The Chaos Protocol | Arc One | E1: moonlight mourn me

Three doomed agents of the Transplanar Reification and Nourishment Syndicate receive a new protocol from Fate herself.
THE CHAOS PROTOCOL is Transplanar RPG's current main campaign that follows three Doomed agents of the Transplanar Reification and Nourishment Syndicate as they answer distress calls across the multiverse, untangle a planes-spanning mystery, and confront their own demons.
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== ABOUT ==
Transplanar RPG is an all-transgender, people of color-led dark fantasy TTRPG channel set in an original noncolonial, antiorientalist multiverse. For a full recap of everything that's happened so far, visit bit.ly/ChaosRecap. THE CHAOS PROTOCOL is available as a podcast on Spotify (open.spotify.com/show/3tuXEgs..., Apple Podcasts (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast..., and wherever you pod your casts. Catch us LIVE Saturdays at 8pm ET on Twitch ( / transplanarrpg ) and follow our latest updates on Twitter ( / transplanarrpg , Instagram ( / transplanarrpg , and Tumblr ( / transplanarrpg .
== CAST ==
Game Master: Connie Chang ( / byconniechang )
Seir: Valiant Dorian ( / valiantdorian )
Lumièra: Samm Star ( / lusttforlifeex )
Xainan Esch: Cai K. ( / estelofimladris )
Artemis: Sea Thomas ( / seaplaysrpg )
== CREW ==
Producer & Dramaturg: Sea Thomas ( / seaplaysrpg )
Podcast Editor: Marisa Ewing ( / hemcreekprod )
Art: Crowesn ( / crowesn )
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[@CypressRae]

I feel like I should be writing my players a formal apology for not having even a crumb of Connie’s talent. They are absolute DM goals

[@kiki_she-her]

bro i’m taking notes, i wanna be a dm so bad🥲

[@kokosombrero6553]

@@kiki_she-her you can do it!!! I just started my first campaign like 3 weeks ago and it’s been going well(???)!! The players are doing goofy things and I didn’t expect them trying to befriend every enemy ever but yknow, it’s fun? Genuinely, it’s a wild ride, but it’s not that hard!! Especially if you start with a pre-written short adventure, you’ll be just fine!!

[@kiki_she-her]

@@kokosombrero6553 i think i wanna try playing the game as a player before i try anything dm related LOL

[@kokosombrero6553]

@@kiki_she-her fun fact? I started plying by DMing! It’s harder, but it’s definitely doable and honestly? It’s so so fun and rewarding. Don’t wait around too long, if no groups appear, just give it a shot yourself! I’m sure you could do it!

[@TransplanarRPG]

Omg, I am so late to the party with this reply, but thank you sm for the high praise! I also want to emphasize that everyone brings their own unique talents, style, and perspective to GMing, and that the best gift you could give your players is to be unapologetically you. And I genuinely believe that! - Connie

[@_kiwi.z]

connie's beginning monologue >>

[@TransplanarRPG]

RIGHT?!

[@absolutelynot615]

There is only so much you can plan for as a dm, so you got to describe at the very beginning before the players do something that derails everything lol

[@jthegamer360]

@@absolutelynot615 yea wish I did that for my game, I made the mistake of letting my players introduce themselves and then they all became a gang of skin peelers…. Although the 2 characters that were skin peelers died and they have new ones so I guess we are not skin peelers anymore just wanted criminals

[@alexplaysandedits2356]

And the cliffhanger at the end 😭

[@kn2671]

I found this channel randomly on the shorts. I'M ABSOLTELY IN LOVE 😍 I'm gonna binge this series 😂

[@TransplanarRPG]

Ahh!! That makes us so happy -- WELCOME TO THE CHAOS! >:) We've got a podcast too wherever you listen to podcasts!!

[@GAY.FROG.]

same

[@MayForbes-vj5wz]

Same

[@helcostr6280]

ditto

[@brookiecookie9915]

Same lol

[@arcticwiz2249]

"Like a Moon reflecting the Sun's light" is such an insanely good description for refering to mirroring someone's emotion, esp considering the moon context.

[@worsado2132]

33:15 *"your mistake is forgetting me."* CHILLS. CHILLS!!!!!!!!!!

[@TransplanarRPG]

RIGHT?! Val KILLED it with that line

[@zanejimenez7947]

I just started laughing so hard. At 57:00 when Connie said ze, I thought it was Z, like a nickname. And I was like "oh cool I go by Z too!" And then a few seconds later I realized it was ze, the pronoun. It changed nothing cause I use he/zim/zis

[@TransplanarRPG]

This is the trans experience

[@Bluespiderlilyeater]

Bro... my name when Im old enough to transition is gonna be Z. Youre telling me its a pronoun too? Dang, Ive got more research to do.

[@Cometsarecool]

@@Bluespiderlilyeater you can transition (socially) at any age! If you have a name picked out, might as well use it lol, good luck Z!

[@NocturnalTyphlosion]

i never thought of this being a thing that could happen (im from a "zed" country not a "zee" country) thats super funny

[@stormytaylor5688]

obsessed with samm's full on crisis while connie was describing lucy

[@TransplanarRPG]

Honestly, we all have full-on crises when Connie describes Lucy

[@muchadoaboutmanythings]

She was really hyping up the characters with her expressions hahaha

[@Grey-the-gey]

I dont actually have the attentionspan for this, but i love how you guys are living rent free in my yt shorts and recommendations

[@Flouwerbouquet]

I found this channel in KZbin shorts and I am. Binging this. Officially.

[@usernamenumber]

Same! I saw the one about giving a boss the ability to mess with Initiative and was like "ok, I'm in"

[@robinjupiter4731]

Same !

[@rowan5256]

SAME HAHA!

[@dappledthedemoniccrow2553]

Same!!

[@ErinReviews]

Same!!!! Best story telling for dnd I’ve found so far!!

[@Rose-hz4fq]

...... As a trans lesbian I saw a couple shorts? I didn't know this was an entirely trans lead show. I am. I feel SEEN. All of these characters are PERFECT. You're all incredible, thank you.

[@inkhorror]

my boyfriend showed me one of connie's tiktoks about this campaign and i literally rushed to find it because i loved connie's descriptive speech!! super excited to binge this!! its super inspiring as a newish DM!!

[@potato4551]

Am I the only one just going ‘DONT TRUST ANYONE, TRUST NO ONE’ FHFHFH so much info is being put on the table and established rules of the land and I’m immediately just ‘I feel like everything and all world views are going to shatter’

[@mabzzzzz]

Time to binge all 67+ episodes!

[@MarcRivera]

FIgthing my ADHD by watching this on x1.5 i WILL watch this whole series if its the last thing i do 💥💥

[@blumelodiez]

Felt this in ny coreeeee 🥲

[@lucaversiontwo]

Come from tiktok to binge the series !!

[@RayvenDrawz]

Bro same! I don’t even play dnd

[@rosequeen7897]

Same initially binged it on the podcast app but I stopped cause mobile data (and dowloading the episodes takes too long) so I'm re-binging because I forgot stuff

[@pansexualdoom3428]

ME TOOO!!!!

[@Long_May_They_Raine]

Alright, alright, your cool shorts have finally lured me in. And on TDOV of all days! Happy Trans Day of Visibility, y’all are awesome!

[@August-fn6xr]

I have been ITCHING. DYING. BEGGING. PLEADING for something like this!!!! I have craved a series like this that is run and created by POCs and then u said it’s set in a NON- COLONIAL & ANTI-ORIENTAL WORLD??? ARE U TRYING MAKE ME CRY???? This is amazing, I will be binging all of this, your work means more to people than you realize. Thank you so so much for this and RAAA I AM SO EXCITED!!!!

[@godzilla-nk3vg]

@August-fn6xr sorry if this is rude or insensitive im genuinely curious why does it matter the race of the people who made/run it

[@Marsnarchy]

@@godzilla-nk3vgIt matters because of representation. Representation is something often undervalued, but it can really take a toll when you look around in a scene you're really into and you see nobody who looks like you. It may not be apparent if you're a non POC, but the difference is clear as day to POC. Just having representation on the panel is enough for comfort, now an entire cast? That's nigh-euphoria. It's like a comfort that can't be described, only felt.

[@chunkocheese]

finally starting this monolith of a series… wish me luck XD

[@heyits_cat8966]

Mmhhh me too!

[@Hamsteroverlord]

What’s up newbies can I also join the club

[@heyits_cat8966]

@@Hamsteroverlord hell yeah, I'm on the last arc 1 episode now, it's crazy wild good 👍👍 you'll love it!

[@Jaypex_]

I'm joining the newbie bandwagon! :]

[@ink2812]

Late as heck but hello! Can’t wait to be emotionally destroyed once again:3

[@ferroussprigacademy8581]

the oracle saying snackies made my heart melt it was so much more cute than it had any right to be

[@ferroussprigacademy8581]

ps I feel like fate is going to be the bad guy please don't spoil but to anyone else who does not know what are your thoughts

[@xzelis5241]

That first monologue?? GORGEOUS.

[@alittleantidote5852]

Saw one short about having a bbeg break the fourth wall and here I am Excited to get stuck into a new series Edit: Why do I want to punch Fate so much?

[@callmegwen9513]

Found yall trough's yt shorts, clicked cause of curiosity, haven't thought about it much. but now? now im staying here. EVERY ONE OF U!!! SOOOO ENCHANTING!! especially the DM gosh ❤️ english isn't my first language, yet i felt so interested in checking out every single new word... i can't believe you got me interested in the role playing AND make me learn new lingo amazing, can't wait to watch the whole series ❤️

[@ABrokenLight]

The way cai is so in character as xainan looks so cool!!

[@dolly3959]

sea's entrance was so *chef's kiss*

[@TransplanarRPG]

Crushed the assignment

[@BuzzyB11]

Half an hour in and already intruiged. JESUS CHRIST I LOVE THE THE STORYTELLING. I've already getting shivers. I've now figured out what I'm going to hyperfixate on!!!

[@BuzzyB11]

Back for round 2 only a month or so later!!! I've become addicted lmao

[@Wargwolf91]

Should've expected the Oracle's voice xD Still surprised and giggled

[@idk-ew7mx]

I came from the badass hot villian introduction TikTok(i actually like this it's so cool)

[@Aureus_Snow]

I am hooked onto this 100% and will now devote my downtime on catching up to the story.

[@Aureus_Snow]

I honestly wish I was this good at storytelling, it would make writing my novel so much easier. Taking mental notes.

[@Makememesandmore]

Bro really left us on read at the end

[@alexia.blevins]

Now I want to know how many of them instantly tried to smash the goose demon 😂😂😂

[@kittenwithanax4937]

I found this in shorts and was curious... Your beginning monologue gives me literal chills!

[@TheRPGWitch]

Tuning in and really digging the vibe right from the get-go! This will now be the first let's-play I listen to, and I am eagerly looking forward to listening to everything that comes after!

[@TransplanarRPG]

Excellent!! Welcome aboard the Transplanar Hype Train!!

[@Makememesandmore]

I must say, I just looked at a short and thought that this might be cool. I may have formed my fav podcast channel. Yes, podcast

[@luminagames3814]

Ive been seeing shorts relating to this for a week or two now, and had to watch the actual campaign! Im so excited

[@davidosborne7232]

I was not expecting Sea but oh MY GOD. LOVE ITTT

[@TransplanarRPG]

RIGHT!! The jumpscare we all deserve

[@bonezofmylo]

AAAAAAAAAAAA i missed GM connie campaing. thank you connie for this new campaign i get to enjoy!

[@TransplanarRPG]

And thank you so much for watching!!

[@hi5the31s3]

I found you from youtube shorts and became interested. The first 18 minutes of this video caught me and kept me.

[@FablesD20]

Congratulations on the Nomination at TOWebFest! This is so intense

[@HamburgerPengu]

How have I just realized that the titles of each episode forms a poem like seriously, it’s very obvious

[@paulagodebrito]

31:06 OOH I LOVE THIS SOOO MUCH THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN PRIDE AND ENVY

[@gamerlpgerman2457]

How taf is this so unknown? More people have to see this. This is the absolute best thing i have ever listened to.❤️

[@aanshuk]

Based on the beginning line of "The Chosen One Dies", i had a much more...sudden...expectation for the last minute of this episode.

[@sailorscoutaustin]

Oh hey look what random came up on my recommended KZbin page organically, love my Transplanar family

[@kiki_she-her]

i love connie’s smile omg😭

[@FreyasFeral]

"You're watching the Chaos Protocol on Transplanar RPG." Hehe lol TRANSplanar hehe "An all-transgen-" HOLY FUCKIN SHIT YESSSSSSSSSSSSSDSS

[@ohwow9559]

AHH IM SO EXCITED TO WATCH THIS TOMORROW !! i saw a couple of shorts and the DM seems incredible!!

[@mai_art1729]

Imagine if you guys turned this campaign into a book series! it would be so good!

[@EoHRichmasters]

youtube shorts sent me here, i am hooked!

[@The_anomaly_eater]

Your voice is lovely! I can tell this is gonna be one helluva ride. Can't wait to see how it turns out!

[@Ronin670Karma]

Yep, that's it. I'm hooked now.

[@sporeboar]

how. how did i not see this until now?? AN ALL TRANS DND GROUP?? this is so great i love yall

[@rachabonespittz]

I’m sat 😩😩😤

[@thanatos8214]

I found this on shorts. I've been wanting to get back into gaming but genuinely haven't had the time. This is beautifully refreshing and just the vibe i needed!

[@CrystalineFawnReader]

I found this randomly on shorts! It’s so cool and I love listening to it but I’m very confused on where to start lol. I like binge watching everything in a universe in chronological order but I’m not exactly sure where to start with this?! Some help would be appreciated but if not that’s fine too! This is like rlly cool anyways and might be the next podcast I can get into that’s like long and I can listen to while working or doing art!

[@TransplanarRPG]

Hello! Thank you so much for watching / listening to our series -- technically, the story in this universe starts with "The Second Stranger," which is also available on our channel, but "The Chaos Protocol" is meant to be a standalone, beginner-friendly series. It's also our current main, ongoing campaign, so if you like being a part of an actively releasing show, this is the one to hop in on!

[@coreling.q]

I've been seeing shorts for this campaign for so long and I finally gave in. Here we go lads, I'm so scared and I know I'm gonna cry at some point :D yippee

[@coreling.q]

Update: im fucking shakibg /pos

[@Bloonmonnie]

Ah you are the type of dm i inspired to be descriptive that makes the players go in aw I mean i made an player cry bc of am death of an npc

[@C.DWoods]

I am hooked. I am a recent subscriber and I just finished binging your short form videos. And this is my first full introduction to this cast and world and I am hooked. It’s amazing to see unabashedly queer. I’m a young queer (maybe trans I’m figuring out myself still) and this channel is a gift to this world, full of talented storytellers and clearly authentic representation, thank you Connie and everyone else for working on this I can’t wait to watch more.

[@johnerson565]

Such an underrated campaign!! The quality is just UGH

[@nebulousnoah3913]

20 minutes in, I feel so on edge… I have found a new hyperfixation 😅

[@apolloyoung6192]

I absolutely love the descriptions and the different voices for the npcs I plan to watch this series as it has me captivated and teleported into another world ❤

[@ErinReviews]

This has got to be one of my favourite channels now. I used to put on asmr to go to sleep but now I put on this amazing channel for the fantastical storytelling. ❤ love you all!!!

[@RyuichiSakuma13]

I came here because The Transgenda talked so highly about your group. I'm super glad I did! Your group's RPing is phenominal! 👏🏿👏🏾👏🏽👏🏼👏👏🏻 I'm hooked, and I'm only 30 minutes in! 😅

[@TransplanarRPG]

Omg, send our regards to The Transgenda! Happy to hear you're enjoying our work

[@fereira1371]

how many fucking words the GM knows? i am not a native speaker, i dont understand half of the words but its beautiful anyway

[@krowsilver8966]

I can try to tell you how to get that amount of vocabulary, if youd like. Ik i sent this a month late sorry

[@Unknown-mk2wq]

@@krowsilver8966 tell me pleasee

[@anoukmoynot1209]

@@krowsilver8966 pls I need to know as well 😩

[@Zephee74]

Hey, your videos are super cool! I love listening to these while writing my stories! ^^

[@the.rest.is.confetti]

This is sooo good so far, I'm in love with the poetic narration. I wish it had subtitles (other than the automatic ones) but I'm loving it

[@HuTao-en6vy]

I love this!! I’m recommending this to my DM as inspiration for our next Campaign!!

[@MrVoid666]

the true queerest form of dnd is mannifest in the short term confusuion trying to tell the player names from the character names

[@pansexualdoom3428]

You have been all over my fyp im so excited to get some much needed context lol

[@TransplanarRPG]

Heck yeah! Enjoy the CHAOS >:)

[@indiebee5668]

that opening monologue was so unbelievably incredible

[@Z3R0GC]

Love that i found this thru yt bc i watch Legends of Advantris. I plan on being caught up by next week, on everything.

[@KadeWrites]

Immediately, from the first monologue, I am *definitely* binging this!!

[@CloudySky_713]

I honestly adore this series

[@rugma1696]

I think youre my new favorite GM.

[@SOULL84-DLR]

I think you single handedly make me want to play D&D!

[@innsomniaccoffee6988]

Im only like 2 minutes in and i already kinda wanna start taking notes on her dming? She's awe inspiring

[@culila]

came back for shadow reasons, was not prepared for that opening monologue...woah

[@limighthavebeenhere]

Ik im late but omg this is absolutely dnd GOALS. I’ve been seeing shorts of these on occasion but only just now have decided to sit down and start watching this series. I would love to play dnd but when I tried to start a campaign with a friend it did not work out as the other members lost interest very quickly. That’s beside the point tho lol. I’m not very far into this video yet but the descriptions are absolutely amazing and just like wow- and the way all of you interact with each other as the story progresses is so fun! I am living for the facial expressions. As a writer myself if I could describe things like this I think I would never even show my face in society I’d be to busy writing lol. I think I’m already hooked on this series. Time to binge!

[@greemlockytb7312]

This dicover is a win win for me. I enjoy a magnificient journey, I work on my english and i improved as a DM. Thank you so much

[@sunni-wq3pb]

just finished bingeing the second stranger. so excited to catch up to this campaign!! I am loving it already!

[@TransplanarRPG]

Oh HELL YEAH!! Welcome aboard from Stranger

[@S3th_art]

I did not finish Second Stranger yet. I was at the second arc when I saw that you guys had another campaign. I was watching this episode, and when I heard Andake at 1:12:00 my jaw DROPPED. I think im gonna pause this one and finish the second stranger before watching this lol I was also VERY excited when I saw Sea xD The noise that came out of my mouth when I recognized them was.... something lol

[@demonheart13]

Alright madam, you have funally gotten me to wàtch the full videos on top of all the other campaigns im watching... my poor free time

[@Bluespiderlilyeater]

I want to play dnd so bad but I dont have anyone to play it with other than my dad and he only has the dice, he also do t have enough time. Put I have a character sheet and have a character, I just dont have the dice to complete it😅

[@gigabumba1]

That was simply amazing!

[@sadaphoneking]

I convinced that one of connie has a godly ancestor cuz her way with words is godly

[@KiyoshiTakatsuki321]

I LOVE the dialogue ❤

[@ixchor]

Absolutely stunning intro!!!

[@TransplanarRPG]

Thank you so much!! Enjoy the ride >:)

[@hellfrozenphoenix13]

After seeing a few clips, I decided I MUST watch this series. So its time to catch up. If the campaign is even a 5th as good as the clips, this will ne a great journey

[@greenstarnz7941]

Does it matter the order you watch this in because like on spotify there so much more to it. Like does it tell a more indepth story or there not connected?

[@diversezebra6754]

I am FAR from the target audience. But a fun story is a fun story. I am excited to see the players have more opportunities to be more involved as the game progresses, and excited to see how scuffed EVERYTHING gets from here on out kn the story... and even more eager to see how the characters deal with it. I am also looking forward to adding more tolls to my DM arsenal. :D

[@Wicky_Licky]

It’s 4 am I should sleep but this is better

[@Arcadian707]

Why does this not have more likes and views?!

[@TransplanarRPG]

One can only ask!

[@FaeriePrince]

I understood all of the words individually in that opening statement, but my brain is unable to comprehend them in that order.

[@btheorator]

Binging the series now after following on tiktok!

[@TransplanarRPG]

Ayy!! Welcome aboard the Transplanerd Hype Train

[@amethystb12345]

I seen a short of this & had to come find the channel

[@jabiiis]

I really appreciate the captions, English is not my first language and i still find some words hard to understand, soooo thanks

[@Sharwen1986]

Greetings from Germany. Found you a couple days ago over YT Shorts :D Sometimes difficult to understand for me but I'm making progress ^^

[@dizzy_grey]

I'm new here but I feel like I'm lost like is this always like this or did I skip a WHOLE arc/series

[@grassgrows8]

hey!! im new here (from yt shorts XD) but just wondering, do yall use any sort of rpg system to play? is this dnd?

[@rareram]

All is really good at this, seriously how does any get all the talent when any of us would trade all we have for any scrap of that talent for the monolog.

[@arcticwiz2249]

Fuck your use of prose at the beginning combined with metal shit like stopping a player's heart is so cool. Exactly what I wanna do as a GM

[@cloverluvsuu]

oh no i feel a hyper fixation 😰 the intro was beautiful! :D

[@TransplanarRPG]

HELL YEAH HELL YEAH WELCOME ABOARD THE TRANSPLANERD HYPE TRAIN

[@cloverluvsuu]

@@TransplanarRPG YEAHHH!

[@Bluespiderlilyeater]

YES🙃 Join us, one of us.