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The Sound of Need - 4/20/2020 There are many mysteries in the multiverse. Why is the Blood War necessary? Why are elves the most attractive and yet the least approachable beings at the same time? Why does gnomish humor have to involve genealogy? And I am sure there is a good answer to all...

The One - 4/11/2020 There aren’t many goblins in Sigil. In fact, I believe there are more kobolds in the city than all of the goblinkin combined. Probably has to do with the difficulty of attacking the Cage with gate keys to start with. Not that the Sinkers or the Hardheads would have minded...

Yes. Yes I did.

By Land and by Lake - 04/06/2020 Plans are great when you can make them. But they are only good to a certain point. Its what you do next that is important. The lizardfolk blind was effective in concealing our presence from any hobgoblins and other denizens of the swamp. So, my watch with...

Wow, thanks! Darastrix wasn't much for dialog (except that comment about smiles and hugs...THAT was pretty much a quote). However, in a completely different campaign that ran a year or so, my son and I played a set of "egg brothers," Lizardfolk from the same clutch. We basically spent a year...

<SMACK> I shouldn't be freeing him from his loincloth. Its not that kind of story, terror or otherwise. I consider myself a passable writer, but its editing that always snarls me. I listened to that passage at least twice and didn't pick that up. Thanks for sticking with me on...horrible...

The Other Swamp thing - 03/29/2020 The Society of Sensation is about using your senses to understand the multi-verse. Of course, it is also about memory, so you can take that understanding to another level. But sometimes it feels like once you have learned the secret or the lesson, the...

A reprieve and scales in the balance. - 3/20/2020 NOW with Bonus Art! Its nice when you can enjoy a hard-earned victory. I just would appreciate a warm bed and a whisky as a reward. But sometimes, good company will do just fine. I gently shook Gossamer and he turned to look at me...

Thanks a lot! I appreciate it!

They were favorites of the players. Less so the DM as he hated doing the voice for them. Might be why they were a favorite though.

On one hand watches are silly, unless you love midnight surprises. In the current edition I have always said no. They can be quickly awakened and, yes they can stand watch longer, but someone has to take their spot. Considering the Warforged ability "Sentries Rest" is much more explicit than...

Six Bridges, Four Pillars, Three mistakes, and One ladder. - 03/08/2020 The first time I met someone from the ‘God Void’ he was about to put a bunch of hardheads in the deadbook because he thought he was in the Abyss. Turns out for folks from Krynn, anything off plane was considered the Abyss...

Bugs? What Bugs? - 02/29/2020 In a vain attempt to experience everything, sometimes we experience the absurd. Its barmy but true. How we cope with it, is the interesting question. (Apologies; Real Life interfered with my writing. So, getting back on track.) For the rest of the...

The Burden of Guilt - 2/15/2020 It is a sad thing to grow up with millions of people around you every day, and yet find yourself utterly alone. I awoke to the warmth of the sun on my face. I lazily opened my eyes to look at the open sky overhead, blue and clear. I took a deep breath and...

There is a wide spectrum here. The recent campaigns that I have run, the backstories have been critical. But to make them relevant does require ground rules; It has to match the setting, it has to be level appropriate (since I never start games at level 1 as a general rule, and I can nix...

The One Night Stand - 2/3/2020 During a lecture about the Blood War between the Baatezu and the Tanar’ri a question was asked: Why do the Baatezu let the Tanar’ri invade Avernus all the time? There were a number of answers given, but one did always ring true; whoever can choose the site of the...

The Internal Conflict - 1/28/2020 A friend once told me, that torment for an immortal is for it to resist its nature. The pain is strong and never ebbs. An immortal cannot change its nature on its own, so the torment is forever. For a mortal, torment can be caused by the same thing. Except...

In the Mouth of Darkness - 1/18/2020 As a Sensate I enjoy new experiences; new people, new customs, new secrets, new places, new…anything. So, should I be surprised, that for others, that I am the experience? And what does it say when people, who have barely met me are afraid of what they...

The Brothers in Arms…but not those Brothers - January 8th, 2020 I pride myself in my independence, but I don’t turn away help when I can find it. Usually trust, or the lack of it is the barrier. But sometimes, the help you find really does come from strange places. Iesa led us overland...