Ava Monroe

The thoughts of a D&D player, the lives of her five main characters, and all the adventures they go on

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Ranah has officially been retired. 🧡

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I get to be Komora this weekend!

We all have favorite player characters and mine is definitely Komora. That girl recently took up a level in Monk and she unveiled it to the rest of her party in the middle of combat. Hopefully she's no longer a burden or a liability for the rest of the party.

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"Does your character want kids?"

💚 Amoranda wanted kids before she left her village but changed her mind as she became an adventurer. After leaving her party, she could see herself as a mother again. Some things happened and she became a mom of a beautiful girl.

💜 Charisse wants to fall in love and have children of her own one day. One of the topics she sings about in her song "What Kind of Mom" is how she'd be a different mother than her own overprotective mother.

💛 Komora isn't exactly focused on motherhood. She enjoys not having anything to restrict her from doing what she loves most.

🧡 Ranah has never even considered motherhood. For her, all there is is the hunt.

💙 Mo would see motherhood as an opportunity to raise the next generation to be better than her own. Though she initially seems like the unlikely candidate in the group, she probably has the best outlook on having kids out of everyone.

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I don't know if I told ya'll, but

Ranah multiclassed into Rogue

My girl is adding more damage dice

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Confession:

I'm writing a fanfic of Amoranda's life between her time in the Gran Blade campaign and her time in the Gaia campaign. It encompasses all the canon events of those 14 years that take her from her days of young adulthood to her days as a notable figure in Starhaven and the challenges of being the owner of one of the world's most popular taverns.

I kinda just miss Amoranda, to be honest.

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Ranah: (to the rest of the party) One of these days, I'm going to teach you all about fey tricks.

The DM as an NPC: I assure you, ma'am: this is no trick.

Ranah: (to the NPC) Oh, I'm not talking about you. I'm talking about me.

The DM: 😳😳😳

As a player, I am a genuine accidental menace to all my DMs.

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"I really hope I don't have to kill you. Because when I point my arrow at my target, I don't miss."

– Ranah talking to Jelly as he's transforming into a vampire

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"What do your D&D characters call their love interests?"

💚 Amoranda calls her spouse "Ram" (pronounced RAHM') and "big one" (he's a dwarf).

💜 Charisse often names her interests after their favorite animal (hence her calling herself the Dancing Tiger).

💛 Komora doesn't really have any history of dating. She's also not too partial to nicknames, whether romantic or not (she values real names and identities).

🧡 Ranah's few interests weren't given nicknames. Her life has been about the hunt, even in the period where she was disgraced.

💙 Mo's girlfriend is called her "major chord" when talking to others and her "sharp note" when talking to her (she is a musician, specializing in violin).

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After the guys in the party summoned a death knight and decided to fight it in a dinky measuring contest (which obviously was going to result in a death), then thought the best way to save Ranah from the creep in gold armor was to start a bar fight then set the bar on fire, THEN we realized that the payload we were supposed to be delivering was kidnapped, Ranah feels like she has three useless big brothers that just cost her her one chance at getting her title back.

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"Your D&D characters all find themselves on a deserted island. How is each character contributing to the group's survival?"

💚 Amoranda is undoubtedly the cook of the group. She'll not only serve hearty food that tastes good but she'll keep the others full and manage their food supply.

💜 Charisse is the moral captain. She is doing everything she can to keep the rest of the group in good spirits, from singing songs to cheer up the others to motivational speeches to bring everyone out of the dumps.

💛 Komora has spent a good chunk of her life finding survival where it looks like there is no chance. She is likely learning from the others to help translate urban survival to tropical survival.

🧡 Ranah will lead the hunt. Of everyone, she would be most successful in finding both meat and vegetation that would be safe to eat.

💙 Mo is defending the group from outside forces. Both a gladiator by trade and a creature of the deep, neither nature nor beast stands a chance against her.

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Amoranda : Three Songs

Bonnie Grace - I Give Ye My Spirit

A song that represents Amoranda's childhood.

Ye Olde Tavern - Tabletop RPG Music

A song that represents the life that Amoranda built for herself.

Solemn Salamanders - 5 Alarm

A song that represents that, even though Amoranda has put her past behind her, there's always something that creeps up to remind her.

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"Your D&D characters are all spending the day together at a spa. What is the scene?"

💚 Amoranda is likely taking the opportunity to relax with a deep body massage but is still worrying about the state of her tavern.

💜Charisse and 💛 Komora are both taking a girls' day and probably enjoying every service the spa has. Facials, full-body massage, sauna, maybe even going to the pool.

🧡 Ranah isn't one to relax but she'd probably find great interest in any aromatherapy features she can find.

💙 Mo would probably spent the day between a candle-lit bath and a meditation lounge.