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Author, freelance RPG designer, and all-around content creator.

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100 Bits of Miscellaneous Tat To Find (TTRPG Supplement)
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File 002 - 50 Two Sentence Horror Stories - The A.L.I.C.E. Files Episode 3
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Discussions of Darkness Episode 3: Remembering the Mortal World
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File 001 - Dead Man's Bluff Weird Western - The A.L.I.C.E. Files Episode 2
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Work Station 17 - The A.L.I.C.E. Files Episode 1 - YouTube
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The A.L.I.C.E. Files Trailer
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The Cursed
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Stories of Sundara: On Little Cat Feet
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Find a Reason For Your Character to Get Involved
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Discussions of Darkness Episode 2: The Pageantry of the World of Darkness
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The Mounted Mage
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The Legacy Vigilante, A Pathfinder Character Concept
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Speaking of Sundara: Gnomes
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What Education Did Your RPG Character Receive?
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Discussions of Darkness Episode 1: What is Discussions of Darkness?
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The Final Lamentation
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Speaking of Sundara: Towns of Sundara
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The Barbarian Rogue
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"There Are Rules"
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Consider Giving Your Loose Cannon Character a Minder
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Bard V. Skald: What's Better For Your Pathfinder Party?
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The Pugilist Swashbuckler
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"No Adventurers Allowed"
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5 Tips For Playing a Better Pacifist
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Speaking of Sundara: Silkgift!
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The Power of Prepared Casting
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Stories of Sundara: "Two Paths Converged in a Wood"
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Pixabay is an Ideal Resource For Bloggers, YouTubers, and Content Creators
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Speaking of Sundara: The Blooded
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Blackest Knights
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The Butcher's Door
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The Ancestral Harbinger
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Voices in the Void
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If 90,000 People Read This Article, I Can Pay My Bills This Month
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Speaking of Sundara: Hoardreach!
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Blending Inspiration and Homage in TTRPGs
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Speaking of Sundara: Orcs!
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The Unrelenting Cruelty of a Dark and Dying World: Looking at Mork Borg
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Stories of Sundara: Long Roads and Short Tempers
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"Army Men: A Game of Tactical Plastic" is Now on BackerKit!
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Speaking of Sundara: Ask Me Anything
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50 Two-Sentence Horror Stories, Cthulhu Mythos Edition
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The Frustrations of Faragor The Undying
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The Black Blade Bastard
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"Suffer The Children" A Modern Fantasy Audio Drama
Ask Me Anything about Army Men with Neal Litherland
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5 Cringey Clerics You Meet in Your Gaming Career
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Speaking of Sundara: Ironfire!
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5 Classes To Pair With The Shadowbound Corruption
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"In Plain Sight" from 100 Businesses to Find in Arkham
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Broken Chains: A World Eaters Tale
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Speaking of Sundara: How It All Got Started
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The Hype Man Bard
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Stories of Sundara: The Price of Steel
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5 Tips For Playing Better Kineticists
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Cults of Sundara (5E) - Azukail Games | Flavour | Fifth Edition Compatible | Cities of Sundara | DriveThruRPG.com
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How To Build a Night Lords Space Marine
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Speaking of Sundara: Technology, "Period" and Inspiration
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The Savage Monk
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Stories of Sundara: Testing Your Wings
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An Exploration of "Reverse Stereotype" Characters in RPGs
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Speaking of Sundara: Elves!
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5 Classes To Pair With The Promethean Corruption
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"BROKEN CHAINS" - A WARHAMMER 40K STORY - FEATURING @WarriorTier
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Neal Litherland Reads "Evil, Inc." from Evil Incorporated: 10 Pentex Subsidiaries
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The Unsettling Sorcerer
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Speaking of Sundara: Archbliss
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50 Two-Sentence Horror Stories, SCP Edition
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Neal Litherland Reads "Why Are You Here" from 100 Character Goals and Motivations
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5 Tips For Playing Better Ninjas
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Speaking of Sundara: Dragons!
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Let People Dislike Things
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Neal Litherland Reads "The Back Door to Hell" from 100 Gateways Into (And Out Of) the Hedge
How To Build an Iron Hands Space Marine
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Speaking of Sundara: My Top 3 Picks From "Sellswords of Sundara"
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How This OGL Fiasco Will Affect Me, And My Work Going Forward
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The Scientist Wizard
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"Suffer The Children" Read by Neal Litherland - video Dailymotion
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5 Infuriating Fighters You Meet in Your Gaming Career
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50 Two-Sentence Stories, SCP Edition - video Dailymotion
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The Utility of Overrun in Pathfinder
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How To Make a Transformation Voice in Audacity (Jekyll Into Hyde) - video Dailymotion
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The Enforcer Wizard
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5 Tips For Playing Better Samurai
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Broken Heroes
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The Power of Martial Characters
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"50 Two-Sentence Horror Stories, Warhammer 40K Edition" Read by Neal F. Litherland - video Dailymotion
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The Paladin Spymaster
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What Secrets Does Your Character Hide?
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"Missed Connections" A Vampire: The Masquerade Story - video Dailymotion
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"Dead Man's Bluff" A Weird Western Audio Drama
"Meeting The Hob in The Hole" a Changeling: The Lost Audio Drama
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Make Sure You're All Trying To Have The Same Kind of Fun at Your Table
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Beyond The Black: The Emperor's Hand (A Gav and Bob 40K Tale)
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Taking a Closer Look at Illusion Spells (in Pathfinder)
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Where Should I Take "Table Talk" From Here?
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5 Tips For Running "Changeling: the Lost" Games
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Spekaing of Sundara: Dwarves! (How They're The Same, and How They're Different, in This Setting)
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The Planar Expert
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5 Tips For Playing Neutral Characters
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5 Tips For Running Better World of Darkness Games
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Tips For Playing Unarmed Fighters in Pathfinder (Who Aren't Monks or Brawlers)
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More Meta Supplements Are Coming Your Way!
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The Tale of The Bonsai, And The Fall of The Five Storms
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Making Improvements Over Time (Progress on My Audio, RPG-Inspired Stories)
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The Fey-Touched: An RPG Character Concept
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General Use RPG Products Hedge Your Bets (And Overall Sell Better)
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Let's Talk About Nonlethal Damage in Pathfinder
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50 Origins For a Sorcerer's Bloodline (That Don't Involve Your Parents!)
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Backstories: How Much is Too Much?
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I'm Not Judging You (I Just Want To RP)
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The Ascetic Wizard (Character Concept
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"The Applicant" A Tale From Archbliss, The City of The Sorcerers
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5 Tips For Playing a Better Magus
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Breaking Down The New Tricks in "Sellswords of Sundara"
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Sellswords of Sundara (Pathfinder Edition)
50 Two-Sentence Horror Stories, Warhammer 40K Edition
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What Do You Want To See Next in "Sundara: Dawn of a New Age"?
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If You Need Help as a Creator, Ask For It (You Might Be Surprised)
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Surprised Paizo is Releasing 5E Content? You Really Shouldn't Be
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The Adopted Adventurer (An RPG Character Concept)
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World of Darkness STs, Don't Overuse Your Big, Nasty Threats!
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Who Does Your RPG Character Care About?
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"A Fruit in The Hand is Worth Two in The Hedge" a Changeling: the Lost Audio Drama
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Players, Don't Overcomplicate Solutions To In-Game Problems
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That One Time a Storyteller Played Chicken With The Venue
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Speaking of Sundara: My Latest Video Series With Azukail Games
Neal Litherland Discusses The Prim in Sundara
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150 Sights to See (And Rumors To Hear) in Absalom
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Character Concept: The Death Wish
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5 Films You Should Watch To Really "Get" Changeling: The Lost
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"Casters Versus Martials" is Really Just "Toolboxes Versus Hammers"
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Azukail Games, Audio Dramas, and My Latest Projects
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Silver Raven Chronicles Part Four: Circles in Salt
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Keeping The Gods Mysterious Maintains Their Mystique in Your Game
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The Fylgja Warlock (Character Concept for DND 5E)
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Buyer Beware: 10 Goblin Markets (Changeling Supplement)
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To Write Better Stories, Set Your Ego Aside
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No-Win Scenarios Ruin Games (ESPECIALLY Horror Games)
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What is Your RPG Character's Theme Song?
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Nymphs, Gnomes, and Species of Sundara
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How To Build The Mandalorian in The Pathfinder RPG
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3 Simple Ways To Avoid Info Dumping
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Why Game Masters Should Understand Dread, Terror, and Horror
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How To Ruin a Promising LARP in 3 Easy Steps
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Species of Sundara: Gnomes (Pathfinder Edition)
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Short Stories, Werewolves, and Rolling The Dice on a Book
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A Decade Worth of Advice in "100 Tips And Tricks For Being a Better Game Master"
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The Untouchable (RPG Character Concept)
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5 Tips For Playing Better Druids
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3 Tips For Writing RPG Tie-In Fiction
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Smart Game Design Leaves Room For Player Creativity
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"Tales From The Moot" A Werewolf: The Apocalypse Anthology
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5 Tips For Playing Better Half-Elves and Half-Orcs
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100 Tips And Tricks For Being a Better Game Master
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Does PornHub Really Care? (How A Hardcore Porn Site is Helping Society)
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"Ugh, Why Are You Writing That!?" Because It's What People Are Reading, Champ
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It's 2022 And You Can Finally Find Me on YouTube and TikTok
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Illusion Spells Are Far More Tactical Than We Give Them Credit For
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Rage Against Capitalism: Pentex as a Werewolf Antagonist
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How To Build a Grammaton Cleric in The Pathfinder RPG
Everything Old is New Again (Take Your Story Back To Basics)
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Combining Half-Orcs and Half-Elves Into One Category... The Blooded!
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Game Masters Shouldn't Leave Players Twisting in The Breeze (A Story of Red Flags in Gaming)
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[DND 5E] Species of Sundara: The Blooded (Half-Elves and Half-Orcs)
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How To Build The Dread Pirate Roberts in The Pathfinder RPG
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Leaving "Reliable" Work To Write Games and Fiction Full Time
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Games Workshop Should Have Gotten on The Community Use Bandwagon By Now
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[Pathfinder] Species of Sundara: The Blooded (Half-Elves and Half-Orcs)
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Character Reputations in RPGs: The Small Legend
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Is Your Story Too Busy? (Plots, Subplots, and When Enough is Too Much)
3 Ways To Spice Up Combat in RPGs
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What Lines Will Your Character Cross in Pursuit of Their Goals?
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5 Tips For Playing Better Rogues
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French Vanilla (When Someone is Kinky, But Doesn't KNOW They're Kinky)
If You Don't Have a Linktree as an Author, You Should Get One
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You're Not Missing My Updates (They're Over on Vocal)
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What's The Difference Between a Fetish and a Kink?
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Tips For Writing RPG Character Conversions
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It's Okay To Admit There Are Problems In Your Hobby
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The Varangian Guard (The Vikings Who Bodyguarded Eastern Rome's Emperors)
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Authors, Don't Take Yourself So Seriously
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Halflings of Sundara: Making Hobbits That I Actually Want To Play
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Who Cares If Your Character is Cringey, Silly, or Basic? Play It Anyway!
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Silver Raven Chronicles Part Three: The Raven's Nest
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Species of Sundara: Halflings (DND 5E Version)
Literary Mercenary's November 28 Newsletter
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The Medusa Model 47: The Ultimate Gun For The Zombie Apocalypse
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I Just Want To Write...
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Is This What It Feels Like To Be A Grognard? (Deja Vu and DND 5E)
Partners and Polycules: Designations Based Off Dungeons and Dragons Dice
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The Possessed (RPG Character Concept)
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Species of Sundara: Halflings (Pathfinder Edition)