How To Be: Wolf Queen Nailah (In 4e D&D)
And this month, before we talk about our subject, though I mean she’s in the subject of the blog post that you just clicked on so I mean what are we going to cover, suddenly a swerve and it’s going to be about trotting out pairs of characters that can be Bert and Ernie from […]
How To Be: The Castlevania Gang (In 4e D&D)
This month, we’re going to examine overlapping skillsets as we look at not creating a character but creating a group of characters: The trio of monster hunters from the Fang-Em-Up Netflix anime, Castlevania. Oh hey, two months in a row where a disclaimer is necessary, boo hoy hey howdy! Turns out that since I wrote […]
5 Ways To Be Cosmically Horrifying in 4E D&D
It is easy perhaps to forget that TTRPGs are a fundamentally creative space. In some games, especially the more modern indie style of TTRPG, characters are often handed a role that really paints the way they should feel, a characterisation that is in some cases extremely specific, like you’ll see in PBTA games. In D&D, […]
How To Be: Tier Halibel (In 4e D&D)
This month, we’re going to dive into the world of the dead and look to the Queen of Hueco Mundo by the most powerful shounen anime right, the right of default, the underboob to Matsumoto’s cleavage well, Tier Harribel. Now before I go on, this is normally where we just flow into the article, but […]
How To Be: Sumireko Usami (In 4e D&D)
This month, we’re going to become a god damned Touhou. Examining Sumireko Okay, so there are two groups in the audience right now. Some of you are squealing. That’s fine. It’s cool. Don’t worry, I’m going to do my best here. The other half of you, however, are going what anime is this from? Sumireko […]
How To Be: Chandra Nalaar (In 4e D&D)
This month, we’re going to talk about the hottest of Pansexual Messes, Chandra Nalaar and you may be asking me ‘well why didn’t you do that during Pride Month?’ and the answer is because Wizards have not been exactly well behaved on this issue and I’m not about to do their marketing work for them […]
How To Be: A Squid Maid (In 4E D&D)
And now, it’s Pride Month! Since I haven’t done one of these on a single straight character yet (if you believe my fanfics), I had to do something a bit special and out of the ordinary, and so, let’s do something that’s extremely culturally important. That’s right. It’s Squid Maids time. Examining Squid Maids For […]
How To Be: Gardevoir (In 4E D&D)
And now this time, because you on the Twitters voted for it (whether or not you realised you were voting for it specifically), this month’s choice is the elegant mind dancer Pokemon, Gardevoir. Examining Gardevoir Well, this is different, isn’t it? Normally when we approach this question, we start by looking at a person from […]
How To Be: Corvo Attano (In 4E D&D)
This time, we’re going to try and capture the feeling of the Knight Protector of the Empress of Dunwall woops oh no it’s all gone wrong, Corvo Attano. Examining Corvo First of all when we put together a Corvo, there’s going to be a problem presented by what Corvo can’t do compared to his videogame […]
How To Be: Thor, from Marvel Comics (In 4E D&D)
This time, we’re going to try and capture the feeling of THE GOD OF THUNDER Thor from Marvel Comics. Examining Thor Alright, what do we know about Thor ahead of time that seems attainable in D&D? Thor is a god but that doesn’t mean she has the package of things that gods in D&D have. No […]