Setting the Stage Episode 53 – Maia and Pinehurst Academy

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Isaac

April 9, 2025

Maia is our guest today presenting her actual play campaign, Pinehurst Academy. Maia used the City of Mist system for her game. From the City of Mist website, “In City of Mist you play ordinary individuals with powers that emanate from myths and legends investigating supernatural crimes and mysteries in a noir City where the truth is always hidden behind the pervasive Mist.” Maia has used a fairly straight interpretation of that setup with a twist, her story takes place in a suburban high school just outside of the City. The PCs are a bunch of first year students at the exclusive private school, Pinehurst Academy. The school has a yearly scavenger hunt competition for freshman to find a set of ten artifacts. There are only one of each artifact, so the scavenger hunt teams must also steal the artifacts

Maia made an enormous amount of material for the campaign along with many custom rules for managing the more detailed parts of school life. If you’re planning on running a similar campaign you should get in touch with Maia and ask for some advice.

The Pinehurst Academy playlist on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7m14mvokus1i6gbfAGSKc7oOheJfGQtz
Maia’s TTRPG links: https://beacons.ai/maiasgameroom
Maia’s Electric State narrative play podcast: https://beacons.ai/electricstatepod
City of Mist website: https://cityofmist.co/

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Welcome to the GoCorral website! I’m Isaac Shaker and this is a place for me to write about D&D and occasionally other topics. I host a podcast called Setting the Stage that interviews different DMs about their campaigns. I’m currently focused on completing the Cimmeria campaign setting and turning it into a book.

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