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Not that long ago my friend has become a mother so I’ve decided to draw her elf original character as a mother too.
Sooo, meet Kateryna — sun elf cleric who just welcomed her baby boy and decided to take a break from the adventures for a while to have more time to be together with her son and her significant other.
I really miss her in a party but her reason for this decision is too awesome and important to not respect. And anyway I hope to see her in our tavern soon.

A while ago I posted about joining my first campaign in which my GM allowed me and my fellow beginner party members to play homebrew races! So now weeks later and about 4 sessions into our campaign I've commissioned a visual for my character!!

Meet Yori a Trickery domain cleric & charlatan. He's a kitsune (base race changeling) who can switch between fox form and human form, in his human skin he takes on the persona of Kiyo, who's a maneater in more ways than one.

“If you ever find yourself in a tavern drunk off your ass, accompanied by an especially, well-figured lady of the night, who seems to ply you with opportunities that are just too good to be true; perhaps you should put down your mug, avert your gaze and trust your intuition. As her devilishly good looks and silver tongue might not be the only foxy thing about her.”

So if you're looking for a DnD artist on a budget I highly recommend IWHBYDCrema!

Link to their Vgen page: https://vgen.co/IWHBYD_crema

First off, the winner of last week's giveaway: https://www.redditraffler.com/raffles/1wpuytd

Congratulations, u/Possible_Jellyfish62! I'll be reaching out to you to get the necessary information to fulfill this giveaway.

A little while ago, I came out with the Magical Code of Regulations, 500 pages of law governing the use of magic. It started as a fun little project while I was working as an auditor at the IRS, and turned into a whole worldbuilding project I don't think I'll ever truly stop. It has laws governing everything ranging from necromancy, magical conservation easements, and familiars, to dragons, fireballs, and Chosen Ones. Great for D&D players and DMs, lawyers, accountants, worldbuilders, fantasy writers, and people that just want a really cool coffee table book. I promise it is the most in-depth magical law you've ever read.

Here's what some people have had to say about it:

"An unnecessarily comprehensive and deeply inconvenient framework. Several of my longstanding plans now require prior authorization." -Glorgon the Destroyer, Antagonistic Entity of Prophetic Significance #33

"Clear, thorough, and appropriately burdensome. I have no notes, though I will be requesting additional documentation." -Arthur B. Wexler, Senior Auditor, Department of Magical Affairs

Since release, I've officially made over 5k sales, this book is #1 on IngramSpark in fantasy over the last 90 days (for you booksellers looking for a cool book for your store), and will even have an officially licensed Chinese edition on the way (more details to come later)!

As a way to give back a bit, I will be giving away one signed copy of my book with a free digital version, a customizable authorized spellcaster license, a few stickers and a bookmark, and a no-change audit letter. All you have to do to enter is comment below! The winner will be selected randomly on 10/2 using redditraffler, with only caveat being that your account must be at least 3 months old.

I appreciate all the support I've gotten from this community and others over the past couple of years, and if you'd like to support this project independent of this giveaway, you can find the Code at the following links:

Amazon (preferred): https://www.amazon.com/Magical-Code-Regulations-Spellcasting-Regulation/dp/B0GZF9PVQL?maas=maas_adg_47FC0A8EE6B4473FD3BD31EA1AC9CE35_afap_abs&ref_=aa_maas&tag=maas

NOTE: If the shipping seems extremely expensive, you may need to go to your country's storefront. If you live in the EU and your country doesn't have one, Germany (amazon.de) is usually best. I'll try my best to find options for anyone that has trouble getting it!

DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com//product/566282/the-magical-code-of-regulations?affiliate_id=5121378

Can also be found on TikTok, but I run out of stock often there (too expensive to always be ordering copies myself).

If you're still not convinced, and wanted a sneak-peek, Questing Beast made a great video on it!

https://youtu.be/ffP-xvpRS5Q?is=YXo5uFPHC4cDXeTo

If you're still not convinced, know that the second edition will make ownership of the MCOR compulsory, so you might as well give in now.

On another note, should have a website up in a few weeks where you can browse the code, download and fill out all the forms, read about the Department of Magical Affairs' history, and there's even a little legal writing guide in there. This is not a final version, but here's me browsing a few sections:

https://youtu.be/cPLQgzeiVN8

Our new Kickstarter project is here:

Spawns of the Mindrender: Descent into Madness

It's a massive new sourcebook built around madness, dark fantasy, exploration, and the terrifying unknown. Your party will face a world where something far beyond their understanding is lurking beneath the surface — and the deeper they venture, the more they'll have to question what is real.

We're packing this project with epic adventures, sinister enemies, dangerous locations, secrets, lore, and plenty of opportunities for your players to make catastrophically bad decisions.

If you're a fan of sprawling TTRPG adventures where you can get lost in a dark and dangerous world, we'd love for you to take a look!

And because launching a project this big calls for a celebration, we're giving away

1 hardcover
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3 PDFs

of our first huge project, Crown of the Oathbreaker! 🎁

Crown of the Oathbreaker is our enormous D&D 5e-compatible campaign, created from feedback from 2,000+ RPG fans, taking adventurers from cursed kingdoms to the Feyrealm, Shadowrealm, and even Hell!

🎲 To enter: Just comment on this post and make sure, your account is older than 90 days . The four winners will be selected via RedditRaffler on Monday, October 5.

If Descent into Madness sounds like your kind of adventure, come take a look at the Kickstarter — and please upvote to help us spread the word!

Come and join us! The descent begins...

Spectator Pumpkin: 2025, pumpkin, gourds, radishes.
I had considered making a Beholder, but that many gourds stuck on seemed like a failure waiting ot happen.

Mimic Pumpkin: 2026, pumpkin, radishes, beet juice (to hide my horrible carving), potato teeth, poblano pepper tongue. Oh, and toothpicks. so many toothpicks. According to DnD Beyond, Mimics have 4 red beady eyes. According to Elminster, they don't really have eyes at all. I compromised on this.

Fun fact: Beet juice stains everything. It looks like a full-party wipe happened over here.

Currently debating with my group at what age it is acceptable to begin birdwatching as an elf. Any opinions and ideas?

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I see all the time people saying, "D&D is structured or balanced around an assumption of six adventures of about three rounds each per adventuring day".

I believe that claim. I don't doubt it. I've heard it said for years. I totally understand that breaking outside that expectation can lead to weird interactions (e.g. if there's only one big fight per day, some classes will seem much stronger than others). I accept it as true.

But... where is it actually said, or written down?

I ask because I assumed it would be in the DMG, and I couldn't see it when I went looking. The DMG tells GMs how to structure adventures, campaigns, and encounters, but unless I'm missing something (possible!), it never at any point mentions the "six encounters per day" guideline. Isn't that pretty important for a DM to know, if they're going to create any of those things?

Or is this just like when the DMG talks about "Creating a Creature" when what it actually says is "copy another creature, here's some things you can change, but don't change anything else because it would change it's CR and that's not allowed", and never actually at any point tells you how to create a creature? That is: the DMG pretends to tell you how to make adventures, campaigns, encounters, and creatures, but actually doesn't provide all the information you need to do so?

My assumption is that the "6/day" thing is just part of the grand metalore and you have to go looking on this Reddit page or the designers' Twitter feed or some Discord somewhere to actually find any original source for it, and it's not in the game itself... but I'm very prepared to discover I'm wrong, in which case, please let me know!

Just curious, why this is the case. If you're somebody who chases numbers or picks abilities for the best tactical advantage why? Not knocking this just curious.

Personally, I've crafted characters who are heavily unoptimized, who carry spells or cantrips that aren't necessarily the most effective, but that narratively reflect the character's background and personality the most. I feel like it allows potential to flavor multiple characters within a single class, but each plays differently.

I am rather new to DND, so I dont know which is more common, but to me it feels like for a role-playing game having the skills that best emphasize the character's design provides more flavor than picking the most optimized build, unless those characteristics are intentionally built into them. I personally opt to forgo using some extra abilities if I dont think it makes sense for the character, the exception being if there is a bind and my actions could save the party and prevent a wipe from occurring.

Just curious.