Tag: D&D

Project Planner

Over the next 3 months, I will be tackling each section on the below list, starting with an introduction page this weekend. Once the Patreon is set up, I’ll look to hire a pixel artist and graphic designer on the road to publication. I will strikethrough sections as I complete them.

  • Contents page.
  • My introduction, including Deafness & Dragons project.
  • BSL alphabet with key monster signs.
  • BSL cards for key magic spells and skills.
  • Brief History of Inspirisles, ancient and modern.
  • Questing the Inspirisles.
  • Inspired and their descriptions + symbols.
  • Friends and their bios/pics.
  • Paths and their descriptions.
  • Inspirisles Character Sheet.
  • Societies, their purpose and key members + symbols.
  • World Map, locations and story hooks for low, mid and high tier play. Pepper with NPCs, proverbs, magic items, currency, languages etc.
  • Additional Path options.
  • Inspirisles artefacts (Caliburn).
  • Additional rules such as human interactions, BSL at the table and educational milestones.
  • Monsters of the Inpirisles.
  • Famous Friends.
  • Famous Foes.
  • Index.
  • Acknowledgements.

Monday 3rd June

As HATCHLINGS have their week off, I’ll be concentrating solely on the INSPIRISLES setting, and as of now, its inclusion of the DEAFNESS & DRAGONS project and the deaf BSL lexicon I aim to produce. At some point it’s clear I’ll need a professional artist to complete the work to a publishable standard and the help of a deaf friend at the charity. These collaborators will need paying, so I’m starting to think about crowdfunding options such as Kickstarter, Patreon or Ko-fi.

Go directly to the pages for the updates.

Monday 27th May

As the bank holiday approaches, I’m formulating plans for the blog update on Monday 27th May. Here’s what to expect…

KEYNSHAM HATCHLINGS have their 3rd official session with five teens expected to play. Following the game, I’ll set the kids a research task and encourage them to complete a questionnaire. These documents are for my PhD data, but also a recording of their adventures, something they can look back on fondly in years to come. I’ll also take a bunch of photos for the blog and Twitter.

For the INSPIRISLES setting, I want to write introductory passages for each race (friend) players will choose. These will give the kids an impression of the world they grew up in and the Fey they were adopted by. If I have any time spare, I’ll also start on the pixel representations of each race. These will be used as character templates and can be adjusted accordingly depending on unique characteristics the kids choose (skin colour, eyepatch, hair design, equipment carried etc).

This weekend, I want to dedicate time to designing the DEAFNESS & DRAGONS logo. I plan on taking the Hatchlings dragon illustration and giving it a cochlear implant. I think this will work perfectly alongside the hearing aid symbol of the logo. Behind the scenes, I’ll be contacting representatives at Action on Hearing Loss with my proposal.

Phew! Lot to get done over the next few days, but sustaining momentum is the key to any successful venture.

UPDATE:

HATCHLINGS session was a lot of fun and for some reason the evening finished with one of our players becoming a God. Questionnaires taken home and should be filled out by next session.

INSPIRISLES racial designs in progress. I aim to get the eight principle races represented in pixels by next Monday. I will post new designs here and via Twitter. Also the introductory passages will be done by next week.

As I turn my focus to getting the DEAFNESS & DRAGONS project off the ground, I have contacted Action on Hearing Loss and a deaf school outside of Bristol where a friend and ex-colleague works.
I have also explored appropriate content and world-building on the Deafness & Dragons page.

HATCHLINGS & BEYOND

That you are here likely means you have some association with tabletop RPGs, so welcome!

This blog will cover the promotion of life skills and empathy through Dungeons & Dragons and deaf awareness in the tabletop RPG space, something I feel deeply passionate about after working with the community for nearly a decade.

The various pages include…

  • Coverage of Keynsham Hatchlings teen group.
  • The Inspirisles homebrew setting, created to promote deaf awareness, inclusivity and empathy in teens.
  • The ambitious Deafness & Dragons project: developing tools to enable the deaf community to enjoy tabletop RPGs.
  • The Sinking World YA fiction.

Updates every Monday.

Please don’t hesitate to Get in Touch…

Twitter: @HatchlingDM

Facebook: Keynsham Hatchlings

Ko-fi: Ko-fi.com/hatchlings

Email: oxenhamrichard@gmail.com