Tag Archives: Eight Arms

G is for Gloves Shieldbearer, Heavy Everything Specialist

Name: Gloves Shieldbearer Campaign: The Eight Arms and the Memento Mori Often the simplest character ideas are the most interesting. Not everybody needs to break the mold with a celestial necromancer, or a cleric librarian with delusions of adequacy, or … Continue reading

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F is for Felicia Elkin, Paladin Rarity

Name: Felicia Elkin Campaign: The Eight Arms and the Empire of Sin It’s hard to join a campaign already in progress. There’s a whole bunch of backstory, team mechanics, inside jokes, and tradition a new player doesn’t know, and they … Continue reading

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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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Strategic Healing and the Vigilante Campaign

In the hubbub around themes, I nearly forgot that I promised to update my opinion on the vigilante once our all-vigilante campaign ended. It turns out I was only 80% correct on the class, in that every problem was about … Continue reading

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Campaign Writeup: The Eight Arms and the Empire of Sin

The Eight Arms and the Empire of Sin is the fourth campaign to end in the Eight Arms universe. After their escapades in dwarven lands left the Eight Arms persona non grata, the crafting team is sent to the Wild … Continue reading

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Campaign Writeup: The Eight Arms and the Deed of Taiyun Gao

The Eight Arms and the Deed of Taiyun Gao is the third campaign to end in the Eight Arms universe, though it was the second to start (five-week campaigns do a number on my count). The Eight Arms see an … Continue reading

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Campaign Writeup: The Eight Arms and the Conqueror Worm

I recently concluded the second campaign in the Eight Arms universe, The Eight Arms and the Conqueror Worm. It’s part of my continuing effort to design a D&D super-adventure by building a setting organically through a series of campaigns (basically, … Continue reading

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Campaign Writeup: The Eight Arms and the Shadow Invasion

This weekend, my summer campaign ended. The Eight Arms and the Shadow Invasion was an urban-based, semi-dark campaign set in a typical D&D setting time-advanced to the Victorian era, with a bit more (magical) technology and a lot more egalitarianism. … Continue reading

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