Jacklyn Treuer

**Jacklyn Treuer** is a member of the main cast of *Nobody Cares, But We Play D&D*, and the editor of recorded sessions for the podcast.

In the Strixhaven campaign, she plays Arianae Vestrichor. In the upcoming Steinhardt's campaign, she will be playing Velstadt Grimvold, and she will be the Dungeon Master of the upcoming Crucible campaign.

## **Podcast History**

### **Pre-Release**

Initially, Jacklyn was simply one of Trysten Brain's friends who was interested in D&D. After Trysten invited her to play in his Strixhaven campaign, she met the rest of the group for the first time, before suggesting to record the sessions as a podcast "just for the hell of it". The group agreed, and Jacklyn brings her recording equipment to almost every D&D session the group has.

Jacklyn had never played in a Dungeons & Dragons campaign with other people, having only DM'd a campaign with her sister, and the occasional one-shot with the rest of her family.

### **Main Campaigns**

Jacklyn plays Arianae Vestrichor, a young dhampir with a love for the theatre. For her first character with a large group, she wanted to be relatively social, yet focused and driven character, often playing a socially awkward yet eloquently spoken approach for comedic effect and roleplay potential.

Jacklyn's character for the upcoming Steinhardt's campaign, Velstadt Grimvold, is a "more socially confident Newt Scamander", focused on recording details on eldritch monstrosities for the book that he's writing.

Jacklyn will be the Dungeon Master in the upcoming Crucible campaign, having created the world of Crucible intended for a different campaign, but introduced the world to the group to see if they would be interested.

### **Player Characters**

*See also: Player Characters Played by Jacklyn Treuer*

#### **Main Campaigns**

* Arianae Vestrichor, dhampir rogue/sorcerer (Strixhaven: A Campaign of Chaos)
* Velstadt Grimvold, tiefling warlock/blood hunter (upcoming Stienhardt's campaign)
* Jaax & Pollux, locathah artificer (Netherdeep - not on the podcast)

#### **One-Shots**

* Vera Streiker, human fighter (Ketterdam Crawl Mini-Series)

### **Games Played as Dungeon Master**

* Curse of Strahd Campaign (not on the podcast)
* Phantom Spark One-Shot (Co-DMed, not on the podcast)
* S.S.I. - Sixth Sense Investigations
* The upcoming Crucible campaign

## **Other Works**

Jacklyn began a YouTube channel in January of 2021, where she does gaming content, music, and animations, as well as other random content.

## **Personal Life**

Jacklyn got into D&D after seeing an earlier version of the game played on the show *Big Bang Theory*. After asking about it, she got further into the game after watching both *Critical Role* and the *Oxventure* series on YouTube. Her father also has a history with the game: he played one of the first editions of D&D in his childhood, reportedly playing a thief with a polymorph amulet, and playing a street samurai in an earlier edition of the Shadowrun system.

Jacklyn became friends with Trysten while attending school, where they shared mutual friends and a love of the game. After a brief period of time following Jacklyn's second move and a pause in communications, they reconnected via their mutual friend Micah, before actually playing D&D.

## **Trivia**

* Jacklyn has a 4 page document on Google Docs that is just a list of character ideas. She constantly comes up with random characters, none of which she'll be able to play - a phenomenon she refers to as "Forever-DM Syndrome".
* Jacklyn has a contradictory fear of creepy things: She doesn't like playing horror games or watching horror movies, yet she enjoys seeing other people scared, witnessing paranormal events, or spooking other people, especially while DMing.
* As preparation for playing Arianae, Jacklyn wrote a university level curriculum vitae for her character, as well as a list of fictional stage plays based off of real-life plays that Arianae would know.
	+ Arianae's favourite play, "The Zoerathian Play", is based on the real world play *MacBeth*, commonly referred to as "The Scottish Play".
* Jacklyn enjoys playing "Rollies" to determine the outcome of ties - which she rolled 3 in a row during a game of "What The Fuck Is Up With That" during the 4th episode of the Strixhaven campaign.
* While other members build their characters off of a certain build or game mechanic, Jacklyn creates her characters from a name, a concept, or roleplay potential, and figures out the build afterward - leading to multiple events explained as "my brain insists on playing weird multiclasses".
* Jacklyn has a fear of dogs, though she is not bothered by dogs who leave her alone, or smaller dogs, like the one her grandfather owns.
* Jacklyn enjoys failure as much as she enjoys success when it comes to D&D, often quoting Matthew Mercer in saying "the dice tell a story".
	+ This trait was shown during the Ketterdam Crawl Mini-Series.
* Jacklyn's favourite colours are purple and black.
	+ She will die on the hill that yes, black is indeed a colour.
* Jacklyn's favourite film is Guillermo Del Toro's *Pacific Rim*, as well as its sequel *Pacific Rim: Uprising*. Her favourite TV Shows include *Arcane*, *Demon Slayer*, *The Legend of Vox Machina*, and *Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood*.