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Not as impressive as a 3D printed mini, but white liquor store cardboard is free and I've had some old colouring pens for years. I'm honestly quite surprised the bit of shading around my Shoosuva makes it almost intimidating, despite the derpy look.

One of my characters has a +1 cursed (Yeenoghan) blood sword that can grow with kills. Since Yeenoghu rewards conquesting Gnolls with Sheesovu, I've decided that since they've cleared the prison, the sword counts as the Gnoll being rewarded. They'll have to fight and kill the Sheesovu, where the blood of the summon will be absorbed into the blade to make a +2 Rampaging (long) Bloodsword. The rampage feature will instead be an optional madness save which simply strikes the nearest target on a fail, instead of specifically an enemy.

I was thinking of giving it another ability by using charges from killing enemies, but I expect it will be OP like another magic item I made

This is my level 21 Circle of the Moon druid—a character I’ve been playing in the same campaign for six years. I drew this myself. Over that time, she’s managed to read every single book that grants stat bonuses. When I first created her, I was a complete beginner and didn’t realize that Constitution is arguably the second most important stat for a druid. I figured it didn’t matter, since using "Wild Shape" replaces your Constitution score with that of the beast you transform into. My Dungeon Master (DM) was also a beginner back then, so they didn’t offer any advice on how to build the character more effectively.

Fortunately, over the course of the campaign, she managed to get her hands on an amulet that boosts her Constitution to 19—which is absolutely critical, given that maintaining most of the best druid spells requires concentration. She also has some magical tattoos from *Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything*, though they’re hidden beneath her clothes.

We’ve now reached the final battles, and I’m going to miss all of this dearly—but that’s just how the game goes.

I don't personally but one I don't really like are Paladins, I love seeing one as the DM but don't like playing

Sharing my Beholder drawing, getting back into drawing more regularly after a dry spell.

I've always drawn regularly for all of my life but in the last couple of years life's really gotten in the way and I've really fallen out of routine with my drawing, leading to art block and feeling a bit lost with it.

However Dungeons & Dragons has really reignited my inspiration, I'm feeling excited again to draw and start using art and writing to build a world for my OC (maybe I'll share him soon) but for now I'm just getting back into practice, pretty happy with how this guy turned out.

I'm finally reading Jack Vance's Tales of the Dying Earth, the book that gave D&D its "Vancian" magic. What surprised me is how much the fiction carries the mechanic. Spells are rare, monstrously complex formulas, a wizard can only cram a few into his head, and casting one wipes it out. Limitation flavor are identical.

Early D&D took that over pretty directly, and since then it's drifted step by step toward spell slots, cantrips and flexible casting. Playing 5e now, it feels like we kept the bookkeeping but lost most of the story behind it.

How do you feel about this nowadays? Would you rather go back to the original or do you like the evolution of the spell slots?

Hey! Are you like me and have been wanting a cool playable Gnoll species? Do you also not like species that are tailored for one kind of build? Well I've got the pitch for you!

I've been brainstorming this Gnoll species for a bit and I'm in a spot I really like at the moment, but there's always room to streamline and balance. So I would appreciate any feedback you can give me.

In short, I took a look what I believe is the most official Gnoll race we have from Eberron. It looked good, but I was a bit iffy on it. Firstly, it was clearly more tailored for a frontline Warrior, specifically Fighters and Barbarians. This makes sense, Gnolls have a reputation for such tactics. But what if you wanted to play a Gnoll caster? Or an archer? Secondly, I always think the unarmed strike options give really low damage die. In most cases its fine, but I thought it didn't really incentivize you to use your bite attack if you could just swing your greataxe twice.

So that's how I ended up with Ancestral Adaptations. Three Gnoll subraces you can choose when you select the base race. You have the Spotted Gnoll, boasting a twist on the classic Gnoll abilities with a slightly stronger bite. Then there's the Striped Gnoll, tailored for characters who like to keep their distance and stay mobile. Lastly you have the Aardwolf, the subrace with a some helpful innate spellcasting.

Obviously the base Gnoll loses their bite attack and rampage. Instead, I replaced it with a new signature feature: Scavenger. I really like this one and I hope you all do too (even if it ends up needing tweaks)

Let me know what you think!

I don’t want to call him a ‘problem’ player, but he’s given me such a hard time in all the years that we’ve been playing together.

I’m the DM of our group, and long story short, this player has always had issues being genuinely engaged in the story. He doesn’t like RP, which I get, but he generally doesn’t RP at all if he doesn’t have to or his first instinct is to just attack, attack, attack (to the point where both I and the other players had to talk him down from killing NPCs randomly on multiple occasions).

When I talk, he scrolls on social media and plays it loudly enough for the entire table to hear. He doesn’t pay attention to anything I say, and I’ve had to repeat rules and resolve arguments too many times.

This isn’t because of one single moment, but more like a collection of events that I found crazy. The latest was during a boss fight, a CR 26, against four really buffed Lvl. 18 characters. He chose to be a fighter, and for his first few turns, he used both Action Surges to make six attacks. Then, after all surges were gone, he continued to try and make six attacks without a bonus action and without a second action. I told him that’s literally impossible, not without a second action or another action surge, and that even if he did use his bonus action to make another attack (since he was dual wielding), then it would only be one and that your extra attacks from classes don’t add onto that. But he completely refused to listen to me, and we went back and forth before he basically said, “I’ve been playing longer than you and know the game better than you do, I know I’m right I checked my feat that lets me do that a few hours ago.”

From then on, he ignored me every time I tried to remind him he can’t freely make six attacks, then use a bonus action for something else. He also started making fun of the other players for not being as powerful and strong as he was, then went on to compare the percentage of damage he did to the boss versus them.

I messaged him after the session, telling him of the rules and saying I only let him think he was doing so much damage in order to progress the fight, and he replied over a day later with “Oh ok.”

I got upset, mostly because small things like this have been happening for a year or two now, and it’s never just when we play D&D either, so I might be biased, but it makes me dread DMing, knowing what I say will either be ignored or disregarded as simply being wrong and not knowledgeable enough. I put in hours of effort writing that one-shot, and he can’t even listen to me?

Was I wrong to kick him out, or should I just give him another chance?

I am a freelance illustrator and animator who loves to focus on dnd characters and stories, and have comissions open till end of the year, as well as new slots for 2027 now! If you are interested in working together on a character of yours, a story illustration, book cover designs, or even animated projects, feel free to check out my portfolio:

https://www.artstation.com/valentinaudovic

Feel free to DM me on here or via any contact listed in the PDF download in my bio :)

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More on this character:

Centari Stormrunner -Fighter Centaur
This is a redesign of a character that started out as a druid but progressed trough the story to be more of a fighter, and hence came the challenge of designing a centaurs armor, fitting for a nobles guard. Centaurs might be one of my favorite races to design for when it comes to combining their armor and attire for a horse, as well as human, and make it look seamless. How they go about putting on said armor when alone, is another question.
We needed something easy to throw on, but protective of the flanks, and regal looking at the same time.

If you have something similar you would love to get a design solution on, or something even more mismatched, feel free to reach out!