Camp Pain #023: Wanted "Undead" or Alive (Season 1.5 Continues!)
Welcome to Shimmerlake City, where the streets shimmer, the politics simmer… and about a third of the population is technically dead.
This week, our party—Seven, Bellith, Guldor, and TR-33—arrives in the bustling lakeside metropolis, only to find a city split in more ways than one. The wealthy East Side gleams with opulence and pristine towers, while the West Side shows its age—and its skepticism toward the Returned.
Who are the Returned? Well… they’re zombies. But polite ones. Reanimated by divine intervention (or so we’re told), fed, clothed, and welcomed back into society to live among the living. And not everyone’s thrilled about it.
In this episode:
As tensions rise between the Lathander sects and the city’s rich and poor, our adventurers gear up, gather information, and try to make sense of a city that might just be on the edge of a holy (or unholy) uprising.
Join Bellith Thornton, Guldor Firebeard, TR33, Seven of the NiteWood, and Liam the DM as our magical misadventure continues in a place where you’re either undead… or alive.
In the Sunfire kingdom of Valdoria, our adventurers attend Pyreglow Preparatory Academy—one of many schools training the next generation of heroes after the legendary Great Vanishing left the realm unguarded. Now, teens from across the kingdom have enrolled in the famed Camp Shimmer Lake, where danger, drama, and dice rolls await.
Camp Pain is a bi-weekly Dungeons & Dragons game hosted by Michael Heit from Hey Other Parents, Food & Fury, and Snackzeroth podcasts. Created and run by our extraordinary DM Liam, and starring Bridget, Orlep, Levine, and the occasional guest. Some of us are seasoned adventurers, others are still figuring out which dice is the d20. This podcast is more chaos than critical hits—if you’re looking for serious D&D, turn back now. If you’re here for fun, you’re in the right camp.
Produced by Liam, Bridget, Orlep, Levine, and Michael Heit.
Edited and mixed by Michael Heit.
Intro voiced by the one and only Koltrane.
Music sourced from Fanatical’s 2023 Music Bundle featuring Dark Fantasy Studio.
Official maps by Ethan, our youngest and most talented cartographer.
We’re playing D&D 5E on D&D Beyond.
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