transplanar rpg
WE ARE ON HIATUS UNTIL 6/24/23! Campaign II: THE CHAOS PROTOCOL will premiere on Saturday, June 24th at 8pm ET on Twitch. Until then, are airing a wide variety of HIATUS CONTENT, including the official GODKILLER: First Blood podcast miniseries. Follow us on Twitter and TikTok to stay tuned!
Transplanar RPG is an all-transgender, POC-led actual play channel. Our first main campaign is THE SECOND STRANGER: a dark fantasy D&D series about destiny, choice, and queer love at the end of the world set in an original noncolonial, antiorientalist world based on Asian mythologies.All VODs for THE SECOND STRANGER have been uploaded to YouTube and all podcast episodes are available wherever you listen to podcasts, including Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Generally speaking, we stream Saturdays at 8pm ET on Twitch while podcast episodes release Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5am ET.We rely on our amazing Patreon supporters to keep the channel fed and watered! If you'd like to support trans artists in the space, consider supporting us there. Follow us on Twitter to stay up to date on announcements.Interested in interviewing us, sponsoring us, or just wanna get in touch? Send all inquiries to [email protected].
THE SECOND STRANGER
When the stars vanish, the gods disappear, and strange monsters start spawning in the dark, eight heroes rise to restore balance to Andake.
THE SECOND STRANGER starts with the Cataclysm: a world-rending event that vanishes the gods, plunges Andake into darkness, and spawns snarling monsters. Amidst the terror, four Paragons rise as divine heroes chosen by destiny to save the realm through sacrifice. Joining them are four Keepers: common heroes who forge their own fates.Over the course of eight Arcs, our PCs struggle between fate and self-determination, constantly striving for a better future, no matter how dark the world gets. THE SECOND STRANGER shows that in the face of grief and despair, all of us have a choice to give up—or keep fighting for the people we love and the places we call home.
All episodes are now available on Youtube, and drop in audio-only formats on Tuesdays and Thursdays wherever you pod your casts!
Mission
THE SECOND STRANGER is Transplanar RPG's weekly flagship D&D campaign set in Andake: an anti-orientalist realm based on Asian mythologies. Our show reclaims dark fantasy by cultivating hope in apocalypse, centering trans narratives, and uplifting Black, Asian, Latine, and other voices of color. We're proud to be a leader in actual play that commits to diversity and produces a highly polished, narratively stellar show that's been featured in the New York Times, Gizmodo, Dragon Talk, and Dicebreaker.
Narrative Goals
We create compelling worlds, portray dynamic characters, and tell thrilling dark fantasy stories with hairpin twists and devastating cliffhangers. Our action-packed series revolves around Asian mythologies and is set in a world where Black, Brown, queer, disabled, transgender, and marginalized people are the heroes and commoners of the realm. Our PCs and NPCs are complicated, powerful, three-dimensional inhabitants of Andake who unravel dangerous mysteries, challenge terrible foes, and make heartbreaking choices. Ultimately, THE SECOND STRANGER challenges the normative "Hero's Journey" that pervades mainstream media by basing the heart of our story around broken people chosen by broken gods, striving to save a broken world.
Industry Goals
TTRPGs are changing. Audiences are hungry for fresh takes on fantasy — and new voices to tell those stories. Since our inception in June 2020, Transplanar RPG has become a vanguard of this evolution, proving daily that dark fantasy doesn't need racism, sexism, transphobia, or colonialism to punch hard — and we're proud to lead the industry by example. At the end of the day, Transplanar RPG is all about elevating queer, trans, and performers of color, telling stories that matter, and imagining worlds that don’t exist yet — but we hope will soon.
Cast
Connie Chang (@ByConnieChang) is a queer and trans Chinese-American actual play Game Master with a background in screenwriting and poetry. He's currently developing the ashcan of GODKILLER, a holypunk PBTA game, with Magpie Games. Connie has appeared on NPR, the New York Times, and Dimension 20's Adventuring Academy.They've also had the pleasure of GMing Aabria Iyengar, Krystina Ariella, Gabe Hicks, Critical Bard, and Persephiroth, and have played alongside Jasmine Bhullar, Noura Ibrahim, Emily Axford, Caldwell Tanner, and the Three Black Halflings. Connie excels at threading queer drama with blackhearted apocalyptica. Outside of TTRPGs, Connie is a narrative designer with Bungie.Connie is the GM and Creative Producer for Transplanar RPG.
Sea Thomas (@pisharpart) is an agender professional TTRPG performer, lore-keeper, and theatre-maker who has been working in the actual-play space since 2020. Sea has appeared on TransplanarRPG as a full-time cast member and producer, as well as on Roll20, GenConTV, Dragon Talk, Strixhaven: Higher Education, Friends Who Roll Dice, D20 Death Match, and beyond! Sea is a performance artist and scholar by trade who brings fully embodied dramatization to every aspect of their work.Sea plays Øka Hyen (they/them), an aasimar bloodhunter (hemomancy) and the Paragon of Sen, god/dess of nature and change. Sea is the artist and producer for Transplanar RPG.
Max Guo (@starchmonger) is a queer trans textile artist, dancer, and gamer of many platforms. Their work revolves around a love for domesticism and its ability to connect people of all different backgrounds. They are more often than not found hassling their foster cats or organizing cosplay events.Max plays Dewey Quurk (he/him), an aarakocra artificer (Archivist) and the Paragon of Gal Tenger, the goddess of freedom and fields.
Valiant Dorian (@ValiantDorian) is a bisexual, transmasc, Indian performer. He loves creating stories featuring complex characters with heartfelt motivations. When he is not playing or GMing a TTRPG, he's reading laws, writing poems and enjoying yet another cute bear video. You can also find him streaming on Twitch and creating on TikTok @OtsoSpiritBear.Valiant plays Voska (she/they), a yuan-ti bard (College of Spirits) and the Paragon of Nitbuza, the goddess of ice, story, and thread.