D&D for Beginners, 2nd period

[intheeyeofthebeholding]

"Right. Well, now that we've chosen classes and species, we're going to go back a page and choose backgrounds," Jon announced.

"Your background can determine how much money you start the game with," he said, because apparently capitalism was still a thing, "but also which skills you might start with or be better at. Also if you're not sure what sort of story your character has, this can help you with ideas. You could be a noble, a soldier, or a criminal, for example."

Please don't everybody choose spy.

"This can also help us all figure out how your characters will meet, so it's helpful to discuss it."

There was always a tavern, if nothing else.

Try Not to Die, Tuesday, August 11

[sith_happened]

Today's chosen item of neon clothing were puffer vests, because were you were heading was very picturesque but also fairly chilly.

Anakin, of course, was not wearing one. Silly-looking clothing was for the rest of you! "Welcome back," he said.

Ahsoka, for her part had some very fetching pom-poms on the tips of her parka's hood. "Today we'll be visiting New Zealand," she said. "Which is apparently no relation to old Zealand."

"Is there an old Zealand?" Anakin asked, looking interested.

"There's a Zealand in Denmark apparently," Ahsoka said with a shrug.

"Huh," said Anakin intelligently. "Maybe we can go there next week."

"Maybe."

Spoiler, they would not.

"So this is New Zealand, virtually the same as Greece," Anakin said, nodding.

Ahsoka paused for a long, long moment. "It's nothing like Greece. At all."

Next you'd be telling him every planet didn't look like a very specific park in Vancouver! Give him his dreams, Ahsoka. "...oh."

Look, it wasn't their fault that Earth was aggressively multi-biome compared to much of their galaxy.

"Maybe something will eat you today," Anakin said, sounding a little too hopeful about that.

There were quite a lot of sheep, after all.