#Campaign Themes

[creativegamemechanics]

Top 10 Medieval Fantasy DND Campaign Themes

Adventurers and storytellers! 🎲✨ Discover the secrets to a truly captivating #DnD campaign. From the eerie whispers of brooding forests to the power struggles of royal courts, our latest article has it all. #dungeonsanddragons

Many Dungeon Masters know the thrill of crafting a captivating scene that leaves their players mesmerized. Delving into Medieval Fantasy DND Campaign Themes presents a world rich with endless opportunities for epic tales. Picture this: adventurers weaving through a bustling market, not for trade, but to unmask a secret spy for a local baron, a move that could reshape the kingdom’s balance of…

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#Campaign Themes #Court Intrigue #D&D #Dark Forests #dnd #dungeon master #fantasy #Game master tips #Great Wars #Holy Relics #Knights #Lost Civilizations #Mythical Beasts #Storytelling #Underworld

[picopubbydawg]

in the absence of comfort

#digital art #artblr #rain world #rain world fanart #rain world downpour #rainworld #rw #slugcat #rw downpour #rw inv #rw sofanthiel #rw enot #rw ??? #inv #rain world sofanthiel #enot #i feel like people don’t talk about lttm in invs campaign enough #yes this is a sequel to the small comfort drawing #uncommon iterator slug cat duos is the overarching theme ig #thanks andrew

[squillflower-art]

Rock Candy 🍬 :}

Don't know if I can do all the hells cause busy, but all y'alls suggestions are so fun 💛

#ashton greymoore #fanart #criticalrole #critical role fanart #critical role ashton #critical role art #dnd #candy themed #digital art #critical role campaign 3

[yeoldenews]

For all my fellow name nerds out there, I am very pleased to present the second annual "Gloyd Roberson Memorial List of Actual Human Children Who Wrote Letters to Santa in 1920s/30s Oklahoma".

These aren’t all necessarily “weirder than Gloyd” but fall into three rough categories which I’ve dubbed: “that’s got a nice ring to it”, “if I used this in a novel it would be considered too unrealistic” and “you’ve got 5 seconds to name a character that lives in 1920s Oklahoma, GO!”:

Selvyn Atteberry

Dyer Banfield

Bert Baxter

Hilda Bender

Imogene Berry

Heloise Blakely

Burl Boyer

Clyda Pearl Boyington

Okal Brooks

Vada Jo Bricker

Deverett Brumley

Lee Roy Buck

Vivian May Burdue

Donnie Buster

Elmarie Button

Junior Buzzard

Melchor Caldex

Tycene Calhoun

Tiny Bell Callison

Dapalene Caywood

Edney Clopton

Buster Combs

Georgia Countryman

Vantruba Crockett

Alto Day

Buddie DeWayne

Violet Divine

Elwanda Downing

Cletys Durham

Thurlo Epps

Apple Fields

Floyd Fleetwood

Metherine Franklin

Ula Fay French

Wanda Jo Fronterhouse

Irline Fuller

Jack Gritzmaker

J. D. Grizzle

Billie Jean Gulley

Joline Hardcastle

Kaloolah Herrill

Thelias Hatfield

Elva Heavins

Coleman Hewlett

Helen Hillhouse

Virgil Holderby

Katymae Houston

Myree Huffstutlar

Estelline Hurrypack

Blondie Huhm

Lila Lou Jackson

Denver Jones

Vernell Lambert

Sonny Boy Lockart

Dinkey Long (autocorrect really wanted this to be Donkey Kong)

Bamma Lynn

Rep Madden

Standford Mann

Jack Mattingly

Goldia McGee

Madge Messinger

Mauzell Mullins

Jeffie Wayne Muskrat

Archibald Neighbors

Hazel Nickerson

Eulah Oakley

Lyle Oyler

Milburn Partain

Jackson Payne

Montana Phillips

Bobbie Dean Phoenix

Toots Putman

Madonna Mae Rickey

Cyprine Robertson

Juanelle Schneeberger

Billie Jean Sparks

Texanna Smith

Pansy Stetson

Patsy Ruth Stubblefield

Eldon Sweezy

Hoy Trotter

Pearl Vandorien

Leland Weems

Joe Bob West

Wayness Whitely

Buster Wyatt

John Ira Youngblood

Domby Zinn

#feel free to use for any western themed dnd campaigns #or dust bowl romance novels you may be writing #names #oklahoma #1920s #1930s #dnd #long post

[the-nothing-maker]

Home is where the heart is

(Alastiel is a vampire lord NPC from @luposlipaphobya's D&D campaign, Une Cour de Chair et de Charme!)

#vampire #dungeons and dragons #dnd #traditional art #chair et charme #my art #i love it when lupo asks the big and necessary questions like #what if you were in a toxic relationship with your house ? #(which believe it or not is a theme that is getting explored TWICE in this campaign) #anyway the city our PCs live in is half-alive (technically it's a whole vampire in itself) and alastiel is its... semi willing lover ? #it's complicated #anyway he's really fucked-up and tragic and i really like him !! bone grandpa

[stupidlyinfatuatedonstorytelling]

Take A Chance

Role The Dice

#critical role #the mighty nein #cr2 #campaign 2 #fjord #nott the brave #jester #matt mercer #travis willingham #laura bailey #ashley johnson #sam riegel #ashton greymoore #theme #caduceus clay #beauregard lionett #caleb widogast #yasha nydoorin

[utilitycaster]

I understand not being a big fan of the appearance of past PCs, and I shared that earlier on, and even shared the argument that I wanted Bells Hells' story to be about them...but I feel like the time for that argument has passed. As we've gone on, that is in fact the story - that they're a bunch of level 8 adventurers who have fallen into an endgame scenario because of little peripheral threads and because of who one of their companions is. The story is, on some level, about not being about them. They've had so little time to drive their own destiny; it's been fetch quests and pursuit from the start, with little in the way of the odd jobs and proper stumblings one would usually expect.

And I hope that after the solstice they'll get to do that! But I think having Keyleth and the Ashari, Beau, and Caleb there hammer the above home: this is so much bigger than Bells Hells is prepared for, and they're here because a few weird things that happened in Jrusar (which is all that Eshteross ever wanted to look into, and all Treshi ever wanted to do) were unbeknownst to them part of a plot Ludinus Da'leth has likely been working on for several centuries; and because Imogen and Fearne are involved through accidents of birth. In many ways, it echoes Laudna's entire story. It's just people who were minding their own business in a town, and someone powerful and ruthless did things beneath it that affected the population at large because of a plan with cosmic ramifications, and they became involved out of an accident of location.

I'll admit - I do prefer a story where people are actively seeking something, or running from something, rather than caught up in bigger and bigger webs of conspiracy, but that's not the one being told right now, and the version in which far more powerful allies don't appear is a tragic and cynical one, whereas one with Keyleth, Beau, and Caleb says "yeah, this is fucked up, and it's not fair that you're here on your own to deal with this rip current of an event."

#it's interesting like. my complaints about party comp and pre-planning do still hold #in that I think there's a way to have told *a* story in which the party gets there more on their own steam #but also...again. that might not be the story intended #i think people do forget that a dm can be trying to tell not a specific array of plot events #but rather a specific theme and framing thereof. which puts a lot of past complaints in perspective (though they remain valid) #funnily enough the people complaining about the nein showing up...want a campaign much more like that of the nein #anyway as per usual when i have a wfh morning i've shotgunned like 5 cups of coffee and had Thoughts i can elaborate #critical role

[mango-sideburns]

My fav thing about TAZ is that any aspect out of context sounds fucking bonkers.

Like, in the balance finale there's a scene in which Garfield (who is very specifically never described visually bc most people imagine him as like. The Lasagna Cat. Who in this universe is the most powerful warlock in the realm and also has a hobby of cloning people, which is great for the one character that got forced into haunting a mannequin) is summoned by an alien spaceship that runs on the power of friendship so he could beat up some flashing balls. In D&D.

And that was just. Such a normal scene in the narrative. No one blinked an eye. I would like to bow down to Griffins clear unmatched talent for making me feel such big emotions over ridiculous shit like a goddamned umbrella or a regular ass pair of jeans or the idea of a taco recipe.

#taz balance #the adventure zone #taz #i have. so many drafts of this post decontexualizing so many different scenes. #merle killing a room of autism creature looking things by asking them to tell the truth which then summons god #also merle retiring from his retirement to run fantasy margaritaville under the title Earl Merle #magnus the mannequin telling taako and merle to find the baby voidfish bc the big voidfish sung at him real hard bc in the century he #just now remembered (bc hes a mannequin not a human boy) #he gifted an alien jellyfish with dozens of shitty wooden ducks. he forgot that century bc his friend fed the jellyfishs baby a book #the gnome version of Teddy Rucksbin turns out to be the universes most competent spaceship pilot. hes also a talented opera singer #a man named Barry Bluejeans is dead and uses his ghost haunting powers to gift the three heroes badges that they cant see #right before theyre shuttled off in a cannonball to save a space lab full of kitschy elevators thats snowing pink tourmaline #barry also uses his ghost powers to hold hands with magnus and make random shapes in midair like a dresser when theyre trapped in a #fantasy version of The Dating Game hosted by ghost Jesse and James Rocket who steal bodyparts if you lose their game. #or like in campaign how a dude who wiped out in the first three seconds of ninja warrior convinces a human wifi router #who owns a bible theme park to take the apparent King of America to the white house on their hovercraft to be trued for treason #after he announced his intent to take over the country in a televised debate with an inuit goddess who is sometimes trapped in the body #of an HR worker all Donald Blake/Thor style #anyways. this show is ridiculous and i love it So Much

[ultrainfinitepit]

you have a whole separate cowboy angel Kickstarter right??

LOL we joke but, I do want to make more themed monster pins so if there's enough demand, I'll consider a mini collection of cowboy (Pride?) angels!

#ask #themed monster enamel pins #still deciding if I want to do a pin campaign or not for all of them #I have a lot of design ideas

[kata-kemi]

Vesper - Fire Genasi Rogue, a loyal member of The Black Backfire Company. My beloved dnd rogue, but also a nasty villain in my other DM's campaign! Her personality summed up is: "Feeling cute, might dig dirt on you later and blackmail you with it >:3c" while also glowing in the dark with her lava vein/scars.

#vesper #dnd #dungeons and dragons #rogue #actually spoiled by my two dms <3 #fire genasi #i made a whole background for her work and lore and shit and im obessed with my own character #she lava themed fire genasi! glows in the dark rogue #you cant defeat evil OR GOOD if you dont look cute while doing it #in meanwhile in the two campaigns #in other shes buying a table for an old gith and the other shes ruining a whole powerful house in the city of brass and bunch of lives #bc why not might as well

[boydykedevo]

just curious if there's a consensus here so:

Specifically THEME music, this isn't about the rest of the soundtrack (or the rest of the campaign for that matter). I’m excluding Balance both so as not to bias the results, and cuz the theme’s not original music.

Linky links under the cut in case anyone needs a refresher (listen to all of them before voting if you can!) Also feel free to listen to them all and vote even if ur not in the fandom! ^^

Commitment

Amnesty

Dust

Graduation

Ethersea

Steeplechase

#once again if i missed a campaign that has its own original theme let me know so i can delete my account in shame #taz #the adventure zone #taz commitment #taz dust #taz graduation #taz ethersea #taz steeplechase #icarus is talking #personal answer is as much as the amnesty and ethersea themes are just AMAZING. and the grad one has made me cry lmao #I have to admit steeplechase superior!

[murminat]

the fey ocs I’ve been working on!!!! updating old designs

first one is Pien Duskmeadow, formerly an eladrin twilight druid/ celestial warlock and now............ something else? possibly a bard or artificer.. They are a fashion enjoyer and tailor! (currently working on their seasonal forms and clothing design) second is Slieka (temporary name, hopefully. it means earthworm), a hexblood long death monk! A grave robber and bone enjoyer (currently struggling with their tattoo designs, especially what words to use on their knuckles) (he/they for both) please send asks about them if they interest you!!!

#my art #ocs #original characters #wip #dnd oc #sketch #Dungeons and Dragons #fey #eladrin #hexblood #i played pien in a campaign long ago and intended to replace them as a pc with slieka... #that did not happen #now i'm reviving them <3 #they're so fey and normal #and i'm so normal about them #and pien is dandelion themed...........may not be so obvious just from this one form

[stubbornghost]

“There is something wrong with you that is also wrong with me.”

Critical Role campaign 3 ep 43 “Axiom Shaken” / Obelisk and Metronome / Critical Role campaign 3 ep 31 “Breaking Point” / - / Critical Role 3x31 / Critical Role 3x43 / From “Underbelly” by Nicole Homer / Critical Role campaign 3 ep 19 “Omens Above”

#once again i say: #they are women! they are bearing witness to each other’s anger! they are calling that anger beautiful! they are encouraging the violence! #they r just so interesting to me i hope they commit many crimes together #and also kiss on the mouth #fearne is a fey being that was also in the mini campaign where ‘power is not good or bad. it just is.’ was a primary theme #this makes sense. #txt.me #cr #critical role #fearne calloway #imogen temult #fearne x imogen #imogearne #parallels #compilations #web weaving

[talesfromthebandgeekmafia]

Every time Aabria Iyengar steps into the dome she creates something that makes me fall in love with the wonder and possibility of ttrpgs all over again

#a DM for the ages #she puts so much into creating these wonderful rich worlds #but also she’s so gifted in finding ways to engage & include her players in them #she wraps it all around to facilitate moments for character growth and relationships #and it all feels so natural and it flows so well it makes her campaigns feel like they could be like an actual scripted TV show #with planned themes and plot threads and character progressions #BUT ITS NOT she’s just that good at conducting the ebb and flow of the game #she makes me want to be a better DM #dimension 20 #burrow's end #d20 burrow's end #d20 #aabria iyengar #spilling the Tea

[yardsards]

clint mcelroy creating a dnd character: oh yeah, this bad boy can fit so much simple zest for life in him

#eliot posts #taz #the adventure zone #merle highchurch #zoox anthellae #ive not listened to graduation yet (and idk if i ever will) so idk if this applies to argo or not #i remember so little of amnesty and am only 10 eps into steeplechase so i can't speak for the non dnd campaigns either #it's funny how a lot of people's ttrpg characters often have common themes in them #me and my friend john from our irl dnd group were talking about that and it's like #alicia plays the most Friend Shaped girls imaginable. caleb's Cause Problems On Purpose. julia's are sassy and tend to do their own thing #john's are edgy in theory but extremely friend shaped and caring in practice. and i tend to play The Mom Friend. #not ALWAYS but pretty often. and basically always they're just really looking for human connection (whether they know/accept it or not) #even my goddamned PISS WIZARD is quickly careening towards mom friend territory??? somehow??? #very few people tolerate him so he's protective of those who do. even if it's mostly just a coworkers situation in the party #and most of the party is So Fucking Stupid #it's a very hilarious party composition overall. just 5 guys all thinking ''wow. what a bunch of freaks. good thing i'm normal :)'' #and the only one who is REMOTELY accurate in that assessment is the cleric whose catchphrase has quickly become #''hey. don't look at me. i just work with them.''

[ludinusdaleth]

im honestly very happy ira is one of if not the most beloved npc of campaign 3. and while i know most of his surface level appeal is the sheer unhinged faeishness of him, i think it fundamentally comes down to ira, despite his most un-human everything, being the most Man in his struggles as a fae can get.

as early as his intro he was set apart by past established fae, by working on technology, wearing a tattered suit. he was kicked out of the courts and the vanguard after they asked him to create their war weapons. he is a veteran of a mortal war, and got no accolades. he has spent 3 decades living in caves, taking the shittiest jobs imagineable just to get by, even torturing folk for his shit bosses again (the treshi job) because cash is cash. he knows folk will Just Die if they cant keep up and accepts it bluntly. his voice creaks with age & experience in the dust. it is easy to pin his pettiness & need for vengeance solely on the intensity of a fae til you see that he approaches even those goals with the rusty, tired caution of a man who was a spy, who understands the gravity of war, whose bosses have screwed him over so badly they made he, the nightmare king, scared.

he is a victim of the greed of the rich, easily isolated and made a scapegoat as a sole evil by them. he has lived a life with absolutely no lavish design. even artagan, whom i love with all my heart and find deep relateability in, is so disconnected with mortality at first, in large part because he was a literal fae lord. when vox machina adjusted the leylines to let artagan into exandria, ira was locked out of his home at the same time. ira has lived in the grime of the worst the fae courts and humanity has to offer, wanting to make a mark but always being a pawn hurt by a grand design. and so, while he clearly & obviously knows the difference between mortal & fae, he also knows there's really no defined line between who can hurt you worse... and how it shapes you. does your callousness begin with your fae nature, with everyone deeming you a monstrosity, or with your experience at the bottom rung? it all ends the same, regardless. i think it is fascinating to see the classism & even capitalism choking exandria and its sister realms, and ira is so fascinating because he is the primary example we have of that happening to a fae, and we get to see how that has gruffly shaped someone who could have been as utterly unphased & whimsical as a flower in the breeze.

#i dont want to Vague Chetney but i honestly think ira handles the themes in chetneys story more & better #chet vaguely covers themes of industrialisation but thats mostly behind him save the oltgar episode #ira is SEEPED in what his bosses did to him #it's one thing to see chet be funnily veangeful at his past coworkers and it's another to see *the nightmare king* freeze up seeing zathuda #once again this isnt an anti chetney post obviously but like wow. last episode really floored me on the nuance of how ira feels #and every arc with him has dealt with his own monstrosity vs what the world has taught him & forced him to do #ira wendagoth #critical role #cr spoilers #campaign 3 #critical role meta #fae #long post #classism