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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.

This is my character Morwen! She is a Hexblade/Paladin Reborn human.

Our party got into some trouble with the law and in exchange for aid in their escape, they promised a performance as entertainment to an influential person. The performance was to take place during a festival and we had some down time to prepare.

I had so much fun thinking of different get ups to hide her identity and this is what I ultimately landed on. As you can tell, its heavily inspired by the iron maiden torture device.

Anyway, would love to hear the ridiculous ways your characters have tried hiding their identity.

This is my OC Thaerion, he comes from a long line of conquerors and is currently first in line for the throne.

He's a Dark magic user and a highly proficient Swordsman often stated to be one of if not the best in the kingdom. He's not sentimental and dislikes sweet stuff except for some honey in his morning tea.

He doesn't like to hunt and thinks it is a sport for men who cannot face skilled warriors in battle.

He came to be known as a war criminal after using blood magic to resurrect slain soldiers on the battlefield while laying siege to a fort.

Although he isn't above using dark magic he typically won't cheat or use underhanded methods to win a battle and has some level of concern towards his soldiers as he wouldn't put them in unnecessary danger unless he can get something out of it. He also considers his own life of more importance to his soldiers so he would sacrifice them to save himself.

For the past few months, I’ve been trying to create one NPC sheet per month to help game masters during their sessions.

Here are a few of them; I’m also making them available for free on my Patreon.

This is Alida, a half-elf girl who runs a tavern with her best friend Octavia.

They’re very close, and they both have their hands full keeping the tavern up and running and in order.

I created them for a maritime adventure, but I think they’d work well for any kind of adventure.

I hope you like them and find them useful.

You can download these Npc for free here: https://www.patreon.com/Biancaburzotta

My cosplay of my D&D ocs that I made

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1.Imogen Kirrin. She is a sun elf barbarian (wild magic barbarian).

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As a retired adventurer, currently she is a tavern owner and it's keeper, not an adventurer anymore.

She got a ton of gold from an adventure campaign, enough money to started her own business.

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2.Ragnar the wild heart barbarian.

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She was born in a guard family. Her parents are caravan guards.

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Ragnar started to travel with her parents and their caravan when she is 15 years old and started to work as a caravan guard just like her parents when she is 18.

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Now she is 28 traveling with caravans and her co-workers friends. (Her parents are still alive. They are just retired from their job.)

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3.Alisara Kwanjai the evocation wizard.

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She is my first D&D wizard character. I created her because I want to try to play a caster class.

She is a student in a wizard university in Waterdeep. And she is a hothead person.

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4.Henna Jovie the half orc fighter.

I created her for a while but still don't have much idea about her yet.

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Hello fellow d & d players! I have been playing this game for about 8 months or so and am recently running into a possible problem with my play style.

I'm basically curious if I'm being as asshole and ruining the fun for others...

I play in several campaigns at my local game shop. At one table I play a rogue. She is chaotic and I have had a really good time being a loose canon. I don't do anything too insane to derail things, I mostly just like to pickpocket people and take shiny things.

Here enters the problem. Last session, part of it was about my character and her backstory. Estranged sister (who betrayed me) has kidnapped local guards who my party was sent to save. Upon reaching my sister, we learn one of the guards killed her daughter (my niece?!?) because she had been bitten by vampire. Didn't even give the poor girl a chance, just put her down.

I roleplay the heck out of this! My character is basically saying a life for a life, and wants to murder the guard who killed the little girl. My party obviously doesn't want me to do this and it becomes a standoff. We roll initiative and I'm second after the warlock in my party.

Warlock spends his turn trying to persuade me to stop. We roll off, he wins. I concede. Beautiful heart to heart moment happens with my sister and I, we save the guards. Happily ever after yeah?

On the way to the car after the session my bestie states "wow the newer players in our group really hated you tonight."

And now my mind is spiraling...

Am I actually being a problem and standing in the way of my party having fun?

Is there even space for a chaotic character within an adventuring party?

Is d & d legit supposed to just be the party working together constantly or are moral dilemmas a part of the game/story?

Help and advice please.

The Deadliest CR2 was the Intellect Devourer! Very scary creature that can just become your brain, killing you and taking over your body. Owlbear is looking to be the most iconic CR3, but there is still time left to vote!

Today's vote is Most Deadly CR 3 Monster!

If the monster is different between 5e and 5.5e, just use the more deadly version. Only votes on the top comment count so feel free to leave a comment, but vote!

My take on Morgana Pendragon, Princess of Kamelot and the kingdom's great sorceress, corrupted by envy, doubt, and pride, tried to kill her half-brother.

But in the attempt, she lost her body, wath remained of her was her soul, a black smoke that swallowed everything. Her supporters continued to serve her, building a receptacle for her to house and satisfy her vanity, a beautiful porcelain doll, cold and perfect, just as she had always wanted to be.

Character design inspired by “interdimensional summit” by Dimmu Borghir.

Hope u like this design 😁

I really thought that the new Ravenloft book would be an opportunity for WotC to finally show that they’ve learned how to braise a good short rib, but when I read this book, it still doesn’t seem like they understand that a short rib really needs time to break down the collagen or it’s going to be tough. The short rib content seems like reheated leftovers from 5e and I’m afraid they just learned nothing about low-and-slow cookery.

what do you think?

tldr: the new Ravenloft book is tough and flavorless and I don’t think it was actually braised at all.

This isn't a bad thing in my eyes, I'm not askin for advice on how to stop them. It's just something I found funny and felt like sharing.

My group is chaotic, but they aren't murder hobos. They engage with the game, they respect the part I play in telling this tale and I respect the part they play. Something I do notice though is how quickly they are swayed to evil. If the villain has a compelling reason for doing what they do, not even putting them in the right just having a solid point, the party will at least consider changing teams right then and there. And gods forbid the villain is hot or even arguably female, then the land is doomed.

I like running evil campaigns and it's not something they do every single time so there's no drama here, but feel free to tell any stories in the replies of your experiences with the party switching sides. Whether you love or hate it, what you would do if the session was going that way, it's always such an interesting point in the campaign for me when everyone's allegiances come into question.

As a GM I love it when I get to sit back and watch my players roleplay with each other, and develop their relationships. But how do you as a GM introduce, or create space for the players to start creating those bonds, specially for newer players?

Crossing their backstories in unexpected ways is great, but sometimes their stories aren't easy to connect...

What if you had game mechanics that encouraged them to participate in actions together to get the benefits? We made a bunch of items that incite a bond between players so that their relationships have a common ground to flourish from!

Check them out in our Patreon if you are interested! We also make Maps, Subclasses, Spells, Feat and more, all wrapped in a monthly themed bundle!

What other ways to you use to build relationships between newer or more inexperience players?