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From past experiences here are mines:

- "You hear a whispering voice from your bag of holding, do you want to reply?"

- "The walls are not breathing... yet."

- "Alright, the Moon rolls for initiative"

I recently arrived in a city my character had never been to before. There was a huge crowd because an event had just ended, and I had just woken up and gone to talk to my companions.

I needed new armor, so I approached an NPC and asked where I could find an armor shop. He gave me directions, but before I could walk away, he said something along the lines of:

“Nothing in this city is free.”

He then demanded money in exchange for the information and threatened to call the authorities if I refused.

My character didn't want any trouble. I wasn't interested in wasting time getting into unnecessary fights with random NPCs when all I wanted was to buy some armor and leave. So I simply used Command to make him walk away.

Later, after the session, we were discussing our characters' alignments. A player who had recently joined the table told me that my character's alignment was wrong and that, because I play a Chaotic Evil character, I should have killed the NPC.

I tried explaining several times that my character doesn't randomly murder everyone who annoys him. He chooses who deserves his violence and who is worth the effort. If killing someone would create unnecessary problems, attract the authorities, waste time, or otherwise accomplish nothing, why would he do it?

He's a Vengeance Paladin, so violence and mercilessness are absolutely part of his character. But that doesn't mean he's a mindless psychopath who has to attack everyone who inconveniences him.

Ps: later, on a second encounter I threatened him with my sword and he ran away.

My basic arguments were:

Chaotic Evil doesn't mean stupid.

Chaotic Evil doesn't mean “kill everyone who annoys you.”

My character is extremely violent toward people he believes deserve it.

He is willing to kill without much remorse when he thinks it's justified or useful.

But he can also be pragmatic and self-interested when violence would only create unnecessary problems.

Avoiding a pointless fight with the city authorities over an annoying NPC doesn't contradict his alignment.

In this particular situation, using Command to make the NPC leave was simply the most efficient way to get what I wanted.

I feel like my character can be both cruel and pragmatic without being an idiot.

So... am I misunderstanding Chaotic Evil here, or is the other player assuming that “Chaotic Evil” basically means “murderhobo who has to kill anyone who annoys him”?

Hey! I'm a relatively new player, and this is my first post here, but I'm pretty hyped about this new character for a future campaign (or if my current cleric dies).

This is Llwyd Greycot (Llwyd means grey in Welsh, but most people will call him Lloyd). He's a 3' 8" (small) Harengon Druid, Circle of the Moon. He has a full backstory where an ancestor of his family, Gethin Greycot, helped Archfey Oberon save a pack of unicorns from a hag coven in the Feywild generations ago, resulting in Gethin forming a pact as an Archfey Warlock. His unicorn friend Silene ultimately died and gifted her horn to Gethin, which was passed down the generations as a spellcasting focus and a marker of the now familial covenant with Oberon, granting the Greycots their nature magic.

I have a concept for Llwyd's wild shapes where, due to fey magic, his forms will be a mixture of hare and the target animal (mostly to justify using Rabbit Hop in wild shape), namely:\ • The Thumper (using bear stats and progression): a large, ursine creature with a hare-like face, ears, and hind legs for heavy combat.\ • The Jack-lynx (using big cat stats and progression): a large, lean jackrabbit/big cat hybrid for stealth and quick combat.\ • The Otthare (using giant weasel or similar stats): a slick, hare-like otter creature mainly for swimming.\ • The Wolpertinger (using owl stats): of course, a silly nod to Bavarian folklore for flying around.\ • A Rabbit: for inconspicuous travel and utility.

These should technically be allowed since it's just visual flavour, and Llwyd would have seen the target animals before, but it's just for fun!

What do you all think, does the concept check out? The art's pretty humble compared to some I've seen on this subreddit, but it was fun to bring him to life!

If you missed the last episode you'll probably want to start there.

Or if you're really confused, you could go back to the very beginning of the changeling's story arc.

Or even the very start of the series if you want to binge read and maybe laugh a bit.

Changeling-Kayra tells her story pretty thoroughly here... a construct of mud and sticks, assembled by the night hag Granny Dismal to replace the stolen child she intended to raise as a new hag. Granny gave the changling a real human soul, which she acquired through her haggish ways, and changeling-Kayra has been living her whole life masking as a human. (That stolen child is one of the main protagonists of this series... don't worry, she has a very happy life.)

She's been struggling for ages to tell her fiancé the truth about herself. Now that she's finally confessed.. this was not the reaction she expected.

Believe it or not, Love and Hex is a comedy, not a drama. It started out as a joke about my D&D campaign and turned into an ongoing rom-com/existential horror story. It's on Webtoon and, well, all over the internet. Also r/LoveAndHex. And you can find a version with a full transcript on my website.

In the scenario where someone had a child but the child was deceased (was stillborn or died tragically young for eg) ,what would happen if that person then promised their first born to a fae.

I'm imagining a scenario where someone unfortunately has found themself in a situation where they are dealing with a fae. The Fae naturally asked for the person's firstborn in return for something. Specifically their firstborn.The person agrees to the deal because they already lost their firstborn.

Also I imagine in this scenario, the fae may even ask the person "Do you have any children already?" .Technically they no longer have any children so the person could say no. They had a child but the child died.

Would some necromancy-like thing occur or would the fae own the child's soul?

Would the fae have to claw the child from the afterlife ?

I'm thinking of this as a character concept because I have a campaign that involves the fae and the undead.

A really fun commission I got to work on for an alternate version of the Dusk Elf Patrina Veliknova from Barovia who was resurrected and took the dark pact with Strahd.
She has appeared in a simulated world in the far flung future where world ending magical technology is being developed in a world war magical arms race.

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This piece was a delight to work on , if any of you are interested in having your own characters, creatures or parties drawn I am currently taking commissions, feel free to reach out either here or on the platform of your choice, details are pinned to my profile:)

Hey hello! I wanted to show a NPC I made for my campaign~ I wish I could yap more about them, but honestly part of their deal has been being shrouded in mystery. So far, player theories on their identity range from "It's a cultist" to "it's a physiotherapist" to "it's three shrimp in a trenchcoat". They aided one of the party members in providing a temporary mechanical body for their best friend, and seemingly has ties to another party member, and may be involved in some of the major plot points too.

Also, I'm plenty aware they look like peppermint candy or a strawberry cone ice cream, but sometimes the dubious figures haunting the narrative can also inspire a bit of whimsy! "The Creature" has been a bit of an unofficial nickname as even their name hasn't really been revealed yet

My Sweet Starboii 🥰 Hes so much fun to play as!!

Nyren is a charming, slightly flirtatious half-elf with the survival instincts of a scared rabbit. He’s clever, quick with a joke and somehow always manages to talk his way out of trouble usually while already planning his escape.

He has a habit of never looking quite the same twice. Different clothes, different names, different hair colours…sometimes achieved with magic, sometimes with powders, dyes, wigs, or whatever else he happens to find. If there’s a chance someone might recognise him, he’d rather change his entire appearance than take the risk. Finnian, Vael, Ash, Lucien… the name depends on the day, the city, and how much trouble he’s currently in.
He also collects charms.
A lot of them.

Runes, old coins, little bones, carved stones, ribbons, rings, necklaces, feathers, protective symbols, lucky pieces, strange little bottles basically anything that someone once told him might keep away bad luck, curses, spirits or death. Most of them are probably completely useless. Some are definitely fake.
He loves them anyway.

Nyren will happily spend his last few coins on some ridiculous “ancient protective amulet” because what if this one actually works? He wears so many charms that they clink when he walks. It’s partly superstition, partly habit, and partly because having something to hold onto makes him feel safer.

His favourite solution to basically anything is to run away and pretend it was intentional. He collects fake names, questionable plans and enemies with impressive efficiency. If he can solve a problem with a smile, a lie or a suspiciously well-timed distraction, he absolutely will.

He’s secretly a (star) druid, which he would prefer everyone not to know. Nature magic embarrasses him, and he’d much rather people assume he’s some mysterious, slightly eccentric wizard. Turning into animals is useful, sure, but he finds the whole experience deeply undignified and will complain about it afterwards.

Underneath all the charm, flirting and ridiculous amount of jewellery, though, Nyren is genuinely afraid of a lot of things.
His past.
His father.
Being recognised.
Losing people.
And, probably most of all, being truly known.

So he disguises himself. Changes his name. Changes his hair. Changes his story.
And then he met the group.
And, unfortunately for him, he started caring about them.
Which means he can’t simply disappear every time things get difficult anymore.
Especially because somewhere along the way, he fell in love.
Which is rather inconvenient for someone whose entire survival strategy has always been:
run first, disguise yourself second, try to flirt your way out third, and absolutely never process your feelings. :)

What are your thoughts about this man? 🤭✨
Im pretty proud of him tbh🥰

For context, we play DnD with 4 people and have been playing our 'main' campaign for almost 7 years now. Yes, the same campaign, same story, with pretty regular sessions (our next session will be session 100). I am not a Redditter or talk to a lot of other people who play DnD so i don't really know how rare this is but to me that's crazy (in a good way). Our sessions usually just last the whole day and it just makes sense, because when i tell you this is the MOST elaborate, detailed, building-up campaign you have ever seen. I've lost the exact character count but it's like 500+ maybe 600 - and most of them are genuinely memorable/we have some sort of dynamic with. Our main quest is to collect shards, as part of a bigger collective, and hopefully prevent bad people from obtaining said shards (in short). We definitely do not have all the shards yet (working on it) and it's partially because we just have too much fun sidequesting continuously and interacting with the characters (also continuously, to the point where we sometimes have to be teleported out of the shops). Well, without further ado, here's 3 things our DM did that shook me or stuck with me - beware this is not a top 3 in any way because i wouldn't be able to rank this or name everything. It is simply a selection.

1. Most recently: wrote 27 pages of lore about the worlds history & religion, in the style of a lecture that a well-known professor was giving us. 27 pages. We wanted something from this in-game professor and the deal was that if one of us scored a perfect score on his test, he might consider. We are suckers for things like this (our DM knows us very well lol). We studied the 27 pages. The lore was actually interesting, talking about the origin of certain religions denominations and applying different concepts to them. It felt like i was reading about an existing culture somewhere on this planet. Oh yeah we ended up not making the test (yet) because i got attacked severely. This is also dnd.

2. Made me actually cry, physically, during the session. My character's mom has passed away and during a scene in a swamp (which was kind of an otherworldy place?) my character got to "talk" to her for a bit. The way this was built up just hit my like a suckerpunch (mother-daughter nicknames were used) and i started bawling yasss. 10/10 will never forget.

3. Created another language/counting system in this language, let an NPC tell us about it/teach us in game, and afterwards we encountered our most feared character and she started counting down from 10 to 0, IN THIS LANGUAGE. we ran. Also sort of relating to this but one of my favourite puzzles had to do with this counting system and included a different kind of clock as well- we got an irl representation of this clock system that we actually had to turn etc to solve for certain times.

this is far from everything, i could do a pt 2! but moral of the story is our DM is cool