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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.

(DnD 5e)

One of my players is a warforged and they wanted to try and use heat metal on themselves. How would you handle the situation?

Let them roll the Saving Throw and take damage, let them roll concentration to see if they keep up the spell and then letting them add fire damage to an unarmed strike?

Or maybe they're harder to grapple then?

I love that they're being creative with their spells and I dont want to just say "no thats not working"

I'm a fairly new DM and don't really know how to handle it tho.

Thanks in advance for any advice!

I recently started working on a portrait series for a bunch of DnD characters/npc’s I had lying around from past campaigns. Pretty sure her name was Oofa. She's a very nice young lady, kinda stout for an orc. I imagine her with an Indian accent and a zest and passion for life. She’s a bit of a nomad mostly traveling by sea helping as a ship strategist (a guard for illegal goods). She’s a very outgoing character but finds her peace in quiet outdoor places with pleasant scents and a warm cup of tea.

I always get a bit nervous drawing the more popular spells such as this one. I also find spells with more abstract or internal effects hard to meaningfully depict. Which all in all, made this one fairly challenging. I think the final concept works and I managed to not play my hand of all the tricks to depicting speed boosting and save a few for similar spells in the future (there are so many).

Haste is a such a cool a powerful spell. I find myself often wanting to cast in on my own wizard and attempt spellswording even when the character is not built for it all. Conceptually, I wanted to really lean into the adrenaline surge aspect and having a short time limit to work with. I'm curious to hear if anyone has any unique ways of flavoring this one for their character.

You can get this a print at my Etsy store:

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You can suggest and vote for future spells or get this spell as a printable card on my Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/Havocs_Library

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Congratulations to last weeks winner

https://www.redditraffler.com/raffles/1w774vl

u/HoodedJinX

Winner to be edited in below

Once a scholar of forbidden magic, she abandoned her studies after discovering that the forest itself was alive and dying. Haunted by visions of ancient spirits, she swore an oath to restore the balance between nature and the arcane. Now, she travels from village to village, gathering forgotten spells, healing corrupted lands, and searching for the lost sanctuary of her druidic ancestors. Her three feline companions are more than pets; they are guardians bound to her soul, each carrying a fragment of an ancient spirit. Though her curiosity often leads her into dangerous places, she believes every mystery holds a lesson worth learning. Yet deep within her heart, she fears that the darkness she once studied may have followed her into the wild!

Ok so, im a bit upset but mostly sad.

So basically ive always been fascinated by dnd and everything thats fantasy themed. I got helped by a friend in the group who has a collection of dnd books and he made me the DM for a one-shot since i already had an idea in mind.

Long story-short i spent 3 to 4 hours in the middle of the night to create the story, draw the maps on my phone, print and color them, i even made a sheet color of the enemies, the final boss and some lil character "pawns". I lost the sheet where i wrote the infos of the characters and enemies...

So the one-shot was gonna be set on the train, the group was gonna go and take a ride just to realize it was hijacked by a gang of goblins.

Their goal was to navigate every wagoon and get to the end to stop the train and the hijack. There are 7 wagoons in total:

0)the starting point,the station and shop

1)normal wagoon with 1 goblin

2)bar with 2 goblins

3)basically a shop, no fights

4)puzzle wagoon with a mimic (no fight)

5)rooftop fight with a homebrewed mini mini boss

6)hard wagoon with a myconid and bullywug

7)second shop, same goblin seller

And at the end it was gonna be revealed that the head of the train is actually a giant mimic, so it was gonna be a boss fight with a weird gimmick: if they fed the mimic in the 4th wagoon they would get an advantage, if they killed him they get debuffed.

I dont really know if its good or not but i put a lot of effort in It despite knowing Little about Dming.

The group kind of broke because of a fight, but honesly it was clear that in the group (5 people) only me and the old DM where actually interested in playing, the others only wanted to join for the Aesthetics or to hang out and Just ignore the DM.

Soooooo... Ill post the map and other things in the comments, let me know if u like it or want to know more. I hope this can atleast inspire another DM or player so my work isnt useless

He's more of a "wizard with extraplanar influence" type of warlock than the "gets power from a contract" kind.

He is obsessed with the Far Realm, believing it to be the most fundamental power in existence. Knowing the mortal mind cannot grasp that place, he attempted to expand his mind using an illithid tadpole. But this process was interrupted, and he had to flee to the surface.

A being from beyond, an Uvuudaum, unbeknownst to him, took notice of his feeble meddling with its realm, and found it mildly amusing. It whispers to him through his subconscious, nudging him in the right direction in his quest to find more Far Realm artefacts, curious how far he might come before succumbing to madness.

Art by good friend Brownie.

First off, the winner of last week's giveaway: https://www.redditraffler.com/raffles/1w723w3

Congratulations, u/zobotsHS! I'll 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.

Here's what some people have had to say about it:

"An unnecessarily comprehensive and deeply inconvenient framework. Several of my longstanding plans now require prior authorization." -Glorgon the Destroyer, Antagonistic Entity of Prophetic Significance #33

"Clear, thorough, and appropriately burdensome. I have no notes, though I will be requesting additional documentation." -Arthur B. Wexler, Senior Auditor, Department of Magical Affairs

Since release, I've made nearly 5k sales, this book is #1 on IngramSpark in fantasy over the last 90 days (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)!

As a way to give back a bit, 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 bookmark, and a no-change audit letter. All you have to do to enter is comment below! The winner will be selected randomly on 9/18 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?maas=maas_adg_47FC0A8EE6B4473FD3BD31EA1AC9CE35_afap_abs&ref_=aa_maas&tag=maas

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: https://www.drivethrurpg.com//product/566282/the-magical-code-of-regulations?affiliate_id=5121378

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.

On another note, I have been working on another small project behind the scenes (one of many, lol): essentially a bunch of story prompts for each D&D class – including one new homebrewed class – followed by some fillable documents you can use to play this story. It's nothing massive or anything that will take you through entire campaigns, but just some jumping off points.

Maybe your barbarian raged too hard while trying to save the town from bandits, and was presented with a big award and a much bigger property damage bill. Or your bard is screwed out of a bunch of gold because of a sleazy royalties contract. The documents would be that bill and that royalties contract, respectively. Is this something you guys might be interested in?