I'm just going to come out and say it: I have a rough relationship with anxiety, and horror media is one of those things I avoid almost altogether because it ruins my brain long after it's concluded.

It may come as a surprise to some of you, but I am a huge fan of Dungeon and Dragons. However, several pieces of media have influenced my writing and style of running various TTRPGs. These influences range from music to movies, books, and art, which have propelled my journey, and here I want to rhapsodize for others to explore these touchstones because I am a huge nerd and like talking about my little obsessions. So, if you would, please join me in this indulgence

Hello! So, I disappeared in the month of September... Sorry about that. But I am back!

I wanted to give this massive endeavor in gaming a fair shake and try to see it from all angles. As such, I have played for over 120 hours, finished a good-aligned playthrough, and am in the final conflict for my Dark Urge game while starting a more stealth-focused, morally grey adventure.

"Displaced ill waters

Reflecting a fractured soul

That I call my own"

This may sound wild, but the Brazen Bard is a person, not an AI, unless you subscribe to the theory that the universe is a simulation, and in that case, it probably doesn't matter.

"What do we say to that specter of death?

Our hands bloodied and hearts broken.

How do we pray when we end up like Macbeth?

Your voice muddied with words unspoken.

Who is unburdened to stay the final breath?

Our eyes studied for the ferryman takes his token.

When is the day we drink deep from the lethe?

Something to break us away

Someone to shatter our final play

Somewhere that scatters our ashes gray

Somehow release burdens upon which our sins weigh”

"The fleeting friendships we find in fantasy are a radical reconstruction of some rumpus rhapsody." - The Bard

"The best characters are those with an arc. Only the warlock can see in the dark. Yet, from another, do his powers hark. How sad it is that he sold his soul to a shark. However, unlike him, you need not consort with demons to make your mark. It's the angels we surround ourselves with that help carry our spark. We have a dangerous journey ahead of us; thus, as a party, do we embark." - The Bard 

"Wizards cast arcane blizzards, clerics conjure the esoteric, rangers brave wild dangers, and fighters make great writers. But the best class that none can surpass, is one of very few, because they are the true you." -The Bard