#cha:arcis

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pov you do your usual thing of speaking for the party and agree to serve the rat king on behalf of all of you and then the rat king immediately casts geas on your party member, which was NOT supposed to be part of the deal, and you kind of want to apologize to your party member but also you did get the desired result, technically, so you just go “that was...not what i intended” and respond to his “we do what we must” with “we certainly do”

#also your whole deal is being paranoid about the reality of what’s around you and now you might still be stuck in a nightmare illusion zone. #c:megadungeon #cha:arcis #wuh oh! dnd no longer about coworkers. #i think we should roleplay more in this roleplaying game i think arcis and elio's dynamic can really be SOMETHING #'we do what we must' 'we certainly do'!!!!!!!! they GET each other despite also really *not* getting each other #i'm very happy i got to cast remove curse :) abjuration :) #almost like healing rlly if u think about it-- #i'm still sorting through how much of all the emotional reaction there was just me or if any of it was really arcis #but honestly i think it WAS her! she really does have this prideful protectiveness about the party #cause she IS proud! she's mostly given up her nobility in favor of her Grand Quest but at the same time #who the fuck is fyodr to be asking for loyalty? to be acting like a king? #to be casting spells that interfere with the autonomy of someone who's MY party member? #somehow made WORSE because fyodr is also from krutske #I'M the one who's the ice wizard here get your fucking unwanted curse out of here-- #it's similar to how furious she was when max got killed except there we got our revenge right away and it was also tempered #with the 'we failed' frustration #and i think that also arcis has enough paranoia and enough of a Thing about altered memories and unreliable minds #that enchantment spells in particular really get under her skin #but again it's in a. she's upset on elio's behalf but she's also taking it as a Personal Insult. because she's a Nightmare. #she didn't apologize to him! but her 'are you alright' did come from a place of genuine concern. she does Care about elio #cares about him but also held off on remove curse for sooooooo long. she had it under control y'know-- #god she's really insufferable i really like her...

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say one thing about me if i’m gonna get a character permakilled it WILL be narratively satisfying.

#cha:arcis #c:megadungeon #rip to my girlie i really am so sad about it but at least it was fucking COOL..... #so poignant to get killed by something that is trying to protect the stolen artifacts and hidden knowledge of the city #she came to this city for the knowledge! to protect it and spread it and know it and most CERTAINLY get it out of a dusty closed off room #so perfectly fitting to get killed only INCHES away from all these relics and books and symbols of knowledge but not able to investigate any #SO delicious to have taken the front line for once instead of staying safely in a corner #and to have taken the front line away from MAX! she ended up where she was bc max was in a rug and we needed a buffer! #no max getting killed trying to tank this time! #SO delightful to have sort-of accidentally baited a wizard duel and to have my own tricks turned right back on me #and the imagery of getting swarmed by these animated books and having the amber wall slam down behind her.... #standing alone at the front of the room...'fine. that's fine. let's fucking play.' which she may not have said as a threat but which i've #decided she certainly DID whisper to herself in krutske #wizard hubris! #and then saving on hold person allowing one last look back at her party and one last solid nod #a nod meaning 'thanks' and 'you know what to do' and 'goodbye' and 'see you later' and 'well. here we go!' all at once #and then the train station....the camera cut the black.... #AUGH! #beautiful mix of symbolic and also fucking cool. if you've gotta have a pc death that's not a bad way to go at all.

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13, 21, 38, 44, 45, 59, 69 for arcis. 13, 31, 59, 60, 61 for cerise.

hi meg.

arcis

13. what are some motifs you associate with them? did you intentionally bring in those motifs, or did it happen over time?

the whole snow and ice and fur thing was pretty intentional but i have leaned into it more than i necessarily expected to. the precise, complex fractal patterns that you get from snowflakes or ice on windowpanes is what i think of most especially. she's started developing just a little bit of a wolf motif in my head too which i did not expect but do like a lot and should lean into more.

21. do they have an idea about how they’ll die? do you?

yeah, she thinks that knight guy who stabbed her when she was in the necklace is going to kill her. classic bit of hubris, she sort of thinks nothing in the dungeon COULD kill her other than the powerful memory/dream knight. i am decently optimistic about her survival, but think that if she is gonna die it'll be because we get surprised or ambushed in a small space. this party is so weak to ambushes and deprived of my ability to get around the corner? yikes. fortunately with arcis i've finally built a character where pretty much any death she can have is poetic and satisfying. any death is dying for her goals!

38. do they see themselves as an important part of their party?

yes. next question.

44. what lies do they tell others?

she really doesn't lie that much! she talks up her/her party's competence and importance a bit, but also she does think quite highly of herself and them. she makes promises that she's not sure she can keep, but then she does TRY to keep them. i think maybe the biggest direct lie so far was how absolutely she intends to fuck over the rat king at the first opportunity. and the whole prospero situation.

45. what lies do they tell themselves?

answered for mer!

59. what’s an element of their philosophy that you disagree with?

sob. so much of it. the biggest one i have trouble with is that she's much more callous about human lives than she should be, which occasionally trips me up in roleplay scenes--i have SO much trouble being arcis talking to uoser, and idk what i'm gonna do if she ever has to interact with the master's hands. she's not totally heartless, but she just sort of puts "number of people who might die" as one factor that she weighs along with all the others

69. what’s one secret they don’t want getting out?

feels almost too easy but: true name !

cerise

13. what are some motifs you associate with them? did you intentionally bring in those motifs, or did it happen over time?

i feel like “blood” and “bones” can’t count as motifs but those. and then there are the ones that come automatically with being a cherry tree person, leaves and blossoms and cherries and wood and all that. lightning i did on purpose from when i built her spellbook, but i think it only sort-of worked--she should have just been a fire character, but we were already cursed so i was trying to get away from it. in the crop novelization she’ll have fire magic. although really her most aesthetically correct spell was guiding bolt imo--there was something going on with silver light as a motif, which was accidental, just out of a contrast to cami’s gold. but like, moonlight, starlight, etc was definitely SOMETHING. i also associate her a lot with clear water and with rain.

31. do they respond well to praise? how about criticism? 

no to both, honestly. she was very suspicious about praise, either assuming someone wanted something from her or just dismissing it because of her own self-hate. she only liked/accepted it when she could take it as “oh this is something that makes me valuable to others, got it”. and criticism just made her double down alskjdflskjdf she’s too stubborn

59. what’s an element of their philosophy that you disagree with? 

yikes! she was Not in fact responsible for the safety of every single one of the sorcerers--or like, she was, but she did that to herself, she didn’t have to. she also had this reverse ends justify the means, where if bad things happen because of what you do you were wrong to do what you did, thing going on and i don’t necessarily agree with that either.

60. what do they have faith in? what keeps them believing? 

a better place! in the middle of everything there was always just that sliver of a chance that she could be free and safe again and she held onto that shred of possibility like a lifeline, with a ferocious and stubborn determination to keep believing it existed. she also really believed in the Arborean people--this is why she trusted Papaye, why she trusted Esme, why she was holding onto hope for the god queen so late in the game, why she could have had SUCH a dynamic with the crimson knight if she knew what went down in uberta. even affected the way she was about the sorcerers--she believed that they wouldn’t betray her or turn on her, she believed that they could survive and heal and adapt and do their part to make what she was doing mean something. her late-campaign arc always would have involved standing on behalf of the Arborean people even as she did everything she could to take Salic down.

61. is there an in-game moment of theirs you think about and just laugh?

that one first roadtrip scene when cami and cerise were trying to figure out what the hell was up with auberon’s antlers! a bit ooc for her but also. it was really funny and makes me smile.

#man i miss cerise so much....what if i novelize crop :/ #happy cranniversary. #thanks meg good picks as always #cha:arcis #cha:cerise

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31, 45, and 55 for arcis :]

31. do they respond well to praise? how about criticism?

oh this is a fascinating one. i think she does respond well to praise--there's part of her especially in this city that's very attuned to what agenda someone might have for complimenting her, but there's another part of her that's just preening like a peacock, "yes thank you i am a genius wizard and very good at what i do". she's absolutely not good at responding to criticism she just gets defensive. although i will say i think she is good about taking responsibility for things. it's a "yes, that was me, and i stand by it" sort of thing.

45. what lies do they tell themselves?

grimacing emoji. she lies to herself that she has more control than she actually does, that all of her precautions and spellcraft and intelligence are working, actually. that one she's a little bit self-aware about though, even if she'd never ever admit it. the one that she's not even a little bit aware of is the lie that all of this is worth it--that if she finds the answers she's looking for, it will be worth everything she gave up, everything she compromised, all the party members or allies she lead to their deaths. she's either going to die still searching and still believing it would have been worth it or she's going to find what she's looking for and. well! we'll see!

55. they're seeing their greatest wish come true--what's happening?

she's in the castle at the heart of the weeping city and she's learning what caused the empire to fall and disappear from history :) THAT'S the moment that the wish hinges on--she does want to then bring that knowledge back and restore it to history and leave a legacy and be known as the one who found the name of the city but that's all secondary. if she died immediately after gaining the knowledge for herself she'd still consider it a win.

#WHICH has some very fun possibilities vis a vis what max saw when SHE died but i digress #cha:arcis #ask game

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i. jesus christ. if arcis were anything but an abjurer she’d be dead!

#head in HANDS! #10 hp away from being dead and a 16 hp arcane ward! #magic wrapped around her from ALARM of all things! caution and carefulness and. better set the alarm #better get arcane ward up even though i'm not expecting a fight and. MAN! #that was so much fun i haven't had a situation like that in a WHILE! #i'm so sad about the necklace being gone but oh boy did we get information even from losing it.... #man. that's abjuration! #cha:arcis #c:megadungeon

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man. megadungeon. WIZARDS!

#cha:arcis #c:megadungeon #rotating light emoji mousetrap emoji kiss ww emoji pleading emoji #WOW have i maybe never been as delighted in my life as when we read that note on the wall...when we opened that room and i saw the circles.. #when i read the note...MAN! #i LOVE getting lore.... #reward for finishing a dungeon being like. a Story about the people who came before and also lore and ALSO magic items... #and also PLOT hooks....ideal. literally ideal. #i. man unfortunately i care about the gray lady so much now.... #the lure of immortality!!!! #and the like. the desperation of that note! she was out of time! the world was probably ending around her! #something went wrong with the calculations and she was out of time so she just had to HOPE! drink the acid and use the incomplete circle #and HOPE that it's enough! and it was but also it absolutely wasn't! #i'm sooooooo hinged about the. 'i don't know why i'm spending my last moments on careful documentation' #bc either it was gonna work and she'd be immortal (probably) or else there'd be no one to read it but. WE'RE here! #a thousand years later in a forgotten empire...man. a 17 persuasion check and 'moment of connection' w the gray lady.... #and the fear in her eyes as we banished her...she sure didn't have immortal life but she'd gotten herself SOMETHING! #the howling estate has survived the weeping city for a thousand years! #by her magic presumably! #hm or by her friend in the basement's magic maybe #man i'm so curious about who the FUCK left us that note.... #locking in lich theory placard emoji. i think we have a lich who wants to be our friend #and it's. man. arcis went INTO this city bc she knew there were secrets hidden here. and already we have found something #that NO one knew about the howling estate. #all arcis wants is to find the information that's been lost in the forgotten city! #and here she is with lucretia's research... #AND with this necklace and with the notes and. man!!!!!!! #if i make it through the night everybody's gonna hear me out!!! y'know?????? #wizards!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #you keep the careful documentation because it's habit and because you're doing it for yourself and because. well. SOMEONE will read it!

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really delighted by how i spent two and a half sessions with absolutely no idea what arcis’s character voice was and then meg was like “here’s a zombie rat-man who speaks common even though that’s unheard of and here’s a secret door with a magic symbol” and oh BOY was i suddenly able to actually roleplay, 

#cha:arcis #c:megadungeon #and that's (my) wizards! #buying lantern oil and talking to a fancy knight guy and hanging out with my party? i got nothing #there's an unexplained mystery???? oh BOY can i talk in character!!!! #i Love when i get to play a character who is unapologetically curious i Love it.... #sparrow had a bit of this going on but she was At War so she couldn't lean into it as hard #some of this gets shoved into beck but she's an npc #but arcis sure is curious pleading emoji #she's so frustrated that we couldn't figure out how to open the door... #she sure does want to Know why things are the way they are and what mysteries are being hidden!!! that's her whole deal!!! #i think it's Good when there's 'knowledge as power but also knowledge for its own sake' #and i maintain that i don't really build characters around core conflicts but i sure build them around core tensions #in this case arcis's paranoia and desire to safeguard her own knowledge and mind versus how much she wants MORE knowledge #and how much she's willing to risk to get it! running right down into the basement even though the wererat killed her familiar #the very premise of going into the weeping city at all #leaving the note with her own 'name' on it #the way that when we get back into capital there'll have to be Decisions about who we're going to tell #other people might know things about the wererat! but also if the knowledge is only ours it might be valuable! #and other people might seek to exploit it before we can and if we send people down to that basement they might find the DOOR! #man oh man oh man everyone manifest that i don't get killed by the gray lady i Really like being a Wizard.... #i've been working on a unified theory if i make it through tonight everybody's gonna hear me out!

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18, 9 for arcis ! or cerise :]

i'll do one each :D

arcis

18. If they could live or visit anywhere, where would they go?

this whole big world and the answer is so deeply "the palace at the center of the weeping city"....i'm told to commit to a hook and i do it. i think she'd also like to see the Aori Necessity tho, once she's solved every mystery of the weeping city. is this because i want to see it? yes.

cerise

9. How do they like their mornings? Rainy and chilly? Bright and sunny? Not at all because they don’t wake until noon?

right NOW she just likes them "not snowing" and "as warm as possible". generally she's a big fan of the sunshine though :]

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1, 16, and 39 for arcis :]

wow i love her...

What is your character’s morning routine?

wakes up. takes a moment to center her mind, make sure there have been no especially notable dreams--write them down if there were. looks around the room, ensuring that nothing has been disturbed or changed while she slept. then she goes to her little desk and opens first her notebook, quickly reviewing what she wrote down the previous day. THEN she opens her spellbook and prepares her spells for the day. then she takes out her little silver thread and she sets an alarm around the entire room, and then around max's and elio's rooms if she needs to. and then she goes downstairs and buys a newspaper <3

16. How do they feel about rain?

sob. yeah no she never really liked it and now she's getting REALLY sick of it. she never thought she'd miss snow but oh boy does she!

39. If someone could tell them anything about the future they asked, would they want to know? Would they ask?

yes! absolutely, all the time, always, every single time. what's she going to do, turn down a chance to get knowledge? she cares more about the past than the future, though. also i do think this question is maybe supposed to say "what would they want to know" in which case the main question is "will i succeed". she thinks she will. if asked, she'd say of course she will. but that's what the question would be anyway! you can't ever know until you KNOW.

#i think it's really funny that you asked 1 because when i reblogged this i was like 'wow i don't know that for ANY #of my guys' #but uh yeah no i know it for arcis-- #cha:arcis #ask game

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megadungeon party sure is a Party, huh 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩

#c:megadungeon #cha:arcis #we even have a NAME now!!!! we've made a Name For Ourselves as a Unit! #but even beyond that we had all these little Moments last session :] #surena coming up to the table and flirting with max and fen and arcis making eye contact over their drinks #elio talking to oxana about arcis and being like 'well yes she's a noblewoman but she IS good at what she does' #(which arcis would have been perfectly pleased to hear if she was listening sob) #max offering to walk fen home and then arcis having sasha walk her home #arcis setting up alarms around max and elio's rooms #fen introducing all of us to ceri #even just the like. image of strategically celebrating our victory! strategic for sure but also just. We Are Hanging Out! #i just think this party is fun!!!!! #they're not Friends exactly but they're certainly more than Coworkers #they're an Adventuring Party! a Unit! #and they're MOVING toward being friends for sure #:D

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cerise 6, 7, 9, 10, 20. arcis 6, 7, 9, 10, 24. nova 34, 35 <3

haha hiiiiiiii meg

under the cut bc there's a million

cerise

6. what quality do they like the most about themselves?

her own resilience, both in the sense of 44 hit points when most people she knows have 10 and in that she knows most people couldn't survive two and a half months in rhest and come out as functional as she is. i think this was something that was true even before Rhest--she's always considered herself a resilient person and i think on the first night in Rhest once she'd gotten over the initial overwhelming shock of it all and begun to process where she was and what was happening she grounded herself and went "i am going to survive this. somehow i'm going to survive this." and then she did! :]

7. what quality do they like the least about themselves?

she hates the fact that her fear response is to freeze :[ it's why she was frustrated with herself after freezing up in the surgery room in the cathedral--she can't afford to be paralyzed in a dangerous situation! but she waited too long for the right time to get out of rhest and had to leave calista behind, she let the mage carve all the way through her arm before thunderstepping out, she was so ineffective when she fought the mage, she lost a round to dragon fear the first time she saw it, she noticed something was Off about the guard who turned out to be esme and didn't do anything until too late, she sat still for the whole hostage situation...she doesn't Act when she's afraid! and she hates that!

9. who do they admire? why? 

she admires a lot of people! she admires Fásach’s kindness and consistency. she admires the connection Auberon has with things others overlook. she really admires Camille’s courage and boldness and resilient optimism, and Kobus’s grounded sincerity and competence. and she really admires the way Sico can get anyone to do what he wants! she admires her sorcerers and how resilient they are. she admires what Papaye is doing, but that one’s...complicated. she admires Ash’s kindness, and Priya’s intelligence, and Esme’s cleverness, and Maximo’s talent with magic, and then, well, oh BOY does she admire Petal more than maybe anyone else,

10. who do they hate? why?

the high priest. every single guard and priest who was at rhest. every single person who knew about rhest and did nothing to stop it (an abstract concept, and so far the two people she has met who fit this description she ended up NOT hating, but it's on the list <3). the masked mage, hate in the present tense even though they’re dead.

20. describe one of your favourite rp moments with this character

the conversation in Papaye's carriage! balancing the insane mix of emotions that was learning about her village but also about Papaye's allegiances and having to figure out on the fly how cerise wanted to present herself and what, if anything, she could do to help was just SO much fun...I loooove when she gets to be really 18 cha 16 int about things it's so fun to write

arcis

6. what quality do they like the most about themselves? 

her mind! sharp, reliable, good at putting pieces together and at recalling things accurately and at knowing how she can shape those things into what she needs them to be.

7. what quality do they like the least about themselves? 

she’s Frustrated by how she can’t quite connect with people. that’s part of what that one conversation with Elio was about--people are a useful resource! she should be able to make friends. that would be Useful To Her Goals. as it is she's very forceful, and can hold her own in a diplomatic negotiation, but casual conversation is NOT it, which is a weakness that she doesn't like that she has. depending on how intense we end up getting with the politics side of this game she might have Character Development in this area, we’ll see

 9. who do they admire? why? 

other wizards!!!! also she admires the psionicists who blew the weeping city wide open, and she will admire uoser if he’s actually able to achieve his goals. her feelings on her party members haven’t reached admiration, but they could certainly get there, especially with Elio. also she. sob. she kind of admires these sentient zombie rats for being something new and unexpected and seizing control of their own minds,

10. who do they hate? why? 

...huh. there’s gotta be SOMEONE but i SURE am drawing a blank. she doesn’t like people who can’t put their money where their mouth is, but “hatred” feels less accurate than like, “disdain.” i think she WOULD hate someone whose incompetence endangered others, especially herself or her allies.

24. are they good at keeping secrets? does it depend on how big the secret is? 

nova

yes and yes <3

34. pick a character that they know. what is something that they do that your character finds charming/endearing? 

nova finds it charming and endearing that legs is a little frog :) this is a joke but also i mean it! nova has this childlike wonder quality to them--they know what a frog is, they could describe one to you, tell you several species and which are poisonous and how various cultures view them, but the first time they held a frog in their hands and felt its feet on their palm and heard its ribbit for themselves that was a brand new sensation!!

35. pick a character that they know. what is something that they do that your character finds annoying/frustrating?

I don't know my party members well enough for this yet but Nova is more "We Will Help Every Person Who Needs Help" than most of my characters so if any of the others aren't down for that that's probably a source of frustration and tension

#as usual you REALLY know how to pick em. almost cried writing out the first one for cerise #and the answer to the second one is part of why auberon and camille's reaction to the floaroma plan stung SO much #and why she was so desperate to get them to see her point. she wasn't freezing this time! she took the deal rather than ask for time #to think about it which was her first instinct! but god if she turns out to be WRONG-- #and you'll notice she sure doesn't hate the god queen <3 #cha:cerise #cha:arcis #cha:nova #ask game

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rowan, arcis, jess, and sinead for the playlist asks :D

wow mer we sure are in four games together...pleading emoji

Rowan: "What's Up Danger" by Black Caviar

i like high chances that i might lose, i like it all on the edge, just like you

this one's early on the playlist because this was for the young, reckless rowan desperate to prove herself. this is who she was when she met cress.

Arcis: "Hungover in the City of Dust" by Autoheart

we're hungover in the city of dust, let our minds run round in circles while we figure it out

tbh i'm not sure i still stand by this one. i Really like the song and the playlist needs something downbeat at that point in it and it's on here for reasons of like...not being who you used to be, feelings of isolation, etc, but it's also definitely a song about people who Stay while everyone Else leaves which arcis definitely isn't. so we'll see if i take it off she's still a new character <3

Jess: "Devils Point" by Wicked Shallows

what do you do when the devil offers you a drink? what do you say when it's cold outside and hard to think?

:D she sure is a warlock! the drink in question is magic <3

Sinead: "The Cave" by Mumford & Sons

i know my call despite my faults and despite my growing fears

MAN! a cleric who is leaving their home and their duty in order to follow their purpose for the first time in their life is something that can actually be so personal,

#ask game #ty mer kiss ww #cha:rowan #cha:arcis #cha:jess #cha:sinead

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~introductions~

hello! you may know me as @drinkingdeadpeopletea or @storybook-souls; this is the blog where i talk about my own ttrpg campaigns and characters. inbox and also messages are open at ALL times i cannot stress enough how much i love to talk about dnd. 

games i currently play in:

MEGadungeon (#c:megadungeon): A voice fifth edition dungeon crawl/political intrigue game about seeking out treasure and knowledge in the massive ruins of a fallen empire. I play Salvador Romero (#cha:salvador), a human spirits bard (6), Alessi di Nicolo (#cha:alessi), a human order cleric (6), and Marigold Glenfellow Dell’Emarginato (#cha:marigold), a human inquisitive rogue (3). Until she was frozen in amber, I played Arcis Petrova (#cha:arcis), a human abjuration wizard (6).

Colossus (#c:colossus): A voice fifth edition game set in a world where societies live on the backs of massive creatures. I play Charisma Dorata (#cha:charisma), a protector aasimar creation bard (6). 

Deck of Many Things (#c:domt): A play-by-post fifth edition game about the struggle to escape a massive demiplanar museum, often by drawing cards from the deck of many things. I play Jessamine (#cha:jess), a scourge aasimar hexblade warlock (14)/shadow sorcerer (1)/fighter (1). 

Faeme (#c:faeme): A voice fifth edition game about people who were exiled from the Feywild for various crimes finding (and keeping) their way home after 300 years. I play Rowan Caerdonel (#cha:rowan), a half-elf celestial warlock (7). 

Library (#c:library): A play-by-post fifth edition dungeon crawl game about protecting the multi-planar Library of Magic from an ancient threat. I play Kara Daradir (#cha:kara), an eladrin cobalt soul monk (13). 

games i currently gm:

Rime of the Frostmaiden (#c:rotf): A fifth edition game using the Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden module. Party is a rune knight fighter, a lore bard, a stars druid, a champion fighter, and a tempest cleric (7). 

past games:

CROP (#c:crop): A play-by-post fifth edition political intrigue game set in a world of plants. I played Cerise (#cha:cerise), a cherry tree divine soul sorcerer (6). Until she sacrificed herself to slow the approaching army, I played Archmage Sparrow Citrion (#cha:sparrow), an asparagus conjuration wizard (4).

Ship of Fools (#c:sof): A fifth edition actual play podcast about power and freedom and seagulls set in a vast, magical ocean. Party is an ancients paladin, a draconic bloodline sorcerer/barbarian, and a fathomless warlock (14). We’ve finished playing, but you can still find us wherever you get your podcasts or over on @shipoffoolscast !

MOTWinchester (#c:motw): A Monster of the Week game set in the little seaside town of Winchester Bay, Oregon, which is unusually prone to supernatural activity. Party is a Chosen, a Monstrous (werewolf), a Wronged, and a Mundane. I GMed this one.

Elantris (#c:elantris): A fifth edition play-by-post game about a group of heroes waking from a Sequester to discover that they were no longer able to rest and only had the resources they had to deafeat the Lich and save the world. I played Alissaya Lightbearer (#cha:liss), a human life cleric (13).

Dwendalia (#c:empire): A voice fifth edition game set in Wildemount about a group of misfits who find themselves caught between the wills of gods, demigods, powerful crime organizations, kingdoms, devils, and secret societies. I played Elodie Mayflower (#cha:elodie), a halfling unity cleric (7).

Magic Sword (#c:magic sword): A fifth edition voice game about a girl chosen by a magical sword and destined to wield it to kill the tyrannical King, aided by three powerful Guides and an Anchor who tied the life force of the Guides to the material plane so they could return when they died. I played Alita Nikolaev (#cha:alita), a human valor bard (9) and Chosen who was killed in the final battle against the king but whose sacrifice allowed her companions to kill the king and give the people a chance to build a new world.

Seekers of the Ashen Crown (#c:4e): A voice fourth edition dungeon crawl game. We TPKed and the Big City Big Soup Cooking Competition is soooooo cancelled. I played Nova (#cha:nova), a deva wrath invoker (2).

Xhorhas (#c:xhorhas): A fifth edition voice game set in Wildemount about an elite squad of mercenaries hired by the Xhorhasian Dynasty’s military to run some very dangerous errands as war was breaking out, which is currently officially on hiatus. I play Bird (#cha:bird), an air genasi gloomstalker ranger (5)/scout rogue (3).

and several others, but these three are the ones you’re most likely to see me talk about here still.

#2023 update.