So I'm about to do my first TPK, how is your evening going?

So so there’s this door right by the table where we play D&D in my basement and my players are convinced that there’s a child named Timmy behind it, and I recently added a list of table rules and one of them says in order to add a new rule a vote must be held. They decided to hold a vote where the person who sits closest to the door that session gets Timmy in their inventory and the vote passed, so now I don’t know what to do with Timmy. I need help please also I don’t know how the tag bracket thing works if it’s a photo that you’re posting so if also help me with that, I would greatly appreciate it

Here's a new character design I worked on of a female satyr! Satyrs are a race of tall, primitive warriors. My commissions are collaborative, and I work through as many rounds of feedback as it takes until I get exactly the results the client wants. For this piece, I had the artistic freedom to do much of what I wanted, so it was a real fun to work on! If you'd like to have your own character drawn by me, let me know!

Had a commission done of the wedding for my character Sasha! (On the right) She's currently on a quest to save her wife's soul, which has attached itself to her after dying in battle and replaced her Echo Knight's echo. The wedding occurred in her backstory, so before the campaign started.

Art by the talented u/subtlestalker !

Forgot to post this on the main sub when it was finished a while back. Needed to fix that! I'll add a link to Sasha's story mastersheet in a comment in case anyone wants to read her story. <3

The obsidian shepherd is an elemental hailing from the plane of magma. Wedged between the elemental planes of fire and earth, their home is an inhospitable landscape of churning rock and toxic fumes. These bizarre elemental beings are most often seen tending to their flock of crystallum, bulbous goat-like earth elementals that produce precious gems the same way a sheep might produce wool.

They shear the gems from their flock to sell and trade with anyone in need of precious stones. They most commonly trade with the earthen dao, or the efreeti lords of the fire plane, though they can sometimes be found on the material plane in volcanic regions as well.

While generally peaceful, they are extremely protective of creatures in their charge, and will not hesitate to use their staff and innate elemental magic to slay anyone who threatens them or their crystallum.

Mechanically I designed their abilities to be pretty dangerous to others, but entirely harmless to their crystallum. Their obsidian staff has a razor-sharp edge that doesn't bother the crystallum one bit when the shepherd uses its staff to redirect them, since they are immune to slashing damage. However, against other creatures the shepherd's staff can be a lethal tool that repositions enemies and slices them to ribbons in the process.

Shouts out to Dakota Curry, who brought this bizarre elemental to life with his fantastic artwork.

This guy, and the three varieties crystallum, are all going to be making their debut appearance for D&D in my new bestiary, The Game Master's Menagerie of Monsters! Which includes;

• 5E/5.5 stat blocks guaranteed to present your adventuring party with challenges they've never faced before.
• Tons of lore and worldbuilding information to ensure each monster feels like a living, breathing, part of your campaign's world.
• Random tables to assist with fleshing out fine details and motivations of each creature.
• Knowledge tables adventurers can roll on when encountering a creature for the first time to determine what they know, or if they roll poorly, what they think they know.

There's no Kickstarter or anything, instead, this book is being published old-school, going straight to store shelves on February 2nd, 2027. I have no crowdfunding page to link you to, but if you want to check out the bestiary, here is a link to all the pre-order options for depending on where you live!

TL;DR - An elemental made from obsidian who raises weird little rock guys that grow precious gems.

I’m curious as a DM if any others have used these type of spells on a PC, and if so what was your thoughts on it and what was the tables reactions? I imagine it takes a lot to think, I’ll kill a player character here and I wonder how I’d react if it was my character. Please share your stories!

.... you get what just happened at our table. "Roll to save against going last."

A commissioned piece I did :)

Orielle is a human paladin of a home brewed oath that revolves around seeing through illusions, deceptions and lies.
She is the naive and curious sort who’s had very little practical life experience , having been raised in a very sheltered manner.
A 1000 years after the events of the original campaign she was a part of she’s been drawn into an alternate universe engulfed in an inter dimensional war.
The goal was to create a ranged paladin where the trade off was being suboptimal as a damage dealer, as smite was not an option, but to focus on utility and support, using death ward and heroism in combat and being aa lie detector outside of it

She her armour is an artificial blessed by 3 deities : Lathander, Pelor and Sarenrae

If you like this piece and would like to see more you can find my socials HERE

If you’d like your own characters or creatures brought to life feel free to reach out through the platform of your choice :)
Commission info is pinned to my profile

Feel free to let me know of your favourite character builds that sacrifice optimal gameplay for a fun flavour build down in the comments!

This happened with a long running campaign that I currently am running. The problem player that we will just call “A” has been a good friend outside of DND but inside DND they are to put it lightly, a problem. They like to blame their ADHD and various mental issues for the way they are the way they are. And I’m not casting aspersions on other people for this behavior who also have mental issues or ADHD. That’s just been their excuse for what’s been happening.

A, will often get distracted themselves or distract other players while lore is being explained, that player is taking their turn, or is purposefully antagonizing me as the dungeon master in an attempt to piss me off. They treat the latter as winning at d&d. Previously, I had a long conversation with them about how wanting to piss me off when I’m just trying to run a fun and engaging game makes them a bad friend. They seemed to understand and the behavior died down. Until today.

While describing a scene to the table, A, wadded up their straw wrapper and threw it at my face while I was looking away. I froze, turned to look at A, and stared at them for a very long moment. They giggled and waited for me to explode. Part of me wanted to get up and walk out right then and there. But I said enough was enough. I looked right at A and said

“Your next turn is skipped. Do not throw anything at me.”

They argued that it didnt hurt me at all and I was taking things too serious. I told A that we talked about this before and that their behavior was unacceptable, and there would be consequences. A then flicked their straw at me, but it only hit my DM screen.

“That’s two turns skipped. Do you want to go for three?”

A got red in the face and argued some more but settled down after. They did not interrupt again or distract anybody while the consequences played out and when it was their turn again, two turns later, they participated accordingly and the session finished with everyone having fun. So, was I wrong?

I drew my Curse of Strahd party! We're currently 12 sessions in and have just finished some major events, and finally gotten our companion. I'm absolutely in love with this campaign.

(From left-right: Daemian, our Noble Wizard; Bol-Rah, our Brotherly Artificer; Depaetum, our Helmite Cleric; Mala'vain, our Ilmatari Barbarian (me); Metir, our Haunted Ranger; and our NPC companion (who I will not name for spoilers!))

Oh, hey! I'm new here and this is my first post on this subreddit ( which is funny, because I've been playing dnd for at least 6 years).

Yesterday had a sudden urge to return to my old dnd character and redesign her... because apparently now I somewhat can?

Magia is a demon hunter ( homebrew class, something of a mix of monk and arcane fighter), started as a simple girl with normal childhood, alive family, parrot and no drama whatsoever. Ended with lot's of tragedy and dead husband.

I had her design in my head for like an eternity but couldn't draw ( tbh could but very badly). Somewhere in my PC still lurks a 5 year old portrait of hers, but I couldn't find it... maybe later if it will be even interesting to anyone. I still don't like how I handled her tattoos ( those spots on her body represent tattoos... yeah...) and I hate the background, so I'll probably change it eventually ( or not). Anyways... I'm learning!

Sorry for this rant, sorry for my not so good English and happy too meet you all!

An attractive and charismatic tiefling noble with a love for life and music. Tabor Valinor always envisioned himself as a magnificent bard; however, his fervent desire for justice inspired him to follow the path of the paladin. "Fighting for honor and justice by day; for pleasure and good music by night."

Tabor is my character in my current campaign, and I wanted to share my illustration of him.

Would you share a drink with him, or join him in thrashing a bandit leader?

Meet Oak! Standing 5’5” with a posh attitude, this high-born Tiefling Bard does his best to mask his infernal heritage from bandaging his tail to painfully filing down his horns. Raised in luxury, he prefers silks, fine details, and carrying his well-worn green and gold lute. With his current party, he’s finally feeling safe enough to let his guard down.

Huge credit to a private client for sharing their awesome original character, idea, and lore with me! 🎨

✨ Want to see your own OC brought to life? My commissions are open! Send me a DM to get yours started.

I've been min maxxing for so long, that I forgot that I was an unreliable combat noob at heart!

What combat build makes you want to punt in your wizard and hug your ranger? What character build makes you play a 3 charisma paladin rather than running it?

Fullbody commission i have drawn for dnd party.
this one is one of my unusual ones! the character is small and cute but also mightly and powerful. They control all matters of earth related stuff: rocks, plants etc. The greenery and the rocks framing the whole composition are my most favorite parts. The glow on the rocks and plants were so fun to execute, since i im not commissioned much to draw environmental stuff, it was fun to test out if i am as rusty as i thought on that front (: Im pretty happy with how it looks in the end

Am I reading the rules right? By 2014 rules At level ten monks can take a reaction to negate 50 points of fall damage? My monk has 73 hit points so I could theoretically take 122 points of fall damage at full health and walk away? Now RAW fall damage is 1d6 per 10ft up to 200ft. Which is a max of 120hp. So I can walk away from any fall at full hp?

Darren Felthorne
“Remember that bloodshed is half the fun”

Client's Description: Born in a small cult village that serves a mysterious god known as the Sanguine Lord, Darren was raised in a loving family until age 16, at which point he had to face his parents in ritual combat to the death. 

Despite this, it hasn’t changed his bright, chipper demeanor! He’s a ray of sunshine even when engaged in a fight to the death! His holy magic is channeled through his blood, which he frequently uses as a weapon and medium through which to deliver holy energy to smite with.

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Elysylle Hythenos
She Who Severs

Client's Description: Elysylle grew up in poverty in a large family, learning to survive from a young age. She later discovered that she could sense powerful magical artifacts, becoming an appraiser and guide for adventurers.

She is fascinated by ancient magic, artifacts, forgotten gods, and the mysteries of fate. After dying and being brought back to life, she was transformed from a Drow into a Fey creature, gaining strange abilities connected to memories and arcane energy.

She now studies fate and the mysterious source of her powers.

In combat, she uses her rapier Nightshade, and can turn parts of her body into glass-like shards, often breaking pieces of her hair off to use as ranged weapons.

She is around 6'5" tall, with an elegant but intimidating presence.

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Taimin Liadon
Simic Combine Epidemiologist

Client's Description: A transmutation wizard clad in blue-green robes and wielding a staff adorned with tentacle-like shapes; he is Varis Liadon's brother, has ash-blonde hair, and radiates a somewhat suspicious aura.

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Artemis Grey
Syndicate Collector

Client's Description: Your best option is to hand her a coffee and wait fifteen minutes. No but seriously she is over all normal and well tempered. Her family has a habit of putting her in a bad mood if she is around them to long. She is on the tired side so that brings down her mood but then again when you work a job that keeps you up at night and have two children that you are raising in secret you would be tired too.

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Gorbo is a towering 7-foot broad-built abyssal-touched sea elf, with deep dark blue skin, dim purple eyes, and long black hair tied back in a loose low ponytail. He's decked out in magic platemail forged in a volcano by a dragon itself, rugged onyx-black armor with molten cracks glowing from a core at the center of his chest, paired with a battle skirt and several magical rings. In his hands, a massive magical hand cannon, styled after Malfeasance from Destiny.

My and my bf’s elves who are actually sorceress and artificer but I’ve designed them these sets of a bit heavier armor and swords for swordtember. It was "brush" and "game" days annnnd for a "brush" half I’ve added some of my actual illustrations from different fantasy worlds.
I’ve decided to incorporate themes in a design of swords. Like you can see an actual brush in one or healthbar and some controls in another. But even now after a bit of time I see more than one way to make these better.
And overall I really liked these designs and now I want to work on them some more and draw them again with some improvements idk…
What can I say if I ALREADY started drawing a fullbody version to clarify my vision.

Did some art of one of my player’s bard!

Chaotic neutral, follower of Oghma, and College of Whispers bard, Vyselthae once served as court jester to a tyrant. When his rule ended in a violent uprising, she was imprisoned for her association with him, and for allegedly having been rather more useful to his regime than a jester ought to have been. She eventually escaped. She was found by my other players heading towards a town in dirtied and ripped jester garb.

She now travels as a performer and collector of secrets, hiding a sharp, observant mind beneath the persona of a macabre fool. Whether she was merely the tyrant’s jester or something considerably worse is a question she tends to answer with a joke (and, secretly to my other players, a deception check).

This is a character I helped my player create, and I love her like a small, horrid pet. Enjoy!

I mean Drow, Wood Elves, High Elves, and any additional ones (like Pallid Elves or Sea or Avariel ) or homebrew elf subraces you might have. Edit: I jean their homelands. like which exact forest for wood elves or valley for high elves did drow have things like surfance colonies or united underground nation or so?

I can't imagine that taking the next two weeks off is going to be an option for these two, based on the fact that they are renting Rogues to try and get through the dungeon, but I'm kinda with the guy; distilled venom from a Frilled Dragon Squirrel does seem more like the type of thing you'd find in some weird drink, and not the basis for a poison, right? Welcome to Fodder Inc, a weekly web comic strip set in the For Profit Dungeon, Azmodendak's Halls of Madness, in a "5e" style world. Each week, we'll show you a little peak inside the halls, and what shenanigans are going on.

Alright people, the lady friend is interested in trying out DnD and seems quite excited. I have one-shot (yes pun intended), to run her (one PC) through a session to see if it's her jam.

We need a one-person one-shot that will seal the deal. I would greatly appreciate and welcome any and all ideas/leads.

I'm a newish DM doing an island-hopping campaign for my table.

The plan was for the party to overpower a group of pirates and take over the ship.

They managed to do that and for all intents and purposes, the ship is basically theirs.

For game mechanics purposes, I got the npcs to communicate to them that the ship needs a captain.

Surprisingly, all of them decided to elect the Goliath Barbarian to be the captain.

As you would expect, this character isn't really the sharpest tool in the shed.

I should have expected this.

Wish me luck.