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So I know the other day I said I would show the full outfit as i realized we are only allowed a picture per post. While posting i kept thinking “ah this is only a close shot i don’t think this will move people” and it turns out my doubts were wrong! It did way *way* better than i expected. It was a beautiful turn of events especially since it’s the official breakaway cosplay from returning from my hiatus. It was fun putting everything together.

Originally I planned on wearing the default vest and pants but decided to go for a tunic and cape instead. The top followed her og character top design and let me tell you having my cleavage out like that was a trip lmao. i did feel a bit self conscious but as a creative you are to step out of your comfort zone. The full cosplay has been posted if you like to see more angles.

The hair piece consisted of a layered black bob wig and a long hair extension clipped to the back that i braided into bubbles. There were one-piece wigs with the regular braid but i preferred this style. The crown was store bought and i had used it for a previous project. Her og eclipse one wasn’t going to arrive on time so i improvised and it did the trick. My cousin helped with the props and i perfected my in-character aura with this LARPing I did throughout the day. It felt nice walking around in my own little world while people stared and took pictures and asked me who i was RPing as.

This photo was taken after coming back from the convention and i was quite tired but i really liked how the sun was shining that early evening and decided to take some more shots. The ear i worked so hard on was lowkey slipping and i didn’t realize until after these pics were taken lmao.

My only annoyance was my friends kept pulling my elf ears and wow did it hurt because i stupidly attached them directly to my ears with spirit glue. Nonetheless I wanted to thank the dnd fans for all the support for my first post here, it meant the world receiving appreciation for my work and seeing people be normal about a woman of color cosplaying.

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A Sea Elf Druid, deeply attuned to the tides and theuntamed power of the ocean. Graceful and elusive, she moves with the fluidity of crashing waves, drawing upon ancient natural magic to protect the seas and those who call them home. Her unusual tail, vibrant aquatic features, and ethereal presence reflect a life shaped by the deep. Whether calming storms or summoning nature's fury, she embodies the beauty, mystery, and relentless strength of the ocean itself.

\[If you like my work and would like a commission, you can dm me here :) Thank you\]

🖌️ Rick Hershey

Tarhan are a hardy species of bisonfolk and the most common Humanoid species native to the Frontier. They are known for their broad, muscular build, thick, shaggy coat, and black-tipped horns. They make up the majority of the Tahut faction, but are still frequently seen in Federation towns and Nezca camps.

Barbarians who run the Path of the Stampede channel their Rage to become an unstoppable force. These Barbarians charge into battle, knocking down whatever is in their way, and trampling it underfoot.

This is a preview of two of the 20+ Species and Subclasses that will be included in High Moon: A Gothic Western Sourcebook for D&D 5.5e. Follow the BackerKit Page if you want to see more: https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/045c24eb-53c4-406c-b3cc-c287d99bdc6d/landing?ref=reddit

2-3 years ago I saw Karlach on a VDO on reels and I suddenly falling in love with this lady.😻

So I play BG3 and then started to play D&D after I learnt that BG3 is the same universe with D&D.

Karlach is a very cute character. She is always cheerful, silly and upbeat but also very strong, intimidating and have a pretty strong sense of moral in the same time. It's easy to falling in love with her.💖

There are a lot of things happened in these 3 years. There was time that I almost have to cancel Karlach cosplay plan because of panic attacks. Luckily for me that I can get over it in this year.

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Congratulations, u/Myralbus! I've reached out to you to get the necessary information to fulfill this giveaway.

A little while ago, I came out with the Magical Code of Regulations, 500 pages of law governing the use of magic. It started as a fun little project while I was working as an auditor at the IRS, and turned into a whole worldbuilding project I don't think I'll ever truly stop. It has laws governing everything ranging from necromancy, magical conservation easements, and familiars, to dragons, fireballs, and Chosen Ones. Great for D&D players and DMs, lawyers, accountants, worldbuilders, fantasy writers, and people that just want a really cool coffee table book. I promise it is the most in-depth magical law you've ever read.

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This happened a few months ago and I haven’t been back to DnD since. My partner invited me out with some DnD friends who knew of me, but whom I didn’t know well. I’d been in a pretty rough spot and hadn’t been interacting with others, since my dad had suddenly and unexpectedly had a heart attack shortly before. It was a challenging experience, as I held him when he died. I was only in town for the weekend (I travel a lot for work), so I wouldn’t be coming back, but they invited me for a round in the evening. I’d been watching some D20 previously, which had helped me feel better, so this seemed like a cool way to expand my bubble.

I was given a character sheet when I arrived by the DM that had info for me to learn. For the most part, this seemed like a pretty normal character - I was an elf who was hoping to grow and did magic (or something along those lines). But on the second half there was a detailed description of how my character recently lost his dad to a sudden curse and he’s joined the group to try to figure out what happened and avenge his death.

Edit: Yes, the DM knew about my dad; my partner had mentioned my invitation to her and the table because I was still recovering/healing.

I played through the evening and didn’t really share much about my character’s backstory from the sheet with the others there, but it was pretty challenging and I wasn’t expecting to have that experience - additionally, the others at the table seemed confused as to why I was being so cagey with my character’s backstory, although I couldn’t bring myself to share it without breaking down.

Is this a normal approach to DMing? Should I have done more research and gone into this expecting a connection with my personal life? I haven’t joined them again and I haven’t been comfortable with DnD since.

You guys seemed to like my Sardior post I made earlier this week, so I figured I'd share a piece I've recently done of Cyric!

Cyric has been playing a key role in my ongoing campaign, actively working with and against our party as we face off against the BBEG.

For this piece I wanted to capture his symbol, being the skull in the flared star using his head in palce of the skull, as well as his signature sword. Overall, I'm really happy with how this piece turned out!

Hey friends, I'm a big time nerd who has spent thousands of hours playing TTRPGs (mostly 5e and Cyberpunk RED).

I want to preface this by saying early 5e (like 2014-2019 era) is one of my favorite TTRPGs of all time, contrary to how most grognards and 4e stans feel.

But over time, I have noticed based on my experiences in r/lfg, the cultural zeitgeist around 5e is... we'll say marked by a lot of factors. Things like Critical Role, Baldur's Gate 3, Stranger Things, which are all great things, unfortunately set up expectations for the experiences for people looking specifically for "D&D" games.

I have ran into so many gosh darn people who you have to explicitly tell "This is not Critical Role, this is not Baldur's Gate 3" and they still just don't get it. I had one girl who I told during my 50th session zero that month, "Hey, this is more of an OSR vibe, it's more dungeon crawl-y, character death is possible, does all of this sound fun to you?" They all say yes.

Fast forward to session 4, her character dies, and she quits the game. I tell her "hey that's fine, but can I ask why?" She says "This game is just too rules-heavy for me." But you agreed to this, I say to myself, as I delete her on Discord and move on with my life. This has happened to me like 200 times over the 6 years I've been in the online D&D community. I literally have a Google Doc of session zero stuff I meticulously go over with people. My session zeroes—on average—take about 2 hours. The categories I have for my Session Zero is "Intro -> Expectations & Standards -> Tone and Theme -> Mode of Play -> Expectations In-Game -> FAQs"

And for what it's worth I also find a lot of good people in those online spaces. I ask the other players, "Did I do something wrong?" and they say "No, this is great. We all signed up for this."

So what is going on where I am constantly running into these people who nod and yes and then quit? I did some internet archaeology and found a phenomenal post by reddit user u/Tramujazz who had this to say:

It's easy to say, “You don't have to play any game the way someone else does.” or that "tone is not attached to the rules".

But the general culture still shapes the online discourse, the material being published, the kind of players who want to join your table, and even if you, the GM, want to move away from CR or Dimension 20, it's harder for players to understand that when you keep playing 5e. You can repeat “yeah, but we aren't playing like them” as much as you want, but good luck with that.

Deleuze talks about how signs and meanings are always part of an assemblage. A thing isn’t just a thing, it’s tied to the networks, histories, habits, and expectations that surround it. A rule system, an icon, even a vibe carries all the cultural baggage of how people have used it before. It’s never neutral. It’s never isolated. It always comes plugged into a whole machine of meanings that exceeds your personal intention at the table. The meanings, signs summoned, are attached to the culture around them. Even if a certain sign is not present in your personal game, it's still "up in the air" for players to grab it. So yeah, sometimes it's just easier to change the game (and all the assemblage attatched to it), resetting the mindset.

The cultural zeitgeist is so painfully defined by things like CR and BG3 that people don't even know what they're agreeing to when they agree to it. You can say "this is old school" and they agree with that because it sounds cool but they do not even know what you mean by that.

And it reminded me of the same issue I have when I play Cyberpunk RED. As a big Cyberpunk RED fan, I run into the same kind of people. People you have to explicitly tell "This is not Cyberpunk 2077. This is not Edgerunners." but people still come in with those expectations that have been defined by a bigger cultural footprint than my Session Zero could ever compete with.

Recently, WotC announced a Warcraft crossover book and I was telling my girlfriend "Well there goes my plan for a Warcraft campaign." She asked "Why? Wouldn't the book help?" And I said "Because everyone will immediately think about the WotC/WoW book and will just skim my post even if I say 'This is a homebrew game not using those things' and it's going to be a huge pain in the ass to get everyone on the same page." My biggest evidence is when I tell people "This is 2014 5e D&D" and without fail, 1 out of every 4 players shows up with a 2024 character with a bunch of DNDBeyond links I don't know how to navigate.

As someone who's ran a million games online, most people just do not read what you hand out. I can put in big, bold letters "NO AI GENERATION" and they send me their AI OC within minutes of being invited to my Discord. It has happened a hundred times.

https://i.imgur.com/uTFZ83l.png

Again, I love 5e (early 5e, that is). But the culture around 5e is so tied up in all of these expectations that that even when you explicitly tell people "this is not going to be like those things" the average player does not understand what that means and it just leads to a bunch of heartache trying to make these misaligned puzzle pieces fit.