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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.

About a month ago (give or take) I posted a sketch of the Lady of Pain from a commission I was working on, and I said I would post the image again once it was finished.

And well, here we are! The image is now complete! I actually recorded the entire process and will be making a video out of it, but I was too excited with the results to wait (and besides, I can't post videos here anyway).

The entire image took about 65+ hours to make, and the version sent to the client is over 1 meter tall (for printing). A version of the image with no background was also delivered.

The most complicated part to solve was Sigil in the background, which required creating an actual 3D model of Sigil to make sure all the shapes and proportions were correct.

For this version I gathered the descriptions of both the Lady and Sigil from AD&D 2nd Edition - per the client's preference, and the 3D model was created based on measurements from several wiki sources. In the end, however, the size of the houses had to be doubled because otherwise they would've looked too small to be appreciated in the image.

This image was incredibly fun and challenging to work on, but overall I'm both happy with the result and to be able to share here!

As the title says, I am available for hire, and if anybody is interested in commissions, I have slots available for November, so be sure to message me if that's the case!

Image created in CLIP STUDIO PAINT
3D elements created in BLENDER 3D

Here’s some art I made in a less than common art style for the subject matter. The art inspirations for this ink drawing of a D&D party include renaissance paintings for composition and the printmaker/artist Gustave Doré for capturing more data per stroke.

I spent the last couple years studying Doré; but rather than copying his artworks, I observed his artworks and the way he captured light, texture, form. In his lifetime during the 1800s printmaking would, in a sense, cost more to print per stroke. With this limitation in mind, Gustave Doré mastered line quality in a way that could define light, texture, and form while using not as few lines as possible, but as few lines as necessary.

Captain Julius Theodoro Vapore, a highborn water genasi drawn in his battle outfit. Julius, despite having royal duties himself, finds battles and venturing more exhilarating than the default courts of fancies. Imagine Damon Targaryen, minus the dragon, and minus damon targaryen - you get the point, prince - battling.

Julius is a proud character of a friend, drawn by yours truly for their campaign. Painted in Clip Studio Paint.

more of my works here: www.artstation.com/pippamp

Vice II

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Vice is a sprite. One of two aspects that appears on the shoulders of mortals, whispering in their ears the songs of morality. Vice, the embodiment of the cruel, deceitful and evil. Her counterpart, Virtue is the embodiment of the just, righteous and good. They are constantly fighting their own battles, attempting to realize their values in the material world.

Mainly a reader here, but I felt like I needed to post about my DM and give him his flowers.

I've been playing a barbarian in our current campaign. We've been tracking down a murderous artificer in our town who had been making traps and contraptions that would destruct afterwards, making his killings seem like traditional methods of murder. One of his victims was my character's father - a fighter and guard for the town, who left behind his +1 greataxe to me.

We were aware we were one session from facing the artificer, and were also going to level up afterwards. I talked to our DM and I decided I would like to multiclass into Paladin, the redemption of my father would have me eventually make an Oath of Glory.

Now, to our session last night. We track down the artificer to an abandoned factory and enter combat, top of the initiative, the factory comes alive and the "soul" of the murderer's first victim is deposited into a furnace, beginning a ritual to link a portal to the hells for what our Sorcerer figured was the artificer's escape, we would lose him forever should the ritual complete.

We did the math and realised we were on our last round of combat. The artificer was looking really beat but it was only myself and our cleric left to go, before it was too late. I make my first attack, I barely missed. Make my second and roll two Nat Ones. I legitimately think you could hear my heart break in real life. I know the "avenge my parent" trope is overdone, but this is my first character and I was devastated.

Then my DM paused and pulled me aside. He said that on a Nat 1, as a critical failure I could chose to roll damage for the attack, however it would come at a cost of my Greataxe. If I didn't, our Cleric likely wouldn't do enough damage and we would fail. It was up to me. I agreed to the deal.

In game it translated as; just as I was about to swing down my axe I felt a force overtake my rage's power over my body, and as my axe met him my very first Smite struck him down, shattering his mechanical suit, but also my axe. The force knocked me out temporarily, where I dreamt of my father who told me my duty on the realm was to protect the people, in a way he never could.

It just felt like the perfect conclusion of my arc as a barbarian and way to introduce the Oath (despite the subclass itself being a few levels away). I'm really excited to brainstorm where we go next with him. I think having a stereotypical "main character" moment is the perfect transition for a subclass into Paladin too.

I have had 2 inn/taverns with Knight puns for names. “Good knights rest” and “Knightly Comforts”. I have some non knight related names but my players are asking for more knight puns. Give me your best inns and tavern names.

hypothetically if i wanted to write a character that was a warlock pretending to be a wise and virtuous wizard, would that be viable or would it be very obvious (in canon, not neccesarily to other players) that they are a warlock?

The ogresh piece I finished recently. It was complicated to develop the concept with two opposing sides and to make the composition and colors balanced.

Name: Shurgrum Cloudbellow

Species: Ogresh

Class: Circle of mutation druid

Background: Physician

Originally raised by giants Shurgrum was granted the title Cloudbellow for his loud cries as a child, he was left swaddled in a basket made of woven vines with a druidic mark painted upon his head at the mouth of a giants cave, his mother having succumbed to wounds from a plague-ridden Corpsejaw, after hearing of his mothers manner of death sang by the giants in admiration of her resilience, he joined the circle of mutation in order to harness the power that the corpsejaw and with that began his firm hatred of plagues and blights, showed during its battle with his mother, he lived with the giant clan, learning their druidic ways until he was picked up as an apprentice by a traveling physician who went by simply Morgoth. Morgoth not only shared the faith that Shurgrum now follows, but also taught Shurgrum the ways of healing and to see that even the smallest acts of kindness can help alleviate the grievances this world faces. One such instance that sticks with shurgrum to this day was a visit he made under Morgoth to a small coastal village recovering from an attack by undead. In this village Shurgrum healed a young girl whom was wounded with a necrotic poison, as payment the young child gave shurgrum a midnight lily bud, a rare foreign flower that only blooms in the presence of powerful nature magic. Shurgrum, seeing the light in that young girls eyes, has worn that lily bud as an amulet ever since, it provides no benefit, gives no advantage, but it reminds him of that light he saw within the young girls eyes upon seeing the lily's bloom. As time passed and morgoth finally reached the end of his time as an able bodied physician, Shurgrum was left to pickup the mantle of his old mentor, traveling as a wandering physician to heal any and all in need.

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