OboeLauren

@lauren-urban.com

Professional bard/cleric doing oboe/TTRPG stuff. Thoughts are all mine, especially about snacks. WizKids Community & Social Media Manager. Orkira's handler. Contact info & current projects at https://lauren-urban.com & linktr.ee/LaurenUrban she/her

The next bard I play in a TTRPG will perform all the little melodies from every household appliance. The song washing machines sing when done, the jingle when the coffee maker has brewed, the tune the rice cooker plays when finished...and my bardic inspiration is letting you know a chore is done.

Celeste is brilliant and lovely, and is an absolute delight to work with! I've had the pleasure of knowing her since our early podcast days, and I cannot wait to see all the cool things she gets to do with all the D&D toys! Congrats!

Celeste Conowitch@cconowitch.bsky.social · 4d ago

Hey cool kids, I'm excited to share that I've joined the Wizards of the Coast D&D Team as their new Senior Game Developer! It has been a strange and wondrous journey here---but I'm raring to face all the new thrills & challenges that lie ahead ✨⚔️✨ #WotCStaff

Folks know I grew up in Buffalo & that my Dad & sister are Bills season ticket holders, so y'all have been sending me videos of the press of them playing the Canadian national anthem. Which is funny because that's normal in Buffalo. The Sabers have been doing that since the 1970s! But I love it!

Trying to navigate my feed this morning and the sheer amount of you that don't use alt text is killing me. Especially on images with text. If you need help with that, I wrote up a little guide to make alt text easier to add rueadventuring.com/posts/creati...

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My TTRPG prep for this week: D&D: One of your players wants a bird? Here's several different bird stat blocks to choose from. MÖRK BORG: One of your players wants a bird? Sure, hopefully the player gets attached to them before they die miserably. 13 Omens: The bird is a ghost.

I promised I'd do something for myself yesterday. So I spent time outside with the birbs. If I have a handful of almonds & the Stellar Jays notice they'll hang in the tree nearby ready to swoop down for a treat as soon as I toss some to the ground. If I don't throw fast enough they glare at me.

A blue and black Stellars Jay sitting in the tree.A blue and black Stellars Jay looking directly at me while sitting in the tree.

I've felt like a failure all weekend, and it's been an extra hard struggle today as my brain weasels tried to convince me that everyone is avoiding me & are tired of dealing with me. So I was almost giddy when everyone in my playtest group gave me their availability so I could schedule this game!

I'm playtesting my Fellowship Warden Ranger subclass that's all about building party cohesion & setting aside personal goals for the benefit of the group. And now I can be a myconid & lean into that even harder?? I pluck my bow to play a note then knock an arrow & sing the song of my new Circle...

Dungeons & Dragons@dndbeyond.com · 2w ago

Return to the Underdark with these subclass and species options from the latest Unearthed Arcana playtest: 🦅Freedom Domain (Cleric) 🌿Circle of Spores (Druid) ☢Faerzress Sorcery (Sorcerer) 🔅Deep Imaskari 🕷Drider 🦑Illithidkin 🐟Kuo-toa 🍄Myconid Link to blog post below. 🧵1/10

Myconids tend to the fungi in their hidden gardens, whether mysterious mushrooms or their own community members.

Our Internet has been out all day which has made work a laggy nightmare, ruined D&D and streaming plans for tonight, and made it impossible for me to post my final #PAXWest photo dump. And there is STILL no ETA on a fix. I. Am. Frustrated.