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[appeltjesgroen]

"What's your favourite song, ribbit?”

Dorian

Bells Hells, Critical Role

[nythscribble]

we got a mans and his daughter

bday gift for @gray-ghost-waves <3

her draconic bloodline sorcerer as a baby with her (definitely not a dragon in disguise) father :))))

[amoodybun]

[96/100]

A Warlock Silky Terrier!

The summons nested in her fur.  Festered and warmed.

All the Dogs so far!

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[cr00kedt33th]

this one was fun and whimsical

[spacetrashvt]

Illustration commission last month for a friend’s DND character!

[bigboyhammerhead]

Them: Why are you crying, it’s just a D&D comedy show?

The D&D show: Can I ask you a favor? Can you just tell me all the least important stuff?…If I’d have been there, I would’ve seen all the stuff that didn’t matter, and that’s the stuff I miss.

[grimprim3]

How I like to imagine dnd would go with the Greek gods.

Hermes: Ares, for the last time you can’t use fireball cause you’re a barbarian! If you want to use fire ball you need to change characters!

Apollo: so can I serenade the door?

Hermes: ITS A FUCKING DOOR!

Aphrodite: oh that reminds me can I seduce the door?

Hermes: NO!

Athena: is it unlocked?

Hermes: yes.

Athena: then I open the door.

Hermes: there’s a dragon.

Ares: I STRIKE IT DOWN!

Hermes: roll. *Ares got a natural one* the dragon smites you down with its tail and you take +15 damage.

Ares: FUCK!

Athena: I use detect magic.

Hermes: you detect that there’s a giant fucking dragon in front of you, and that there’s some Magic’s swords and shields surrounding it. Now before anyone else does anything like “seducing the dragon”. Aphrodite. Please roll for turn order.

let me know if you guys want more of this cause this was kinda fun to write

[salbertwolf]

Wanna see a moth? Yes you do of course

[evans-endeavors]

PARAMONOS

The Knight Card! from my Hades Campaign, but a few years after the events of the campaign.

Warrior representing both Ares and Aphrodite

(sorry for the blood and the almost nudity. i had a vision)

[underdogarts]

Ezren Family Roadtrip portraits - the bees in my brain said I MUST make art for these little guys again

[batcrooks]

Areli, a leonin Paladin! She used to be in the city guard and wanted to become a fantasy detective, but she accidentally discovered an undercurrent of corruption in the guard's higher-ups (after her senior partner's ~mysterious death~) that led to her quitting the force, both to avoid having to participate in the corruption and so as not to become a target for knowing too much. Currently lives in a Very Small apartment that she rents from a Ratfolk.

[catinthedicebag]

These dice are inspired by the "God of War", Ares himself. Again after the design of the god from the Hades game, which is still one of my favourite games. These dice are still raw and need some sanding and inking.

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[helihi]

The Olympians I'm the Dungeon Master of a Graeco-roman inspired dnd campaign called Champions of Olympia!

Commissions

The Chthonic Gods

I decided to do artwork for all the gods for my players. For this, I did a ton of research of the Greek mythology with some extra Roman add-ons since the campaign focuses on gladiators and the Coloseum. I also drew inspiration from Stray Gods, Hades, God of War, Hadestown and some YouTube channels who discuss Greek myths.

[2dmax]

PAY WHAT YOU WANT, GET WHAT YOU GET

Minimum charge is $50. I make my art traditionally and digitally with a variety of media, but primarily nib pens & ink, alcohol marker, gouache, colored pencils, crayon, and oil pastel, and the program Clip Studio Paint.

The lower your price, the more creative control I ask to retain. Higher prices net you more figures and poses in higher detail to higher degrees of your specification, with more revisions allowed.

Couples, groups, furries, scalies, ferals, robots, metahumans, backgrounds and props all OK. Not sure? Just ask!

Here’s what to expect:

Send me a PM with basic info; what you would like me to draw, your budget, and if you have a deadline.

I will ask a few questions to be able to build up the concept. I will also give you my e-mail, where you can send me further info and any references you'd like to share!

Your sketch is typically ready within a week; I’ll always update you on my progress. After we agree on the sketch, payment will be due. After it’s paid, I will give you an estimate for when I will be finished with your piece.

Your finished artwork will be e-mailed to you. I am also happy to mail physical art!

terms of service and other usage notes below the cut!

Thank you for reblogging, even if you’re not interested in a commission right now! 🎨⭐

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[random-dnd-minis]

Greek Pantheon dnd minis

yeah i was a gay and neurodivergent child in the 2000's, of course i was obsessed with greek mythology

Zeus

Posiedon

Hades

Hera

Demeter

Hestia

Athena

Ares

Aphrodite

Apollo

Artemis

Hephaestus

Hermes

Dionysus

Persephone

i might do more idk

[realunderlake]

Fantasy Ideology Part 1: Magic

I don't know if this is anything, but sometimes I like to think about the ideological and social impacts about elements of fantasy worldbuilding.

Like, take magic for example. There are generally different ways it's presented in fantasy fiction. Sometimes, it requires an innate aspect of being to use (a la the force in Star Wars, or however the heck harry potter magic works.) Sometimes this innate aspect is heritable, and sometimes it is completely random. Other times, magic is something that requires rigorous study. And yet, we seem to have one broad conception of magic in most fantasy media: Wizards sitting off in their tower, doing spells and stuff. Most settings don't think about how magic would impact the world that much, and instead make the world a bland, medieval Europe pastiche.

But lets look at magic from a social perspective, taking the classic DnD approach of "A wizard can be taught magic, though it generally takes a long time, and they should start from adolescence." You know what Magic is then comparable to? Because it's not a university professor... It's a Knight. For much of human history, aristocrats were warriors, because learning to be a *good* warrior, who used the most high tech stuff (whether that be chariots, or the couched lance) took a lot of effort, and you had to start pretty young, similar to how magic works. Thus, the social consequences of magic should be obvious, magic should be something that is used by the upper classes of a society, as they are the ones that are able to invest the time and energy into mastering it.

Perhaps however, as technology advances, magic becomes more widespread. Rather than having to painstakingly craft your own equipment, you can get it mass produced. Rather than working on outdated theories of physics (Aristotelian perhaps) you can observe the effects and costs of magic in a much more scientific way, increasing the effectiveness, and perhaps lowering the barrier to entry. Magic would be less blacksmithing, and more welding.

But in an instance like that, the ruling classes would not simply give up this power that they have, unless they have a reason to do so. Perhaps a king supports an up and coming magical bourgeoise to counteract the power of the magic-wielding noble class, for example. A good example of this is in the webnovel Mother of Learning, where the social forces have driven magic to be more equally available, after a devastation of the magic using ruling class through a combination of calamitous war, and the magical equivalent of the black death. In this gap of experienced mages, most of the polities have begun to allow "middle class" non-mage families into magical academies to bolster their ability to fight in the next continent-spanning conflict. This in turn has led to a backlash by the magic-wielding aristocracy, who have engaged in power struggles with the central government of the kingdom in which the story takes place, with many of these "Nouveau Riche" mages taking the side of the monarchy which has formed an unsteady alliance with these more progressive voices.

In any setting that puts some thought into how magic works in it's society, magic should be, by necessity, controlled by the ruling class. Whether that be because the ruling class are the only ones with the means to produce mages due to the required investment, or because those with the power to warp reality itself have decided that they, quite reasonably, want to be in charge.

Most wizards are written as weirdos off in towers because of Lord of the Rings, and because of cultural assumptions from Europe. But crucially, Europe never actually had wizards, and Gandalf was an angel, not a mortal man.

Even in settings where magic is not something trained, but instead something innate, there would be some method by which mages interact with society on a systemized level. Having them be simply random hermits makes no sense. Ars Magica, the TTRPG, for example, has a situation where most mages have a magical "gift", but said gift also makes it impossible for them to be liked or trusted by normal people. Despite this handicap, the Order of Hermes in that setting controls a good amount of political clout, with powerful Covenants being able to ignore the rulings of kings, and the Tribunal of Transylvannia basically co-ruling much of the Kingdom of Hungary with it's actual king.

These interactions of magic with class dynamics has interesting implications for the developments of ideologies. Will access to magical education be seen as a proletarian struggle in the development of socialism? Will Aristocracy persist for longer periods due to the inherent bias of the elites literally having magic? Can liberalism exist in a society where some people can warp reality with a snap of their fingers? Will it do *even better*, due to the radical individualist message meshing with the individual power held by magic?

Interesting Questions.