David Given Schwarm

Married, Father, United

Author: David Schwarm

  • Teaching

    To touch the hearts of your students is the greatest miracle you can perform.
    — St John Baptist de La Salle

  • Young People

    The principal trap that the devil sets for young people is idleness. This is a fatal source of all evil. Don’t let there be any doubt in your mind that man is born to work, and when he doesn’t do so, he’s out of his element and in great danger of offending God.
    – St John Bosco

  • 10 standing

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  • Anxiety

    Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a should except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry.
    – St Francis de Sales

  • Parenting

    Isn’t it absurd to send children out to jobs and to school, and to school all you can to prepare them for these, and yet not to ‘bring them upon in the chastening and admonition of the Lord (Eph. 6:4)?’ Discipline is needed, not eloquence; character, not cleverness; deeds, not words. These gain a man the kingdom.
    – St John Chrysostom

  • Frogs

    • 60 something
    • 72 now
    • Abstract terms
    • Action
    • Answer is not obvious
    • Blanca
    • Discovered this
    • Herbert Heritage
    • How about those Dodgers
    • I am not trying to figure you at
    • In-And-Out
    • It is ok to feel sexual ownership for someone that you have sexually owned
    • I vacuumed around it
    • Mike is Lydia’s dad
    • Narcissistic
    • Pat Benetar
    • Radiohead
    • Reckless people are reckless
    • Screw up a sunrise
    • Selfish
    • Show up
    • So tough
    • Sponge is an action
    • Suddenly a thought crossed my mind
    • Summer of Bergman
    • Taco Tuesday
    • Take action
    • What are you try to get at

  • Hope

    Do not lose heart, even if you should discover that you lack qualities necessary for the work to which you are called. He who called you will not desert you, but the moment you are in need he will stretch out his saving hand.
    – St Angela Merici

  • Trusting God

    The best thing for us is not what we consider best, but what the Lord wants of us.
    – St Josephine Bakhita

  • Greater rhea attacks and a kick in the balls.

    Keys From The Golden Vault, live from Alakazam Comics in Irvine, CA, continues this week with the fifth heist, Tockworth’s Clockwork. The party enters the evacuated city of Little Lockworth, rescues the Abbot, repairs the Power Station, explores the prison (the scene of a grisly murder), and is attacked while crossing the bridge into Smoldertown.

    The location for this one is awesome–anytime we go to the Underdark I am excited.

    Carolus Rex the Eyeless (Paladin played by Adam) is based on Scarecrow. Filled member of the Golden Vault.
    Days in a Haze with a Blaze (Rouge played by Travis) is based on Calendar Man.
    Honey Bunches of O’s (Paladin played by Taylor) is four years old and working with Penguin yakuza version.
    Julie Newman (Ranger played by Lance) is Ra’s al Ghul. Plated member of the Golden Vault.
    Lining the Pocket the Lion (Wizard played by Dylan) is a chromatic orb casting, fire breathing familiar member of the Golden Vault.
    Siddam of the Sands (Fighter played by Owen) is a member of the Court of Owls.
    Snow on the Mountain (Fighter played by Lewis) is mentored by Two-Face. Plated member of the Golden Vault.
    Swallow the River (Cleric played by Brian) is a follower of Zoltec the Crocodile god of death from Chult. Filled member of the Golden Vault.
    Top Card (Rogue played by Glenn) is Cat Women without the slapstick. Filled member of the Golden Vault.
    Two Moon Spoiled Custard (Elf Fighter played by Henry) is the Joker’s step brother who watches a lot of YouTube with excellent vision.

    Another amazing map provide with the adventure–one thing this map does is provide adventure hooks that the players can use to enrich the exploration.

    10 players at the table is a lot, but I think that in general it went well.

    I really love that each adventure has its own image–a very cool feature of this campaign.