#battle master fighter

[bigbootart]

New ref!

Recently remembered one of my favorite dnd characters and thought i should draw her again!

i will not be posting the original drawing i made of her 2 years ago it is not good

[lady-ginnie]

Tonight, during Dungeons and Dragons:

For context, a while ago, our tiefling monk got his hands on some...uh...illicit drugs and a set of bombs used for mining. He's been carrying the bombs and drugs for around 4 or 5 sessions.

Last session, the monk, human fighter, and my character, a minotaur druid, got into a spot of trouble during what should have been an easy, in-and-out job, and wound up killing an ogre dockworker. Our fighter unsuccessfully tried to frame the dock foreman for the crime (the foreman was a dick who totally deserved it), but got caught LITERALLY red handed, as there was still blood on his hands.

So, tonight's session, our cleric returned from his hiatus and got filled in on what happened. We were waiting for a letter, so the cleric thought it would be best to lie low in the city for a bit.

Then we see the bounty.

A bounty for the "Zoltan Gang" (Zoltan being the name of our fighter), with a perfect illustration of the fighter's face on it. My druid and the monk were listed as well, but their pictures weren't nearly as accurate. The fighter panics and states that we need to leave town now, so we begin making preparations to go.

Here's the problem: the entrance gates to the city are all guarded, with checkpoints looking for contraband. And presumably criminals.

Our fighter is wanted for murder.

And the monk has drugs and bombs.

Drugs and bombs he almost got arrested with when we ENTERED the city.

So, the monk comes up with a plan.

He wraps the drugs and bombs up so that they resemble a bento box, and asks me to smuggle them out. By this point, I was already a hawk, flying above and watching out for guards so we could get Zoltan out safely. The monk, who can communicate telepathically, tells me to take the bag and make it look like an animal just stole some dude's lunch.

I do so.

The monk then proceeds to go a bit overboard on the acting and goes, "Oh, no, a bird stole my lunch!" thus drawing attention.

A gate guard, trying to be helpful, SHOOTS ME DOWN.

I pop back into minotaur form, tumble over the outer wall, and land in the moat surrounding the city.

The guards were so distracted by a bird turning into a bull that Zoltan was able to get out of the city. But now all eyes are on me.

And I'm now in possession of the drugs and bombs.

So I panic and turn into a large trout, dragging the bag with me into the water and swimming around to the complete opposite side of the city from my friends, while guards go on high alert for a shape-shifting bird-bull-trout. I wind up jumping a levy into a river, get close to some docks where I'm able to pop back into my minotaur form, and get on dry land.

Except.

It's the dock where we killed the ogre last session.

Cue anxiety attack as my nearly 8' tall druid boi tries to remain as inconspicuous as possible while moving across the docks. I made it! But I was back in the city. With bombs. And drugs. And all my friends outside.

Luckily the cleric got back in and was able to find me, but while I was more than willing to leave the bag at this point, the cleric didn't just want to leave bombs in the middle of a city, "where any 5 year old could get hold of it" (valid, honestly).

So, we try the plan again (I'd been in the city long enough to constitute a short rest), and I'm shot at AGAIN. Luckily this one missed.

We did find out later that the bombs no longer worked after getting wet, so we wound up leaving them behind anyway.

So, what should have been an easy walk out of the city took up almost an hour of the session, and it was HILARIOUS.

[cursedcrowscaw]

She is very dapper.

[manmadeofclay]

⚠️ WIP⚠️

This is my halfling (3.5 ft tall) himbo battle master fighter, Inigo Dantes De La Rosa.

Imagine puss in boots meets Inigo Montoya a cocky swordsman out to become the greatest sword fighter who ever lived.

[fernrisulfr]

Surt - King of the Kobolds

I’ve in generally tried to space these posts out, which is why they’re all in que, but these last two in the “Faulty Concept” section are short, so Imma just churn them out. This was a character that was stuck in my head for awhile, a pompous egotistical Kobold completely certain of his superiority, and with a high pitched voice to match. The main issue was he was VERY hard to take seriously and likely too comedic for long term play. I did however get the delight of the Firbolg Barbarian throwing me at something.  

Kobold - Fighter (Battle Master) - Noble - Chaotic Neutral - Surt

Backstory Concept: Kobold on a quest to vanquish evil in order to earn his claim to the title King of the Kobolds. Sent on this quest by his father Highlord Splurt. Speaks in a VERY high pitched voice.

Note: Idea abandoned/deemed suitable only for One-shots due to how comically high his voice is, and that his general personality seems incapable of being taken seriously and thus would ruin serious scenarios.

Appearance: 3′, 30 lbs. Red black scales, smoldering red eyes. Scrawny and angular. Has something resembling some sort of beard. Long thin horns jutting from the back of his head. Raptor like feat. Wears studded leather, wielding a Rapier. Clothes are mismatched and clearly don’t go together. Pants are baggy, green and white stripes. 

[editsulli]

Kao Cen Darach battle master

[gammawilson]

Burrow’s End is truly amazing, a heart wrenching story told through D&D stoats. I recommended it to my friend and they immediately made a fan stoat and now so have I. I’ll be drawing him more in between other projects.

Still working on him and his background. He is an older adventurer who lives around the Red Warren, stopping by to help mentor the younger generations. With the coming of the poison fog who knows where he’ll go now?

They wear birch bark armor and wield a bone sword, both made himself.

Also look him and his patchy fur he’s so cute !

[limblesstar]

everyone please look at my beautiful wife patroclus in bg3! hes a tiefling beast master ranger.

also ft his stupid blond elf boyfriend achilles

[dekarios]

i love how this carried over into the bg3 community too

[kamon-nagisa]

Vladiona Vazilev, Tiefling, Battle Master Fighter I played last year. She's my first character as well. Now a mama of 4

[rooolt]

Actual play characters will be battle masters and I’ll be a little disappointed because there’s so many other fun fighter subclasses and everyone’s always a battle master, but then I’ll see them play and it’s like fine maybe this is a bit cool

[cryptid-peanut]

Another Rieka piece from @artwins! This time, they've suffered a rather nasty injury. Nothing a little blood can't fix!

[therarestartand]

[hardygalwrites]

"Lost little boy, without a home, pretending to be a knight... What is your request?"

It's been a hot hot hot minute since I posted about my TTRPG characters (or posted anything at all really), but look who it is again!

For as long as he can remember, Nova was raised by the "Order of the Ever Watchful," or "The Everwatch," a knightly order focused on aiding others and preserving knowledge. Taught and nurtured by the men and women who made up the order, Nova longed for the day he would finally be old enough to be declared a knight of The Everwatch himself.

But that day never came. Instead, a year before Nova's eighteenth birthday, the order was wiped off the face of the continent. Nova ended up being captured by the mercenaries who did the deed, and was held captive for a whole year before he finally managed to escape. When he returned to the tower he called home, all he found was rubble and the rotting remains of those who had raised him.

Never having been one who could process grief, Nova simply shut down for a day, lying amidst the ruins of his home.

Credit for this incredible art piece goes to _simpera_ on Instagram! The line work is sublime, and the expression on Nova's face is especially perfect :']

[fernrisulfr]

Antares

Another time I really should have saved the backstory I created for a game I applied to, if for no other reason than reference. 

Thri-Kreen - Fighter (Battlemaster) - Gladiator

Backstory Concept: Thri-Kreen Spartacus. His people also worked in a mine that was essentially an ant-farm. "A prison of glass and steel, where the masses watched our toil for amusement".

[each-dustbin1]

More and more and more and more (don't ask me why there's a golf one on the fighting game wiki, or why it's not the first time I posted it)