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Character Portrait: Chojen

Alas, poor Chojen Morg. After Thelisn the bodak fell to the servants of Gulthias within the Heart of Nightfang Spire, I brought in Chojen. He was human, a former thief and rogue who had repented of his ways and taken up a life of service to the gods. Serving in a monastary near Daggerdale, the companions of Silverhall rescued Chojen when he and others had been taken by an evil cult. To repay the debt, he offered his service to them. That service was sadly all to short. Soon after the companions re-entered Nightfang Spire, he fell victim to an undiscovered trap in the floor, sliding him down over a sharp blade and then flinging him out the side of the tower. Having no ranks in fly, he plummeted to his death at the base of the Spire.

Sunday, January 20, 2019 | 1 minute Read

Eldar

Eldar watched the horizon to the west. He was certain that this would be the time that En’ger Wills would be wrong. No one would could be right every time. En’ger had said that yesterday or today would be the day when the green Sky Tower, the last one, would fall. It had not fallen yesterday, so today was the day. Eldar, like so many of the People, had bet heavily that it would not fall this day either.

Saturday, January 19, 2019 | 12 minutes Read

Parody - Let The Dice Hit The Tray

I wrote this parody song a few months ago and only posted it to Twitter. Thought I’d add it here now as well. Sung to the tune of Drowning Pool’s “Let The Bodies Hit The Floor”. All due apologies to Drowning Pool, Paizo and Wizards of the Coast. _Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons_ https://youtu.be/04F4xlWSFh0 Original Song - Let the Bodies Hit the Floor by Drowning Pool A**nd now, my lyrics…..** Let the dice hit the tray Let the dice hit the tray Let the dice hit the tray Let the dice hit the traaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!!

Thursday, January 17, 2019 | 3 minutes Read

The World of Aeleon

I haven’t posted about my world building project in quite a while, but I have been working hard on fleshing it out. I’ve got several docs and spreadsheets put together. I also recently found a website called World Anvil that helps world builders organize and post their content online in a well organized, wiki-style format. I’ve started transferring the information out to that site and will use it going forward. You can see that start of my creation, the world of Aeleon.

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Friday, December 7, 2018 | 1 minute Read

Update on Aeleon

I’ve taken a break from tech posts for the holiday weeks to focus my spare time on the fantasy campaign world I’ve been working on. Take a look at the World of Aeleon when you get a chance. I welcome any feedback you might have for me!

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Tuesday, December 4, 2018 | 1 minute Read

Heagen and the Witch of Crimson Island

Heagen watched from the doorway as the witch meandered through the marketplace. Ordinary people would be surprised by just how much evil mingled with them in their day to day lives. It’s for the best, he thinks to himself as he stands there. The form he was currently using was that of a elderly human beggar. In a city as big as Sothis they were everywhere. And universally ignored by everyone.

Monday, December 3, 2018 | 13 minutes Read

Character Portrait: Terun Eastmore

Terun is one of my all time favorite PCs to play. He was a human paladin of Helm, hero of Silverhall, warrior of the Wyrmfang Chronicles, and the endless butt of jokes about one-armed paladins. Terun’s backstory was quite in-depth. It’s been a habit of mine that a number of my PCs have some hook that ties them to other PCs or NPCs within the Wyrmfang Chronicles campaign. Terun was tied to my second character in the Wyrmfang Chronicles version of Faerun, Endeleban Losteast (Delban). He was, in fact, his younger brother.

Wednesday, November 21, 2018 | 5 minutes Read

Character Portrait: Haegun Witchhunter

My newest character, all of 4 or 5 sessions in now, is a half-orc barbarian named Heagen. I’ve never played a barbarian in the Wyrmfang Chronicles before. The last barbarian I played was way back in college in with 2e AD&D. Damn, I’m old. Image Credit: barbarian by ali-tunc on DeviantArt With the death of my cleric Qen in our party’s near TPK, the story-line has shifted several decades into the future. The Cult of the Forgotten Pharaoh, severely weakened by the exploits of the Shining Company, is once again on the rise. Their efforts to resurrect Hakotep and restore him to rule of Osirion are in full motion.

Saturday, November 10, 2018 | 3 minutes Read

The Monolith

Beneath the Clouds, Posted by feillyne to ModDB The Monolith Davon felt the hum of its approach long before he could actually hear it. He had lived two decades within its enveloping comfort before returning to the Earth below. Now, he felt comfort only with the daily struggle to survive. To those who learned who he really was, he always said those years were a nightmare to be forgotten. Truth be told, if only to himself, he missed it just a bit.

Thursday, November 8, 2018 | 24 minutes Read

Character Portrait: Aeduin

If I’m remembering correctly, as the 4th edition of Dungeons & Dragons came to the public, our group was left with a dilemma. Like many, there were things about the 3/3.5e versions of D&D that we weren’t particularly happy with. Neither did we particularly like what we were seeing from 4e. It was too much like a card game or MMO and too little like D&D. While opinion varied a bit in our group, my view was that it wasn’t D&D at all. It was more like Magic: The D&D edition. Well, we eventually settled on a decision to move instead to Paizo’s Pathfinder RPG. Many referred to this rules set as D&D 3.75e. It cleaned up a lot of what was wrong with late 2e and 3/3.5e D&D. One of the first campaigns (might have actually been 1st) with the Pathfinder rules was the Shackled City Campaign Setting. For that campaign I played a bard/cleric name Aeduin Tharn.

Tuesday, August 21, 2018 | 5 minutes Read

Heagen Gets a Drink

half-orc by ali-tunc on DeviantArt Heagen opened his eyes. Sky? He was looking up at a clear, blue sky. That wasn’t right, was it? He sat up, confused. He cast his eyes around for a minute, memory flooding back into consciousness. After a few moments, two things dawned on him. First, this wasn’t where he expected to awaken. And second, he knew this place. It wasn’t the first time he’d been here. The buildings around it he didn’t know. They had changed since his last visit. But the tavern he was sitting in front of? That, he knew. And knowing where he was, it became clear what had happened.

Monday, May 7, 2018 | 6 minutes Read

Character Portrait: Gogun

Image by Prasanth Dasari, from Unsplash Gogun Elfcrusher, aka “The Gogun”, was my cleric of Silvanus. He was from our 2nd Edition Dungeons & Dragons era. He ventured north with a group of dwarves, led by King Tadom Trollslayer, seeking to return to their ancient home in the Vast. It was a nameless city north of Raven’s Bluff. I created him to join the campaign after my paladin of Helm, Terun, left over a religious disagreement with another paladin.

Friday, May 4, 2018 | 4 minutes Read