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The D20 Beat: Bringing the cool combat wheelchair to Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms

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Peter Weddle
February 14, 2021

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Representation matters. And for Codename Entertainment, this is more than just a pithy statement. Last month, it introduced Talin Uran to Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms, its Dungeons & Dragons-based clicker game. Uran is a tiefling rogue from Waterdeep, and he mans a combat wheelchair for his adventures along the Sword Coast.

The combat wheelchair comes from Sara Thompson, who created it for her home game. It’s not only a cool item, but it also gives disabled players a way to represent themselves in D&D and other tabletop RPGs. I mean, look at the way that cool lantern hangs and swings on the chair as it moves around. I like that.

Sadly, a

By
Peter Weddle
February 14, 2021
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