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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.

My comics are usually fictional but this one is based on a true story. Our DM used to homebrew magic items for peoples birthdays. They were always silly, mostly useless things that wouldn’t impact the game. For example I got a candle that stay lit under water. One of the players was gifted a sword that would glow at nighttime and he sold the magic item (in the same session) for something else. Our DM stopped making birthday magic items after that.

I love designing dnd characters and working on some ideas.
A little while ago, I had the idea for a futuristic space themed dnd story, and because I don't trust myself to be a DM, I just decided to turn that idea into a comic instead.
(Most of this is also creative liberty and not perfectly in line with dnd rules)

From left to right:
Sai, an Alien Tabaxi, warlock of the Great Old One
Anteros, a Starlight Genasi (something I came up with), Stars Circle Druid
Roxana, a Star Elf, Monk of the Astral Self
Halian, a Changeling (disguises himself as a Trifling -> Triton/Tiefling hybrid, another one of my creations), Samurai Fighter
Keith, a Mapach, Armorer Artificer
Karma, a Warforged (created by Keith), Paladin with Oath of Ancients

The story starts very cliché, as they all happen to be at the same space station colony, when the docks are getting attacked by some space pirates. They band together, because they notice the space pirates kidnap a princess from a nearby planet.
I have developed very interesting backstories for all of them, and hope I can actually get around to drawing some panels for the comic.
I hope you guys like them!

I recently joined a campaign where we’re starting level 3. And I’m playing a hexblade haunted one background, and I said “hey DM, can I roll for gold instead of using starting equipment as the haunted one background doesn’t offer gold, and I want to be able to choose my equipment as well” he said yes, “but PC’s characters are poor” (an odd thing in my opinion for level 3 characters but I digress) 110 gold isn’t much after purchasing the standard starter equipment I’m left with 35 gold, and another player chimes in “35 gold is a lot compared to a commoner” but, the issue is, dont think it is, and I think that player is just inherently wrong. Am I overreacting?

Edit: My character works as a low tier monster hunter with an established guild.

Needed a place to vent this but also get other people’s thoughts.

Prefacing this with I’m a seasoned player and DM when it comes to D&D, having played 5e the last 9 years and my favorite class is cleric. i have played at least 5 clerics in the past. (This will give good background for the issue at hand). I wasn’t playing a cleric last night, but i still feel like knowing my personal player history is important.

Yesterday night I hopped in on a session with a first time DM several sessions into his homebrewed campaign. This group actively plays together and we all take turns DMing so I’ve played with everyone at the table a lot just not with this particular friend being a DM. Overall he did alright, but one thing that has rly bothered me was how he changed the way spirit weapon worked for the Cleric of the party. Basically we were nearing the end of one huge trek of a battle, there were so many things happening on the battlefield that tore our party in different directions, we were all rolling fairly poorly and it really felt like he was going to TPK us for a while until he sent in an ally for aid.

This ally used a cone of frost towards all the enemies which was great but spirit weapon was summoned previously and within range of the cone of frost. The DM then asked “how many HP does spirit weapon have?” I was really confused what he meant because spirit weapon has no stat block, just the 1 minute duration. So I asked why he needed HP for spirit weapon and he said “to know how it gets affected by the cone of frost.” I was still confused and pulled up spirit weapon in the player’s handbook and tried to explain to him that nothing happens to spirit weapon, it just stays where it is and the cleric himself wasn’t in range of cone of frost either, so it’s not like he’d lose concentration on the spell because the cleric wasn’t in danger of getting hit. But the DM kept insisting spirit weapon would take an effect.

But the cleric and everyone at the table just opted to let the incorrect ruling stand even though The DM’s choice has the possibility of destroying spirit weapon when that’s just not a possible thing to do. I even expressed “I’ve never played spirit weapon that way, so Im just not understanding why it even needs to get affected by the frost.” His reasoning ended up being “I think it should be this way so that’s what it is”. I ultimately decided to stop arguing about it because at this point in the battle we just needed to move on, but it really felt like overkill on top of us already getting our asses handed to us. But he explained how he changed the spell in a way where it made me feel like I was the one that misinterpreted the spell entirely. Towards the end it came is as very railroady, and like he was legit trying to tpk us bcuz why else would you want to destroy a spelled weapon that explicitly has a set duration with no description that it can get damaged? I was trying to root for it to stay in use bcuz it was helping even though it’s also 1d8 damage. so I’m just glad I was only helping fill in for that night.

But ya, what I’m wondering is if anyone else has played spirit weapon like this; Where it has an HP and can get affected by other ranged spells because boy did I get thrown for a loop on that one.

"Qi’Seth Devarie was born as a result of a scandalous affair with the Queen of a kingdom called Charneault and an unknown Wulven man. Being undesired by the family and treated as a dark secret by the royal family until the age of 7, in which Qi’Seth was later left abandoned at smaller village and was taken pity by a trio of merchant sisters, who had a traveling apothecary wagon and decided to care for the child as their own, they brought him back to their home in which the boy fully realized that the trio of sisters were actually Hags of the grove who had made a business of assisting desperate sick people for a hefty price, at times selling placebos, or even harmful potions depending on the stranger’s demeanor toward them.
This coven operates under the guise of a flourishing apothecary business and have adapted the name the Devarie Sisters and made their estate. These women have an obsession with beauty, and always tried to keep appearances, and have even adopted a southern culture and demeanor and even taught Qi’Seth the mannerisms. These hags favored those who will do anything to save their sense of self preservation and they always collected their debts at times, even enslaving the minds of these individuals and having them as servants to the estate.
Qi’Seth instead of fearing these hags, he actually was in awe of them and expressed interest in their craft. He would be treated as a son to these hags and would often go on errands on their behalf, tricking travelers out of their goods, seeking out ingredients for wicked concoctions, and in turn the hags taught the boy magic and self defense. He was gifted with a natural talent of enhancing his martial arts due to sharing ties to the royal bloodline and not to mention having handy claws, in which these hags helped him hone. Suffice to say, Qi’Seth works on behalf of this coven and relishes in it.
Throughout his adulthood, Qi’Seth works as a broker in wicked deals. In a world which seemingly abandoned him and was left with cruelty and prejudice left and right, Qi’Seth understands that nothing in this world is free, whenever someone seeks assistance, there is a steep price to pay. Another thing to mention, is to prove his commitment to his coven, he is also actively undergoing a transformation into a hag in which he mantains this appearance to not draw suspicion."

Commissioned by u/Anxxxious_Ant

I made the character role poster for my D&D group before our next session - the Duelists! Featuring our Human Barbarian and Dragonborn Fighter, the front-liners of the parties, both well-acquainted to death saving throws.

This piece is the first of what I hope will be a continued illustration series for our home-brew campaign. I am aiming to finish several more posters for the rest of the parties before any (more) of the characters inevitably perish in dragon fire (and stupid decisions).

This is the party for the dnd campaign I'm a part of.
From left to right:
Daphne, an elven spore druid
Aranise, a tiefling fighter
Dreggis, a half-orc shadow monk
GRD14N, a warforged cleric
Rose (my character), a half-elf warlock

We're basically a low-rank cop team in the story.
I don't really know what else to write down here, because I just wanted to post the art. There's a minimun character limit lol

I'm sorry about that. I have never posted in this subreddit. I just hope you guys like my designs. (The ideas are from my teammates, I just did the art)