#zaul'nazh

[d20unfuckability]

Jeremy Renner vs Zaul'Nazh

"what are you, a Marvel fan?"

"canonically the staple shitty ex-boyfriend. so dismissive and rude that it completely undoes the fuckability points of him being a demon + just a mouth. rest in pieces."

[imaginethat0327]

First Ever D20 Fic: Cast Away

So

About a month and a half or so ago, my beta reader, Livie, introduced me to Escape From the Bloodkeep. It was my first experience with D20 and I have absolutely LOVED it so far.

Now, Whumptober came around, and we thought it would be cool to do a fic about Markus, considering one of the prompts was "Stranded." I thought I'd be able to bust out about 2000 words of a fic to fulfill the prompt and allow me to try out writing for a new fandom.

Now, THIRTY-ONE PAGES (roughtly 14,000 words later) I AM FINISHED. If you are at all interested in Markus' backstory, we pretty much just came up with all of it in one sitting.

Check it out! Leave comments and kudos PLEASE, let me know what you think!! -Imagine

[dimension20pcbracket]

it's a shame we have to pit them against each other, because I'd love to see them get together over mimosas and bitch about Titania and Zaul'nazh.

note that this is not the place to vote for Rowan Berry; she has her own poll coming up later in the round! do not let your feelings about Rowan influence this vote!

[katiefratie]

Yes kick Zaul'nazh's ass!!! No ring on Maggie you get your ass beat!!!

[kyberbonsai]

So we all agree that Leiland has the biggest Lonely Day - System of a Down energy, right?

[naturalonequotes]

Maggie: Zaul'Nazh, why do you only choose lieutenants who have extremely high chaotic-dumbass energy levels?

Zaul'Nazh: They have enthusiasm.

[dullahandyke]

love watching d20 campaigns that i know next to nothing about. biggest takeaway from escape from the bloodkeep episode one is that leiland is transgender i think

[bloodkeep-escape]

Head canons about the start of Marcus’s and Lieland’s relationship

YES would love to <3

markus and leiland are Attracted To Each Other and know that for, like, a while, but it takes them a little while to move into actual "i want to date this person" feelings!!

there's a lot of like.. maggie says "you think markus is hot" and leiland says "yes" and maggie says "markus thinks you're hot" and leiland says "yes" and maggie says "so you should ask him out" and leiland says "WHAT"

leiland is also, obviously, traumatized. last time he had feelings for someone it sucked. he knows that markus is not zaul'nazh, but there's also a part of him that whispers "what if"

maggie helps with that a lot!! she spends a lot of time talking to leiland and getting him to admit his feelings and accept them and get the courage to act on them

and i think markus totally understands that <3 he knows what leiland went through, so he leaves the ball in leiland's court and gives him the chance to make the first move!!

by the time leiland DOES make the first move, he's been holding onto his feelings for So Long that it's a very big first move. walks right up to markus, pulls his mask off, and suddenly they're fully making out in the hallway of the bloodkeep. maggie cheers.

their honeymoon phase lasts so long. they're incredibly touchy with each other. neither of them can believe they get to date the other so they kiss all the time <3 the others are very happy for them but they also get very tired of them. efink has never been gladder that she's stuck in the blood pool cavern.

[kickmuncher3]

Is it just me or does May and Wetzel’s relationship to Dracula remind anyone else of Maggie, Leiland, and Zaul'Nazh ?

[aq2003]

leiland: zaul'nazh gave me everything and i could do nothing as i stood there and watched him die.................this is all my fault ...........

maggie: damn lol it sure is

[d20unfuckability]

Round One, Day One

Gilear Faeth vs Crunch Moon-Jones

Jeremy Renner vs Zaul'Nazh

Tony Simos vs Avanash

Bazathrax vs Norman Takamori (the human)

Robert Moses vs Prince Apollo

Mr Gibbons vs Telemaine Lomenelda

Buddy vs Baba Yaga

Leiland vs Cody Walsh

i had to cut 109 characters, but here's the unfuckability bracket!

yes it's illegible without zooming in, that's just how it's gonna have to be with a 64 person bracket. here's a link to a zoomable version

[oots-digitalmedia]

Queer Rep in Dimension 20

Title: Dimension 20

    Status: Ongoing

    Core Cast: Brennan Lee Mulligan, Emily Axford, Zac Oyama, Siobhan Thompson, Lou Wilson, Ally Beardsley, Brian Murphy (with guest seasons)

    Queer Cast Member: Yes

    Accessibility: Captions on YouTube and Dropout, fan transcripts available.

Summary: Welcome to Dimension 20, where comedians, improvisers, and all assortments of goofs play D&D! Led by Game Master Brennan Lee Mulligan, each season of Dimension 20 will bring you to a new world, filled with new characters and new dangers. Sign up for dropout.tv for the full experience!

Fantasy High 

    Cast: Brennan Lee Mulligan, Emily Axford, Zac Oyama, Siobhan Thompson, Lou Wilson, Ally Beardsley, Brian Murphy

    Tags: lesbian PC, bisexual woman PC, asexual man PC, queer man guest PC, lesbian NPC, bisexual man NPC, gay man NPC, queer woman NPC, non-binary NPC, multiple LGBTQ+ NPC,

Escape from the Bloodkeep

    Cast: Brennan Lee Mulligan, Amy Vorpahl, Mike Trapp, Matthew Mercer, Erika Ishii, Rekha Shankar, Ify Nwadiwe 

    Tags: queer PC

The Unsleeping City

    Cast: Brennan Lee Mulligan, Emily Axford, Zac Oyama, Siobhan Thompson, Lou Wilson, Ally Beardsley, Brian Murphy

    Tags: trans man PC, non-binary NPC, multiple gay men NPC,

Tiny Heist

    Cast: Brennan Lee Mulligan, Justin McElroy, Clint McElroy, Jess Ross, Lily Du, Griffin McElroy, Travis McElroy

    Tags:

A Crown of Candy

    Cast: Brennan Lee Mulligan, Emily Axford, Zac Oyama, Siobhan Thompson, Lou Wilson, Ally Beardsley, Brian Murphy

    Tags: asexual man PC, lesbian NPC, queer woman NPC

Pirates of Leviathan

    Cast: Brennan Lee Mulligan, Matthew Mercer, Marisha Ray, Aabriya Iyengar, B. Dave Walters, Carlos Luna, Krystina Arielle

    Tags: non-binary NPC, queer NPC,

Mice & Murder

    Cast: Brennan Lee Mulligan, Ally Beardsley, Raphael Chestang, Grant O’Brien, Rekha Shankar, Sam Reich, Katie Marovitch

    Tags: non-binary PC, multiple queer men NPC, non-binary NPC, multiple queer woman NPC

The Seven

     Cast: Brennan Lee Mulligan, Aabria Iyengar, Rekha Shankar, Persephone Valentine, Erika Ishii, Becca Scott, Isabella Roland

    Tags: pansexual trans woman PC, multiple queer PC

Shriek Week

    Cast: Gabe Hicks, Ify Nwadiwe, Ally Beardsley, Lily Du, Dani Fernandez

    Tags: lesbian PC, poly lesbian PC, trans man NPC, multiple non-binary NPC, multiple queer NPC, poly queer NPCs,

A Starstruck Odyssey

    Cast: Brennan Lee Mulligan, Lou Wilson, Siobhan Thompson, Zac Oyama, Ally Beardsley, Emily Axford, Brian Murphy

Tags: Queer PC, Non-binary PC,

More details and/or spoilers under the break!

Check out our other queer podcast recommendations here.

Fantasy High

ID tags: Kristen Applebees (PC): lesbian, Fig Faeth (PC): bisexual woman, Riz Gukgak (PC): asexual man, Hargis (guest PC): queer man, Tracker O’Shaughnessey (NPC): lesbian, Ragh Barkrock (NPC): gay man, Jawbone O’Shaughnessey (NPC): bisexual man, Ayda Aguefort (NPC): queer woman, Garthy O’Brien (NPC): non-binary, Shellford Turtleperson (NPC): LGBTQ+, Torek Railgrinder (NPC): LGBTQ+

Details and/or Spoilers: Kristen comes to terms with her sexuality in the first season, begins dating Tracker, Fig begins dating Ayda in the second season, Riz comes out as ace in the second season, Shellford and Torek are in the LGBT alliance at their school

Escape from the Bloodkeep

ID tags: Leiland (PC): queer

Details and/or Spoilers: Leiland used to be in love with Zaul'Nazh

The Unsleeping City

ID tags: Pete Conlan (PC): trans man, Nod (NPC): non-binary, Perry Pidgeon (NPC): gay, Orlando (NPC): gay, Rovias (NPC): gay,

Details and/or Spoilers: Orlando and Rovias are lion statue boyfriends, Perry is a pigeon in love with Kugrash, who leads him on.

A Crown of Candy

ID tags: Liam Wilhelmina (PC): asexual man, Captain Annabelle Cheddar (NPC): lesbian Queen Caramelinda (NPC): queer,

Details and/or Spoilers: Liam comes out as ace, the Queen is revealed to have previously been in love with woman,

Pirates of Leviathan

ID tags: Garthy O’Brien (NPC): non-binary, Ayda Aguefort (NPC): queer

Details and/or Spoilers: Garthy and Jack have a platonic one-night stand (x|m)

Mice & Murder

ID tags: Lars Vandenchomp (PC): non-binary, Jeremy Brockhollow (NPC): gay man, Osmond Sheffield (NPC): gay man, Millie Molton (NPC): queer women, Molly Milton (NPC): queer woman, Lady Calliope Fawnbrook (NPC): queer, Lady Tabitha Fawnbrook (NPC): queer

Details and/or Spoilers: Jeremy and Osmond are married, Millie and Molly are married, Calliope and Tabitha are married,

The Seven 

ID Tags: Sam Nightingale (PC): pansexual trans woman, Ostentatia Wallace: fluid sexuality, Danielle Barkstock: sexuality is “yes”, Antiope Jones: queer,

Shriek Week

   ID Tags: Seven (PC): lesbian, Megan (PC): poly lesbian, Cleetus (NPC): trans man, Drusille (NPC): poly lesbian, Yui (NPC): poly lesbian,  Vander Van Helsing (NPC): non-binary, queer,

A Starstruck Odyssey

ID Tags: Margaret (PC): queer, Riva (PC): non-binary

[natjennie]

ahhahhhhh the ending of eftbk my BELOVED... leiland being the right hand of lord of shadows leiland jr but also raising him w/ maggie, when they had a relationship full of hatred and jealousy because of zaul'nazh's mistreatment of them both like... being against each other with seething bubbling rage bc of the lord and then to be brought together by the promise and hope of a new one.. lilith and all of her children, taking a stand for their family, refusing to back away from hardship and finding strength in one another. sokhbarr's heartwrenching "you don't like my wild things" contrasted with the fact that he awoke the lava mog in the scary volcano and helped bring back a dying species, put so much love and care into j'er'em'ih that he brings screambeasts back to life... and markus being so focused for so long on outshining his family, being the most impressive, most daring, richest, learning to rely on and trust the other party members and growing to be loyal to people and ideas rather than things.. efink's complete transformation marked explicitly by the change in perspective from "my friends need me" to just "friends need" going from seeking answers and always looking for affirmation and approval outside of herself rooted in a place of doubt and self-loathing to seeking wisdom and guidance in others because she knows they are capable, and that this is what she can do to help. I just... the "evil" campaign is so fucking good guys..

[katiefratie]

Leiland is gonna a fucking Queer Eye Sohkbarr and I am here for it!! Embrace yourself boos!!

[rabdoidal]

I’m quitting my job to go back to school and I’m gonna have a full week and a half of free time between them, which d20 campaign should I binge first?

I’ll answer this in two parts! Dimension 20 is largely behind a paywal, which I’m comfortable with paying because of the insane amount of work that goes into it. That being said, there are only 2 campaigns available in their entirety for free on YouTube. The first season of Fantasy High and all of Escape from the Bloodkeep are the ones available on YouTube - I recommend starting with those ones before committing to a free trial if you want to watch the other ones! All the episodes are available in full and uncensored at https://www.dropout.tv/. 

I’m going to describe each season down bellow and you can decide if you’d rather watch just the free stuff or try the free trial!

Fantasy High: Freshman Year Genre: teen, drama, comedy, coming of age, adventure Availability: 17 episodes, All for free on YouTube! Intro: What if John Hughes ran a D&D game? Fantasy High follows the Bad Kids, a group of teen adventurers starting their heroic careers at the Aguefort Adventuring Academy. The group combats personal drama as much as they battle foes, but is everything as it seems in Elmville?  Cast: Emily Axford, Brian Murphy, Ally Beardsley, Lou Wilson, Siobhan Thompson, Zac Oyama

Fantasy High: Sophomore Year Genre: teen, drama, comedy, coming of age, adventure, horror Availability: 20 episodes, 3.5 episodes available on Youtube Intro: Following the Bad Kids as they go into their second year at Aguefort Adventuring Academy! Their spring break project is worth 60% of their grade, so if they want to get to Junior year, they need to find the lost crown of the Nightmare King. Romance, heartbreak, drugs, and identity crisis are abound, with a heavy dose of horror and a dash of high seas piracy.  Cast: Emily Axford, Brian Murphy, Ally Beardsley, Lou Wilson, Siobhan Thompson, Zac Oyama

Escape from the Bloodkeep Genre: high fantasy, medieval, workplace comedy, found family Availability: 6 episodes, all for free on Youtube Intro: What were the forces of evil up to during the Lord of The Rings movies? Following the Vile Villains of the Bloodkeep, generals to the dark lord Zaul'Nazh, as they try to keep the forces of evil together as everything starts falling apart around them - in some cases, literally. Someone should really do something about those pesky persistent halflings. Cast: Erika Ishii, Michael Trapp, Rekha Shankar, Ify Nwadiwe, Matthew Mercer, Amy Vorpahl

The Unsleeping City Genre: urban fantasy, comedy, magical realism, superhero Availability: 17 episodes, 8 available for free on YouTube Intro: Set in current day New York City, the Dream Team is made up of people from all walks of life - from Broadway diva to firefighter to drug dealer. The Unsleeping city revolves around the current of magic that runs through New York, and the corruption that’s infecting the people that live there. Caught between the American dream and the reality of cold pavement, this is a story about unreal heroes in a harsh reality.  Cast: Emily Axford, Brian Murphy, Ally Beardsley, Lou Wilson, Siobhan Thompson, Zac Oyama

Tiny Heist  Genre: heist, crime, comedy, action, adventure Availability: 6 episodes, 1 episode for free on YouTube Intro: What if Oceans 11 was really little, and also Terry Pratchett wrote it? Tiny Heist is a thrilling and hilarious world full of little people and big crimes. Living in the underbrush and discarded places of Thimble Lane, right at the end of summer vacation, toys, moochers and bugs alike plot to take down the tiny tyrant that’s been making life miserable for the bitty-folk. For some its revenge, and for some its the score of a lifetime. Cast: Clint McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Jessica Ross, Lily Du

A Crown of Candy Genre: low fantasy, medieval, drama, war Availability: 17 episodes, 1 episode for free on YouTube Intro: When Game of Thrones and the Candyland board game collide, you get the world of Calorum. A Crown of Candy follows the royal Rocks family and some of their trusted advisors as they navigate the complex web of imperial politics and religious wars, all while trying to survive the night. Secrets are deadly, boldness is necessary, and this season, the world is especially unfair.  Cast: Emily Axford, Brian Murphy, Ally Beardsley, Lou Wilson, Siobhan Thompson, Zac Oyama

[naturalonequotes]

"Hmm, Efink, lacking in finesse, but adequate. Can I interest you in destroying the world?"

-Zaul'Nazh