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Zerwona is a charming Tiefling-Elf hybrid assassin that I designed a while ago (might consider redesigning her with horns) for which I am still developing the lore. She comes from a nomadic tribe called Nilavrens, now reduced to a few due to poverty. Her tribe was a victim of prejudice that strongly came from the corrupt nobles of the Kasafri kingdom. Now, she is in Kasafri as an assassin/enchantress, moonlighting as a tavern dancer, while slowly getting to her targets. Hopefully I captured that character of her in the illustration; regardless, I had fun painting and drawing her. Artwork painted in Photoshop.

If you'd like to see more of my art, check out my profiles, thank you! ;:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adithya.saji/

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I don't understand.

We're here to play a game: why would you make a character that is not conducive to playing the game?

Do these players just not want to play at all and accepted the invite out of politeness?

The questions they ask about obvious plot hooks are quite annoying.

"Why can't the town guard take care of this?"

Alright, they do take care of it, and the city celebrates their triumphant return and gives them free ale. Game over, that was the adventure.

"That's too dangerous!"

Ok, the city council dismisses you all for wasting their time, and hires another group for this. Game over, that was the adventure.

"Isn't there a high-level wizard around who can just handle the problem?"

Sure thing, the king sends him a letter, and Kylor the Mad destroys the enemy and brings back the macguffin. Game over, that was the adventure.

Yes, I can make up plausible reasons for why it has to be you 3-6 weirdos going on this adventure but why do I have to do that? Don't you want to play this game?

"Oh but it's what my selfish, cowardly, lazy character would do!"

Good for them, let that character stay home while you bring one that's motivated to play the game we're all.here for; you can even write about a book about the one who stays home!

This is all without mentioning the people who want to "play" as bakers or brew masters. You'd think an adventure that could get them enough cash to start such a business would be a good motivation to set out, but they want to play established bakers and brew masters and merchants and farmers or whatever other job lets them stay in one place.

I really don't get it.

EDIT: Thank you everyone for your thoughts on this.

The most popular explanation for this is people's attraction to the hero's journey.

These types of players are not the majority of people I run games for, but I'll be sure to emphasize in the future for other players that the call to adventure should have already been part of the character's backstory.

The other explanation people brought up a lot is versimilitude and world-building. I'll have to give more grace when I get some of these questions and assume they're well-intentioned inquiries into how the world works instead of reluctance.

Every time I looked for D&D class icons, something bothered me. A lot of sets were so detailed they were basically full illustrations and fell apart at small sizes. On the other hand, the minimal ones went the other way: simplified enough to read small, but with little to no character/styling left at all.

Mockup of the icons on my custom character card backs, Rogue and Wizard

Just a quick detour from regular design work to do something fun... :D

So I tried to find the middle ground: bold silhouettes that still read at a tiny size, consistent chunky feel and scale across all 13, and one small story detail per class.

I'm not claiming they're perfect or completely original. There's still work to do, but they filled a gap for me. I've also started putting them on in-world items like card backs and a guild initiation notice.

Which class do you think I nailed, and which one would you change?
Feel like The Sorcerer, Bard & Pally could have another revision at some point.

About a year ago, I created this hand-drawn, original one-shot designed for adult couples. It remains one of my most popular adventures, so I made some updates and The Trial of Hearts is now available as a printed zine! My first print-run is available now on itch.io at:

https://ufosandgames.itch.io/the-trial-of-hearts

The Trial of Hearts is a short adventure meant to be played by an intimate couple, one person as DM, and their partner as the player. It’s a fun, flirty date-night RPG that encourages romance both in-game, and out.

The printed zine is 36 pages, with more color illustrations and an expanded section for new players on how to run the game. For more info and a preview of the printed edition, you can check out this instagram video:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeYCnM5tenH/?utm\_source=ig\_web\_copy\_link&dlrf=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

And for those of you who have already played The Trial of Hearts, I’d love to hear your feedback. I’m working on a larger, more ambitious couples project, and you can help shape what it becomes!

THANK YOU everyone for your interest and support! It means a lot to me as an independent artist/creator.

So I’m still trying to process what happened today. I was really looking forward to playing my normal Sunday game and I look at the group chat and I got kicked. Than I get a long message from the dm stating that he talked to the group and they decided one on one that they want to go back to being a 4 person party instead of a 5 person group.

He than kept on saying it wasn’t me but the group felt the dynamic was too changed and wanted to go back to what they had. He wishes me luck said he would still recommend me if someone else wanted to known how I played and that’s it.

What really hurts is that I thought we were all getting to be friends and I bought people gifts on their bdays and shared meals with them. It’s been three months and I thought we have been getting along. My only thought is last session time I was getting picked on by the dm best friend. They said things that were pretty petty and hurtful. I told the dm in private i messaged him with my cellphone that this was not cool and later recalled it due to not wanting to rock the boat and maybe I misunderstood the comments. Apparently this might have been the cause?

I’m just upset that if they didn’t want another player to let me know early before I get invested. It seems kind of shitty to get involved and than told oh yeah we all talked about you and we like nah kick him. This is after I already made them minis for their characters and gave them dice for bdays and such. Which in hindsight I probably shouldn’t have since apparently that wasn’t appreciated with all the hard work I did on the minis.

Update: Thanks for all the feedback. Helps to put a lot of this into perspective.

Beneath a vast sky scattered with countless stars, a towering Firbolg knight wandered through a sea of Golden grass, his full plate armor catching the faint glow of the heavens. His battle axe rested at his side, while his shield bore the marks of battles fought in service to his god. With his moss-green features and ancient, tree-like presence, he resembled the Green Knight of old legends—a guardian belonging as much to the wilderness as to the celestial realm. Yet tonight, there were no enemies to face, no prayers for victory to whisper. Only the soft rustling of grass, the distant call of nocturnal creatures, and the quiet brilliance of the stars that had guided him throughout his pilgrimage.

At the edge of the field stood a solitary tower, its silhouette rising gently against the night sky. It was no fortress built for war, but a gift from his god—a sanctuary offered in recognition of his unwavering faith and the trials he had overcome. As he approached, a warm golden light spilled from its windows, welcoming him home. For the first time in what felt like an eternity, the cleric lowered his shield and allowed himself to rest beneath the heavens he had spent his life venerating. His journey had taught him that divine purpose was not found only in sacrifice or battle, but also in the quiet moments worth protecting. And beneath the eternal stars, with a home waiting before him and peace settling upon the land, he finally understood that his greatest reward was not the tower itself, but the chance to live quietly under the grace of his god.

Art of a Kitsune that I finished a few months ago:

Ashe Navarro (Ashenelle de Solis Navarro) was born into a noble family but never lived up to her family's expectations, finding her true passion in swordsmanship. She became a skilled and feared duelist among the nobility until she was defeated by a mysterious swordsman who disarmed her and advised her to find something worth bleeding for.

Tired of aristocratic life and intrigued by the stranger's words, she abandoned her family and became a wandering mercenary. In Apalon, she struggled to gain acceptance but eventually met Jer-en, learned to use firearms, and acquired her own Viper pistol. Since then, she has survived by taking on various jobs while searching for a purpose in her journey.

If you want to see other works:

Portfolio: https://www.artstation.com/aritanaart

You can also send an email or a DM if you have any questions:

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Hello there adventurers, new beginning for my little project. Dear mods, his is not a commissioned work , what I usually post here. I drew this for players and DM for free use. Few years ago I started to redraw monster book, and now I want to restart it, as I made my old drawing style a bit more solid, and know I know what to do with all of it. So if you ( mods) do not mind, I will probably do more recent posts here , and community will have some alternative looks to monsters and creatures. I just see no point in drawing exactly what we already have. So this is a little scene as opening for the project. Soon I will deliver next art .
What do you think guys of it in total, and if you have critics- welcome, feel free to put some words here. And as this is just a monster art, I have no backstory , all three creatures here are just a random units for the scene. But, all of them has descriptions in official book or in net, pretty easy to find. This is all what I wanted to print here. Will be glad to see your feedback.
Stay safe and have a good day!

Born and raised in the Raven Queen's realm within the Shadow Fell, Sigfaeryn felt called to serve their divine patron as did nearly every Shadar Kai. Their devotion went further, however, and they decided to enter the Temple of Letherna as an acolyte, before eventually being initiated into the Ravens (the Queen’s agents throughout the planes). Sig has long been a member of the Harbingers, the agents who work between planes to act as the Queen’s eyes and ears in places She cannot be and to carry out tasks in service to Her greater goals. At times Sig has operated as a spy, sometimes an assassin, sometimes a thief, easily navigating tricky situations alone.

This is the second piece i've drawn with Sigfaeryn. The first one, is them walking the Shadow fell.

For anyone who's interested in commissions, i have open slots for november and december.

I don't mean to pressure anyone, but they're going fast! 😆

If you'd like to see more of my art you can find me here!

Insta:

https://www.instagram.com/stamatis\_karystinos?stkn=MTNlYnlsNmRuN2h2Yw==

Artstation

https://spite_spitfire.artstation.com/

And on my reddit profile

https://www.reddit.com/user/spitespitfire/

Before I go talk to my DM I want to know whether I am wrong about feeling frustrated about this:

My character died so I came up with new one. I did not get any special starting equipment and neither did I get any starting gold except the 10 from background. I was at level 10.

Since then, we had a couple of big Story-Quests, with basically no time to get any gold in between. During the whole time, not a single loot hort. Sometimes foes we killed had some magic items, but never once more then a couple gold (maximum i found was 2 gold on one enemy once). The items were clearly of interest for other PCs, so also not a source of income to sell them.

Then we started a downtime, in one of the most important places of the world we play in, not a huge city, but civilized and full of important people. I told my DM multiple times I would look for work. All I found was a pedicure for a minotaur, that gave me 20 gold for a full day.

It's been around 2 in game weeks since my PC joined the party and as a lvl 11 character I have now accumulated only 22 gold...

It's frustrating as fuck. I am an artificer, I would love being able to build some magic items during the downtime but I lack the gold. I would love being able to buy a plate armor, but I lack the gold. I would like to pay back the loan I took in order to buy some stuff in the beginning, but I lack the gold...

What would you say: If we as a party actively follow the story presented to us, is it okay to practically receive no gold at all? Is it fair to start without any gold, or that not a single foe drops any significant amount of it?

I actually even had to take a loan from another character who already had gold and loot from the time before my new PC. My old PC wasn't really drowning in any gold neither, I think at my he had something like 200.