I know a few of us are published authors here, including Jonah and Tristan. As a published author, I have distributed my book on self-publishing platforms in the form of an audiobook, an ebook, and a physical copy. I have found my book being pirated on eBay. Please make sure to do a search of your copyrighted works on the internet often. I'm now having to deal with a bunch of legal issues. And it's going to be a MESS to get cleaned up. Sorry, I know this doesn't have to do with TTRPG directly; however, I just wanted to warn my fellow published authors in our group that even if your book isn't really popular or well-known, it can still be pirated, and as self-published authors, we have to do our own legal footwork.

I'd love to follow some of your guys games if you guys post them anywhere. I love learning by watching, and I think the main people I follow are more reactive roleplay games. So it'd be cool to see some of your guys proactive games in action for ahem. Research purposes.

I started DMing my first campaign yesterday. I wanted to share this shot of my set up because I think it's epic and augers good things about how this will go.

The Circle Of Lost Truths Light Keeper: Elizabeth Montgomery - Deceased by the end of campaign. Circle Members: Enola Ross: Scholar and NPC. She was primarily responsible for research. What she knew depended on the dice, and in a combat/high-risk situation, her having a turn was usually because I was rewarding the team members who rolled two or more sixes in a roll. It was super fun to play that way, I'm not gonna lie. Walter Dooley - AKA Walter Leideaux - Group Criminal, used an alias to hide the fact that he's the owner of Ledeu Cabeling, one of the first companies to help manufacture electrical cables. His father had managed to garnish a deal with Halen government forces during the Last Great War. Incredibly weather, but incredibly jaded about his childhood best friend and chosen brother going missing. Walter, instead of becoming a serious businessman like his father, chose to delegate the matters to capable employees who would help care for and run his company while he investigated his brother's disappearance. His investigation led him to Candela, where he was received with expectancy instead of surprise. He was skeptical at first, but curious. Until he found out that his brother was, in fact, a member of Candela Obscura. His circle had gone missing for some time during an assignment. While most of his 7-member circle had been found dead in Old Faire at the site of the assignment, his brother and two others were instead missing. He went into his first Candela assignment with some hope that he might be alive and that Candela would lead him to wherever his brother was. Character Fun Facts: The player of this character, *also my husband btw*, decided he wanted it to be a mystery to HIMSELF. "I already told you my brother is missing, and my search led me to Candela's doors. I want you to write the rest for me because I want to feel surprised by the end of the story." To which my SISTER said, "That sounds so fun! I've never played that way before. Me too! Me too!"

The session 0 that didn’t happen Session 0 was supposed to happen last night. I put the group together through a local D&D Facebook group. None of us knew each other going in, but we’ve been chatting on Discord for about a month. I shared a few player primers about the campaign, and everyone seemed genuinely excited to get started. Then the weather got involved. The big winter storm threw a wrench into things. Even though the worst of it wasn’t expected until Saturday, one player was feeling anxious about the possibility of getting stuck in bad conditions. They let the group know they couldn’t make it and didn’t want to hold everyone else up, even offering to bow out. Since this was Session 0, I felt it was too important for anyone to miss. I decided to push the start back two weeks. We meet every other week, and I’d rather have everyone present and comfortable than rush it. The good news is everyone was understanding, and a couple of others admitted they were also feeling anxious about the weather. Honestly, that response made me feel even better about the group. I’ve got a strong feeling this is going to be a really good table. I think the moral of the story for GM’s would be: take care of your players before the schedule. I think when players feel safe, heard, and included, the group becomes stronger and more connected.