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I want to draw some characters for internet strangers. The picture is some of my art. Mod approved.

Just post a comment telling me about their appearance, personality and if you want please tell me the general vibe you'd want the piece to have. You don't have to write an essay but if you don't tell me a bit about their personality my drawing WILL SUCK.

My last post got absolutely flooded (which is why I'm making a new one) and while I will try to draw as many characters as possible, please understand that I will be following my whimsy and if there's 100 people here you may not be chosen.

Also if you have a character who's an aasimar, star related, has colorful hair or has an animal companion (I like cute animals, cool animals and skanky manky animals) PLEASE GIVE THEM TO ME

I’ve decided to host friends to watch the Rings of Power on the three Wednesdays that it comes out. The idea is for each day to have decorations and clothes inspired by a different race. First Wednesday is Elves, second of Dwarves and lastly but not least Hobbits.

I’ve selected 26 recipes from Heroes Feast and Flavors of the Multiverse. 8 options to test for the elves, another 8 for the Dwarves and 10 for the Hobbits. On the actual day I imagine I’ll end up making 4-5 for each day.

I started trying them out this weekend with two recipes I’ve selected for the Dwarven day. The Dwarven Flatbread and the Delzoun Tide-Me-Overs.

I’m actually surprised, they were both really easy to make and turned out great! The bread is lighter than I expected, probably because of the yogurt, and the herbs really add a herbal taste.

The Tide Me Overs might just be the best meatballs I’ve ever had. Very moist, well flavored and it matches its sauce really well.

Don’t know if anyone likes the recipes in the book but I might keep posting them as I go.

So I DM for a group of mostly new players, except for 1 who is an experienced player, who is also the reason I am making this post.

So obviously with new players, they can have a hard time roleplaying, which is totally fair and I try my best to make it fun to try and get them to engage.

With both new players, I’ve noticed banter with NPCs has been getting them into it a bit so I’ve been leaning into that for them, and making it a bit silly and fun so that they can laugh and loosen up a bit to get into the roleplay of the game.

The problem is, the experienced player does not like the silliness of this and has constantly complained and groaned each time I do it, which embarrasses the new players and causes them to back down a bit from roleplaying, along with she’s actively shut down roleplay sections with stuff like “can you not do that, that’s annoying?” Or “god I wanna leave this campaign” or “uugggghhhhhh” and it’s just been a constant thing.

I talked with her about it once, and she said she’d try to do better, but the very next session, she groaned and complained that the new players were exploring the world and roleplaying rather than going into combat immediately and just stopped talking and pouted when I called her out on it in DMs

She said she’ll try to work on it next campaign as the next campaign will be “serious horror so silliness won’t be an issue” (our next campaign is Curse of Strahd)

I’ve yet to tell her that both times I’ve run this campaign it’s been hilarious cause each players kinda baffle me with how they deal with situations and how could you not mess around a bit with a vampire world (I can recall one time a player bashed his head into a mirror to see if there was anything behind it). I also like to put on an accent for this campaign which she has also shown dislike towards.

I am afraid of her doing this again, but I don’t want to hurt her feelings and I’m unsure of how to handle this. I have brought up the idea that maybe this just isn’t the table for her and she might benefit from finding a more serious and more combat focused group, and that’s completely fair! Not every playstyle will work with each group, I’ve just found the group as a whole enjoys messing around a bit, she’s the only outlier, and while she agreed, she has committed to staying and hasn’t changed her behaviour.

EDIT: Okay I did something wrong and tried to make like a little other post to let people know that I kicked her out and was told not to, that's my bad I don't really post on reddit too much lol. But as a little update, she is now gone. I messaged her that her behaviour will no longer be tolerated in my group and she should find another. Thank you to the comments for opening my eyes about how I was letting her walk all over me. I needed to step up for my players, and I plan to do better :)

So, first I would like to tell you that me and the DM are good friends. We are both fairly new to DnD, I've played a one shot before and he's played BG3.

I wanted to try out an Undead Warlock whose backstory I put a lot of time and effort into making but to make a long story short, a guy thinks he is possessed bc his soon to be patron whispers to him in his head, tries to go on a quest for a cure, gets killed in the process, and the "curse" grants him a second chance to live under a condition. He is adventuring to see if he can be free of the "curse" and live at the same time, because the patron is slowly corrupting him.

The DM said to me that my backstory is weird, as it doesn't fit into the setting (Curse of Strahd) and that the undead warlock is way too OP, even tho from what I understand, most of the enemies are immune to being frightened bc they are undead. The DM asked me to change subclasses and the story to something darker.

So I said if it was ok to make a Great Old One Warlock, but he said to me that after consideration warlock is off limits for being too busted. When I asked why, he said that Eldritch blast is too big of a cheat code, as almost no creature is resistant to force damage.

Is that an actual reason why warlock is seen as such a strong class in Curse of Strahd? Or is it mainly just my DM nit liking one class?

Had the chance to work on this party illustration for a client! 🙌
The setting is called Valkheim - a gritty, dark norse setting. A land of Ice and snow, spear and sword.

Left to right, top to bottom:
Salbei is a recently sacrificed (and recently risen) Thrall-elf. She still bears the wounds of her being a midsummer sacrifice (sunken eyes and stigmata almost - on her neck, hands etc) and recently undertook a wild elf ritual to get Urthalin (meaning deep memory).

Vorio is a cleric of the World Tree, Valdryssil. He is a Vaettir, a nature-touched race, and as such he has one large elk antler and several large mushroom growths protruding out of his head and shoulders. He also recently made a deal with a witch, and this changed his left eye to be like a black charcoal, with a single red-glowing ember-like pupil.

Runvar is a Man from the clans of the throat (the more “civilized” groups of men) - Fairer skin that has arcane symbols carved into his face, neck, all over.

Made of Stone is a Jotunmyn (conventional equivalent of a goliath). Curved horns like a ram. Big white beard and warpaint. He has a Runic Greataxe that “hungers” to be fed with blood.

Udyr is a Man of the Bear People, a barbaric wild man tribe. He wears a bear pelt on his head/back, and his fists glow with this orange energy that evoke bear paws.

Me and my players were chatting before the game. We were talking about what our dump stats would be irl. My wife and I said our friends dump stat would be Dex because he has a bum knee and walks with a cane. He told us no and later he snatches a fly out of the air unharmed and said, "I told you dex isn't my dump stat."

I was recently requested to paint someone’s character, an Orc with a farmer aesthetic. Before I got into doing art for this game and its players, I expected to draw a lot of swords and armor, and don’t get me wrong, I’ve been asked to draw plenty of that. But what I appreciate is the variety of looks that everyone’s characters have, and opportunities to draw very different looking characters than I had originally expected. Something like this is a very fun challenge for me, trying to make a medieval looking farmer interesting and cool. Aside from him being of the Orc persuasion, his drab attire could be regarded as lifeless and boring, but there is a subtlety to the way I render that I try and achieve when approaching this kind of subject matter. Metallic armor, helmets, swords and bows, they’re all fun and interesting no matter what. But folds and drapery is an exciting little playground for me to try and depict interesting shapes and appealing forms. Overall I am very pleased with how this character turned out, as my goal is to make someone’s character that has only been a blurry image in the minds of players during a campaign, look and feel like a real person. I love doing these, as well as this game and its players.