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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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T is for Thrae Ssissth Vorel, Pretentious Ruler of the Skies

Name: Thrae Ssissth Vorel Campaign: Unnamed Monster Campaign If you’re tired of reading this month and you’d rather hear this entry in audio format with three times as much snark, you can listen to us discuss this character at I … Continue reading

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S is for Sammael, Celestial Necromancer

Name: Sammael Campaign: The Eight Arms and the Shadow Invasion I feel like every third PC can be described as “exceptionally handsome, but impulsive and foolhardy”. I might as well describe somebody who has that exact phrase on his wiki … Continue reading

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R is for Rousseau, Paladin of Tyranny

Name: Rousseau Campaign: The Great Tower of Oldechi Just take the drink now. Jean-Jacques Rousseau the philosopher was of the opinion that people were at their best separate from civilization, that a human is inherently good and wise when removed … Continue reading

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