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(Now with images. And a 400 character description. I hope.)

My son’s friend gave this to him for his 15th birthday. It’s a dice hammer with a full fancy dice set built into the handle.

My son plays D&D and wanted to hang it on his wall as soon as he opened it. I wanted to share it with the D&D community and see if this kind of thing is common at other tables. It seems really special. My older brother used to play dnd when I was little (he suffered from depression and so, well, isn’t around to play it anymore) but it makes my heart sing to see something cool and something so special just transcend time..

Howdy folks!

Aaand we're back good and proper!

Some news if you missed it, I previously mentioned that I'd applied to table at Gencon this year. Sadly I didnt get a spot but we'll see if I find another con to apply to, preferably something late in the year (for a number of reasons, primarily the birth of my secondborn in April).

Stay tuned and stay excellent out there!

Oh, casual reminder that there's still time to become a Late Backer on the collected volume kickstarter!

Peace and Carrots!

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My D&D comics: Sellswords & Sorcery The Weekly Roll The Pos'Thal Chronicles

My 40k fancomic Rogue's Retinue: Rogue's Retinue

Toothpick Busywort, The Goblin Artificer

While she was a newborn goblin, she was taken away from her clan during a goblin culling led by an adventurer party. The adventurers, who didn’t feel like killing a literal baby, dropped her off in the Gnome community. Dodging responsibility by handing off a goblin baby to the people that conscripted the party to kill the goblins in the first place. What could go wrong?

Turns out, not a whole lot. The Busywort family opted to raise her, naming her Toothpick based on her two unusually long canines she used to naw on various objects during childhood. While surrounded by the gnome lifestyle and culture, she channeled her base gremlin mode to learning more about crafting, magic, and everything in between. She received a basic education and, although she was very bright, some members in the community didn’t consider her an intellectual equal. Toothpick became more than a little defensive when her intelligence came into question. Never quite getting violent with the other gnomes but it was never a pretty sight when she started to spit obscenities.

Toothpick heard a rumor that the provincial human government was looking to take back the wilds from the last demon incursion. Feeling a way to prove her intelligence, along with a treasure map she found in her family library, she set off with her various inventions and makeshift rifle. If the mission to expand civilization were assisted by her tools, then those “rotten dung-eaters” back home won’t have anything to latch onto. All she needs is a party to protect her, carry her things, and kill the various wild creatures trying to eat her.

I made a romantic, adults-only D&D one-shot designed for couples

The Trial of Hearts is a short adventure meant to be played by two people: one DM, one player, as a fun, flirty date-night RPG.

It includes:

• 16-page illustrated adventure
• 4 hand-drawn color maps
• 2 custom “paper doll” character sheets
• Mini-games and romantic prompts
• A cheeky home-brew system where clothing/armor tracks HP

Everything is 100% hand-drawn with no AI artwork.

Perfect for Valentine’s Day, anniversaries, or just trying something new with your favorite adventuring partner.

I'm hoping some more adventurous adult players will give it a shot! If you’re interested, you can check it out on my Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/trial-of-hearts-123432803?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

Thanks!

In an AD&D 2nd Edition game where I was the Dungeon Master, the players decided to cross a mountain pass. The problem was that a terrible snowstorm was approaching, and the pass itself was basically a natural maze of rock formations.
ALL the NPCs repeatedly warned the players that crossing during the storm and without a guide was suicide, but they were convinced everyone was exaggerating.

On top of that, they didn’t bring any special cold‑weather gear, no firewood, no extra provisions, NOTHING…
And of course, they refused to make a map. I suggested it several times, but they didn’t listen.

I should clarify that we were using some homebrew rules, including “stamina points,” which the players (by this point already very lost in the mountain labyrinth) were slowly losing. If stamina reached zero, the character collapsed, unable to move on their own, and began losing hit points. Since they were all low‑level characters, their stamina wasn’t very high to begin with.

One of them had the idea to use the “keep one hand on the wall” maze‑traversing technique, and the others thought it was brilliant… but that technique doesn’t work once you’re deep inside the labyrinth.
This caused them to walk in circles through the same section of the maze over and over and over again.

When one of the players hit zero stamina, everyone panicked and a big argument broke out… and they eventually decided to make camp.
My heart almost broke when I asked them what firewood they planned to use.

—“Aren’t there any trees?!”
—“I’ve told you like twenty times that the place is bare rock with NO vegetation whatsoever.”

At that point, I even considered using the forbidden tool: It Was All Just a Dream.

Long story short, I wasted the little time we had to play DnD that week watching the characters die in a very slow and very stupid way, listening to lots of complaints and arguments, and watching everyone roll up new characters.
And of course, to some of the players, I was “the one who killed their characters.”

I ended up taking a break from DMing for a while; it really killed my motivation.
Luckily, another player wanted to try being the DM.

Absolutely miserable scam going around where this company is trying to sell faulty "map projectors" with a 500% price mark up. They arrive broken, over heat to a dangerous level, and sometimes don't arrive at all.

Their ads steal content from other D&D creators without permission.

This D&D creator explains clearly what they are doing.

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSa1Pc62o/

It's been all over social media ads for D&D consumers. Report and avoid at all costs.

Hello hello~

So, yea, as title says. I'm generally a guy who advocates for the DM setting the rules. I understand that fudging on occasion can be healthy for the sake of fun and keeping the narrative going but I feel like my DM is doing it so much that it's making dice rolls either feel pointless, or making the players only rely on dice rolls we can see.

As a sorcerer who plays "the face" with a focus on deception and support, this can be a pain when my meta magic Subtle spells or Heightened hold persons just get sent to the void frequently due to it simplifying an encounter against NPC's with dog shit wisdom stats, but I'm still down the resources for even trying. I'm at the point where I feel like I should just be hucking fireballs in every scenario.

The DM is not a bad guy by any means. They're a good dude. I've known them for a long time, they like writing, they're new to DMing and I can tell they really want to tell a story. But they can be stubborn for how they want things to be handled and me and the other players are starting to notice the statistical anomalies resulting in most asking for dice rolls to be rolled in the open last session to which he pushed back on.

Normally I'd just respectfully bow out early and say the styles not for me, find a different DM's game to enjoy. Whatever, no big whoop and nothing personal. but me, the DM and other players are all friends.

I like there company regardless and this REALLY isn't a big deal. I rather he be happy. But I just felt like venting in some way about it.

I'm planning to talk to them and maybe give them a heads up that it'd be a litte funner to fudge a little less so that we trust the dice more. There's nothing wrong with fudging but I think doing it in a way where your players genuinely can't tell is key. When you trust the dice, the big moments feel big, and the lows create real tension. When that illusion pops it's just not as fun for me. Ya know?