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"The thing that got me into K6BD was someone posting a screenshot of Mother Om saying “Perish” and blowing off Gog-agog’s head. I saw that and thought, ‘Oh, that rules!’ Fun Rath trivia, the last D&D character I ever played, and ever will play, probably, was in a West Marshes campaign. They were a Kenku warlock named Pwk [pronounced “Pook”]. And Pwk’s gimmick was that they were obsessed with spellcraft and sold their original name to a fairy queen to be able to cast spells because they have no natural talent for it and never got the education you need to be a wizard. But they’d been obsessed with magic for so long that they’d trained themselves to be able to say spell names. So, instead of just being able to imitate noises, I could also say the names of spells. And I used that as how I talked. I had a notes document on my phone of every spell in D&D, with all the ones that were good at conveying ideas bolded. And only a few people managed to figure this out, but Pwk’s name was spelled ‘P-W-K’, and it stood for Power Word: Kill. Because, ultimately, that’s what Pwk saw magic as: as the power to say a word and have anything you want happen.”

Rathayibacter Toxicus

You want to read more cool stories, musings on game design and Pokemon fuckability? Then you should check out Bxllet Clip, the new ttrpg periodical! In our first issue, I interviewed Rath to get this gem and a host of others. You can also grab a fantastic new hack by Adira Slattery, a couple of adventures, some new classes, and more!