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Railroading (the Good Kind)

In the process of putting together the world map for the Eight Arms campaign setting, I’ve also learned about some of the things that make a world go. It’s forced me to learn more about geography and politics than I … Continue reading →

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Houdini and Doyle (the Show, Not the People [Well, Kind of the People])

After all the gushing I did about Lucifer I thought it would be fun to compare it to the show that moved into its time slot, Houdini and Doyle. As it turns out, that’s the only fun thing about the … Continue reading →

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Eight Arms Setting Map

I haven’t done absolutely nothing over the last month while the A to Z Challenge was going. I’ve gotten started on some articles that will post at various times, including a few about the Zelda campaign that will post when … Continue reading →

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A to Z Challenge Postmortem

The Blogging from A to Z Challenge was a lot more fun than I expected it to be. Going over all of my campaigns to pull out characters was a neat historical exercise, and figuring out which ones were interesting … Continue reading →

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Z is for Zee, Extraplanar Bereaucrat

Name: Zee Campaign: Unnamed Monster Campaign We started the month with a character who started off looking one-note but became awesome accidentally through play. Let’s bookend it by talking about a character who started off one-note and intentionally stayed exactly … Continue reading →

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Y is for Kalodal Ybarra, Halfling Bruce Wayne

Name: Kalodal Ybarra a.k.a. The Whisperthief Campaign: The Umbrageous Sodality and the Ghost Opera Normally I refer to a character by their first name, but that gives my spellcheck fits. Ybarra was also a vigilante, and also the stealthy kind. … Continue reading →

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X is for Xavier Beauchene, Elven Clark Kent

Name: Xavier Beauchene a.k.a. the Voice Campaign: The Umbrageous Sodality and the Ghost Opera Full disclosure: I started putting together the list of characters for these posts months ago to make sure it was actually possible. It turned out I … Continue reading →

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W is for Nate Westerling, Every Western Hero

Name: Nathaniel “Nate” Westerling Campaign: The Eight Arms and the Conqueror Worm For as proud as I am of the Eight Arms campaign setting, I haven’t leveraged the cross-campaign ramifications of it much. After seven campaigns there have only been … Continue reading →

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V is for Valitude, Insufferable Mirror Man

Name: Valitude Campaign: Unnamed Monster Campaign You know, I almost made it through a whole month without admitting I had a campaign name “Unnamed Monster Campaign”. I didn’t realize they were all at the back of the list. Valitude was … Continue reading →

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U is for Mikau the Unwitting, Zora I Remember

Name: Mikau the Unwitting Campaign: Osaevu the Chosen U is a hard letter. Leveraging an epithet is a bit of a cheat, but whatever. Mikau was a 3rd-edition character in a Legend of Zelda campaign, so prepare for a lot … Continue reading →

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