Rock n' Roleplay

Rock 'n' Roleplay is a Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition campaign streamed on twitch.tv/magirpg.

It is DMed by **UsulBard** and co-DM'd by **Stormbeard** directing the stream and **Mirhi** leading writing.

## Story

The campaign follows the rock band Displacer on their quest to complete the mythic Ascension Tour -- a competition between upcoming bands to show off their prowess to Faerun culminating in a battle of the bands where the most prestigious will be signed to a record deal.

### Allies

* **Charlotte St. Claire**: Displacer's no-nonsense tough as nails manager. She takes care of the band and arranges travel and lodging for the duration of the tour.
* **Nathan**: Displacer's assistant manager and a kindly old man who is both meek and feeble, but with a heart of gold who will do anything for them.
* **Meira Faren**: The lead singer of Wraith, a successful power symphonic metal band, and Doro's girlfriend. The two previously dated while Doro replaced Wraith's drummer on tour while they were out on hiatus and reconnected during Displacer's Ascension Tour run.
* **Briar Dusk**: A independent solo act who has a band of animated musical instruments play his shows with him. Briar is an edgy philanderer who is also kind and has a casual romantic relationship with Harmony.

### Antagonists

* **Jaden Margaster**: Harmony's ex-boyfriend, the former drummer of Displacer and the current drummer for River White's band. A philandering noble playboy who cares primarily about chasing tail. The band has seen him engaging in shady behavior and political corruption, though knows not to what end.
* **River White**: Lead singer and guitarist of River White's Band and an aspiring politician who is campaigning to be City Councilman of Baldur's Gate while on tour. He is outwardly a polite and positive leader, but appears to be a brutal utilitarian politician who serves his own ends above all else.
* **Iden Harrowind**: The lead singer of Enigma, a successful alt rock band. Iden is the selfish, aggressive and cruel brother of Thorn. He takes any possible moment to belittle his brother. It was revealed in S1E8 that he has struck a deal with a Genie.
* **Eclipse**: A tracker and bounty hunter that works for the Blue Note. She has made a secret deal with Nagata, one of Col's mentors.
* **Nagata**: Col's former mentor and senior level officer in the Blue Note. While he was believed dead by the majority of members, he has secretly been hoping to regain his status.

### Other Recurring Non-player Characters

* **Reila Horndark**: The lead singer of progressive rock band Bad Magic, and the most famous musician in the world. Reila is a powerful Bard who was formerly an adventurer. Her daughter is Harmony.
* **Viviana Berwick**: An investigative journalist who has a soft spot for Displacer given their repeated philanthropic activities.
* **Bubbles**: Lead singer of the band BVBBLES, a synthpop band. Bubbles has taken a liking to Thorn and has incorporated the use of dance into most of her music. Most recently she uses silks as part of aerial dancing routine. Her band is on the Ascension Tour with Displacer.

### Notable Bands

* **Bad Magic**: A progressive rock band and the most famous and well-liked band in the world. Their F\*\*\* the system message resonates with many other musicians who despise the political corruption of the Sword Coast. Reila Horndark is their lead singer.
* **Wraith**: A successful symphonic power metal band who has a large following across Faerun. The band is led by Meira Faren and Doro previously had a two month stint on the band while they were on a world tour.
* **Enigma**: A successful alt rock band that completed the Ascension Tour in their first run. After finishing, their lead singer was replaced by Iden Harrowind.
* **BVBBLES**: A synthpop band and a favorite to win the Ascension Tour. Their music, positivity, and stunning visuals have made them a crowd favorite. By music-tracking newspapers, they have the most fans of any band on the Tour. They are led by Bubbles.
* **Madison Skyshard**: An eccentric and flamboyant solo act and popular personality in the Sword Coast. He is on the Ascension Tour with Displacer.
* **Peculiar Andrew**: A parody artist and goofball who is on the Ascension Tour with Displacer
* **Shattered Fates**: An edgy metal band who were originally one of the favorites to win the Ascension Tour, but have burned out and now struggle.

### Organizations

* **The Blue Note**: A criminal organization that has infiltrated all levels of society. Their objective isn't known by the public at large, nor to Displacer. Col is a former member, but that is not known to his band mates.
* **The Silence**: A terrorist organization with foreign backing that believes all magic is evil. Their goal is to stop music from existing in Faerun.
* **The Dissonance**: An organization looked down upon by popular musicians, but little is known by the party outside of casual mentions by Reila Horndark and a few reporters.

## Synopsis

### Season 1

The season began with the band Displacer getting ready to play a show in a town called Easting in central Faerun. Much to the town's chagrin, the local record hall (owned by a man named Azoth Gimble) was trashed. The hall being unavailable put their show in jeopardy, and leaving empty handed was not an option. Meanwhile, Harmony had a run in with her ex-boyfriend Jaden Margaster and Harmony was seen being belligerent to both Jaden and fans, leading to some public backlash later.

After some investigative work, Displacer was able to figure out that the concert hall had been vandalized by a small ska band named the Rude Boys who were hired by local business magnate Andrew Hale. Hale had hired the Rude Boys repeatedly to look for Azoth's merchandise from when he was a singer in a Kpop band She Sells Sea Shells by the Sea Shore (6s). After exposing Hale to the authorities, Azoth gifted Displacer their first signature on the tour.

The second city that the group went to was Iriaebor where the band was getting ready to play their first competitive show against other bands on the tour. Their manager Charlotte also made great effort to introduce them to an influential collector named Pascal Madrigal (aka the Collector) who might be able to support their tour. The introduction was made at a charity auction held by the Margaster family.

However, before the auction could begin, a band called the Thieves began a robbery in hopes of fencing some of the rare magical instruments and other collectors items at the auction. Displacer first tried to talk them down, and then beat them down and subdued them for the proper authorities. That nasty business done, and Displacer gaining some renown for solving the problems of two separate towns, they rubbed elbows with the power brokers and other wealthy elite at the auction before playing their show. They narrowly lost out to Madison Skyshard in the competition for the signature.

That wasn't the only bad news that the party received as a mysterious member from Col's past named Eclipse approached him and made mysterious demands of him. Col spent the better part of the rest of the first season avoiding Eclipse, though she was persistent in her approaches and demands.

Following the band's loss in the competition and her antagonism against Jaden Margaster, Harmony went on a bender of epic proportions, trashing a bar and a general store before hooking up with Briar Dusk in a drug and alcohol-filled exhibition. The rest of the party spent the next morning trying to follow in her tracks and discern what happened the night before. They tracked her to a hotel where they found a bound and naked Briar and questioned him while he tried to fill in the gaps in the story and his memory.

Eventually they realized that Harmony was kidnapped by a mysterious organization called the Silence who warned that Harmony would be "permanently silenced" if their demands were not met. The group tracked Harmony to a hideout just outside the city in the forest and called for the city guard to come to their aid. However, feeling that Harmony was in mortal danger, they breached the compound by themselves and incapacitated most of the cultists before the leader unleashed an enormous fireball. After hearing the ransom demands over the radio, Harmony's mother Reila Horndark showed up and absconded with her daughter.

Harmony required a week to recover and was taken to a hospital in Scornubel to recover from her injuries and the trauma of being tortured by the Silence. Reila hosted a party at a residence she rents there in celebration of the tour where famous musicians, politicians, power brokers, and other wealthy elite party for a few days on the lake. One of these famous musician was Doro's ex-girlfriend Meira Feiran, the lead singer of Wraith. The two briefly reconnected. There are fireworks, party boats, and other maritime activities throughout, often with many of the bands on the Ascension Tour trying to outdo one another. It wasn't all positive during the celebration however, as Thorn's brother Iden seemed intent on antagonizing and belittling him during the event.

While the band were making friends and trying their best to one-up their competition, the dam broke and began to flood the town. The band aided the city officials in the evacuation of the city, but without repairing the dam, and because of the city's incompetence and political corruption, the town was destroyed in the flood waters -- though most of the citizens were successfully evacuated. During the evacuation, the party witnessed a myriad of shady behavior from Jaden Margaster and River White, including towards Thorn's brother Iden, though they weren't sure to what end or why. Eclipse also made an ultimatum of Col and said that he'd need to complete his mission of killing Meira Feiran at Baldur's Gate.

Baldur's Gate was the band's ultimate test as the music festival there is known as the unofficial half-way point for the Ascension Tour, and the best performing bands there are usually the favorites to win the Ascension Tour. Meira decided to show Doro what she had been working on in her spare time -- reviving a forgotten genre of music called thrash tech and sharing what it meant to her and her family who were one of the only practitioners of it in the world. The two shared an emotional moment and agreed to start dating again.

Meanwhile, Col was taken to his old mentor from the Blue Note by Eclipse. The enigmatic leader known as Nagata asked Col to help him get back in the organization good graces by helping finish what they started and eliminating thrash tech forever by killing Meira. Before Col could answer, they were interrupted by a member of the Blue Note who had been tracking Col (unbeknownst to him), and Eclipse and Nagata quickly killed the man while Col fled.

Harmony made a brief connection with Iden where he offered her a chance to speak to a genie he had formed an agreement with. The genie asked that Harmony convince Displacer to help him start a record label. After thinking it over, Harmony declined and the genie named Zenua assured Harmony would regret that decision.

By then it was time for the concert where Displacer played an amazing show equaled only by their new friend BVBBLES who they networked with at a mixer just before the show and began a friendship with. Displacer ended up being crowned the winner of the event, but not before Eclipse forced Col to make a decision and kill Meira that night. Col stalled, at which point Eclipse attacked Doro and Col who were alone back stage. The fight ended in a stalemate and Eclipse fled with her mission unfulfilled. When the dust had finally cleared, and things seemed to be dying down for Displacer, Harmony woke up the next morning with her voice completely gone.

## Helpful Info

New episodes of Rock 'n' Roleplay premiere every Thursday, 6:00pm Pacific / 9:00pm Eastern on twitch.tv/magirpg.

###### Where to watch past episodes:

* Twitch
* YouTube