[Wolfpool] Steps, Reps and a Sprinkle of Bardic Inspiration

[Wild Wolf]

 

Gather 'round ye young and old. Listen close as this story unfolds. I tell the tale of a party of four and the epic adventure that was in store.

PRIDE is the name! Slaying is the game!

There was a fiery barbarian, a fallen hexblade, a clerical modron and me, the horned bard - little did they know, this adventure would be hard.

PRIDE is the name! Slaying is the game!

Through dungeons they would explore and monsters they would battle, the journey ahead would be a difficult one traveled.

PRIDE is the name! Slaying is the game!

Would they succeed? This was a question they would find out later. Lest the group forget that their DM was Dark_Raider.

PRIDE is the name! Slaying is the game!

What he had in store was an ongoing story - as this oddball foursome sought friendship and glory.

PRIDE is the name! Slaying is the game!

If you would like to see how this story ends, then stick around as the fun just begins.

PRIDE is the name! Slaying is the game!

 

Welcome, welcome, welcome friends! I'm so glad you're here! A new challenge has begun and I'm excited to be back with the Rangers ! If you're behind on the times with what's going on in "Wolfie's World" then let me catch y'all up super quick:

 

• I'm working 2 jobs now...over 70 hours a week.
• I nap like it's going out of style.
• I workout like a cocaine addict.
• Aaaaaaand, I'm starting my very first D&D campaign with the wonderful and talented- @Raxie @Jarric and @Starpuck ! We are graciously being DM'd by the legendary @DarK_RaideR and I could NOT be more excited to start our story. If you would like to know more about the specific "party of adventurers", then please head on over to their respected challenges and check out all the cool stuff going on there! 

 

If you caught it up above, I am playing the bard.

 

 

This is a class I didn't realize how much I identified with IRL and I'm honored to not only play a Bard, but a sexy, lute playing Tiefling Bard .

 

 

Ok, so maybe not EXACTLY like that one, but you guys get the gist. I have horns, a tail and a love for music and stories! My charisma is my main stat and I'm not afraid to charm your pants off...literally! 

 

This challenge will center around my Tiefling Bard, Arkaryn (Are-Care-In) Riftripper.

 

Race: Tiefling

Age: 25

Height: 6’2

Weight: 190#

Hair Color: Dark brown

Eye Color: Violet

Skin Color: Light Blue

Class: Bard/College of Valor

 

Background: Arkaryn “Ark” grew up in the village of Ruinspoke. His father, a bard himself, was entrusted as the lead musician of the Full Mugs, a tavern owned by a male dwarf named Temget, whom prided himself on his homebrewed beer. Ark grew up loving music and hearing the stories of many adventurers and their travels into the various ruins that surrounded Ruinspoke. He longed to adventure and make a name for himself when he came of age and set out on his own when he turned 18. Gifted in multiple instruments, Ark was prolific with the lute in particular. As a parting gift before he left, Ark’s father had given him his old lute, an ebony colored beauty with gold engravings. Along his journeys, Ark met a dragonborn named, Otivull, who was training with the Lance Defenders, and the two became best friends. Ark taught Otivull how to sing and play the lute while Otivull taught Ark how to fight. The two had many years adventuring together and earning coin before Otivull’s Lance Defender squadron was re-stationed and the two inseparable friends lost touch. Ark found himself back in Ruinspoke for a time being, playing at Full Mugs tavern with his aging father. The longing for adventure still held strong in the Tiefling’s heart and after a year, he set out again to make a name for himself. It was on his next adventure that Ark would meet Jyotika the Fire Genasi, Penemue the fallen Aasimar, and Cog the self-aware Modron. What happens next is a story still waiting to be told...

 

This is how I see Arkaryn looking like (except he's light blue with violet colored eyes):

 

 

Handsome, huh??

 

The rest of my challenge outside of my D&D campaign will involve two things: Steps & Reps. 

 

Goal 1: Steps

 

Did you know that for every 2000 steps walked equals 1 mile? Well, since starting my second job at Costco, I've realized I've been taking a MASSIVE amount of steps. On average, I get about 12k steps in a day (if not more). Over the coarse of a 5-day work week, that's 60k steps, or around 30 miles walked a week. And that's NOT including anything extra on my days off. 30. Miles. A. Week. And that's on the low end. Yesterday I had 15,972. The day before was 15,182. That's 15, almost 16 miles walked JUST on the weekend. My goal is to track my steps daily and see how many miles I can cover over the coarse of this challenge.

 

• My goal is 175 miles walked over the next 5 weeks. That's 35 miles a week. I think I can achieve that goal. Bonus points for anything over 175 miles.

 

Possible Points Earned: +4 STA, +1 DEX

 

Goal 2: Reps

 

This little workout thing I've been doing....I've got it down these days. I don't need to track my daily/weekly workouts. I do however want to track how much weight I'm moving per workout. I will do this by multiplying the amount of weight in each set including reps, multiplied by the total number of sets per exercise and then continue this process for each exercise in the workout. An example would be today's workout:

 

4 x 6-8 BB alternating reverse lunge

• 2 x 115# x 6 (each side) = 2760#
• 2 x 135# x 6 (each side) = 3240#

 

2 x 6 seconds leg lockout iso

 

4 x 6-8 DB lying triceps extension

• 1 x 30’s# x 8 = 480#
• 3 x 35’s# x 6 = 1260#

 

4 x 8 DB high pulls (40#’s) = 2560#

 

2 x 6 seconds cable high pull iso

 

3 x 12 Deadlift (125# x 12) = 4500#

 

3 x 10-12 DB bench press

• 1 x 40#’s x 12 = 960#
• 2 x 45#’s x 12 = 2160#

 

3 x 10-12 chin up grip lat pull down

• 1 x 100# x 12 = 1200#
• 2 x 115# x 12 = 2760#

 

Drum roll... dibadibadibadibadibadibadibadibadibadibadibadiba...

 

TOTAL WEIGHT MOVED = 21,880# !!

 

Possible Points Earned: +3 STR, +2 DEX

 

Goal 3: P.R.I.D.E aka Party of Ridiculously Interesting and Daring Explorers

 

Dark_Raider coined the term: P.R.I.D.E in our discord last week and we all just loved the idea of it! With the unique group make-up we have, it's likened to popular titles such as Guardians of the Galaxy and Suicide Squad. I'm really excited about this whole thing and can't wait to learn the D&D ropes from some of the best! This goal ties into the D&D campaign. I want to:

 

• Have weekly updates on how the campaign is going, interesting facts and short story write-ups from Ark's POV if time permits.

 

Ark's starting spell list:

 

• Cantrips-
  • Vicious Mockery (you know this one's gonna be a lot of fun!)
  • Minor Illusion
  • Ray of Frost (due to my Levistus racial variant)
• Spells-
  • Charm Person
  • Sleep
  • Healing Word
  • Hideous Laughter

 

Ark's Starting Stats:

 

• Strength- 8
• Dexterity- 15
• Constitution- 14
• Intelligence- 10
• Wisdom- 12
• Charisma- 16

 

Possible Points Earned: +5 CHA (because, duh! Charisma is my most important stat! )

It's good to be back with the Rangers! Can I get a woot woot for my lute lute?! 



Wolf

[Wild Wolf]

saved for updated stats/spells**

[bker1370]

Following along Wolfie

[Jarric]

This is a cool challenge dude, you're gonna have some big numbers for milage and total weight moved! Glad we tempted you back to the ranger guild

[Wild Wolf]

1 hour ago, bker1370 said:

Following along Wolfie

 

Heyyyyy Bker!! Good to see ya, sir!

 

18 minutes ago, Jarric said:

Glad we tempted you back to the ranger guild

 

I was always coming back, lol. This is my true home at NF

 

19 minutes ago, Jarric said:

This is a cool challenge dude, you're gonna have some big numbers for milage and total weight moved!

 

Riiight?! I'm excited for da big numbers! The mileage on walking is what impresses me the most if I'm being honest. When I started tallying all that up, I was like-

 

 

Wolf

 

[Sylvaa]

 

My little brother played a Bard for my D&D group's first campaign. It was all fun for him, thinking about seducing every NPC. Until he rolled a 1 and had an "experience" with an orc guard. Then he realized just how creepy seducing was when his sister was the DM. 

 

How's the baby?

[bker1370]

40 minutes ago, SheriffWolfpool said:

The mileage on walking is what impresses me the most

 

Guess you see now how I posted the numbers I put up when I was working full-time

[DarK_RaideR]

32 minutes ago, Sylvaa said:

My little brother played a Bard for my D&D group's first campaign. It was all fun for him, thinking about seducing every NPC. Until he rolled a 1 and had an "experience" with an orc guard. Then he realized just how creepy seducing was when his sister was the DM. 

Nope, he just realized how half orcs are made.

 

I once had a similar player and he ended up hiring a prostitute that was actually a polymorphed succubus assassin, so he essentially paid to have his soul sucked out of his body through a kiss.

 

[Wild Wolf]

31 minutes ago, Sylvaa said:

 

My little brother played a Bard for my D&D group's first campaign. It was all fun for him, thinking about seducing every NPC. Until he rolled a 1 and had an "experience" with an orc guard. Then he realized just how creepy seducing was when his sister was the DM. 

 

LOL! That's....quite disturbing to think of haha! I think charming a person is cool and all...but I dunno if I'll be seducing like that. I guess it'll depend on the situation, lol. I think if played right, the bard can be a really fun class to play. Hell, @Rurik Harrgathalready had me trying to seduce a frost giant dressed as Freya in one of his older stories. If I can survive that, I can survive anything 

 

31 minutes ago, Sylvaa said:

How's the baby?

 

Miss Trixie is doing fantastic! I need to upload a video of her that Heather just sent. It's pretty hysterical

 

2 minutes ago, bker1370 said:

 

Guess you see now how I posted the numbers I put up when I was working full-time

 

Yessir, most definitely! I remember those steps you were getting in daily. You still doing all that? Working full-time that is and walking a ton?

 

1 minute ago, DarK_RaideR said:

Nope, he just realized how half orcs are made.

 

 

1 minute ago, DarK_RaideR said:

 

I once had a similar player and he ended up hiring a prostitute that was actually a polymorphed succubus assassin, so he essentially paid to have his soul sucked out of his body through a kiss.

 

 

That's really funny. Now I know...well I already knew... but NOW I know to be on my toes with you DM'ing . Rule #1: Be wary of prostitutes.

 

Wolf

[bker1370]

1 minute ago, SheriffWolfpool said:

I remember those steps you were getting in daily. You still doing all that? Working full-time that is and walking a ton?

 

Not currently.  We are just about to get the restaurant rebuilt (finally!) and should be back at it in the next month or so.

[starpuck]

Poking in here!  Huzzah.    Great set up!  Love how excited you are on everything.

Your work load, both work work and work you do as a dad, worker-outer, is insane!

Mad props!

 

[JuiceeTarget]

2 hours ago, SheriffWolfpool said:

TOTAL WEIGHT MOVED = 21,880# !!

I started doing this for a couple of challenges and it is amazing to be able to say you moved over 10 tons of weight in a session, feels badass.

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

Following to watch you stand around and sing while the other characters do the real work  

[DarK_RaideR]

1 hour ago, SheriffWolfpool said:

Now I know...well I already knew... but NOW I know to be on my toes with you DM'ing

I am NOT trying to murder you.

Spoiler

Would you like me to murder you?

 

[Jarric]

2 hours ago, DarK_RaideR said:

  

 

Ok, I'm gonna need to know what that gif is from. What on earth are those two doing here?

 

2 hours ago, SheriffWolfpool said:

Rule #1: Be wary of prostitutes.

 

Are we still talking about D&D?

[Yasha92]

Woot woot for the lute lute!

Thank you for not specifying whose laughter is hideous *shakes fist at the spell list*

Vicious mockery is the best! I highly recommend using it by screaming “psyc!” as people try to hit you


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[shaar]

Yesgood welcome to BEST CLASS

 

[h3r0]

Why do bards always make me think of the Snuggly Duckling? 

 

 

[DarK_RaideR]

8 hours ago, Jarric said:

Are we still talking about D&D?

Life lessons through gaming?

 

8 hours ago, Yasha92 said:

Thank you for not specifying whose laughter is hideous *shakes fist at the spell list*

Fun fact: The creator of D&d, the late Gary Gygax, used to DM for his friends and family in what would become the world of Greyhawk, filling in the blanks as he went along. That included many of the higher level spells, which his players introduced, hence why many spells bear the name of the characters that invented them (Mordenkainen, Bigby, Tasha etc)

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"Iggwilv is a fictional wizard from the Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. She was created by Gary Gygax and was named one of the greatest villains in D&D history in the final issue of Dragon. Iggwilv is characterized as a selfish, evil-aligned magic user with much power and a penchant for sexual manipulation. She is the creator of the fictional demonomicons, which later served as inspiration for a real life sourcebook of the same name. For a period of time, she travelled with the Company of Seven under the alias Tasha.

 

8 hours ago, shaar said:

Yesgood welcome to BEST CLASS

[Yasha92]

Yarp initially I had thought it was named after the evil being Tash from Narnia (why all my namesakes gotta be evil???)

In the campaign I’m in at the moment my half-orc barbarian funded research into curing the Demi-human curse of infertility so he can have heirs (a requirement of his barony). I’m going to brand it with his name, but “Duunack’s d*ck fixer” doesn’t quite seem right for a potion XD then again, it was named by a half orc...



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[DarK_RaideR]

16 minutes ago, Yasha92 said:

initially I had thought it was named after the evil being Tash from Narnia (why all my namesakes gotta be evil???)

Eh, perhaps Iggwilv's alias was inspired by the Narnia one. Plus, every time I see your username here, I can't help but think of Yasha from Critical Role

 

17 minutes ago, Yasha92 said:

In the campaign I’m in at the moment my half-orc barbarian funded research into curing the Demi-human curse of infertility so he can have heirs (a requirement of his barony). I’m going to brand it with his name, but “Duunack’s d*ck fixer” doesn’t quite seem right for a potion XD then again, it was named by a half orc...

If past spell names are anything to go by, I'd say go for preposterous over direct when naming the spells. Maybe "Duunack's Fruitful Family Fertilizer" or something

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

This made me think of us Wolfie:

[Wild Wolf]

18 hours ago, bker1370 said:

 

Not currently.  We are just about to get the restaurant rebuilt (finally!) and should be back at it in the next month or so.

 

Nice! That's good to hear  

 

18 hours ago, Starpuck said:

Poking in here!  Huzzah.    Great set up!  Love how excited you are on everything.

Your work load, both work work and work you do as a dad, worker-outer, is insane!

Mad props!

 

 

My worker-outer game is strong these days , lol. It's not easy, I'll say that. But, I make time for the things that are important to me. The Wolfpack is a given, but working out is something that helps me...not just physically. Mentally, it helps a lot! But I appreciate your appreciation and can't wait to get into the meat and potatoes of our campaign. I'm banking on visiting that castle in Ohio in 2 years!!

 

18 hours ago, GoodDoug said:

I started doing this for a couple of challenges and it is amazing to be able to say you moved over 10 tons of weight in a session, feels badass.

 

Hellz yeah it does! I like crunching numbers like that . I think I'll add up the total for each week at the end of the challenge and see how much I moved through the 5-weeks AND then compare that weight to something IRL.

 

18 hours ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

Following to watch you stand around and sing while the other characters do the real work  

 

True statement! Except my Vicious Mockery game is gonna be on point!

 

 

16 hours ago, DarK_RaideR said:

I am NOT trying to murder you.

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Would you like me to murder you?

 

 

I LOL'd last night when I saw that. Ahhhh, D_R, you know me so well, my friend!

 

 

16 hours ago, Jarric said:

 

Are we still talking about D&D?

 

 

16 hours ago, Yasha92 said:

Woot woot for the lute lute!

Thank you for not specifying whose laughter is hideous *shakes fist at the spell list*

Vicious mockery is the best! I highly recommend using it by screaming “psyc!” as people try to hit you


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I saw both of the hideous laughter spells and since they said the exact same thing, I just chose the the one that did NOT shame your name lol. I like the idea of screaming "PSYCH!" haha! Orrrrrrrr.. OLE!!

 

 

15 hours ago, shaar said:

Yesgood welcome to BEST CLASS

 

 

This also made me giggle last night! Thanks for the laughter, Shaar  

 

14 hours ago, h3r0 said:

Why do bards always make me think of the Snuggly Duckling? 

 

 

 

HAHAHAHA! So true! Tangled is one of my faves anyways. Flynn Rider is HILARIOUS!

 

7 hours ago, DarK_RaideR said:

Life lessons through gaming?

 

Yep! Or, what's referred to as: trial by fire  

 

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Fun fact: The creator of D&d, the late Gary Gygax, used to DM for his friends and family in what would become the world of Greyhawk, filling in the blanks as he went along. That included many of the higher level spells, which his players introduced, hence why many spells bear the name of the characters that invented them (Mordenkainen, Bigby, Tasha etc)

 

 

That's a neat fun fact! And that's a RAD Dragonborn Bard!

 

5 hours ago, Yasha92 said:

 

Yarp initially I had thought it was named after the evil being Tash from Narnia (why all my namesakes gotta be evil???)

In the campaign I’m in at the moment my half-orc barbarian funded research into curing the Demi-human curse of infertility so he can have heirs (a requirement of his barony). I’m going to brand it with his name, but “Duunack’s d*ck fixer” doesn’t quite seem right for a potion XD then again, it was named by a half orc...



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As for the name of the fertility potion...

 

 

5 hours ago, DarK_RaideR said:

Eh, perhaps Iggwilv's alias was inspired by the Narnia one. Plus, every time I see your username here, I can't help but think of Yasha from Critical Role

 

If past spell names are anything to go by, I'd say go for preposterous over direct when naming the spells. Maybe "Duunack's Fruitful Family Fertilizer" or something

 

While "Duunack's Fruitful Family Fertilizer" is more family friendly, D*ck Fixer seems more "appropriate" hahaha! ORrrrrrrrr...

 

Spoiler

C*ck Curer, Scrotum's Salvation, Wiener Winner, Wolfie's Push & Pray Potion...the list could be endless  

 

1 hour ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

This made me think of us Wolfie:

 

I love that! 

 

 

Challenge Update as of 09/09/19:

 

Steps:

• 12,288 steps or 6 miles

Reps:

• 21,880 pounds moved

P.R.I.D.E.:

• The party is in a tavern called the Broken Tavern Inn and Ark is going to try and charm the tavern keeper and/or bar maid to get free bacon for the whole party  

 

Wolf

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

5 hours ago, SheriffWolfpool said:

True statement! Except my Vicious Mockery game is gonna be on point!

 

If you're gonna pull that stuff make sure you've got plenty of spare cows.

 

Also watch out for suspicious rabbits.

[Rurik Harrgath]

On 9/9/2019 at 2:46 PM, SheriffWolfpool said:

Hell, @Rurik Harrgathalready had me trying to seduce a frost giant dressed as Freya in one of his older stories. If I can survive that, I can survive anything 

 

She took her cloak off for us.  Who else can say they seduced a goddess of Norse mythology?  The next step was obviously to have you wear it.