The Homebrood
The Homebrood is an LGBT+ tabletop streaming group who focus on narrative storytelling and roleplay.The Homebrood are a group of close friends, several of which have known each other since middle school. We grew up loving storytelling and the arts, and give or take a few dedicated members we have been playing tabletop games (and video games) together for over a decade.Since there are ten of us, we tend to swap players out for each campaign, so some might feature some players, while others won't. A standard in pretty much all of our games though is Xalthir, who is the group's main DM.Though we have been playing tabletop games forever, it was our in-person campaign Oracle of Tiber that got us thinking about streaming. At the time though, we didn't quite have the guts as a group to try and make it in a super saturated field (Critical Role was just up and coming around this time), so we recorded our campaign to the best of our ability to be uploaded online later. Our equipment was lackluster, lots of the audio was lost or just bad, we didn't begin recording till the middle of the campaign, and it was a general mess, so unfortunately Oracle of Tiber never came to be.After an equipment upgrade, we started recording our in-person game Vornyana: The Eye Of The World and this went much better. Though we haven't uploaded the campaign yet, as it's on hiatus due to the pandemic, we at least plan to at some point.After our campaigns Oracle of Tiber and Sovereign-1 ended, we started up Vornyana: The Eye Of The World. It is now on hiatus as mentioned, so we currently have two online campaigns running titled Desecrux and Ley Lines.Ley Lines is where we finally decided to take the plunge into streaming, and we've been loving every bit of it. Finally being able to share these worlds, characters, and stories that mean so much to us has been an amazing experience.
Cast
Our cast consists of several people, too many to play in a single campaign, so we rotate out players. Below I'll list our cast, their info, which games they played/are playing in, and their characters respectively.
Xalthir | DM + Player
he/him | TWITTER
Plays in: All campaigns
Notable NPCs: Skreeach, Grant, Dryle, Snow, Zarglan, H0W-D33, Oswald, Seerys
PC Roles: Amadeus (Neotra)
Kengo | Player
he/himPlays in: Desecrux, Ley Lines
PC Roles: Ogrek, Calder
Quill | Player
he/they | also goes by Oliver | TWITTER
mods all The Homebrood profiles onlinePlays in: Oracle of Tiber, Vornyana, Sov- 1, Desecrux, Ley Lines, Neotra
PC Roles: Olur, Rook, Harlowe, Noc, Saga, Harriet, Cyrus
Mitzi | Player
she/her | TWITTERPlays in: Oracle of Tiber, Vornyana, Sov- 1, Ley Lines, Neotra
PC Roles: Bailey, Casio, Highland, Maize, Flea, Sybil
Alain | Player
he/himPlays in: Sov- 1, Ley Lines, Desecrux
PC Roles: Ion, Omeric, Leaf
Misandry | Player
she/they | TWITTERPlays in: Sov- 1, Ley Lines
PC Roles: Cobalt, Gelides
Nemmie | Player
she/they | TWITTERPlays in: Vornyana, Desecrux, Neotra
PC Roles: Estra, Brick, Hiyax
Kyle | DM + Player
he/himPlays in: Vornyana, Desecrux, Neotra (DM)
Notable NPCs: Damien, Fizban
PC Roles: Bella, Growth
Justin | Player
he/himPlays in: Oracle of Tiber, Vornyana
PC Roles: Alagon, Pyre
Brooklyn | Player
they/them | TWITTERPlays in: Vornyana
PC Roles: Wren
Other Notable PCs: Arlen, Jude
Kaykay | Player
she/herPlays in: Neotra
PC Roles: Skylar
Campaigns
Below you'll find a chronological list of our campaigns, and some information about them. Though we have been playing campaigns together for a long time, and some notable PCs first appeared in campaigns not listed here, these are officially recognized as the canon lore for our universe.Bolded campaigns have been recorded or streamed online in some manner, and greyed out campaigns will not be posted online or are lost to time. Summaries will eventually be made public online as their lore becomes relevant to overarching universe lore.
The Oracle of Tiber | OoT
Completed
In-person | 3 yr runtime | DM Xalthir
Notable PCs: Alagon, Olur, Bailey
Notable NPCs: Skreeach, Grant, Dryle, Seerys
Players: Justin, Quill, Mitzi
Sovereign-1 | Sov1
Completed
Sequel to OoT
Online | 4 yr runtime | DM Xalthir
Notable PCs: Cobalt, Noc, Maize, Ion
Notable NPCs: Theresa, Jassir, Vy, Charlie, Grant, Seerys
Players: Misandry, Quill, Mitzi, Alain
Vornyana: The Eye Of The World | EotW or just Vornyana
Ongoing - hiatus due to pandemic
In-Person | 1+ yr runtime | DM Xalthir
Notable PCs: Rook, Harlowe, Casio, Pyre, Bella, Wren, Estra
Notable NPCs: Zarglan, Snow, Atticus
Players: Quill, Mitzi, Justin, Kyle, Brooklyn, Nemmie
Desecrux
Ongoing
Online | 1+ yr runtime | DM Xalthir
Notable PCs: Ogrek, Saga, Growth, Brick, Leaf
Notable NPCs: Azzy, Oswald, Argonius, Icarus
Players: Kengo, Quill, Kyle, Nemmie, Alain
New World Chaos: Neotra | Neotra
Ongoing
In-Person + Online | 2+ yr runtime | DM Kyle
Notable PCs: Amadeus, Sybil, Cyrus, Hiyax, Skylar
Notable NPCs: Fizban, Cy, Damien
Players: Xalthir, Mitzi, Quill, Nemmie, Kaykay
Ley Lines
Ongoing - streams bi-weekly on Twitch
Online | 1+ month runtime | DM Xalthir
Notable PCs: Omeric, Harriet, Calder, Flea, Gelides
Notable NPCs: H0W-D33, Saltpeter
Players: Alain, Quill, Kengo, Mitzi, Misandry
Upcoming Campaign Plans
Everything listed here is not set in stone, and dates and players are all estimates based on what we've planned so far.
Vornyana: EotW Sequel 2023
In-person | DM Xalthir
Players: Quill, Mitzi, Kyle, Justin, Brooklyn, ???