Princess Queliendy was awake well before she should have been. This was no ordinary day, though, because this was for Queliendy the greatest of all days. It was her birthday. And every year Queliendy was given the greatest gift a little girl could ask for: an entire day spent with her grandmother Reichsha, the Queen … Continue reading A Royal Birthday
Comedic Interlude
That Wasn’t Supposed to Happen
Dungeons & Dragons is one of those activities that by design is wildly unpredictable. Game Masters do have a tremendous amount of leeway in what happens to a storyline of course, but whenever the players decide upon a course of action it is best to let their designs flow to their natural conclusion and adjust … Continue reading That Wasn’t Supposed to Happen
Pollyanna
People who know me extremely well probably don't realize that my favorite movie of all time is the syrupy sweet and over-the-top sappy as a maple tree film "Pollyanna". It has everything. Great cast of award-winning actors, superior writing, great moral lessons delivered with a velvet glove and of course children falling out of trees. … Continue reading Pollyanna
Don’t Judge Me…
Ok so yesterday's game involved nearly a dozen Non-player Characters getting killed and nearly everyone else in the group nearly dying in a Spelljamming vessel crash. The fun part was that all of the deceased were children. Orphans, to be precise. In the course of a game I actually went ahead and incinerated orphans. I … Continue reading Don’t Judge Me…
Whenever Things go too Well You Know There is a Catch
Dungeons and Dragons is by my estimation the most entertaining way to waste a person's time. Unlike any video or computer game the options are essentially unlimited for what the players can or will do. Of course this means that the Game Master also has more options than they can reasonably be expected to react … Continue reading Whenever Things go too Well You Know There is a Catch
Your Alignment is What Exactly? And you do What Now?
Dungeons & Dragons is quite literally chock-full of odd and questionable characters. It is after all a role playing game in which one might imagine themselves as a hobbit or half-orc, rogue or barbarian warrior. It is a chance for people to step outside of who they really are (to a limited extent) and to … Continue reading Your Alignment is What Exactly? And you do What Now?
Fellowship of Fiends
The organization was an informal one. Informal to the extent that it could hardly be considered organized. They had no set meeting place and there was no customary time or days for their getting together. None of the members were viewed as higher in rank than any of the others and whoever called the gathering … Continue reading Fellowship of Fiends
If you didn’t like her as a two-bit supporting role, You’re going to Hate her as a guest star
Recently I had occasion to experience quite a lot of feedback on one of the Non-Player Characters in my game. This feedback took the form of an all-day marathon of Facebook Messenger missives sent by virtually every member of the party in which they discussed the relative ethics of impaling (both as a deterrent to … Continue reading If you didn’t like her as a two-bit supporting role, You’re going to Hate her as a guest star
New Editor, eh? Get Bent!
For some ridiculous reason the good folks at WordPress decided it would be a grand idea to futz with the way writers create and edit their posts. There was nothing wrong with the old method so by all means find a way to savagely screw that up. In the mobile version there is no way … Continue reading New Editor, eh? Get Bent!
The Second Battle of Käsestadt: The Greatest Bloodbath in a Generation
There is no denying that the Fallen Knights of Lotharingia had their collective asses handed to them when they attempted to bully their way into Limbourg to punish the Archduke of Maelonbourg and the Wenigzustand for meddling in this long-abused and neglected realm. Close to thirty-thousand soldiers representing all four of the Lodges marched into … Continue reading The Second Battle of Käsestadt: The Greatest Bloodbath in a Generation
Slothjemian Tales 
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