This page covers the episodes of the YouTube Actual Play series CrafD&D. Each campaign's episodes are organized into their own separate folders, and each episode is sorted based on whichever story arc they belong to.
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The Champion's Challenge
- Forrnest
- "E1: The Ranger Challenge PT. 1": In the Grandure continent, the party of Passione—Osra, Calum, Cera, Jet, and Ash—start out on their journey through the Champion's Challenge to prove their worth as warriors. After making great progress, they travel to their next stop: Forrnest, the home city of Ash, to take on the local champion, Qwill Hox. As Ash reaquaints herself with her old home and takes on Qwill's challenge with her party, she detects that something is on Qwill's mind...
- "E2: The Ranger Challenge PT. 2": Passione completes Qwill's challenge with gusto, but celebrations are cut short when Qwill's inability to cope with some past losses comes to light. Feeling compelled to help him, the party prepares themselves to avenge the deaths of Qwill's former party members for the next day.
- "E3: Disarmed and a Leg": With some help from a member of their rival team, The Renegade Rangers, Passione finally embarks on their journey to the Forrnest swamps, where the creature that slain Qwill's old party presumably resides.
- "E4: Old Flame, New Blood": Jet ends up having to leave Passione for a deeply personal quest. After saying their goodbyes, the remaining members of Passione decide to travel to Ash's old home in Forrnest: the deserted village of Hunter's Dream. There, with help from Mori Memento, Ash receives a tremendous, yet terrifying upgrade, and the party meets their new fifth member.
- Volkhanom
- "E5: The Barbarian Champion: Atlissa!": Passione moves on from Forrnest to the rambunctious fighting sitty of Volkhanom, where they meet one of the Grand Champions: Atlissa Strongadanya. She's eager to test the party's strength, and everyone sets about preparing for the upcoming fight with her. For her part in these preparations, Osra visits the local Forge of Moradin to meet Father 4NACE and finally put her dragon materials to use, creating her party's best arsenal yet. Unfortunately, the audio footage for this episode was lost, so everything done within this session was condensed down into a two-minute recap segment.
- "E6: The Red Trophy": As a reward for beating her, Atlissa takes Passione to a Volkhanom shrine that stores her mark as a Grand Champion: the titular Red Trophy. However, the visit is cut short when a group of mysterious creatures raids the shrine in hopes of stealing the trophy for themselves. It is after this battle that Calum seems to reach a breaking point...
- "E7: Fighting is the Pits": As their last task before heading out of Volkhanom, each of Passione's members take on some challengers in the city's Smashing Grounds. Before that time comes, Osra and Ophelia both experience unusual encounters with otherwordly beings—the former makes a deal with a god, while the latter has a deal thrust upon her by someone who desperately wants her to drink more blood.
- Lordpact
- "E8: Silent Night, Deadly Knife": After messing with the Renegade Rangers a bit, Passione heads out from Volkhanom and towards Lordpact. They stop for the night about halfway up the trail, and each party member takes some time to reflect on themselves as they take turns watching over their group. Things take a sharp turn, however, when Calum is suddenly attacked by an assassin, Bittov Zatop, whose motives for doing so soon come into question.
- "E9: Precarious Politics": Disaster struck Lordpact shortly before Passione enters it: the local champion has been killed by the slime creatures haunting the party throughout their journey, and the city is in an uproar about what to do next. Fortunately, one of those creatures has been captured, and after gathering a sample of it for study, the party separates for the day to grow acquainted with the town and find some answers on some pressing questions. Along the way, they become familiar with the dichotomy between two potential successors for the Lordpact champion: Helena and Angelo.
- "E10: Pact or No Pact": Passione initiates and manages the election for Lordpact's new champion. By discussing the issue with the town's various populaces, they hope that the event results in a tie between the two candidates, allowing both to be champions in the same city. No matter the outcome, Passione's next challenge is just around the corner.
- "E11: The Dark Magician of Fraygle Coast": Passione finishes up their business in Lordpact while they catch up with each other on various pressing matters and deal with one of Fergus' tricks. The next stop is Elemix, which is quite a distance away, so the team decides to rest in Cera's old home, where they meet her shifty but hospitable father figure, Karloff.
- Elemix
- "E12: Under a Rock and a Hard Place": A surprise attack from Karloff and the other residents of Fraygle Coast leads to Passione discovering Cera's unsettling origins. The party then moves on to Elemix, where they acquaint themselves with the local champions and Ophelia catches up with her old teammate-turned wealthy, world-renowned philanthropist, Congiorno.
- "E13: The Golden Genius; Henshin!": After becoming acquainted with the party, Congiorno decides to test Osra's mettle to see if she's worthy of being his apprentice. Afterward, Passione disperses to explore Elemix, with Ophelia accompanying Congiorno and Osra to his study, whereupon Ophelia finally admits to her link to Lord Damniel. Meanwhile, Cera sightsees on her own, and Ash meets up with Dexter, and Calum helps Unda meet back up with her sloshed, perverse mother.
- "E14: Trickster Trios and Treacherous Turtles": Passione meets back up after exploring a bit more of Elemix, whereupon they meet Jane the mail courier. She seems to be troubled by a certain tricky trio of thieves from Joughstic. When the parties reunite and clash, the Trix Trio unintentionally recruits an unexpectedly powerful fourth member into their ranks.
- "E15: Overthinking Origins": After Osra and Ophelia share a foreboding dream and the rest of Passione finishes up their business around Elemix, the team takes on the Mendele Sister's challenge. Four sisters mean four challenges, and all of them are puzzles of various kinds.
- "E16: Dinner and Dishonor": Congiorno holds a celebration for Passione in honor of their victory over the Sorceror challenge. However, things quickly go awry: the Renegades have made reservations at the very same restaurant holding the celebration, and it appears one of them bears a family name that Congiorno has a troubled history with.
- "E17: The Mistress of the Maelstrom": Passione is suddenly thrust into their final task: the first mate of a notorious captain has just broken loose, and with help from Congiorno's sister and another unlikely ally, it's up to them to capture her and her captain.
- Conjuria
- "E18: The Wizard Grand Champion!": Passione finally makes it to Conjuria, home of the second grand champion: Maggie Arcansmith, who they hope to relay information about the country's mysterious slimy attackers. It is also during this visit that Maggie decides to test Cera's mettle in battle.
- "E19: Restricted Reading": It turns out that the information Passione seeks to obtain from Conjuria's library is within a restricted area, which even Maggie, the current owner of said library, has never entered before. Together, she and the group sneak inside and navigate past the various traps and guards stationed deep within the library to find what they're looking for... along with far more than they could've ever asked for.
- "E20: Secrets and Studies": With their biggest source of information now destroyed by a rather suspicious Madame Superbia, Passione and Maggie are left with more questions than answers. As they ponder over their findings, they decide it would be best to prepare for the Gala the next night. Calum, in particular, becomes troubled by the implications behind his strange wound that houses a sentient echo of his.
- "E21: The Graduates Gala": It's time for the Graduate Gala, and both Passione and the Renegades are participating. With such a great opportunity for lovers to bond and friends to catch up with each other, there are bound to be many discoveries made throughout the party.
- "E22: Blood on the Dance Floor": As the party continues, Osra and Cera make some interesting discoveries about the Trix Quartet's latest inductee, Turpin Appinoggin. Meanwhile, Calum and Unda make a horrific discovery that doesn't bode well for the Gala's participants...
- "E23: Ballroom Blitz!": The Greevolve's second general, Tellect the Blue, finally shows his face, and immediately makes his move to obtain the Blue Trophy as he keeps everyone distracted in the ballroom. Passione readies to do battle with him and his cronies, with Calum at the helm ready to take down the monster who's haunted his thoughts since he discovered his echo.
- "E24: Rockstar Thrills and Ghostly Chills": The visiting third champion, Noirene Operaspearre, is kind enough to let Passione and the Renegades sleep over in her Magnificent Mansion after the previous session's events, and both parties immediately make preparations for their oncoming trips to Hemoarloch. It is during this time that Ophelia convenes with the spirit of a long-dead old friend.
- Hemoarloch
- "E25: Lockhearts and Coldhearts": After a sudden encounter with some Yuan-Ti cultists, Passione is escorted into Hemoarloch by Bloodhunter Champion Colonel Cardiock, who decides to place Calum under protective custody due to the assassination attempt on him. While this, unfortunately, means that he won't be accompanying them for the time being, the party manages to fill the void with a new party member with a knack for stealth and trickery... whose skills will become very useful for both the upcoming raid on the Anvilwrought Mine and studying Calum's extremely suspicious extended family.
- "E26: The Room Where it Happened": As Passione wraps up preparations for their attack on the Anvilwrougth Mine, the freshly recruited Ranunculae and Ash decide to investigate a suspicious room in the Lockheart estate... And what they find there puts the behaviors of Calum's uncle and Grandfather into a new, unsettling light.
- "E27: The Mine of Malicious Metal": Passione begins their raid on the Greevolve's Anvilwrought Mine, where they first must free some of the prisoners there and discover yet more about the Greevolve's plans.
- "E28: The Monster Factory": Having reunited with Ash's old friend Virginia in the factory, Passione begins making their move on the final room, where the Greevolve utilizes anvilwrought to create an army. Ash makes a horrifying, deeply upsetting discovery about a critical figure in the production...
- "E29: 'Twas the Light before the Black Moon": With very little time to contemplate what happened during their factory attack, Passione gears up for the upcoming Black Moon and whatever its appearance shall bring.
- "E30: Why So Silent?": The Black Moon rises, and with it comes the revitalized Black Fang, who turns out to have negatively influenced more than just Ophelia.
- "E31: End of the Bloodline...": The Black Fang escapes, having failed to find what he was looking for in Hemoarloch, leaving Passione and everyone else to pick up the pieces of the mess he made. One such piece is the arrested Lockheart family, who Passione questions about their involvement with the Black Fang and the Greevolve. The family's eventual incarceration forces Calum to make some tough decisions that will affect the rest of his life.
- "E32: The Security of Truth": Tragically, Osra discovers that her Tiefling curse has completed, which does not bode well for her father at all. Meanwhile, it turns out that while she has good intentions, Ran is not who she seems and confides in Ash about her true identity.
- "E33: The Fresh Prince of Hell Heir": With the abolishment of the Lockheart clan, Colonel Cardiock is left facing some difficult questions of his own about his Bloodhunter corp and his challenge. As Passione presses him on his decisions, they begin realizing the identity of his wife—and Asole's mother—and it's not anyone who they could've expected.
- Undercove
- "E34: Criminal Minds": With Jet having returned to the party, Passione—now a party of six— makes their way to Undercove, whose reputation as a lawless city certainly preceded it. After getting their bearings, the party seeks out one more of Ophelia's party members and meets back up with Noirene, who tells them about a disturbing incident from her past.
- "E35: Dire Decisions": Passione finally comes into contact with the man who could get Osra in contact with Don Matriarchi, Mr. Meaner, in his decadent Liches and Riches Casino. There, Meaner takes the party through a deadly game of cards; in return for playing a round, he'll answer one of their many pressing questions.
