#love me some dnd

[chikkenhawke]

enraptured by the shape of this beast 🐣

get stickers etc -> here

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #owlbear #owlbear cub #dnd #dungeons and dragons #chicken scribbles #sorry for catfishing with bg3 art i still havent played the game kjasdjkads #i love his expression it reminds me of the face my dog pulls when she gets her picture taken 😭😭 #doing a run cycle for his animation and these were some studies :^)

[heybiji]

Human Wizard, Lacuna.

ever make a standby DnD character and immediately go feral over them

#dungeons and dragons #dnd #dnd oc #in a dnd lull so to keep myself sane i am coming up with some character concepts to keep in the tank #gotta have a neurotic wizard with a thousand yard stare #and enough ambition to cause serious damage #i have a couple other pc ideas but they require drawing armor and i love myself too much to do that to me right now #must resist making them all human #i am a basic bitch #style consistency who #saving this dude for a horror campaign #even though all my characters seem to be able to fit well in horror campaigns... look i love horror #the kiss is a tattoo #sometimes you just gotta ask yourself “what kind of dnd character would I want played by 70s Al Pacino?” then make an overwhelmed wizard #with a new york accent #original character #biji draws #oc #manifesting a game and the time to play in it

[its-your-mind]

Tbh I??? Really love these Bell’s Hells Company Retreat Activities???? Bc like. It’s not like any of them have been overly cagey this whole time, or actively hiding big secrets from each other. (someone at some point mentioned how BUCKwild it would have been to watch the M9 try to play What The Fuck Is Up With That within the first ten episodes of c2, with all the shit all of them were hiding and how much their early relationships were based on a mutual understanding that no one would expect each other to bring up the past unless it became a danger - the only one who ever poked that particular bear was Beau with Caleb at the start when she traded access to the Archive for the reason why Caleb gets fucked up by fire, and that private conversation shaped their relationship for the rest of the campaign BUT I digress.)

Nothing anyone confessed during the Honesty exercise was… a surprise. The only one who hadn’t shared the entirety of his past (that he remembered) was Chetney, and his was never the past that felt like a threat - that revelation was more along the lines of FCG’s type of “tell me about your family trauma so I can fix you” line of questioning.

The truths the Hells offered up to each other… they were significant (Fearne, I was disappointed in you for being afraid of your power), and scary (deep down, both Delilah and I kind of want the shard), and hard to say out loud (even on the nights I bunk up with one of you, I feel so lonely), but critically, so little of it was surprising. No one was sharing anything earth-shattering about their pasts or previously unknown plans for future betrayal.

And during the Communication exercise - none of them - Chetney, Imogen, Ashton, or Orym - doubted that their directors were leading them the wrong way. They listened, and paid attention to instructions, and didn’t try their own path because they felt like they knew better.

And then during Trust! The part that should have been the hardest!! All of them were obviously distrustful of each other, shooting around stressed looks, sending familiars to dive-bomb to check for flesh, but like… none of them actually turned on each other. None of them ganged up, or broke off, or stood in opposition - they were wary of each other, and they got the task done.

So… it didn’t really lead to any huge shifts in the dynamic. But that was never really what they needed! The Hells have trusted each other since the beginning, and even when they’re actively having to fight each other, it’s always with a desperation born from a place of concern. They really do care for and love each other. I don’t think any of them, if they sat down to think about it, truly believed that one of them was going to betray the others.

But they haven’t had time to sit and think about it. They have been actively fighting the literal end of the world since like… ep 45 (first irl Ludinus sighting/convo). The apocalypse happened. Has been happening. For thirty episodes now. They spent a good chunk of that time apart from each other, and then the rest of it desperately reaching out to anyone with more power than themselves to beg for their help.

So yeah! It’s not a big surprise that they’re all bottling up a lot of their own shit right now! There aren’t that many personal issues that feel like they deserve more attention than the literal end of the world.

It was inevitable something was going to give. And since Ashton’s shit was up next for dissection because they had a past that brushed up against the Primordials? Of course they were the one whose internal lockdown broke first. And of course when it did, it physically shattered Ashton, too, right along those same fault lines where Milo put them back together the first time. It’s so good that they had friends who were there, past and present, to make sure none of the pieces got lost. To put them back together.

We watched Laudna break down right after, specifically because she was back home, in this place where Delilah had first tortured and killed her, where she had lived as a wraith haunting a castle. Delilah had been slowly picking the lock on the cage the Hells had forced her into, and Ashton’s “betrayal” was the last tumbler Delilah needed to snap into place to break the lock in Laudna’s mind. And her mind shattered, fragmented in the same way it had been after she was first brought back as Delilah’s vessel. How beautiful that it was Laudna’s love of children and her desire to make Ashton a gift (meant to be part insult, “because you’re a child,” and declaration of her care for him, “I like children.”)

And Fearne… Fearne almost broke down after them. Slamming the hammer down next to Ashton’s head over and over and over, screaming at him, wandering away through the city, sleeping alone in the woods… She saw the cliff’s edge coming. That’s why she asked them if they could stop at her Nana’s first.

Because she needed it. And the rest of the Hells say, “Why? Do you think Nana Morri can help us in this?” And Fearne says, “Well, I don’t know, but…” And Imogen says, “Do you need it for you?” And Fearne says, in a small and shattered voice, “…yes.”

And that’s the end of the discussion.

They go home, to a place where they are safe and have time, for the first time since Ruidus was locked in place.

And so they have time to be Honest - and they are. Fearne likes to watch them all and play with their hair while they sleep. Orym has thought through how he would neutralize them if he absolutely had to. Ashton thinks it would be better for him to be dead than for Fearne to be hurt. Imogen is scared to face her mom. Laudna dreams of leaving this behind. FCG is jealous of the people around him with a heart, because they have possibilities he doesn’t. Chetney hasn’t settled down once in 400 years because he’s scared he’s cursed to drive away any family he has.

Behind all of this - I want to know everything about you. I need to make sure you don’t hurt each other. I would sacrifice myself to keep you from pain. I don’t want to choose between my blood and this family we’ve built. I want you all to be safe. I want you to pursue happiness. I don’t want to lose you.

And then, Communication - follow along this path. Listen to my voice. Keep calm, keep quiet. Stay the course. I will keep you safe. Keep walking, keep walking, and… you’re there, honey.

And finally, Trust. Two of them are going to be replaced by fae beings bent on preventing them from completing their mission, and they have to complete this task without letting the infiltrators stop them. Okay. Let’s all stick together. Keep eyes on each other. Wait for the doppelgängers to give themselves away somehow. Do you remember these small, banal details about our mutual history? There’s a possibility that action you took was malicious, but I know you well enough to know that might have been a mistake you made on your own. Here, I’ll walk into traps to show that I’m not going to stop you. I’ll get out of your way and take out the threats. I’ll be eyes in the sky and send my familiar to poke you to test if you feel like you should. But nothing you’re doing makes me see you as a real threat - just the possibility of one. I trust you. I trust in you. I trust myself to know enough about you to identify if you’re doing something differently than normal.

And the result of those exercises? No new information, but maybe some things that we all had lost track of amongst the chaos. I am not shocked by your Honesty. I know deep down that I can rely on your Communication. I do Trust you. I know you. I care for you. I know you care for me, too. Even when I have doubts, even when you fuck up, even when things break bad and you make the wrong call…

We are a team for a reason, and no matter what we said in the beginning, it is not just out of necessity or convenience. Are we a bunch of fucked up, broken people? Absolutely. Are we going to continue to fuck up? Probably. Does that change how we feel about each other? No. Never. As long as you’ll have me, I’ll be here, fighting alongside you. Helping you up when you stumble. Offering a shoulder when you need to cry. Standing over you to protect you if you fall. Laughing with you in good times, kicking ass for you in bad. This is our family, damn it. It is strange, and broken, but it is ours, and it is good.

#critical role #bells hells #c3e80 #cr3 #c3 #this got away from me a bit maybe??? but fuck!! I was feeling so many damn emotions this episode!!! this is obvs a v watsonian take #I also wanted to add the doyalist take that the players needed some role play that was like… thematically appropriate (shit be fucked) #but without world-altering stakes #it’s been a stressful time!! #I am glad that they were having fun with the dnd mini games matt made for them #but anyway the post got too fuckin long so there it is in the tags #fuck I love this story

[vdearest]

#tonights ep punched me in the heart #amanda's acting was INSANE like the switch from goofy to completely serious #she is just a mother‚‚‚‚‚wanting to have a family again #and then to think back to her not wanting to talk about her kids!!! fuck!!!! #she is so fucked up and motivated by love #AND KODA #i had a theory about him having some connection to the castle because he was so weird abt it but then it was so much more sad #“and they ran as well” SO YOU MEAN THERE'S A CHANCE- #I LOVE SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE CMONNNNN #grgrgr biting thru stuf #sword af #smosh dnd #delores paradise #koda sword af

[befuddled-calico-whump]

here, have a Dungeons and Dragons inspired whump prompt generator:

if you don't have dice available, here is an online roller!

#tag me if you post something from this! id love to see some sweet combos lol #whump prompt list #dnd whump #whump prompts #whump #fantasy whump #magical whump

[can-of-slorgs]

The other researchers are also here! (magical edition!)

#neopets #neotag #neoart #eyrie #gelert #THE BOYS ARE HEREEE #vin doods #my beautiful magical boyssss #had some time to kill this weekend so might as well finish rendering some stuff i have lying around lmao #its ironic cause my oc stuff is the stuff that gets less views or reacts overall but is the ones im more interested in for the most part #its been a while since i've actually really loved an bunch of ocs and this 4 (technically 5) are going to be the death of me lol #just to be consistent with the other post #eyrie's name is Ozzi or Oz #and gelert's name i'm still unsure of but for now I'm going with Faeran #i'm so emotionally invested in these characters you have no idea LMFAOO #also I did base Faeran's looks in a lot of “long dogs” like borzois and the ears just came naturally to me lol #I'm still working on a doc with all the info for those interested tho buuut if any are reading by this point feel free to ask about them!! #I'll just never shut up lol #the neopia i did put them in is a tad bit more.... “dark”?? i guess?? #its less abstractly magical and i did have to find out how to build a magic system for everything to work lol #and my dnd knowledge did filter a l o t into it so sorry bout that oops:;; #anyway this is too long and hardly anyone really reads this much but hey! finally my babies have faces so i don't feel so bad!!! #it doesnt help that i post this stuff at buttfuck hours LMFAOO

[a-schrodingers-fox]

“Xenk, please. Please wake up”

“I can’t do this without you”

#did anyone order some angsty xedgin? #i read some angsty fics and I was inspired. if you haven’t read amuses Lost and Found Anew by Mikhail you totally need to do it now!! #come cry in a corner with me #i just love hurt/comfort #ahhhh #xenk #galad’s artsy things #my art #xenk yendar #edgin darvis #xedgin #dnd hat

[pcktknife]

every new thing i learn about dnd im like damn this shit crazy as hell

#i know i JUST made a post like this not that long ago but i got another book and it just stays amazing me i love reading the manuals ^_^ #some of the monsters in this universe tho....bitch naurrr #'what dnd class would you be' the one that stay in they city mindin they business away from the BEASTS #im a npc bro leave me alone. save me intrepid hero #theres giant frogs man...no #kae.txt

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 46

To help with their civilian identities, most of the Justice League refers to each other as their DnD party. The thing is though, several of them start learning how to play, mostly those who aren’t too sure what it is at first and then it spread. Now they actually are playing a DnD game. At the Watchtower, with the Bat ending up as the Dungeon Master. How he has ended up as such, he isn’t too sure, but he’s pretty good at doing different voices. Helped along by bringing the kids sometimes and them insisting on voicing some kobolds or goblins. 

#DnD #dcu #dc #prompts #dnd crossover #dc crossover #justice league #Bruce can speak in so many accents and languages that they end up loving the characters #Several times people will argue with their rolls #What do you mean I fail the flip? I can do a flip right here and now watch me! #*Proceeds to fail* #Those who know their civilian ID get short videos sent to them of this chaos #Sometimes they also play at each other's homes or in public as civilians too #The media eat it up because there are several famous people alongside a reporter a detective a conman and a few others vibing #It is utter chaos and they are all here for it #Helped along by several of the league members purposely eating dirt when they insist they can do some sort of parkour move

[valakiir]

So i was looking at the official moorbounder art and it's starting to bug me. It's a really cool design, don't get me wrong, i do like it, but the length / positioning of the tusks just seemed off to me for some reason. I think i finally figured out why!

(Official art above)

((The biologist in me is speaking now, prepare for me to dive into the practicalities of dnd monsters))

The moorbounder's tusks arc up and back, appearing to grow from the lower jaw. They seem to spiral a little like ram horns imo. Looking at them, trying to infer what their purpose is, there are a couple options. The curve of the tusk means it doesnt work well as a cutting or holding feature -- the tips are pointed too far back and around bc of the spiral shape. Assuming they are like ram horns, they could be used similarly in territorial fights. They could also be used, in a similar vein, to bludgeon opponents with the side of their heads. Again the curve of the tusk means it wont pierce anything in front of it. It would be difficult to pierce /anything/ with them.

My second thought was that they were used for defence. Looking at where that curve places the tusk in relation to the rest of the head, it could easily function as protection for the eyes (this could also be why their pupils are such a unique shape -- to avoid having a massive blind spot on the sides of their heads). Moorbounder eyes, looking at them now, are not actually placed forward on the head, the norm of ground predators (birds of prey have their own reasons behind their anatomy). This means they are likely not the top of the food chain -- even that they have a different creature predating frequently on them that they need to watch for. The small ears imply they do not rely heavily on hearing (they have little to help funnel noise into the ear canal), so im going to make the assumption they rely primarily on scent to hunt -- but this is getting off topic. The lack of large ears may also have developed due to their agressive nature -- less skin to get caught or torn in a fight. The tusks might be a large enough curve to protect the ears, even. It is difficult to tell exactly from the art. Another point toward the tusks acting as a guard for the sides of the head.

Another option is that they are used to attract mates. Natural selection just encouraging larger tusks until we have what is shown in the art.

This is not what bothers me. The problem I have is how far the tusks extend /forward/. From what I can tell, the forward curve of the tusks reach about the tip of the nose. This is another hint that they might be used in a forward bludgeoning motion, however there is a problem with this. How are they supposed to bite? The tusks would press against anything the moorbounder is reaching for and hold it away. There are long whiskers extending from the nose, I'm assuming, with great confidence, to feel past those tusks.

My theory is that the curve of those tusks, while /natural/, is not actually observed in wild moorbounders. My guess is while those tusks grow continuously throughout the moorbounder's life, they are worn down through use. Captive moorbounders would likely not have to grind down on bone or protective plating -- their food is provided for them. Nor would there be any need to, say, mark territory by scratching the tusks against trees or other landmarks. If this is the case, wild moorbounders would have much shorter tusks, tusks that would actually be useful in biting, cutting, and holding. Moorbounders are agressive enough, filing their tusks down would be very difficult -- down right dangerous -- and because they are used primarily as mounts, not pit-fighters, the chore is easier neglected.

Another option, of course, is that the full curve of the tusks is a mark of age, and only seen in captivity because moorbounders don't live that long in the wild. This would be because it gets more and more difficult to catch prey as the tusks grow. The oldest moorbounders would essentially die of starvation. This means they live /much/ longer in captivity.

Yet another possibility is that the tusks are not teeth or horn -- they are like antlers. If those large tusks are grown and shed in a mating season when they are most aggressive, it would make sense that they would want to protect the head. It means moorbounders would not be able to eat during that period of time, but this is not unheard of in nature.

If the tusks grow from the upper jaw, this whole arguement is rendered largely irrelevant btw, and i will hide in my corner in embarrassment if that was actually addressed. They would still be inconvenient, but not prohibitive.

Overall, i am of the opinion wild moorbounder tusks are much shorter due to use, and irresponsible ownership is the reason we see the large curving tusks in the official art.

I appreciate you coming to my TED talk.

#ttrpg #kiri is a biologist #moorbounders #cr2 #cr meta #just me over analyzing dnd creatures #love me some watsonian worldbuilding #kiri speaks

[steamclouds]

Big shoutout to @titan-wolfdog for sending me this and saying I should redraw them with Voradras and Noodle. Your brain.

#oc: voradras #love me some meme shenanigans #i found the full video as well im hysterical #bg3 tav #bg3 drow #drow #baldur's gate 3 #tav #dnd #dnd 5e #forgotten realms #my art #dungeons and dragons

[surpriserose]

......i dont like how much people keep pointing to the lore from the extra dungeon meshi stuff (?) that more experienced adventurers are fatter as like...proof dungeon meshi is better with body diversity than it is because like idk!! Maybe it would be great if it was actually used to make falin or marcille or laios or kabru or anyone fat but its not!!!!

#Like i love dungeon meshi dont get me wrong but people want to be like oh its so great with body diversity and its like...well yes and no #The different races have different body types sure but theres no diversity within them theres no fat elves or anything like #And i think sure on some level that counts as body diversity but also like....its not like people are praising dnd or lotr for that dhdyegs #Anyways good morning everypony

[fidgetspringer-art]

✧ The Ardal stars ✧

#artists on tumblr #art #illustration #digital art #digital drawing #dnd #dungeons and dragons #homebrew #original art #my art #my ocs #Setting: Heim #I drew these a couple of years ago now i think #but since i'm drawing stuff for this setting again i'm reuploading with updated information cause the last one is outdated #I will say right off the bat however #If you compare my designs to already existing IPs i will block you on sight #the last time i posted these they got compared to a piece of media i really dislike #and that comment alone made me fall out of love with this setting for almost two years #so please. do not. it's rude and unnecessary #These are the artefacts my setting and its story is largely centered around #Tethry is credited with creating them (Even though he didn't) #They were gifted by Tethry to each of the largest cities in the world to serve as power generators supplying arcane power to the whole city #immediately pushing the four sister cities into prosperity and progress. leaving literally everyone else in the dust #which caused some understandable tension between countries that already had a bit of a strained relationship to begin with #There is SO MUCH to these little trinkets and their link to Tethry and how finding them essentially fucked up his whole entire life #You'd think becoming the world's most renowned arcanist would be the best thing that ever happened to an aspiring caster #but to some poor dude just trying to study arcane language. stumbling across the magical equivalent of the demon core #was very much not on his wishlist #especially not dealing with the consequences of trying to make sure no one actually realises how nasty they have the potential to be #which. someone inevitably does

[royalsea-art]

[OC]

We can't choose the way we remember those that are no longer with us.

#my art #royalsea art #dnd #original art #royalsea oc #oc angst #love me some sadness #tw death implied #mystery of blood and honey #mysbnh

[metalmaul]

Theo Solomon's first moves in D&D (as Wyll Ravengard of Baldur's Gate 3.)

[from highrollersdnd on Twitch's new one-shot campaign with the cast of Baldur's Gate 3]

#wyll ravengard #theo solomon #baldur's gate 3 #baldur's gate iii #bg3 #high rollers dnd #mark hulmes #jennifer english #samantha béart #tim downie #neil newbon #devora wilde #tagging posts ugh #i loved so much from this stream but when he backs wyll up has got to be the best bit to me #btw sorry for lack of captions this is long I've just got my phone and I haven't seen it a million times to know everything said #but maybe I'll attempt at some point or if anyone else is up for that go for it #shadows of athkatla

[gasstationclown]

i havent watched the session before hiatus finale yet so no spoilers but have digital drawings of funny pictures in my phone but ouaw (likely more to come)

og pictures under cut

#art #my art #drawing #fanart #digital art #d&d #d&d 5e #dnd #dnd 5e #avantris #legends of avantris #once upon a witchlight #gideon coal #oink ouaw #gricko grimgrin #torbek #morning frost #kremy lecroux #twig ouaw #woe banañas be upon ye #the guy who throws his hamster at people in bg3 is SO fucking funny to me #i DO NOT know his name. but i love that fucking picture #im sorry to torbek. i love him dearly but he was the best fit for that one pic #also im trying to draw everyone more. i think im getting better at it #i do actually have some stuff from my sketchbook i havent posted yet #to be seen soon #also i apologize for no hootsie but in exchange there is twig #i was trying to get the party in so thats why i drew kremy instead of gideon with her btw #why did he get shot in the shoulder? who knows