A Very Wholesome Dungeons & Dragons Story

The beauty of D&D is its capacity for story. Sometimes, those stories turn out to be incredibly wholesome.

Emily Smith is a freelance comic artist from Perth who, as it so happens, also runs a rural D&D club. It’s a club for younger kids, usually between 12 to 18, and they meet about three times a week.

Sometimes the kids interactions are what you’d expect from kids in D&D. (Extra points for the Avatar reference.)

So most of the time, Smith’s stories are just about dumb kid stuff. But the imagination of a child is a powerful thing, powerful enough to take down a Nothic.

For the record, this is what a Nothic looks like:

Apart from having two claw attacks, the Nothic can also target any creature within 30ft (that it can see) and do 3d6 necrotic damage, unless they make a constitution saving throw. And just for shits and giggles, it can also target any visible target within 30ft and force a deception check against its insight check, allowing the Nothic to learn “one fact or secret”.

It’s a bastard of a creature, basically.

Low on health, being battered mentally and roleplayed by Smith like Pennywise from IT, the party was on its last legs. Not willing to rest up prior – because hey, they’re kids – Emily mentally prepared for the arduous tale of a party wipe.

But never underestimate the power of a child’s imagination.

For all the crappy D&D experiences out there – people spending the whole time on their phones, people not bothering to roleplay or just living out their personal power fantasies at the expense of the group – it always has the capacity for some amazing encounters.

Well played, kids.


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