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E is for Egan Mospru, Second Keeper of Quaison’s Memory

Name: Egan Mospru Campaign: The Eight Arms and the Deed of Taiyun Gao I’ve done a lot of talking about characters I liked. Let’s mix things up a little. Egan was definitely the best character in his campaign. His competition … Continue reading

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D is for Danny, Whip-Wielding Bard

Name: Danny Campaign: Wrath of the Cosmic Accountant Danny is a great example of the hazards of picking last. He was the fifth character in the campaign, and by the time we got around to him in session zero we … Continue reading

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C is for Cid Viscous, Disgusting Slime

Name: Cid Viscous Campaign: The Great Tower of Oldechi Yes, it’s a pun. There are a lot of puns in my character list. Mostly from one guy. I think Cid was the heaviest reskinning I’ve ever seen from a player. … Continue reading

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B is for Bjarn, Borris, and Baerd, Dwarven Dwarves

Name: Bjarn, Borris, and Baerd Campaign: The Great Tower of Oldechi We’re only at B and I’m already cheating, but I felt I really needed to discuss all of these characters together. All three of these characters were dwarves in … Continue reading

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A is for Azeld, Blackguard Princess

Name: Princess Azeld Campaign: The Legend of Zelda: Shaman Gates Things of course, start difficult. It turns out I’ve had more characters beginning with the letter A than any other. Possible contenders for this spot included: Steampunk Iron Man/Wolverine hybrid … Continue reading

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Blogging from A to Z Challenge

I have a tendency to find about things right when it’s too late to do anything about them. I found out about NaNoWriMo in the beginning of the year, when it is a writing content in November. I found out … Continue reading

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Lucifer (the Show, Not the Devil [Well, Kind of the Devil])

I normally stay away from endorsing anything not in the gaming industry, but I’d really like it if everybody reading watched Lucifer. Not because it’s the first show in a long time to meet or exceed my expectations in plotting … Continue reading

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Cooperative Background Design

I guess technically this is part of a series. This week we had a Session 0 for a new campaign, an idea we’ve had brewing for a few years, and the DM and I took no time to screw it … Continue reading

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Themes: Noble

About 80% of the way into writing this theme, I realized I could basically replace every instance of “noble” with “Mafia” and it would make exactly as much sense. I don’t know what this says about what I think about … Continue reading

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The Wild West of D&D Content Publication

I used to visit the official D&D website every day or two, back when 3E was the hotness. In those days the site was nothing but content: new monsters, new spells, new items, new class features, all available for perusal … Continue reading

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