The Billowing Hilltop - A D&D Podcast

Hesti Testapod has vanished, Blackwall Keep is under siege and a new rescue mission awaits our heroes! They must enter the mysterious Mistmarsh, a murky expanse plump with peril and opportunities to waste the time of local wildlife.

After a long chase through the night our heroes have found their quarry. Turns out their quarry is altogether more undead and wormy than expected. If they want the missing money, they have a fight on their hands!

With the bugbears defeated, our heroes take shelter in the ruined homestead. What is the story of the drug deal gone wrong? What secrets may be learned from the dead? Will the party keep their focus on their mission and the journey to Blackwall Keep, or crash off into the night in pursuit of loot? … Continue reading Episode 28 – Jewels N’ Drugs →

Our adventurers are looking forward to a night’s rest after their trek into the wilderness but fate has other plans. It seems there has been a double-booking, and the other guests are not in the mood to negotiate!

With the cultists of the Ebon Triad defeated, our heroes emerge from their long imprisonment in the Dark Cathedral. They should recuperate, reflect and mourn their dead but fate has other ideas! Diamond Lake is under threat and there is not a moment to be lost! Well, perhaps there’s time to divide the loot? I … Continue reading Episode 26 – Let’s Send the Knights Together →

Has Burple doomed or saved himself with his leap into the dark? Can Grimbold escape from the clutches of the roper? Which of our heroes will survive the final confrontation with Grallak Kur? Does the episode intro make any sense whatsoever? The answers lie in our double-length season-ending finale!

The gang must confront Grallak Kur and his many-tentacled guardian in the very heart of the Grey Woodsman’s realm. Has Burple been dragged to his doom? Will Grimbold face the same fate? Will Parker ever stop faffing about with twiglets and throw himself into the thick of the action? FInd out within!

“They’re coming outta the walls! They’re coming outta the goddamn walls!” Our band of bug-hunters are trapped within the Grey Woodsman’s realm with horrors all around. There is only one way to go: deeper, into the very guts of the labyrinth, towards Grallak Kur himself and his evil minions. They’re going there to destroy them. … Continue reading Episode 23 – Park(er) Life →

Our heroes creep into the smoke-filled tunnels of the Grey Woodsman’s realm. New dangers await: strange, tangled creatures wrought from the forest itself and huge, ravenous wolves. But there are other discoveries to be made: what will they learn about their world and its place in the greater cosmos?

The Faceless One has been slain (slayed? slew? slewn?) but what secrets wait to be discovered in the Chapel of Azmodee? And can our heroes take their minds off arguing about loot for long enough to find them? And if they can, will they remember any of what they learn? No, we’re thinking.

Well now. Sessions has flipped the Coin of Fate and Miss Fortune has spoken. Our wounded heroes must push on into the Chapel of Azmodee to confront The Faceless One and his accomplices in wickedness. Will they survive? Will the DM have to use Whispery Evil Voice No. 3™️? What is the German for 12 … Continue reading Episode 20 – Eyes Without a Face →

In a moment of extreme wisdom failure, our heroes have disturbed the disturbing denizens of the Chapel of Azmodee, Prince of Liches. And if there is one thing the denizens hate, it’s being disturbed. And if there is one thing they love, it is being disturbing. Will our heroes survive? Listen on!

One down, two to go! Our heroes, their powers enhanced by the blessing of mighty Oort*, leave the Chapel of Bann Shivu and creep their way north to the door marked with the symbol of Azmodee, Prince of Liches. *Apart from Parker. Lucas couldn’t get Herolab to work properly.

Never split the party! Burple, Cuthbert and Grimbold are sealed into the battle pit of Bann Shivu and must face down High Priestess Theldrek! Can Parker and Sessions gain entry in time to save them? And what is the secret of the magic mirror?

Our heroes must defeat the colossal boar Piers Morgan before taking on the denizens of the Chapel of Bann Shivu. WARNING: Contains annoying pastiche French pop music from the start.

Deep below the surface, our heroes lower themselves into the Dark Cathedral. Can they stealth their way into the lair of the Ebon Triad and learn the secrets of the cult? Or will they clumsily set off a sprawling combat involving a skeleton called Arthur and a colossal boar called Piers Morgan? Do you really … Continue reading Episode 15 – Deeper Underground →

Justice has been served on Sheriff Cubbins and his corrupt constables. Now our heroes head into Diamond Lake for some much needed R&R and a visit to Hesti Testapod before setting out to the Dourstone Mine on a new mission! WARNING: Contains brief period of zither music.

What lies deep in the belly of Diamond Lake? What lies beneath the Dourstone mine? Something is growing. There are whispers… whispers in the dark.. Join our hapless heroes as we begin Book 2 of the Age of Worms – The Three Faces of Evil!

It’s our double-length megasode as we conclude Book 1! Our heroes have faced down Filge but learn disturbing news. There are rumours of a new dark age – The Age of Worms – and evil lurking beneath Diamond Lake. They must turn to Hesti Testapod for guidance and then face the final challenge of the … Continue reading Episode 12 – Wild is the Wind →

Our heroes have explored the old observatory and solved the mystery of the missing bones. The secrets of the Whispering Cairn are within their grasp. But first they must confront the necromancer Filge in his fiendish laboratory! Roll for initiative!