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OK. Irl I've been in landscaping for about 7 years. I am a master with a shovel. I even have my favorite, all steel, 5ft, signature series, $90 shovel. I want to bring that into dnd. I asked multiple DMs before making my character can I just reskin an existing two handed bludgeoning weapon as a shovel that my character is proficient with. All but my wife have said, "No. Shovels are improvised weapons." If my character, like me, is well versed in the use of shovel and has never picked up a sword before; do you really think I would be proficient with said sword and do more damage than I would with my favorite shovel!? No! Why does it seem impossible to get a DM to let me have proficiency in shovel? Literally just reskin an existing weapon and call it flavor! Am I wrong here?

So I know the other day I said I would show the full outfit as i realized we are only allowed a picture per post. While posting i kept thinking “ah this is only a close shot i don’t think this will move people” and it turns out my doubts were wrong! It did way *way* better than i expected. It was a beautiful turn of events especially since it’s the official breakaway cosplay from returning from my hiatus. It was fun putting everything together.

Originally I planned on wearing the default vest and pants but decided to go for a tunic and cape instead. The top followed her og character top design and let me tell you having my cleavage out like that was a trip lmao. i did feel a bit self conscious but as a creative you are to step out of your comfort zone. The full cosplay has been posted if you like to see more angles.

The hair piece consisted of a layered black bob wig and a long hair extension clipped to the back that i braided into bubbles. There were one-piece wigs with the regular braid but i preferred this style. The crown was store bought and i had used it for a previous project. Her og eclipse one wasn’t going to arrive on time so i improvised and it did the trick. My cousin helped with the props and i perfected my in-character aura with this LARPing I did throughout the day. It felt nice walking around in my own little world while people stared and took pictures and asked me who i was RPing as.

This photo was taken after coming back from the convention and i was quite tired but i really liked how the sun was shining that early evening and decided to take some more shots. The ear i worked so hard on was lowkey slipping and i didn’t realize until after these pics were taken lmao.

My only annoyance was my friends kept pulling my elf ears and wow did it hurt because i stupidly attached them directly to my ears with spirit glue. Nonetheless I wanted to thank the dnd fans for all the support for my first post here, it meant the world receiving appreciation for my work and seeing people be normal about a woman of color cosplaying.

My girlfriend is the DM. She invited a mutual friend of ours to join her DND game she runs. We used to hang out with him and his wife at theirs and play boardgames until life got in the way for us all.

So having missed playing games together, she invited him to join her DND game with 6 players making us 7 now, 8 in total including DM.

We would play at a local gaming club where all we had to do was purchase a drink or something ( no table or booking fees)

Things are great there, lots of table space, loads of terrain free to use. The only issue is occasionally the other tables sometimes being a bit loud with their own game. No big deal. We all get loud and enthusiastic.

This friend suggested we play round his, let's call him Kurt. Kurt said he's got the space for it since he got a new dining table, we wouldn't have to worry about noise so why don't we all go to his for it?

DM and everyone agreed we'll give it a try. Parking isn't ideal, in fact it's very limited space in the area as it's a cul-de-sac. Secondly, we were gaming in the town centre, which is more accessible for some so we all agreed to share rides for those that needed it.

We play a week or two at Kurt's house and it becomes abundantly clear that it's too small. There are 8 of us including the DM crammed around a 6 seater table. With DM screen, character sheets, snacks, drinks, stationary, maps and minis, there just isn't enough room.

We have a couple of large personalities on the table and Kurt joins that to make it a trio. Which is great, but in the confines of that room, it becomes overbearing with the noise.

Except that time his wife (who's in the other room doing her own thing, DND isn't her thing) gets an "important" phone call. So he shushes us, we try to continue playing quietly but he keeps shushing us, so it kills the vibe. So we end up sitting there in silence rather than continue subdued . After about 20 minutes, we discover she's off the phone and we are allowed to continue playing.

Then as the volume ramps up, a few of the less rambunctious players get talked over, even the DM is struggling to be heard from one end of the table to the head where Kurt sits, bellowing his jokes and what he's doing next, without giving anyone else a chance to speak their ideas.

We quickly learn that Kurt has main character syndrome. He wants to check every trap, loot every body, rush through every door etc.

I learned some news that would help the party with the bbg of that session, I try to tell the group 3 times, each time he tells and talks over me. I give up. The session finishes, we go home and I telly.gd how deflated I feel. Turns out, I wasn't the only one. Several other players messaged the DM to say they felt the same way and wanted to go back to the gaming club.

The DM messages Kurt to let him know how people feel and that we'll be returning to the gaming club. She then puts in the group chat that we shall be going back to the gaming club as the room just wasn't big enough with acoustics and table size for us there, thank you Kurt for inviting us into your home, but now we'll be going back to the gaming club.

Kurt then messages everyone in the group individually asking "what's wrong with my house?!" He becomes arsey and the DM said she was handling it as they came to her, as the DM. He gets in a tizz that it's his house, they should've gone to him, that it's not fair!

DM said we'd continue at the club as before, the next time we meet up, we get a message in the group chat saying he's dropping out, that he just doesn't have the time for it anymore.

Did the group do right by addressing issues with the DM not the host?

Did the host overreact messaging everyone directly and in the group?

Did he overreact by leaving the game?

TLDR: guy quit our game and friendship because his place was too small to host the game.

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A Sea Elf Druid, deeply attuned to the tides and theuntamed power of the ocean. Graceful and elusive, she moves with the fluidity of crashing waves, drawing upon ancient natural magic to protect the seas and those who call them home. Her unusual tail, vibrant aquatic features, and ethereal presence reflect a life shaped by the deep. Whether calming storms or summoning nature's fury, she embodies the beauty, mystery, and relentless strength of the ocean itself.

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🖌️ Rick Hershey

Tarhan are a hardy species of bisonfolk and the most common Humanoid species native to the Frontier. They are known for their broad, muscular build, thick, shaggy coat, and black-tipped horns. They make up the majority of the Tahut faction, but are still frequently seen in Federation towns and Nezca camps.

Barbarians who run the Path of the Stampede channel their Rage to become an unstoppable force. These Barbarians charge into battle, knocking down whatever is in their way, and trampling it underfoot.

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I’ve been taking classes and going to a community forge down the street from my house a little over a year so far and love it. My main focus has been on pattern welded steel and forging blades that are as functional as they are beautiful and I take a lot of inspiration from high fantasy, death metal, sword and sorcery, etc.
My latest projects I wanted to try something fun and try and forge a Damascus blade for each warlock pact. Since we’re talking weapons here, I decided to start with the pact of the hexblade.
I chose a recurve design for its wing like shape and forged the Damascus out of around 100 layers of alternating 1084/15n20 high carbon steel. I quenched the blade in Parks 50 oil at 803 degrees Celsius and then tempered the steel twice at 400 degrees for two hours each. The handle scales were sculpted out of purple dyed stabilized box elder maple and I wanted to go with the violet sort of star scape pattern to represent the shadowfell.
I am truly fortunate to have a place down the street with not only a public forge, but also a hydraulic press, power hammer, angle grinders, anvils, and a 2x72 grinder.
Overall, I believe the project took me about 35 hours to complete from designing the blade, to forging the Damascus, to finishing up the profile, grind, finish, and handle.
I believe I’ll probably go for the great old one next and maybe attempt to do a raindrop pattern to represent infinite eyes gazing at their wielder or something like that. Any other blacksmiths out there have any cool ideas?
Thanks for taking the time to view my work and I hope y’all enjoy! Feel free to reach out with any questions about the process.

2-3 years ago I saw Karlach on a VDO on reels and I suddenly falling in love with this lady.😻

So I play BG3 and then started to play D&D after I learnt that BG3 is the same universe with D&D.

Karlach is a very cute character. She is always cheerful, silly and upbeat but also very strong, intimidating and have a pretty strong sense of moral in the same time. It's easy to falling in love with her.💖

There are a lot of things happened in these 3 years. There was time that I almost have to cancel Karlach cosplay plan because of panic attacks. Luckily for me that I can get over it in this year.

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This happened a few months ago and I haven’t been back to DnD since. My partner invited me out with some DnD friends who knew of me, but whom I didn’t know well. I’d been in a pretty rough spot and hadn’t been interacting with others, since my dad had suddenly and unexpectedly had a heart attack shortly before. It was a challenging experience, as I held him when he died. I was only in town for the weekend (I travel a lot for work), so I wouldn’t be coming back, but they invited me for a round in the evening. I’d been watching some D20 previously, which had helped me feel better, so this seemed like a cool way to expand my bubble.

I was given a character sheet when I arrived by the DM that had info for me to learn. For the most part, this seemed like a pretty normal character - I was an elf who was hoping to grow and did magic (or something along those lines). But on the second half there was a detailed description of how my character recently lost his dad to a sudden curse and he’s joined the group to try to figure out what happened and avenge his death.

Edit: Yes, the DM knew about my dad; my partner had mentioned my invitation to her and the table because I was still recovering/healing.

I played through the evening and didn’t really share much about my character’s backstory from the sheet with the others there, but it was pretty challenging and I wasn’t expecting to have that experience - additionally, the others at the table seemed confused as to why I was being so cagey with my character’s backstory, although I couldn’t bring myself to share it without breaking down.

Is this a normal approach to DMing? Should I have done more research and gone into this expecting a connection with my personal life? I haven’t joined them again and I haven’t been comfortable with DnD since.

You guys seemed to like my Sardior post I made earlier this week, so I figured I'd share a piece I've recently done of Cyric!

Cyric has been playing a key role in my ongoing campaign, actively working with and against our party as we face off against the BBEG.

For this piece I wanted to capture his symbol, being the skull in the flared star using his head in palce of the skull, as well as his signature sword. Overall, I'm really happy with how this piece turned out!