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It's Not Just Bards
We've all heard the stories, and a few of us have seen the stereotype in action. The bard is the member of the party who attempts to seduce the queen, to hit on the bar wench, and in some circumstances who attempts to become the dragon's pet , suggestive tone of voice very much implied. They're also the faceman who does the talking when the party needs to enter a social challenge, the one who haggles with the shopkeepers, and the one who works the room to gather rumors and find a lead on the latest gossip. However, while the bard is famed for their potent use of Charisma, I think that we often forget they're far from the only class whose raw force of personality can be a powerful weapon in and of itself.
By Neal Litherland9 days ago in Gamers
The Open-Carry Fighter
Garris strode into town with the rattle of steel, and the jingle of spurs. Eyes turned his way, and hands nervously reached for hilts that weren't present. The sellsword paid them no mind, hitched up the baldric on his shoulder, and grinned. The great two-handed blade that was nearly as long as he was tall shifted slightly, the crossguard clinking against the throat of the scabbard as if the sword was also chuckling.
By Neal Litherlandabout a month ago in Gamers
Dragon Equipment Sets - Dungeons and Dragons 5E
Whether you are a DM looking for the perfect rewards that you can sprinkle for your characters throughout your campaign, or a player looking for the perfect dragon themed equipment set for your character, this series has what you need. Each article will focus on one class of armor (light, medium, and heavy) and a weapon created from the parts of a single type of dragon.
By Your Neighborhood Gaming2 months ago in Gamers
The Head-Hunting Samurai
The two warriors stood in the center of the battlefield, a maelstrom of death all around them. One garbed in blue and gold, his armor chipped but whole. The other in red and black, his face covered by a terrible mask. Neither spoke. There was no need for words to express what was to happen.
By Neal Litherland2 months ago in Gamers
You Don't Survive Twenty Years by Accident
I am going to level with you. I can count on one finger how many hours I've spent in the expansive, pixelated fantasy realm of Azeroth. I spent a lot of that hour fucking about with the controls and trying to pick fights. Fights I could never win.
By Paul Stewart2 months ago in Gamers
The Manufactured Sorcerer
They'd told her there would be fire. They'd told her it would test her as surely as any battlefield. That she would have to endure, or it would consume her. And she had saluted, and repeated the oath she had given to her nation. Her life was the Emperor's to use as he saw fit.
By Neal Litherland3 months ago in Gamers
GTA 6 Predictions: What I Think Rockstar Is Really Building . AI-Generated.
I was sitting in a parking garage at two in the morning — don't ask why — when my phone buzzed with a notification that the GTA 6 trailer had dropped. I watched it four times in a row, right there under the flickering fluorescent lights, and by the third viewing I wasn't really watching it anymore. I was reading it. Every frame felt like a letter from Rockstar that I had to decode. That obsession didn't stop. Months later, I'm still turning over the same questions, the same glimpses of Vice City neon, the same half-second shots of swampland and highway. These are my GTA 6 predictions — some grounded in evidence, some purely hopeful, all of them honest.
By Azmi YÜKSEL3 months ago in Gamers
