Hot take: D&D 5e gets Charisma dead wrong. 5e only acknowledges a tiny slice of the greater whole: Charisma isn’t about being likable, it’s about being compelling. It’s about being a metaphysical Mack truck on a highway full of smart cars.
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Flash Fiction: Robin’s Songs
Chuck Wendig has a blog called terribleminds, and on the 9th he posted a Flash Fiction challenge. The prompt: write a 1000 word story about a character created by this random D&D character generator. My prompt turned out to be a “suspicious half-elf bard from a sheltered upbringing who is lactose intolerant.” I really had no idea how to work in lactose intolerance, but I think I’ve succeeded. Check it out below the break!
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Robin looked up from her book, absentmindedly pushing a strand of hair behind her gently pointed ear. The little cluster of red feathers that she kept tied at the end of her hair rustled against her shoulder. She gave the innkeeper a second-degree smile, the one the Enlightened Brethren had taught her to use for disarming the suspicions of others.
Fistful of Wits 