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Here’s the last commission from yesterday’s stream! I wasn’t able to finish it during the stream, unfortunately.

I have, and thanks for asking! In fact, I’ve become somewhat obsessed with it.

I’ve probably written three or four different drafts of the archetype, none of which I’m satisfied with. First I tried Robin Hood as a ranger…then a rogue…then a bard…then a fighter. Now I’m back to rogue. I think I probably had to go through all those drafts to figure out exactly what I wanted from this class option.

One problem I’ve run into is it keeps stepping on the toes of existing class options. This made me question whether such an archetype is even necessary. For example, Robin Hood should be good at disguises, but the Assassin is the rogue’s disguise expert. Robin Hood should also know some cool trick shots (disarming, etc.) but that’s already the Battle Master’s thing. See what I mean?

Last night, I revisited the classes and looked at them from a different perspective. I looked at each class and asked, “Which class already has the most abilities Robin Hood has?” In other words, if I were to make a Venn diagram with Robin Hood and the D&D classes, which class would have the most overlap? For my purposes, that class is the rogue. But who knows? By this evening I may have moved onto another class entirely. I feel good about the rogue, though.

Tonight i had a conversation with people on the topic of dwarves being drab in a fantasy setting. Thats not the case anymore

I'm slightly confused by this statement, but thank you! I think dwarves and elves serve as a trap for some people. The generic dwarf personality is too stubborn and gruff to be interesting without some driving force behind it. I think elves are even worse for how mary sue they can be, and the better someone is at everything they care about, the less motivation they have to actually do anything. 

Ja, it begins. Get farther than the second gym and we can battle. I left my damn 3DS at work in my backpack today so Im going to be behind ppl

a... are you a sadist?

It isn't even that bad