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My Daughter’s Keeper

James Cameron

An actual play podcast in which a Father & Daughters team work through (mostly) horror TTRPG scenarios.

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#107
Wednesday · 23 min
Trouble in Twin Lakes – Episode 01
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mydaughterskeeper Our latest Wednesday adventure begins with a simple journey across the Twin Lakes region. The Weston-Super-Mare RPGers play Limu, Draconis and Glomaran as they make their way towards Isthmus Town — a wayfarer's stopping point for travellers, adventurers and other assorted idiots passing through on their way to the mysterious Stone Forest. Of course, no journey undertaken by adventurers is ever quite as simple as it sounds. This time around, we're bringing you an adaptation of a Cairn 2nd Edition adventure, converted for the familiar embrace of D&D 5th Edition. Because apparently, despite all evidence to the contrary, getting players to learn a new game system is harder than crossing an ancient wilderness filled with bandits & monsters. So, armed with D&D character sheets, questionable judgement and absolutely no guarantee that the journey will end well, our three adventurers set out across the Twin Lakes. What could possibly go wrong? Probably quite a lot.
#106
September 16 · 22 min
Under a Fell Black Sky – Episode 06
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mydaughterskeeper The tower has fallen. Their memories have returned. And now, standing before Ray Locke, Calista, Gloomaran, and Rykard Hemamori is something that most sensible adventurers would consider an excellent reason to turn around and go home. Unfortunately, there is nowhere left to go. An Undead Dragon rises from the chaos, its ancient corpse animated by powers that should have remained buried. With nowhere to run and precious little chance of surviving, our battered heroes are forced into mortal combat with a creature that has absolutely no intention of showing mercy. Steel, magic, divine power and whatever the hell Rykard happens to have up his sleeve are brought to bear as the party fight for their lives. But can four exhausted adventurers really bring down an undead dragon? Or are Ray, Calista, Gloomaran and Rykard about to become so much chum? There's only one way to find out…Roll for initiative.
#104
September 9 · 21 min
Under a Fell Black Sky – Episode 05
In Under a Fell Black Sky – Episode 05, Ray Locke, Calista, Gloomaran, and Rykard Hemamori barely escape with their lives as the ancient tower collapses around them. And then the memories return. Fragments of forgotten lives begin to surface as the adventurers finally remember who they are, why they are here, and perhaps what brought them to this blood-soaked battlefield in the first place. But reflection is a luxury they can ill afford. Because waiting beyond the ruins is something ancient, enormous, and very much dead - An Undead Dragon! Whatever answers the party has recovered may have to wait. First, they'll have to survive one of the most terrifying creatures ever to take to the skies. The tower has fallen. Their memories have returned. Now the real battle begins. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mydaughterskeeper
#105
September 6 · 1 min
September Interval Announcement
For the month of September, we’re taking a small break from our usual Sunday uploads. Fear not, the podcast hasn’t been consumed by an eldritch entity, the dice haven’t finally driven us to madness, and Dad hasn’t accidentally deleted the entire back catalogue… yet. Wednesday episodes will continue as normal, so there’s still plenty of questionable decision-making, terrible dice rolls and assorted supernatural nonsense coming your way. Our regular Wednesday and Sunday schedule will return on 6th October, when we’ll be back with new adventures and, presumably, absolutely no lessons learned from anything that happened before the break. Thanks, as always, for listening, supporting the show, and sticking with us. We’ll see you on Wednesday—and full service resumes October 6th. Until then, keep your lights on, your eyes open, and whatever you do… don’t split the party.
#103
September 2 · 20 min
Under a Fell Black Sky – Episode 04
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mydaughterskeeper In Under a Fell Black Sky – Episode 04, Ray Locke, Calista, Gloomaran, and Rykard Hemamori finally reach the dizzying heights of the old tower. After battling rogue Elves on the way up, the party might be forgiven for thinking the worst is behind them. They would, of course, be completely wrong. With the battlefield raging far below and the fell black sky looming overhead, the adventurers discover that reaching the top of the tower was merely the beginning. Their mission awaits, along with new dangers, difficult choices, and the distinct possibility that coming back down will be considerably harder than getting up. The heroes have made it to the top. Now they just have to survive what they find there.
#102
August 30 · 28 min
LIVE 2026: On Hostile Shores – Episode Five (Finale)
In LIVE 2026: On Hostile Shores – Episode Five, our shipwrecked investigators have reached the end of their desperate struggle against an island that should not exist—and now their fates rest in the least reliable hands imaginable. With Robert, Guillaume, and Margot scattered across the island, survival will be decided by the roll of the dice, the enthusiastic intervention of our live audience, and the capricious whims of a Keeper who has never knowingly allowed good judgement to get in the way of an entertaining conclusion. Plans unravel, terrible choices are made, and the mysteries of On Hostile Shores finally come crashing together as the long-lost adventure reaches its live finale. Who will escape? Who will succumb to the horrors of the island? And who will discover that sometimes the most dangerous thing in Call of Cthulhu isn't the Mythos at all—it's giving the audience a say in what happens next? Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mydaughterskeeper
#101
August 26 · 24 min
Under a Fell Black Sky – Episode 03
In Under a Fell Black Sky – Episode 03, our Keeper-turned-Dungeon Daddy watches from behind the screen as Ray Locke, Calista, Gloomaran, and Rykard Hemamori discover that the rogue Elves blocking their ascent through the old tower aren't going to be talked aside quite so easily. With negotiations rapidly giving way to violence, the party finds itself doing battle with a surprisingly nimble—and worryingly enthusiastic—band of dancing Elves. Blades flash, spells fly, boots tap, and what should have been a straightforward fight becomes something considerably more theatrical. Outside, armies clash beneath a blackened sky. Inside, our heroes are locked in mortal combat with murderous Elves who apparently believe choreography is an essential part of warfare. The tower awaits above... assuming anyone survives the dance. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mydaughterskeeper
#100
August 23 · 23 min
LIVE 2026: On Hostile Shores – Episode Four
In LIVE 2026: On Hostile Shores – Episode Four, our shipwrecked investigators demonstrate one of the oldest and most reliable ways of ensuring that absolutely nothing goes according to plan: they split the party. Three ways. Robert presses onward alone into the mysterious tunnel, venturing deeper beneath the island in search of answers—and hopefully an exit. Guillaume, meanwhile, makes his way back towards the beach, retracing their steps and confronting whatever might still be waiting along the shoreline. And Margot has decided she's had quite enough of mysterious islands altogether, putting her faith in a hastily constructed bamboo raft and the considerably less-than-hospitable South Pacific. Three investigators. Three separate paths. And an island that has already demonstrated that neither geography nor reality can entirely be trusted. Will Robert discover what lies beneath the island? Will Guillaume find something waiting for him on the beach? And can Margot really escape this nightmare with some bamboo and blind optimism? It's Call of Cthulhu. They've split the party. What could possibly go wrong? Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mydaughterskeeper
#99
August 19 · 21 min
Under a Fell Black Sky – Episode 02
In Under a Fell Black Sky – Episode 02, our Keeper-turned-Dungeon Daddy takes the reins as the WSM-RPG crew finally ventures inside the battered old tower looming over the battlefield. Paladin Ray Locke, Barbarian Calista, Cleric Gloomaran, and Warforged Warlock Rykard Hemamori leave the carnage outside behind and begin the long climb through the tower's crumbling interior. But any hopes that four walls and a roof might offer some respite are quickly dashed. Waiting above is a band of rogue Elves. With an undead army raging beyond the walls, an increasingly questionable mission ahead of them, and armed strangers blocking the way, diplomacy might be the sensible option. So naturally, things are about to get interesting. Welcome back to Under a Fell Black Sky, where getting inside the tower was the easy part. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mydaughterskeeper
#98
August 16 · 31 min
LIVE 2026: On Hostile Shores – Episode Three
In LIVE 2026: On Hostile Shores – Episode Three, our thoroughly bedraggled investigators have survived the storm, the sea, and the small inconvenience of being washed ashore on an island that shouldn't exist. Now comes the easy part: figuring out where the hell they are. As the family begins exploring their strange new surroundings, signs of life—and danger—soon emerge. Worse still, a threat they had every reason to believe was already dealt with makes an unwelcome return, raising some uncomfortable questions about exactly what happened out on those stormy waters. But the deeper they venture, the stranger things become. Familiar assumptions begin to unravel, impossible details refuse to add up, and the investigators are left wondering whether anything on this island is quite what it appears to be. They're alive. They're ashore. They're relatively intact. Frankly, that's probably as good as things are going to get. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mydaughterskeeper
#97
August 12 · 29 min
Under a Fell Black Sky – Episode 01: Setting the Scene
In Under a Fell Black Sky – Episode 01: Setting the Scene, our Keeper of the Arcane Lore swaps titles to become Dungeon Daddy as the WSM-RPG crew plunges into a high-action Dungeons & Dragons one-shot enhanced by the immersive soundscapes of Syrinscape. Unfortunately, the greatest monster at the table struck before the adventure had properly begun: dodgy recording equipment. With the original audio from the first session sadly corrupted beyond salvation, we weren't willing to consign the whole adventure to the technological void. So, before we join the surviving actual-play recordings, Dad takes up the narrator's mantle for a specially produced dramatic recreation of that lost opening session. Beneath a fell black sky, a civilised army clashes with an overwhelming horde of undead, four adventurers awaken amid the carnage with precious little idea of what's happening, and an already chaotic battlefield is about to become considerably worse. Steel yourself, turn up the volume, and step onto the battlefield. This isn't quite an actual play... not yet. This is how Under a Fell Black Sky begins. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mydaughterskeeper
#96
August 9 · 22 min
LIVE 2026: On Hostile Shores – Episode Two
In LIVE 2026: On Hostile Shores – Episode Two, thing go from perilous to positively impossible. Thrown into the storm-lashed waters of the South Pacific, our thoroughly respectable family of Frenchmen find themselves confronting a nightmare no sailor's chart has ever recorded. A monstrous creature rises from the depths. An island appears where no island should exist. And with the sea determined to swallow them whole, survival becomes far more important than finding answers. As the storm closes in and reality itself begins to feel uncertain, the investigators must rely on quick thinking, steady nerves, and perhaps a little blind luck if they're to make it through the night. But in the world of Call of Cthulhu, every answer comes at a price—and some discoveries are far more dangerous than the monsters that guard them. Recorded live before an audience, this is cosmic horror at its most unpredictable, where the dice are as merciless as the ocean, and even the best-laid plans can be washed away with the tide.
#95
August 5 · 24 min
Fortress of Death – Episode Two
In Fortress of Death – Episode Two, Keeper Dad ventures ever deeper into the decaying stronghold, where every crumbling corridor hides a fresh danger and every shadow conceals something that would very much like him dead. Continuing his solo journey through Sound Realms' immersive recreation of the classic Lone Wolf adventure, our would-be hero must rely on sharp wits as much as sharp steel. The fortress is a maze of fiendish puzzles, forgotten chambers, and ancient mysteries, all guarded by creatures that have no intention of letting an intruder leave alive. Every decision opens a new path—or springs a new trap—and success is never more than a single bad choice away from becoming a very short adventure indeed. With danger mounting and the secrets of the Fortress of Death beginning to reveal themselves, Keeper Dad must keep his nerve if he's to survive long enough to uncover the truth lurking at the heart of this accursed ruin. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mydaughterskeeper
#94
August 2 · 22 min
LIVE 2026: On Hostile Shores – Episode One
In LIVE 2026: On Hostile Shores – Episode One, Morgana, Adam, and Kevin join our Keeper of the Arcane Lore on stage for a special live performance as My Daughter's Keeper attempts to do the impossible: resurrect a lost adventure. Originally played early in the podcast's life, On Hostile Shores was one of those scenarios cruelly swallowed by the greatest horror of them all—Dad's knackered old recording equipment. With the original audio lost to the void, the team returns to the scenario before a live audience to give it the second chance it deserves. Marooned on an isolated coastline where the sea guards ancient secrets and every tide threatens to reveal something better left buried, our investigators must once again confront the unknown. Of course, this being a live show, no amount of preparation can account for player improvisation, audience laughter, or the Keeper's increasingly desperate attempts to keep the story on the rails. Will this long-lost chapter of the Everhart Expedition finally be told? Or will it disappear into chaos for a second time? Join us as we return to On Hostile Shores... and tempt fate once more. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mydaughterskeeper
#93
July 29 · 25 min
Fortress of Death – Episode One
In Fortress of Death – Episode One, Keeper Dad steps away from the Game Master's chair for another solo adventure, tackling the immersive audio experience Fortress of Death from Sound Realms—a modern recreation of the classic Lone Wolf telephone adventure game. Armed with little more than the dubious confidence that accompanies every solo adventure, our hero sets out on a perilous mission to infiltrate the dreaded Fortress of Death. Ancient evils, deadly traps, and ruthless enemies stand between him and his objective, where every choice could mean the difference between glorious success and an embarrassingly swift demise. Can Keeper Dad guide the last of the Kai through the fortress's many perils, or will this nostalgic journey end the same way so many gamebooks do—with a finger wedged between the pages while muttering, "I probably should have chosen the other door..."? Join us as we rediscover a true classic of interactive fantasy. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mydaughterskeeper
#92
July 26 · 25 min
Battle at the Bot-Factory – Episode Two
In Battle at the Bot-Factory – Episode Two, the mission continues as Mo, Tilly, and special guest Leigh return to the underground labyrinth beneath Robotnik's Robo-Factory in this Sonic the Hedgehog-inspired Grotten adventure, recorded live at Sonic FanFest on 20th June 2026. Battered, bruised, and already questioning every life choice that led them into the sewers, Picky the Pig presses on despite his injuries, accompanied by Rocky the Seal and Ricky the Squirrel. With danger lurking around every corner, the unlikely trio must navigate collapsing tunnels, deadly Badniks, and far stranger threats hidden beneath the old castle foundations. The fate of the Woodland Resistance hangs in the balance. If they can disable the factory's shield generator, Sonic and the gang may finally have the chance to bring Robotnik's latest scheme crashing down. But first, they'll have to survive the Bot-Factory's darkest secrets—and in true Grotten fashion, that's proving much easier said than done. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mydaughterskeeper
#91
July 22 · 28 min
Dark Lullaby – Episode 09 (Finale)
In Dark Lullaby – Episode 09, the investigation reaches its harrowing conclusion. Following the last remaining thread, Eric and Kody venture into the dense woodland behind the Neville Winery in search of where Carmen Peabody went off to, hoping to finally uncover the truth behind Amber's death and the sinister secrets lurking beneath Austin, Maine. Instead, they find something far beyond anything they had imagined. In the shadows of the forest, the veil between reason and nightmare begins to tear, confronting the investigators with an unspeakable horror that defies explanation and challenges the limits of the human mind. By the end of this journey, survival may no longer be the greatest prize. When faced with truths mankind was never meant to comprehend, the real question becomes whether Eric and Kody can hold on to their sanity long enough to want to survive at all. Some mysteries are solved at a terrible cost... and some should never have been uncovered. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mydaughterskeeper
#90
July 19 · 21 min
Battle at the Bot-Factory – Episode 01
In Battle at the Bot-Factory – Episode One, recorded live on stage at Sonic FanFest on 20th June 2026, Mo, Tilly, and special guest Leigh dive into a Sonic the Hedgehog-inspired adventure using the delightfully chaotic Grotten RPG system in a homebrew scenario created especially for the event. As the Woodland Resistance launches its long-awaited assault on Robotnik's sprawling Robo-Factory, the fate of the mission rests in the paws of three unlikely heroes: Picky the Pig, Ricky the Squirrel, and Rocky the Seal. Their assignment is simple on paper—slip into the factory through the old sewer network beneath the ruined castle on which it was built, disable the shield generator, and clear the way for the Resistance's final push. Of course, nothing is ever that simple. The forgotten tunnels have become a labyrinth of rusting machinery, ancient stonework, and unspeakable horrors that have no business existing beneath a robot factory. Will our rag-tag heroes complete their mission and become legends of the Resistance? Will they become hopelessly lost beneath the castle? Or will they meet a sticky, spectacularly embarrassing end in front of a live audience? There's only one way to find out. Roll initiative! Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mydaughterskeeper
#89
July 15 · 23 min
Dark Lullaby – Episode 08
In Dark Lullaby – Episode 08, the investigators wrap up one final round of questions and revelations at the Beetroot Café before following their latest lead to the prestigious Neville Winery. Amid the rolling vineyards and polished charm of Austin's most celebrated estate, the trio hopes to find answers. Instead, they uncover fresh reasons to be suspicious. While Eric and Kody join the winery's guided tour, piecing together clues hidden in plain sight, Carmen can't shake the feeling that something is wrong beneath the surface. Trusting his instincts, he slips away to investigate on his own, convinced that the truth lies somewhere beyond the carefully curated image presented to visitors. As the investigation begins to converge on the heart of Austin's secrets, every discovery raises the stakes. Beneath the town's picture-perfect façade, something ancient is stirring—and the investigators may be closer than ever to uncovering the truth Amber died trying to expose. Join us LIVE on stage at the Blakehay Theatre in Weston-Super-Mare this July! tickets and details can be found over at - https://www.blakehay.org.uk/event-details/my-daughters-keeper-live Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mydaughterskeeper
#88
July 12 · 19 min
HeroQuest: Barrow of the Beastmen – The Forgotten Crypt, Episode 7 (Finale)
In HeroQuest: Barrow of the Beastmen – The Forgotten Crypt, Episode 7, the adventure reaches its epic conclusion. After battling their way through wave after wave of restless undead, Nuggy, Morgan, and Gjord—alongside the loyal wolf Gary and the indomitable Imperial guardsman Bob—finally reach the deepest chambers of the forgotten crypt. There, they uncover a grim ritual gathering of Beastmen, and with it, the horrifying fate that has befallen the rest of the Imperial escort. The truth behind the crypt's corruption is laid bare, leaving the heroes with only one option: stand and fight. What follows is a desperate, all-or-nothing battle against the forces of Chaos. Steel clashes with horn and hoof, spells fly through the darkness, and every hero will be tested to their limits. Will the party put an end to the Beastmen's foul designs and escape the crypt at last? Or will they join the countless souls already claimed by this accursed place? The fate of the expedition—and perhaps much more besides—will be decided in this thrilling finale. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mydaughterskeeper The adventure is available via the "Ye Olde Inn" Forum - https://forum.yeoldeinn.com/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=7187 Join us LIVE on stage at the Blakehay Theatre in Weston-Super-Mare this July! tickets and details can be found over at - https://www.blakehay.org.uk/event-details/my-daughters-keeper-live

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