The hit Dropout show Fantasy High wouldn't be what it's with out its humble dungeon master Brennan Lee Mulligan. As some of the creators of Dimension 20, Brennan is most often the puppet master to the litany of characters dotting the worlds the show's solid have interaction with right through a given season, using a mix of Dungeons & Dragons game mechanics and his own creativity to execute the tales.
Following the conclusion of the tumultuous Fantasy High: Junior Year, Brennan took the time to answer 13 fast questions with Distractify, dishing on his favorite characters from the show (they all) and the personalities he is granted his cube.
If you needed to get a tattoo right now, what would it not be?
BM: This is a factor that may be in honor of my philosophy professor who gave up the ghost again in 2008, but I might wish to get a defend on the left arm that says "Be good" and a sword on the proper arm that claims "Do right."
If that you must have any superpower, what would you pick out?
BM: Multiplicity! Oh multiplicity! I've that resolution that locked and loaded. Make copies of yourself that may cross out and do stuff and learn stuff and then you can reabsorb all of them and get all the studies and knowledge. You'd get so a lot more carried out in a day!
What is your go-to karaoke tune?
BM: "Sweet Caroline." It's a classic, it gets other people going. People need to yell "Bum, bum, bum." Let's get everybody concerned, you realize?
What are your best 3 sport day prerequisites?
BM: OK, snacks — and like, snacks with fats and protein, no longer just carbs, right? If we are talking home games, bluetooth speaker. The one thing that I'm always unhappy I will't do in actual play is DJ. When I'm house gaming, baby, we are doing music stings. I'm letting frightening, horrifying songs come on sooner than I've introduced that something frightening has took place. Right? Let the music do the heavy lifting that something unhealthy's about to happen. So snacks, bluetooth speaker, other recreation day thing that I think is essential... You know, it's an obvious one, but it's my blue cube bag that I've had ever since the very first time I performed D&D.
Tell us concerning the first Dungeons & Dragons campaign you ever DMed for.
BM: The first D&D campaign I ever DMed for was a homebrew international that was once made on a number of various pieces of paper that have been like, one in all them was once art paper, like paper stock, and then the rest had been printer paper, and it used to be taped together. So it used to be a large taped-together map with a number of loopy stuff on it, it was hand drawn, and the villain was this evil sorcerer or wizard who the PCs had to perceive his tragic backstory and it used to be the only option to win. But I used to be 10, and all my friends had been 10, and no one sought after to grasp any person's tragic backstory. They sought after to just wail on a guy, and I killed them fascinated about no longer working out my little guy's tragic backstory, and everyone used to be tremendous disappointed — but also glad as a result of we're 10 and there are snacks. They all went house, and I advised my mom, 'That was once essentially the most tense day of my life — are we able to agenda every other one for subsequent week?'
Tell us about the most productive fan interplay you've got ever had.
BM: You know what jumps to my thoughts straight away? I've had such a lot of amazing fan interactions. At the very first live display meet and greet we were assembly other folks — we did a Fantasy High reside show, [and] Fantasy High had handiest been around for less than a year, I feel,... And in that happening, other people were coming up and shaking their arms, we're doing a meet and greet, and the individual with the most productive Aelwyn Abernant cosplay I've ever noticed, with a selfmade shirt that mentioned "I came here to f--k," got here up and shook my hand. It used to be like a surprising Aelwyn Abernant cosplay.
That particular person was Persephone Valentine, who later started her personal D&D podcast, invited me on, I played with her and I went 'Oh, this individual is lightspeed talented,' and we forged her in The Seven. And Persephone is now like an Actual Play Luminary and on a host of Dropout stuff, and certainly one of my favourite folks on the earth. So that is my favourite fan interaction.
If you want to transfer lives with any celebrity for a day, who would it not be?
BM: I'm trying to sport this now to be like, must I transfer with a foul superstar? It's like the Lex Luthor and the Flash transfer when he's like, "Let me take the mask off," after which he's like, "I don't know this is"... If you'll be able to let me cheat I'd do like Jeff Bezos and then give all his cash to charity. You know what I mean? What can I get executed in 24 hours?
If it's worthwhile to start a rumor about your self, what wouldn't it be?
BM: If I could get started any rumor about myself, I might get started a rumor that I was secretly a werewolf, because then I might be capable of get one night a month off and no person may just make me do stuff all through it.
Where do you look for inspiration when creating a new marketing campaign?
BM: I do a ton of reading and analysis and stuff like that. But weirdly, I believe studying and research follows inspiration more often than not. Most of the time, I'll have the germ of one thing, and I'm like, oh, I would like more stuff. It's like a spark begins and also you start feeding it kindling to let the hearth get bigger. So weirdly, even though I draw a lot from the reading and analysis materials, that isn't necessarily where the sauce of inspiration is. So I believe where I draw inspiration from is typically like, a conundrum that I will be able to't forestall interested by. There'll be something that is not easily shifting directly to the following idea. It's one thing that I'm residing on for some reason why. And as I dig down, I start to flesh it out extra — like different fiction and artwork comes in after a social, ethical, fictive emotional factor that helps to keep arresting a mental procedure.
Do you've got any superstitions about your dice? If so, please percentage.
BM: I do have superstitions about my dice. I very much give all of them personalities. When I'm a dungeon master, It's not that i am checking in with my cube as much. When I'm a PC, they are being arranged to all sit down on their best possible worth. They are organized so as, I'm grouping them by type. It's very a lot a manual fixation, like taking part in with poker chips. It's like I'm adjusting them and transferring them round... And I've three d20s which can be kind of my go-tos. There's a jade green one, that was my very first d20 my brother gave me; there is a blue marbled one; after which I've a vibrant yellow one. And those are kind of the 3 that I go to beautiful regularly as a result of I feel that they have the most productive legibility, roll-feel, and aesthetic — and function record.
Who is your favorite NPC in 'Fantasy High'?
BM: That is so hard to select. Fantasy High has got a lot of those that I in reality, in reality love. I'm gonna fully cheat and simply say a bunch of names. It's Arthur Aguefort, Bill Seacaster, Jawbone O'Shaughnessy, Gilear Faeth. I feel I also actually love Sklonda and Poc Gukgak. Honestly all the oldsters — after which Aelwyn— principally the circle of relatives of the Bad Kids I feel are my favorite NPCs to be. Sandra Lynn, the Thistlesprings, I simply love them. I simply actually love being the Intrepid Heroes' circle of relatives.
What is your favorite monster to throw players up against and why?
BM: My favourite monster to throw players up against I think like is typically a big spellcaster. I think like the stat block construct for arc mages and liches and such things as that — because I concentrate, I really like womping and doing harm, that's truly, actually amusing, however the skill to run a monster this is going to do one thing radically other on each flip, like spell casters can do, I feel makes for really gripping battles. I believe it is like not realizing what the following trick up the sleeve is. It's simply very amusing.
What is your No. 1 distraction?
BM: Phone. The smartest designers on this planet have made a hand held casino to monopolize your attention. I'm not higher than the best digital narcotics crafters of all time. It's so incredibly addictive. I'm in any case beginning to do little time management applications on my phone, which is a long time coming. But , you gotta give your hats off — they made a in point of fact fun little toy. My good friend Kendra Wells has a viral tweet — they are one of the most illustrators for the Unsleeping City, in truth — this is like talking about Lord of the Rings or something being like, "I would simply not pick up the cursed item. If it's hurting me, I would simply put it away." And then the next paragraph is "Me on my phone all day: Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow." You're like yeah, that's very real. I can't put down the cursed factor.
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