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Made this one page comic around a team of three .

Elias Jones a human Tactician fighter , Selene a human life cleric and Zoey a open hand monk, they were contracted to kill a troll and right to its treasures if it had any . Fortunately through teamwork and a bit of luck they slayed the troll and found treasure inside the cave .

One of those treasures was an " Amulet of Dead War God" the cleric examined it in detail turns out if activated the Shade of the dead God will try to possess the wearer and would attack anyone on sight and leave the wearer at 0 HP. But if the wearer can endure a high DC will save can receive the GOD's power for 1D3 rounds.

Our Zoey asks if 'anyone wants this" but they refused citing caution Zoey on the other hand wants to wear it coz it looks cool but the moment she dawned the amulet bam the Shade tries to take control or expresses anger but quickly subsides because the amulet was only worn not activated , hence Zoey relaxing for the moment.

personally, whenever I join a table, I would like to know what classes the others are playing. Never want to steal their thunder or have too identical niches.

2 new players joined our already ongoing campaign and both want to play the exact same class as mine. It isn’t even a commonly played class. I understand that I have 0 right to ask them to reconsider, but it has removed a lot of excitement for me.

Am I overreacting or am I not the only one that thinks like this?

update: 3 new players are going to play the exact same class as me :/

update update: After talking it out. Only 1 other player is going to play the same class. Couldn’t be more happy about it. I don’t mind doubling

Whether adapting a character from a work of fiction or making one of their own own, I think that something that people should always ask themself is whether their character works as a DnD character, because not all characters do. So my question to you today is, what's something to look out for when writing your character's backstory?

For me, something I think is important to avoid is giving the character a goal that is either too specific or too urgent. A paladin in a high fantasy setting on a quest to rebuild their order after it was wiped out by an evil wizard has no reason to drop everything and join up with the local bard and go kill a dragon, no matter how much the local adventuring guild is paying. A fighter in a post apocalyptic setting on a quest to rescue their kidnapped son from an evil guild of artificers will not take a break from their mission only because another settlement needs their help. For a character to be a good PC, their backstory should allow them to put their personal priorities aside and join the adventure.

So, that was my answer. What's yours?

Edit: Multiple people already mentioned the lone wolf trope. It got its place in this discussion, but there is no need to repeat it from now on.

Meet Plexis, a swarmkeeper ranger, & Goostarion, her trusty goose sidekick!

Not my characters ofc, but a tattoo I got to work on for a pretty cool client recently.

I don't get to do a lot of large scale D&D pieces, let alone fantasy portraits (or goose with a wizard hat!).

It took a full day, about 7.5 hours, but we did get to knock it out all in one go. I'm so stoked with how she turned out, I'd love the opportunity to do more stuff like this.

I do some standard character art comissions on the side, but tattoos are my main squeeze, I primarily work with fantasy subject matter.

More tattoos on my Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/skyla.bel?igsi=ZTA4cTdqZ2M2aTdy

I Got a request from a player to paint their character, and I decided to try out a new painting process.

I’m building the figure up with shapes, and gradually working smaller as I go to render the more intricate details. It’s a fun experiment, as I usually start with a sketch, and then do line art, fill in the colors, and then move onto shading, highlights, and then finally more detailed rendering.

Working this way has been a lot quicker for me I’m noticing, and it’s also been more enjoyable as well. It’s fun, and I relate it to sculpting, and playing with shapes, instead of it feeling super technical.

I’ll definitely be working this way more often, especially when I need to get a few characters finished in a shorter amount of time.

I bought this in 1986 when i started a subscription to Dungeon magazine; hardly expected to have it 40 years later. This was probably about when i tried my hand at being a DM and quite frankly, have enjoyed being a DM ever since. This one sticks out to me as it used the cover dragon, Flame, as well as his volcano lair for a pretty sweet setting. If i remember correctly, the group of PC's ended up killing Flame and taking over his lair and using it as their own base of operations. This was new territory for me since the concept of building up a home base was new to a 13 year old - although I assume today's Minecraft kids would have ideas about it. For us, it was all the Theater of the Mind.

I had this magazine in storage for about a decade at a close friends house. He, my brother and I divided up our gaming accessories and somehow this ended up there. Glad it came back.

Does anyone else have any old Dungeon magazines with any stories to go along with them?

Photo credit to the talented @mrarcadra.

🦋 Wilhelmina Hollin, or Mina for short, is the Fey Princess of the Autumn Court. She loves insects, but has a particular fondness for butterflies and luna moths. She is an avid writer and illustrator with a big heart. However, she won't think twice about catching you in a tricky deal and stealing your name, and doing it all with a smile.

I love this character so much and am very happy to have finished her Autumn Court coronation gown. I'm hoping to do an outdoor photoshoot in the fall.

First time DM and have been running this campaign for the wife and our friends. 8 players at my table, and it’s homebrew.

Well, last session they were on the run due to actions they had taken at a wine field. Won’t bore with the details but the characters have had a rough month in the campaign. Players are happy but I wanted to do something fun and see if they’d enjoy it.

You can call it railroading or whatever but it was the absolute peak of the session and everyone was laughing and having a blast. I was really excited and proud they loved it.

What happened was once they crossed a bridge and escaped a threat, the Barbarian and Ranger lead the way blindly around a mountain and as they did, they stepped onto a 45 degree angle slope that was covered in loose gravel. I asked for Dex saves and they both failed then proceeded to “slide” down the mountain. It was a 300ft slope down with obstructions but once the other players noticed, the Rogue was like, “Wait, we can slide?” And I nodded and said, “Or surf?” The cleric rolled his dice excitedly, “I don’t care what my save is I wanna surf down a mountain!” Everyone started rolling and laughing as those who saved began to surf down, others fell on their stomach or back. Made them roll checks for Acrobatics to avoid things, poor Warlock failed a check and began to Beyblade spin down the mountain. Everyone was laughing and having fun. 7/8 players managed to fail at least once and ended up biting the slope but the Sorcerer passed all checks surprising everyone and made it down with a smile and styling.

It’s moments like this that become a memory and staple. Anyone else done something just for fun to excite their players?

So there are talks on the most flexible or powerful suite of 4 players that are all the same class, but I want to instead focus in on what could be the most fun and compelling from a role-play and shenanigans standpoint and how they could hook into a setting. Some early thoughts I've had a few classes (although would love to hear other suggestions):

4 rogues -- Easy thieves guild vibes or they are a group that does heists. Good or bad they like to specialize and infiltrate high risk areas or absolutely bamboozle a population.

4 barbarians -- hook can be whatever but we would have 4 people punching their problems, affirming each other that muscles are indeed the best way to get results, and raging around.

4 Clerics -- they can be sent on holy missions and directed by a church, and a traveling band of clerics has a lot of push and pull socially for getting places they want to be on merit of their profession.

4 Warlocks -- Alright players its time to start a cult and you 4 are the leaders.

Any other fun suggests and thoughts on good 4 of a kind chemistry?