Hello Adventurers! I'm branching out! The short-form content will live here in the classroom eventually, but it will also populate my new Patreon called The CPawx Centre for People who Can’t D&D Good and Wanna Learn to do Other TTRPG Stuff Good Too. Until I can find time to actually film the videos, I will post the text version here so y'all can hopefully learn a thing or two! First up: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO START PLAYING D&D 5.5e! First, to start playing d&d, you need players. And also, someone to run the campaign - a dungeon master. The DM creates the adventure, and the players bring it to life. You’ll need access to game resources - specifically The Player’s Handbook. You can get the physical copy if you’re oldschool, or use DNDBEYOND.com. Next, get some dice! More on them later, but to start, you need at least one set of 7 specific dice: a 20-sided die, a 12-sided die, two 10-sided dice, an eight-sided die, a six-sided die, and a four-sided die. And of course, you’ll need a character sheet. Physical or online, you’ll use this to track everything about your character, from your skills to your weapons to your health. An optional but fun accessory to acquire is a mini - if you’re playing in person and the DM will have physical maps, a mini is a fun way to represent your character - and also helps you visualize where you are in the world. And that’s EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO START PLAYING D&D. With Wisdom, 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!

Tell us about your DnD Travels - I personally have never ventured into the realm of the DnD, this group is the closest I have got. I have seen others play via youtube or livestreams, but never participated myself. I would love to hear about your adventures, tips, tricks, stories, characters, etc. @Cam Parkes @Mary Nunaley @Devonda Duetsch @Lou Parkes @Chris Heijdens @Thomas Sharpe @A.j. Paluzzi @Scott Roberts @Geo Spartan @Carlos Quinn @Sarah Stone @Party Pigeon @Jean Deejocks @Michael Laine

@Devonda Duetsch @Mary Nunaley Just reached Level 2!

Adventurers! It's Friday, and today I'm shouting out: @Adam Formanek ! Adam is a new friend of mine, met just recently through Skool! He was the second person to join and the vibes are immaculate. Adam has his own Skool community called the Game Vault - check it out! Thanks Adam, glad to be klassmates with you! CPawx