People adore this man’s story about his late grandmother’s love for Dungeons & Dragons
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Unwilling to get too close to the mimic, she casts for the first time a cantrip that would become her signature spell: Thorn Whip. From then on, she would use Thorn Whip any time she could, or when she didn’t know what to do. She loved that spell.
— Antoine H. (@AntnHz) 23 August 2019
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So anyway, she casts it, and makes her very first attack roll… natural 20. The whole table went WILD (by which I mean the players, not the mimic). It couldn’t have been more perfect.
— Antoine H. (@AntnHz) 23 August 2019
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Thus Terminatur was born. The party ended up establishing this house as their home base, and she made it a home; over the sessions, she used druidcraft to literally grow a new kitchen table where the mimic had been, and planted a vegetable garden where she invented a new fruit.
— Antoine H. (@AntnHz) 23 August 2019
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That fruit, that she named cipal, would months later serve as a bargaining chip with fairies that where tending to a fey orchard. It eventually led to Terminatur becoming a member of a multiplanar ecology group, the Circle of the Green Hand.
— Antoine H. (@AntnHz) 23 August 2019
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I invited Terminatur to be part of this group by sending him a letter IRL to my grandma’s address. She was ecstatic, and she answered in the same way by sending me a letter written entirely in-character. She covered it with old stamps representing trees and dragons. pic.twitter.com/i4iNPRecJk
— Antoine H. (@AntnHz) 23 August 2019
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The last few months were rough. She’d been fighting against pancreatic cancer, and things had took a turn for the worst. Sometimes, the pain and exhaustion from chemo were too much to bear and she couldn’t play. She still did it when she could, though, and updated her drawing. pic.twitter.com/QAZJoE26MQ
— Antoine H. (@AntnHz) 23 August 2019
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The colours of Terminatur’s outfit were inspired by the comic book character Bécassine, that she had loved since she was a kid. “Bécassine” is a national treasure and one of the most recognizable character in France, even though she’s virtually unknown outside of her homeland. pic.twitter.com/R8Teqclv5r
— Antoine H. (@AntnHz) 23 August 2019
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By the way, we decided that canonically, Terminatur looks like #DiceCameraAction‘s Simon as drawn by the amazing @genkaiko in this picture, with curlier blonde hair and a “Bécassine”-like colour palette.https://t.co/RscsG4VJeE
— Antoine H. (@AntnHz) 23 August 2019
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I almost forgot to mention: my grandmother’s also the one who came up with the party’s name. In this campaign, my players all wear real necklaces with little trinkets that they found in their adventures and that I hand out to them to reward them: medals, rings, monster teeth… pic.twitter.com/TQC3PN35OV
— Antoine H. (@AntnHz) 23 August 2019
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My grandmother’s was particularly overloaded, so one day she comes up with a potential name, “les Bijoutiers Fantaisistes”. The Fanciful Jewelers. It was SO funny and unexpected, everybody loved it at once, and they’ve been calling themselves it ever since, often shortened as BF.
— Antoine H. (@AntnHz) 23 August 2019
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Less than a month ago, the cancer took over her whole body. She was hospitalized and stayed there until her passing, on Wednesday morning. The last thing she told me was “Never change, never loose your family spirit, and keep on playing Dungeons & Dragons”.
— Antoine H. (@AntnHz) 23 August 2019
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So the BF will go on, without their druid. And in all my future campaigns, players will hear of a legendary planar-traveler gnome with a goose on his head that gives out strange fruit, cracks his whip and disappears.
Here’s to the best grandma in the world. I miss her already. pic.twitter.com/nY16ly9tOJ— Antoine H. (@AntnHz) 23 August 2019
Just beautiful. Here were just a few of the things people were saying about it.
Oh man, this story. Read through till the end. https://t.co/Ep8FuiGtEa
— Adam Boxer (@adamboxer1) August 24, 2019
I’m her age. Your tribute inspires me to try #DnD. Thank you.
— Nursinga-z (@ZNursinga) 24 August 2019
https://twitter.com/dansinker/status/1165105425190150144
In honor of your grandma, may she and her gnome watch over you and all your adventures pic.twitter.com/VsBcAZBoe0
— Ana (@Lady_Alcazar) 24 August 2019
This is such a beautiful thread. https://t.co/aAORIXma7E
— Kate Elliott is on hiatus (@KateElliottSFF) August 24, 2019
im weeping openly in a manner I did not expect today.
to a very good gnome
my thanks
— Goat Viscera Tango (@Wild_Gesturing) 24 August 2019
Don’t pretend you’re not almost tempted to have a game yourself now.
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