A Cup of the Good Stuff

JosephReader, Reviewer, Amateur RPG Writer.

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No B&B post tonight; just some quick show and tell. @hydrosevenfour has done some more amazing work with these covers. Going to take a look at the DM’s screen tonight too, maybe do a quick review of the three generic screens, since I was not a huge fan of the first one, despite the great art on it. Stay tuned for mor Berrigar and Bromley tomorrow afternoon though! ~ #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #firbolg #almiraj #kniferabbit #berrigarandbromley #d20 #5e #roleplay #roleplaying #fantasy #dungeonmaster #tabletop #rpg #fantasy https://www.instagram.com/p/BqTPUHQFMnA/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1qfa95q8jewwa

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"Bromley, if I may use a metaphor, I would describe my parents as two bears who, in a rush to find a place to hibernate during the coldest of months, wound up by chance in the same forlorn cave together. No reason to hate each other, no reason to like each other, but together, they were able to create a beautiful warmth to see them through to warmer days." "Why, Berrigar; that's actually rather poetic. I didn't think you had........ Berrigar, did your parents meet in a cave, in bear form, while looking for shelter in the winter?" "Why, of course." "... I don't think that counts as a metaphor..." ~ Berrigen and Keeylen Berrigan\s parents are far from two peas in a pod. While Keeylan is the protective mother bear, Berrigen would sooner thrust his son into turmoil, so that he might learn from it. While their partnership is not without its own sense of love, it is more of a duty to each other and to Berrigar that keeps these two as close as they've been. While powerful druids in their own right, neither are part of the council who regulates the Circle of Guardians that protects Drexyl Forest. ~ A little disappointed with this section. I lost the original text that I wrote for this, and while I tried to replicate the first draft, what I came up with here just didn't feel quite as inspired. If nothing else, it has helped reinforce the truth that Photoshop should never be treated like a word processor, as that path will only lead to heartbreak and lost progress. ~ #bestdruidever #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #firbolg #almiraj #kniferabbit#berrigarandbromley #d20 #5e #roleplay #roleplaying #fantasy #dungeonmaster #tabletop #rpg #fantasy https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp8fSJqFshO/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ay4c9nct4ajp

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Alright, it’s been a little while in coming, but here is my first WIP version of the Fates. Not everything is fully hashed out yet (and I need to figure out some better formatting to do these on Instagram). My angle with the Fates is to make them interesting plot devices, as opposed to creatures that can be easily taken on. Have tried to figure out some unique and thematic abilities for them, but I’ve love any feedback you might all have concerning the direction I’m taking them. With hags/witches in games that I run, I’m perfectly happy with having them bring overwhelmingly powerful if they’re tangential to plot, to be the people the party can go to for help, if their willing to pay the costly prices that will inevitably be exacted. ~ #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #firbolg #almiraj #kniferabbit #berrigarandbromley #d20 #5e #roleplay #roleplaying #fantasy #dungeonmaster #tabletop #rpg #fantasy #thefates #homebrew #dndmonsters https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp5UPyHlE-K/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1towe0z821s08

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Despite running with the Drexyls, Berrigar isn’t held in quite as high esteem as he would seem to hold himself. Of course, all Druid’s are different, but the Circle of the Guardians, that special clan devoted to protecting their homelands, seems to require a little more than enthusiasm to maintain oneself in their ranks. Is his inability to come into his own as a Druid enough to cast him out of his order? Or is there something more tragic on his horizon? ~ #bestdruidever #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #firbolg #almiraj #kniferabbit #berrigarandbromley #d20 #5e #roleplay #roleplaying #fantasy #dungeonmaster #tabletop #rpg #fantasy https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp3QtKylGsG/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1mb067snxncda

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A quick Bromley post(-it). Thankfully @potato_tamer is a better artist than I am ;) ~ #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #firbolg #almiraj #kniferabbit #berrigarandbromley #d20 #5e #roleplay #roleplaying #fantasy #dungeonmaster #tabletop #rpg #fantasy https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpz0qMdFXrr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=16lbdskkdvxer

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Who was Berrigar before he encountered Bromley? I’ll be doing a short little series that delves a bit into this lovable firbolg’s backstory. ~ The Drexyl Forest is a pristine forestscape, due in large part to the secretive clan of firbolg druids that make their home there. Their task to protect their homeland is a difficult one. Hunters from far and wide test the borders of this forest, hoping to find the nesting grounds of the Drexyl, the chimerical bird-horses that are highly valued by aristocrats as mounts. ~ My Fates post should go out today :) Looking for any feedback people might be able to offer! Also, if you’re interested, check out the Extra Life live stream that I’m helping organize with my animation studio, at https://www.twitch.tv/mercury_filmworks_plays ~ #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #firbolg #almiraj #kniferabbit #berrigarandbromley #d20 #5e #roleplay #roleplaying #fantasy #dungeonmaster #tabletop #rpg #fantasy #bestdruidever https://www.instagram.com/p/BpuPQ0vFQo5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=10l8h3ty6c6z

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“Bromley, why did you bring me here?” There was something sorrowful in Berrigar’s question, as though this deathly place were actually hurtful to him. “It’s merely a stepping stone, Berrigar. Before Feylord Oran’s keep was overrun by the dead, it was said he had possession of a dimensional slicer, a skeleton key to multiverse. With that in hand, there is no place in existence we couldn’t go!” “And if it’s not there?” “...try and stay positive Berrigar, and I’ll try and keep you from being eaten by zombie rats.” ~ Mehreth, the Sea of Undeath, is an anomaly whose origins are not well known. Rumour has it, a conqueror king, unable to assault the keep of Feylord Oran, made a deal with some devil or other, who then tore a hole in the bowels of Mehreth, straight through to the elemental plane of Death. Due to the necromantic energies that suffuse the waters, conventional watercraft sink like stones and living tissue is drained of its energies, reducing creatures to any one of a variety of undead. ~ Image credits Pegleg Pete, by Makkon (deviantart) Zombie Rat King, by Silinde-Ar-Feiniel (deviantart) ~ Author’s Note: Just a little something to carry me over till my Fates post (which is coming along nicely, I feel). Plus, I think I’ve landed on a much more legible font that I seem to like. This is kinda how I’ve envisioned things going with this project: hinting at unique creatures and locations, and developing them further as I build a kind of narrative and banter between Berrigar and Bromley. If you’ve read this far, I hope you’ve enjoyed things so far. Expect me to dabble a bit more with Mehreth once my work on the Fates is done. Thanks! ~ #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #firbolg #almiraj #kniferabbit #berrigarandbromley #d20 #5e #roleplay #roleplaying #fantasy #dungeonmaster #tabletop #rpg #fantasy #dwarfpirate #zombierat https://www.instagram.com/p/BplSSxMHkHP/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1j8e97aac2hcf

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“Come Berrigar, shall we tell you how it is that your own silver cord became ensnared with Bromley’s black thread?” “Shall we tell you of the despair it shall bring?” “Or should we save you both the grief and cut them free right now?” The Fates, also known as the Moirai, are a coven older than history. Some purport that they were witnesses to the dawn of creation, a sight that left them eternally blind to the material world, but able to see and touch the pure essence of potential, the primordial energies from which all things are created and with which all things are bound together . Unique to the coven of the Moirai is the use of three separate crucibles, taking the forms of the scissors, the spinning wheel, and the loom. With these in hand, the Moirai can guide, rewrite, and cut short the fates of all living things. (Hey everyone, if you’ve read this far, I’m debating drawing up some homebrew rules for this rather unique coven. If your interested in seeing what I come up with, be sure to like the post and I’ll share my upcoming drafts on Instagram. Thanks!) #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #firbolg #almiraj #kniferabbit #berrigarandbromley #d20 #5e #roleplay #roleplaying #fantasy #dungeonmaster #tabletop #rpg #fantasy #witch #thefates https://www.instagram.com/p/BpffbASnXUS/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=mgx8zgratwb9

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Just because Volo managed to get his book published, doesn’t mean that he’s the leading source on hags and witches. Berrigar and Bromley have had rather more experience with them than “the schlock provided by Geddarm” (as Bromley would put it). Though it’s the common mythology surrounding witches and hags, these creatures are not limited to cauldrons in the creation of, to use the proper name, their “crucible”. Anything, from something as small as a teacup to as large as a fountain can serve as the focus of a coven, so long as the proper rites are observed. #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #firbolg #almiraj #kniferabbit #berrigarandbromley #d20 #5e #roleplay #roleplaying #fantasy #dungeonmaster #tabletop #rpg #witch #volo https://www.instagram.com/p/BpcyqP-HWV8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=rw0qfjfbdx7x

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An introduction to Berrigar and Bromley, an odd pair who travels the multiverse together, encountering sights both mundane and quintessent. Planning to make these two the source of lore for some D&D modules and supplements I’m working on developing (original character designs still pending, of course) #dungeonsanddragons #firbolg #almiraj #kniferabbit #berrigarandbromley https://www.instagram.com/p/BpYjB1Zn-Px/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jab3dnf31wjc

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An introduction to Berrigar and Bromley, an odd couple who travel the land together, encountering sights both mundane and bizarre. Planning to make these two the sources of lore for some D&D modules and supplements I’m working on developing :) #dungeonsanddragons #firbolg #almiraj #kniferabbit #berrigarandbromley https://www.instagram.com/p/BpYiAP4nOZU/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zq2iq436iv5g

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Honey Hesit - The Cybear Bear Project Running an RPG at the animation studio I work at, and the votes are in for a round of Honey heist! Wanted to run this in a more futuristic setting, so I'm looking at hacking the game system a bit to add some more fun andthematic elements!

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Oct 1 - Swift #inktober #inktober2017

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Latest read, by John Darnielle. Expect a review sometime in the near future...

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I spent entirely too long on this, but I loved every second of it! My first comic and probably not the last. I hope you like it, and Rhos does too. :3

For more of these guys’ antics follow our D&D art tumblr @bitchesofbagrule 

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The D&D shenanigans of some workplace friends, and the artistic renditions of their adventures. Check them out @bitchesofbagrule!

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Three Sisters gets meta with Anton in Show Business

Three Sisters gets meta with Anton in Show Business

Could there be a better place for dreams to come true than on Broadway? While San Antonio, Texas may not be next highest on the list for wish-fulfillment, that’s where Lisabette Cartwright, Holly Seabé, and Casey Mulgraw find themselves in order to star in a production of Anton Chekov’s The Three Sisters. Each one following a personal dream, they become part of a collage of desires and drives.…

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