Leveling Up
A college game of Dungeons and Dragons leads a shy player to discover there's more than one way to level up.
A low mist crept along the ground as the first of the orcs breached the wooden gate. They approached in a wave, snarling, armored, weapons raised, trampling over garden plots and knocking aside anything that didn’t bleed as they advanced. The village of Brogwyne was quiet no longer. Somewhere just beyond the gate, a dog barked, then yelped. At the center of the town square, four figures stood waiting. One wore a tattered...