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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.

Hey everyone!

This is a new giveaway of one of the leafy pouches I've made and would now like to gift it to one of you!

The giveaway features one leafy pouch with a belt loop of S size (4.75x5") that can hold 1-3 dice sets.

At my shop you can find different shapes, sizes and colors of pouches featuring a belt loop available to pre-order. These pouches are carefully hand crafted by me from quality and solid materials.

Also feel free to use promo code to get $7 OFF at my Etsy shop:

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I'd be glad seeing you there! 🍁

🍁 How to enter: just leaf a comment! :D

🍁 Eligible countries for participation include USA, Canada and European countries including UK. I cover the shipping cost (excluding any custom fees that may apply upon receiving for Canada and Europe)

🍁 Winning account must be at least 3 months old

🍁 1 winner will be selected by Reddit Raffler on August 7th at around 9 PM, UTC. I will DM and notify by tagging the winner

The winner will have 7 days since notification to provide a shipping address or another winner will be chosen.

The prize will be shipped within 1-3 business days since a shipping address is provided.

Thank you everyone for participating!

I recently received a request by a player to draw their Wood Elf Druid character. I wasn’t given much backstory to work from, but I was however given a loose description of his appearance. The player asked that the character wear green robes with a hood, and a bit of leather armor. They also requested for him to wield a branch staff that is growing around Staff of the Magi. They asked that he wear a white mask, but the look of the mask was left entirely up to me. Underneath the mask and attire is a slender wood elf with long white hair, which prompted me to include a portrait in order to reveal his face/physical appearance.
As an artist I find I am very critical of my own work, but this is one of those seldom pieces where I feel very content with the final product. The geometric rendering is a feature that I’ve been using very much lately, and I just think it works really well here. I like to draw in a sort of angular way, which I also feel complimented the characters appearance and general aesthetic. Stylistically, this is right where I want to be. Working on this piece has sort of recharged me as an artist, and I am really looking forward to finishing up my other projects, and doing many more.

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Often you will hear DMs complain that one of their party members is ”too strong”, that their AC is too high or they deal too much damage. The responses are, overwhelmingly, to throw obstacles at the party member that directly attack their weakness. Have a 23AC Paladin? give him tons of dex saves. Barbarian too strong? Intelligence saves. Wizard killing everything with AoE? Have the enemies target the wizard.

This is Bad DMing, adversarial, and cheap. What’s the point of having a high armor class if your DM is just going to force you to make saving throws? Why be good at anything if you aren’t allowed to be good at that thing, and are only hit where it hurts?

Let the players be good at the thing they want to be good at. If someone has high AC, ATTACK them! let them feel the reward for what they put in. Give the fireball wizard a swarm of goblins to massacre.

This doesn’t mean that you should let the players get away with anything. The enemies are not dumb. After whaling away at the tank, they will probably give up and turn their attacks to more squishy targets. If you having a flying PC, maybe they’ll take out their bows. Monsters and enemy combatants aren’t stupid, and this isn’t their first time fighting.

Allow the enemy preparation and individual strategy counteract the party. Sure, John the Fighter is bad at resisting spells. That doesn’t mean all enemies know this, and come with a magic wand of mind control specifically targeting intelligence saves. However, they may be more likely to attack using spells, because strategically that’s the smarter thing to do. Does the barbarian love grappling and throwing the little guys? Don‘t throw the party against an all-ranged fight just because of it. But after the barbarian picks up a few goblins, the rest are gonna clear out of melee range.

Don‘t give the enemies meta knowledge about the party just because you, the DM, have this knowledge. That’s exactly metagaming, and unfair. Don‘t come up with a plan to kill each of your players. Let the enemies do that. Give the enemies tools and resources, make them adapt throughout the fight, and push what they have to the fullest. Sure, the party may eventually come across an encounter that really hits their weaknesses, but not because you’re trying to, but just because the enemies are strong, smart, and prepared.

Art Commission - Klesh, a green dragonborn, melancholic bard playing his drum with sorrow. He’s carrying the lute of his missing sister, went on a travel to find her and maybe find another rythme to add to his life.

I really enjoyed making this character, to do a dragonborn thiner work on his whole outfit. Even the pose was a lot of fun. Hope you will like him. And sometimes, we bloke on a detail, but i love the result on the tail... love this way to draw them and i think i did a good job on this.

Tell me what you think and if feel free to come talk in DM or in Insta (@krabyx).

She’s my 25-year-old Satyr Wolf-Totem Barbarian! She’s a mercenary veteran who fights with a curved Dacian-like sword in a really fluid, dancer-like style, relying on raw speed and agility rather than heavy armor.

Her design mixes traditional folk embroidery from Romania (mainly bc I’m romanian) with some prominent tattoos. I gave her a stylized wolf’s eye tattoo right on her chest to represent her totem spirit that guides her through battles - because I’m contemplating on making her blind.

Roleplay-wise, she’s super blunt, speaks in a strange rhyming cadence, and has zero patience for anyone who can't hold their own in a fight. But if you actually earn her respect on the battlefield, she’ll step in front of a blade for you without hesitating.

Having so much fun drawing her and creating her as I go!!

Do we like her with blonde hair or do you think she’d suit some other color? Can’t decide currently

*Suspiciously intelligent ducks not included

First off, the winners of last week's giveaway: https://www.redditraffler.com/raffles/1v5e8qp

Congratulations, u/MongooseLuce, u/Old_Man_Wilfrid, and u/Puffireaktion! I will be reaching out to you to get the necessary information to fulfill this giveaway.

A little while ago, I came out with the Magical Code of Regulations, 500 pages of law governing the use of magic. It started as a fun little project while I was working as an auditor at the IRS, and turned into a whole worldbuilding project I don't think I'll ever truly stop. It has laws governing everything ranging from necromancy, magical conservation easements, and familiars, to dragons, fireballs, and Chosen Ones. Great for D&D players and DMs, lawyers, accountants, worldbuilders, fantasy writers, and people that just want a really cool coffee table book. I promise it is the most in-depth magical law you've ever read.

Since release, I've made over 3,000 sales, this book is #1 on IngramSpark in fantasy over the last month (for you booksellers looking for a cool book for your store), and will even have an officially licensed Chinese edition on the way (more details to come later)!

In celebration of these milestones, I will be giving away one signed copy of my book with a free digital version, a customizable authorized spellcaster license, a few stickers and a booheickmark, and a no-change audit letter. All you have to do to enter is comment below! The winner will be selected randomly on 8/7 using redditraffler, with only caveat being that your account must be at least 3 months old.

I appreciate all the support I've gotten from this community and others over the past couple of years, and if you'd like to support this project independent of this giveaway, you can find the Code at the following links:

Amazon (preferred): https://www.amazon.com/Magical-Code-Regulations-Spellcasting-Regulation/dp/B0GZF9PVQL?&linkCode=ll2&tag=department0d8-20&linkId=673bb8788a8cbb39bfad2021532b3e64&language=en_US&gaOptInStatus=true&ref_=as_li_ss_tl

NOTE: If the shipping seems extremely expensive, you may need to go to your country's storefront. If you live in the EU and your country doesn't have one, Germany (amazon.de) is usually best. I'll try my best to find options for anyone that has trouble getting it!

DriveThruRPG (now in hardcover!): https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/566282/the-magical-code-of-regulations

If you're still not convinced, and wanted a sneak-peek, Questing Beast made a great video on it!

https://youtu.be/ffP-xvpRS5Q?is=YXo5uFPHC4cDXeTo

If you're still not convinced, know that the second edition will make ownership of the MCOR compulsory, so you might as well give in now.

Anyways, good luck everyone, and can't wait to see who the winners are!

One of my players has mending as a cantrip. He has only used it a few times. I have tried to incorporate it a couple times but the opportunity was missed. I have a non torn note ready if he remembers he has it.

What elements have you brought outside of your game to have your characters interact/immerse in the game?

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Necromancer

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