AnimatedBeaver

Roll for Vinitiative.

Well, damn :\ Hopefully next week~!

I've been wanting to try DM'ing for awhile. Been slow to engage because it feels to me like a steep mountain to climb (plus, y'know, full-time work and freelance and stuff), but posts like these drop a paved road across it. Great insights we can all take to the table; much appreciated, Gary! Must've taken you ages to build this post.

Pretty early in the day; snafu's happen. Give it time.

Wish I had more time to polish this up further, but free-time's pretty short these days. (Fair warning, for the same reason y'all probably shouldn't expect to see much from me this week :\ ) Awesome, bizarre outcome! Poor Lyra, though; can't even get a proper burial Will pour out a 5-Hour Energy for her.

Welcome to the boards and to D&D, Hairy! Nerd Poker was my intro, too -- had never played a tabletop RPG in my life 'til the year before last, but when I started listening to this show they made it sound like so much fun I had to check it out. I now have awesome D&D game-days, inspiration for artwork and a couple'a new friends, so thanks, Brian & Friends!

I appreciate it, guys! Looking forward to seein' what happens tomorrow!

Looks sweet; nicely done! Let the good times roll

I'd glad y'all dug the last one! I cooked this up after I finished work today. I'll see if I can plug him into an environment at some point during the week, if time allows.

Above and beyond, dude

Sensei -- really, tobacco PSAs? I've never, ever gotten those :\ Dunno what to tell ya, but it sounds like your problem is more to do with your podcatching service. I use iTunes -- I could suggest givin' that a try. What if it turns out the blue guys are Smurfs, and the heroes are in fact really, reeeeeeeaaallly tiny? I'd rank that twist three out of five Shyamalans.

I still haven't heard from the dude who made the music track (and truthfully don't expect to; his last upload was over a year ago, so he may've moved elsewhere), but I just finished cookin' this up. You could always play the two in tandem, I guess

I studied up on 4e a fair bit, but then when the time came for me to actually play D&D for the first time it was a 5e campaign. I'm now playing two campaigns -- In one I'm a gnome illusionist, and in the other a human barbarian. There was a lot to re-learn, and I still try to do stuff from time to time thinking it'll work the way I've always heard it done on various podcasts, but we've been enjoying 5e. A lot of the number-crunching is more streamlined and I like that its mechanics actively push character development and roleplay. I'm constantly flipping around the PHB and fumbling over rules and not knowing what to do, but I think that's just me being a newbie -- The guys in the group who were already D&D vets seem pretty comfortable. Also, as a fan of design and artwork I love the handbooks. Several of my favorite illustrators have pieces in there, and every time I flip through it I feel inspired to get good enough to submit to 6E years from now. Couldn't be happier with the production design.

I do -- You can find me @ArtByBeaver. (I'm also on Blogspot, Tumblr and Instagram )