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Q is for the Queeks, Cannon-Toting Rat Swarm

Name: Rikkek, Lurquol, Thrott, Skreech, Tretch, Skweel, Skrolk, Thanquol, Glitch, Snitch, and Sneek Queek, et al. Campaign: The Eight Arms and the Memento Mori I wasn’t actually the first choice as this character’s DM. Initially the player went to our … Continue reading

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P is for Plague, Living Cancer

Name: Plague Campaign: The Great Tower of Oldechi I’m a big fan of taking a race that D&D hard-codes as evil and using it to play a good character as a quiet, ineffective “screw you” to race-based alignment as a … Continue reading

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O is for Orabelle Peña, Companion of Orson

Name: Orabelle Peña Campaign: The Eight Arms and the Memento Mori There’s a joke among early 3E players about especially stupid paladins. Intelligence was a common paladin dump stat in a class that really wanted three good ability scores, and … Continue reading

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N is for Nicodemus Kriedy, a Gentleman and a Mauler

Name: Nicodemus Kriedy Campaign: The Eight Arms and the Shadow Invasion I spoke with several of my players as I wrote the articles for this month, mostly to warn them about which days they should skip if they didn’t want … Continue reading

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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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