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Ah, travelers! We don't get many such as you in these parts, not since the Marquis' men took control of the pass. I suppose you're wondering why you can't post images or links on this Fifthday?

Thursdays are Text-post Only Days on /r/DnD. We're disabling picture and link posts for 24 hours to encourage discussion posts.

We originally began this trial about six months ago and the response has been overwhelmingly positive. I've personally enjoyed a lot of the conversations that have sprung up on these days (and a smarter mod would have bookmarked some of them to use as examples* in this post).

As of now we're planning on keeping the experiment running indefinitely. We're always looking for feedback, so please let us know of your experience. Have you been enamored with a discussion post that arose one Thursday? Have you mourned having to wait one more day to see your comic update? We welcome all takes.

The switch is still happening manually, so it will happen around about midnight Eastern US time. If anyone is aware of a way to automate the process, please message the mods.

Perhaps you could discuss this...we've heard tale of a path through the eastern ridge. If such a trail exists we could circumvent the Marquis' blockade and supply this rebellion. Won't you help us, strangers!?

* The first Thursday after making this post, someone posts the most classic question imaginable. This is what it's all about.

I just had to make the version of this meme with the characters from the campaign I am a part of (with Iggy). ;w; I originally made it for a reel, hence the format.

Ignis - my beloved tiefling. He is the one who sends meteors down on upon enemies in the name of protecting those he cares about.
Ko'orin - our hexblade elf that has a (problematic) fondness of alcohol and a fascination for lightnings.
Ronnie - absolutely the most wholesome NPC in the campaign. People would wage wars over him to try and keep him safe.
Nyx - a former succubus and the wizard of the group. She had to work hard for her magic.

Oi, pessoal! Essa é minha personagem original! Ainda não pensei bem em uma história para ela mas amei como ficou sua aparência! A única coisa que posso citar é que ela é uma arqueira élfica. Eu escolhi essa pele dourada pra contrastar com cabelo azul vibrante (alguns dos meus amigos disseram que era preto azulado, mas eu considero azul escuro mesmo). Eu queria algo que transmitisse poder, mas também graça, e eu acho que consegui! Eu amo muito ela, futuramente pretendo criar uma HQ com essa personagem. O que acham? = )

Personagem original por mim. @sonniarttes [Instagram]

Worked on this for a client recently! Here’s some description

Human Paladin
A tall human woman with sharp amber eyes and intricate black tattoos framing her face like sacred script. Her polished armor is dominated by a massive engraved steel neck guard covered in holy markings, giving her the presence of a battle-worn saint.
Half-Elf Bard
A charming half-elf with warm olive skin, soft green eyes, and long chestnut hair tied loosely behind his head. He wears elegant traveling coats and carries a finely crafted lyre, his easy smile hiding a quiet melancholy.
Tabaxi Swashbuckler Rogue
A lean tabaxi with dark striped fur, piercing aqua eyes, and a long muzzle. Dressed in fitted leather and layered belts, he carries himself with effortless confidence, always looking one step ahead of everyone around him.

Just wrapped up another session of a undead/crunchy campaign that has been going great!

The party just fought against a raised Paladin being controlled by an evil sorcerer

Two party members die!

The Undead Paladin coldly impales the two by the heart. The Barbarian thanks the survivors for trusting her, the party's paladin tosses them his Orders amulet before dying by his old masters undead hand

After we've wrapped up session, my girlfriend says:

"You need to go fuckin shake G. R. R. Martin's hand after this one, ye fuckin _rude bastard_"

I am a DM starting up a new campaign. Currently then players are figuring out characters. Our youngest player is 21, our oldest players are 30. I have one player who wants his character to be 15 years old. I personally don’t feel comfortable having a minor character, as I cover very adult themes in my campaign (drugs, vampiric seduction, brothels, and the like). This player is saying he’s okay with changing it to 18 but he’s being kind of passive aggressive, arguing age 15 “makes more sense for his character”. Another player is saying that I’m being too strict. I will note that a few other players have expressed concern, comments like “uhhh what the ****?” Or “that’s a little weird.”

What’s the verdict? Am I being too strict, or is this a fair rule to have in place?

These beasts are infused with elemental energy connected with rock and stone. Plates of rock jut from their thick fur, giving them excellent defenses. Preferring cold environments, dire mountain lions are largely found in the Frostcaps and the upper peaks of Stormcrag on the continent of Wesden. They are highly territorial and use their magical roar to drive off intruders with powerful earthquakes. Although humanoids are not their favorite prey, they will attack travelers given the opportunity.

The dire mountain lion was illustrated by Josiah Cameron for Humblewood: Beyond the Canopy.

Recently I've joined a new campaign as a player. One of the players is my good friend. The other 4 and the DM are new people I've never met before in my life.

I've been very excited to finally be a player. The campaign was interesting, the DM was good, and there was very good chemistry between the players from day one. The whole group is heavily roleplay-based, and we just clicked instantly like a bunch of theater kids we are. We are all in our 20s, including the DM.

The problems started when my friend mentioned our campaign where I am the DM. It was during that little friendly talk when preparing for the session. My friend is a bit of a happy bubbly chatterbox, so they excitedly shared with other players the adventures they had a couple of days prior as their other character. It was an important moment for their story and they were so so inspired and still in that headspace. Then they proceeded to talk about how awesome I was and how I did such a good job as a DM. I said something along the lines of "ha ha yeah but don't forget you're CharX now, not CharY" to gently get them back to the current campaign.

Then I turn away from my friend and I see the DMs face drop. And nothing has been the same ever since.

Every time my character makes a plan, it ends up not working for reasons I couldn't forsee or control. I play a support healing and buffing character, but every time we're in battle I'm the first to be targeted, whether the enemy is intelligent enough to take the support down first or not, whether I stand closer or further away from the battlegrounds. NPC refuse to give me important information no matter how I word the question but happily give it to the rest of the party even if the question was rude or meta. I never get any dm specials, like an npc that has ties to me because of my backstory or a spotlight moment, while other players get this a lot.

This was not an issue before. It only started to happen when it became known I also DM. And every time my friend mentioned "our game" later it kept getting worse.

Now I admit I have never mentioned this before, and perhaps it was seen as withholding information or misleading behavior. But we barely talked with this DM outside of direct game-related communication. I just didn't think it mattered I guess.

I have never been disruptive it this game. I have never corrected the DM about rules or anything. I'm very animated and theatrical, but this whole group is. In battle I track the initiative and conditions and sometimes I say something like "hey DM, this goblin is still burning" or "hey player, you're up next and your Blindness is over", but I only do it because it's easier for myself to keep track this way, and as a bonus it takes away the cognitive load from everyone else. At our first battle encounter (before the Cursed Talk) the DM actually thanked me for doing this.

Now how can I approach the issue without it getting worse?

I don't think it's reasonable to tell somebody "hey I think you're jealous. Why don't you like me?"

I've tried to ask if I needed to change something in my playstyle or character to better accommodate the narrative. I was told everything is fine.

I've already asked my friend to avoid this topic in conversations at this table, but it's seems to be on their mind a lot and it slips here and there. Plus other players have started to ask me polite questions about DMing or my campaign.

Man, all I wanted to do was to be a little guy doing little quests in his little life. 😢

Let’s assume there are humans who remember a world before magic. There were stories, sure: holy men able to cure illness with water from a sacred pond; wizened recluses who could walk among the brush and beasts without issue; minstrels who could soothe not only a soldier’s night terrors, but their physical pains as well; and so on and so forth. They were only stories, tales told to children to lull them to sleep. When people went searching for those places, they found… nothing, and no one could recall or produce any record of such things ever truly existing.

Then, all at once, at the height of some emotional outburst, a child calls forth a bolt of fire from a bloodline long suppressed; a fervent prayer is answered; a lutenist’s “Thy Mother” joke causes actual pain.

I’m trying to wrap my head around if I do this, what needs to be taken into consideration?

So I know Dragonborn have their own language and some typically have really guttural or Dragonborn ethnic sounding names like xyklak or arbiq. However do Dragonborn also have English irl names and what would be a scenario where they do? My blue Dragonborn cleric’s working name is Aegon Stormecho but that sounds pretty anglicized obviously and not ethnic at all. Would something like Aekon be better? I read somewhere that if you want a Dragonborn to sound Dragonborn to throw in x, g, y, and k’s