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Hi Keith!

One thing I've wondered - your Eberron novel series both seem to have protagonists who break "the rules" of a D&D character due to their secret nature.

On the other hand, I remember your travelling DM game tried to represent non-standard PCs with creative re-interpretations of standard mechanics.

Would you say you're particularly interested in pushing the boundaries of what's considered possible in the "D&D genre"?

(Come to think of it, Don Bassingthwaite pulls the same trick in his first Eberron trilogy - and it's a female character in all three cases. Four if you count the deceptive antagonist in your first book.)

Looking to my novel protagonists, this ties to the fact that the novels aren't actually based on a session of a game. I always think about how the character could be represented IN the game, but it's not like any of the stories are actual recaps of a game session.

For sure, but I just think it's interesting that while some protagonists could be trivially converted over to being PCs (Daine, Pierce), others would need at least some reflavouring or something else going on - Lei perhaps less so than Thorn.

Don Bassingthwaite's version is a little different, because nothing mechanical really needs to change if you represented Dandra as a PC despite her unique origin. I suppose the same goes for Lei, unless you wanted to start opening up possibilities for her.