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DorianDawes

My Relationship With Escapism

A memoir in disconnection

3 min readOct 7, 2019

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My Relationship With Escapism

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DorianDawes

Making Memorable NPCs

Thoughts on how to create interesting NPCs to populate your worlds and intrigue your players

5 min readAug 20, 2019

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Making Memorable NPCs

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DorianDawes

Creating a Better Player-Character

How to transform stats on a sheet into a dynamic character with a story befitting of legends

6 min readJul 21, 2019

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Creating a Better Player-Character

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DorianDawes

A World in Shadows

A look at why secret societies resonate with queer audiences

5 min readJun 1, 2019

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A World in Shadows

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DorianDawes

Ethics in World-Building: Time Travel

When characters go back in time to change past events, what they choose to change and what they can change says a lot about the way we…

5 min readMay 17, 2019

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Ethics in World-Building: Time Travel

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DorianDawes

Running an Epic Encounter

Conflict in tabletop roleplaying games should never feel routine

5 min readMay 7, 2019

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Running an Epic Encounter

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DorianDawes

Building a World to Play In

World-building for a tabletop campaign is different than for a novel

3 min readMar 27, 2019

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Building a World to Play In

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DorianDawes

Toxicity At the Gaming Table

There are many stories of toxic DMs ruining a game, but what about players?

4 min readMar 14, 2019

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Toxicity At the Gaming Table

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DorianDawes

Ethics in World-Building: Prisoners

When heroes consider taking their enemies captive, it opens up a whole new set of ethical problems

4 min readFeb 21, 2019

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Ethics in World-Building: Prisoners

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DorianDawes

Making Shopping Fun

At least in tabletop rpgs, I can’t help you at the grocery store

4 min readJan 24, 2019

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Making Shopping Fun

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DorianDawes

DorianDawes

Author of Harbinger Island and Mercs. Writing has been featured on Bitch Media and the Huffington Post. Known gender-disaster.

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