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I dm for my girlfriend and her friends, all female. They helped a little girl find her dog. And little girl took a liking to the person who brought her dog back. Called her pretty or cute i cant remember. The woman laughed and blushed a little. Fast forward about a month i find out that it make her uncomfortable and or creeped out. It was all roleplay, even had plan for girl to dress like her later on down the road. She was this girls hero.

I can not talk to her about it. Because gf told her she wouldnt say anything.

I feel terrible that she stopped playing because of me. But at same time very confused that she only saw me saying it. And not the girl. Yes i tried to do a little girls voice. Badly i guess.

But i guess i just want to know if im to blame, or if she just cant separate roleplay and real life. Oh she is very new to dnd

This is basically a rant about how stupid and upset I feel right now, so sorry if this isn't the right place to do it. I just need to vent

I'm a very sad person. I don't know why or what, but I just am. I get easily depressed. Until I found dnd just about 2 years ago. Then my life suddenly felt worth living. It was all i could talk about. I became obsessed, and I am willing to admit it was a bit unhealthy. Especially when it came to my characters. I saw them as my babies.

I've been through a total of 4 campaigns, the first two which I used the same charecter twice, the other two useing a different charecter.The firstt two campaigns ended because the group agreed it was garbage/other reasons(I did not agree the second time). For the next campaign, I knew I had to make a new character because I couldn't keep using the same character over and over again. Made a new character for the third campaign, which only lasted one day because the entire party died, the campaign along with it. Two weeks later, we started a new campaign, and I used that same character because why not? I only used it for one day anyway.

Fast forward to today. My charecter is level three. We are waiting in town for a payment for a mission. Everybody is doing something, si i decid it woukd be a great idea to go on a little stroll at night to find a nice lake/river ro bathe in. Thought it wouldn't be a roll playing moment because why would I need to role-play my charecter getting butt ass naked and cleaning himself, but no. My dm made it clear there would be a chance that I would get attacked. I decided to go along anyway because I didn't want it to seem like meta-gaming to make him back down and stay in town just because I was scared he'd get jumped. I get to a lake an hours travle from town and start doing my business. Dm makes three cr level 1 redbrands pull up on him. I have no weapons on him cuz hes ass crack naked, so I have to just let them go through my charecters stuff stuff, call him poor, and humiate/make fun of him. They tell me to go find a cool shiney beetle so they woukd let me live, I do it cuz I want my charecter to live, and when I come back, they are gone, and they had thrown his stuff in the water. I FORGET to do a perception check and immediately jump in to get his shit cuz he has some personal things in there and ends up getting jumped by a big ass leech or something. Not even cr1, but I panic cuz I have no weapons. Long story short, I forgot I had action surge, second wind, and rage. I wait till the last minute to use any of those, but it's too late. I use my second wind to heal myself because I was at 1 health and try to swim back to the surface, but I ran out of air. I succeeded all my saving throws, but no nat 20, so I drowned and died. Back in town, a party member finds a buried treasure with 1400 gold and a few magic items. Dm does not attack him at all on his journey. The party long rests and realizes I did not return in the night, so they assume I'm dead. The party member that found the buried treasure then proceeds to say it was a waste of gold to revive my charecter since I am only level 3(we are all level three) and majority of thr party agrees. That same party member then refuses to even go out and find my body to bury me or anything, and convinced everyone it was a waste of time.

I am now extremely depressed. This was my favorite character that I've made. I spent so much time designing his backstory, the way he looks. I felt apart of him. I felt like i had to complet his quest. It was my duty. I haven't stopped crying, and it's been 4 hours. I just feel so stupid. I had so many outs and ways to keep my charecter alive, but I panicked and shut down. I also feel stupid for being this upset about a stupid game. I don't even want to rejoin with a new charecter anymore. The thought of making a whole new character just makes my heart hurt. Besides, with the system we are doing with levels right now, I woukd be taking a ton of xp from the pot to get me back up to the same level as everyone, and that woukd significantly set the whole party back in leveling up. If I did ever come back, it would be with a soulless character. No joy in making it. Just another npc. I have nothing in me to do this anymore.

Idk. I just miss him. Stupid thing to say for someone who doesn't exist, but he felt real to me.

Rip Oskar, I'm sorry I couldn't save you.

Edit: Dm did apologize for killing me, but I didn't blame him because it was entirely my fault making stupid decisions. Thought I should clarify that, lol.

So, rough first experience with DnD. Looking for some advice.

I got invited to join a group for the first time yesterday, which I’ve wanted to do for a long time. They’re already level 4 and I was going to be the sixth player. My buddy told me to just glance over classes and not stress it too much.

When I got there to make my character, the DM immediately asked what my ideas were. That completely threw me off. I didn’t have any. I didn’t even realize I was supposed to.

I figured I’d keep it simple and start as a human monk, since I know nothing about the world, lore, or what’s even possible. My thought was just “monk from a nearby monastery who goes out and joins the party.”

But they kept pushing me for more. What are his motivations? Who is his master? What’s his backstory? I had nothing. I’m not a creative writer, and I honestly thought I’d be able to just make a basic character and get dropped into the session.

I tried asking how characters usually join a party, like what kind of event brings them in, and they basically said “don’t worry about that, just focus on your background.”

Then I asked what the overall story even is, and they said there isn’t one. I asked what my character could realistically want or work toward, and they said “anything.”

So I said okay, maybe my monk just wants a peaceful life, like owning a small keep and a farm. Apparently that didn’t work because I “need a reason” to go out and fight monsters. I assumed that part would just happen naturally once the game started.

At that point I realized they expected me to basically create a full character concept from scratch before I could even play, and I just shut down. Open-ended “anything you want” completely blanks me out.

I ended up feeling pretty disappointed. I’ve wanted to try DnD for a long time, but this felt more like being asked to write a story on the spot than actually playing a game.

Is this normal? How do people who aren’t naturally creative handle character creation?

Vidya gripped the strap of her satchel tightly as she approached the sending tree. This would be her first time out of the East. Her first time in the land of mortals.

Every elf remembered a time when the nations weren't split. Where the seasons and day and night cycles changed as they should. And every elf knew that humans were to blame for the eternal fall in the East, the trees never growing or dying, the sunset never changing...

Now Vidya had to travel to the west to recover an artifact that had been stolen. As her first mission, she had not been told what she was looking for, only that she'd know it when she saw it.

Taking a deep breath, she stepped through the sending tree and appeared in Grovelock, the spring breeze and the sunrise confirming she was no longer home. Vidya could not fail...

Many damaging spells can leave obvious wounds (burning, freezing, rotting, etc.), but some do Force or Psychic damage, or even Thunder damage. What do those wounds look like? Do they leave any physical mark at all?

How about spells that don't do damage, but just kill (e.g. Power Word Kill)? Do they leave any evidence of the fatal source?

I really liked how it turned out and I wanted to share it :)

So this is Felix my DND character. Me and my group decided to make mostly an imaginary version of our campaign how they'd be in modern times. Some of us followed kind of the canon lore we have but modernized but some didn't which is fine. I feel like that's an interesting challenge to do with characters :) I mostly write this so I can post it due to the words

So Felix lore: I've posted my actual character here on this sub and her lore but I'm too lazy to explain so I'm sorry y'all 😭. So modern lore (mostly headcanons)! So Felix here she's canonically a Tiefling sorcerer and I'd like to keep that here too. In her daily life she's living in a dirty motel, she's ghetto, been homeless, pharmacist of streets iykyk, definitely wears grills, owns guns, has mostly stolen clothes or borrowed from her dead "step-father", smells like cheap masculine perfume and cigarettes, big fan of playboy Carti, not really educated but somehow she found out how to sell stuff on the deep web. If anyone's interested in this I can write more of her in the replies :)

If y'all have any suggestions to this I'll gladly hear them :D

I picked a random image from the internet as a base reference and turned it into this DnD-style mage portrait. I customized her design, changed some of her features, and tried to give her more personality through the details. There are still many things in this painting I’d like to fix or polish, but sometimes it’s better to move on to the next piece and keep improving there. I worked on this mage painting between yesterday and today, and I’m happy to share the result. Feel free to share any thoughts or opinions you’d like.
I’m slowly getting deeper into the world of DnD. I have a great friend who explains many things to me, but I still find it hard to apply those ideas into concepts and designs. When it comes to decorating an illustration with objects or meaningful details, I’m often not sure what to add. But little by little, I’ll keep improving.

Hello! I'm a 2D game artist and I started creating characters for D&D :)

This is the character brief:

1. Character Description: "Vaelin, the Sentinel of Echoes"
Race/Class: Human (Reborn), Paladin of the Oath of Redemption / Warlock.

Visual Concept: A melancholic warrior wearing armor that appears to be in a state of transition between the solid and the ethereal.

The Armor: It is a mixture of cold iron plates, engraved with ancient runes, and organic growths that resemble black coral or charred bone sprouting from the cracks in the metal.

The Face: Half of his face is hidden by a cracked mask depicting a serene countenance; the eye has a faint glow. His youthful appearance is peaceful and melancholic, with ash-colored hair and bright blue eyes.

2. Composition and Aesthetics

Pose: A pose of "vigilant rest." Vaelin should be leaning on his sword (a long, blunt-tipped sword, heavily notched), positioned in front of him. The heavy cloak, made of faded crimson velvet, should drape over part of his silhouette.

Lighting: A dim, muted atmosphere. A soft overhead light source (moonlight or soul magic) should highlight the metallic textures, leaving the rest in soft, atmospheric shadows.

Color Palette: A predominance of metallic grays, matte blacks, and the contrast between the muted crimson of the cloak

1. Additional Elements and Technical Details
   

The Weapon: "Silent Calamity." It is not a gleaming sword; it is an old iron tool with faint glimmers that suggest it can still be used as a sword.
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Setting: The ground should be covered in ash and small white flowers growing among the barren soil.

Required Style: Semi-realistic. I highly value material rendering: metal should feel heavy, fabric should look aged, and smoke should have both fluidity and density.

4. Expected Deliverables

1. Final Illustration: High-resolution file (300 DPI) suitable for A3 printing.

Some things were modified along the way from the original brief

I would like to read your thoughts :)

A lot of the advice that I've taken to heart over the years have been saying to create a sandbox game - a game with no real narrative, some locations to adventure in and factions working against one another, allowing for the players to create their own goals in your setting, but I've often struggled to really get these games rolling. Players rarely asking for rumours to find out where they could go or really getting involved with a faction

I recently saw a post on here from a new player saying that they were overwhelmed with all of the possibilities in D&D, and it's made me re-evaluate my DMing a bit, have I been taking the wrong advice to heart? So, do players actually want to play in a sandbox game? Would they prefer a more curated and linear experience? That seems like a lot more work from a DMing POV and honestly, I'm not sure if I even know how to make up something like that!