Ramblings from Apalapachia...

I’m running a DnD campaign with my siblings and mom, who are all big MythBusters fans, so obviously I made Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage NPCs. Adam is a human and Jamie (JAM13) is a robot. Adam claims to have built JAM13, and is not satisfied with his inability to emote properly, but is very satisfied with his walrus-like facial hair. JAM13, however, claims to have grown Adam from a test tube and named him after the biblical figure, and says he is “clearly a very primitive approximation of a human being.” Insight checks on who is lying are useless because both of them fully believe they’re telling the truth.

You’re doing the Gods’ work my dude

what’s the truth op

shang-chi: d&d character profile

Edgin + being completely normal in his reactions to Xenk

My friend sometimes brings her six-year-old to our DnD sessions and my husband (the DM) lets her roll for all enemy attacks and sometimes he will show her a few figures and let her secretly pick what creature we meet next. Who needs encounter tables when you have a first-grader around

She cheers when the monster is winning.

DM: *places an ugly, slavering, repugnant, spine-tingling creature on the battle map*

Child who can barely see over the table: ᵗʰᵃᵗ’ˢ ᵐᵉ :)

All 3 can be one if you're not a coward

Edgin + making Xenk smile

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES 2023, dir. Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Dale

Bonus:

I know people wanted the post credit scene for the DnD movie to be the actors playing the game, but I think it would have been infinitely funnier if it was instead the characters at a table trying desperately to figure out the date for their next heist. Next weekend? No, there's a festival. Tuesday. No, have a tournament. Any time in the next month??? Nope, there's some noble that half the group already agreed to go rough up, they'll be out of town. Oh hey a letter from Xenk, he can come on Thursdays. Are you penpals with Xenk?! Don't worry about it.

I am kind of surprised that "D&D: Honor Among Thieves" isn't getting as much [tumblr] love as it deserves. This is my contribution:

My mother, who understands D&D only as that loud nerd event which takes over the dining room four nights a month, loved the movie.

A fun game if you're into D&D is to spot every Nat 1 and Nat 20. There's a really funny Nat 1 that the sorc rolls mid way through and it's so fucking funny.

ALSO the website of "practical effects are superior" can have a field day with this movie. There are dragonborn, tabaxi AND arakockra characters that are majority practical effects, not CGI

I’ve been skimming John Francis Daley’s (director on D&D: Honor Among Thieves) twitter and I continue to be so completely blown away by the movie’s commitment to practical effects and/or minimized CGI where feasible. I mean holy shit look at all this

Practical effects mean that the creators were largely unionized.

hes so real for this

I have noticed a distressing trend in my d&d party

I mean you're not wrong exactly

Death offers a game for your life. You decide on D&D.

“I assume you’ve never played?” I asked. The cloaked figure across from me shook their head slowly. “Great,” I said. “I’ll be the DM. I’ll walk you through everything. First, character creation.” Six hours later Death sat leaned over the table with a mountain dew in one hand and a D20 in the other. Their hood was thrown back to reveal a bleached grinning skull. We were in the company of four infernals from the depths of the Abyss. I don’t remember which of us invited each of them. Turned out we had quite a few friends in common. They rolled a one. “Oohh, tough luck,” I said with a smile. “Fuck. This is the best time I’ve had in centuries, but I really should get back to work,” they said reluctantly. “Yeah…” One of the demons agreed. “I actually have a meeting with some senators in like an hour.” “Same time next week?” Death asked. “I’ll be here,” I agreed. I suspected they knew before we started that this was a game that didn’t have to have an end and didn’t have a winner.

Just a little random inspiration.

https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/ultimate_game.png