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GM says we all get to have one special ability based on our race or class, something that makes us unique.

Not wanting to play yet another social character, I suggest Y’lryyg has some sort of ability to avoid being noticed. Not intentionally, they’re just so insignificant that people don’t pay much attention.

GM says, “won’t that make it a bit impossible to make money as a bard?”

I laughed. Y’lryyg is a bard as a hobby. Their job is as a squire to the paladin. Plus, I highly doubt that they care much about being paid.

Found out a bunch of guys at work were going to start a DnD campaign so I got in on that. One of them is playing some sort of Dragon Warrior Paladin so I jokingly asked if I could be a Kobold.

I was told: sure, if you don’t mind being at the bottom of the caste system

I decided to make a Bardic Squire for our Paladin. 

Their name is Y’lryyg Trip-Trapp and they are an interpretive dancer. They speak in the third person, are excited to bring great honor to their Kobold Clan, and end most sentences with the word “yes”. Y’lryyg does not understand pronouns, but accepts female pronouns if you absolutely have to refer to them without using a proper identifier such as “The Kobold”, “The Squire”, “The Trip-Trapp”, or simply by their name. Please note, they are very particular about the pronunciation of their name.

“Y’lryyg is most pleased, yes.”
“Y’lryyg will do Y’lryyg’s best, yes!”
“Hah! Silly human should show respect to Y’lryyg’s master, yes. Master is most noble, yes.”
“Nonono, it’s Y’lryyg.”
“Many instrument not good with claw, yes. Y’lryyg practice noble art of dance, yes.”

The Limerick Bard Makes a Friend

yourplayersaidwhat:

So first and foremost: Yes, this campaign is still going. Second: one of the GM’s friends joined in and rolled a paladin that is kind of like a classic samurai in attitude.

GM: [giving the rundown of the characters] He’s a druid and has a wolf as his animal companion. She’s the party rogue, formerly of the circus, and in training to become a thief-acrobat. His barbarian’s name is “Nectar”, pronounced “Nek-Tarr”. Don’t get it wrong. And he’s… a bard. He speaks entirely in limericks.

Paladin: Why?

GM: I didn’t want him to play a bard so I set an impossible standard for him to meet and he met it.

Paladin: Holy fuck that’s amazing.

[Fast forward to when we actually meet the paladin in game.]

GM: You come across the warrior in the clearing, surrounded by a ring of bandit corpses. She cleans off her single-edged sword and sheathes it with a practiced meticulousness. She hears your approach and rises from her station.

Paladin: The battle was long.
              I fear I killed far too much.
              Do not judge me. Please.

Nectar: This is a mighty warrior indeed! What do you call yourself? Will you fight with us?

Paladin: My name is Elya.
              Tell me: Do your cause be just?
              If so: I will fight.

Druid: We seek to kill necromancers and their undead legions. What cause can be more just than that?

Paladin: Stand with you, I will.
              So, in carnage, I shall bloom,
              Like flowers at dawn.

Bard: That verse, I know it true.
          I don’t mean to offend you,
          But would it be crime
          To call your rhyme
          The verse known as “haiku”?

DM: [Looks over at his friend] I swear, if you do this, you’re dead to me.

Paladin: You’re trained in your craft
              To recognize ancient form.
              I like you, indeed.

Bard (OOC): Booyah! Poetry prevails

DM: I am going to find an excuse to kill both of you, I swear.

I wrote a drabble about Season 3 of DnD’s companions sitting around a fire

Angel pulls out her violin to the objections of Artemis, but Nadav suggests the dragon girl allow her to play, seeing as Marietta never does. Artemis begrudgingly allow this and the group is treated to a very mournful tune.

Nadav interrupts to remark on the sad sound, and Angel tells him she left much behind, that it’s a reflection of her thoughts and feelings. Nadav then remarks that perhaps they should all feel that way, given the circumstances.

He starts speaking of his and Dog’s lives (Derk doesn’t understand the philosophical conversation) which causes Artemis to say, “You haven’t changed.”

I really wish I knew where I had been going with that?

Two of my all time favorite characters from DnD campaigns are:

Derkeethus – A Yuan-Ti kid with a love for a down on her luck puppy who is incredibly loyal to his friends, is trying really hard to understand what feelings are, and is surprisingly good at cards

Princess Iron Bull – A tiny Bull Satyr (Mini-taur) Barbarian who thinks of her friends as family, keeps the party on track, and defends her giant Giraffe best bro with all that she has and just wants to know how to read and write and be smart instead of just being good at hitting things. ((The most precious of babes))

Adorable characters with the best intentions who just want to be happy and successful.

The best

princessgorgon:

warriortomaiden:

princessgorgon:

most of D&D online’s base builds for bards have 16 str

what the fuck do I need that for? carrying my harpsichord ??

Seriously, who the fuck is playing these buff as shit bards? You’re support, asshole! Let the fucking paladin run in to the grinder.

“I was training to be a pit fighter, but then I found music. Or should I say, it found me. Let me tell you all about it… With a song!“
*drags out full size piano from behind bushes; muscles ripple and slide under bronze skin*

theaussiegm:

After a little bit of a wait, the NIGHT TIME RANDOM ENCOUNTERS table is done 🙂

As always, a few tables may seem a bit repetitive but again, it makes the system work and ensures that all the tools you need are in front of you 🙂

The next table is most likely going to be a bit more…aquatic in nature so keep an eye for that within the next week

If you have ANY idea, suggestion of feedback about this table or future works, i really do like to have your input!

Here’s the Download Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzFqRLlZdgtjeHhEenFUM1l6UDQ/view?usp=sharing

– The Aussie GM