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Vigil: Tailor Made, Act 5

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Act Five of Five: One’s home is one’s castle. Who’s the king of this one? Coming next on 3 December – Unpicking (Vigil Backstage) PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains strong language, drug use, gunfire, and gory fantasy violence. Meet actual play podcasters and see some live recordings at the Dragonmeet PodcastZone in London on 30 November: https://dragonmeet.co.uk/podcasts Back the Slayers Survival Kit and Hunter’s Journal, two new Monster of the Week books: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/evil-hat/slayers-survival-kit-and-hunter-s-journal Luvvie alert! We simply must introduce you to OMEN Investigations, a comedy horror podcast starring three secret agents as they travel the world fighting monsters, ghosts, aliens and other paranormal perils. https://www.omeninvestigations.com DRAMATIS PERSONAE AND OTHER DEFINITIONS PEGGY TAILOR: The prodigal daughter of a local family that dabbles in fey frolicking and organised crime, back in town to lay low after a grift gone horribly wrong. CALISTARIUS SOFTBINDING: A local horror writer with a cult following, who sponsored the construction of a whole new wing of Sherrydown’s library. Calistarius Softbinding is a nom de plume. ED KINCAID: A once promising, now disgraced MI5 agent assigned to investigate the more … esoteric threats reported to the national security hotline. JINNY GREENTEETH: Proprietor of the Grove of Oddities, a tacky Sherrydown tourist attraction. In a past life, Jinny was branded a witch after a series of drownings in her Lancashire village. DEPARTMENT OF OMISSIONS (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres. SHERRYDOWN, BRACKSHIRE: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office. OMISSION EFFECT: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Recently lifted. CREDITS COMPERE: Matt Boothman STARRING: - Ellie Pitkin as Peggy Tailor, the Crooked - Chris Buxey as Calistarius Softbinding, the Expert - Chris MacLennan as Ed Kincaid, the Professional - Josh Yard as Jinny Greenteeth, the Spellslinger - with Chris Starkey as Cameron Jarvis ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael Sands https://genericgames.co.nz/motw/ MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst SOUND DESIGN BY: Matt Boothman SFX AND INCIDENTAL MUSIC INCLUDES: Dragon and Toast by Kevin MacLeod; and may include others made available to use without attribution. EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman FIND US On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/ On Tumblr https://merelyroleplayers.tumblr.com/ www.MerelyRoleplayers.com