Recaps & quotes

    One night at the table, retold three ways. All of them true.

    A story your players will actually read, a short version for the group chat, and a practical sheet for your prep — built from what was said in the recording, never around it. This is a real session.

    Eight Bells Under a High Tide

    Last time, you came into Greywater Crossing on the morning barge, three strangers with three reasons to brave the Reach. The coast looked like it always did out here—mud, tide, and the old story of bells that should not have kept ringing after their kingdom drowned. On the quay, Brindle appeared at Ollo Brambleknock’s elbow like a practiced trick. He sold “relics” with a grin sharp enough to cut purse strings, holding up a “royal spoon” that Sera Duskhallow identified at a glance as stolen tavern flatware. Maren Voss shut the pitch down with the calm authority of a tide-warden who counted scams as part of the job. Ollo, delighted anyway, paid Brindle a copper not for the spoon, but for the audacity, and Brindle vanished back into the crowd.

    the opening — the full recap continues

    The lines worth keeping

    “It's not stealing if the kingdom already drowned!”
    Ollo Brambleknock
    “We walk the mud, not the memories.”
    Maren Voss
    “Information's free with the chowder, mostly wrong, priced accordingly.”
    Petch
    “PASSAGE PAID IN QUESTIONS. ONE PER SOUL.”
    Ferryman Quill

    Some scenes belong to two players and the DM. Keep it that way.

    Mark a scene private and it stays out of what the rest of the party sees. The DM always sees everything — and decides.

    What the party sees

    …recap continues after the crossing…

    ◌ A private scene happened here. It's not part of the shared recap.

    What the DM sees

    Maren and Ollo’s mud-bank conversation at camp

    High
    Grounded

    A private one-on-one scene occurred at the survey camp with only Maren Voss and Ollo Brambleknock present; Sera’s player was explicitly asked to leave and Sera’s character was stated to be asleep and unaware.

    Maren Voss
    Ollo Brambleknock

    Word for word, or not at all

    Quotes come from the recording with speaker attribution. A line that isn't in the audio doesn't make the page.

    A style for every reader

    Story for the group, short for the chat, practical for the DM's prep — same night, three retellings.

    The table decides who sees what

    Private scenes are proposed, the DM confirms, and visibility is per player.

    What we don't do

    • Invent scenes, names, or loot that aren't in the recording — recaps are checked against the source before they reach your wiki.
    • Show players what the table marked private. The DM sees everything, players see their share.
    • Turn your table into content. Recording is opt-in, and what survives is the table's call.