When a familiar face turns up in the City of Doors, the crew finds themselves on the hunt for an exiled queen. What they find instead is a mysterious ziggurat, eerie apparitions, and a stranger. Will the crew be able to bring her majesty to safety? Or will they end up lost among the stars? ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a PG-13 program!--- Thank you to World Anvil for sponsoring today's adventure! Check them out at https://www.worldanvil.c...
Jul 15, 2022•3 hr 59 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Content Warning: Rot, Fungi, Trypophobia Trapped by polite society, the crew must navigate the delicate waters of a gala they weren't necessarily invited to. Just as all hope for pleasantries and pastries seems lost, they're saved by an encounter they do know how to handle! Will these party crashers stop these...other? party crashers? You'll have to listen to find out! ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a PG-13 program!--- Thank you to World A...
Jul 08, 2022•3 hr 39 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Content Warning: Rot, Fungi, Trypophobia Four idiots and a Spelljammer are back baby! And in the season 2 premiere, the crew of the Per Aspera gets up to all their usual hijinks, from wrangling a frosty lizard to dealing with the space DMV, this episode has it all! So what are you waiting for? Get to listening already! Come level up with the gang and get a sneak preview of some of the abilities you'll see in action in season 2! ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul langu...
Jul 01, 2022•4 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Season 2 is on the way, but while we await July 2nd, the crew got a little...stronger... Come level up with the gang and get a sneak preview of some of the abilities you'll see in action in season 2! ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a PG-13 program!--- Contact the Pod: rollwithdifficulty@gmail.com Twitter: @rollwdifficulty Instagram: @rollwithdifficulty RSS Feed: https://rollingwithdifficultypod.transistor.fm/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.co...
May 27, 2022•17 min
Opening the Rolling with Difficulty vault, we're sharing our practice run pre-season one, session 0! A little rough, a little tumble, but still a fun adventure with the Per Aspera crew...before they were even the crew! ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a PG-13 program!--- Contact the Pod: rollwithdifficulty@gmail.com Twitter: @rollwdifficulty Instagram: @rollwithdifficulty RSS Feed: https://rollingwithdifficultypod.transistor.fm/ Merch: https...
Apr 01, 2022•3 hr 24 min
The cast gets together for one last hurrah (until we record season 2 but anyway) to recap season 1 and answer fan questions! Also to bully Austin, but that's just justice for all the mindflayers this season... ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a PG-13 program!--- TV Tropes & Reddit: TV Tropes: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Podcast/RollingWithDifficulty Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Rollingwithdifficulty/ Contact the Pod: rollw...
Mar 18, 2022•2 hr 10 min
In the wake of Kyana's capture, the rest of the gang is of one mind. They will make for the Material Plane, and they will get their monk back. What horrors await them? What sinister purpose do the Mind Flayers have for Kyana and her ilk? Find out on the season finale of Rolling with Difficulty! ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a PG-13 program!--- Contact the Pod: rollwithdifficulty@gmail.com Twitter: @rollwdifficulty Instagram: @rollwithdiff...
Feb 25, 2022•3 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Pulling the tread of VR-LA's newest recollections, the gang makes for Mechanus. In the land of gears and law, they run into a powerful figure from the past, reorganize their inventory, and face their greatest foe, a door! Don't get too comfy, this trip isn't all fun and games... ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a PG-13 program!--- Contact the Pod: rollwithdifficulty@gmail.com Twitter: @rollwdifficulty Instagram: @rollwithdifficulty RSS Feed:...
Feb 18, 2022•3 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 7
On the heels of their unexpected reunion with the Prior, the crew of the Per Aspera finally returns to the City of Brass to finish their contract with the shrewd fire genasi, Otto. Debts are paid, armor is smithed, and Dani bullies a grown man. While all these vignettes play out, VR-LA begins to unravel the threads of mystery that surround our heroes... ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a PG-13 program!--- Thank you to Michael A. for submitti...
Feb 11, 2022•2 hr 48 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Having successfully defeated the bandit bunnies threatening Finbar's hometown, the crew takes a well-earned breather and Yub Nubs it up with the Firbolgs of the Feywild. Emotions and stories are shared, gifts exchanged, and at the end of it all the gang returns to Sigil. What they find waiting for them should be an easy ride back to the city of Brass....but a figure from Kyana's past has other plans... ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a PG-1...
Feb 04, 2022•3 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Fall down the rabbit hole with Kyana and the crew as a simple town-fortification mission goes horribly wrong. Of course, "horribly wrong" is just par for the course with our next plane, the Feywild! Will Dani and VR-LA be able to teach the villagers how to "Home Alone" their way to safety? Will Kyana be damseled? Is Finbar ever gonna take us home to meet his family again? Find out on another nonsense episode of Rolling with Difficulty! ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional fo...
Jan 28, 2022•4 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Go VR-LA Racer, Go! With Gith hot on their trail (and a hold full of loot) the crew of the Per Aspera is speeding across the Astral Sea running for their very lives. With a new friend in tow and still licking their wounds from the train heist in hell, the gang will have to test the limits of their imagination to find a way to lose their pursuers. One hope of escape? Acheron, the plane of endless war....no way this could backfire... ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul l...
Jan 21, 2022•3 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Descend into Avernus! Wait no, not like that, we just have a train to rob! Returning from a successful gig, the crew of the Per Aspera wastes no time picking up another job, stealing soul coins from the Nine Hells! Put on your cowboy hats and get ready for a good ole' fashioned train rustle! With stakes and speeds this high, will our intrepid heroes pull off this daring heist? Or will the fires of Hell prove too hot for the Rolling with Difficulty crew! ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and...
Jan 14, 2022•3 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Welcome to the Planescape dear viewers, and to the very first episode of Rolling with Difficulty! On their first (televised) adventure, the crew of the Per Aspera takes on cliches by...starting in a tavern? Ah well, it's much more exciting after that, with questionable collectors recruiting out crew to set sail into the Astral Sea in search of the heart of a dead god. Will our "heroes" prevail and earn their end-of-year bonus? Or will the denizens of the vast and mysterious Planescape make this ...
Jan 07, 2022•4 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Meet the crew of the Per Aspera! These plane-hopping morons will do any job, no matter how questionable or dangerous. With the help of the Per Aspera, their trusty Spelljammer, they just might find success, despite how they always seem to be Rolling with Difficulty. Rolling with Difficulty is a D&D 5e actual play podcast, premiering January 7th, 2022. Available on all major podcast platforms and direct from our RSS feed at: https://rollingwithdifficultypod.transistor.fm/ Cast: Dungeon Master...
Dec 03, 2021•2 min
