“Sometime ago Nerdarchy met for the first time at the convention Concoction. Megan was drafted to run a game of D&D. On a lark, we decided to play a game of half-siblings. So we all chose half-breed races. I hadn’t played a ranger yet, let alone the Beast Master ranger. Rangers were supposed to be subpar and the beast companion the worst of the lot. I figured test it out and find out for sure. That is how I picked my class and subclass.”

How do Oonga and Sheldon view the others in the party?

“Oonga is happy to be a part of a group and to have a family. Having grown up on the streets, Oonga and Sheldon only had each other to look out for each other. Everyone else they encountered either wanted what they had, to eat Sheldon or take advantage of Oonga’s gullibility. They see them as family. Galesin is so fancy it’s amazing, Prudence is very wise and is almost like having a mother for the first time. Vent is the smartest person we know. He’s also the best adventurer ever. Being the youngest, Oonga looks up to everyone. Sheldon, despite how surly he is, really likes having the group around. He might just like having more people to be grumpy at. I see his personality kind of like Chopper from Star Wars Rebels.”

What do Oonga and Sheldon want to accomplish during the campaign?

“They are along for the ride. The biggest thing is not losing what they’ve gained. He really wants Vent to find their dad because it is important to Vent. He’s not sure really wants to find him. He left them.”

What is Oonga’s greatest flaw? What about Sheldon?

“Oonga is a slow thinker, kind of gullible and lacking any social graces (Dump stats are Intelligence and Charisma). Sheldon is super grumpy and thinks in curse words.”

Is Oonga very similar to or different from the sorts of characters you usually play? How?

“I’ve played characters like him but I always had a twist. Oonga, while he seems dimwitted and kind those are partial truths. He has a great capacity towards violence for those not in his good graces. He loves things of nature, but people not so much. Geoff was a dwarf he ran with on the streets for a long time. Oonga later discovered Geoff just used him as muscle on the streets, tricking him often. He confronted the dwarf tough over this. In a fit of rage he strangled Geoff to death with the help of Sheldon and left his body in an alley. The other low Intelligence characters I’ve played were genuinely good and selfless. They lacked Oong’s dark side.”

What are three facts about Oonga that you can let the audience in on?

“Here harbors a dark secret that doesn’t feel very bad about. (See above.) He loves animals above people, especially Sheldon. His family, the adventuring party, falls somewhere between animals and Sheldon. He’s kind of rowdy and likes to fight.”

Why should people watch Those Bastards?

“To see the antics we get up to and why the whole party shouldn’t dump the Intelligence stat.”

Thank you Nerdarchist Dave for sitting down and sharing about your multifaceted character!

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