#into the drowing deep

[bi4bihankking]

Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor Summary:

Local gay 12 year old gets possessed by the first emperor of China. He is actually canonically gay, he is very relatable for someone who has been a gay 12 year old boy. I just wanted to nominate a middle grade with a canonically gay protagonist because I NEVER thought we'd get anything like that ever.

Into the Drowning Deep Summary:

After her sister disappears on a mysterious voyage to “document” mermaids, the boat returns empty with security footage showing brutal gory scenes of carnage befalling the passengers. Tory is chosen to go on the next ship out to discredit those findings. Uh oh!

#zachary ying and the dragon emperor #zachary ying #xiran jay zhao #into the drowing deep #mira grant #lgbt books #lgbt literature #queer books #queer literature #middle grade #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #poll #bookblr #booklr #books #literature #queer lit

[lizaoverlord]

The deep gnome bard Ijech in our DnD party is often seen by my dark elf Deimos as 'just a small gnome'. But often this small gnome is truly the leader and negotiator of our group the Grey Wardens.

Lately Ijech seemed to be a bit lost however. I suppose dying during the dragon fight and getting revived through magic does that to you. :( Ijech saw things when she died and has now started to question the legitimacy of the gods and she's seeking guidance elsewhere. So of course Deimos will provide~

Deimos started working on a new spell of his: Dream. I talked this plan over with the GM of our DnD campaign and he agreed to let me cast this spell on another partymember. When the night fell the GM asked everyone else to leave the table except for Ijech and Deimos.

I described that Ijech in her dreams wakes up in a luxurious mansion. Tall windows looking out over the vast dark elf city of Menzoberranzan. As Deimos approached her Ijech suddenly went: "Oh, it's the Deimos dream. Again." This took Deimos by surprise. Deimos: "Again? You dream about me more often?" Ijech: "Wait?! You're really here???!!"

The Dream went on with Deimos explaining that he needs Ijech's help. He needs to reach the famous city of magic: Ephelium.

Extra: Ijech's player later described the start of the scene so vividly saying: "It's a moment of terror when the GM turns to the drow player and just says 'Take it away'!"

#dungeons and dragons #dark elf #drow #deep gnome #dnd art #ttrpg art #dnd

[ritelli-main]

゜✧*̣̩☽⋆゜Blingdenstone ゜✧*̣̩☽⋆゜

#art tag #dnd #dungeons and dragons #ttrpg #out of the abyss #legend of drizzt #deep gnome #blingdenstone #drow #underdark

[y-rhywbeth2]

Whenever something doesn't match up with main canon lore/mechanics I'm just going to blame the tadpoles. They canonically depowered Wyll and are fucking around with Astarion's vampiric abilities.

Psionics are weird, and Netherese magic was so powerful Mystra has outlawed it. Combined they just rewrite reality, I guess.

Why can't Wyll cast gate? Tadpole. Why is Astarion vulnerable to poison and unable to regenerate? Tadpole. Why doesn't Durge turn to ash and reform in the Barrens of Doom and Despair when they die? Tadpole.

#Why do all svirfneblin look like tiny drow instead of deep gnomes? Tadpole (it's messing with your perception) #Why has BG3 Sarevok forgotten his own backstory? Tadpole #Somehow #Why? T a d p o l e #/durge #/astarion #babbling

[the---hermit]

I have reached the unimaginable and managed to speak with my therapist about the hobbit and lotr. We went from what did you do in the past weeks to let's analyze together why this story brings you so much comfort and joy. She wrapped things up with "yeah you should try to live like an hobbit, let yourself enjoy small things without any sense of guilt" and "when you have all these overwhelming feelings just close your eyes and think of the characters if they made it in the end so can you". And you know what? She is so right, I will in fact do that more than I already do.

#my theapist told me to embrace the hobbit life and you bet i will #i had just mentioned i was drowing my feelings in movies that make me feel better i wasn't expecting this deep dive i loved it #cris speaks #mine #the---hermit

[aystay]

have soome unhinged Little Snowflake & party sketches without context from our D&D sessions.

ft @bonsha 's Vesper, the others don't have a tumblr :(

#dungeons and dragons #d&d #dnd #tabaxi #drow #deep gnome #druid #shapeshifter #barbarian #original character #oc #dungeons&dragons

[dumbgayemo]

"Drow skin became darker because they lived underground for so long": lame, boring, unoriginal, makes literally no sense

"Drow skin became darker as a defense mechanism so they could camouflage better in the predator filled caverns of the Underdark": brilliant, amazing, genius, unquestionable, makes absolute sense

#dnd #dungeons and dragons #dnd drow #drow #dnd thoughts #their hair is white so it standing out can attract prey #or their eyes could be glowy #like deep sea fish #i feel like a genius for this ngl #dnd worldbuilding

[jahiera]

sniffling and crying downloading 10 pdfs of dnd lore books so I can read about the universe so I can accurately write about it. start crying even more when I have a lore question and the reddit conversation reads like "you fucking idiot this was contradicted 15 years ago!" "idk ask your DM you can do what you want" "ACTUALLY you cannot do what you want. read THIS book--" "okay well larian plays fast and loose with the lore anyways." "kill yourself." "okay."

#head on the table trying to nail down some backstory potentials & specifics ........ #feels like: do what you want forever. if you fuck with the lore a spectral guardian with the rage of 150 Nerds will smite you dead. #but do what you want forever in the do what you want game. #spent an hour trying to figure out if (half-)drow can still have red eyes even if they're not lolth sworn #the debate was fierce. brother these words mean nothing to me #I looked up lore books and got hit with a list of TWENTY (20)!! novelizations which is very cool though #like I'm happy to deep dive; it's been awhile since I've had a thing to Deep Dive into; but good lord... it is overwhelming. #pers ⚔️

[themaybug]

gilly's little big family 🥰 featuring: mama lora, mama val, papa erno, papa fido and uncle mack. and the kids from oldest to youngest: gilly, mosalin, samos, tobin and umi

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #tav #deep gnome #my ocs #my art #gilly stonewort #big polyamorous pile of deep gnome parents (and one drow) #gilly coming to the surface: what the hells is monogamy

[scarletpath]

I got my boy Drizzt!

I also got Adolphus. And honestly he's a big mood for those who play support or healers.

If you want to live, you'll be treated as I see fit.

I've always been this caustic, you'll get use to it eventually.

But serious, Drizzt is soo dashing~!

#dragonheir #drizzt do'urden #Dragonheir Adolphus #Going to make myself a deep elf / drow party eventually

[feyspeaker]

sketches for this batch of portraits… eeeee I'm so excited!! I love doing these

#commission #dnd #vampire #dungeons and dragons #elf #d&d #ttrpg #fantasy art #vtm #fantasy #wips #deep gnome #svirfneblin #drow

[bi4bihankking]

Last Seen Leaving Summary:

Flynn’s girlfriend is missing and he’s determined to find her alive and also maybe admit a few things to himself.

Into the Drowning Deep Summary:

After her sister disappears on a mysterious voyage to “document” mermaids, the boat returns empty with security footage showing brutal gory scenes of carnage befalling the passengers. Tory is chosen to go on the next ship out to discredit those findings. Uh oh!

#last seen leaving #caleb roehrig #into the drowing deep #mira grant #lgbt books #lgbt literature #queer books #queer literature #lgbtqia #poll

[lizaoverlord]

POV you're trying to do an ability check in Dungeons and Dragons. Our DnD party can give each other a lot of buffs that can be added to your dice rolls.

Our tiefling cleric Nora and dark elf warlock Deimos both being able to cast the Guidance spell is often pretty funny to me. ❤❤ So I drew a little comic for it. Deimos just wants to show off, and he wants Nora to back off haha.

But of course Bardic inspiration is the best! 🎵

#dungeons and dragons #dnd art #dnd #drow #dark elf #tiefling #deep gnome #half orc #ttrpg art #dnd 5e

[shaykai]

Tossing around the idea of Vat’il getting stuck in drow society between him trying to leave the Underdark and finding Bhaal’s temple

Have some loose outfit doodles- I have no idea how long he’s there for so he gets designs for his child and teenage self :>

#on one hand- him being there for a good long while could lead to lots of fun things #on the other hand it would kill the vat/orin childhood shenanigans :( #but I think that’s the way I’m leaning?? #not that children have never escaped drow cities before but it’d be damn difficult #like he’d be rolling straight 20s to get out of there when he’s 10 djdjdjdj #he’d get there at roughly 8 years old #and I have no idea how long I want him to be there for (but I do think I want it to happen just cause it’d reinforce/explain some things) #like his incredibly deep hatred for Lolth #or how he became a monk #which was probably still mostly self taught on his end #it just fits nicer in my brain than him doing monk things in bhaals temple #anyways it’s messy right now djdjdjjdjd #doodle #sketch #oc #bg3 #bg3 oc #bg3 durge #the dark urge #Vat’il

[bluravenite]

Have this D&D character concept I've had saved up for a while !

The lore:

It was a joke from March, since my changeling turned into "mini-thara" from Baldurs gate 3, but as a deep gnome instead of a drow, and then we joked that my next character should be minithara but with a superhero backstory, so I made her daredevil inspired.

She's a blind shadow monk!! When the drows took mithrall hall she managed to escape by killing a drow priestess who cast daylight directly onto her eyes, causing her to lose 80% of her vision! She's extremely sensitive to light, and can only see in shades of gray, but everything is a blur regardless. She has no depth perception, only shades of light.

She's really cool from what I've been able to play her, I hope to do her justice if I ever do main her, but lmk if you have any questions about her lore, I'm working on it :3

#dnd character #dnd campaign #dnd charcter art #dnd commission #dnd monk #dnd gnome #dnd drow #bg3 minthara #minthara #deep gnome #bluravenart

[basketobread]

Your tav may not be minthara. But I feel like she would love her all the same 😭 she may not be good but she LOYAL and will ride or die with your tav if your genuine to her. She deserves to be saved without massacre.

SEE, I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH YOU!! had they met under different circumstances, i feel like they would've had a chance at some form of friendship... or much more FDISUHDSI but seriously, it sucks that the cost of recruiting her is the lives of the tieflings. lunara's poor little heart could never handle that so minthara must be a what-if... 😭💔 for now... >:)

#minthara was even like “ah another sister...” like they wouldve been drow girlfriends but alas... #i mean like i honestly dont think lunara could excuse the evil deeds but... #that wont stop me from wanting minthara x lunara interactions #maybe one day i'll do an evil lunara au campaign DIFUHDFI #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #lunara posting #tav #bg3 tav #ask bob #also kind of related but u know i think lunara's name is not helping the case of ppl mixing her and minthara up #IM SORRY LUNARA SOUNDED LIKE SUCH A PRETTY NAME FOR A CLERIC OF SELUNE #IT WASNT UNTIL AFTER PLAYING FOR A BIT I WAS LIKE oh wow i dug myself a deep hole #never beating the minthara copy allegations... we aint ever getting out of the grove with this one...