And I came up with a wonderful idea for where to take my blog, Dungeons With Dragons. 

I want to make this life of ours a fun place to be around, just like how it is in Dungeons & Dragons. There’s a lot in the subject of life where we could apply the lessons that D&D can teach you. Don’t believe me? 

I’ll prove it to you. But first you have to join my party.  Want some stew with that ale?

Welcome to Session 0

Starting with this website, and with a little trust from you, I’ll start talking about my thoughts on life’s lessons that could help you live it just a bit easier. Just from a Dungeons With Dragons Blog point of view.

If you’re not interested in that, I still plan to talk about D&D in the same format I have been. How to play the game, class and character help, thoughts and information on monsters. You know, technical D&D 5e stuff that players of the game should know about. –But don’t be surprised if you find a side post about how gods darned tasty my mom’s stew was. I’m not gonna go into the details, but inspiration hit me like a Dungeon Master granting it when I tasted it. The stew was that good. 

The inspiration was that I thought of the reason for this article: “So I Was Eating My Mom’s Stew”. 

Here’s my point: I just want to make this blog fun, damnit. That means gamifying it a little bit. Having fun with the formatting and inviting others to participate in the making of the website. To help turn it into an interactive place of wonder. 

For example, I want to reveal that I’ve been looking into implementing a custom dice system into the website. My first implementation will be to code in a dragon rolling a d20 to the bottom of the page. Here’s a preliminary gif that will be at the top of the home page:

And the bottom of the page will be a randomized d20, it would look sort of like this: 

What do you think about it? I need to figure out the coding. Get into Javascript. I’m thinking of using Chat GPT to teach me coding and figure it all out. Feel free to give me feedback.

So, Please Roll Your Character!

Were I to be any DND character, I’d probably be a Bard in my current scenario. A human Bard. I’ve told you about my character, what about yours?

If this is Dungeons With Dragons, will you help me explore this dungeon? I’ll write you notes every once in a while as we carefully meet the dragons ahead. You seem more like the quiet type, anyway. Am I wrong? 

If you find something interesting, feel free to click on it. It might be important. A note. A picture. A peak at my inventory. As if I’d let you do that willingly. –You may have to roll the dice to do Sleight of Hand. Maybe it’s to perceive something else, like a monster or an ally. Whatever it is, I just want it to be fun to interact with. You’ll know to click it when you see it. 

Thanks for reading Dungeons With Dragons. Stay tuned for these changes. Check back often. You may notice a dragon you’ve never seen before.