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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.

Mainly a reader here, but I felt like I needed to post about my DM and give him his flowers.

I've been playing a barbarian in our current campaign. We've been tracking down a murderous artificer in our town who had been making traps and contraptions that would destruct afterwards, making his killings seem like traditional methods of murder. One of his victims was my character's father - a fighter and guard for the town, who left behind his +1 greataxe to me.

We were aware we were one session from facing the artificer, and were also going to level up afterwards. I talked to our DM and I decided I would like to multiclass into Paladin, the redemption of my father would have me eventually make an Oath of Glory.

Now, to our session last night. We track down the artificer to an abandoned factory and enter combat, top of the initiative, the factory comes alive and the "soul" of the murderer's first victim is deposited into a furnace, beginning a ritual to link a portal to the hells for what our Sorcerer figured was the artificer's escape, we would lose him forever should the ritual complete.

We did the math and realised we were on our last round of combat. The artificer was looking really beat but it was only myself and our cleric left to go, before it was too late. I make my first attack, I barely missed. Make my second and roll two Nat Ones. I legitimately think you could hear my heart break in real life. I know the "avenge my parent" trope is overdone, but this is my first character and I was devastated.

Then my DM paused and pulled me aside. He said that on a Nat 1, as a critical failure I could chose to roll damage for the attack, however it would come at a cost of my Greataxe. If I didn't, our Cleric likely wouldn't do enough damage and we would fail. It was up to me. I agreed to the deal.

In game it translated as; just as I was about to swing down my axe I felt a force overtake my rage's power over my body, and as my axe met him my very first Smite struck him down, shattering his mechanical suit, but also my axe. The force knocked me out temporarily, where I dreamt of my father who told me my duty on the realm was to protect the people, in a way he never could.

It just felt like the perfect conclusion of my arc as a barbarian and way to introduce the Oath (despite the subclass itself being a few levels away). I'm really excited to brainstorm where we go next with him. I think having a stereotypical "main character" moment is the perfect transition for a subclass into Paladin too.

What if the monsters you defeat weren't just XP and treasure? What if the dragon you slay could become tonight's dinner? What if you could feed an entire village, one you designed and built?

Welcome to Wild Hearth, a massive, two-tome expansion for D&D 5E and 5.5E. The first transforms the way you adventure on your way to the adventure, with new mechanics for traveling, farming, & cooking, and a buffet of all-new player options. The second contains the adventures themselves; a mix of flavorful monster hunting and cooking trial competitions pit player-led creativity against the subterfuge of their rivals.

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Hallo!

Need some ocs or things to sketch to tonight, please post ur dnd oc in the comment and I'll see what tickles my fancy to draw semi poorly lol

Not super good at drawing animals but I'm game to try anything!!

If u want u can throw me a coffee on ko fi

https://ko-fi.com/chikindraws

But I'm here cause I need stuff to draw while I pick a movie tonight. I don't know what else to type to get into the 400 character limit aaaah.

Once upon a time, I had a thought of escaping the world of digital art, however I couldn’t find a treaditional medium that I’ve truly enjoyed… until recently!

I started to dabble in linocut printing and it sparked a need to make some Critical Role fan art! It felt like Kiri was a perfect choice to try out a small (post-it note size) format

Are any Kiri fans out there in the wild? This adorable ball of cuteness and danger must have captured other hearts than mine, right? Right? 🐥🔪

Angela is an aasimar cleric from an old D&D campaign I played a while back. She was raised believing that the divine light within her was a blessing, and she always tried to live up to the expectations that came with it.

But Angela was never quite the holy figure everyone expected her to be. She was stubborn, curious, and far more willing to question the gods than to blindly follow them. Her faith was something she constantly struggled with, especially when the people she prayed for didn't always receive the salvation she promised.

Despite that, she remained devoted to helping others, carrying her own doubts quietly and putting on a confident face whenever things went wrong.

This was one of those older characters that I really enjoyed designing, and looking back at her now makes me want to revisit the campaign and explore her story again.

I’m an illustrator and I’m also open for commissions! If you’d like to see more of my work, You can check out my portfolio here: https://cara.app/carimbotinteiro

If you’re interested in commissioning me, feel free to send me a DM!

A shy and enormous girl studying magic in the most academic way possible is exposed to a dimensional explosion and ends up becoming an aberrant sorceress, with eyes sprouting from her skin and powers she doesn’t yet understand.

She’s so different from my own personality, it’s been a lot of fun playing as her and roleplaying her panic in social situations and having a weird fascination with magical knowledge.

If you like my art, contact me via DM or link in my bio 🔗

I recently convinced my family to play DnD with me. I played as a kid in the 80s, but never was DM. I remember the games going quickly over a 30 minute school lunch.

I bought the Mines of Phandelver starter kit and the 5.5 DM guide and 5.5 Players Handbook. When I asked if the family wanted to play my son really wanted to start right away. I had already skimmed the scenerio and agreed. (For background I have 5 kids, 12, 14, 16, 19, and 21. The two oldest aren't around enough to play, but my wife joined us. Also, my son (14) has ADHD).

I remember character creation was one of the fun parts so we started there. Instead of minutes to select a race and roll the stats it took hours to make the characters. It was a debacle. The next session we started the campaign and I wasn't prepared for all of the off-script actions and had to search for how to handle each one. Also, everyone was new to tabletop roll play and I spent a lot of time figuring out how to fight, cast spells, heal, etc. All we ended up accomplishing was joining the caravan and fighting the first set of goblins. After that I spent days prepping for the next session; planning the events, making maps and figurines, reading the books and tabbing them for reference. I was ready! We played and everyone enjoyed it, but it was still slow.

Now no one is really interested in playing, and even if I get them to play and it goes well I don't think they will really engage and enjoy it. I think the kids are used to constant action like Fortnight or having immersion provided like in Minecraft. The whole RPG thing is too slow and abstract. I still want to play and I am looking for any advice or support. Is there a way to speed-play to help hold their attention better? Is there a way to play with just my son who is still kind of interested? Thanks.

I’m playing a Tyranny of Dragons campaign where I led an army of townsmen and some guard drakes I befriended into a cultist cave. We cleared it, and stumbled upon three eggs. One of them hatched. I had to improvise and befriend it on the spot.

Very cute, and his broken draconic made me really fond of him.

I take him back to Greenest and I introduce him to everyone and ended the session heading back to my farmstead.

I went home and began to think, in which the happy- go lucky scenario in my brain is crushed like a can.

The DM explicitly noted he arised with BLACK glossy scales. He’s fucking black.

Im genuinely in shock, and have no idea how to go forward.

Edit: the other egg hatched. Im doomed.