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I am so sleepy today. I just want to go back to bed. But alas, I must go into work, as I am out of PTO. Even with the dog being a butthead, it was nice to have a couple of days off. I didn't do a whole lot, though I did make cookies both days. They taste really good bu they're hard as shit. I think I need to get a hand mixer so I can cream the butter and sugar without melting the butter so much first. My favorite was the ginger snaps, with the cocoa cookies a bit behind.

I spent a little bit of time working on my campaign, got some NPCs beyond the Royal family documented. Next up, I'll be making some servant bios, and then some bios of the royal court. I also finally figured out the puzzle that was the Queen and former Prince Consort's classes. I knew they both had magic, but I hadn't decided what type. After consideration, I made her a druid and him a bard. I'm especially proud of him, as he's going to be a College of Eloquence bard, but his stirring words are delivered via the local variant sign language as he is mute due to a severe injury when he was younger. He's also the token human.

I'm really proud of what I've built so far, and I'm hoping that my group likes what I've got. I've written out a rough outline of the scenes I'm expecting for the first few sesssions at least. After that, I open the sandbox a little more, and the players will have liberty to go investigate. Since I can't really know what the players are going to do, I will instead have a few scenes that will occur, but for the most part, I'm just going to tie information into the NPCS. Each one will have a bit of a clue that could move the mystery forward. There's still a lot to do, but I don't see any reason that it won't be ready to go on April 26, which is when our first session is.

My biggest thing is to include some diversity in the module. The queen is a Black Mermaid, and her former Prince Consort is a white human. The son takes after the father, and the daughter after the mother. Their advisor is Asian. I'm also drawing in the people of Chult, who were badly stereotyped in the old modules as savages (a Mayan/Aztec type of culture?). I'm also going to bring in some Middle Eastern-esque folk. I'm thinking the whale mermaids have a Muslim-esque culture. There will be representations of disability and neurospiciness.

I'm drawing up the trigger warnings that I have so far. These players are very much "c'mon fuck me up," people, so I know that they'll me into it, but I'm still going to make it.

Okay, time for me to go forth and get my ass in gear. Everyone have an excellent Friday!