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hi everyone it's me again. i just think it's sooooooooo cool how zahra ran away to a wholeass different country to avoid her predestined fate of being a religious figure/political tool in a rising empire only to find herself a tool for like three different factions, allied with a radical religious government, and rapidly amassing power. me when i can't escape the fucking stars.
#YAYYYYYYY#and she keeps walking deeper and deeper into it!#the only way out is through unless the only way out is turning AROUND girl turn AROUND--#but it's too late thumbs up#cha:zahra#c:megadungeon#bet you all forgot this blog existed huh.
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hi guys i'm posting again. as much as i love playing characters who have a self-preservation instinct it's so much EASIER to play characters who do not have one even at all especially in situations Like This
#cw:fire#c:megadungeon#cha:alessi#or really like alessi thinks they don't NEED a self-preservation instinct bc their saint and their holy purpose is preserving them#but it was so EASY to just be like 'yeah i charge into the burning building yeah i keep going deeper into the fire yeah i grab the searing-#hot door handle. there's a person in there who might possibly still be alive!' i didn't even have to THINK about it#and not even like. not even a person they KNEW especially well just A Person#and they still couldn't actually get her out alive :( but they still gave it all they had and still managed to get her body out#[i'm going to need to take this next two weeks (:() b4 we play to figure out how they feel about that. beyond 'angry at ragnarr']#i was getting a little worried in there tbh! 14 hp is not very much to end up with! but i didn't have to even consider turning around#and alessi wasn't even a little bit worried about it they knew they'd be fine#that's clerics <3 kings of getting into situations and getting other people out of situations and NOT getting themselves out of situations#and it's such a fun contrast w my other active megadungeon guy being salvador who DOES have the hit-da-bricks instinct#was introduced as the sole survivor of a tpk!#and the fun tension that gives w him being a guy who Does walk the edge of death frequently#and who HAS that castillian bravado and that bravery sword and who IS a bit of a risk taker even just for the sake of taking risks#but who also knows when to get the hell out of dodge bc if you want to stay alive you have to keep yourself alive. and for now he'd really#rather like to be alive!#cha:salvador#okay NOW i'm going shopping#love when meg puts me in a situation <3
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my hobby is putting “can’t cheat death” on dnd character playlists and then proceeding to cheat death at every turn
#but you can't cheat it FOREVER. is the point.#i can't believe we LIVED....#cha:salvador#c:megadungeon
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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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the first time i ever played marigold she was level 12 and had a successful and renowned detective agency with her partner, a kenku warlock named [gunshot] [gunshot] [gunshot] [cash register noise]. the second time i played marigold she went from level 1 to level 5 and was opening a detective agency with her partner, a gnome wizard named flick. the third time i’m playing marigold, she’s level 1 and has a tiny detective agency with her partner, an intlock named m. rosen. delighted by the progression of this.
#cha:marigold#i'm SO happy to get to play her again...love to be a guy who's scrappy and perceptive and persistent and cheerful and curious and helpful...#*walks up to a pair of partners with a detective agency* so which one of you is the rogue and which one of you is the arcane caster#tremendous wins also for already having a pinterest board and it being one of my better ones. now i just need an (updated) playlist#for the fans at home megadungeon is doing a two-shot while one of our players is on a trip :]#we are being detectives :]#c:megadungeon
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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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pov you’re level six and you’re eight sessions into the campaign and you have like two friends and you’re trying SO hard to resurrect your dead party member....
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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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sometimes you’re having a perfectly fine and normal day and are just excited about a well placed fireball and then a party member DIES,
#i. WOW!#it was really just. we were FINE#we were FINE!#it was bad but i hadn't processed HOW bad#and then. jesus christ!!!!!!#like all our characters knew the risks but MAN. second delve!#man and max had that whole 'i feel close to God when i'm close to death' thing last session...fucking foreshadowing i GUESS#this is so fucked. i'm gonna have to have 'character' 'thoughts' at some point but. this is so fucked.....#c:megadungeon
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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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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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~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.
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