Episode 12, Part 1: The Veiled Society
Put on your cloak and polish up your favorite dagger as Russell and Jeramy dive into the world of intrigue and awkward city names contained inside B6: The Veiled Society. Zeb Cook’s 1984 attempt to bridge the gap between Gary Gygax and Agatha Christie is a module brave enough to ask the question: what if your players actually have to talk to people?
In part one, the guys meet the scheming Radu, the embattled Toranescu, and the ambitious Vorloi, each family with their own plans, petty grudges, and reasons to ruin everyone else’s day. Along the way, they discuss the difficulties of running an intrigue-heavy adventure (especially during the height of the “kill monsters, take their treasure” days of the early 80s), examine the module’s reputation for railroading, and investigate why a book about shadowy conspiracies needs so many little cardboard buildings.
