Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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Welcome back to Shadowdark Gauntlet: Trial of the Slime Lord! Traversing the corrosive chasm claimed many of our plucky peasants. Now following the guidance of cunning collector, the remaining brave souls enter a large hall but are met with a fearsome skeleton guard. Will any triumph in these torrid trials!

If you've enjoyed this quest this crew's adventure continues in The Frozen Ascent. Re-join our surviving peasants one year after their ordeal in Raka Ooku's slimy lair: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhFDcFS50Inu1SVFPlXo02d4cT3YdvUgE

This is Mystery Quest, a roleplaying podcast where we play a variety of one-shot RPG’s with a rolling cast of special guests.

Check out Shadowdark here: thearcanelibrary.com
Run the adventure, Trial of the Slime Lord, for yourself: drivethrurpg.com/en/product/433586/trial-of-the-slime-lord

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Editing & Sound Design: Oscar Henderson
Thumbnail Artist: Jack Bailey