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You pry open the heavy earthen door that has been keeping you from the tomb's inner-most sanctum. You are buffeted by a thick cloud of dust that is almost as bad as the stench of fresh corpses that rushes out to greet you. Wait, why would the corpses be fresh? Supposedly none have entered the tomb of the praetors in generations. A shadow moves, defend yourself!

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With the final nothic slain, you are finally able to take in your surroundings. Piles of bodies, some of whom you recognize as the missing clergy, are in various states of decay. You doubt the bishop of Tyr is going to be willing to hand over that bonus now...

Today is the final session for a 5.5 campaign thats been going on for over a year (bi-weekly at best--real life sucks). The players are descending into the ancient ruins below the city sewers to face the False Hydra that has been ravaging the city. But, before they can reach it, they'll have to fight through it's thralls.

The False Hydra and the 4-armed skeleton (totally not General Grevous!) are 3D printed, while the muscle/bone monster is have no idea where it care from. Got it second-hand.

I finished painting the False Hydra and the muscle golem last night. The skeleton I painted a while ago. I think they all turned out pretty good! I mean, they are horrific nightmare fuel, but they look great. I used Army Painter Speed Paints.

Wish me luck, guys! Well, wish my players luck. It's probably best if I dont have too much luck.

This is an OC I made for fun

I was mostly just experimenting with the design. She’s not fully finished yet, but I wanted to share her anyway. Here’s a rough description of her:

Selvara Ithilwyn is a high elf wizard who specializes in star and arcane magic. She belongs to a small scholarly circle that studies celestial patterns and how they influence spellcasting. Most of her time is spent researching ancient magic and lost spells, though she can defend herself when needed.

Hello! This is my first post here, and I want to say hello to the admins in advance and thank them for the space.

These are some of my DnD OCs. I really enjoy designing fantasy characters and experimenting with different races and features. Recently I’ve been practicing drawing character portraits and faces, trying to improve my style and learn better ways to paint them.

In the future I would like to start doing commissions, but for now I’m mainly focusing on drawing character faces or busts as practice. I’d really love to hear your opinions, feedback, or advice about my work.

I hope I'm in right place for this, I'm just not sure what to do with all these feelings and I hope to find someone with advice. I'm sorry this is long- there's a tldr

So ive been playing for some years now pretty regularly. More or less the same group of people different builds, party comps and games/worlds. I always thought i loved d&d, going into a fantasy world with a character who you can build however you want with whatever personality, finding friends and defeating bad guys while truly making bonds with your group. It sounds so sweet and how does that not sound fun?

Alas feel as though I don't really end up having fun. I really like to flesh out my characters personality- to feel like im playing *a character* and not just me the player. I do a lot of flavoring and backstory work, i even keep a log of internal thoughts of certain moments so if i dont voice them then i can recall. I take combat very seriously thinking through the lense of my character about what the best play is.

However the last 2 sessions of the current campaign im in left me feeling, hollow maybe? Last session: we were fight very obvious very bad guy. My character (very clearly a scaredy cat bean) ended up getting the final blow- the first time shes ever killed someone (and it was quite graphic). I wanted to do a little exploration with that saying about lines about how she "didnt mean to" and "how can this be fixed" but she was quite literally ignored. Not "her" really; me. Everyone looted and the boss was wearing boots of elvenkind- party made it clear theyd be going to me and i made it clear she would be very uncomfortable taking them off the body. This was glossed over and someone just did it for her. I piped down figuring this is the part where we get the information to fix the damage caused by this villain its just not the time.

Onto next session its essentially a week of downtime before a big heist operation. In a casino. DM knows my character has a gambling problem- this is it this is the chance to get some of that personality out as a coping mechanism AND practicefor fitting in with this town. She wants to gamble just at the tarven party is in- no big stakes. Upon suggesting such it becomes abundantly clear im not going to have anything come out of this. We end up irl actually playing a gambling game with rules i dont entirely understand, im out first round. I mention i have a +15 to slight of hand, can i do anything to make myself win. Answer is no. There is no rp during this game (as 2 players who's characters are absent are actually playing as the npcs). I do nothing for 30 minutes as the game continues. Im silent the rest of the session (about hour and a half) until the last 15 minutes before where we'd call end. Character got to do some investigation on the location of the heist- before session i described how id specifically like to find VIPs of the casino and tail them- hoping to either learn more about the casino, their part in the scheme of things and generally anything that would help the heist. Well with only 15 minutes left i got to do some spying but not enough time to actually act upon anything. Another player piped up about what theyd like to do and they spent about 20 minutes doing things they wanted- so i guess there was time.

We said our goodnights and everyone said they had a lot of fun with the gambling portion. DM said theyre excited to do it again. I am not. Dont get me wrong not because i lost- rng is rng but to not be able to do anything about it? And to be completely forgetten for more then half the game? To be so invested in playing a characters traits but having it just hit the wind? Im not a very vocal player- by playing a character with heavy anxiety i had hoped to make it a bit easier. I think i just made it easier to be glossed over.

This isnt the first time ive felt this way playing Dungeons and Dragons, its a lot more then a handful. Is it normal to feel like just a spectator in games or like its not really a game *you* get to play? I love my characters a lot, tons of art and loads of backstory notes- plenty of prepared reactions and as the player some goals for them. Though i feel like that doesnt matter, more like as long as i get my sneak attack off im a good addition to the team.

Tldr: Is d&d just a stat block with a name you make roles for and ive completely misunderstood the intention of the game?

This is a campaign where the players fight a cult that believes in bringing back the natural order, composed of cultists, elemental genies and druids, the final boss is an Elemental Cataclysm; the rules are DnD 5e

Starting level: 5

End Level: 20

This campaign, "Elemental Chaos" takes players from level 5 to 20 as they uncover a global conspiracy to dismantle civilization and return the world to its primal, elemental roots. Following D&D 5e rules, the campaign uses the concept of a "Moving World," where the cult’s influence grows through escalating encounters known as "Omens" The Core Conflict: The cult "Nature’s Right" believes the "split" was a crime against the natural order. They seek to summon an Elemental Cataclysm—a CR 22 entity of pure primordial chaos—to destroy the civilized world and force all sentient races back into a permanent stone age. Tier 2: The Greenstone Disappearances (Levels 5–10) The Opening: Instead of a generic tavern start, the party receives a personal summons from Mayor Valerius of Greenstone . He chooses them specifically because they have no formal ties to the local nobility, whom he suspects are compromised. The Hook: People are vanishing. Investigation reveals "assassinations" carried out by cultists. The Cult in Plain Sight: Commoners in the market drop chilling lines: "The concrete will crack, and the vine will take it back". The Reveal: The kidnappings are for rituals led by Druids and Cultists in the nearby "Primal Grove." Landmark Exploration: In the grove, players find Water Weird being fed a "premium cut" of meat, and later being used as an elemental battery for a ritual site. Reward: Ensure martials receive +1 magic weapons or good armor, so the martial-caster divide won't be large. Tier 3: The Court of Elements (Levels 11–16) The party discovers the conspiracy reaches the high nobility. The cult is hidden within secret schools of a major university city. The Noble Conspiracy: Nobles are found worshiping Elemental Genies (Djinn, Efreet, Dao and Marid) in secret ballrooms. The Genies provide the nobles with power and "natural magic" in exchange for political protection for the cult. The Omens: The world begins to "move". Omen 1: Constant unseasonable storms. Omen 2: Water Weird "herds" begin migrating through cities, leaving trails of destruction. Omen 3: Random intelligent monsters like Mephits or Geonids herald the Cataclysm: "The Great One comes to make it all right". The ball: The party must infiltrate a Masked Ball hosted by a noble cultist to steal a ledger of ritual sites. Tier 4: The Ritual and The Cataclysm (Levels 17–20) The campaign culminates in a race to the "World-reset Ritual" located at the highest mountain peak. The Final Ritual Site: Landmark: Four massive monoliths channeling fire, air, earth, and water. Hidden Information: Interacting with the Monoliths reveals they are anchored by Elemental Genies trapped in stasis. Secret Information: A successful DC 25 Arcana check reveals the ritual can be temporarily halted if the Genies are freed rather than killed, allowing the party to fight an Elemental Cataclysm with less HP. The Stakes: If the party fails, the Elemental Cataclysm destroys every man-made structure and ushers in a new stone age, causing a global disaster; if they win, they preserve the current age while restoring enough "natural balance" to sate the druids.

**This is just a concept, if anyone wants to use it, they're free to, although I'd like to know how you'd personally do it, I only did it because I liked the concept of the Elemental Cataclysm monster in the new Monster Manual and wanted to do a campaign around it**

I don't really know how to elaborate. I'm a young-ish guy playing a female character. Despite input from several people, I don't really know if there's anything I should really do/not do to not be "weird." I was never very social, and social cues were always a struggle, let alone for another gender. While it was my idea, I don't know what to do/avoid. Any help is appreciated.

I don't intend on doing anything necessarily different; I just don't want to come off as weird

Salacia is a sorcerer of mine who struggles with a past she's unable to remember.

She learned recently that she can turn into a mermaid at will when in any body of water...

BACKSTORY SPOILERS:

Once upon a time, Salacia was an ocean goddess, running her kingdom until one day, the love of her life perished. She withdrew from many, and her advisor tricked her into giving up her kingdom to her children... After stepping down from her throne, she became distraught with herself...

The details are quite fuzzy, but she eventually becomes a raging storm, losing herself completely and becoming a beast that would destroy many ships upon the sea. One fateful storm, another ship like many before broke under her power...and only one person survived.

She arose from the sea, unable to recall being the storm herself, and finding solace in the mysterious stranger who survived the shipwreck....Being a goddess with no true form, it soon is revealed that she looks different to whoever looks at her. When an orc looks at her, they see an orc, if a kenku saw her, she'd look like a kenku with blue feathers.

Spoilers End

Salacia is one of my favorite Player Characters I've ever designed and worked with.

Artist Notes:

I was so proud with how I drew her fin, it's so fun and shimmery! I have an alternate version of her with legs, as well as another fun art piece that shows her various forms.

Here is my take on Bahamut in his wandering old hermit form with his seven canaries. I tried to make him look care free and positive in the way that I think he would be while offering kind words and testing the morality of passers by. I like to imagine him sort of cheerfully wandering around Toril, taking in the sights and observing what people are up to across the world. Maybe your party has walked right past him without ever knowing the absolute destructive power he and his birds hold.

I had a lot going on this week, but I haven't given up! I managed to still get one monster out without skipping a week. I decided to work on one for myself this time instead of doing another request

I'll try my best to post on the same day every week from now on :] not sure about which day tho, but we'll see. Also, I'm working on something cool related to this series that I hope to share with you guys soon!