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This is Zippit! The idea was she's an ancient lizardfolk fossil that brought back to life (we're using Viashino, a term from MTG to fit the lore). She have that crack-kid energy. Really enjoyed designing her visual since she's so fun to play with.

Zippit is a member of the Viashino, a rare and ancient race of direct draconic descendants. Her story, however, began with her death thousands of years ago. In 1717, a legendary strike team consisting of Jeremy, Faust, Regulus, and Shalmanisar descended into the deepest strata of Hedron to thwart Sess'innek’s cult attempting to resurrect a malevolent and forgotten dragon god. Amongst the thousands of skeletal remains collected by the cult to fuel this ritual were the ancient bones of Zippit.

During the climactic battle, the spirits of the dragon-kin rose to aid the adventurers. Among them was a High Priestess of a forgotten Hedron deity who offered a final sacrifice to ensure the cult's defeat. Her only request was that a fragment of her soul be reborn to experience life in the current age. Faust granted this boon, weaving the Priestess's essence into the remains of Zippit. Due to the volatile time dilation inherent to the Hedron depths, the resurrected Zippit aged 24 years in a mere 24 hours.

The young Viashino was subsequently taken under the wing of Shalmanisar and Jeremy, who provided her with a semblance of stability despite her ancient origins. By 1720, Zippit had already ascended through the ranks, undertaking her Gold Rank exam alongside Baro, Gilang, and Razorclaw. It was during these trials that her "The Unpredictable" moniker was solidified; her combat style is defined by what many peers describe as "pure crackhead energy," a whirlwind of wild magic and draconic instinct.

The party is almost complete, you can see her party members here :
- Gilang the artificer
- Razorclaw the Rogue
- Baro (Coming Soon)

This is my fighter character dueling a Horde Champion without wearing his plate armor.

The idea wasn’t to be faster or lighter, but to match the opponent and keep the fight fair since the Champion wasn’t fully armored either.

It turns into a straightforward duel with no real advantage on either side. In the end, I managed to win, and afterward I was unexpectedly blessed by their Sky-God.

I wanted to capture this moment in my drawing.

Here’s a few things about the group:

(You’ll know who’s who, lol)

“Lucky” Nyx (Tiefling Rogue) – Cheerful, quick-witted, and thrives on risk. Sees every heist as a game she’s destined to win. Uses charm as much as daggers, and somehow always lands on her feet.

At-Grok (Half-Orc Barbarian) – Towering and intimidating, yet deeply protective. Speaks little, acts fast. Her rage is legendary, but around her party, she shows a quiet, almost gentle loyalty.

Pipwick “Pip” Tumblegrin (Gnome Bard, Jester) – Unhinged and theatrical, lives for chaos and laughter. Breaks tension with absurd antics, but hides sharp insight beneath the madness. Never predictable.

Caelen Hardy (Half-Elf Ranger) – Confident to a fault, precise and deadly with a bow. Thrives on proving he’s the best in the room. Clashes with Pip often, but secretly trusts the group with his life.

I find drawing maps super meditative and wanted to have a go at an A2 sheet. Super satisfied with the result!

The observant will note that the map covers a large part of what becomes Anauroch in modern Toril. The campaign is set right after the fall of Netheril with lots of fresh ruins to explore, and mysteries to uncover.

Of course a lot of homebrew has been added, and I’ve twisted a bit of official Lore to suit the setting. Overall super fun to make a campaign based in official material, can recommend for sure!

Apparently 5 vine blights and 4 awakened trees were too much for my party of 3 level 8 pcs, as the vine blights grabbed them and the trees slammed them. I was so taken aback I started weakening them and let the sorcerer eat her snack the chef made just to not die, when she killed the next vine blight I had the remaining tree turn back into a tree. Sometimes unexpected things happen, like trees absolutely curbstomping your rogue, monk, and sorcerer…

I didn't expect so many people to enjoy Erik that made me really happy! but now to this post

this artwork came to be due to our last session. I am fairly new to dnd but friends irl have decided to sit down and play it together to get into it!!!!

my character is the one I drew in Yellow. the purple dude is actually per say none existent? One of our players plays a character that's like made up of different souls that control one body. so this is more symbolic than anything.

Some actual story to this:

The purple character is called Elarion Schattenhain. Presumably a drow prince that longs for control. In the last session during a combat encounter we actually saw what he does. It turns out he can control people! (only limited or else he gets some bad effects)

Well the dm asked me to do some constitution saving throws. you can guess where this is going.

I fail the second time (because he stopped asking afterwards) and my character suddenly here's voices in his head. I was just sitting there like "Here he goes again"

(for context the whole party is chaotic in nature, there's one truly neutral person. and among all of them is my character Kra: a lawful good character.... he's having fun guys I promise)

For lore reasons Kra never carries or picks up any weapons like swords, daggers, hammers etc.

well Elarion asked him to pick up the sword and fight. Kra refused. only for the player to drop the hardest line I have ever heard.

"Dein Prinz befiehlt dir, nimm das Schwert und greif sie an"

Translation: "Your prince commands you to take the sword and attack"

I was absolutely baffled and my character was forced to do that!

That session has definitely traumatized my character hahah I LOVE IT!!

I am one of those people that loves their characters actually having a hard time in a harsh world. it's only realistic considering this is like barely post war era, tensions are still high, places are in shambles etc.

Do let me know what you think of this!!! As always if you have any questions let me know!! I love talking about my dnd characters :D

Example: The Aarakocra's flight is a problematic thing which I think was overblown because the real issue was the lack of wingspan mechanics.

They're supposed to have a 20ft wingspan. Meaning in buildings, dungeons and caves they'd be unable to fly. And even in dense woodlands they'd either fly above the canopy where they would struggle to see through it or they'd have to walk.

But as far as I'm aware there was no wingspan mechanic. There should have been an entire section in the race features discussing their wingspan and the limitations it brings. Even on the Forgotten Realms wiki it mentions them having a 20ft wingspan.

As it stands now, playing a fairy is objectively better than an Aarakocra because unless you ignore wingspan, a fairy can fly in more environments and at the same speed as an Aarakocra.

What "problematic" things do you think were overblown and could have been handled better either by WOTC or players.

Joining the trend of drawing yourself holding up your D&D character. I drew this at 2am, delirious and out of my mind. It's a wonder what art powers the Witching hours have because I've been stuck in a funk of not drawing since November and now I have this. Glorious are the hours of the night and the mystic powers of THC oil.

This is Filígrn. He is my Himbo Rune Knight Fighter Dwarf. I would die for him.

This art is still a work in progress by the wonderful Michael Manco.

https://www.instagram.com/michaelmancoartist?igsh=MXQzZXhiYTlyd3Rk

Léandre Cannibale before the world went to hell was quite a elven heartthrob. Women loved him and men wanted to be him. He got promoted to corporal due to his quick victory in battle over a rival country and stories of his military time was popular in penny dreadful comics.

When the apocalypse started, Léandre did what he always did in times of stress. Hatched a plan. Him and the remnants of the military took control of a walled off community deep in the heart of his home city. Once the dust settled he found himself the mayor of said community. One of the very few communities left standing in the ruins of the world.

Time rusts all things though. Over two hundred years the once beautiful Léandre degraded into a blob of a selfishness, moral degenerate. Stress eating became a thing in his routine. Food is quite rare though and...humanoid flesh is not. His military due to troop lossage has been mostly replaced by raiders, thugs, and likeminded individuals.

He has been losing his mental strength too. He allowed the local sect of Lathander to set up a church in his community most likely out of nostalgia. However since Lathander's death (long story) most of his church members have become borderline feral monsters. The bakers in his community attempted to unionized for better wages and rations. The Corporal Cannibal ordered the death of the union organizationer causing small scale riots.

It's up to the party to save the community from a bloated relic of an era long since dead.