starting in 1hr! Come see @lucaszellers.bsky.social and 4 amazing players in the first part of a 3-part journey in the wilderness 🐻🦉

Join us on twitch.tv/naturecheckdnd

The number 63 constructed of yellow flower petals and reddish leaves

We're back and publishing content weekly in 2026! To start us off right, here's Episode 63 of our Arda campaign.

Catch the Arda campaign LIVE on Jan 11th starting at 2pm Eastern!

YouTube: youtu.be/raliRpQWkbs
Podcast: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-2kgqu...

A comic called Animals with Misleading Names. There's an electric eel labeled "not an eel". There's a mountain goat labeled "not a goat." There's a maned wolf labeled "not a wolf." There's a king cobra labeled "not a cobra. Also, snakes are typically self-governing." There's a peacock mantis shrimp labeled "Not a peacock. Not a mantis. Also, not a shrimp." There's a horny toad labeled "Not a toad. Only thinks of you as a friend." There's a mayfly labeled "active through the spring and summer." There's an eastern kingbird labeled "found in the west. Many birds do not recognize its authority."

Animals with misleading names. I'm seeing this go around as part of a viral tumblr thread so I thought I'd reshare it.

As promised, we're working on getting ourselves back on track!

To celebrate, here's the podcast version of the amazing one-shot we did with @lucaszellers.bsky.social

www.podbean.com/eas/pb-wqrhn...

And new video and podcast backlog episodes will start posting every week starting Dec 31!

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Emerging from the mire briefly to say I'm considering adjusting the format of Nature Check a bit to make it more sustainable. #StayTuned

Coming soon: Little but Fierce: Streamlined 5E for Children of All Ages Little but Fierce is a rewrite of 5th Edition with streamlined rules, simplified language and a family friendly tone

Pre-launch kickstarter page for “Little but Fierce”, my rewrite of 5E for kids is up!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/dcb...

A computer tablet displaying the infernal contracts sits on a blue background. Text at the bottom reads "Make a deal with the devil: Free infernal contracts for TTRPGs."

Forge a pact with the devil using this Infernal Contract template!

Define your terms, agree on payment, and read the fine print carefully – you don't want to find yourself indebted to a fiend.

Just sign here. . . icarus-games.co.uk/p...

Content creators who work full time in an unrelated field are extraordinary because half of us are working the 9-5 with people who don’t know how to set up their own zoom call, relying on us as their h person and then coming home to respond to 300+ notifications across multiple social sites.

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Less than 30min until our next episode of the Arda Campaign goes live! What was the mysterious energy Kae let into herself last session?

twitch.tv/naturecheckdnd

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Streaming a re-run today starting at 2pm Eastern!

Let's revisit The Frog of Holding, an amazing one-shot run for us by the incredible @lucaszellers.bsky.social using several creatures from The Book of Extinction! This session includes herpetology fun facts and lots of hilarious RP 🤓

Random #TTRPG idea:
Don't worry about balancing your encounters. If the players get overwhelmed, they don't have to auto lose/die.

Use common tropes:
Let them be captured.
Recoup health & replan while enemy regroups.
Something happens, allowing PCs to escape battered & beaten.

Be flexible.

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Can I ask a wee favour?

See if you consider sharing something awful someone else has posted, or amplifying hateful things to dunk on them

Why not, instead, highlight a cool creator who's stuff you really like. Tell everyone about someone cool who is making something nice

LOS ANGELES! If you need a place to recharge phones, communicate, or a place to get some work done, our doors are OPEN and we have WiFi

This fire is brutal, and we want to offer whatever we can to help those who need it.

May close early today, but until we do- our house is your house.

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My home game party negotiated a sponsorship deal with a local magic shop, and they gave us a banner to display every time we're in combat 🤣

Just posted an updated/revealed map of the Arda Campaign's adventures in our Discord!!!

Not a member of our Discord community? Now's the time to join! New stream on Sunday 😁
discord.gg/9tzARcaQ

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Science & Sorcery's fundraiser for Museum of Homelessness Help Science and Sorcery raise money to support Museum of Homelessness

Tonight, we head to the Haeth, as a wonderful cast of players play a game of Wanderhome & raise funds for the @ourmoh.bsky.social

Join us from 7pm GMT, as we tell a story about finding your place in the world

You can donate now, help us reach our modest goal

www.justgiving.com/page/science...

OMG okay wait you can play as an AXOLOTL?!? 😍

Time to reunite the herpetology cast from our "Frog of Holding" one-shot

(although a pre-print) Another amazing example of video games being used as ready-made models to examine cool real-world questions!

#DeadByDaylight players, did you have any idea your game could be so helpful? 🤓

That is VERY cool, and I can't remember if we've had a biochemist on before! Putting you on the guest list 🤓

Oh no, we're totally friends 😁
Just unfortunately haven't had the entire cast on our show yet -- but that is a #FutureGoal, time zones be damned!

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