Patience (played by artist Jemma Salume) is cursed to be a minotaur. At the end of part 1, she’s cursed to be hero. To go questing into a castle that showed up on the edge of town. It’s the last thing she wanted. And it came with a talking sword.

Welcome to the second part of Hero’s Curse. The latest game from the Curious Accounts of Crownsgrave. An actual play podcast with only a host, a guest, and some dice. Think of it like a series of short stories all told in the same, strange city. Using a cobbled together mishmash of Dungeon World and other Powered by the Apocalypse games, we tell stories about wizards exploring haunted libraries and cursed item shops. In a city where your thoughts can make magic. Or monsters.

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This story’s guest, Jemma Salume, can be found @bisonfisticuffs. Have you seen her art? It’s jawdropping. If a picture is worth a thousand words, we have a lot of typing to do to give her work justice.

While you wait, why not listen to her interview episode? Or maybe just go take a look yourself? We’ll email it to you when we’re done!