#byrs

Inktober Day 18: Misfit

Before he was a big, hulking barbarian, Byrs was a misfit urchin kid who hung out with exactly the right crowd to pick up a very particular set of skills. It’s how he ended up the rare dex-barb--go ahead, just try to land a hit on this guy.

Also, apparently trying to catch up when you’re behind is way stressful. I’ve decided to try to just move forward instead of letting myself get bogged down by all the days I skipped this year. I can always go back and do them later, I’ve just gotta try harder to keep more on track for now!

Inktober Day 7: Enchanted

My favorite part about d&d is that you can always fail. Byrs is a half elf barbarian. At level two, he and the party encountered a magic mirror; despite his racial advantage against being charmed, he failed two consecutive saves against being enchanted by the mirror and lost his soul to it. While the party eventually got him out, the ancient elf whose soul had been sealed inside the mirror hitched a ride out and ended up becoming his guide and mentor, leading him down the primal path of the Ancestral Guardian barbarian.

Failures in d&d aren’t always convenient, and they don’t seem like they’d always lead to the best, or most dramatic, story, but they lead you down roads you wouldn’t always pick and I think it’s an amazing way to tell a story.