David Given Schwarm

Married, Father, United

16. If Picked or Uprooted These Beautiful Flowers Will Disappear

This is yet another dead child one. But in this case the dark, extreme, absurd ending and its connection to the title make it not so overwhelming depressing.I actually rather like this one.
15. Story

Another dark Danish tale. Anderson at his worst–impacting a family in a dark prophetic way. I am not even really sure how to respond to this.
14. Cozy

A simple note about a tragic news story from Africa. This is more reportage then writing. Than Writing. Not sure, but not that good–either….
Storm King’s Thunder–D&D Encounters S23 S8

Another week of D&D at Alakazam Comics. The party is still battling an invasion at Goldenfields. The team mini’s and over all table layout is working perfectly and the players are learning how their characters run in combat I did not capture all the crits we saw this week
Actual Play Storm King’s Thunder–D&D Encounters S23 S8
13. MOMS

This one is back on track for me–a macabre tale of AI, fake knees, and Floridian Suicides. “smiling in the way that she smiles” is total gold. Everyone has a mom who smiles like this…
How many D&D Monsters Are There

On a recent D&D podcast Jeremy Crawford said we there were over 1,000. That number seemed a little high if we remove “unique” creatures–but I am really not sure…I think for 5E we are at about 500ish which would indicate 1,000 is definitely reasonable… I thought it would be interesting to try to figure out…
In Volo’s Wake
Actual Play Storm King’s Thunder–D&D Encounters S23 S7
Storm King’s Thunder–D&D Encounters S23 S7

Another fun week of D&D Encounters at Alakazam Comics. The closest Starbucks is super slow, so I will be ordering remotely going foreword–but the crew is loving the coffee. Snacks are another issue–this week Brian brought Vegan Jerky which was, as you can imagine, amazing. I had plenty of room posting up with my back…