Author Archives: MssngrDeath

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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In Which We Attempt Mass Combat with Charisma

I think mass combat is one of those things everybody tries eventually. Large armies clashing, siege engines firing, monsters rampaging through ranks of soldiers, it all feels right in the context of medieval fantasy. But mass combat is also a … 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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