I Think I’m a Clone Now Drizzt covers a lot of cliches. Or tropes. Or stereotypes. Pick your noun. He’s a ranger has a panther/large cat animal companion, he uses twin scimitars/swords, he’s a member of a traditionally evil race […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I Hurt Myself There’s something about role-playing and the fantasy genre that lends itself to bad melodrama. It’s often not enough to just be brooding or upset, that has to be the character’s entire raison d’être; player characters have to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hidden Natures Innately evil humanoids are like a vacuum. We abhor them. Not just in a “we dislike evil” manner but because we continually seek to fill them. We give them justifications. They’re not evil, they’re the product of their […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Team Up One of the biggest complaints regarding the Forgotten Realms is that it is too full of high level characters that can just swoop in and save the day. Which, if you think about it, kinda makes living in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
