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I told them I tend to play whatever works as a fill-in character if I'm not a part of the starting party. Need locks picked? I'll take rogue. Need a tank? I'll go barbarian. Need an egomaniac that trivializes every other class and absolutely could do with being removed? I'll play paladin... Actually, no, I won't, but I'll still complain about them. I know they don't deserve the flak, I'm working on it with my therapist.

Anyway, the DM told me "we've really been lacking in the healer support department, a cleric would be great." Okay, awesome! I love clerics! So I roll one up and we begin playing.

Session one, there's a combat to introduce my character, and a couple party members get injured. I offer to heal them, when the sorcerer just... Does it instead?

Okay, no big deal, probably just how they're used to things going without a cleric. So I don't worry about being a healer above all else. Instead I later mention, "it's okay if the heals can't keep up in a big fight, if we can't make it work I can at least cast revivify, and I always buy diamonds if I have the money."

The sorcerer: "Oh, I have Revivify. Don't waste the spell choice."

Me: "... okay... well, I've got a couple decent other spells at least."

Sorcerer: "I took Divine Soul. We've practically got the same spell list."

Me: "..."

what the fuck am I even here for lmao, y'all basically had a healer already????????????

looks like it's back to r/LFG, pray for me.

preemptive edit because it's my bedtime and I don't wanna leave it in the ether for people to waste their own time - I'm not returning to the group, I already stepped away, so the recommendations to talk it out will unfortunately not do much this time. However, your advice is great and I would absolutely take it in any other instance, it's very appreciated ❤️

Here's a character I recently illustrated: Celeste, a half-elf woman with an elegant and refined presence. She carries herself with the confidence and composure of someone accustomed to high society, without necessarily being royalty. I wanted her design to convey maturity, sophistication, and quiet confidence, with an enigmatic yet welcoming expression.

Her appearance combines a sleek black-and-gold evening gown with subtle hints of deep plum, complemented by delicate platinum jewelry, intricate engravings, and a fine circlet that gives her an almost regal touch. Rather than portraying her as physically imposing or overly seductive, I wanted her to feel powerful through her presence, elegance, and the way she carries herself.

Created with Photoshop.

Exactly one year ago I posted the cosplay of my main DND character in this community. After just one year, I redid the same cosplay and wanted to show these new photos. I’m very happy with how they turned out, even if I had no doubts since I’ve known the photographer for several years.

Regarding the character, who is called Hamyré and is a human warrior, not many things have changed. We have - unfortunately - played little in the last year, even if the campaign has not yet stopped, on the contrary.

I realised over time that she probably suffers a bit from “first character syndrome”, but I became particularly attached to her story and I think I have made up for it a little by expanding her background and her personality over time.

Let’s play a game: make assumptions about the character and I’ll tell you if they’re true or false! ⚔️

📸: @pandographyph on ig
cosplayer: @milkuvvay (me)

“A mournful quiet has fallen over the Neverwood. Beyond mist-shrouded bridges, in incense-laden cliffside chambers, a dark-feathered cult prepares its forbidden rites. If they succeed, an entire village will wake with wings, transformed into raven spies for the all-seeing Raefenwyrm.”

The Neverwood Giveaway

Once Upon and Nevermore is a dark fairytale D&D 5.5e one-shot dungeon crawl built around exploration, roleplay, and combat. It is designed for four to five level 4 characters.

The party's investigation into a vanished village leads them deep into the Neverwood, toward the mysterious Corvusspire, a hidden crystal mountain inhabited by a fanatical cult of raven-folk.

There, adventurers must explore an open, vertical dungeon built for winged inhabitants, navigating precarious bridges, towering cliffs, and chambers high above the mist. With dangerous trolls, raven cultists, and a forbidden ritual underway, the party must find a way to rescue the captives before it's too late.

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Unleash the enormous Raefenwyrm, a Raven-Dragon that stands 181 mm tall on a 100 mm base (with an identical 50 mm version included!), fill your encounters with cunning raven-folk known as Raefelyns, introduce cursed Nightcap, Trick, and Toll Trolls whose forms reflect broken bargains, bring magical Treeborn Travellers and Elders to your tabletop as druids and forest guardians, or summon a sinister Murder of Crows to terrorize your adventurers.

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You're getting the full pre-supported STL collection, the complete Once Upon and Nevermore PDF adventure, paper minis, unique monsters, NPCs, magic items, and everything needed to run the adventure, including battlemaps, tokens, and VTT support.

Giveaway rules are in the comments! Please upvote the rules comment to help keep it visible.

First off, the winner of last week's giveaway: https://www.redditraffler.com/raffles/1xpbxia

Congratulations on the Gulden opportunity, u/Apprehensive-Top8419!

Secondly, you've been asking for the licenses for a while now, and they're finally here! I announced that last week (and the week before [notice a trend?]), but wanted to mention it again in case you happened to miss it. Can customize them with your own image and info, what schools of magic you want, spell risk level, etc. Even has real UV security features. They can be found at:

https://dmagov.com/licenses

Edit: forgot to mention that you can't even tell without knowing exactly what to look for, but some fields even have a custom font that is ever so slightly different from the font most people assume it is. So, no forgeries on my watch!

Anyways, back on topic, a little while ago, I came out with the Magical Code of Regulations, 500 pages of law governing the use of magic. It started as a fun little project while I was working as an auditor at the IRS, and turned into a whole worldbuilding project I don't think I'll ever truly stop. It has laws governing everything ranging from necromancy, magical conservation easements, and familiars, to dragons, fireballs, and Chosen Ones. Great for D&D players and DMs, lawyers, accountants, worldbuilders, fantasy writers, and people that just want a really cool coffee table book. I promise it is the most in-depth magical law you've ever read.

Here's what some people have had to say about it:

"An unnecessarily comprehensive and deeply inconvenient framework. Several of my longstanding plans now require prior authorization." -Glorgon the Destroyer, Antagonistic Entity of Prophetic Significance #33

"Clear, thorough, and appropriately burdensome. I have no notes, though I will be requesting additional documentation." -Arthur B. Wexler, Senior Auditor, Department of Magical Affairs

Since release, I've officially made over 5k sales, this book has been #1 on IngramSpark in fantasy numerous times (for you booksellers looking for a cool book for your store), and will even have an officially licensed Chinese edition on the way (more details to come later)!

As a way to give back a bit, I will be giving away one signed copy of my book with a free digital version, a customizable authorized spellcaster license, a few stickers and a bookmark, and a no-change audit letter. All you have to do to enter is comment below! The winner will be selected randomly on 11/20 using redditraffler, with only caveat being that your account must be at least 3 months old.

I appreciate all the support I've gotten from this community and others over the past couple of years, and if you'd like to support this project independent of this giveaway, you can find the Code at the following links:

Amazon (preferred): https://www.amazon.com/Magical-Code-Regulations-Spellcasting-Regulation/dp/B0GZF9PVQL?maas=maas_adg_47FC0A8EE6B4473FD3BD31EA1AC9CE35_afap_abs&ref_=aa_maas&tag=maas

NOTE: If the shipping seems extremely expensive, you may need to go to your country's storefront. If you live in the EU and your country doesn't have one, Germany (amazon.de) is usually best. I'll try my best to find options for anyone that has trouble getting it!

DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com//product/566282/the-magical-code-of-regulations?affiliate_id=5121378

Can also be found on TikTok, but I run out of stock often there (too expensive to always be ordering copies myself).

If you're still not convinced, and wanted a sneak-peek, Questing Beast made a great video on it!

https://youtu.be/ffP-xvpRS5Q?is=YXo5uFPHC4cDXeTo

If you're still not convinced, know that the second edition will make ownership of the MCOR compulsory, so you might as well give in now.

On another note, mentioned this last week, but wanted to reiterate that I'm getting closer to coming out with my next book (Principles of Magical Physiology), so once that happens, may pivot to some giveaways of that instead (if you can't tell, I like to bold in case people are just skimming). That will likely come out in early December, just depending on how quickly I can get everything set up. Just something to consider if you've been holding out in hopes of winning these, lol.

This is Sprout! A Firbolg Gentle Giant created 100% by the chat during our lives. I started a challenge where I´ll narrate a whole D&D Campaign where everything about it is decided by comments and then voting by the community.

But I actually need some help from people who know more about this than me, you guys.

I'm wondering how to do mechanics where everything is decided by voting. The chat picks what the character is, what they look like, their power, weapon; they even pick the question I should have during character creation.

Now that we´re getting to what the first conflict could be I find myself a bit lost since I´m not sure which mechanics I should enforce as the "DM" (For example, lvl 2 healer can use 3 spells before long rest), OR if I should make the mechanics themselves w the chat, which could be messy. Do you have any suggestions?

So far I´m doing all the limitations/guidelines based on Dnd 5e, but maybe there are some mechanics or situations that I could leave up for a vote. I´ve been a DM of my own Campaigns for 5 years now, and I tend to use the "rule of cool", but I´m not sure how much I should use it in a situation like this one. Do you have similar experiences in your own campaigns?

Once a valiant warrior, he lost his head in battle and took a cursed pumpkin as its replacement.

Now a fallen spirit, he wanders the fields Halloween night, haunting the living and bound forever to his restless fate. His soul lingers beneath the harvest moon, unable to find peace or leave the world he once fought to protect. Some say his hollow gaze still searches for the foe who claimed his head 🎃

Hope you like it! :)

Hey DMs and players,

Our table just wrapped a two-year campaign, and I wanted to share the three characters that carried the story. I'm the resident artist (and sometimes DM), so I painted these as the final arc was being written. Each one came from a very different place mechanically, narratively, and emotionally.

Alice: the rogue with a shadow for a past.
She was the party's lockpick and their biggest mystery. The player gave me one prompt: "She smiles, but her eyes are always calculating." I leaned into the contrast: soft features, cold gaze. The hood and cloak hide more than just her face. The red accents weren't in the original brief, but I added them because the player once said, "She's the kind of person who leaves a trail and doesn't care who follows." The color became her signature.

Norlan: the druid who can't wild shape.
This one was a challenge. He's a druid in training, but the player wanted him to feel incomplete, like he's still learning the language of the wild. I gave him a more grounded silhouette, no flowing robes or antlers. The player told me later that the other players kept asking "when is Norlan going to transform?" and that tension became a running joke at the table.

The False Hydra, the monster that ate without being seen.
This was the hardest. A False Hydra is terrifying because it's forgettable, the players can't remember it, so the art has to feel like a half-remembered nightmare. I kept the design deliberately vague: too many eyes, too many mouths, a silhouette that doesn't quite make sense. The player who fought it said, "I hate that I can't look away." That's the reaction I wanted.

I'm sharing these because this community has given me so much worldbuilding ideas, encounter design, and the confidence to keep painting for my table. If anyone's working on their own campaign finale, I'd love to hear how you approached the art (or how you wish you could approach it).

What's the last character or monster that made your table go quiet?