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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.

I finally made some wolves Miniatures and I use the opportunity to create some riding legs, so i could make some mounted Goblins. With magnets I can switch the legs back to standing ^^

I have to stop with the magnets its a sickness at this point!

So far i went with more regular size wolves and some larger maybe boss type ( like the picture)

The Goblin is modular so i have to create different variation for the others^^

Hello everyone!

First of all, English isn't my first language, so this post may contain a few mistakes. (^_^)

I've recently started learning how to draw, using Tamlin123's guide as my main reference.

My first drawing was a kobold, and after following the same guide, I decided to try drawing a dragonborn.

This time it was a bit easier to get the body proportions right, but I'm still struggling with lighting and shadows. I did my best, though! (^_^)

Since the Sorcerer is my favorite class, I created Thimiel, a Psionic Sorcerer.

Hopefully I'll get the chance to play him someday and explore his personality a bit more.

I'd love to hear any feedback or advice.
Thanks for taking a look!

Deep in the guts of the dorian academy of invention a secret arcane laboratory was hiding the dungeon of the Chronomancer. A meddler who’d combined the three major sciences, Arcana, Alchemy, and Engineering to invent the world’s first time machine. But the unstable device send itself and everyone delving there into the far future. Pulsing on and off, sending the adventurers trying to stop it back and forth between a time of ruin and the present.

You can subscribe now and get this map by visiting: patreon.com/balatroart

I was very proud of this artwork; I wanted to fulfill everyone's request at my table in the best way possible.

It was the first job, and I was very happy.

I apologize if my happiness seems inconvenient, But feeling that my work is evolving is very important to me.

I am grateful to have discovered this community and to be a part of it. The focus was on the Gnome's expression, on the fear he feels towards the dragon. The dragon's potential fire blast also gave the impression that it was about to be launched in the dwarf's direction.

My English is weak, sorry.

I painted an owlbear the other day and realized this is going to be my new obsession for the next few weeks. So this time I did a myconid!

Let me know if you're interested in seeing more of these watercolors and if you have suggestions for what monster I should paint next. I was kind of thinking displacer beast, but I'm open to suggestions.

If you want to see more of my art, you can find me on Instagram and Tumblr @tomfoolerytotality. I don't usually plug socials, but apparently I have to hit 400 characters to post this and I ran out of other things to say.

I've really enjoyed D&D 5E and 5.5. I started playing with the basic rule set (red book) and eventually had characters that needed the expert rules (blue book). The red book only covered levels 1 to 3, and back in those days, if your character actually survived their first few encounters, you'd get to the mid-levels quickly. In high school, I got into 1st edition, called AD&D back then, the version responsible for the Satanic panic over the picture of a demon on the Dungeon Master's Guide and the statue of a demon on the Player's Handbook.

Life came calling, and I dropped the hobby after high school and moved on with a career and family. As I've written before, I came back to the hobby because my kiddo's after-school Dungeons & Dragons club didn't have enough DMs. I crammed 5th edition over a weekend (I didn't have any of my older books) and started DM'ing for the club the next week.

I went from 1st edition to 5th edition and missed everything in between. I missed a lot. Back then, the official setting was Oerth/Greyhawk. It's been amazing catching up on the lore. I missed most of the Forgotten Realms (I caught snippets of it in related video games), Dragonlance, Planescape (did play the video game - one of my favorites), Darksun, Ravenloft, and even updates to the Greyhawk setting (I was shocked reading about Rary's betrayal).

The rules underwent a lot of changes - most of them good in my opinion. I still sometimes reach for a d6 when rolling for initiative even though it's been a d20 for decades. I'm glad they got rid of the sexist nonsense of having female humans maxing out at 18/50 strength, or some of the weird, convoluted rules around wearing armor when spellcasting (i.e., you can't cast wizard spells while wearing armor, but you could if you were a cleric dual-class. This also ignored the various exceptions with fighter/magic-user elves, etc.) I missed the changes introduced in the 2nd, 3rd, 3.5, and 4th editions. It seems that 3rd edition was a bit of a golden age, with the introduction of the OGL increasing the popularity of D&D and giving official sanction to homebrew/3rd-party developers. I don't think you have the modern tabletop hobby without the OGL saving it.

I like that the modern game blends role-playing and tactical play. Back in the day, roleplay was pretty much limited to the race and class you selected. You really weren't expected to act out your character, but rather fulfill a role in your party. Elves back then were a class and a race, and that was the extent of roleplay. Roleplaying has really opened up the hobby.

I'd say that back in the day, the people who played D&D weren't the popular kids, but the edgy loners and the artistic kids. At least that was my friend group. Now, you see wider representation. I like that the game is an analog to inclusion. The very premise is that a party of diverse characters unite to beat back the forces of evil. I love that it's more mainstream. You're not a weirdo for playing D&D. Even famous people play it.

I'd say the only thing I don't like about 5.5 is how dense the rule set is. The new PHB and DMG are huge. It feels like there is a rule for everything. And if you include the rule sets that come with each supplement, it's overwhelming. I realize the game needs these rules because various gameplay problems have made them necessary. However, it's a huge barrier for prospective players and DMs.

Back in the day, you rolled for surprise, initiative, and then players/monsters reacted in turn. Nowadays, there are bonus actions, actions that can be taken outside a player's turn, reactive actions such as shield spells, and the shenanigans that are counterspell and silvery barbs. The fights I run take a long time to adjudicate, and I'm constantly looking up rules to ensure things occur in the correct order. I'm sure there are some DMs that can handle this quickly, but that's definitely not me.

I kind of miss the looseness of the older rule set and the implicit idea that the DM makes a ruling on the spot if something isn't clear (I sometimes still do this to speed things up or to benefit the party out of a bad spot). But I can see where most players would prefer to have things better spelled out.

Anyways, I just wanted to weigh in because I've seen some posts here where a lot of older players rant about the state of the hobby. I'm not one of those. I love the current game's inclusiveness, most of the rule changes, and the blend of roleplay and tactics.

I do enjoy DMing and I love the fact that people are actually spending their time to be my players but I have the feeling that I might be a partypooper.

Are these rules made in session 0 too strict? (I used google translate so something mightsound weird)

1. For serious characters: make an effort to create someone who stands out—someone with interesting traits and a backstory that fits the narrative setting I’ve provided. If you want to add something to the world to make your character make sense, just let me know. 2. Study your class—know what it can and can't do, and what your character is capable of—because this is going to be a pretty tough campaign. 3. To avoid a repeat of the last time [PLAYER NAME] fell asleep: please post in the group chat to let us know if you’re up for it and able to play. If you’re going to be half-asleep while playing, it’s better not to join at all. 4. Just because a character is female doesn't mean she exists solely to be slept with. I create female characters to add variety to the NPCs; reducing them to mere sexual conquests is unpleasant and in poor taste, especially since they have their own backstories. 5. When creating characters, don't send me your sheet on the day of the session. It’s already hard enough managing the NPCs I create; it’s even worse when I have players whose characters I know nothing about. 6. Don't get pissed off or angry if you fail a dice roll; I don't decide whether you succeed or fail. Remember, it’s just a game, and we’re all here to have fun.

I just wanted an opinion by someone else since i dont have anybody to confront with and only 1 of 4 players espressed their opinion on this