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A few years back, I played a bard 'Jimmy Jack Jones' in a D&D campaign with some of my mates.

He once enjoyed fame and fortune thanks to his one and only hit, "Ladies Hide Thou Bosoms". Unfortunately, he squandered it all and spent the rest of his career desperately trying (and failing) to recapture his former glory.

The title was something I came up with during a session, but my fellow players insisted I ought to actually write it.

So I did.

And now I recorded it too. 😂

I hope you enjoy it! 🪕

Disclaimer: The song is entirely satirical and intended as lighthearted comedy. No sexism intended, just a rather questionable medieval bard.

Lyrics:

Bosoms soft and perilous, thou twin and bouncing curse
Thou lead the wise to ruin swift, the simple to far worse
A laced delight, a glimpse of pale and all our wits take flight
The pries misquotes his holy book, the knight forgets to fight

The tailor stitched his trouser leg to where a sleeve should go, the banker signed away his house and didn't seem to know
the holy man forgot his text and wandered of in haze
all fell by curves that rose and fell in most unholy ways

Ladies hide thou bosoms, or bare them gods be kind
but know you rock our heads about when neckline meets the eyes
a button loosed a ribbon slipped, we stumble swoon and sway
and many wars were surely fought for what peeked out that day

the priest forgot to praise the lord, the captain sank his fleet
the bard forgot his chorus line and rhymed despair with feet
the wizard tried to cast a charm, then blinked and set ablaze
a tavern wall, while two big bouncing peaches met his gaze

ladies hide thou bosoms, ere bakers burn their bread
ere monks forget their solemn vows and paint the chapel red
for every tale of foolishness that history recalls
begins beneath a lowered glance and slightly loosened shawls

But mock I may and Jest I do with smile and steady tune
there was a night of candlelight beneath a jealous moon
she danced she laughed she touched my hand, then vanished in the haze
and left me with this song I've sung through oh so many days

so ladies hide thou bosoms, or don't we fall the same
a fool will chase the shape of love and never learn her name
We drink we laugh we spin a tune until the music stays
and all that's left's a fading smile and songs from better days

I dont really like it.

Every time there was any kind of dispute on a rule or mechanic, the DM would ask us if we wanted to homebrew it to work in our favor. At first I didnt think much of it, but then the DM called us his 'Customers' and that's when I realized what I didnt like.

I believe in the DMs word being final say. But in this enviornment the DM wants to give us stuff so we dont leave the table because we're paying him. Since we are, in fact, his 'Customers' before we're his 'Players'.

Oddly enough, rather than paying a DM to DM for me, I think I'd instead want to pay a DM for the 'privilege' to be in their game. Though I think I'm done with paid DnD in general.

Anyway, this is just me describing my thoughts and feelings on the experience.

Illustration I finished painting today, I wanted to depict a spell and action that allows a user (probably most commonly a sorcerer) to heat up their hands to the point of being able to melt through anything, for short hand to hand attacks. Spell would be able to be turned on only for a few seconds and be very risky. Danger of overheating would be high, probably a saving throw after each use that if failed would deal few fire damage to the user. Pros of this spell would be mostly related to being kind of a "hax" it would melt though almost anything, and be able to melt locks, or for example automatons like on this illustration.

Cross of the zealot - Increases religion by +10.

Rag of Poseidon’s wrath - Allows the user to store x10 more water to what a normal rag would usually store.

Wand of Truest strike - Uses your action to cast true strike on however many enemies are in a 30x30 foot area from the holder of the wand. The limit on how many enemies will be casted with true strike on is 20.

Expired potion of greater healing - A fairly big glass of what used to be a healing potion. The red colour has been tainted with a bit brown and has fowl stench when opened. 1d4 -1 healing.

Bow tie of transparency - Grants invisibility only to organic creatures and organic material (Flesh, hair, foliage, scales, horns, etc.)

Mirror of selective reflections - Reflect everything except any humanoid or creature.

Shot of replenishment - Randomly fills with a new liquid every day. Capacity is 5 ounces. Can only be used once per day.

Cloak of lesser prestidigitation - Generates random new smells every hour. Lasts for the hour.

Ring of commemoration - If you have the actor feat, and have used it more than 10 times, every other use will spawn a mysterious stranger out from behind an object and give you an award for your prestigious acting.

Matchbox of infinite flame - When lighting a match from the match box, it will never extinguish. If lighting an object on fire from the matches flame, the object will also never go out.

Conch of gossip - A conch with infinite range. Will speak the words of the nearest person to the bearer conch.

Extremely soft pillow - Fills all your HP in one long rest when using the pillow. Will also make you fall asleep faster.

Goggles of gemstone transparency - Allows you to see through platinum, amethyst, and lapis lazuli.

Window of opportunity - Allows you to see through anything, but shrinks a little when looked at by anything.

Ring of timely consumption - Everything can only be eaten in only one minute when wearing this ring.

Bugle of far-callings - When blown into, the sound of the bugle is only audible from 500 feet away.

Rosary of generous donations - Gain one gold coin every day when wearing the rosary.

Shangle’s glass rod - Emits an uncomfortable sound frequency that will frighten anything within 15 feet of the rod.

Joke book - When used, the caster can tell a joke from the book ranging from harmlessly kid-friendly to extremely offensive. 1d20 for vicious mockery.

Zoggo the teddy bear - A simple teddy bear with a warm feeling to it. Will cheer up anyone when it has been given to them or found by anyone. If lost, sold, or destroyed, the last user to have Zoggo will have disadvantage for the next 200 skill checks due to having an abandonment crisis.

Macabre framed picture - Will show the photo of someone random who will die that day. If that person hasn’t died somehow, the picture will spontaneously combust.

Crown of the golden throne - Everything you sit on becomes a golden toilet. (Doesn’t work on large or gargantuan objects)

Me and my dad just sat in a room thinking of these and it was pretty fun.

Had the chance to work on this character for a client.

She is a stout halfling, Circle of Spores druid. Stands at about 3’1” tall. Her main accessory is a large gnarled wooden druid staff that is noticeably taller than she is. Looks like twisted, almost living bogwood with moss, mushroom top, vines, lichen, and small natural growths along it. A few little charms, bottles, herbs, beads, or pieces of twine hanging from it.

Since ai uncertainty is getting crazy these days, I’ve started recording full timelapse videos of each drawing. If anyone’s unsure I’m happy to share that.

I’ve been trying for a while to think of easy ways to switch up my music during sessions, looking for a particular playlist on my phone or computer was an awkward break in momentum.

I looked into the stream deck and this thing does everything I need and more!
You can set specific playlists to the keys and it has a plug in that can connect to smart lights to change it all at once!
Just wanted to share a moderately inexpensive way to level up the game!

So I had this idea to create illustrations for the 8 schools of magic based on tarot cards and roman / greek statues. This is my first time creating a vector illustration (I studied Graphic Design, but somehow only ever used Illustrator for logo’s, shapes and patterns and never a full on layered illustration like this).

Since it’s my first time I wanted to share the progress and get some feedback while working on them. The order of schools is; abjuration, conjuration, divination, enchantment, evocation, illusion, necromancy, transmutation. The tarot cards are (in order) strength, the magician, the priestess, the lovers, the tower, the hanged man, death and the wheel of fortune.

So WDYT? And do you have any feedback? ☺️

The constant arguing over pure sandbox vs. railroading always misses the mark for me. If you have to shut your players down or force them down a path, you're already losing half the fun. The best part of DMing is giving the party total freedom, but knowing them so well that you get them to think and do exactly what you had in mind, while they're 100% convinced it was their own idea. All it takes is leaning a bit harder on a specific detail when describing a room, or playing into the right player's greed at the right moment, and they do all the work for you.

For the DMs here, what's the best bait you've ever dropped at the table without the party catching on? And for the players, have you ever realized months later that your "genius plan" was actually fed to you by the DM from the very start?