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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.

Here’s some art I made in a less than common art style for the subject matter. The art inspirations for this ink drawing of a D&D party include renaissance paintings for composition and the printmaker/artist Gustave Doré for capturing more data per stroke.

I spent the last couple years studying Doré; but rather than copying his artworks, I observed his artworks and the way he captured light, texture, form. In his lifetime during the 1800s printmaking would, in a sense, cost more to print per stroke. With this limitation in mind, Gustave Doré mastered line quality in a way that could define light, texture, and form while using not as few lines as possible, but as few lines as necessary.

Heys guys,
I’m a new DM and I need help (or at least advice on) what to do about my players who constantly only ever try and fight at ranged in every encounter.

The warlock has the Eldritch Evocation that lets him hit an enemy 300ft away and the party fighter uses a heavy crossbow (100ft or up to 400 with disadvantage) and they’ll constantly sneak up at the enemies to get advantage on said attacks and also to begrudgingly get me to count it as a surprise round. This basically leads to a boring battle where they’ll attack from far away and dash away while the enemy can do nothing but either keep dashing and get fired on or just give up.

The reason my enemies do this is because they all have short bows (goblins and bullywugs) and thus don’t have the range to really fight back.

Are there any enemies you guys would recommend that could definitively stop this from occurring? Or should my enemies just start bunkering down in towers. Thanks

Meet Zafira Vance, a Level 5 Divination Wizard and scholarly arcane detective. Raised by nomadic stargazers, she views magic through the lens of cartomancy and universal archetypes. She channels spells using the symbolism of Tarot cards, reading fate to decipher ancient mysteries. She rides a custom celestial broom, always staying three steps ahead of the universe!

I’m going to have to find a way to implement some Tarot cards into this illustration, but that’s a problem for another day :)

She’s not done, I still have to render her!

I’m working on a sketch of three D&D characters hanging out at a bar, and I’d like to turn the idea into a finished painting.

I’m still pretty new to D&D, so I’d love to ask the community: what kinds of races or species do you usually have in your adventuring parties? I’d especially like to know what races/species you use in your own groups.

And what kind of things would they do when they’re not adventuring?

I was thinking about scenes like having drinks at a tavern, camping together, sharing a meal, playing games, celebrating after an adventure, etc.

I’d love to hear your ideas, as well as some memorable or funny situations from your own campaigns. I’m mainly looking for inspiration for a group scene that feels like something you’d actually see in a D&D campaign.

For context, I’m building the city of Stonehaven, a heavy stone bastion of a city based on the edge of the misty Grayrock bay. It acts as a large commercial port/dock. The city is very sturdy and rigid, with a cold climate and population of around 45,000 people, some of which are gonna need some names and appearances, so hit me with some of your best!

This is Thudder. He’s a character I designed for one of my fellow party members. When it comes time to fight he can flip the switch and destroy but during regular conversations he may faint.
I tried to weave that into his design. So it reads, he can fold you but please don’t talk to me. That nervous expression, stand offish pose, and buff but kind of lanky body. He stands hunched over but when its time to fight, his shoulders roll back, chest puffs and is instantly like 6 inches taller 😂.
Let me know what you think about his personality or design!

I am so excited! I keep wanting to pinch myself to check if it's really happening. I've always wanted to make a D&D book and now, finally, it's done!

All the art inside, all the new game mechanics, the player options, the readouts, all of it was made and written by just me and my partner. I first ran this campaign for friends almost 10 years ago, then published an early version of it on patreon and now, finally, it's in a book!

"The Forgotten God is a cosy sandbox adventure that takes place in the city of Dryfoot Hill, surrounded by a wild magic swamp. The player characters are hired by the bumbling professor Bramblebottom to find an ancient relic deep beneath the city, and on their search, awaken something long forgotten... It's on kickstarter right now!"

You can find it here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/r-n-w/the-forgotten-god

I hope you like it, ty for reading. If you have any questions pls dm me :)

(PS. I asked the mods if it's okay to post promo an I get to make one post per week about this, so look forward to that)

D&D character commissioned by u/jeddude24

If you'd like to commission a character, feel free to send me a private message!

Aelora Backstory

Aelora Taelaros was one of two children born to Daella and Aemon Taelaros. She and her brother, Maelor, lived a relatively peaceful life until they were about twelve years old.

At that point, they were attacked by Severin Silrajin, leader of the Cult of the Dragon. He killed both of their parents and abducted the two children. After their abduction, Severin revealed that they were his children and that he was their true father.

During their time with the cult, the twins were subjected to experiments that transformed them into powerful draconic sorcerers.

As the Cult of the Dragon collapsed, a new cult began to form around a former Wyrmspeaker named Hamelin, who had trained the twins. The new cult became known as the Cult of the Three.

Eventually, Aelora escaped, but her brother refused to leave and remained with the cult, putting the two of them at odds.

About a year later, she came into contact with a group of adventurers whom Aelora believed could help her defeat the cult. She traveled with them on and off, fighting dragons and cultists alike, until they were eventually led into a confrontation with Maelor that resulted in her apparent death.

However, unbeknownst to the party, her brother had cloned her and forcibly resurrected her so that she could be at his side, just as he had always wanted.

About a month ago (give or take) I posted a sketch of the Lady of Pain from a commission I was working on, and I said I would post the image again once it was finished.

And well, here we are! The image is now complete! I actually recorded the entire process and will be making a video out of it, but I was too excited with the results to wait (and besides, I can't post videos here anyway).

The entire image took about 65+ hours to make, and the version sent to the client is over 1 meter tall (for printing). A version of the image with no background was also delivered.

The most complicated part to solve was Sigil in the background, which required creating an actual 3D model of Sigil to make sure all the shapes and proportions were correct.

For this version I gathered the descriptions of both the Lady and Sigil from AD&D 2nd Edition - per the client's preference, and the 3D model was created based on measurements from several wiki sources. In the end, however, the size of the houses had to be doubled because otherwise they would've looked too small to be appreciated in the image.

This image was incredibly fun and challenging to work on, but overall I'm both happy with the result and to be able to share here!

As the title says, I am available for hire, and if anybody is interested in commissions, I have slots available for November, so be sure to message me if that's the case!

Image created in CLIP STUDIO PAINT
3D elements created in BLENDER 3D