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First Time DM Tips
TIP 3: STORY & BUILD-UP
We have talked at length in other instances regarding story, world, and character building. The more prepared you are in this sense, generally, the better off you will be. However, do not over-prepare or fail to give yourself an out. It is okay to direct characters to an important story hook, but feeling that they need to fully explore everything you have created will only cause stress. Repurposing comes in handy in an instance such as this - if your players blow through a town you spent three hours creating, move the parts of that town you are able to another place later in the story, and allow your characters to explore it then. This will save you time in the future, having already created this content.
As far as plot goes, It’s so tempting to get right to the juicy parts, but remember that wait can be rewarding. Withholding a big reveal for later, or letting your characters build camaraderie before plunging them into a trying situation may give a bigger payoff. The more invested both the characters and players become, the better.
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TTRPG Talk Back
Hello, everyone! I’m starting a new feature called Talk Back, where I share some of your stories and thoughts!!
From now until next Sunday, I’ll be taking submissions! Our First Question:
As a DM or Player, what is one of the funniest encounters you’ve ever had?
Please leave an ask, and make sure to put “TTRPG TALKBACK:” at the front!!
I can’t wait to hear your stories!
I don't post much, but my friend over at @dungeonsanddragonscampaign is doing a new thing with their blog! Check it out!
2016 is dead. Killed by 2016.
Hey gang! Personally, 2016 was a year where I felt I came storming back. It wasn't perfect by any means, but I cannot say that it hasn't been my best year in a while. I've made progress in becoming healthier. It's been at a more consistent pace than before. Along similar lines, I've opened up more emotionally than I ever have before. I feel like actually talking about everything has brought a greater sense of self. Anything that helps you figure yourself out is a positive. This is one of the things I am proudest of. I am more willing to admit that I am not part of the norm. I've always been a proud nerd, but I feel like I'm making a lot of progress towards being accepting and proud about the other things that make up who I am. Another thing I am proud of is my shift towards outward positivity this year. I had a hard time the first couple of months of the year as I was beating myself up a bit. But around the beginning of May, I started making a turnaround on all of that, and I made a decision to try and lift spirits as well as I could. Some may find it a bit annoying or not care for it, but I've had a few conversations where I have been informed that it has helped out a lot. I may(I did) or may not have cried over the fact that it made an impact, gang. This year I also made some decisions towards placing myself in more uncomfortable social situations than I had previously, in an effort to try and get away from just stagnating socially like I had previously. With the help of a few key people, I have made a lot of new friends, and it has proven that taking some risks and being a bit uncomfortable can result in some very rewarding outcomes. In addition to new friends, I have also spent this year becoming close and better friends with a few people, and that has been really fantastic. Especially when spending time with one friend nets you more friends! So, you not only get to have a good time with a friend, you also get to add more friends? That's some good math! This year, I've also done a lot of nice creative work that I have liked. I've made good jokes, I've written some good story, I've crafted RPG things that people have liked, and I feel my artwork has made great progress for the amount of time I've had to work on it! There's always more to do, and always more that could have been done. However, I think that wishing I'd made different progress only takes away the impact of what I have achieved. I did pretty dang good in a lot of ways in 2016! And not necessarily in ways I expected, either! I'd also like to thank anyone that played D&D with me, or ran a game for me, or talked about it with me. I had some great experiences and they were very important to me. This has only been reinforced in the past year with my blossoming fandoms of Critical Role and The Adventure Zone. There were a lot of good shows to watch. Plenty of which were recommended to me. I listened to Hamilton more than any other album in probably a decade. Also this year was a fantastic year for things I have enjoyed of all types. It brought back an enthusiasm for Harry Potter, as well as Pokémon, which had both lain dormant. And the Star Wars hype from the end of last year continued into 2016, and will move into 2017, as well. My gaming itch was also scratched by Overwatch, which I continue to play and have a good time with. I saw a lot of movies with friends, and that is always nice. I went to my first comic convention(Motor City) with Cody, where I was Dr. Alan Grant from Jurassic Park, and that was a fun, new experience(a bit cold outside that day, though). I got to go down to Houston this year while visiting my brother and his wife, and getting to see the space center down there was super cool. I also went to Michigan's Renaissance Festival(again with Cody) for the first time in around 15 years, and then for the second time in around 15 years a week later! Good stuff. Also, during the summer there was the whole Pokémon GO craze, and it was fun walking around doing that! And it's rekindled my interest in Pokémon again, where I went to a midnight release! Another cool thing was that I got to meet a friend who came over here from Wales...twice! Between her in 2016 and my Winnipeg friend in 2015, I'm starting to believe people on the internet may actually exist. Basically, what I hope you take from this is that although 2016 as a whole was Pretty Bad™, and you might want to say "Fuck 2016!" ad nauseam until the end of time, I don't want you to think that the bad overwrites any good that also came during this time. Leave the bad in the past, where it can rot, fight back against what you don't like when you can, and cherish the good things, whether they are big or small. You're probably tired of reading this by now so, my 2017 resolutions are to keep being kind and positive, to try to help others when I can, to find more ways to achieve personal growth or advance in directions I've already started, to keep an open mind, to find happiness where I can, and to keep creating things I enjoy, so that others might enjoy them, too. If you read all of this, I'm glad. You're pretty cool for reading it! I hope that our 2017s can be filled with good things. Or wonderful things! Or marvelous things! Thanks to you all, gang! Best of luck in this new year!
Harmony’s Journal, Part Two!
This is from the first and second session of this campaign. It's very long, but I'm not sorry. Unfortunately, it seems like there may never be another part, as the DM has decided to try something else. That’s sad, except that it allows me to post this now. It’s a shame, because I really like this character a lot. I wouldn’t be surprised if she makes a comeback at some point.
Part 1: http://penwagglings.tumblr.com/post/146533330336/so-this-is-a-thing-i-wrote-from-the-point-of-view
FROM THE JOURNAL OF HARMONICA HORNIGOLD _____________
Hey Diary! It’s me again! You know who it is, because it’s Harmony! I think the only reason I say that each time is so nobody else could write things down in here, pretending to be me. Although, if they’re tricky enough to get to my diary and write something like me, they’d probably be able to figure that little part out, huh?
Anyways, I’ve got quite a lot to try and get down here, so I’m really hoping and wishing that it will all keep clattering around in my brain for a bit longer. I’m sorry that my penmanship isn’t the best right now, as I’m trying to write this while I’m walking, which is super hard, and I can understand why people like having desks to sit down at, even though I feel like sitting down means you’re not moving forward.
So it’s still the day that I think is a Friday, but I didn’t actually ask anybody to confirm that, so I’m still hoping that I didn’t accidentally miss writing anything down yesterday. As I said, there has been a lot that has happened during the night, and I almost died, I think! Also, I guess that since this happened while it was nighttime, I suppose it’s probably Saturday now. That’s going to be a bit confusing when we finally get some sleep, so I’m going to put this in big letters that WE STAYED UP ALL NIGHT FRIDAY, so that I’ll definitely notice that tomorrow.
Now that we figured that out, I can tell you that we went to talk to the big Bluffalo, and he entrusted me with the leadership of that special force! Can you believe that?!! I was super skeptical and scared a bit about that, because I thought that maybe the group wouldn’t like that, or wouldn’t like me, or wouldn’t listen to me, or wouldn’t even go with me, and I’d have to do it all alone, but then they didn’t seem to have a problem with me, so I was feeling pretty good. I made sure to ask Bluff some questions, so that he’d know I was paying attention, and he told us that we were supposed to follow some path down to the river and then go across the river and then go and try to take one of those Yuno blue guy lords out of the battle because he was a wizard that could mess up the river. I didn’t really know what exactly to do about that, but I knew that Raze could probably just walk into the camp and challenge him to a fight and win or something like that, so I just agreed that we could do it. Also, that lord was named Chalk Udori, and I think I once met a cook that made that as a meal once? I can’t quite remember, but that certainly sounds like something I’ve eaten before, but it definitely wasn’t blue, because I won’t eat anything that’s blue after I ate too many of those blueberries when I was a kid. I don’t remember what exactly happened with that, but I just know: “If it’s blue, it ain’t for you!” Bluff also mentioned that he had something called “The Heaven’s Gong”, which “Sounds through the heavens”, and it’s supposed to signal to us when the battle commences. I hope it also sounds through the air, like a normal gong, because otherwise I don’t think anybody will hear it but the heavens. It probably is just a fancy gong.
So me and the Reaper and that weird bird with my spyglass and our “inside man”, Diero, we went down that path to a river and we saw some guards and also some smoke, so we went down the new path, but it was real foggy-like, and I swear I saw shapes in the fog, but it turns out it was just Reaper creeping around with his crossbows, but then we heard noise, so I stopped and tried to do that old magician’s staple of misdirection, but it turns out that didn’t work and a spear almost hit me! It turns out there was a big old patrol of Yuno on the same path we were on, and we did really really badly in that fight and almost died! I got a spear impaled through me, and I backed up from the guy, but the spear was still in me and it hurt really badly! We managed to pull together and make some guy run, even, so we had to chase him down through the fog. I didn’t write his name down, though, so I’ll have to ask somebody about that. Maybe I can ask Diero? He’s following me right now, because I said I was going to go to the medical tent, but really I just wanted to get away from that tall Cash fella, who I haven’t met at this point in my journal. Please stop getting ahead of yourself, Harmony! You know you can’t do too many things at once! I’ll ask Diero in a little bit, because I still have some more to get down!
So, we knocked the guy who ran out, and we healed up a bit after that tough battle. I played a nice soothing song that I think I used to play for Lore, and we all decided that we should dress up as some of the Yuno and try to sneak our way into the camp. Diero and Raze and myself got all gussied up like we were part of the group that attacked us, and I thought we looked pretty convincing. Diero decided he needed to look weirder, so he did that, and then Reaper dressed up as some fancy pants man that was giving orders, and then I dressed as a peasant, and I also learned that I am also considered a peasant, so I feel the need to write down that I don’t like being referred to as a peasant, so DON’T CALL PEOPLE PEASANTS, HARMONY! Also, that means I normally dress like a peasant, since I am one, so what I was actually wearing instead was just all brown rough cloth, and I feel bad for their peasants, because that must be itchy for them all the time. Anyways, I think Errk carried somebody back to base, because I don’t quite recall where he was after this. That sounds right, at least. Maybe I’ll ask Diero that, as well? I’m trying to ignore him right now, and so I’m walking incredibly slowly and only looking at my diary and hoping I don’t run into anything. I hope that’s enough of a deterrent! I hope he’d respect my need to concentrate! I guess he hasn’t interrupted me yet, so that’s a good sign.
This next bit happened really fast, but somehow we ran up to the gates with some heavy bodies, pretending to be some of them Yuno soldiers, and I almost lost my socks when Raze convinced those guards to not only let us into the camp, but also he pulled off a large amount of some of their guard to go back away from the camp! I didn’t even know that he was such a good actor, because I’ve been with him for a few months and he didn’t even show the slightest interest when I asked him to be in my musical! I mean, I’m fine playing both the lead role and the love interest, but it’s really hard showing people that you’re kissing each other when you only have one mouth, even if everyone’s always said I’ve got a big one. Maybe Diero will want to play the love interest? I have the wig for it and everything! I have to check where I was, now. I can’t afford to forget some of this stuff, so I’ll need to cut back on distraction!
Okay, so Diero and me were left in a mostly empty camp, trying to find Chalk’s tent. Luckily, he was able to look at the banners and figure it out. I guess that’s why you get someone that knows things on your team, huh? So, since we were disguised, we passed by the tent to make sure that Chalk was there. He was. Since we had the element of surprise, Diero and I got our noggins working together, and he decided that we should go invisible, and I’d go in to give Chalk a chance to surrender. If he didn’t want to do that, or if he tried anything funny, Diero was going to pop out and take him unawares. I figured that if we wanted to be as scary as we could be, there were a few things I could do, and so I made Diero even spookier. I didn’t want to tell him this, but I think he’s already scary, because he seems like he’s always a bit mad at something, and I can never tell if it’s me or not. I’m honestly just glad that he put so much faith in me, to be the one to talk to him. Not a lot of people trust me to do things for them, so it was nice to have that trust put in me twice in one day! Well, twice while I was awake, that is.
As coolheaded as I could, I waited for Diero to go invisible and sneak into the tent. I then counted to 30 and walked in the flaps so that Chalk would notice me. He had this big table full of blocks, which reminds me that Bluff'ems also has one of these things, as well. However, Chalk didn’t have any big statues that he made, so he’s a bit different from Bluffington. I think Chalk was surprised that someone was interrupting him because he asked why someone was interrupting him and he asked who I was, so I told him I was Harmonica Hornigold, but my friends call me Harmony, so he could call me Harmonica Hornigold, and so I told him I was there to get him to stop doing what he was doing on the orders of Ushinal the Bluff and he seemed very confused about how I managed to get to him and he seemed like he was getting ready to do something when all of a sudden Diero’s knife showed up at his throat and he asked if it was my knife, but I said it wasn’t and then Diero said it was his knife and then I think Chalk realized what all was going on and so he finally surrendered to us because he probably did not want to be killed by us because it’s much better to live to tell the tale later, that’s my point of view, at least, and he must have realized his map was just sitting there to be looked at because then he kicked out the table leg and I got kind of mad at myself that I didn’t at least try and look at it, but then again I’m not good at doing too many things at once. I was really glad that Diero was there and was intimidating Chalk, because I don’t think that works without him. He really did plan that out well, and I’m glad we didn’t have to kill anybody with that plan. Except for the peasants and soldiers earlier, I guess. We killed them. And the guys later and the guys that Reaper fought with his crossbows while we were capturing Chalk. Maybe it wasn’t as nice of a plan as I thought. We probably could have avoided killing people a bit better. I hope that they aren’t too mad at us, but I guess the benefit is that they can get their own Heaven’s Gongs now!
So, Diero led the blue lord by knifepoint, and the lord walked in front of him and he let us go through the gates, and we found Errk and Raze and some short half-orc not much taller than me with a scar on his throat in the middle of a big old mess of dead bodies. Apparently the half-orc is named Nhürr and he was a Druid that decided to help, which was awful nice of him. They mentioned Raze getting beaten by a bunch of peasants, but that doesn’t sound like something he’d let happen, and plus, all the guys around them were dead! Sometimes you have to believe your eyes, and not just what somebody said. Although sometimes you also have to believe what someone is saying because your eyes can deceive you, so I don’t really know what to believe on that. All I know is that Raze is alive and this Druid should maybe buy some new robes and speak up, because I can hardly hear a thing he says!
As a group we decided to take Chalk back to the river and the raft, and that we’d ignore the smoke that was still coming from the outpost, so we went back to the river, but I was trying to show Chalk the magic trick I was learning, but I don’t think he appreciated how hard it is to do while moving, and I heard Diero sigh, so I’m glad that at least somebody else was as exasperated with Chalk’s disinterest as I was. I think I lost like 7 more cards today, so I’ll have to replace those. I wonder if Errk plays cards? Do monks even play cards? What about birds? I once seen a bird swoop down and steal a card during a game, but that probably doesn’t count, since you can’t steal cards during a card game, so he probably didn’t know the rules, even.
So, we brought Chalk to the raft and handed him off to those two Doromu guards, and I made sure to give him one of my pieces from Fools’ Jest, just so that he will remember who beat him today. It’s not often that a performer is able to beat a lord, after all, so I felt that it was awfully symbolic, since sometimes in Jest, it takes the Fool to bring down a lord.
I wonder if that’s why Bluff picked me as the leader?
I thought it was weird that Diero was staying invisible for so long, too, but then I really thought about it, and I guess it was probably a pretty smart thing to do, since we were keeping Chalk alive and Diero wouldn’t want it to be found out that he was helping the underdogs who were fighting his own people. If you really think about it, that’s quite a sad thing. I wonder what he had happen to him to make him so mad at his own folk? And if he was so mad, why didn’t he just kill Chalk when he had his knife at Chalk’s throat? I’m awfully confused now! Should I stop walking and ask him? Would he even tell me? Would he get mad at me? I don’t even know if he likes me! What if Diero doesn’t like me? I barely know him! Maybe he thinks I talk too much? People always complain about that! What if he was sighing at my magic tricks just like everyone else, and he wasn’t sighing at Chalk not liking my attempts? What if Diero also doesn’t want to be in my musical?! Would he not want to do it because there’s a kiss? What if I take the kiss out, even though that takes away from the climax? Would people even still like the story? What if he’s following me and waiting for me to be alone so that he can kill me?! Have I given him a reason to want to kill me?! I can’t remember!! Oh geez, it’s hard to concentrate now, thinking about Diero stalking behind me, because he’s got like six inches on me, and reach is very important if we get into fisticuffs, so I have to make sure I at least get the rest of today written down, in case I’m dead but my diary is found and they need to find out what happened over the last few hours of my life because then they’ll know it was all because Diero didn’t want to be in my musical and so he killed me in a duel of fisticuffs over the matter of a kiss. IF I’M DEAD, IT WAS ALL DIERO!
I apologize if my penmanship gets worse, but I might be murdered at any second, so the next bit needs to be quick.
We went to the smoking outpost, found out it was just a torch that could keep burning, so I grabbed that because seriously that’s really useful, I grabbed a banner because it was Doromu and I thought Bluff might want it back, I built a really good raft to float down the river, we ditched the raft because it was taking us towards bad guys, we lost the Druid, we found the scouts that didn’t help us earlier, I hated the big tall Cash guy because I felt like he had a bit of a mean heart, but that demon lady Criella seemed nice, if a bit quiet, and I liked her horns, but we were near a battle so I put on that banner we found and we got attacked by arrows, so we went and we fought some Yuno and a kneeling lady who looked like a piece of turquoise I once found, and she had a glaive that Diero said was the Heaven Killer, so I got worried about Bluff’s gong, since I thought maybe it would kill the Heaven’s Gong, but apparently that wasn’t important, and the lady wouldn’t give me her name even though I asked twice, so the bird man ended up grabbing her and we finally knocked her out with Diero shooting some weird lightning from his hands, and I shot a crossbow at her, but I hit this time, unlike the previous times I’ve tried doing that, and once she was knocked out, the glaive disappeared, which I guess means it really was an intelligent weapon, because it knew it had lost. I think that’s everything, except we went back to talk to Bluff about what we did, but only after I went and took the block that represented me from that fallen strategy table of Yuno’s. How do they know I exist if they don’t even have the piece! Pretty smart, right?
So, we went back to Bluff, and Raze ran ahead, leaving Diero and I to drag the turquoise lady a really long way. I found out her name was Enyi Kuro, and it was not all that great having to carry her. I considered working some of my magic to make Diero have to carry her all the way, but I didn’t think he’d appreciate it, and I’m not sure he’s all that strong. I guess not everybody’s quite as concerned about being able to lift up your dance partner as I was. It’s awful embarrassing when you can’t lift them as high as everyone else!
Anyways, Bluff told us we’re going to be going after some Rumblers, which are bouldery men? I’ve never heard of them, but that doesn’t mean they don’t exist, I suppose. I mean, I’d never heard of bird monks before Errk, and now I know there are Bonks. And I had forgotten, but Raze had requested to be given one of Bluff’s statues, so Reaper is now the proud owner of a huge carved depiction of a long pony-tailed man with an ax and shield, who was a Doromu hero named “The Bringer”. I honestly have no idea what he’s going to do with that, but I’m glad he’s happy about it. Around this time, that really noisy and offensive Cash fella came in and started talking, so I felt that I should take my leave. I really didn’t expect Diero to follow me for this long, but I guess he also didn’t want to stay in that tent. I feel kind of bad that I haven’t talked to him as I’ve been writing this down. I feel like if I can just get him to open up a bit, I could help him not be so darn stern-looking and lighten up a bit. I’ve been told that a smile can do wonders, after all. I wish I could remember who told me that. Maybe it was Lore? I’d have to check my quotes and music book to be sure.
Well, I think that about wraps that up! I sure hope I didn’t forget anything. It’s really pushing it to go this long without much rest and especially without writing this down. I have to be more awares of that, because this would have been too important a day to let slip past me. WE DID IT, TODAY! People put their faith in us and we did not let them down! We saved the lives of a lot of Doromu, and that’s not nothing! Sure, it seems like maybe we might have gotten on some nerves, but how can they hate you when you’ve proven yourself? They always say that actions speak louder than words, and they also say that I’ve got an awfully loud mouth and talk too much, so what does that say about our actions today? Probably an awful lot. They’ll be heard by everyone! And hey, maybe people will get off Diero’s back? I mean, he basically got Chalk to surrender by himself! I’ll have to write a song about that! Then they’ll never forget it! It’ll probably be better than the tale of a bird and Raze with a skull helmet killing a dozen peasants, to be honest. All his songs end up being the same thing over and over. But a story of scrappy underdogs, led by revenge, using magic to out-strategize a strategist who’s a lord? That’s compelling! That’s a story people can get behind! After all, everybody loves an underdog!
Things to remember, Harmony!:
-We stayed up all night Friday -Make sure it was actually Friday -Don’t call people peasants -The Bluff believes in you -You did it! -Talk to Diero; Cheer him up -Ask Diero about the musical(this is important!)
Things to do tomorrow:
-Help find Rumblers, I guess? -Be thankful you’re alive
I’ll end this entry here and make a new one about what I learn from Diero, if anything. He’s probably wondering why I’ve stopped outside the medic’s tent, since we’ve just been standing here for a few minutes. Maybe we should ask him if he wants to go somewhere more private, so we can talk about things I have on my mind. He wouldn’t have followed if he didn’t like me, right? Let’s just relax and think of a mantra to put down at the end here.
You can do it, Harmony! If you believe in yourself, then you’ve always got someone watching your back!
P.S. I really hope Diero doesn’t hate me.
I guess this classifies as head canon, or a fan theory for Voltron, as it is probably me looking too much into something. Hunk is nearsighted and probably needs glasses. 1) He gets bouts of dizziness when there is excessive motion 2) He is stubborn enough to refuse to wear glasses if he doesn't want to 3) He is always RIGHT NEXT TO THE SCREEN! OMG HUNK, PLEASE LET PIDGE WORK! GET GLASSES IF YOU NEED THEM!!
What’s your name, man?
So, this is a thing I wrote from the point of view of my bard, a half-elf named Harmony. She is very charismatic in that she puts out enthusiasm and earnestness, but she is hindered by a lower intelligence, and is without enough wisdom to make up for that a whole lot. She's interesting to play, for sure, and has been a blast to develop more. This is set just before the start of the campaign. I really enjoyed writing this, so I may keep at it! FROM THE JOURNAL OF HARMONICA HORNIGOLD ----------------- Hey Diary! It's me, Harmonica! I don't know what day it is! I don't think anyone's mentioned it to me in a while, and I hadn't really thought about that until just now. It feels like maybe it's a Friday? Just saying that because "Thank Goodness It's Friday and We Reached That Mountain" would be a good slogan. TGIFAWRTM?! Will that catch on? I hope so! It would probably make a good song. Anyways, we been moving a lot through these mountains to get The Big Old Bluff himself towards his goal. I hope he can make it in time, because I'm on the front line for getting this story down. And everyone loves an underdog! Coming from the bottom rung, climbing to the top! Perseverance against misfortunes! That will impress people, right? They'll wish they'd come through with me when I asked them to! They chose not to, though, and that's tough, but if I stopped anytime I found something tough, I'd never get started on anything! You know what's tough, also? Trying to chew some of the meals they give you here. I thought I broke a tooth a few days ago, but it turns out someone had just dropped a tooth into the stew. I gave it back to him, though, no worries. Nice guy. Glad to get his tooth back. He thanked me, and then he offered extra stew to me. Nobody's done that in a while. Oh! The Bluff, whose real name is pronounced "Ushinal," I think, said he wanted to see us, so we could help him out with something. He's a nice guy for someone so big and important. He's like two of me stacked one on top of the other, but bald and stronger and with brown skin and he's smarter and more important, because he's in line to be in charge of something, while I'm not. I think it's pretty swell that he's got faith in me. Not many people give me the time of day, even when I ask for it real nice. That's why I had to buy that sundial that I think I know how to use now! It's got something to do with shadows. I can remember that much! Speaking of shadows, you know that Reaper guy who I was following around because he does big flashy things sometimes? He was talking about how much money he was hoping to get. He said that he would kill anybody, if he was paid the right amount. I asked what it would take for him to go after me, and he told me that it would be "a great deal", but I wasn't sure if he meant a great deal of money, or if he wouldn't have to be paid that much, and I was too scared of how he was talking to continue with that. What was I writing about? Some days I wish I could get through a day without forgetting little things, but I guess it's good that I can go back and check with this diary. Can you hang on a second? Thank you! Oh yeah! Mister Crossbows and myself were assigned to special positions under The Bluff, along with two other people who I haven't met yet! One of them is that bird guy, who I still think took my spyglass a couple of days ago, but his eyes scare me, so I haven't asked about it. Maybe he can use it better than me, anyway? I kept smudging up the glass, but he doesn't have any fingers to do that. I think someone said his name was "Errk", but they could have just been burping real strangely? That stew could have been better, is what I'm saying, even if that cook is a sweetie. The burping guy also told me there was a Yuno traitor that was hanging around! He could have been saying "A, you know, traitor," but I think it being one of them air folk is more likely, what with everything that's going on. He told me it was that creepy guy who dresses in black, and I said "Raze is a Yuno traitor? I thought he worked for the iron guys?" and he said no, he meant the guy that wears blacks and dark blues who was walking around being creepy, and I told him that I didn't remember Raze wearing dark blues, and that they were more grey than blue, unless it was like a cobalt, and then the guy I was talking to said that he was "for sure" not talking about "The fucking Reaper", and that it was a different person entirely, named Diero, from clan Yuno, who was a traitor, and was creepy, and wore dark clothing, and that they were a warlock, and he didn't trust them, and that they had a blue glow to them. He really should have mentioned the blue glow and warlock things first, cause I knew who it was immediately when he said those things! Sometimes I feel like maybe I'm not the one who is being dumb in a conversation. I mean, there's a reason they refer to them as the "important details." Diero seems lonely when I've seen him when he's walking around, but it's not the same as Reaper, who seems to like it that way. Nobody seems to want to talk nice about the sad blue guy. Or should I call him the blue blue guy? Is that insensitive? I probably shouldn't say it. It seems weird for the Doromu to hate someone who is trying to help them, even if Diero does look like a glowy blue version of my professor of enchantment back at my first wizard college. I wish I could remember that professor's name, cause then I could ask Diero if he knew him. Although, I don't recall the professor being blue. Maybe talking to Diero will cheer him up a bit? It would be nice to talk to someone about something other than how much money you can make by doing certain jobs, or how I need to get better at using a crossbow. And hopefully he won't just be creepy all the time. Or too greedy. Or take my spyglass, if I ever get that back. Oh! What if Diero likes magic tricks?! I've gotten quite good at doing a specific card trick. It's very impressive when it works, and there is no way that this can fail! I've done it like three times in the past week. Bluff the Fluff saw it once, and he was very generous with his praises. Anyway, that guy I was talking to has gone to get more of the stew, because he said he loved it so much. I guess at least one person had to be enjoying the stew! So, in the mean time, I've been sitting here writing this before I go see Big Bluffy, in case I need to remember something important. I should ask him what day it is when I see him. Maybe if it is Friday, I can tell him "TGIFAWRTM!" I hope I can clear that whole problem all up! I remember I used to be much better at keeping track of my thoughts for the day. That would be nice to have, back to what it was. ---------------
Everyone could have some more jubilation! Any time I think about the X-men, I am reminded of when I drew a bunch of my post-it note drawing of them around Days of Future Past. Still the best use of highlighters. #xmenhype #jubilee #pleasedontbeamess
Let Magneto be, Charles!
Thunderhead
Hear that storm coming round And that pour drippin' down Roof and floor creakin' now Winds that roar, shriek, and howl Can't believe this big tempest As I lay, hear with interest Wide awake this late night, Attention rapt by this temptress The gale whips around as the whirlwind brings thunder The soundscape astounds, weaves a spell that I'm under Bright bolts are abound, see their flash prove enlightening Quick strike, quell the fear, cut the dark that is frightening Your tone, deep and great, seen and heard, as you rage Your rhythm and tempo of rain lead the way As you head toward your end, bid farewell now, old friend Your last patter of drops, one last message you'll send But... Know it's not goodbye, as I rest on my bed My eyes, they will stay dry, no tears will be shed It's a matter of time, all that needs to's been said Cause you'll make your return, with the next thunderhead ----------- I wrote this last night(and added more, today) because I got it in my head to write it instead of sleeping. It can be read as a poem, or a rap, or a song, or whatever you like. I hope you like it.
Timing is everything!
Submitted by acebreaker.
Well I mean, when you write it all out like this, it just seems silly...
A short story about a big problem in a small town
This was written in 20 minutes. It was based off a little story nugget of a campaign from a friend, @dungeonsanddragonscampaign Thanks, friend! The prompt came from something they had said, where there were more and more animals showing up that were larger than their kin, and that there might be magic afoot. It stuck with me, and I kind of wanted to write out what my take on it was...so I did. I hope you enjoy it! ---------------------------------- They had heard the tales. Large animals in the surrounding forest, grown to be twice as large as they should. It went against the animals' nature. Consuming far more than their share, the forest growing sparse of the berries and other plants that once flourished and fed the town. Now, the creatures were starting to encroach on the town's gardens. There had been reports of confrontations with the creatures. The mayor was worried. What could he do about such a dire situation? A party was formed of some folk who knew the forest. They would track down the Druid that some spoke of, who protected this edge of the forest. After a few days, they found the Druid, a giant-sized being, knelt down, feeding large fish in a small pond. "Hey!" shouted the lead of the party. "What is happening with all these big animals?" The Druid turned, with a sad look on their face, and said "I just wanted to be able to see them as I used to, when I was smaller. I was in such dire straits when that wizard made me bigger! I just wanted my friends to not be scared of me." A second party member stepped forward and asked "Are you the one making them bigger? Didn't you think about what you were doing? If you can make them bigger, why not just make yourself smaller again?" The Druid stood up to their full height. They looked down at the party, then to the big fish, and then back at the last party member who had spoke. "Huh...I hadn't thought of that."
A fun little purchase - micro dice!
I love these dice! You'd think I'd love these less, because they are smaller. That is false!
Hey! It's me! Well, the art isn't me...but it is mine? Anyway, I have been watching the Harry Potter films again, and wanted to draw something, so I drew this! They are not supposed to be any specific character, or anything. Just some Slytherin. Don't define them! They don't need a name! Down that road lies madness...and fan fictions. Why am I watching Harry Potter again? Because I took that Pottermore quiz again, since it came back. 'Surely,' I thought, 'I will get Hufflepuff again.' Well...I didn't. I got Slytherin? That knocked me back a bit! They seem pretty competitive, but I could sort of see where it was going with it. Cunning, ambitious, resourceful, shrewd, determined. Sure, those hit on some things. Is it 100%? Probably not. Also, that damn hat quiz had me choose a side of a coin. WHAT IF I HAD CHOSEN TAILS??!! I guess I'll have to wait until they break down the stats on those questions... NOPE! Tried it again, y'all! Different questions? You tricky little... Well, now I'm a Ravenclaw in a different Hogwarts. Now I don't know what to think!!
Who is this? I don't know. I just wanted to draw someone boastful. I drew this on Monday. My week has been busy and stressful. When it's done, maybe I will be this boastful? Whoever this is, they clearly deserve to be in my story. Speaking of that, I also wrote down the general idea for that. That's the second picture! It's gotten me to think clearer about everything that surrounds it. It's an anchor of sorts, and very helpful. Although, sometimes I think it just weighs me down... *the anchor drops, and I drift away* Bada dee... bada dum... dada dum....
