I rehearse my voice work, as was the entire point of this podcast, and then I conclude the backstory of my paladin of friendship I began in episode 32. There will be more episodes as I have started writing chapters of our game sessions. Do you want more of these? Tell me and it just might happen.

Copyright free track Maestro Tlakaelel by Jesse Gallagher -aquired on Youtube Studio Sound Library

This is a quick episode where I talk about my first laser hair removal treatment, followed by how the note taking of my roleplaying with the purpose of recording the story for prosperity has effected my immersion. Next week it’s back to story time!

So now this podcast is pretty much an audio book. I read two parts of my three part backstory for the character i play in the Tyranny of Dragons for Dungeons & Dragons 5E. I know I promised all three, but I got a little overwhelmed aloing the way. I will add the last part in a future episode, as well as the first couple of sessions. I created a really deep backstory and I hope it can bring you some enjoyment. The album art for this episode is not of my character but her childhood friend, Juniper. My character is Aurelia – Guardian of friendship. I was inspired by a wonderful homebrewed subclass for paladins by Skald of Shenanigans called the Oath of Friendship available for free on her site.

Juniper, as an adult. Screenshot taken in the character creator for Baldur’s Gate 3

Copyright free track Maestro Tlakaelel by Jesse Gallagher -aquired on Youtube Studio Sound Library

In this episode I try an experiment. I have been playing around with ChatGPT and roleplaying matierial, namely filling out parts of my backstory that my character should not have had complete control over. This has worked well for me but just for fun, I decided to see what happens if I let ChatGPT create the entire character fopr me and play it live as it emerges in front of me.

Will it come to life? Will it be good? Will I cry? The first two are debatable. The last one is a yes. I cried. Because of course I did.

My advice is, ChatGPT is a fun tool or a toy, but only use it to brainstorm roleplay material, do not let it replace your creativity.

Some more voicework, the squeaky-exercise and some goods news about me overpowering my voice dysphoria somewhat. I also announce that I am going back into LARPing (Live Action RolePlay) and talk about my process in making an interesting vampire character to play in a LARP. As my character is still being designed, any feedback from you might influence how I end up playing her, nudge nudge wink wink.

Listen to me ramble and gush about my experience at this year’s gothcon, an annual convention for people who enjoy roleplaying games, tactical card games, and board games etc. etc.

I speak of the games I played, speaking with TTRPG creators and some hints of my own projects, as well as some insights in what it is like to be come out as trans around people you meet annually in a convention setting.

Enjoy!

Bad things happen and that sucks. But sometimes you find a lot of good things within the bad things. After my transition related story I lift the question of nurturing conflicts between player characters roleplaying parties – why is it awesome and how does it work in the long run?

Warning: there are some spoilers for the wonderful Netflix show Arcane which you totally need to watch right now if you haven’t.

I also reference Skald of Shenanigans and their DnD creations. Find their Ko.fi here or visit @Skaldofshenan on twitter.

A quick little episode about the importance of communicating things that would be pretty darn good to know! Both in life and in roleplaying! Listen to this if you are a roleplayer and/or have wavy hair. Especially if you are a trans woman with wavy hair! #gamechanger

I answer a list of trans realted questions from the meme I refer to in the About Me section of my blog. I hope that helps some cis people get a basic understanding and that it’s entertaining.

I explain my plans of having my roleplaying characters interviewed in the future, a wonderful experiment meant to spread the joy of immersive roleplaying techniques and perhaps provide some interesting stories. I provide a list and a brief descriuption of 15 characters you can suggest as a subject for an interview.

Enjoy!

In this episode I give you a list of some of my many coming out stories, as requested by a listener. I also talk about my Forbidden Lands character Tireana, and how her experience helped teach the entire group about dysphoria before I even out to them! Enjoy!

Art by Coffeejelly.