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Ocarina of Time is one of my all-time favorites and so I couldn't pass up the opportunity to make something to mark the remake's release. Not sure if I'll be visiting any other locations in Hyrule yet, but had a lot of fun re-envisioning the Sacred Forest Meadow!

My 9yo daughter has apparently been learning about DnD from someone at school, and was describing it to her siblings this morning. I overheard: "and you choose your character. You can be a thief, a goblin, a wizard, a knight, or a lawyer." and then "your gender can be either goblin or human."

OK, more seriously... She's asking for DnD for Christmas. We're a boardgaming family, and the entirety of my RPG experience was a one-shot I participated in years ago, and my wife doesn't have any experience in it either. So how do I go about this? I assume most DM guides assume playing experience, and most newbie guides assume you'll be a player. So..... help?

Edit: wow, already so many incredibly helpful replies! I won't be able to thank everyone individually, but I truly appreciate all of the guidance, suggestions, and support!

The post before was removed because my text was too short.
Not sure what to put here, so a little backstory insight maybe?
Also, I would appreciate tipps on how to improve my art!

Curse of Strahd spoilers ahead, I guess?

My OC is Appolyom, an elven war mage. She believes war to be the natural state off every being („Put more than three people in a room and they will have war. Its our nature“-yes, war made her a bit insane).

So my party of three PCs went to the amber temple. Lets just say they took a bunch off Dark Gifts, leading Appolyon to get really paranoid and taking drastic measures- by accepting the gift of Vampyr.

Some PvP ensued, but no one was killed. Appolyon later murders Gertrude (who she had previously saved) and lets herself be killed by her mother-becoming a Vampire.

One thing lead to another and she ended up killing „Rictavio“. She also stole his hat (and ring).

The rest off the party is clearly not fond off that, but we will have to see mextvsession what happens :)

First of all, I want to acknowledge that I’m probably overreacting to what happened, and I know that the way I’ve been thinking about it might not be entirely healthy. So please, I’d really appreciate it if you could be gentle with me. I’m genuinely looking for advice and trying to understand my own feelings meanwhile understand the mechanics of DnD.
For some context, my character is a Level 6 College of Eloquence Bard.

I played D&D twice before, both in short one-shots, and absolutely fell in love with the game. Two years later, I found out that a board game café near my home was running D&D sessions, so I decided to join as a solo player. That’s when I created Lucy, my character.

Over time, I became incredibly attached to her. I genuinely love her so much.
Our regular DM understands that we’re all beginners. Our party originally consisted of 5–6 strangers who joined individually, but we vibes so well that we eventually became close friends. We now play together at least 2–3 times a week.

Our DM has been gradually increasing the difficulty of our sessions to prepare us for what he calls the “real deal”, which is tougher monsters, more complicated puzzles, more challenging combat encounters, and so on.

Recently, we had a guest DM run a one-shot for us. We weren’t told beforehand that it would be a heavy-combat session.
Our party consisted of:
Me (Level 6 Eloquence Bard)
Level 6 Barbarian
Level 6 Sorcerer
Level 6 Fighter
Level 4 Druid
We encountered a Black Dragon. Since this was a homebrew session, its stats were roughly as follows:
CR 9, 150 HP, Immune to the Blinded condition, Could turn invisible when entering darkness, Had a 30-foot acid breath attack

I’m going to skip over whether the encounter itself was balanced or reasonable. My party and I discussed it afterwards, and we all felt that several things during the fight didn’t quite make sense and we need to go with the flow because thr rules of DM(which is more than 5 times during session). But that’s not really what I want to focus on right now, although I acknowledge it might have contributed to how I feel.

The thing is, the dragon targeted my character from the very beginning of combat until the end. (I can understand that it’s because of how intelligent it is)
Lucy went down on the second round.
At one point, one of my teammates climbed onto the dragon and tried to turn its head away from me to protect me.
Normally, our regular DM would roll a d4 or d8 to determine which direction a monster would turn or attack in situations like this. However, the guest DM specifically chose to have the dragon struggle against my teammate’s attempt and turn back to attack my character again.
I’m genuinely not sure whether this is normal at other tables, and I’d appreciate hearing other people’s perspectives.
(FYI: if our characters died during this one-shot, their deaths would be permanent in our main campaign as well.)

EDIT: I think my wording might have been confusing because it was translated. What I meant by rolling to determine the direction is that when a monster gets distracted by someone jumping onto its neck, and the dragon starts thrashing around, the DM rolls a d4 or d8 to randomly determine which direction it moves in.

Throughout almost the entire session, I felt completely helpless. I barely got to do anything, and my character came extremely close to dying.
I want to be honest about how much this affected me emotionally.
It’s been two days since the session ended, and I’ve been crying for the past three days.
And now I’m starting to question whether D&D is even the right game for me. If I’m so emotionally attached to my character that the possibility of losing her causes me this much distress, does that mean I’m not suited for a game?

I don’t want special treatment. I don’t want to be the only player whose character is guaranteed to survive just because I love her too much. That wouldn’t be fair to everyone else.
But watching her get hurt over and over again, while feeling completely powerless to do anything about it, was genuinely heartbreaking for me.

There’s something else that’s been weighing on my mind, too. The owner of the board game café (not our regular DM) has repeatedly pointed out, often in a way that feels quite pressuring, that my character is terrible at defending herself.But I’ve only been properly playing D&D for about a month and a half.
I’m still learning the rules, the mechanics, the spells, and how combat works. There are so many things I don’t know yet. Whenever I struggle, he often tells me that it’s because I’m simply not creative enough.
And I’ve started internalising that.
I keep blaming myself, thinking that maybe I’m just not good enough. Maybe I’m not clever enough, or creative enough, or experienced enough to keep my character alive.
I know that learning is part of the game, and I genuinely want to improve. But sometimes I feel like I’m being expected to know things that I haven’t even had the chance to learn yet and that’s what hurts.

D&D is supposed to be something I enjoy. A game where I can have fun, be creative, tell stories, and spend time with friends. And I do enjoy it. So much.
I’ve made wonderful friends through this game and I’ve created a character who means more to me than I ever imagined a fictional character could.
But lately, something that brings me so much happiness has also started bringing me so much pain.
I love Lucy. I really, really do.

I just wonder how do you tell the difference between needing to become a better player, needing to find a table that suits you better, and simply needing to accept that character death is part of D&D?

I just ask that you please be kind. I’m still very new to all of this, and I’m trying my best. Thank you for reading.

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UPDATE 1:
I’ve read every single word of your comments. Thank you all so much for taking the time to read my post and share your thoughts and advice. It genuinely means a lot to me.
There are a few things I’d like to clarify to give you a better understanding of my situation.

First, why I’m so emotionally attached to my character.
I used to be absolutely terrified of singing in front of other people. I have some trauma from my past that affected me so deeply that there were times when even singing alone would leave me feeling so distressed that I’d end up making myself throw up over the toilet.
So when I started playing D&D, I wanted to challenge myself and step outside my comfort zone. That’s why I chose to play a Bard and created Lucy.
Through her, I slowly found the courage to sing and express myself again.
She gave me something I thought I’d lost. She helped me find my voice again, both literally and figuratively.
And I think that’s why I’ve become so deeply attached to her. She’s not just a fictional character to me. In a way, she represents a part of myself that I’ve been trying so hard to reclaim.

Second, how character creation works at our table.
Our regular DM generally avoids helping players build their characters because he believes that doing so would influence their decisions too much.
He wants us to be creative, make our own choices, and decide for ourselves what direction we want our characters to take.
I understand and respect his intentions.
A few days ago, I went back to ask him for advice for feats, and he asked me
“You’re a Bard. Why did you prioritise DEX over CON?”
And the answer is… I didn’t know.

I’m not saying this to blame my DM. I understand that he wants us to learn through our own decisions, and I appreciate that he values our freedom as players.
I really do want to learn. I want to become a better player, understand my character’s abilities, and contribute more effectively to my party.

This is my first time doing long-run for D&D, so I don’t know the norms of D&D, that’s why I’m seeking advice here. Thank you again for being patient with me and for helping me see things from different perspectives.

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UPDATE 2:
As I reading comments, there’s another thing I come up. Lucy almost die once earlier. What happened is one of her teammates was corrupted by curse and starting to attack her till Lucy was unconscious.

At that time I was teary, but at the end of session, we figured things out and it was wonderful experience that we still bring up as a topic nowadays. No hard feelings on another but it even made us closer. At the end of sessions we hugged. I drove home happily. So I think it might be other influences here along with my feelings.

(I am from SEA. So I write the information to my mother language to avoid confusion and then translate.That why some feels like reading AI tone.)

I've been working on a new portfolio over the past week, focusing mainly on D&D characters and fantasy art in general.

I've always enjoyed drawing fantasy characters, and seeing some of my friends play D&D got me even more interested in the character creation side of things. So I decided to explore that a bit more through my art!

Here are some of the characters I've been working on lately. If you're interested in having your own D&D character illustrated, feel free to reach out!

I'm not entirely sure if this kind of post is allowed here, so apologies in advance if it isn't. Just wanted to share my work!

A commissioned piece I worked on recently. The character is a Dragonkin who's been terrorizing the swamplands throughout the realm. His true form is actually that of a fully grown dragon, but he prefers to take on a humanoid form. He also has the ability to shapeshift into mud and use it to create various things, such as weapons, armor, and more.

The concept for this character was largely inspired by the character owner's Dracthyr OC from WoW. His appearance was also tweaked a bit from the original, most notably with the bulkier body type seen here. There was already plenty of artwork of him available, so my task was to reimagine him as something more intimidating, with a bit of a horror twist.

Halloween was just around the corner when I drew this character, so the timing couldn't have been more perfect, haha! :D

If you'd like to see my other works, kindly visit : Bluesky - Cara - ArtStation - Instagram - Threads

for inquiry, email me at: [rudiindra4art@gmail.com](mailto:rudiindra4art@gmail.com)

I wanna say before I start this I am not complaining! I just find it very funny.

I know some DMs struggle with there players actually RpIng in games I as a DM have the opposite problem my players will RP all day LOL, we had to not have a session for a month due to me being unable too, we left off with them having to go and find a lich but they knew where he is, an 8 hour session the first 6 hours was zero combat but them walking and talking not because I didn’t have anything lined up but they just went to inns and a women’s house for supply’s which is fine! But they were just YAPPING! LMFAO not even story stuff just there characters talking about random shit that came to mind in the moment, we did have a few RP moments that were impactful but 90% of it was just random stuff.

At one point i literally said “you know some DMs struggle to get there players to RP, but you guys won’t shut the fuck up” I said it super light hearted as I really didn’t mind and they all laughed and continued, one players after 6 hours said “I wanna do combat” I just turned to them and said so do I!

On a real note tho I love my players so much and it fills me with joy that I have made a world where they can have fun with there characters and talk as them for hours, I’m very proud of all of them ❤️

So this is the work-in progress for drawing my party of eight for the new Neon Odyssey settings.

There is T1N-C4N aka Tin Can, my anitron juggernaut (barbarian) he was originally a deposit security bot, but after getting severely damaged, he was dumped in a junkyard. One of the other players, an Oozoid Mechanist, eventually found him, pulled him out of the junkyard, and reprogrammed him.

We also have Mold the Oozoid mechanist(artificer) my friend's character who created and reprogrammed Tin Can.

Theweapon dealer, Beetle BJ Juice the nematoan gridrunner(wizard).

Saurian oracle(cleric), Yu Long

The Zorbrak tracer(ranger)(I forgot his name)

And the Amanite cryptist (warlock), Paul

There will be two more characters added later, being: nilari disciple(monk) and Laika primalist(Druid)

Fun 75mm sculpt from DM Stash I worked on today. Got a new airbrush, the PS-771 from Mr Hobby and it’s a damn laser, love the control you have with it and the trigger is amazing. My big issues are lack of contrast within single colors, I’m having a hard time really adding strong highlights and making it look decent, everything ends up looking flat or just over the top, can’t seem to nail down the middle ground. Other than that she was a ton of fun, killer sculpt with lots of details.

Clarifications:

Monsters refer to races and non spellcasting creatures with access to magic in any way

I have not gone into detail with sub-classes or feats because they fall into quite obvious sectors. For instance arcane trickster and magic initiate wizard both clearly fall into the wizard and artificer section where you access the weave "through study"

Ki, Rage and Psionics often appear magical but in lore they are not

The shadow weave also exists but that would complicate the diagram far too much

Here is a new diagram created with feedback and in more detail considering the idea that sorcerers can still in areas where there isnt a weave due to certain races being able to use their physiological traits to do sorcerery, although presumably at a much weaker level

Forgotten Realms Magic System Diagram 3.0