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Fun fact, people's names are almost universally puns! Molly's last name, Blyndeff, is a play on the phrase 'Blind, Deaf and Dumb.' Indus, meanwhile, is named after the Indus river, which has the Tarbela dam on it, and mister dream nerd's last name is a corruption of an old english word for dream. I can't actually explain any more name puns without spoilers, but keep in mind you'll be seeing A LOT going forward.

I caught on to that pretty quickly actually! It's just that I'm not too good at figuring them out—there was no way I could have gotten Indus's and Giovanni’s was kinda a free space when it came to that. Happy to have you here to catch me up where I’m lacking, though!

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Something to know that makes everything in it make a lot more sense; Epithet Erased is based on a tabletop campaign. That's also where Giovanni's "lucky 13" came from--any time he rolled a 13, he crit.

Y'know, I knew that little tidbit but my dumb brain keeps on glossing over it like it has nothing to do with what I'm watching. So thanks for the reminder!

I wonder what kind of system did they use for the campaign? Was it entirely freeform, or did they homebrew from another ruleset like d20 Modern or something...

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Ashling is actually an anglicised Irish name, not a corrupted Old English word. It's usually spelled "Aisling"

Oh, like from The Secret of Kells huh? I suppose that goes a little to explaining why his Dream Big form wears a tartan kilt. My first guess of his name probably would have been something to do with Ash trees I’m sure...

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It was played using a hack of Unforgotten Realms, basically just roll a raw d20 for everything + rules for anime powers. Here's the google doc for the old version of the system if you want to give it a look: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FDjPzvwzjypF0LUFjHpHELCMycIL7NA2g5BFPlEdYTo/edit?usp=sharing

Thanks for giving me some more info! I’ll look at the system doc once I’m further along in Epithet Erased, juuuust in case some minor mechanic might spoil me for what to expect in the series.

I’ve actually almost played a pure d20 tabletop game before but lack of free time between the players kinda fizzled it out... I should probably stop talking about ttrpgs before I start gushing about my own "personal campaign ideas  that I can’t use because of no time/players/DMing experience"...

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It was a custom system called "Anime Campaign" based on Unforgotten Realms. There's a rules document floating around somewhere, but I don't currently have a link to it, sorry.

‘Anime Campaign‘ is an amazing title! Although Epithet Erased doesn’t really seem so, uh... animesque? It certainly feels a little inspired by some of the common shounen tropes, but from what I’ve seen doesn’t really have the, I guess, Feel of an anime yanno?

I’ve also hadn’t heard of Unforgotten Realms before! A quick google search tells me that it’s a live tabletop campaign like Critical Role or Dimension 20, so there’s something to check out later!

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what r ur pronouns

Elo/him But less jokingly, I don't really care what pronouns anyone uses for me. I grew up on the old internet where you were taught that giving out any identifying information was dangerous so that kinda stuck, even for something as harmless as that.

Also, I kinda like the idea that I am a nebulous, formless thing that other people can ascribe features to, like a coloring book but you’re doing it blindfolded and only receiving directions from someone who’s not even paying attention and may or may not be purposely giving you wrong answers because you ate their last slice of pumpkin pie in the fridge. I kinda lost the plot there but I hope you get what I mean!

Though if that kinda ambiguity isn’t your style I guess you could think of what I named this blog after, the “God” from Goodnight PunPun (which is a really heavy and mature story, but a good read), who I’ve used as an avatar on and off for several years now...

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Greetings from the year 2022!

And greetings to you as well! I have high hopes for this year and by 'high' I mean reasonably low expectations that the world won't explode, along with a couple of New Year resolutions for the blog! Nothing expansive, just at least an episode a month and to hopefully start a short series to do alongside Epithet Erased. See ya this Sunday when I start back up!

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If you're still going to do these, I can't wait! I love your reactions.

Yeah, sorry I haven't updated in a while! The plan is to get back on it sometime after New Years once I've closed some other projects. I've been staying spoiler-free about Epithet Erased in the mean time, though I think I've seen a new episode of EE on my feed, I don't know if it's a special or possibly a new season but either way I'm excited to reach it in due time!