#baby's first campaign

[greetings-non-player-characters]

Wish me luck

[steamclouds]

Local drow absolutely delighted by the weird furred creatures that roam the surface

Cue an "Everyone Approves" joke

[halloweenorangesoda]

whats up tumblr nation

[honeymoon-in-aeor]

We are all aware that whatever happens, whatever crisis of morality the Prime Deities have or don't have, Aeor will fall by the end of the next episode.

I personally believe that the Prime Deities will actively make the choice to destroy the city, as much as it might hurt them to do so. Why, exactly, do I think that?

The very thing that broke this family of gods apart was that Primes got attached to the mortals that the Betrayers wanted to destroy, enough for the Primes to fight for the mortals and lock the Betrayers away so tightly that they could not even grant their worshippers magic. The way the Betrayers see it, the Primes chose these paper dolls, these bad first drafts, over their own siblings.

Maybe the majority of Aeor wants all of them dead. But Archmage Previn and some other mages, according to her, do not want to kill the Primes. Only the Betrayers and the Primordials.

I'm certain the fear that mortals would turn such a weapon on them and use it as soon as they do something that mortals dislike is there.

But what better opportunity for the Primes to show the Betrayers that as much as they fight, as much as they disagree, as much as they hurt each other, they will not let anyone turn their siblings into nothing?

What better opportunity for the Primes, just this once, to choose their siblings over mortals?

[fizpup]

harengon moment 🐇

[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.

[thestarfishface]

Because I am infected with "loving my D&D characters too much" disease I have decided that my next really big video project is going to be a dramatic retelling of the events of our D&D game (the one Verity comes from).

I'm going to narrate it and I have the other players and DM on board to do voice lines for their characters. I want to storyboard the whole thing. The first video will be the entire first story arc that covers about 6-7 months of the campaign. I've spent most of the weekend turning my rambling campaign recaps into a script and I'm probably about halfway done? The whole thing may end up being close to an hour.

I am so excited.

[vegaly-art]

Decided I was in an angsty mood so I drew Elia (An NPC from my dnd game) with his ex-wife and kids before all their lives went to shit because of said ex-wife's choices. Back when he was 20 and still had a spark in his eyes. They were once so happyyyyy- sobs. :,))

But at least Elia has found... peace, if not happiness with his new friends and his church and my silly PC who is the most loyal follower that one could ask for. Probably a bit of an overcorrection after his ex wife's betrayal but... hey :P. Pretty Eladrin is pretty Eladrin <3.

[lelianaslefthand]

my favorite princess and most interesting girl in the world

[gun-leg]

Campaign where pirates are sailing on a lava ocean inside a volcano? Say less, I've already concocted the perfect idiot 🏴‍☠️🌋🐉

[memento-morri-writes]

More dnd writing because it's all I have but I here's a snippet from a vignette I did of Rook's past (from Zara's POV), because Rook and his mentors never fails to make me sick (/pos).

[transcript under the cut]

Taking a coin out of her pocket, she rolled it across her knuckles, back and forth. It gave her hands something to do, and prevented the urge to bite her nails, something she hadn’t done in years. Ten minutes passed, then twenty. Zara began to pace as Rook’s breathing grew shakier and the color drained from his skin. Where the hells is Jay? she wondered. The room was so quiet that she could hear every tick of the small clock on her bedside table, and each one echoed in her head. How many ticks does he have left? She didn’t want to think about it.  She’d had crew members die before, of course. You don’t go as many years as a captain as she had and never lose a soul. But all the others who had died had died quickly, in combat. She’d mourned for all of them, even shed tears in private, but there was something different about watching the life drain out of a person right in front of your eyes.

[gorefreaklintjrwi]

a tiefling guy with white hair and purple skin and orange eyes walks up to you with a weird looking bird guy who's wearing a beat up tank top and sweatpants. they try to sell you a watch. what do you do

[emotigonecreative]

Strixhaven session 4- in which Murr attempts to become one with nature, Mint meets the local fashion students, Cirian runs into his awful older sister and makes enemies with Ava, Kenny and Hootian bond over shared bird-ness, Hahdrim attempts to use his psychic skills to absorb knowledge, and the group fights enchanted frogs.

[robinpixels]

one thing that hasnt changed in a whole decade is she still loves dressing up!! 🥺

[rubenesque-as-fuck]

Didn't have a battlemat at the DnD session today, so we improvised by just drawing a grid feeehand on the glass-top table

[otterlyart]

Fun thought.

With people complaining how it’s not a ‘bell hell’s’ show anymore and how they didn’t get to do anything blah blah, I actually thought of LOTR

Yknow hobbits? Those little guys no one thought important? Cuz they can’t fight like elves or dwarfs or do magic like Gandalf or be Super Important like a secret king? Yeah those are our level 8 bells hells.

They’re not Voice of the Tempest or Secret Order Super Monk to fight corruption or a dunamatic wizard turning dragon.

They’re level 8.

But yknow what, they destroyed a key. They have connections. They have loyalty and friendship. They’re tough. They’re the little guys. And if people are gonna underestimate them? Well, we all know how the last story turned out.

I maybe be biased (I know an embarrassing amount about LOTR) but I think you're on to something anon.

Vox Machina and the Mighty Nein are powerful heroes who can shape the world around them. At this point, they're all basically demigods.

And then you have Bells Hells, a ragtag group of people who didn't quite fit anywhere else. And despite being so small in the overall scope of things, still stare down death with the same voracity as people huge power levels above them.

And that's what really makes them compelling. That's why this is their story, despite cameos and mentions of previous campaigns. Because while the old guard's spells and power are great, they are nothing in the face of this small group's sheer will.

And that's what campaign three is about.

No matter how small you are, and how limited your options seem, you always have the capacity to create change.

And to be fair, doesn't everyone seem small when facing the end of the world?