Rain Dog @Leucrotta@awoo.space

Let’s keep doing two for one!

13) not sure, I’m honestly not good with spells? Maybe Charm Person if I were being selfish or Cure Disease if I were being community spirited.

14) Hard to tell the most epic fail but I *do* remember the round that Cadell got four attacks AND MISSED WITH ALL OF THEM. Oh was I pissed off!

Another two for one!

11) for a while I was really enjoying WebDM on YouTube - I really think they have great ideas! I’d also recommend Richard Whitters’ Instagram (he’s a senior artist at WotC), Order of the Stick still kinda counts, and Oglaf only vaguely counts but it’s awesome! weirdly it’s usually funnier the less sexual it is.

12) idk, I logged so much time trying to get Shot On the Run, it’s hard to remember other Feats exist - but I also dunno if I’d actually want/use it IRL.

Another twofer since one question is less crunchy;

9) no favorite dice, I can roll badly on anything! I favor dice in horrible bright easy to spot under tables/on carpet colors.

10) “okay, did you like Lord of the Rings, Rogue One, Harry Potter, The Thirteenth Warrior? D&D is sort of like those, only because you’re acting and writing one of the main characters, you’re much more involved. Your friends are also writing and acting characters too, so it’s like playing any other game with friends.

7) I agree with @hyenagrin that Mending would be an absurdly useful cantrip.

8) since this is a less chunky couple of questions. I tend to wind up taking high CHA or DEX given a fondness for fast-moving “face” characters. Occasionally if I’m playing a cleric my DEX will be pretty low. And if I’m not playing a cleric WIS is often dead average if not lower.

6) despite how earnestly Cadell got himself reduced below 0 hp, he never actually died. I had a character die in a one-shot, and my rogue, Kinyago, was cornered by gargoyles while trying to escape a tower. She fought bravely with dagger and rapier, which don’t really hurt gargoyles much, and never saw the finish to her personal quest.

5) probably the time my cavalier, cornered on a spiral staircase a hundred feet from the ground, threw his longsword, impaling his overwhelmingly powerful foe, who gave an ugly shriek before tumbling to his death far below. It was VERY cinematic.

4) I wish I could improve my CHA. In this world, being charming, likable- and knowing you’re okay- really changes a lot and let’s face it, part of me wants to be the character with the great stories and witty comebacks at all times, especially if I can encourage and help others by doing it (see “probably bard”).

3) I love playing halflings! But I kinda want to try playing a gnoll or minotaur again. I tend to enjoy cleric or bard a lot.

2. My first experience playing D&D was trying to keep a friend company while he recuperated from a ruptured appendix. I played a wizard! And remember nearly nothing of that game.

Years later my friend Ryan got me into playing. The fad of the early 80s had come and gone, so he inherited a second set of books from his cousin and sold them to me cheap, which is the only way I could have afforded them.

1. I would probably be a half-elf (hybrid, ages weirdly, slim graceful build prettier than my face) much as I want to say gnoll. Probably bard, much as I want to be a ranger or druid.

Having an off day, let’s try out this meme from birdsite! One like equals one answer (unless I feel really ambitious).

What do I say? What can I say?
I said, I'm not supposed to be like this;
Let's try to find a happy game to play!
Let's try to find a happy game to play!
I'm not supposed to be like this,
But it's okay,
Okay?

If you are confused, go to the store!
Carry a compass to help you buy more!
Your feet are going to be on the can,
The can is there to hold in the Spam!

If *you* don’t really explain a complex, multi-part process at a job which I am doing simply to make rent, then it doesn’t reflect badly on *me* when I get it wrong.

*My* part of the deal is, I won’t buy into my childhood indoctrination that you are intentionally setting me up to fail so you can scold me. The world can work differently.

Breathe. Breathe.

Nominally awake. Artist, raver, occasionally other things inbound to be a bank employee for a while.

1. rhinoceri are sculptural and cool looking, but their babies are just adorable.

2. ceratopsians must've been a little like parrots (who are also kinda adorable) and a little like rhinos.

3. some ceratopsians previously identified as separate species are actually younger individuals (eg Torosaurus/Triceratops)

4. especially younger Triceratops must've been ridiculously cute.

just up a little while waiting to go back to sleep, trying to think positive things to ease into darkness.

Darn, the local community center is about to start a capoeira group and I’m a little too old for it. I would have loved getting to play when I was 8-10!

by the time the Fellowship of the Ring soundtrack got to Enya in the end credits I decided I needed something a little less elfy while making my bed, and THAT'S how my housemate walked on me singing along to Gwar's "Jiggle the Handle."

... I fess up to crying during this part of Fellowship of the Rings. #MoreSoundtrack