#eldritch wizards

[honourablejester]

On the topic of wizard character concepts, a slightly older idea of mine, stemming from the discussion of the various schools and what it might say about a wizard to consciously choose them. Specifically, the idea that people might think that abjuration wizards are cowards for clinging to the most protective aspects of magic.

Which, in my head, combined with the idea of tiefling virtue names, and a very traumatised tiefling who named themselves Craven, in the deep conviction that yes, they are a coward.

And, if you’re going to have a traumatised character, you go to Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft and give them the Haunted One background. And not just because it’s one of my favourites, but because, since we’re a wizard, as in a bookish nerd, there’s a pre-made harrowing event that traumatised the hell of us right there: “You opened an eldritch tome and saw things unfit for a sane mind. You burned the book, but its words and images are burned into your psyche.”

So. Our little baby tiefling wizard read a bad book, a bad book that fully scarred them for life and turned their hair literally white, and ever since then they’ve devoted their studies to the magic of protection, and renamed themselves in the full and sincere belief that they’re a coward. I am picturing a rail-thin hollow-eyed nerd literally hugging their spellbook for protection.

But why would a traumatised and self-professed coward go adventuring? Because they saw horrors, vast, incomprehensible horrors, and they know their pathetic magic right now wouldn’t stop a hair of it. If it can’t stop a goblin arrow, it sure as hell can’t stop an eldritch thing from beyond the stars. So they need to improve their magic, and the only way to improve defensive magic is to, well, defend. Plus. All their wards and libraries wouldn’t stop what they saw either. Sometimes the best defence is a good offence, or at the very least entails acquiring enough specific information to create targeted defence. Such as finding and preventing the access point from opening, for example.

I kind of want the book they read to be the work of a scholar afflicted by an allip. They didn’t get far enough into it to actually contract the allip’s curse and become one, but they came damn close. Hence why there was some actual physical transformation as a result. The hair-turns-white-with-shock thing is an old trope, but an enjoyable one, and I want it.

(Look, allips are one of my favourite creatures, they’re cool, shattered traumatised undead who discovered secrets man was not meant to know, and who are desperately trying to share that hideous knowledge to relieve themselves of its burden).

I think we’ll take Eldritch Adept somewhere down the line, for Armour of Shadows or possibly Devil’s Sight. And I’m flipflopping between Glasya and Levistus tiefling, because I think Armour of Agathys might also be a part of their heritage they cling to, but Invisibility would also be tempting for them. (I would love if a DM let my tiefling’s innate spells act like the ones from the updated races, as in I could have them be INT based and also cast them with spell slots. If that was the case, I feel like definitely Levistus tiefling).

So you have this patient, methodical, high-strung, twitchy, deeply traumatised scholar who has self-loathing embedded directly in their core, doggedly out here rattling and shuddering their way through the terror because there’s worse terrors waiting and they’ve got to be ready for them.

Yes, I have a type, why do you ask?

#d&d #5e #character concepts #wizards #tieflings #abjuration #cowardice #scholars #eldritch wizards

[whereserpentswalk]

Reblog so that the creature will come to you. Like to enhance their power.

#196 #my thougts #worldbuilding #writing #my worldbuilding #my writing #fantasy #urban fantasy #demons #angels and demons #demon #magical realism #monster fucker #monster lover #faeries #faerie #faecore #fairy #fairies #fae #fae folk #wizard #wizards #dragon #dragons #monster girl #monster boy #eldritch #eldrich #cyborg

[waterdeeping]

I guess you ruled out flowers and chocolates altogether then.

#i need him carnally 😩 #still thoroughly enjoying the eldritch knight/wizard multiclass too btw #gale?? in armour??? sir i will absolutely raw you #gale #gale of waterdeep #gale dekarios #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #bg3edit #gamingedit #mine:bg3 #mine:gifs #baldur's gate

[jannasophia]

𝑨𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒆 // 𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝑺𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓

#artist on tumblr #art #sketching #sketches #DnD #Ruby #Kaisa #wizard #eldritch knight

[mercury-and-scry]

with the 1.6 update, I revamp my extremely normal and average farmer.

#my art #my ocs #oc: jacob #stardew valley #stardew farmer #stardew fanart #stardew valley fanart #stardew valley farmer #sdv #sdv farmer #sdv fanart #sdv oc #Stardew Valley oc #farmer sdv #she is a forest eldritch monster who's lived near pelican town for the last thousand years and has decided to finally try out this #newfangled “agriculture” trend all the people are raving about #she also wants to wed and bed Shane #dont tell me this is too far fetched when there's a wizard and dwarf in town

[incorrect-hs-quotes]

ERIDAN: shit man this wwizard wwar is fucked. i just saww a guy clap his hands together n say "the ten hells" or some similar shit n evveryone around him turned inside out, had their tibias explode and then disappeared. no one evven blinked wwhen he did that. thats howw common shit like this is. my ass is castin frostbite n levvel twwo poison. i think i just heard "powwer word: scrunch" twwo groups ovver. i gotta get the fuck outta here

ROXY: wait time out. ur in here and ur not immortal!!? and ure only lvl 2 or 3? holy SHIT go find somewhere 2 hide! or powerlevel ig but still!!

ERIDAN: wwh. wwhy are you shocked? i thought wwe wwere bein wwizard conscripted? wwere wwe not? WWHY AM I HERE

ROXY: U GOT WIZARD CONSCRIPTED? IM HERE FOR FUN, WHY ARE YOU HERE?!?!

ROSE:

I SUMMON XESLANAYAG THE IMPENETRABLE.

ERIDAN: FFFFFUUUUUUUUUUCK man it only gets WWORSE

#source: @devious-buffoon #WIZARD BATTLE GO #the eldritch horror rose summoned has a special name btw. not telling you why #homestuck #incorrect homestuck quotes #incorrect quotes #mod dave #eridan ampora #roxy lalonde #rose lalonde

[anxiously-sidequesting]

Big shout-out to the ocs and lore that depicts physical/appearance changes due to high concentration and uses of magic btw that shit is so cool. Whether your wizard's hair turns blue or straight up grows an extra arm due to the excessive amount of powerful magic they use everyday I eat that shit up. Bonus points if it's a rare/newly discovered condition or if your wizard is just straight up unrecognizable from arc 1 to arc 4. Bonus bonus points if the wizard gains a disability from it and has to learn to adapt to their new condition

#holly steelcry was shroter than average before the paradox in empyrea thing. they grew 3 ft after that #also got personal hcs of shadow magic in particular having physical and mental adverse effects to those who practice it regularly #i froth at the mouth whenever i see wizard ocs that have extra or atypical features due to their magical experiences #i actually have an eldritch wizard au where they slowly become less Human and more Thing. personality wise theyre still chill- #-but physically they look like Nyarlathotep #one random shadow magic hc - physical scars start to form on your body based on that person's biggest mental block/trauma #shadow practioner young wizard has strange scars that looks like a clawed hand wrapped around their throat or an azteca constellation #<- due to their unresolved guilt over azteca #or scars over their stomach that look like monsteous spider legs stretched outwards due to their guilt of being fooled by gf spider #wizard101 #w101 #wiz101 #text posts #ALL WIZARD OCS ARE BOMB BTW I DIDNT MEAN JUST ONE TYPE OF OCS. EVERY OC IS AWESOME #i just get the Good Feelings whenever i see that specific type of oc/lore for some reason

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Gary Gygax & Brian Blume - Dungeons & Dragons, Supplement III: Eldritch Wizardry - TSR Rules - 1979

#witches #wizards #occult #vintage #tsr rules #dungeons & dragons #supplement III #eldritch wizardry #gary gygax #brian blume #1979 #additional rules

[leidensygdom]

I just wanted to show Argy's actual scale besides an average-sized character. She's kinda tall (even with her bad posture-). Did you know her back halo pops up when she's interested in something? (also when she's angry, but that's something for another day!)

you get approached by massive giant robot lady, wdyd

#robot #mecha #dnd #dungeons and dragons #aasimar #warforged #angel #tiefling #drow #dark elf #sygdomthings #character art #monster girl #terato #argyros #siegmund #celestial #eldritch #cleric #wizard

[essektheylyss]

"I mean, that's kind of the story of the wizard, right? My magic is all effort."

Entirely correct. The most long-suffering class. It's why they often turn to hubristic madness.

#unlike warlocks who turn to eldritch madness. #critical role #cr spoilers #also 'that is just a wizard problem' about presumptuously asking for help with a personal project #also correct lmfao #prism grimpoppy

[shitpostingkats]

You guys have no idea how badly I need Aguefort x Lapin to be canon. Not only do we need more Lapin content, not only is it incredibly funny for Arthur Aguefort to have multiple magical animal paramours across time and space, I need Fig and Ayda to bond over their parent's utterly insane polycules. I need Ayda to stiffly introduce Lapin as her step-father. I need him hanging out at the Compass Points and awkwardly trying to bond with his boyfriend's daughter because Aguefort may be barred from having any contact with Ayda but his hookup from another timeline isn't. I need Lapin to transfer all of his honed sinister advisor skills and experience as a babysitter of willfull princesses to being a Weird Uncle. I need Fig and Aydas' "Yeah my estranged dad showed up again in my life and now I have a weird stepdad as well" emotional bonding and discussion. I need for at their wedding the first row of seats is entirely taken up by all five Fathers Of The Bride.

#I need them to give 'Liam Wilhelmina and his thirty five parents' a run for their money #absolutely vital to me that this happens post Lapin's death #he is some sort of eldritch fae spirit subsisting off sugarplum magic #he and arthur met over Old Wizard Grindr #Ayda kinda embarrassed in the teen way: yes this is indeed my father's chronomatic courtesan. His name is Lapin. #A chocolate warlock spectre swirling with arcane energy: Hello. #Ayda: He is. As my girlfriend would say. Cringe. #fantasy high #dimension 20 #d20 #the liveshows are gift for many reasons. This is one of them. #a crown of candy #acoc #d20 fantasy high #arthur aguefort #lapin cadbury

[fhtagn-and-tentacles]

ELDER BRAIN 

by Nino Is

#tentacles #fhtagn #nino is #Elder brain #magic the gathering #mtg #wizards of the coast #dnd #baldursgate #concept art #creature #monster #fantasy #dungeons and dragons #horror #lovecraft #cthulhu #eldritch #fhtagnnn

[pastelpuppet]

I was reminded it was lesbian week and that it would be a crime not to post this old art of the titular lesbians themselves!!! Happy lesbian week everyone!

(I’d love to redraw this one day honestly, I love them so much!!!!)

#lesbian #lgbt #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #falin #marcille #love is real when it’s an autistic wizard and an eldritch horror #convince me otherwise #my art

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Pro Tour Eldritch Moon 2016 Poster by Dan Mumford

#Magic the Gathering #MtG #MtGEMN #Innistrad #Eldritch Moon #Pro Tour #Fantasy #Art #Eldrazi #Emrakul #Dan Mumford #Wizards of the Coast

[chaos-familiar]

If someone can guess what I am thinking, then I will give the winner(s) one (1) problematic spell and an invitation to my cult.

#eldritch posting #wizard #wizardblogging #wizardposting #wizardblr #wizard shit #wizardry #wizard tumblr #wizardcore #wizard posting

[the-eldritch-one]

Do not make a deal with Cthulhu, it is a scam and terrible at its job. The best eldritch horrors keep their business quiet. That man got that close to finding out its secrets. Any good eldritch entity knows how to protect their secrets with horror and incomprehension.

#evil wizard #tumblr wizard #wizard blogging #wizard island #wizard island island #wizard post #wizard posting #wizard tumblr #wizardblogging #wizardblr #eldritch #eldritch horror #Eldritch posting #eldritch horror posting #wizardposting #evil wizard posting #shadow wizard money gang #evil wizardposting