## Thread Rules

​

* New to Reddit? Check the Reddit 101 guide.

​

* If your account is less than 5 hours old, the /r/DnD spam dragon will eat your comment.

​

* If you are new to the subreddit, **please check the Subreddit Wiki**, especially the Resource Guides section, the FAQ, and the Glossary of Terms. Many newcomers to the game and to r/DnD can find answers there. Note that these links may not work on mobile apps, so you may need to briefly browse the subreddit directly through Reddit.com.

​

* **Specify an edition for ALL questions**. Editions must be specified in square brackets ([5e], [Any], [meta], etc.). If you don't know what edition you are playing, use [?] and people will do their best to help out. AutoModerator will automatically remind you if you forget.

​

* **If you have multiple questions unrelated to each other, post multiple comments** so that the discussions are easier to follow, and so that you will get better answers.

The purpose of this thread is for artists to share their work with the intent of finding clients, and for other members of the community to find and commission artists for custom artwork.

​

Thread Rules:

​

• Rule 3 and Rule 6 do not apply within this thread. You are free to post stand-alone images and advertise in this thread without moderator approval. You may still continue to advertise outside of this thread so long as you comply with subreddit rules.

• You are limited to one top-level comment in this thread. Additional comments will be removed as spam.

• Comments will be sorted using "Contest Mode" so that they will appear randomly. Posting early is not a guarantee of additional exposure.

• This thread will be stickied for one week. You can find past threads by using the "Scheduled Threads" menu at the top of the subreddit, which will take you to a carefully pre-written Reddit search.

​

Artists should also consider advertising their work on other subreddits specifically dedicated to commissioned artwork:

​

• /r/artcommissions

• /r/artstore

• /r/commissions

• /r/DrawForMe

• /r/fantasyartists

• /r/forhire

• /r/hireanartist

• /r/HungryArtists

• /r/starvingartists

Some call Helmo Bema a wandering cleric, though no one seems entirely certain which order he truly belongs to anymore. He travels alone through forgotten roads, frozen marshes and ruined sanctuaries, carrying relics, scraps of old scripture and the Lantern of Órös — a sacred weapon carved from the branch of a holy tree and later adorned with iron and silver by the monks of his order.

Despite his strange laughter and weathered appearance, Helmo is remembered less for violence than for acts of unexpected kindness. He speaks gently to beasts, feeds stray animals before feeding himself and refuses to sleep beneath a roof while wounded creatures remain outside in the cold. Birds often gather around him without fear, something many villagers consider a sign of quiet sanctity.

The Lantern itself is feared almost as much as its owner. Helmo claims the wood at its core still lives, and that on silent nights it whispers prayers no living monk remembers anymore.

A character from a personal fantasy setting of mine.

Limited time DISCOUNT CODE! Use code 'REDDIT11' when buying a Dice Vault or a set of dice from my website for 10% off! This code is good for a week. www.magnicraftworks.com We add new dice sets weekly!

How to enter: Comment

How will the winner be decided: Reddit Raffler

When will the winner be chosen: 12MAY2026 at 0900 EST.

Quick Ship and Dice Orders will ship within 3 to 5 business days!

Etsy Store - magnicraftworks.etsy.com

Instagram - Instagram.com/magnicraftworks

Bluesky - magnicraftworks.bsky.social

Dice Storage Solutions!

GM Screens and Shields

Quick Ship Dice Vaults

Liquid Core Dice Sets

Congratulations to last weeks winner

https://www.redditraffler.com/raffles/1t0tkiw

u/GetEatenByAMouse

TL;DR: Link is at the end of the post!

Hi all! I’ve been working on this app since november for my D&D games and have finally decided to open it for testing! If you’re interested, give it a chance and give me some feedback! I really want the community to be part of the development.

Without further ado, I present Tavernkeep!

Campaigns:

A campaign is the hub for your table. You’ll be able to invite your players and connect their characters to the campaign. Session notes, the wiki, calendar and maps are all accessible through your campaign.

Character Sheets

Similar to the official sheets in design, they’re meant to feel familiar and easy to use. You can customize text boxes with Obsidian-like formatting; add spell descriptions; add images to a character gallery; and other QOL features such as cloud auto-save and version history, auto-fill ability and skill modifiers, dynamic health and wealth counters, and resource counters.

Custom Wikis

An Obsidian-like wiki to store characters, notes, images, lore, etc. Store tabs within pages within folders and find the set up that works for you. Make your own page templates. And, most exciting of all, edit pages simultaneously with players in your campaign, Google Docs style!

Map Editor

A map visualizer where you can upload a map image and add pins, text and paths. Edit pins’ appearance, configure them to show at specific zoom ranges, and link them to pages in your wiki. View and edit your maps simultaneously with players.

Calendar

Create a calendar from scratch or start with a template. Create and edit events, seasons, (multiple) moon cycles, and eras. Customize the amount of months in a year, their names and length. Customize week length and weekdays.

Session Notes

Track sessions and post them to a board to your players, add descriptions/recaps, link sessions to events or dates on the campaign calendar, and allow players to comment on session notes.

Mobile Version (Alpha)

All tools are usable in mobile, you are able to sign into your account and access characters and campaigns as normal. No installation needed, fully online. I’m still polishing some things out, so if you encounter any problems, please let me know!

Those are all the tools/features currently in Tavernkeep, but the work is not over, here’s what’s next in the roadmap:

Import Character Sheets

You’ll be able to import characters through a json file. Still mainly focusing on D&D Beyond but planning to allow for imports from other platforms.

DM Screen

A private DM area that would work like an interactive board where you can store and organize notes, images, initiative trackers, random roll tables, and more! (Actually, tell me what you would want from a DM screen, so I can look forward to adding it…)

Tavernkeep is free and was developed without AI and has no AI features! If you’re interested, find Tavernkeep at tavernkeep.app !!

I hope you can find some use for Tavernkeep in your games!

EDIT: Hey guys! This post gained more traction than what I was expecting and all the beta seats have been filled (I had to limit beta test seats due to the cost of maintaining the app)! Thank you so much for giving Tavernkeep a chance!

Please join the Tavernkeep Discord server https://discord.gg/jxtqhAVUFv to receive updates on the opening of more beta seats!

Despite it's name, the official artwork for the *Nine Lives* Stealer sword features no cats. I corrected that greivous error with my life-sized model. Sculpted in Blender, printed in resin, and painted by me. In total, 31 separate pieces printed over 5 separate runs. I went with a shortsword rather than a longsword, simply because it would have taken even more pieces/time otherwise.

I'd be interested to hear what kind of character you'd build to wield this sword!

I also have a video with some close-up footage of the final piece, plus some clips of the design/construction process. You can find it on the following social medias:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYCDO-gsJEH/?igsh=anFpbzQ2dHRyMGg2

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTk7XV74y/

YouTube: https://youtube.com/shorts/soMBT33nJxs?si=rxsxblCxf24byMrh

Hi! This is a character I drew.

Karena, an elderly tiefling.

Not much is known about her past except that she was a feared fighter in her youth. She seems a lot weaker now, all hunched over and leaning on her cane. But don't be fooled, she still has excellent muscle memory.

She often reminisces, but it doesn't tell us much about her other than that she loves violence.

"In my time, we would cut all phalanges one by one for that..."

We don't know if it's her personality or her age, but she's unbearable. She doesn't give a shit anymore about rules and decorum, and at the same time she expects all younger people to respect her and be at her service.

"In my time, elders were respected."

(If anyone’s interested, I do TTRPG character commissions)

So that post kinda blew up, which I wasn't expecting. I honestly came here to complain, thinking I'd get a comment or two, not this.
Let me preface this by thanking everyone for their feedback, opinions and advice and let me apologize to those who thought this was ragebait. I don't have a whole lot of experience with classic DnD so if my vocab regarding classes and roles is lacking and therefore sounds fake, I apologize.

Now, context to answer frequent questions:

It was the DM's idea to have my character be the secret traitor. After the campaign ended, he gave me only a small insight into the background of the other player's characters and from my understanding each of them had some connection to the 'evil group' I was secretly working for. I believe he was setting up each of us to be able to have some dramatic reveal, but the other players aren't as into reveals and dramatic roleplay as I can get, so it didn't play out the way the DM wanted it to.

To make things clear, when I said that I've been almost two years with this group, I didn't mean this campaign took two years. We've only been playing this one for like a few months. Before this campaign it was actually one of the other players (27 M) playing as the DM and I absolutely love his campaign. In it, I actually never experienced any negative backlash regarding my gender or my character and I was the only woman on team even then.

As to why I still am in this group, or as you say this table, it's because I know those guys in real life. We've met, hung out and even larped together irl. And I've never had issues with them then, they never made me feel unsafe or disliked. They can actually be sweet and fun to hang around with, so really I don't know why it went south with this campaign. Truth is I am incredibly introverted and suck at making lasting friendships. This group is the only way I get frequent interactions with a group of people I know outside of work and school.

To some I've mentioned that my boyfriend (27 M, different guy than the first DM) is also in this group. No, he wasn't being cruel to me just to be cruel, he wasn't even actually mean. With him, I actually took it as jokes, given I was also making fun of his character and our characters were arguing constantly. But I suppose combined with the others poking fun at me and the frequency of it happening just pushed it past my comfort zone.

And now an update!

I spoke to the DM and my boyfriend, separately.

My boyfriend was supportive as he always is, offering suggestions and trying to be helpful. Unfortunately his suggestions only reminded me of the differences in experiences that we have as a man vs a woman. When I told him I was tired of feeling like the butt of the joke, he suggested I make an alliance with a player, who's making a big strong man as their character, have our characters be friends and have their character kick the butt of anyone mean to my character. The levels of pick-me and damsel-in-distress energy would be lethal. I love a trope where a big strong character has a parental, protective relationship with another, but I just know it wouldn't work in this group. Still, he listened, told me my feelings were valid and like many of you, told me to confront the other players and the DM about how I felt.

So I told the DM. I told him that the sexism and fatphobia are a bigger deal to me than I let on. That due to the treatment I recieved I wasn't looking forward to DnD as much as I used to. He apologized and told me to give him a heads-up if there are other topics or jokes I'd like him and the others to avoid in the future. However I do admit some of you are right in him not being the best guy ever. It showed in the way when I mentioned that mentions of SA are a hard no for me. Mostly because instead of saying "Ok, I won't include it" he said "Ok, so can you not handle it just being mentioned as a theme or is it the act itself?" Please, don't shout at me, I know that is a red flag the size of China.

And finally, what will become of the non-binary character. I will in fact play them. I'm finalizing their design and backstory, but in the current state, their name is Jayden (Keep in mind it's a modern setting, so I didn't want to go too ham with the name choice. Backup option is Trinity, suggestion of my best friend, but given that in the last campaign they complained about my character's name, which was Kestrin, being too difficult to pronounce, I figured I'd keep it simple). The DM agreed to let me play whoever the hell I wanna play and so that's what I'll do.

Thanks to your feedback I will be proceeding with more caution and allow myself to be selfish and put my feelings first. I will proceed into session zero, because at the end of the day, I still love playing DnD and I don't want to loose the few friendships I do have. Not to mention that it allows me the escape I desperately need as a struggling college student. I love telling stories, creating characters and roleplaying as said characters with other people.

I thank you all for the compassion and advice you've given me. I have recieved invitations to other tables, which I am utmost greatful for. Unfortunately, being from The Czech Republic, I am not able to accept those invites. Never the less you made me feel seen and heard and I could not be more appreciative for that. Thank you for giving me your time and advice. Maybe I'll even start posting my creations and characters here!

Truly, thank you for hearing me out and giving me the push I needed.

Hey, guys. I need a reality check and i dont really where else to ask.

I joined a new group to play dnd and in session 0 and when i talked to the dm nothing out of this come up.

During session 1 two things came up that i was not expecting:
- Rogue (not me) attacked 1 out 2 bandits that were beating a 3rd npc,
attack fails (dont remember the number but it was not a critical fail). DM says that he hits the 3rd npc. (i didnt say anything but i kept it in mind for the end of session)

- I (barbarian) am in front of a 3rd bandit with the sorcerer 20 feet behind me. DM says i give him half cover. (again i said nothing i waited for the end of the session)

At the end of the session he asked how was the session and if we had any feedback so i started giving this 2 points, asking if they are homebrew rules or something that is new in 5.5e because i dont remember reading any of them.
He only said that he wanted to make it more realistic....

The day after i get a long message where he starts saying that he saw me be a contrarian (idk if its the correct word, message was in italian) and that the dm is not only the arbiter but a narrator and that sometimes things happen that are not in the rules (witch i agree to a point).

I could post a screenshot of the message but as i said its in italian.

None of the above were discussed during session 0 or when i first met him, so i'm just thinking of saying that i'm probably not going to go forward. I don't really like not having the chance to fix something because of "narrative".

I was flicking through some subclass options while our group was joking about getting silly with multiclasses, and i noticed a few subclasses mention some changes to your character, for example a dragonic sorceror has a draconic ancestor, making them less of whatever non-dragon species they previously are, and fey-wanderer rangers get an aspect of the fey, be it horns or changing colours.

Which got me thinking. Using only the raw abilities of subclasses (ie no spells or actions, just plonking the character down after character creation), whats the most non-human a human character can get only using these modifiers? Assume the regular 20 level limit, 1 subclass per class usual stuff

ofc the magic of dnd is that you can in theory justify anything (especially with flavouring and reflavouring) but im talking specifically from the rules themselves