#Barbarian Hermit

[columnistfromtheabyss]

One of the best albums of 2024; heavyweight melodic stoner sludge doom. Barbarian Hermit did it again.

Favorite songs: Deadbolt, Kick Up The Dust, Heal The Tyrant

[gbhbl]

Interview: Adam Robertshaw (Guitar) and Rob Sutcliffe (Bass) of Barbarian Hermit (Video/Audio)

The 2nd of August 2024 will see the return of Barbarian Hermit, Manchester’s leading purveyors of groove laden, stoner/doom metal. We spoke to guitarist Adam Robertshaw and bassist Rob Sutcliffe of Barbarian Hermit about their new album, Mean Sugar and so much more.

The 2nd of August 2024 will see the return of Barbarian Hermit, Manchester’s leading purveyors of groove laden, stoner/doom metal. Released on APF Records, ‘Mean Sugar’ may just be the heaviest ever tribute to Northern life. Recorded by Joe Clayton at No Studio and mastered by Chris Fielding (Foel Studios), the album sees the return of original vocalist Simon Scarlett who helped craft the band’s…

[mjart12699]

Sorry I’ve been absent and I’m sorry I haven’t updated the Adopted!AU in a while but the only thing I can think to write is an Ice Planet Barbarians au featuring my faves

I apologize in advance if I actually end up posting it

[hermitdrabbles56]

....I just automatically associate Twilight with the barbarian D&D class and that's a huge part of why I tend to write him the way I do.

Minimal armor

Good with heavy weapons but also ranged ones and blades

High strength

Animal bonds/connections

And can very easily be written as misunderstood/mistaken for dangerous when he's just a fucking dumbass

[dunmanticarchivistsmain]

Might not be news to others but just found out Cleo is a DM for a dnd campaign irl! There's probably enough hermits who dnd for a campaign hmmm?

[brittle-doughie]

I had just came up with an idea: The Beast Cookies as a DnD group, known as the Beast Party; an old group of heroes that existed for a very long time and were seen as saviors, but as time went on, people began to become more ungrateful, greedy, selfish, and so much more that they were done and turned over to the side of evil.

Mystic Flour Cookie is a Cleric (Tempest Domain), acolyte/hermit background, a Mummified Drider, lawful evil, and is 7 ft.

Eternal Sugar Cookie is a Bard (College of Whispers), an urchin background, chaotic evil, is a Deva Angel-Erinyes mix, and is 5'2" ft.

Burning Spice Cookie is a Barbarian (Path of Berserker), and outlander/gladiator background, an Orog (a child of a male Orc and a female Ogre), is chaotic evil, and is 8 ft.

Silent Salt Cookie is a Paladin (Oathbreaker), a knight/hermit background, a Death Knight species, is neutral evil, and is 6 ft.

And finally, Shadow Milk Cookie is a Druid (Circle of Stars), once a sage now an entertainer background, chaotic evil, and is a 3'4" ft. tall Changeling.

What do you think of it?

I suppose it’s pretty interesting, even if my knowledge with this is pretty limited

[ruewrites]

DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS CLASSES FOR THE CHARACTERS BECAUSE I'M A NERD

Lucifer

Devotion turned Oathbreaker Paladin

Far Traveler Background

Mammon

Arcane Trickster Rogue

Charlatan Background

Leviathan

Storm Sorcerer

Hermit Background

Satan

Berserker Barbarian

Investigator Background

Asmodeus

College of Glamour Bard

Entertainer Background

Beelzebub

Rune Knight Fighter

Bodyguard Background

Belphegor

Death Domain Cleric

Bereaved Background

Lilith

Circle of Stars Druid

Amnesiac Background

Diavolo

Drakewarden Ranger

Noble Background

Barbatos

Long Death Monk

Butler Background

Mephistopheles

College of Lore Bard

Noble Background

Simeon

War Domain Cleric

Writer Background

Raphael

Eldritch Knight Fighter

City Watch Background

Luke

Paladin of Devotion

Cook Background

Solomon

Order of the Profane Soul Bloodhunter (Archfey Patron)

Endless Soul Background

Thirteen

Battlesmith Artificer

Experimenter Background

[gracefireheart]

Got DnD on my mind, so here's Demoman as an Elf Blood Hunter, Medic as a Tiefling Cleric, and Heavy as a Half-Orc Barbarian 💃

Btw, if you haven't already, please go and sign the petition for #FixTF2 that's on this site right here: https://save.tf/

A few side notes for these three drawings:

If you're wondering what race and class (and maybe subclass) I chose for the rest of the squad, you can read the post I made right here. And since making that post, I also tried assigning backgrounds as well (that comes with the basic DnD Player's Handbook). Demoman would be (as you can obv see) a Sailor, but moreso specifically the Pirate variant. Medic meanwhile would be a Sage (that was actually pretty well respected, but then did something that got him kicked out). And I thought that Heavy would probably be a Hermit. As for what I picked out for the others; Soldier is a Soldier, Spy is a Criminal (Spy variant), Scout is a Charlatan, Sniper is an Outlander, Engineer is a Guild Artisan, and idk what to pick for Pyro between Folk hero, Urchin, and Noble.

At first, I was a bit iffy what to pick for Demoman between him being an Elf, Half-Elf, and a Minotaur. But then I said "Fuck it. I don't care if Elves are supposed to have lighter skin and straighter hair or whatever, let this handsome af man be an Elf with long, curly hair." I like it :)

I had such a struggle trying to figure out how to color Medic's outfit o(-( At first, it was going to be a lot of off-white colors with a bit of red, then some off-white along with some red and black, then darker colors with some red, so on and so forth. Ngl, it tired me out a lil' orz Oh, and his holy symbol is an amulet he has hidden away in his clothing.

The staff Medic's holding is something I tinkered around with quite a few days ago riiiight here. Idk, I just really liked how the staff looked :')

Imo, I was a bit lazy with Heavy's outfit orz Mostly 'cause I have no clue how to spice up Barbarian clothes besides "give it a bit of fur."

[rhyfedd-games]

Dnd hermit number 19, rising from the tides with his gale hammer, comes the Triton Barbarian Xisuma.

I know i said it yesterday as well but this is my new favourite.

[turkwriter]

Reds and Blues, D&D Style

Simmons: Chthonic Tiefling Wizard with a Scribe background and Evoker subclass

Caboose: Cloud Giant Goliath Wizard with a Hermit background and Necromancer subclass

Grif: Hill Dwarf Bard with an Entertainer background and College of Lore subclass

Sarge: Rock Gnome Barbarian with a Sailor background and Path of the Berserker Subclass

Tucker: Blue Dragonborn Fighter with a Guard background and Champion subclass

Church: Aasimar Sorcerer with a Sage background and Clockwork Sorcery (Alpha)/Aberrant Sorcery (Epsilon) subclasses

Donut: Lightfoot Halfling Warlock with a Farmer background and Great Old One Patron subclass

Wash: Elf Rogue with a Wayfarer background and Soulknife subclass

Doc: Human Cleric with an Acolyte background and Life Domain subclass for himself, but a Charlatan background and Trickery Domain subclass for O'Malley

Lopez: Human Druid with an Artisan background and Circle of the Stars subclass

Tex: Half-Orc Ranger with a Soldier background and Hunter subclass

Carolina: Half-Elf Monk with a Noble background and Warrior of the Open Hand subclass

Locus: Orc Paladin with a Criminal background and Oath of Vengeance subclass (changes to the Oath of Devotion after his Heel Face Turn)

Sister: Hill Dwarf Bard with an Entertainer background and College of Dance subclass

[griffinshoardofpencils]

ZIT as D&D for @shepscapades Hermit Design Swap event! Details below cut :)

Zedaph is a satyr Alchemist Artificer! He loves random tables, like wild magic and madness, and will purposefully throw himself into traps in dungeons multiple times in order to get the DM to roll on the table again. He has died twice already. His characters are all exactly the same except for one letter in their name.

Tango is a fire genasi of teifling origin Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer. He’s the new player who decided to make their character fire themed and only fire themed with every solution being “firebolt”, “scorching ray” or, of course, “FIREBALL”. He did not know that fire damage was one of the most common resistances, but boy did he have a good time when they fought some Blights that one time.

Impulse is a fallen aasimar of dwarf origin Oath of Conquest Paladin with 1 level in Barbarian. Impulse is the only player to ever exist in dnd who a) likes puzzles and b) can solve them. This makes his DM very happy. He also loves minmaxing characters, to the point where he had to be nerfed at some point.

[pjsk-headcanons]

DND person here again

Tsukasa once got locked in a bag of holding for a show. They couldn’t take him out so the show ended early. He barely survived.

WxS party on several occasions adopted goblins. They all died horribly.

Ena is a barbarian who’s learning not to rage.

Hermit tiefling Mizuki canon!!!

Shiho knows some spells from Shizuku

Gunslinger Akito???

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[plumadot]

hi plume!! do you have any hcs/thoughts on what each hermit or life series member’s dnd class would be?? i’ve thought about it a lot (like pearl and scar are both rangers to me) but i love seeing if other people think similarly to me!!

GFDJGKJFKGJFD eeeeeeeeeeeee i've been thinking about this quite a bit but i didn't know whether it was weird to post it lmao i've been wanting to try and make the magical mountain friends into a d&d party haha

scar is always a bard for me (college of lore to be specific), but i think he's a bard/ranger this season!!!!! ren is definitely a bard as well, maybe college of eloquence. grian's weird thing with the ocean makes him a fathomless warlock for me lmao. gem is a swashbuckler rogue but mmmm maybe also some levels of druid. lots of redstoners would make great artificers or maybe even sorcerers or wizards. impulse also has cleric energy to me because idk he has healer vibes. i somehow feel like skizz would be a barbarian but like. the heart of gold type of character jgkfdjg. oh and doc could be a conquest paladin for the goat mother. and bdubs is a moss druid yes i just made that up but you know!!!!!! you know!!!! lol i think that's most of what i've been thinking about kgfjdkgj i love pearl as a ranger!!!! time to think about that more now heheh

[mjart12699]

Sooooo I had made a little Ice Planet Barbarians crossover thing a while back while stuck in art block. Just realized that I never posted it anywhere.

[its-not-a-pen]

commission piece, character profiles for a Romance of the Three Kingdoms inspired DnD game. prompt: ancient china inspired fantasy characters. front facing poses that clearly display their personality. each character should be identified by a unique colour.

notes under the cut:

Colours are based on beijing opera colour theory.

De Di Barbarian her clothes were inspired by 2nd century xiong nu chieftain, with some leopard fur trimmings. the braids are based on kublai khan's portrait. this was my favourite design because all the additional research was super fun. the common perception of the xiongnu is a barbarian dressed in drab leathers and furs, (they did have leather clothes! it's in the middle pic) but it wasn't the only thing they wore. i decided to split the difference between fantasy and history and add some fur elements to a padded linen jacket. you'll notice that her jacket has a left-side closure, which was traditional in the northern nomadic tribes. that pic of kublai khan, which was drawn by the chinese, actually got this detail wrong, and has a right-side closure. Green: violent, impulsive, lacks restraint

2. Ominous Shen Wizard This wise Daoist hermit has shunned the corrupt mortal world, and also soap. he has a conch shell of dubious magical properties, and it made me think "oh can he hear the voices of the gods through it?" so i drew him holding it up like a cellphone. the Heavens called, loser. It said you've lost the divine mandate. Blue: neutral, stubborn, astute, fierce

3. Yun Bao Warrior pretty typical han dynasty laminar armour, with sun jian's famous red cap. he has the idealism of fictional Liu Bei, and all the scruples of IRL Liu Bei (not enough to fill a wine cup). he is a traitor, so i suggested the white cloak on top of the red. it's got all the necessary colour symbolism, and serves as a double red herring. western audiences will assume white is the colour of purity, chinese audiences will assume it's a zhao yun reference. textually, he is wearing funeral clothes. whose funeral? haven't decided yet :) red: courage, heroism, intelligence white: traitor

4. Hua Ti King this guy is 50% cao cao, 50% yuan shu, and 100% punchable. the yellow clothes by itself wasn't giving me the right vibes, because during the zhou-han dynasties, black was the colour of royalty, so I decided to add more black. yellow: cruel, hypocritical, sly black: neutral, upright, strict, lawful

[justavulcan]

Backgrounds With Class: Simic Scientist

I'll be honest: Ravnica has always fascinated me. I was a high schooler when the first set came out, and I was immediately consumed creating characters for the setting. Now that we've actually received my long-awaited crossover, I thought it would be nice to write a love letter to the setting in the form of another Backgrounds with Class series. After all: some guilds have natural class choices tied in, from a conceptual standpoint. Boros and Fighter, Izzet and Wizard, Selesnya and Druid. But guilds aren’t class-restricted, and so I wonder what it would look like if you paired every class with every guild background, even the ones that seem at odds, like Izzet and Barbarian, or Gruul and Artificer.  So I thought about it, and this is what I came up with.  Some character concepts for each class, and each Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica background for each class.

The Simic Scientist Artificer was always a practical sort.  Enamored with the surgeon’s art from his youth and with a fast friend of decades working in the Izzet League, he’s found ways to adopt the other science guild’s technology for medical use on a number of occasions, particularly their chemistry.  The reverse is also true- unbeknownst to those around him, he’s been trading insider secrets for his colleague’s aid.  He doesn’t view this as a betrayal- to his mind, it’s a crime that there isn’t already an exchange of innovation in the regular course of things.  Surely their fields would advance much more quickly with the aid of other points of view.

The Simic Scientist Barbarian is an experimental direction for the Guardian Project, a soldier with adaptive talents flexible enough to change specialization on the fly or between engagements.  Trained with weapons and spliced with at least a little sluiceway scorpion, she believes wholeheartedly in the assurances of her experimental overseer that she will one day no longer need armaments of steel, as her hybrid traits and experimental mutagenic adrenal glands grow into full maturity.

The Simic Scientist Bard has a job as an educator, putting her keen understanding of biology and biomancy to work in the classroom imparting wisdom to her students.  Adept at teaching by multiple avenues to suit different learning styles, she is always conscientious to mix the practical and hands-on with deep concepts, and takes the careers of her students very seriously after graduation.  In her off hours, she works as a consultant for other matters, both in the lab and on the street, and has started to make a name for herself as one of the public faces of the Combine.

The Simic Scientist Cleric kneels at no altar that the people of Ravnica would know, but many of her peers would understand, if not condone.  The Simic Combine is not a religious organization, but surely they can see that knowledge itself is a thing divine no less than the Worldsong of the Conclave or the Orzhov’s Church of Deals.  While her colleagues view this eccentricity with bemusement and even occasional suspicion, she is more than welcome in the lab, as her work has an uncanny prescient feel to it, often making breakthroughs just when it would be useful.

The Simic Scientist Druid is an oddity even among Simic Biomancers.  Originally a Guardian Project volunteer, this druid is technically a krasis rather than a hybrid, as the ratio of hermit crab to vedalken is too high to qualify her as a simic hybrid.  Still loyal to the combine that reforged her into a clumsy new shell-bearing body, the druid serves the Hull Clade, her defensively-oriented mind an asset to guardian squads in the field and biomancers working with shell, carapace, and scale in the lab. 

The Simic Scientist Fighter is a typical product of the Guardian Project: a disciplined, careful, and tactically gifted elf with latent mollusc traits.  Trained for both long-range and short-range combat, he is being groomed for a position as a squadron leader to field both terrestrial and aquatic threats- a true amphibious soldier.  This flexibility is reflected in his mindset- despite his participation in the Guardian Project and aggressive skillset, he is a Holdfast advocate, claiming it’s far more important for the Combine to ground themselves than to expand aggressively; overreach is a mistake.

The Simic Scientist Monk is an experimental departure from tradition.  Raised deep underwater as a potential Deepsage, their tradition of unarmed combat has met with modern biomancy and medical knowledge to produce a warrior with a literal healer’s touch.  Mastering the flow of vital energies and fluids through their own body and those of others, they are as skilled a healer as a bodyguard, equally adept at setting bones and force-healing contusions as bringing death with a touch.

The Simic Scientist Paladin follows an uncommon tradition among elves, a holdover  from his time among the Selesnya growing up.  While he’s firmly an Upwelling adherent, confident that change is the way forward for the Combine, his own magical tradition is among the oldest on Ravnica, as he swore an oath to life itself to be a light in the world.  Many of his colleagues shake their heads at the juxtaposition, but he’s not dissuaded by their confusion- after all, Upwelling is a resurgence of old matters and ways, not an act of genesis.

The Simic Scientist Ranger is a field researcher, a lab assistant who, after his amphibian hybridization, seeks to assess the results of his guild’s work in the field.  From chill ocean below to lofty aeries above, he ranges to see that the Combine’s work finds its niche, and observe how the web of life on Ravnica changes to fit.  He’s also one of the hunters the Combine turns to when they have need of samples from exotic wildlife, or when a krasis proves disastrous for its environment and must be euthanized.

The Simic Scientist Rogue was part of the Combine’s covert troubleshooting force before the inception of the Guardian Project, and remains so to this day.  Usually dispatched as an investigator or recovery specialist, as the guild has ramped up its preparations for wartime she has found herself more and more involved in guerrilla action against threats preemptively.  Always a proponent of striking harder sooner, she is keen to do whatever she can to keep the Simic at its best.

The Simic Scientist Sorcerer, as a prospective member of Gyre Clade, often finds herself involved in the less physical of the guild’s pursuits.  Be it assessing the mana currents of the hidden oceans or seeking strange weather phenomena to observe the dispersal of energy, her apprenticeship has been anything but dull.  It’s helped to give focus to her talents, though, which run toward the stormy, and often leave her struggling to pay attention to things if she’s not confronted with novelty now and again.

The Simic Scientist Warlock came up from the zonots with the second generation of merfolk to grace the surface.  Having long ago made peace and pact with a great beast of the deep, she quickly found her talents for team support in high demand among Guardian Project strike teams and Crypsis Clade scouting missions.  She’s very protective of the fine abalone necklace she wears loose around her neck; it’s both a mark of her pact and the only thing she brought with her to remember her parents by.

The Simic Scientist Wizard is, by all accounts, brilliant- surgeon extraordinaire and transmuter-scientist of the Fin clade, it seems there is little he cannot do if he sets his mind and hands to it.  Of the two, the surgeon’s path is far more important to him, as he would rather save lives with tools and expertise than work at biomancy- so much so that he’s rejected or missed opportunities for more profitable apprenticeships in favor of earning his surgical license and trying for a private practice.  Unfortunately, the money’s run out, and he’s recently had to turn his mind from clean, sterile lab work to the rough conditions and uncertain developments of field work.