Greetings, Adventurers! I'm happy to announce The CPawx Centre for People who Can’t D&D Good and Wanna Learn to do Other TTRPG Stuff Good Too is officially open! For the cost of one decently-priced coffee (in Toronto, anyway) per month, you can support me and allow me to continue making content! Of course, there's never any pressure - even sharing the Patreon would be enormously helpful. Since you're part of Dungeons of the Cosmere, you WILL get to see the first batch of videos as I post them to the classroom. If you like what you see, consider becoming a Patron! The CPawx Centre for People who Can’t D&D Good and Wanna Learn to do Other TTRPG Stuff Good Too Patreon To entice you further, here's another sneak peak of an upcoming video, in text form: The Six Core Abilities All creatures in D&D have six core abilities that measure their physical and mental characteristics, and THEY ARE: STRENGTH, which measures physical might - like pushing someone, or lifting something DEXTERITY, which measures agility, reflexes, and balance - like pickpocketing someone, or dodging a Fireball spell CONSTITUTION, which measures health and stamina - like resisting poison, or taking hits without flinching INTELLIGENCE, which measures reasoning and memory - like recalling lore about a magic spell, or figuring out a difficult riddle WISDOM, which measures perceptiveness and mental fortitude - like discerning a person’s mood, or diagnosing an illness And CHARISMA, which measures confidence, poise, and charm - like persuading someone to do something they don’t want to, or deceiving them into thinking they actually want to do it. Each of the core abilities have an ability score between 1 and 20. The higher the score, the better at that specific ability, and all related skills, you’ll be. And now you know ALL ABOUT THE CORE SIX D&D ABILITIES! So long for now. Dexterously, CPawx

Hello, Adventurers! Another post coming to you from the CPawx Centre for People who Can’t D&D Good and Wanna Learn to do Other TTRPG Stuff Good Too. Grab your dice and get ready to learn ALL ABOUT D&D DICE! Every adventurer needs at least one set of D&D-specific dice. There are 7 in a set. In D&D, dice are referred to by saying the quantity, then the letter d, then the number of sides on the die. FOR EXAMPLE if you’re rolling two 20-sided dice, the notation reads 2d20. Each set contains a d20, d12, 2d10, d8, d6, d4. Often one of the d10s will be a percentile die, so instead of 0-9, you’ll have 0, 10, 20, up to 90. This is because sometimes you’ll be asked to roll a d100. Although these majestic dice do exist, you can replicate it by rolling 2d10 and having one act as the number in the tens column, and one as the number in the ones column. Dice are integral to the game and are used for many things that I’ll explain in later videos/posts, such as: Skill checks Attack Rolls Saving throws Damage Healing And more. I’d recommend having more than one set of dice so you can punish them if they let you down (there are ways to do this, trust me). And that’s ALL ABOUT D&D DICE! See you next time. Rollingly, CPawx

Hark, Adventurers! How is everyone faring? Go on an exciting quests this week? Tell me about them! Also, this week I'll be honouring everyone's favourite princess (especially God's), the one and only SHADOWHEART from Baldur's Gate III. Shadowheart was a no-brainer for my romance option my first playthrough, and every playthrough afterwards it's a struggle to try anyone else. She's a dark and brooding cleric (until you respec her, anyway) who also secretly loves flowers and can't swim. She has a past shrouded in mystery and doesn't trust easily, which makes it all the more heartwarming if you can break through and become her confidant. Also, she's super hot, right??? Who's your favourite BG3 romance option? Love, CPawx

Hark, Adventurers - another WCW is upon us! For this one, I'll go back in time to what I think was my first fantasy-genre crush - more one of admiration, since I was only 10 years old. And that was on: LYRA BELACQUA, aka LYRA SILVERTONGUE from Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. Lyra is a young girl who lives at Jordan College in an alternate version of Oxford when we first meet her. In Lyra's world, every human has a companion - called a daemon - that takes on an animal form. Lyra and her daemon Pantalaimon fall into adventure fairly quickly when she inadvertently saves her uncle and comes into possession of an Alethiometer - a device which can tell truths about anything, but only to those gifted enough to read it. The original trilogy, beginning with The Golden Compass, was the first fantasy series I read and it still holds up as an adult. Pullman also revisited the world with three new books, which just wrapped up last year. The ending wasn't super amazing but I was happy with it. It's also worth noting there was a TV adaptation starring Dafne Keen which was incredible. Happy WCW, Lyra!

Early tidings, Adventurers! I'm on set today so just a quick discussion question: Do you (or do you think you would) prefer using physical dice over digital? And if so, how many sets of dice do you have? I.e one set with a few extra dice, a set for each character, a specific d20 for each possible skill, etc? Personally I have two sets of dice, one of which is specific for the character in playing as. Then usually a bunch of extra d6 for damage and whatnot. Also a backup d20 in case mine rolls badly. Rollingly, CPawx