Author Archives: MssngrDeath

M is for Miesha, Actual Succubus

Name: Miesha Campaign: The Great Tower of Oldechi Speaking of the Tower Campaign. Miesha, Lao!ze, and Cid were contemporaries, joining the campaign at the same time and making it to the end. Miesha was sort of an opposite to Cid; … Continue reading

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L is for Lao, Laotzu, and Lao!ze, Adventurers with Pointy Bits

Name: Lao, Laotzu, Lao!ze Campaign: The Great Tower of Oldechi I’m going to cheat a little more here, and for the same reason. Lao, Laotzu, and Lao!ze were different characters, united in that they were run by the same player … Continue reading

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K is for Kojen, Link but Different

Name: Kojen Campaign: The Legend of Zelda: Shaman Gates When you play enough of the same game you start to get opinions about things that don’t have anything to do with the things themselves. For example, I’ve only seen a … Continue reading

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J is for Justin Dunsworth, Eldritch Construction Worker

Name: Justin Dunsworth Campaign: Wrath of the Cosmic Accountant The phrase “player character” conjures up a certain mental image. PCs are usually heroic (or charmingly antiheroic), capable (or charmingly inept), free of emotional and personal baggage that affects play (except … Continue reading

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I is for Icranouf Loroden, Professional Shouter

Name: Icranouf Loroden Campaign: The Eight Arms and the Deed of Taiyun Gao Once of the reasons I have Sessions Zero for all my campaigns is to make sure the players are all on the same page regarding character design. … Continue reading

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H for Hadarai, Frosty Frost Mage What Frosts Things

Name: Hadarai Campaign: The Great Tower of Oldechi I used to think I was a pure simulationist. I wanted worlds to make logical sense first and foremost, even if that meant campaigns didn’t have a fully satisfying story or particularly … Continue reading

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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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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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