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Roll for Narrative

Where storytelling meets sci-fi, movies, and games. I"m an author, narrator, and YouTuber exploring the art of great tales, one critical hit (or fumble) at a time. rollfornarrative.parrydox.com

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Why You Liked … May the Fourth

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2025/05/05

🎙️ Episode Title: Why You Liked … May the Fourth: Rogue One, Andor, Jedi Survivor, and the Clone Troopers Who Felt ThingsDespite Disney’s best efforts to bury us in mid-tier content and Tatooine reruns, there’s still gold in the galaxy far, far away. In this special May the Fourth episode, I’m handing you a lightsaber, a cup of blue milk, and a rundown of the four best pieces of Star Wars media still worth your time.This is the “Why You Liked…” treatment for fans who remember when Star Wars made

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🪄 The Hearthlight Chronicles – Day 24: No Magic Needed

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2025/04/30

🎙️ The Hearthlight Chronicles – Day 24: The Final Reflection* Today’s prompt: “You sit by the hearth on the final day, reflecting on your journey. What are your thoughts?”* Today’s music: Running Down the Clock, by Soul Vital. 🎧 Listen on SoundCloud.The journey ends with mulled wine, wet cobblestones, and the kind of quiet insight you don’t get from a phone notification. As the narrator waits to leave Hearthlight, he reflects on the world he’s rejoining... and what Hearthlight taught him about

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4:35

🎁 The Hearthlight Chronicles – Day 23: A Gift for...

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2025/04/30

🎙️ The Hearthlight Chronicles – Day 23: A Gift for Every Friend* Today’s prompt: “As you prepare to leave, you reflect on the journey you’ve had. What impact do you hope your time in Hearthlight has had?”* Today’s music: Leaves by Taiko. 🎧 Listen on Soundcloud.Our narrator’s journey in Hearthlight is nearly at its end, but not before he does what Hearthlight taught him best: give back. Today’s entry is all about small, meaningful acts of gratitude. Painted signs, comic books, and collar tags

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5:02

✨ The Hearthlight Chronicles – Day 22: The Gift of...

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2025/04/28

🌿 The Hearthlight Chronicles – Day 22: Where the Real Treasure Lives* Today’s prompt: “The villagers host a feast to celebrate the season. What is the feeling as you share this time together?”* Today’s music: Smooth Hustlin’ by 0DYSSEY. 🎧 Listen on SoundCloud.Today, the village of Hearthlight gathers for a feast, not just to celebrate the changing season, but to quietly mark another kind of turning point. As the narrator faces the looming end of their stay, old friendships and new memories

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✨ The Hearthlight Chronicles – Day 21: Trust the...

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2025/04/28

🌿 The Hearthlight Chronicles – Day 21: The Magic You Leave BehindToday’s prompt: “You spot a worn inscription hidden on a stone. What is it, and what do you think it might mean for you at this moment?”Today’s rolls: 6 (Kindness) and 2 (+3) = 5. Partial success. “Do you leave this stone alone?”Today’s music: Stone Tower Temple by Tingle’s Jingles. 🎧 Listen on SoundCloud.Episode Summary:While wandering Hearthlight’s outskirts, I stumble into an unexpected discovery: a hidden cave, a forgotten stone,

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🌧️ The Hearthlight Chronicles – Day 20: Room for One...

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2025/04/24

🎙️ The Hearthlight Chronicles – Day 20: Shelter from the Storm (and the Smell of Wet Dog)* Today’s prompt: “You come across a small shelter during a storm, but someone is already inside, hesitant to share. What happens next?”* Today’s music: The Wolven Storm, by Jogging Kangaroo. 🎧 Listen on SoundCloud.A torrential downpour. A ruined shirt. A lean-to that might collapse if you look at it too hard. Welcome to Day 20, where our narrator gets caught in a magical monsoon and discovers Sam and Maxwell

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5:52

🐉 The Hearthlight Chronicles – Day 19: The Dragon Who...

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2025/04/23

🎙️ The Hearthlight Chronicles – Day 19: A Fork in the Path🐾 Where the cat prints end… and dragon-sized footprints begin.* Today’s Prompt: “You come across a fork in the road: one path is clearly worn, and the other overgrown. Which one do you take?”* Today’s music: Azure Dragon by Lofi Fruits Music. Listen on SoundCloud.Today’s walk through the woods leads to something unexpected: a fork in the path, one worn and safe, the other overgrown and silent. Naturally, I take the weird one. What follows

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4:55

🐾 The Hearthlight Chronicles – Day 18: For Socks,...

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2025/04/22

* Today’s prompt: “You come across a child sitting and crying over their pet that has passed away. What do you say to them?”* Today’s music: Fallen Souls by Dosi. 🎧 Listen on SoundCloud.Grief doesn’t care how old you are. In today’s episode, Richard finds himself face to face with the kind of pain no one is ever really prepared for... the loss of a beloved pet, and the quiet heartbreak of a child with no words to make it better.This one’s a slower burn. A little raw. A reminder that sometimes the

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🍪 The Hearthlight Chronicles – Day 17: The Cookie...

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2025/04/16

🌬️ The Hearthlight Chronicles – Day 17: A Cookie That Broke Time* Today’s prompt: “You breathe in a scent of something in the air. What does it remind you of, and how does it make you feel?”* Today’s music: Autumn Leaves by Lofi Fruits Music. 🎧 Listen on SoundCloud.Smell is a powerful thing. One waft of cookies baking somewhere in the village and suddenly I was chasing a memory I couldn’t catch. It wasn't from Trudy’s kitchen, nor the pub. Something deeper.In this quieter reflection, I wander

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🌌 The Hearthlight Chronicles – Day 16: The Ghost Who...

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2025/04/16

🌌 The Hearthlight Chronicles – Day 16: The Ghost Who Played Piano* Today’s prompt: “A glowfox leads you to a secluded grove and you can hear music coming from the surroundings. How do you react?”* Today’s music: Moonlit Glade, by Lo-Fi OldBoy. Listen on SoundCloud.Tonight, Hearthlight takes a turn toward the ethereal. A curious light leads our narrator beyond the hamlet’s borders and into a forest pulsing with memory, melody, and perhaps… mourning. Is the glowing fox real? Is the ghost pianist tied

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4:53

💡 The Hearthlight Chronicles – Day 15: Dusk, Memory,...

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2025/04/15

* Today’s prompt: “As dusk falls, lanterns light up the village in a soft glow. What do you feel as you walk through the village?”* Today’s music: A Vow - As the Light Fades, by Infin3on. 🎧 Listen on SoundCloud.Tonight, Hearthlight glows.After a day of wandering and wondering, dusk falls... and with it, a quiet magic. Lanterns light the streets, not with heat or flame, but something softer. Deeper. Every doorstep, every window, every sign holds a small beacon of memory. And maybe, just maybe,

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5:49

🛤️ The Hearthlight Chronicles – Day 14: The Long Way...

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2025/04/14

* Today’s prompt: “A local invites you to share in their daily work or hobby. What do you do together?”* Today’s music: Lag Train But It’s Lofi, by venvn. 🎧 Listen on SoundCloud.Today, our narrator joins Hollis on a quiet countryside wagon ride… but the scenery isn’t the only thing stirring. As the horses clip-clop along the lane, a deeper conversation unfolds about age, sadness, magic, and whether it’s ever really time to let go.Is Hollis preparing to pass the torch? Is our narrator ready to take

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Why You Didn’t Like … Plane

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2025/04/14

Why You Didn’t Like ... Plane: Bald Men, Bad Scripts, and Cinematic TurbulenceGerard Butler. Mike Colter. A plane full of bald idiots making terrible choices. Welcome aboard Plane, the movie that proves you can take the stupid all the way to cruising altitude.In this episode, I break down why Plane crashes harder than its opening act. From a script that feels like it was sourced from a flat-earth forum to villains so incompetent they make Uwe Boll look focused, this film is a masterclass in missed

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Stop, Drop, and Write

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2025/04/13

We’re joined by the incredible Cassie Hart — author, editor, mentor, and full-time human doing her best — for a candid conversation about surviving gestures broadly the world. We talk burnout, creativity, feminine rage, and the practical tools Cassie uses to keep making art in a pressure cooker life.Also: ADHD hacks, writing as therapy, journaling as life-editing, why it’s okay to be angry, and the healing power of a hot cross bun.⏱️ Run notes:• Bakery smackdown: Wellington’s bun-based battle

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🌊 The Hearthlight Chronicles – Day 13: Reflections,...

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2025/04/11

🎙️ The Hearthlight Chronicles – Day 13: Reflections, Not JudgmentsOkay, So the Magic Lake Has NotesToday’s prompt: “At the Lake of Reflections, the water shifts unexpectedly, revealing a scene. What do you see, and how does it make you feel?”Today’s rolls: 2 (Creativity) and 6 (+1) = 7. Full success! “Is it magical? Is it a metaphor? What happens next?”Today’s music: Lake, by Black Lions Beatz. 🎧 Listen on SoundCloud.What happens when a quiet morning turns into a soul-audit from a magical lake?In

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🍰 The Hearthlight Chronicles – Day 12: Maxwell’s Moment

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2025/04/10

🍰 The Hearthlight Chronicles – Day 12: Maxwell’s Moment* Today’s prompt: “You run into two strangers arguing over something. What do you do?”* Today’s music: Tension, by David Sanya Beats. 🎧 Listen on SoundCloud.In today’s episode, I discover that even a magical hamlet like Hearthlight isn’t immune to the occasional bout of full-blown pastry-fuelled pandemonium. A ten-year-old’s sugar-hyped dog, a runaway muffin, and two very icing-covered strangers converge in the market square—leaving behind a

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✨ The Hearthlight Chronicles – Day 11: Hollis, the...

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2025/04/09

🌈 The Hearthlight Chronicles – Day 11: Tea, Truth, and a Field That Shouldn’t Exist* Today’s prompt: “In a meadow, you find a patch of wildflowers with unique colors and appearance. As you sit close by, what memories or feelings arise?”* Today’s music: Paradise Groove by Pokemon Track. 🎧 Listen on SoundCloud.Description:This morning’s walk turned into something stranger. A maybe-magical bird led me beyond Hearthlight’s borders and into a secret meadow filled with impossible flowers, and something

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🏕️ The Hearthlight Chronicles – Day 10: Campfire...

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2025/04/08

🎙️ The Hearthlight Chronicles – Day 10: Beer, Bonfires, and the Bravery to Begin AgainToday’s prompt: “You sit by a campfire with a few others – locals and travelers like you – sharing stories of the day. What’s the conversation like?”Today’s music: In You Arms (sic) by Aisake. 🎧 Listen on SoundCloud.Episode Summary:In today’s chapter, Hearthlight slows down. Our narrator finds themselves drawn to a quiet bonfire gathering on the edge of the hamlet, where cups of beer, old griefs, and new

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Why You Liked … Service Model

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2025/04/07

Polite Robots, Billionaire Bunkers, and the End of EverythingShow Notes:In this episode, I dive into Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky (a novel that might be less speculative fiction and more a quietly panicked weather report for the state of our world).I unpack why this book is:• Unnervingly prophetic (yes, even more than 1984)• Accidentally in perfect sync with Peter Turchin’s End Times collapse theory• Full of robots more emotionally well-adjusted than most CEOs• Genuinely funny, weirdly

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🌄 The Hearthlight Chronicles – Day 9: Not All Artists...

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2025/04/03

🌄 The Hearthlight Chronicles – Day 9Today’s prompt sends us climbing a modest mountain with an unexpected payload: sandwiches, a bottle of beer, and a surprise art kit. What starts as a peaceful walk up Hearthlight’s storybook peak becomes a lesson in creation, vulnerability, and the fearless joy of painting badly and proudly.📌 What’s Inside– A Bernard-packed mystery satchel– Bold strokes and bolder memories– The creative courage of childlike wonder– Sandwiches (because of course)📓 Whether your

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