#Pyra's cooking adventures

[pyra-raptor]

So... Since there are a few people making the Gelatin-Spaghetti cubes and I am not brave enough for that adventure, yet, I made cubed omelette. Or tried to at least.

[ellatamara]

All my D&D player characters*

*that I’ve made and played (or will play soon, in one case). I also played a pre-gen bard for a one-shot once but I don’t remember anything about them.

The characters are presented in chronological order from left to right in the line-up according to when I made them. Characters’ names, pronouns, descriptions under the cut:

Hhaamm, he/him, half-orc barbarian (in 3.5e, all others are 5e), my very first dnd character for a one-shot-turned-two-shot. All four PCs were half siblings with the same human mother. He is easily distracted by good food as well as by small creatures calling for help, even if they are evil little halfling scammers. My first game made me want to DM because I could tell it was fun, fit my interests, and… I figured I could do a better job at it (sorry Theo, if you ever read this, but also thank you for getting me into this game).

Zarrakas Kyvir, he/him, tiefling bard for a dream sequence one-shot my cousin ran. All the characters were in some way different in the dream, but since Zarrakas was brand new, I decided he was a wizard in the waking world. He was very confused to see his spellbook replaced by a pan flute. He got paralyzed when a death knight showed up, and we were level 7 or something, so that was terrifying until it turned out the death knight only had 1 hit point. Whew.

Merlix, he/him, gnome druid for a one-shot where I got to use Intelligence for druid spellcasting and reflavored a land druid (Underdark, I think) as an artificer, using the rock gnome tinkering thingamajig as a spellcasting focus. This was before the artificer class was added to 5e.

Dine, she/her, human paladin, partially randomly generated for a one-shot (yes, I was kind of a forever DM, playing rarely and for a long time only in one-shots). We all rolled for character gender, and we all happened to roll up women. I never went back to he/him pronouns for my PCs nor for myself 🏳️‍⚧️

Pyra or Random, she/her, tiefling wild magic sorcerer, again partially randomly generated, including her virtue name from Xanathar’s Guide, and some traits from the 2e Planewalker’s Handbook. Her demon mother left her on the doorstep to an abandoned house. The neighbours took her in and raised her as a wild child. She was later kidnapped by a hag and forced to work for her, cleaning, cooking, and receiving guests in her hut while the hag was out during the day. These guests included anything from fiends to innocent villagers doomed to suffer some cruel irony after seeking the hag’s help. She eventually escaped in a lucky fit of wild magic and later joined the merchant ship and adventuring crew The Advantage. Random is my most played PC, and she has changed a lot over the years, though mostly from wild magic surges haha.

Mohilda Duskbraid, she/her, dwarf grave cleric created for Tomb of Annihilation and based on a prompt on whothefuckismydndcharacter.com. We allegedly have one session left of that campaign, and it’s been a lot of fun so far. ToA is very different from out regular playstyle, but still fun. She loves mystery and local spirits, so she was eager to be possessed by I’Jin.

Tomph, she/her, half-orc battle master fighter created for a one-shot set in Exandria we never got very far into. I think we broke into the tomb of Sovereign Uriel Tal’Dorei but I don’t remember why the party was hired to go there in the first place. I still really like her name. tomph. Tomph. ᴛᴏᴍᴘʜ. It’s fun to say.

Nissa, she/her, gnome way of the drunken master monk made for a one-shot inspired by Guards! Guards! which I regrettably still have yet to read. She’s a tambourine-playing martial arts dancer, and I think the tambourine might have been her monk weapon?

Mahogany Leafsworth, she/they, gnome bard for Wild Beyond the Witchlight. Mahogany has lost her sense of time (but not her rhythm) and is frequently late or far too early for her gigs, so her music career isn’t doing super well. I only played her once, so not much more to say other than she hid inside the hollow warforged character’s leg and helped cheat in the cupcake eating contest at the festival.

Niks Rotscute, they/it, kobold warlock and the Wizard Gizzard Lizard of Strixhaven. They have a pseudodragon familiar called Leviathan, and they love all things dragon. Their patron is a voice that speaks to them in draconic, and their aesthetic is oops I fell in the swamp on purpose again. They actually use goblin stats, because I liked those better than the published kobolds, so I guess Niks is a… gobold?

Halcyon, they/them, aasimar divine soul sorcerer created for a two-shot (but I was sick for the finale) set in a heavily cut-down, modified version of BG: Descent Into Avernus. Their adoptive parents had a prophecy that their child should become a powerful evil, so they decided to adopt a baby aasimar instead of conceiving a child of their own. This prophecy was ~100% irrelevant to the game and Halcyon will ~0% show up in any game again. They did use an infernal war machine to gun down a horde of fiends though, which was 100% cool. And yes, that is a robe of stars and a staff of power.

Fenra, she/they, half-orc barbarian/cleric made a brief appearance at the end of a campaign with the same group as the Avernus game. To keep things short: She killed the Xanathar and my partner made some cute drawings of the battle.

Artemisia or Malurt, she/they, air genasi ranger, starting early next year, I will be playing this new character in a modified (and translated) Ghosts of Saltmarsh Spøgelser af Søndermarsk(?) campaign. She has a rival from her backstory, which is a fun little knife—or gun—to hand to your DM. She also has no idea that she’s a genasi and not just a human like her family. I should probably send over my backstory doc to the DM for review…

[luucarii]

Some Mòrag Headcanons

Her hair is at least past mid-back.

During one of her first training sessions with Brighid, Mòrag lost control of the flames and nearly ended up burning her hair. Since then she’s always kept her hair pinned up.

Mòrag doesn’t care much for formalities when addressed to her (the whole “Special Inquisitor” and “Lady” thing gets old after a while)

Mòrag was a bad cook before she resonated with Brighid and Brighid made her worse multiple fires were started on numberous occasions

When they were younger, dozens of books on Blade history were stored away in the Palace and when Mòrag found them she played school with Niall.

Mòrag was usually the more popular of the two siblings when they were young but she hated the attention so much that she usually tried to make Niall stand out more

She has a habit of tightening her gloves and fixing her coat after battle gotta keep them appearances up

After the spoilery events of early Chapter 6, Mòrag secretly grew a fear of loud noises.

She often watches Rex while he scavenges and takes notes to send back to the Ardainian scavengers.

Mòrag and Pyra chat frequently when they’re alone and exchange memories — Pyra almost always ends up talking about some dumb thing Rex did before Mòrag joined the party and Mòrag usually reminisces about her childhood with Niall

Mythra purposely riles Mòrag up just to get a reaction out of her “guess you’re not as stiff as you look”

Nia discovered Mòrag’s sweet tooth and she teases her about it everytime they go out to eat.

Mòrag loves to brush Dromarch’s fur while they talk. He usually talks about the areas he’s seen in Gormott and his adventures with Nia in Torna.

Tora still somehow doesn’t get that Mòrag is a girl and still asks her everytime they visit the Ardainian Inn’s hot springs to wash his back. She can’t resist that adorable smile and always gives in — with her clothes on

Mòrag may or may not be addicted to Tiger! Tiger! if only to help Poppi become stronger since she admires how dedicated she is to protecting Tora and the party

Mòrag and Zeke spar often but she’s usually the winner after a dramatic fail from an Art by him.

Pandoria often takes Mòrag to see some of the ruins around Tantal and the two usually end up spending the day theorizing on what could have happened.