32. Ecological engineer, actor, dungeon master in Duluth, Minnesota. Storyteller. Entropy and empathy enthusiast. Breathe deep, seek peace.
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Our first #WestMarches session was last night. It was awesome.
There was an electric energy as the four new friends left their safe home into the unknown.
There were creative solutions to encounters of the curious and deadly varieties.
Their love of herbology paid off when they blinded a horde of kobolds with spores, giving the bard the chance to blast several foes off of a cliff.
They made a frenemy out of a kobold named Cheese-Ears.
Their new table map:
The Player and DM Code for our burgeoning local #westmarches campaign.
Are there any other steps that you would consider codifying before launching into a large group #TTRPG game like this?
BG is MTG art, by Sarah Finnigan.
1st entry for #dungeon23 . Focusing on open-world encounters that weave together, rather than linked indoor chambers. We'll see how it grows - upward, down, outward, elsewhere.
Room 1/1 is an enchanted glade, dogwood branches ringed by birch trees, which players find themselves entangled with after the wild magic bears them away. As they tumble towards this location, twin portals appear. Through one is safety and the familiar, through the other - this, the unknown. I hope they choose well. #dnd
Semi-final draft of the player-facing map for our upcoming #WestMarches #DnD game. So excited to share this with our players and start filling it out with stories.
The setting is a glacial valley where a massive glacier mysteriously evaporated some centuries ago, leaving the bare land shrouded in snowmelt mist. Powerful magics accelerate the regrowth of the valley while the displaced return.
+1: Inspiration photo by MaxRive of Torres del Paine.
'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, except for my mouse, because I can't turn off the urge to draw #ttrpg maps in #inkarnate and #HexKit. This stuff is really a joy once you have a vision for it.
Draft of a chunk of the player-facing map: