A mini-netbook for Pride Month
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2026 6:40 pm
We have less the two months until June, and I want do something special for our community. Something like giving folks queer representation in the setting other than Hazlik.
It obviously would be tricky to keep the content spooky without falling to demonization, but I'm ready for the challenge.
So here's what I had in mind:
Rainbows in the Mist
An anthology about queer folks in the demiplane of dread, with each story accompanied by an NPC stat block, an item or another piece of gameplay content.
Queer darklords are our first instinct, and they're welcome, of course, if they're interesting enough - but I thought this time we'd focus on more positive characters. The heroes, mentors, even the victims or reluctant monsters. Not cause a queer villain is necessarily bad represantation, but to show we can fit into a variety of roles.
I have a few story ideas:
1) Alanik Ray and Arthur Sedgwick's new investigation takes an unexpected turn, forcing them to finally admit their love for eachother. (I know it's a cliche. It's just such a fun one.)
2) A suspected Dukkar claims to actually have the soul of a girl, raising all kinds of moral questions...
3) No matter how dysphoric you feel, don't buy cursed binders from mysterious old women at the fair. Don't ask me how I know.
4) A vampire is preying on the sapphic youths of the Nova Vassan countryside. The monster hunter is running into difficulties, and the adults' homophobic attitude isn't helping.
But as I said we only have two months, and I can't do it alone.
So who else is in?
It obviously would be tricky to keep the content spooky without falling to demonization, but I'm ready for the challenge.
So here's what I had in mind:
Rainbows in the Mist
An anthology about queer folks in the demiplane of dread, with each story accompanied by an NPC stat block, an item or another piece of gameplay content.
Queer darklords are our first instinct, and they're welcome, of course, if they're interesting enough - but I thought this time we'd focus on more positive characters. The heroes, mentors, even the victims or reluctant monsters. Not cause a queer villain is necessarily bad represantation, but to show we can fit into a variety of roles.
I have a few story ideas:
1) Alanik Ray and Arthur Sedgwick's new investigation takes an unexpected turn, forcing them to finally admit their love for eachother. (I know it's a cliche. It's just such a fun one.)
2) A suspected Dukkar claims to actually have the soul of a girl, raising all kinds of moral questions...
3) No matter how dysphoric you feel, don't buy cursed binders from mysterious old women at the fair. Don't ask me how I know.
4) A vampire is preying on the sapphic youths of the Nova Vassan countryside. The monster hunter is running into difficulties, and the adults' homophobic attitude isn't helping.
But as I said we only have two months, and I can't do it alone.
So who else is in?