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Quick question: as a DM, does this count as vent art? 🙃

I love my players dearly but boy, they do test me with their ability to come up with the most bonkers ideas that sends them in the complete opposite direction of what I had planned for them.

Forever thankful for mid-session bathroom breaks and random encounter rolling tables. 😭 And honestly, very interested to hear of what wild tangents other tables have put their DMs through lmao

Semi-recent art I made of a character that I hope to play in a campaign one day, a drow oath of vengeance paladin who worships Tyr.

Here's a little excerpt I wrote about her:

"Virtue is not her name, only her title, and she will stop at nothing to vanquish all evil from this world and bring justice unto it. She belongs to a Paladin’s Order of Justice, sworn to an Oath of Vengeance. Throughout the years, she strengthened her body, and her sense of justice became more and more polarizing - reaching its peak when she was given the honor of becoming one of the Order’s Adjudicators. As one of the few entrusted with this title, Virtue now travels beyond the Order’s walls to hunt down criminals and evildoers, dispensing justice where the law alone cannot reach. She is intense and militant in personality, seeing most things in black and white and speaking in firm absolutes."

a mid aged year woman with stands of grey hair who wears a blue chiton to contrast her with Hypatia's red. Being an immortal being, she is uncomfortable with the idea of death, and that someone life will be forgotten. She carries a deep emotional weight for being the last witness of the souls. She is always writing and cataloging the memories of shades that pass through on Lethe. She is energized by her work, almost manic, and deeply passionate about recording the memories of the shades (sneak peak of the character)

Hi everyone! Here is an illustration of two characters I created for a client.

Basically, they are the mother and brother of the player's main character. This family of lizardfolk was being hunted by poachers; the father died during one of these attacks, and the brother, Arytiss, lost an arm and a leg. The mother, Baeshra, left Kuhri (the player's character) behind while she was still an egg, along with an old family drawing depicting the three of them—a memento so her daughter would know who they were upon hatching. Baeshra hoped that leaving her behind would protect her from those hunters. Consequently, her brother and mother were left on their own for years—the period in which this illustration is set—facing other hunters, until one day, they were captured and taken hostage...

Hear ye, hear ye!

Tales From the Tables is back with episode 64: Dead Men Do Tell Tales, part 1!

Our intrepid misadventurers had left the Undertakers gang behind then and continue with their exploration of Undermountain. What surprises await in the darkness ahead?

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I'm sorry it's been so long, but the break was much, MUCH needed indeed. We've traveled across half the continent to our annual shindig at TheForeverDM's place, and had a most wonderful time! Seeing our D&D gang in person is a treat and a blessing. If you're on our Discord, I'm sure you've seen the photos! ^^

Please share your Warlock story. Their patron, their dynamic with him and how their powers came to them. Im looking for some inspiration (and also just wanna know how others roll it).

So I'm creating a character for my first proper campaign which starts in the next month or so, and I'm struggling a bit with backstory. I know a bit about the setting and the vibes even before our session zero (I don't want to get too much nailed down before the sesh zero because I know that's not a great idea from consensus online), but I do want to have some vague ideas.

In the past, I've struggled to differentiate between having a character that has an interesting backstory and threads and NPCs for the DM to use, and a character that has too much power and is basically the main character of everything. I played in a very short-lived game years ago and my character ended up being so boring compared to everyone else's because I was scared to be too extra with it.

So how do you know where this line is?

I see characters online who are magical experiments or runaway nobles or the curses of their towns. This all sounds super awesome and I'd love a character like that but I absolutely do not want to step into overshadowing other players, overloading the DM or just embarrassing myself by accidentally creating Traumatised Loner Number 3.

Any advice or tips for creating interesting backstories that make sure your character is a team player while also having fun stuff for me as a player to explore?

EDIT: Just clarifying some stuff. I know that main character syndrome is an in-play thing, I just want to avoid having a backstory that’s so stuffed full of things that (while incredibly interesting) could be overwhelming or overstep the mark. I just don’t know how much is useful and how much is too much.

Also, the campaign will be very narrative-focused. It’s RP-heavy and backstories will be used a lot, hence why I’m asking. Don’t worry y’all, I wouldn’t saddle a DM with pages of backstory if I was playing in a meat grinder!