Non-Gaming Update

After about two years of looking for work after my fall, I've got a new job. I'll be working for the state at an organization that does good work helping people. Already looking for an apartment and hope I have my own place soon. Once I do I plan on trying to run a regular game of something.

Here's an unrelated pic of what I'm currently reading.

Depression

This one is personal. Depression is something I constantly fight with so I thought I'd give it D&D stats. Now maybe I (and others that struggle) can fight it in a different way. Little victories, right?

If you struggle with depression, talk to someone. Don't be afraid to reach out. You are not alone.

The artwork for this post is by my talented friend, Heather, of Dobby's Hobbies.

Deprimere

Medium fiend, neutral evil

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Armor Class 11

Hit Points 22 (5d10)

Speed 0 ft., fly 30 ft. (hover) 

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    STR     DEX     CON      INT        WIS        CHA

10 (+0)   9 (-1)      10 (+0)   10 (-0)     13 (+1)   15 (+2)

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Saving Throws Wis +3, Cha +4
Damage Resistances acid, cold, fire, lightning, thunder; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons

Damage Immunities necrotic, poison
Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned,  prone, restrained, unconscious

Senses darkvision, 60 ft., passive Perception 11

Languages can understand and speak all languages of intelligent creatures within 60 ft
Challenge 2 (200 XP)

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Dark Heart, Darker Form: Deprimere can move through solid objects (including living things) without provoking an attack of opportunity. If they move through a humanoid that creature must make a DC 10 Cha saving throw or suffer disadvantage on attacks that creature immediately gains inspiration.

You Are Stronger Than You Know. When a deprimere is defeated all creatures within 60' lose any levels of the exhausted condition. If the killing blow is struck by a creature, they gain inspiration.

Actions

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Not Good Enough. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1 level of Exhaustion; if target is immune to Exhaustion they take 12 (3d6+2 psychic damage)

Deprimere are an insidious race of fiends hailing from Gehenna, but most inhabiting the prime material plain. They appear as ghostly humanoids and are often mistaken as undead, much to the dismay of clerics trying to turn them. They feast on self doubt and find no greater delight then bringing a champion low. They have a special hatred for paladins, bards, and artists and seek to eliminate and corrupt them before all others. 

My Friends Are Awesome

I've said it before, but my gaming brother +David Coppoletti is a fantastic artist. You can read the interview I did with him a few years ago here. He recently posted this on Facebook and I wanted to share it with everyone.

His art has been featured in a few releases, including Umerican Survival Guide and Theorems & Thaumaturgy Revised. If you're an rpg writer, you should talk to him about his commission rate.

Hot Diggity, You Should Check out Wirtydiggety

My brother (not biologically, but in pretty much all other aspects), Wirty, has a Twitch channel. I know I don't talk about video games too much and tend to focus on tabletop, but I wanted to give a shout out to his page and lets folks know about it. Here are the links to his stuff

Twitch
YouTube
Facebook

He is now a Twitch affiliate so if you have Amazon Prime you can subscribe to him with Twitch Prime and help him out.

Wirty and I have been best friends for about 20 years now. He's a really cool cat and one of (if not the best) DM I've ever played under. We're actually getting ready to start recording a project with +Stew Perkins called Against the Module. We'll be talking about rpg adventure paths and modules.

Showing Off My New Shirt

This past weekend I went on Noble Knight and bought a new gaming shirt. I love it!

You can download the Vaginas are Magic! pdf for free here. You can read my thoughts on it here.

And remember it's sequel, James Edward Raggi IV's Eldritch Cock. is being released for Free RPG Day 2018 and you can support its release and guarantee you get a copy by sponsoring it here.

Succubus Saturday (#smallbusiness)

I know it's normally Succubus Sunday, but since today is Small Business Saturday I thought I'd show off this wonderful succubus patch I bought from my friend's amazing dress shop. Sudzy's Pin-Up Palace. These pins from Kustom Kreeps and Sourpuss are pretty damn sweet too!

I also want to take this moment to say that this holiday season you should do your best to support small businesses. Whether is's indie artists like my dude, Mikal kHillor other independent folks like my friend, Chel and her shop Wrapped in Rain.

Be Back Soon

My posts will be sporadic at best until December. I'm taking some leave from work and I don't have a home computer (because I live in the stone age). I'm going to try to have some stuff queued up to auto post.

 I'll definitely be reading stuff and posting on G+ (because I can do that on my phone), but don't expect much new content from me.

Origins Game Fair 2017

This past weekend I attended Originsfor the first time in years. While I bought a full con pass, I only attended two days (do to various reasons). That being said I had an absolute blast. I didn't play in any events, but I demoed a few games. I played Zombicide: Black Plague, Spoils of War, and SRG Universe. Next year I'm going to try to have more money saved, go the entire time, and actually play in events. 

This guy guarding the Malifaux cash register was pretty cool.

I met DM Scotty!

This is the first min I've painted in years. She's not great, but I'm happy with her.

The Dude abides...

My Friday haul, some promo cards, con exclusive DCC funky dice and module, radioactive green spindle dice, some minis, Origins 2017 d6, and an issue of GTM.

A close-up of the minis I bought.

My Sunday haul: The DCC quickstart and Dungeon Busters

My son's Sunday haul: a new Pokemon starter, Origins 2017 die, and a random d6 that he wanted

New Gaming Shirts

I wanted some new stuff to wear to Origins. so I recently picked up a couple of new gaming shirts. They are pretty damn cool and I wanted to show them off. Purchase links in the captions.

Dwarf Pin Ups!

She Persisted ConTessa Shirt