The Hellboy Multiverse

Here's an awesome collection of Hellboy mashups from Axel Medellin.

Session 0.5

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve made any real posts. Tonight will be the second session of my new D&D 2024 campaign. This is the first ongoing game I’ve been involved with in years. Sadly I can’t remember the character names at the moment and forgot to write them down. I’ll get them tonight. Here is the party:

Female Blue Dragonborn Sorcerer played by Alysha – haughty noble 

Male Wood Elf Druid played by Jacob – sarcastic avenger of nature

Female Aasimar Monk played by Tomi – amnesiac that has moved from temple to temple to learn more about religion

Female Human Warlock played by Terron – pact of the blade warlock looking for power and wealth

We had a session 0.5. Everyone made characters and I ran a quick intro session. I usedEveryone Dies at Turtle Bay from Faster, Purple Worm! Everybody Dies, Vol 1. The party were imprisoned at Grave’s End in the small costal town of Turtle Bay. Each was sentenced to life in prison. I let them decide why they were there. The Warlock had been caught stealing, the druid got in a fight, the sorcerer was framed by her jealous step-mother (who she wants revenge on), and the monk mercy killed a diseased priest.

In a Dirty Dozen-style plot the characters (along with a bugbear prisoner named Benny the Butcher) are recruited for a suicide mission. They must investigate a ghost ship. They are given their equipment, some magical boosting from a local merchant, and a ship. Unfortunately, on their way to investigate the ship they find out how the bay got its name. They are attacked by a dragon turtle and as the ship starts to sink the session ended.

This is going to be a fun game. The party is an interesting mix and I think there will be some great roleplaying opportunities. Originally, I was going to send them to Punjar, the Tarnished Jewel next. However, after talking to the players about their characters’ motivations and plans I’ve changed my mind. Fortunately, last week I found out the second Swordfish Islands book has been released. I immediately ordered it and tonight the characters will find themselves Shipwrecked in the Swordfish Islands.

Fuccubus Friday

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We Are Jimothy

If you've been on the internet recently (and I'm assuming you have if you're reading this), you've seen tons of memes and things about Jimothy. He kind of looks like a furry Squonk to me, which makes me wonder if the original "squonk" was a critter with the same physical condition. If you'd like to add him to your D&D game or just check out his official stats you can do so on D&D Beyond.

Music Monday - It’s Pitch Black

The references in this one will only be understood by folks of a certain generation. If you’re one, how’s your back pain?

One-Punch Hulk

 I don't think Saitama and Hulk needed to be combined, but this piece from Axel Medellin is fun.

A Dom DM

If you made a Venn Diagram of folks into kink and tabletop gamers with my friends it'd pretty much one big circle. I think that's why this one cracked me up. 

Fuccubus Friday - The Throne of Demogorgon

This old school oil painting by Eugene Jaworksi is pretty cool.

The Thrice-Whipped Ass

Not sure why I picked up it up, but recently grabbed The Thrice-Whipped Ass pdf on DriveThruRPG. Don Stroud wrote and did the layout for this short (4 page) drop-in mini adventure/plot. Adam B. Forman did the one illustration for the product and it's quite striking, which might be why I grabbed it. It's written for Ruination Pilgrimage, a game I know nothing about, but can be easily adapted to any fantasy game.

 

The Thrice-Whipped Ass is a tavern which has recently been the site of eldritch combat. The owners recently discovered a strange youth with no memory. Needing money the owners have started a fight club in their basement using the surprisingly strong youth. There are random charts to figure out why the party is there and one with clues and hooks.

No matter what happens, the players will eventually have to face the demon empowering the youth. For demon stats, use whatever is appropriate to your characters' level. No matter what plan I go with (I have a few paths I'm thinking about in the game I'll be starting soon), I'll be dropping the Thrice-Whipped Ass into my game.