One bard's take on D&D and other things
These posts pertain to the campaign I play in as the elven bard Finnith. There are two parties, one good and one evil, who started in different parts of the world.
No rest for the weary! More complications arise after settling a demon problem, but the problems now are intraparty in nature. We had a roleplay-heavy session with a lot of drama and tension!
In these Campaign Diary posts, I talk about the campaign I play in and how our latest session turned out!
Continue readingLast session, we switched gears and are on a much different
mission than we had been. New place, new problem—but connected to events at the beginning of the campaign.
In these Campaign Diary posts, I talk about the campaign I
play in and what happened last session!
If you can easily describe a session with the cliché, “the plot thickens,” then it was probably a pretty good session! We came in to the session with a plan, circumstances changed that plan, and now the situation has changed. In these Campaign Diary posts, I talk about what happened in the last session of the campaign I play in.
Continue reading“Mid-boss” is debatable, but we certainly faced off with a deadly enemy this session, and we ended with a huge cliffhanger…! The session was mostly dedicated to this combat encounter, so let’s get into talking about it!
Continue readingIf you follow D&D streams like Dice, Camera, Action, you’re probably familiar with the occasional guest player—a player not normally part of the group who comes in temporarily to play a character. In DCA, these guest players either play a character of their own creation or an NPC from the adventure Chris Perkins is running.
We can use this idea in our home games, too!
Continue readingLife happens. Sometimes, life happens to get in the way of your regularly scheduled D&D session, like a springtime deer in front of a minivan. (Alternatively, like an unassuming squirrel, and you only have to put the brakes on a bit to let it go about its business.)
Regardless—you’re going to have to do some maneuvering.
Continue readingAnother month and another good squad session! This time, we had a some of everything—some roleplaying, a bit of combat, and a lot of exploration.
Continue readingIf you crack the Player’s Handbook open to about halfway through, you’ll find the Trinkets page—a full-page spread d100 table of a bunch of strange items. The accompanying text reads:
When you make your character, you can roll once on the Trinkets table to gain a trinket, a simple item lightly touched by mystery. The DM might also use this table. It can help stock a room in a dungeon or fill a creature’s pockets.
Player’s handbook, chapter 5
Do you use trinkets in your game?
Continue readingThis session picks back up after last month’s cliffhanger! I had a lot of ideas for how the session might go, but our DM and the other players always surprise me. No combat this time, just a lot of roleplaying, and I think our group has a lot of fun with that. Let’s get into what happened!
Continue readingFirst good squad session of the new year! And, really, the first session of the good squad working together since the party split! Let’s talk about what happened.
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