Basil_Bottletop

This year, you're getting 'The Complete Idiot's Guide to Smoking Brisket'. Then he's going to mock your cooking skills. Then in a few months he'll get solid brisket. Dad-scheme.

Because of a conversation had on a Discord server about fan bases and how much of an author's work they actually read... I find myself downloading The Gunslinger and starting that series again. The first book is a low commitment. I hate burning up my limited time by re-reading a series, but we'll see.

Well looky looky. I knew the name Varen sounded familiar and then I jump in here and see ol' Nighteyes. You think we can break our streak? Also, does the Squirrel Lady know you're here? Okay, more focused on the game ad... Is there setting stuff somewhere we can read? I want to make something that feels like it fits the world.

Put some thought and effort into your campaign and write it down where people can see it (read: post the info bits in your game forum). That's it. That's how you get people to be attracted to your ad. An ad that shows up and there's nothing in the forum for the players to grasp to is the easiest ad-killer out there, and even then there's enough thirsty players out there that it might not even stop them from just tossing out a character concept anyways. So my suggestion is to pick one you want, put a solid hour-ish into info dumping in your forum (more if you have more). Post the ad. Players will show up.

Belfyr - Half-Elf Ranger AC: 15 | HP: 20/20 | HD: 3/3d10 | Initiative: +3 | Gathered Swarm | Favored Foe | Spell Slots: 1st 3/3 2nd -/- | DM Inspiration: 1/1 It was not difficult to slink to the back of the procession into the estate. Others were far more eager to do whatever it is they thought they were going to get to do, and Belfyr was equally eager to not go inside. It was only out of necessity that the half-elf reluctantly climbed through the doorway of the building and beyond. The decorations of in the main room brought a puzzled look to Belfyr's face and he didn't think it prudent to hide it. Before last night, there had been dozens of places inside Gate Pass that he'd not trespassed, but that list was quickly growing shorter. But the more he saw, the more questions that arose from it all. The people of Gate Pass had since proven to him that they were no more like-minded to him than he to an alley cat. One weapon pulled down from one of these walls and sold would probably keep him for months. Th door merchant's hideaway could keep him cloaked from unwanted attention for weeks. The sheer amount of magic coursing through the university could keep a man in power for ages. Belfyr suddenly did not have an appetite. For food or most any other thing either. He leaned on his staff in such a way as to hide his whispers to Iymbryl. "This place is untouched by last night. As are those weapons. If there was ever a need..." His voice trailed as he returned to a more erect position and with it a slight rolling of his eyes. Mechanics Main Hand: Quarterstaff Off Hand: Empty Action: Bonus Action: Your bonus action goes here. Move: Not moving Manipulate: Your one free object interaction goes here. Bookkeeping Full Statblock Half-Elf Ranger (Swarmkeeper) 3 NG AC 15 HP 20 Speed 30 ftft Str 14 (2) Dex 16 (3) Con 10 (0) Wis 14 (2) Int 10 (0) Cha 12 (1) Attacks Longbow Quarterstaff Half-Elf Features: Darkvision Fey Ancestry: Adv on saving throws vs charmed, Magic can’t put you to sleep. Skill Versatility: Persuasion, Survival Ranger Features Favored Foe: Tasha's pg 57 Natural Explorer: Fighting Style: Defense +1 to AC when worn Spellcasting Ranger Archetype: Swarmkeeper Gathered Swarm Swarmkeeper Magic: bonus Mage Hand, Faerie Fire Primeval Awareness: PHB Equipment Assets: 84 gp Carried/Worn Total for Pack o Longbow o Quiver w/20 arrows o Common Clothes o Studded Leather o Quarterstaff o Herbalism Kit o Mess Kit o Cooking Utensils Spell Casting Spell Save DC: 10 Spell Attack Mod: +2 Spells Known: Spell Slots: 1st 3/3 2nd 0/0 Cantrips Mage Hand 1st Level Faerie Fire Cure Wounds Goodberry Hunter's Mark 2nd Level

Hektor Redgrove Hektor lingered there in the main room a moment longer. As the other two departed, it gave the room a stillness again that he felt he could weaponize in his own particular way. The room gave no new noises, no sudden movements. It was as calm and as dormant as the rookery had been in those passing hours between event and investigation. Even the proverbial dust had settled. The heavyset man took another glance about, giving his mind a chance to look in the opposite places as his eyes. He could not explain it, but it was something he'd done before and it had helped him in a variety of ways. Sometimes it helped him find his pipe, other times it clued him into something on the verge of turning to disaster with one of his pupils. Small inconsequential things seen in the corners of his gaze. Nothing struck him as mentionable. The house was in too much of a disarray for his amateur sleuthing to uncover simply by observation. Hektor sighed heavily and leaned on his staff as he left the home and joined the others out in the garden. He arrived just as the lady of the home finished her final frantic explanation. He nodded as if he could picture it exactly as she had described, but in reality it was an attempt to quiet her questions. "Now we pick up the trail." Hektor said with some trepidation. He hadn't really a solid way of doing so, but it seemed as though following the screaming made sense. "Get her on her feet, she either goes with us or she heads back to the inn where she can get a warm meal and warm hearth."

Winning the guilt game against Byran didn't have quite the satisfaction Quim had expected. He was no closer to a better explanation and was growing increasingly closer to a banger of a bad ambush plot. It put him in a more sour mood almost immediately. "This plan sucks." He blurted out. He didn't know this guy from anywhere but the streets of the city, and they'd bullied him there twice. As much as Quim knew, this guy was just a sucker who just kept getting caught up wearing the wrong boots. He chewed on his ring finger for a moment, contemplating his next words far more wisely, "But whateva, I'll be tha runner. Anything gets away. It's mine." As if to emphasize his point, he checked his own boots to ensure they were tied and tight. The warg pup also grew increasingly interested in his boots and he had to throw a shoulder into the beast to get him to back away. "Do I got that girlish figa, or do I get to ride up front?" He finished, offering a crooked smile. Rolls and Such

This site is filled with people who are basically just here to make fresh characters. Playing that character is seen as a punishment once the game starts. We could probably put together an All-Star team and 'win' this challenge rather easily. ha!

Some people only get the chance to play at a table once in a blue moon. Then that one campaign lasts for most of the year. So they are reminded of the fact that one guy is getting a significant modifier bump every other roll while you're struggling to get to do anything. Being glib doesn't help the conversation. (if you're not being glib, then I apologize)

The Rikathi Region: 217 Round 12 Actions: 1: Organize Faith (Faith Special 5, Faith) - Auto Success The Oath - 2: Raise a Unit (Military) - Auto Success 3: Investigate Meathook's Favor with the Widow Queen (Intrigue) - Failure If the Rikathi can find out what Meathook's next move is, we can use it to bargain with Albatross. 4: Seek Aid on Intrigue Roll (Faith) - Success 5: Steal Technology from Ana Kai (Intrigue) - Likely Failure Non-Actions: Use 1 Favor with Seekers of the Spheres to return to Tier 4. Will Receive: Generate 1 Treasure with 5 TPs +1 to Faith +1 to Intrigue

I don't mind either as long as the table itself has some way to create a level playing field. If we're doing Point Buy, let's set upper and/or lower limits. If we're rolling, the player that rolls nothing higher than 12 gets a few rerolls. I just don't want anyone to be inherently less because it creates a riff at the table.

I picked up A Secret in Scarlet because my other audiobook lending expired and I don't want to commit to anything super long. I think it's a 3 hour audiobook, but I can't say I've ever actually read the book that introduced the world to Sherlock Holmes. I've read other stuff with him, but this is the first.

Belfyr - Half-Elf Ranger AC: 15 | HP: 20/20 | HD: 3/3d10 | Initiative: +3 | Gathered Swarm | Favored Foe | Spell Slots: 1st 3/3 2nd -/- | DM Inspiration: 1/1 Belfyr's plan had been successful. With just a few easy tricks, he'd been able to provide himself with hours of procrastination. The crowds had been worth their weight in such until he was too weary to even stand. Only then had he returned to the confines of his corner and taken to to rest. Too tired to dwell, Belfyr had slept. Morning came too early, as it often did. His bones ached and his mind was unsettled, but there was nothing to do about either at the moment. He saw to some of the food Iymbryl had procured without questioning the source; instead offering the man a simple nod and a wave as he scurried back to his corner for a moment of private respite while he gobbled up the bread. The self-inflicted embargo on communicating with others continued as they emerged again from the temple. His personal silence matched that of the ceasefire of the city, but he didn't see the connection at all humorous. Instead, it felt melancholy. This place had been his home for these past few years and while he'd never found himself spiritually attached to Gate Pass, weirder things had happened. The estate before him felt out of place. It's own guard patrol and iron barred walls had become all too familiar with places of significance in the city, in the kind of way that made such things feel almost like self-realized prophecies. One did not build walls around their home or place of study within a city unless you thought that at some point you would need them. It was almost becoming cliche to see big buildings standing tall with such defenses while the bakeries and the merchant stalls still smoldered. Belfyr wrinkled his nose at the idea of going inside and waiting, but not because it had been the suggestion of Iymbryl. He was getting a real sense that the world was closing in on him and being outside gave him the best chance to keep such thoughts at bay. But he knew it would be silly to request a reprieve at this very moment -perhaps even breaking the respected trust between guardsmen- so instead he followed behind and hoped that his slipping good will could withstand another crowded room. Mechanics Main Hand: Quarterstaff Off Hand: Empty Action: Bonus Action: Your bonus action goes here. Move: Not moving Manipulate: Your one free object interaction goes here. Bookkeeping Full Statblock Half-Elf Ranger (Swarmkeeper) 3 NG AC 15 HP 20 Speed 30 ftft Str 14 (2) Dex 16 (3) Con 10 (0) Wis 14 (2) Int 10 (0) Cha 12 (1) Attacks Longbow Quarterstaff Half-Elf Features: Darkvision Fey Ancestry: Adv on saving throws vs charmed, Magic can’t put you to sleep. Skill Versatility: Persuasion, Survival Ranger Features Favored Foe: Tasha's pg 57 Natural Explorer: Fighting Style: Defense +1 to AC when worn Spellcasting Ranger Archetype: Swarmkeeper Gathered Swarm Swarmkeeper Magic: bonus Mage Hand, Faerie Fire Primeval Awareness: PHB Equipment Assets: 84 gp Carried/Worn Total for Pack o Longbow o Quiver w/20 arrows o Common Clothes o Studded Leather o Quarterstaff o Herbalism Kit o Mess Kit o Cooking Utensils Spell Casting Spell Save DC: 10 Spell Attack Mod: +2 Spells Known: Spell Slots: 1st 3/3 2nd 0/0 Cantrips Mage Hand 1st Level Faerie Fire Cure Wounds Goodberry Hunter's Mark 2nd Level

Welp, it looks like this game died. Too bad, I always want more Dragonlance games to be around but it's just not a popular setting for the 21st century ttrpger. Until next time, Kids. B.B.

Actana suggested watching YT or Actual Plays and I believe one of the first (at least in my experience) big Actual Plays that was on a podcast was a BitD game. Heck if I can remember what it was, but I do recall one of the players was British and maybe one of the characters was named Tako (pronounced Taco). But I could be merging a bunch of old memories together. That was a time in my life where I was trying a bunch of different Podcast Actual Plays and getting like 3 episodes in before moving to the next one if I didn't like it or couldn't get reliable copies of the next episodes.