Roll High or Die Podcast
by The Evil Dungeon Master
An Actual Play Podcast with grit, humor, and danger in every roll. From dungeons and haunted ruins to starships and shadowy streets, we bring you weekly adventures across systems like D&D, Basic Fantasy, Star Wars, Shadowrun, and Palladium. If you’re into eerie mysteries, sudden twists, and dice deciding fates, this is your one-stop feed for the Evil Dungeon Master Universe. Go to https://RollhighorDie.com for all our feeds!
Episodes
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Basic Fantasy Episode 40
The Silver Guard returns to the ruined church to recover the relics needed to repair the broken ward, but nothing is ever simple with this group. Before they can leave, old promises must be made, fallen enemies must be cleared away, and a mysterious weapon begins raising questions of its own.…
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Basic Fantasy Episode 39
The Silver Guard races back to town with a new ally in tow, only to find that the situation has grown worse in their absence. With the High Keeper awake and the truth behind the spreading possession finally coming into focus, the group learns that stopping the disaster will mean returning to a...
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Basic Fantasy Episode 38: The Old Church in the Forest
The Silver Guard reaches an old church hidden in the forest, searching for a way to wake the High Keeper before the town falls further under the spirits’ influence. Inside, the party finds goblins, old holy wards, buried secrets, and a sacred place still protected by powers they do not fully...
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Basic Fantasy - Episode 37: After the Tablet Breaks
The Silver Guard faces the fallout from a choice that may have changed everything. With the sky burning red, strange spirits moving through the world, and the High Keeper left powerless, the party must figure out what can still be saved. As panic rises and old answers fall short, the group turns...
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Basic Fantasy - Episode 36
The mystery around Father Reynolds and the sacred tablet grows darker. What looked like a miracle now feels far more dangerous, and the party must decide how much faith they can place in power they do not understand. With strange healing, cursed results, and a warning hidden in ancient words, the...
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Basic Fantasy - Episode 35
The party returns from their last dangerous mission, hoping for a quiet night of rest after bringing a sacred relic back to the chapel. That peace does not last long. As a sudden morning summons pulls them back into trouble, where strange events, sickened wolves, and a troubling miracle leave the...
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Supernatural Hunters Episode 14 - What is hunting them?
The team arrives in Blackridge to investigate the brutal death of a young psychic woman named Emily Voss. What first appears to be an overdose quickly turns into something far stranger after evidence at the morgue suggests impossible brain trauma and signs of extreme fear before death. Searching...
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Supernatural Hunters Episode 13 - Season 3 Starts here!
After months apart, the hunters reunite under new circumstances and new rules as the group begins a fresh chapter of Supernatural Hunters. Late one night, Remington receives a desperate phone call from an old hunter contact, Evelyn Cross. Something is killing psychics in the town of Blackridge,...
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Basic Fantasy - Episode 34
A lot of things go down as the group finds their way out of trouble and you'll have to listen in to see what happens!
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Basic Fantasy - Episode 33
The episode starts with the Silver Guard recovering after the trouble beneath the tavern, splitting loot, checking on the guards, and trying to get the town back into some kind of order. Things turn messy fast, with more party banter, a violent run-in, and the usual questionable leadership. After...
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Basic Fantasy - Episode 32
The Silverguard pushes deeper into the darkness beneath the tavern, where every room feels wrong and every choice feels risky. What starts as a search for answers turns into another tense crawl through old chambers, hidden trouble, strange discoveries, and the kind of danger that never stays…
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Basic Fantasy Episode 31
The Silverguard heads back beneath a tavern after a hidden door reveals there was more evil buried below than anyone first thought. What starts as a cleanup job turns into a tense crawl through cramped chambers, old traps, and undead horrors, with the party trying to stay alive while trading…
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Basic Fantasy - Episode 30 - Something is wrong under the tavern.
The Silver Guard thought they already cleared the place. They blessed the altar, burned the evil, and moved on. Now a new tavern owner starts cleaning the basement and finds another hidden door. Two guards go down the stairs to check it out. Neither of them comes back. Thaddeus calls the party in...
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Basic Fantasy - Episode 29 - Town Criers and Traitors
Morning in town turns into a panic sprint. The party pays the church to restore Robin, hands over the Ring of Saint Ulfric for study, and realizes the clock on Father Vale is still ticking. Then they try a “rumor” plan that is basically five town criers yelling about a magic ring all day, while…
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Basic Fantasy - Episode 28 - Robin the Lawn Ornament
The party staggers out of the dungeon with the basilisk dead, the loot counted, and one problem that does not fit in a coin pouch, Robin got turned to stone. With 3,600 gold on the table and the Ring of Saint Ulfric finally in hand, they haul their “stone gnome” back to town, argue over treasure,...
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Basic Fantasy - Episode 27 - The Paladin likes to Burn Things..
This week’s episode picks up right where things went wrong. The party pushes deeper into a dungeon that already smells like bad choices. Doors open. Fires get lit. Someone decides burning the room is the right call. It only gets stranger from there. What follows is a tight stretch of old school...
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Supernatural Hunters Episode 12
The hunters breach the vampire's lair through a fifth-floor window, expecting to find a nest. Instead, they discover a nightmare: three victims strung up like cattle, slowly draining into buckets. But when Detective Knight hears his own name whispered from the shadows, the team realizes they're…
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Basic Fantasy - Episode 26 - Fetch Quest!
The group was tasked with heading into a dungeon recover the ring of Saint Ulfric which might help with Father Vale. The group headed into the dungeon and we last left them after they just defeated an ogre was sleeping and caught by surprise.
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Supernatural Hunters Episode 11 - Season 2 Starts here!
The group got gathered back up by Elias and sent to Ashford Pines where a bunch of bodies were showing up, which pointed to a sloppy vampire nest that's possibly forming. Not an animal attack like the sheriff was saying in the reports. The Group headed into town to start their investigation.
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Basic Fantasy - Episode 25 - Aftermath of Decisions...
Episode 25 opens in the aftermath of the Baron’s death and immediately shows the cost of that choice. Thaddeus steps into authority as acting Prime Marshal and discovers that ruling is messier than killing. Guards demand schedules, raises, PTO, and discipline. The town does not collapse, but it...
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Basic Fantasy - Episode 24 - Back in the saddle again!
The group takes action, makes harsh decisions, and deaths happen. The town is up in chaos as things have to be decided. Don't miss this episode!
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Supernatural Hunters Episode 10 - Season 1 Finale
Inside the shop, the rules break. Voices carry without sound. Reflections lie. When one hunter crosses the line into the mirror, the truth finally shows itself, and getting everyone back may cost more than finishing the job. #SupernaturalHunters #ActualPlay #MiniSix #OpenD6
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Supernatural Hunters Episode 9
The hunters take a job that should be routine. A quiet town. A locked shop. Too many mirrors. What starts as questions and prep turns into something wrong watching from the other side of the glass, and the team may already be late. #SupernaturalHunters #ActualPlay #MiniSix #OpenD6 This was…
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Basic Fantasy - Episode 23 - Poison in the Morning
The day starts with breakfast and prayer. It ends with murder, poison, and a town on the brink. A tavern owner is found dead, a Guardian agent slips into his place, and half the town eats a poisoned meal before anyone realizes what’s happening. As Thaddeus follows a trail of blood, contracts, and...
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Basic Fantasy - Episode 22
We pick back up as the Caleb continues his quest to help heal nature and his path of becoming a druid.
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Basic Fantasy - Episode 21 – Worst Druid Eva!
Caleb and Silver Guard continue their quest to help heal nature, as the group groans and sighs mumbling, "worse druid ever!" as this continues....
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Basic Fantasy - Episode 20 – The Woods Chose Poorly
In this episode, the spotlight shines on Caleb, as he's asked to take upon a quest with his new path of being a Druid. Nature needs help, did Mother Nature choose poorly? Stay tuned to find out!
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Basic Fantasy - Episode 19 – Fire and Blood at the Goblin Camp
What began as a simple scouting mission turns into chaos. The Silver Guard storms the goblin camp, arrows fly, fire spreads, and a monstrous ogre joins the fight. Mooey charges through the flames, Caleb lassos from the shadows, and Thaddeus earns his title as “Daddy Thaddy” in the thick of…
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Basic Fantasy - Episode 18 – Flames of Recon
The Silver Guard’s next mission comes straight from the Marshal: infiltrate a goblin encampment in the southern woods. No fighting—just recon. But with Robin sneaking through the trees, Thaddeus laying plans, and Mooey ready to burn everything in sight, “quiet observation” doesn’t last long.…
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Basic Fantasy - Episode 17 – Who are the Guardians?
The group heads out for the final piece of the original quest to help dissolve the Rat King's evil idol and run into a group of people who want similar things.
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Basic Fantasy - Episode 16 – Deal with the Devil?
Thaddeus and Mooey meet with the Baron, had breakfast and a deal is offered to Thaddeus. Thaddeus has to think about it and confers with the group as they all agree its not a bad deal take it. Meanwhile various town cries are singing Thaddeus' praise around town. Thaddeus, Orinath and Robin head…
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Basic Fantasy - Episode 15 – The Fallen Keep Beckons
The Silver Guard not caring much about Raelin’s sudden death, devoured by a monstrous burrower, moves forward. Thaddeus is tasked with retrieving the Sword of Circe from a ruined keep high in the mountains. The party splits duties, returns the wounded miners, divides Raelin’s gold, and sets out…
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Basic Fantasy - Episode 14 – Centipedes, Ghost Miners, and a Grim Farewell
The Silver Guard returns from the mines with the ashroot bloom in hand, but not without a heavy cost. Raelin’s fate takes a shocking turn, the miners are freed from a terrible nest, and the group wrestles with what’s real, what’s illusion, and what’s worth carrying forward. Tensions flare, jokes...
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Basic Fantasy - Episode 13 – Shadows in the Silver Mine
The Silver Guard heads to the old mine in search of answers, but find only echoes of the past, ghostly miners trapped in an endless loop, and tensions in the party still simmering after betrayal. With spirits haunting their path and mistrust haunting their steps, can the group hold together long...
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Basic Fantasy - Episode 12 - Betrayal in the Silver Guard
Tensions in the Silver Guard boil over in Episode 12. After discovering the witch’s contracts, Raylan’s charm spell and Thaddius’ sense of honor come to a head in a shocking betrayal that leaves blades drawn between allies. The party struggles to pull itself back together as grudges, apologies…
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Basic Fantasy - Episode 11 - Beneath the Reflection
The storm has passed. The lake is still. But not everything stays down. With fresh scars and fewer allies, the group returns to shore—only to find the town changed. Faces seem colder. Eyes linger longer. And the questions just keep piling up. Whispers swirl about old pacts, locked doors, and...
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Basic Fantasy - Episode 10 - The Lake Takes
One night. One boat. One mistake. The search party never returned. Now it’s up to our heroes to brave the lake and find out what really happened to the missing guardsmen. But as the mist rolls in and shadows ripple beneath the surface, it’s clear—something in the water is watching. Lines are…
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Basic Fantasy - Episode 9 The Whisper Beneath the Waves
The gold’s been split. The drinks have flowed. But the celebration doesn’t last long. Mooey hears something in the woods. Thaddeus uncovers a deadly family grudge. And now, there’s something wrong at the lake. Fishermen missing. Guards vanished. Something old... maybe hungry... waits in the deep....
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Basic Fantasy - Episode 8
The party sets out to investigate the disappearance of fishermen near a lake, uncovering clues about strange footprints, bloodstains, and a secret underground passage. As they camp by the lake, they encounter odd characters, including a suspicious pirate who suddenly vanishes underwater. The...
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Basic Fantasy - Episode 7
The party reunites. Mooey recounts his strange encounter in the woods, and the Baron’s gold is split. Spirits are high, drinks are flowing, and the town throws a celebration in their honor. But behind the cheers, something darker lurks. Thaddeus uncovers a grim truth—Mooey’s clan is being hunted,...
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Basic Fantasy Episode 6 - Mooey Marked for Death?
After slaying a giant and securing a hefty reward from the Baron, Mooey does what any responsible hero would—hides the gold and buys the group a cart. But while the rest of the party is away, a chilling howl in the woods sets him on a path that turns victory into something far darker. What begins...
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Basic Fantasy - Episode 5 - The weird cave of the Giant!
In this episode, the group ventures deep into the towering cave of the fallen giant, where every echo feels like a warning and every shadow hides a secret. As they push past collapsed tunnels and ancient bones, they uncover the hidden treasures buried within—forgotten relics, powerful artifacts,...
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Basic Fantasy - Episode 4 - Off to the Giant's cave for riches!
The group took advantage of the prints in the snow and tracked the cyclops to the moutain area before the snow covered his tracks. They ran into some Gnolls and talked their way out of the situation when Rob's character cast charm person the Gnoll leader. At night when camping the group noticed...
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Basic Fantasy - Episode 3 - Bears, Bears, Bears Everywhere!
While camping that night, the group pulls watch duty—and ends up attracting a giant grizzly bear. Chaos breaks out. Another blunder mid-fight sends poor Robin flying—again—dropping hard in the middle of the brawl. They take the bear down, barely holding it together, and drag themselves back to…
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Basic Fantasy - Episode 2 - Dealing with the Demon Idol
The group met up with an old friend who wanted in on the adventuring. After that, they headed to the chapel and talked to the High Keeper. She said they could get rid of the demon idol—but she’d need three ingredients first. Here’s the list: Ashroot Bloom, Silver Duskwater , Binding Dust of the...
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Basic Fantasy - Episode 1 - Rats in the Cellar?
Welcome to the start of a new series here at Roll High or Die. The group is back with Basic Fantasy! Basic Fantasy can be found at https://Basicfantasy.org Listen in as the group introduces their characters and then tackles an issue at the local tavern!
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Supernatural Hunters Episode 8
The group investigates the death of a boy in town, things are not adding up.
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Supernatural Hunters Episode 7 - A New Case Starts..
The group after solving the mystery of the town, head back for some R&R, but get another mission to investigate.
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Supernatural Hunters Episode 6
The group knows there is something coming, something big, but what is it? #minisix
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Supernatural Hunters Episode 5
The group continues to solve the mystery of the town. #minisix
About this show
An Actual Play Podcast with grit, humor, and danger in every roll. From dungeons and haunted ruins to starships and shadowy streets, we bring you weekly adventures across systems like D&D, Basic Fantasy, Star Wars, Shadowrun, and Palladium. If you’re into eerie mysteries, sudden twists, and dice deciding fates, this is your one-stop feed for the Evil Dungeon Master Universe. Go to https://RollhighorDie.com for all our feeds!
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