History Podcast / RollingWithDifficulty

''[[https://twitter.com/rollwdifficulty Rolling With Difficulty]]'' is a [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragonsFifthEdition D&D 5e]] ActualPlay podcast which follows the adventures of the crew of the spelljammer ''Per Aspera,'' set in a homebrewed mish-mash of the ''TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}'' and ''TabletopGame/{{Spelljammer}}'' settings. There are currently three seasons of the current campaign, and a one-shot in ''TabletopGame/{{CallOfCthulhu}}''

!! This work includes examples of:

* ArcWords: ''If they are lost, I shall find them; If they are imprisoned, I shall free them; If they are dead... I shall bury them.''
* BeardOfEvil: The berbalang in episode 1 has a goatee, causing Red to note that that's how they know they're evil.

* CityOfAdventure:
** The adventure starts in Sigil, the City of Doors, located at the exact center of the multiverse, and containing portals to every plane.
** In the second episode, the party goes to the City of Brass, on the Elemental Plane of Fire, home to the Efreet and ruled over by the Grand Sultan. Home to massive markets and located at the shore of the sea of fire.
** While it hasn't been visited yet, the DM has alluded to Tu'narath, the city of the Githyanki, built on the corpse of a god.

Season Four began on July 7, 2023.

Season Four has been announced for summer of 2023.

** While with the Feywilds in Episode 4, Dani & VR-LA, attempt to teach the fey to build traps to better defend their village. During which they directly reference Film/HomeAlone and WesternAnimation/TheLionKingOneAndAHalf, where apparently in this world were stage productions.

''[[https://twitter.com/rollwdifficulty Rolling With Difficulty]]'' is a weekly [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragonsFifthEdition D&D 5e]] ActualPlay podcast which follows the adventures of the crew of the spelljammer ''Per Aspera,'' set in a homebrewed mish-mash of the ''TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}'' and ''TabletopGame/{{Spelljammer}}'' settings.

* AlienGeometries: It's mentioned that trying to fly higher in the Astral Sea doesn't really work as the 'surface' can only ever be so far away from you.

* NaiveNewcomer: Kyana starts off as this. Also, a bit of EnforcedMethodActing, as this is [[WebAnimation/OverlySarcasticProductions Red]]'s first time playing 5th Edition
* PeopleFarms: This is discussed in story to be the origins of the githzerai and the githyanki at the hands of the mind flayers who created them to be psychic slaves. [[spoiler: This is also what the mind flayers are doing at the Priory where Kyana was raised.]]

* ShoutOut: While with the Feywilds in Episode 4, Dani & VR-LA, attempt to teach the fey to build traps to better defend their village. During which they directly reference Film/HomeAlone and WesternAnimation/TheLionKingOneAndAHalf, where apparently in this world were stage productions.
** During a combat in Season 2, episode 5, the players refer to a duo of Yugoloths with so many different iconic duos here (IE [[Franchise/Pokemon Jesse and James]],

* TrainJob: The premise of Episode 2 is that the party is sent on a mission to steal coins with mortal souls bound to them - which are the fuel for infernal motorbikes with {{Soul Powered Engine}}s - from a train that runs through Avernus, the first layer of the nine Hells.

** Also, during a combat in Season 2, episode 5, the players refer to a duo of Yugoloths with so many different iconic duos here (IE [[Franchise/Pokemon Jesse and James]],
* TimeyWimeyBall: The Astral Sea is also stated to have an inconsistent flow of time compared to the various planes. Presumably this is to help handwave travel times somewhat.

* NaiveNewcomer: Kyana starts off as this. Also, a bit of EnforcedMethodActing, as this is the first time [[WebAnimation/OverlySarcasticProductions Red]]'s first time playing 5th Edition

* NaiveNewcomer: Kyana starts off as this. Also, a bit of EnforcedMethodActing, as this is the first time [[WebVideo/OverlySarcasticProductions Red]]'s first time playing 5th Edition

* PeopleFarms: This is discussed in story to be the origins of the githzerai and the githyanki at the hands of the mind flayers who created them to be psychic slaves. [[spoiler: This is also what the mind flayers are doing at the Priory where Kyana was raised.]]

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* HumanFarm: This is discussed in story to be the origins of the githzerai and the githyanki at the hands of the mind flayers who raised created them to be psychic slaves. [[spoiler: This is also what the mind flayers are doing at the Priory where Kyana was raised.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: Enoch attempts this in Episode 3, so that the crew of the Per Aspera can escape a dragon in Acheron. However, with some quick thinking from Kyana & VR-LA, they're able to save him before he loses his life.

-->''Throughout the Planescape there are countless wars between good and evil, lawful and chaotic. Forces of great power shift the very nature of reality. These are not their stories...\\

''[[https://twitter.com/rollwdifficulty Rolling With Difficulty]]'' is a weekly D&D 5e Main/ActualPlay podcast which follows the adventures of the crew of the spelljammer ''Per Aspera,'' set in a homebrewed mish-mash of the ''TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}'' and ''TabletopGame/{{Spelljammer}}'' settings.

* CityOfAdventure: The adventure starts in Sigil, the City of Doors, located at the exact center of the multiverse, and containing portals to every plane.

* ShoutOut: While with the Feywilds in Chapter 4, Dani & VR-LA, attempt to teach the fey to build traps to better defend their village. During which they directly reference Film/HomeAlone and WesternAnimation/TheLionKingOneAndAHalf, where apparently in this world were stage productions.

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* AlienGeometries: It's mentioned that trying to fly higher in the Astral Sea doesn't really work as surface can only ever be so far away from you.

* TrainJob: The premise of Episode 2 is that the party is sent on a mission to steal soul coins from a train that runs through Avernus, the first layer of the nine Hells.
* UnaffectedBySpice: It's stated taht many fire-resistant creatures don't feel the sting of spice nearly as strongly as everyone else, which makes food on the Elemental Plane of Fire near-intolerably spicy for many visitors.