Tag Archives: Eight Arms

So far this month has been all about monsters I created and ran as a DM, and most of the rest of the month will be too. But every once in a while I get the opportunity to develop a … Continue reading →

Remember last year, when I said I had more characters who began with A than any other letter? It turns out A is also a competitive letter for “highest number of interesting monsters”. I’m starting to think we’re all just … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →