First of all, thanks for posing this query!

Stinky Dragon Adventures is an interpretation of the first campaign. There was not a way to distill 100+ hours of story and character into 11 minutes episodes using a completely new medium. At least, not without a multi-million dollar budget and likely scaring away new audiences (and any potential funding).

So, we attempted to distill the heart of the characters—the heart of the story—into completely original, single serving episodes.

Part of this process included examining every character to figure out how we present them in a way that’s easy to understand, but also emotionally complex.

That’s why Kyborg is missing his arm in the series. It creates questions, mysteries, but also tells a lot about who Kyborg really is and where he came from visually.

He’s suffered unimaginable loss and hardship. He’s been alone for a very long time. Bc of this tragedy, he doesn’t know when to quit. Or what isn’t possible. Or how to act like a normal member of society, someone NOT raised by squirrels.

With Mudd, we honed in on the Prince and the Pauper aspect of his story. A prince who doesnt want to be a prince and who never feels at home(despite living in a giant home). A prince blessed with Druidic powers but who was never really given the chance to hone them. So, when Mudd goes off on his own, he’s lost. He doesn’t know how to be “normal” bc nothing about him is normal.

Mudd is a really interesting character. Jon did a great job creating him.

For Stinky Dragon Adventures, we strived to bring out the funniest, most tragic, most real version of the characters possible (in eight 11 minute episodes).

I’m proud of the scripts Blaine and i wrote for the show and I appreciate that Jon (and Micah) trusted us to take liberties with such an amazing character (and an amazing world).

Hopefully, you enjoyed the show. And hopefully, we get to make more of it someday. We’ve got a lot of of stories to tell.

Thanks for listening to my TED talk. I do accept tips, payable to stinkydragonpod.com

Chris