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2 years ago ::
Jan 21, 2011 - 7:16AM
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Wow-- I had no idea the D&D community would be such experts in cake art! I like them all. Agree that the beholder would be weird but that's what I kind of like about it. I'm thinking "normal" cupcakes but we do a special "groom's cake" that's D&D themed. Or.. what about a normal cake and beholder cupcakes?  Thanks for your congratulations. Remember how all my columns were about Gamma World for like 3 months? I'm really, really hoping that doesn't happen here but wedding planning is very similar to running through a string of encounters. Every time my mom yells things like "There's not enough cheese on the menu!" or "NO WAY, there will not be an official tapping of the keg instead of a toast" I start thinking of similarities between her and various monsters. (Except I would never fireball my mommy. Then again it's only January...)
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2 years ago ::
Jan 21, 2011 - 7:45AM
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We had a couple from our group get married recently. They had a DnD cake, with hand painted minis to represent the wedding couple. Not sure if the images are going to show correctly or not, you can right click on them to see them. Spoiler:
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2 years ago ::
Jan 21, 2011 - 7:51AM
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Congratulations Shelly! That's great news As for the cake, I agree that the Red Dragon would be the more interesting, recognizable, and potentially best looking cake topper. For our cake topper, a friend of ours who is an artist made us a pair of cat figurines in wedding attire holding paws due to her knowing us and us having met through the musical CATS. So something unique and unusual and relating to the two of you is perfect Perhaps you can get some of the people who used to design minis to design the cake topper? As for some of the other things mentioned in your article, I actually haven't actively tried to get my wife to play D&D. It's one of the few geeky things that we don't do together, but it's in part that she doesn't have a lot of interest in learning the game and I don't think my regular gaming group would relate well with her at the table (some social occasions where we begin taking about the game leave her severely glassy-eyed so there is evidence to the non-relating). There is also the fact that the last time I brought a girlfriend to the table (different group entirely), it brought about some real bad issues that caused a permanent split not only from her, but certain members of the group. Not that such would happen with her or the current group, but as you said, it provides some time for each of us to do their own thing. As for the group heading to the beach house to game? My current group has for five years now scheduled an annual Gaming retreat where we rent a nice cabin somewhere and spend three to four days gaming and having fun as friends. So it's a great idea Last time when I did this, the wife had plans for several friends to come up and stay with her and do some shopping, pedicures, and a hockey game. So she certainly had her own plans. Married couples do not need to always move in lockstep, joined at the hip. But they do need to schedule plenty of time for each other and actually talk (yeah, you rolled well on your diplomacy, but can you actually articulate what you are trying to be diplomatic about?). Best wishes to you and the soon to be husband
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2 years ago ::
Jan 21, 2011 - 8:33AM
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Congratulations!
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2 years ago ::
Jan 21, 2011 - 5:32PM
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Congraulations Shelly. A 3D cake of a huge Red Dragon would be awesome. Before the exchange of rings and vows, dont forget to draw a D&D Fortune CardTM 
Yan
Montréal, Canada
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2 years ago ::
Jan 21, 2011 - 6:37PM
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" I'm thinking "normal" cupcakes but we do a special "groom's cake" that's D&D themed."
That made me think of one of my friend's birthday cake a couple years back. She had a large cake with the side decorated to make a mouth. Then there were a bunch of cupcakes with plastics arms that were either fleeing or attacking the "monster" cake, some of them were holding forks and candle "torches". I think that would be very fitting to have some PC cupcakes fighting the dragon or beholder.
And I'm definitely in favor of the tapping of a keg as a replacement for the toast, for whatever some random person on the internet's agreement can add to your diplomacy check with your mom.
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2 years ago ::
Jan 21, 2011 - 9:19PM
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Congratulations, Shelley!
Go right on ahead and write those columns about your wedding plans, if that's what's driving you. Mature readers will get it. Immature readers will learn soon enough.
My D&D-loving children and I watch Cake Boss, and I hope you have someone equivalent in your area who can do justice to your ideas. Cupcakes feel like the minions of cake foods, and you (or your caterer) can make them into truly aberrant shapes with some effort. Keep the beholder as the main attraction, if you go aberrant. Your guests can deal with weird dessert (and weird anything else) - true friends and family will see the smile your face and your groom's face, and they will be happy for you.
I look forward to reading your future columns, whatever you decide to focus on. Great writing is great writing. A pleasure to read it for free. Thanks for your hard work.
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2 years ago ::
Jan 22, 2011 - 5:08AM
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Ah, for wrecan's Centerpiece, I just had to right click-->open in another tab.
Hah!
Patories, yours are fun as well.
Gold is for the mistress, silver for the maid Copper for the craftsman, cunning at his trade." "Good!" said the Baron, sitting in his hall, "But Iron -- Cold Iron -- is master of them all." -Kipling Defenders: We ARE the wall! I've replaced the previous Edition Warring line in my sig with this one, because honestly, everybody needs to work together to make the D&D they like without trampling on somebody else's D&D. Miss d20 Modern? Take a look at Dias Ex Machina Game's UltraModern 4e! I am a hero, not a chump.
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2 years ago ::
Jan 22, 2011 - 6:00AM
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Cupcakes feel like the minions of cake foods
Nice. I am swiping that joke. 
And I agree. Keep us apprised of the wedding planning hoopla.
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2 years ago ::
Jan 22, 2011 - 12:23PM
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