You’re about to see a lot more of this lil pixie, since she’s in tomorrow’s video and I also shot a bunch of stills, but here’s a sneak peek at a character who I wrote a visual description for months ago, KNOWING FULL WELL that I’d need to cosplay it…. and still combined body paint, extreme wig styling, sclera contacts, and several prosthetics. Because I’m stupid 🤗
Anyway! More info soon!
2023-12-06 02:11:11 +0000 UTC View PostAdmittedly, I was more on top of curating bloopers during the first 5 hours of the editing process than the last... 15 or so, but these clips didn't make it into the final video and I thought they were still worth sharing! 😂
By the way, would you guys be interested in a "di-rectors cut" that's basically just a longer-form cut of the whole game? I did a "first pass" edit where I just cut out dead space, long explanations, etc., and then I pulled from that edit to create the final vide...
2023-11-29 18:51:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Okay, here's ANOTHER series idea to try! 😅 I'd love to repeat this concept for every class, just taking a little 10-minute deep dive into what makes each class interesting and special, and how you can use that to guide (but not restrict!) your character development. Plus, it would give me a fun way to bring the "GDCU" characters into videos more consistently!
But of course, as with any series concept... we gotta see if people actually like it. Fingers crossed! This comes out tomorrow...
2023-11-28 22:17:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Thrilled to report that food and drink are staying in my body properly today, so I hope to see some of you for the stream in 15 minutes on YouTube! Remember to click through so you can participate in chat — I won't be checking comments here on Patreon during the stream.
If you missed it, you can watch it back at this same link!
2023-11-27 00:45:01 +0000 UTC View PostI’m sorry guys, I know I already had to reschedule it, but I seem to have come down with some kind of stomach bug and I’m not super confident I’d be able to make it through a stream without a barf break or two. 😬 I’m crossing my fingers it’ll pass quickly and we can still do the PM stream tomorrow — I’ll keep you updated!
2023-11-25 15:34:36 +0000 UTC View Post
I kind of... can't believe this is finally done. 🫣 We filmed session zero for this game in October of 2022! Between the planning, the prep, the filming, and the editing, this represents dozens of hours of work (which I really struggled to squeeze in alongside my regular weekly workload and other projects!)
In any case, I AM SO EXCITED TO SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD!! I hope people like it! 😭 If they don't I will cry!!
2023-11-22 19:24:46 +0000 UTC View PostHey friends! Those of you who have been around for a while probably know I've been working on this "I ran a D&D game for my parents" concept since... 2022 😅 It's one of those things that just ended up being a bigger project than I anticipated, and also something I built up in my brain as a Big Task, which has made it really hard to work on!
In any case, I am pushing to get it out by the end of the year, because the timeline is starting to get truly ridiculous. I'm actually trying...
2023-11-22 00:20:21 +0000 UTC View Post
EDIT: Sorry guys, I gotta scoot the morning stream over to Saturday instead! Dates/times are edited below.
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We're already halfway through November — yikes!! 😬 Let's just cut right to the chase:
See you for the Patron-exclusive livestreams on...
We'll cover...
2023-11-15 18:38:35 +0000 UTC View PostMaybe I'll get tired of plant-themed monsters someday, but today is not that day! This PDF contains a fey canine — a feynine, if you will (*dodges tomato*) — called the rootclaw mongrel, which has its own lore related to the Unseelie Court, as well as its own lair, minions (the underwretches), and quest hooks. I also included a few suggestions for scaling the mongrel to suit your party's level.
Since this creature essentially boils down to "summoned guardian," I think it's ...
2023-11-14 16:43:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all! I’ve been quiet this week because I was in Toronto to play in the Dungeon Dudes’ actual play show. It was so much fun to get to play with these guys, who have become close friends since we met two years ago at GenCon. If any of you are Drakkenheim watchers, keep an eye out for me this winter!
Meanwhile, I’m headed back to Denver today and will have just a few weeks before we head to Philadelphia for PAX Unplugged. The end of the year is just racing towards us! 😳 Will I...
2023-11-13 16:39:14 +0000 UTC View Post
This is more of an "outreach" video, to be honest, since most of my viewers already play D&D! But since my channel contains so much content for beginners, I wanted to reach out to newbies who got interested in D&D because of Baldur's Gate 3. I think my channel would be really helpful to those people! So fingers crossed that they find it. (Also, I had way too much fun incorporating BG3 graphics and interfaces into this video 😂)
2023-11-07 20:55:57 +0000 UTC View Post
📸 Photo by Ellie Rich & Dillon Richardson; bastardized by yours truly
Hello Friends! It's that time of year again: Time to sign up for the 2023 Holi-Di Exchange!
Our exchange has a $25 USD minimum (or your local equivalent) not including shipping. If you choose to make some...
2023-11-07 01:55:46 +0000 UTC View Post
I had my first meeting about the 2024 calendar way back in April — and today, pre-orders begin!
It was important to me that this calendar "feel" different from last year's, despite sharing the same photographers (Ellie Rich and 2023-11-01 16:34:12 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the kind of buffoonery that is always going on at the beginning/end of takes 😂 These are from my recent L.I.C.H. music video!
At this point I've been filming 99% of my work while fully alone in my studio, knowing that no one but me is going to see the raw footage... and the weirdness levels are off the charts, haha.
2023-10-28 19:19:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Y'all, I cannot tell you how PUMPED I am about this new batch of miniatures we're about to release.
I've been working with Adam of Twin Goddess Miniatures for several months now on these designs, and I cannot overstate how immensely talented (and crazy fast!!) he is. I am a pretty type-A person, especially when it comes to my characters, but he just immediately understood their vibe and I had shockingly few edits on these...
2023-10-27 17:39:24 +0000 UTC View Post
PHEW! This video ended up being a heavier lift than I anticipated due to a combination of factors (costuming; the fact that I stupidly tore down my entire Lich set and then had to build it again; the video turning out longer than I thought; etc.) so I apologize for the only-barely-early access — but I hope you enjoy it!
I truly would love to turn this into an ongoing series, so I'm going to be watching this video's performance with a lot of anxiety this afternoon. If you like...
2023-10-25 15:59:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey f(r)iends, the second October member-exclusive livestream starts in about fifteen minutes! Make sure to click through to YouTube to participate in chat, since I won't be checking comments here on Patreon during the stream.
We'll talk through my recent and upcoming projects, and then you can hit me with your questions about whatever you like!
If you miss this stream, you can watch the VOD...
2023-10-22 15:45:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Wow, October has just been zooming by!
I realized today in a panic that I hadn't set a livestream day for this month yet, and definitely didn't want to do it on Halloweekend, since I figured a lot of folks will have plans. So instead, we gotta do it tomorrow!
Sunday, October 22
As usual, the link will be posted about 15 minutes before the stream starts. I'll ...
2023-10-22 03:07:34 +0000 UTC View Post
OKAY... HERE IT IS! This one is very silly. It comes out tomorrow. Happy Halloween!
You can get the mp3 here.
2023-10-17 22:23:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Time to finally reveal my Halloween song! 👀 It's a lich-themed parody of "W.I.T.C.H." by Devon Cole, which is a song I have been VERY into lately. There are some VERY silly voice effects in this one, which will make a little more sense once paired with the music video (but will continue to be quite silly regardless of context.)
This is coming out on Wednesday (!!!) and probably won't be processed by streaming services by then, but it will eventually be available on Spotify and ...
2023-10-16 16:01:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Okay, these are pretty one-note since the lighting is so intense, but here are the stills I shot during my music video filming! (I'll be in this costume again for another video this week, so I'll try and shoot a few stills with a more neutral color story then.)
I'm thinking #1 or #10 for the album cover. What do you think?
2023-10-15 23:14:56 +0000 UTC View Post
This is legitimately the coolest makeup look I’ve EVER done and I’m absolutely furious that I have structured my life such that I have to do it all over again next week 🫠
This is my look for my Halloween music video, coming next week! It features MY FIRST SILICONE PROSTHETICS, which were way easier to apply than I could’ve anticipated (but SO much worse to remove 😅)
2023-10-14 15:16:01 +0000 UTC View PostWe’re starting filming for my Halloween music video today, which means it was time to build a lich’s lair in the garage! Here’s a little timelapse of some of the set decoration.
Okay, I've been wanting to do a video about cursed items for a long time now because they get a lot of hate, and honestly, a fair amount of it is deserved!! But I still love them, so I came up with three rules to make cursed items work.
Plus... it seemed like a good time to do it, since I just gave y'all a bunch of cursed items!
2023-10-11 05:51:27 +0000 UTC View PostYou didn't think I'd give you Knick as a fully fleshed-out NPC without giving you her shop too, did you?!
This PDF features 8 cursed items to be stocked in Knick's shop. It also includes instructions on how to determine what Knick would pay to purchase cursed items from your players, and prices and details for Knick's cursing services: Application, transfer, and removal.
By the way... 2023-10-09 04:47:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Listen, I'm not saying that I SHOULDN'T have spent 5 hours on this video edit, because I really do see that time paying off in the sound effects and color edits/graphics and stuff! But I AM saying that if I'd been a little bit lazier, I could've had time to play Baldur's Gate tonight, and that is the true tragedy.
Anyway here's tomorrow's video 😩 It uses the grasping mother!
2023-10-04 03:54:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Join us in 15 minutes for the the second of our two September Patron-exclusive livestreams! Make sure to click through to YouTube to participate in chat, because I won't be reading comments here on Patreon during the stream.
We'll talk about upcoming projects and then we'll do a Q&A!
If you missed it, you can watch it back at this same link or watch back 2023-09-29 15:45:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Patrons get to see it first (well, second, after I jump-scared Josh while he was cleaning the kitchen 😂)
I put this dwarf lady together for this Friday’s Instagram sponsorship, but she is majestic and she WILL be back 😤
What would you name her?
2023-09-27 22:58:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Heyo! We're getting an early start on October with today's DMsGuild-sponsored review. We're exploring "The Wedding at Ravenloft," a Curse of Strahd supplement designed as a conclusion to the campaign.
I haven't run Curse of Strahd (yet...) but this supplement has rave reviews, and after reading it cover-to-cover... I understand why! Especially for DMs lik...
2023-09-27 01:14:07 +0000 UTC View Post
I've got a wide variety of wallpapers for you for Q3. We've got images from D&D in a Castle, of Alfira from Baldur's Gate 3, of Knick the changeling merchant, of my cottagecore monster hunter look, and of my Barbie 'fit!
2023-09-25 16:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post