Ancient Neolithic Human figures from Ain Ghazal, Jordan pic.twitter.com/WNeuB1CU9T
— 41 Strange (@41Strange) May 18, 2018
These would be a terrifying addition to any D&D campaign. #wotcstaff https://t.co/qlXLvYOtV3
— Christopher Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) May 18, 2018
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“Who dares disturb the rest of Malauragris, Lich Most Awesome?” the voice thundered, deep and deafening in the tomb.
“Haldrimm is my name,” the bored-looking man replied, “and I’ve been sent by the king.”
“Malauragris cares naught for kings,” said the lich…#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 15, 2018
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scornfully. “Needs he my aid?”
“No,” Haldrimm replied, “he needs your taxes. Over a century of back taxes, as yet unpaid, to be precise.”
“WHAT?”
The lich’s dumbfoundedness swiftly sank into peals of icy laughter.
Go away, ridiculous little man!” said Malauragris,#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 15, 2018
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…when at last his booming mirth was done. “Your king’s demand is amusing in its presumptuousness, I’ll grant, but—no. Certainly not.”
Haldrimm nodded—and shook a clear glass vial out of his sleeve.
Something was glowing in the depths of the liquid inside it.#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 15, 2018
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Something that was rapidly getting smaller.
“Is that—?”
“Yes,” said the tax collector. “Your phylactery.”
“But-but—”
“Oh, fear not, great lich. Your magics, in these walls all around us, should sustain you, until you can craft another. So long as you don’t awaken#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 15, 2018
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…them to, say, destroy me.”
The lich’s howl of rage and dismay fairly shook the tomb.
“And it’s the tomb the king levies taxes on, as it happens,” Hardrimm added.
The lich said a word that had been far dirtier six centuries earlier. And then snarled, “And if I#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 15, 2018
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…kill you the old way, and just bar the door?”
Haldrimm shrugged, took something that glowed from his pocket, and put it VERY gently on the floor.
“Nice tomb you’ve got here,” he observed calmly. “Be a pity if something happened to it.”#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 15, 2018
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The lich said the dirty word again. And then the tomb walls started to rain gleaming torrents of gold coins.
Burying the tax collector where he stood.
The lich didn’t laugh, for it was old, and knew the world. There’d be other tax collectors.#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 15, 2018
What's a ranger without the wilderness?
— Critthulhu (@Critthulhu) June 10, 2018
A fighter in cheap armor #WOTCstaff https://t.co/zQt95DfFoy
— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) June 10, 2018
@ChrisPerkinsDnD I used the Xanathar's naming table to name a gnome. The name Umpen Horcusporcus has derailed my game entirely. Where did I go wrong? #dnd
— Archmage Derek (@Archmage_Derek) May 19, 2018
The Horcusporcus name is an honored one. There are Horcusporcuses from Waterdeep to Lantan, Sigil to the City of Brass. Be proud of your Horcusporcus lineage. #wotcstaff https://t.co/JXwpU3rJgA
— Christopher Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) May 19, 2018
THIS glowing sword?
Ah! Wrested from bony grip of thrice-dead lord
For ’twas clear e’en to this dunce
That its spell-glowing razor-sharp beauty
Would slice beasts both fearsome and fruity
And their treasure chests, too, for swift taking of looty
Without being parried e’en once— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 16, 2018
You seek to seem friendly, kind, and wise
Yet I see malice glint in thy gently mocking eyes— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 17, 2018
For months the mountain shook. The tomb had been well sealed, and even a recently-awakened undead needs leverage to heave massive stones asunder. When it finally stalked free, the mountain fell silent, for the newly undead king had quite run out of curses to snarl.#epic fantasy
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 4, 2018
@ChrisPerkinsDnD Have you ever written, or considered writing, a D&D novel?
— James Winters (@James_Winters_Z) May 28, 2018
Nope. #wotcstaff https://t.co/1TOuxHD2Ay
— Christopher Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) May 28, 2018
A non-D&D novel?
— Joshua V C Parry (@jvcparry) May 29, 2018
Much more likely to happen (assuming I can get a phenomenal agent, of course). https://t.co/HfHuIksYD4
— Christopher Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) May 29, 2018
Best DM is something entirely subjective and there can not be one single definitive "best" out there. To think otherwise is not only silly, but utterly and completely wrong.
— Scarlet Moth (@ThatScarletMoth) June 4, 2018
When I watch folks DM online I mostly think about how well-adapted they are to their players. That’s the only goal. “Am I the best DM I can be for my players?” Seems a pretty low bar to set for yourself, but if it works…
— Carl R Olson (@SimonTVesper) June 4, 2018
I tailor my DMing to serve my players. But if my audience also includes spectators, I try to send them home happy as well. #wotcstaff https://t.co/mDE5f2Slnm
— Christopher Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) June 4, 2018
