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DECK THE DUNGEON IS HERE!

We've made a new festive DnD one-shot adventure with @cantripcandles and it's even got CUTE STICKERS!

Head on over to the shop to grab your copy, and pick up the delicious hot choc peppermint candle over in Cantrip's beautiful store!

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Kitty-Clacks dice are purrrfect.

[silvercompassmaps]

I am making a 5e setting inspired by Ancient India!

Welcome to the world of Devabhumi, which is is a high fantasy 5e setting inspired by the history and epics of Ancient India. This setting features:

- 100+ pages of lore

- A karma mechanic

- 6 new races

- 20+ backgrounds and feats

- And much more!

The Land of Devabhumi is a distant place nestled in between the sea and sky scraping mountains. It is a land where gods and mortals live together, boons and curses change the destiny of its inhabitants, and senses are easily overpowered by the diversity of the landscape.

The events of Devabhumi take place in the Dvapara Yuga (the Bronze Age), which features various technological advancements such as flying ships, magical chariots, and powerful weapons.

The Kickstarter will go live in one month. Sign up to be notified when it launches here.

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New campaign, new group pic! The characters of The Meta Is Futile's game Blight's Consumption, on our way to Northvern Isle to attend its Whimstaking festival

Featuring, from left to right:

My Leilani, eager to return home now that she's grown and the crisis has (surely) passed

@zenaquaria 's Felfyre, Warden keeping an eye out for... Odd disturbances. And her other on her two wards:

CptTritium's Findrel, gilded bard of Gildenheim- on a forced sabattical after he pissed off the wrong person

@bluebrush09arts 's Ortet, taken under Fel's protection after undisclosed horrors that befell him before the game even began

and Ry's Kai Roh, monster hunter on an errand for his brother and business partner

[lazulirette]

Some old Dnd stuff

Been awhile. I just randomly thought I should start posting here again. So Imma drop a few stuff one by one

[paperforge]

A sketch for an upcoming Marilinth paper mini!

[rhokisb]

DnD Universe Wipe

So we gone done fucked up.

All the characters that our group plays under our other DM (not me) exist within one universe, called Weyard. We didn't always know that but eventually it became apparent that our alternative characters were crossing paths with our mains, which was a fun development, right?

Wrong.

So, REWIND:

Two weeks ago, our main campaign (Weyard for the other DM) reached a very important point in our campaign. We were tasked with trying to bring another member back from the dead. This other member was someone we met while doing a one-shot WITH OUR MAIN CHARACTERS, but who did not travel with us after this point. So we all knew and remembered him, but hadn't seen him in awhile. We learned of his death, and confirmed that he was dead prior to being tasked with bringing him back.

We were given the chance to bring him back through a complicated ritual which would grant us one of 2 remaining wishes that exist in the universe. This was a once in a lifetime chance, and we were

EXTENSIVELY. WARNED. THAT. THIS. WAS. A. ONE. AND. DONE.

So we get to the area where we could do the ritual, three of our party members go forth to try and do the trials to get the wish. They succeed. Again:

WE. WERE. WARNED. EXTENSIVELY. THAT. THIS. WAS. OUR. ONLY. CHANCE.

To make our wish come true everyone in the party would have to wish for the same thing. "The effort given will be reflected in the reward".

Well fuck me sideways, you wanna know how that went?

In our party of 8, 3 of the people did not wish for the same thing as the rest of the group.

Wished for a fucking Dragon. For no reason. Absolutely none. Without anyone else wishing for it he never would have gotten it. He did not wish for it outloud, so none of us knew what he wished for in-game, only that he wouldn't tell us what he wished for.

Wished for her dead kids back. Understandable and it was a fear we all had when the rules were explained to us. Our group trusted her to do the right thing, and she failed.

Wished that "his friend's wishes come true".

The rest of us put our hearts and souls into wishing the dearly departed back.

Flash forward to this weekend:

We are all still at the ritual spot, immediately my character (Orlogg) and his best friend (Dante) picked up the gnome (Passmae, who wished for the Dragon) and beat the shit out of him because he wouldn't tell us what he wished for. He's been sketchy at other moments too, and this was the final straw. We then confirmed with the dude running the trials that Passmae was ONE of the reasons we failed. We beat the shit out of him. He's been unconscious for 5 in-game days because every time he moves we beat him unconscious again (partly because, OF COURSE THE DUDE WHO RUINED THE CAMPAIGN COULDN'T MAKE THE SESSION).

Vestare, who wished for her children back, we...had words with. Words along the lines of:

"We're not mad, we're hurt that you literally act like you're alone all the time. You're not alone. We've been together through this entire bullshit saga of events since we first met. If you ASKED we would all go to the ends of the world to get your kids back. You only need to say the word. None of us, including you, can do this alone. Believe in us like we believe in you."

Dank, who had a vague wish, was ignored completely (also not at session).

Orlogg (me) decided to take some hallucinogens at the ritual site and was greeted by Fate and Destiny. Not the gods of fate and destiny, but the actual incarnations of all of Fate and all of Destiny. Beholden to none. Orlogg begged them for assistance and was told that,

F&D: "Every time we meddle, we make things worse. Every time we help, your odds of success diminish. There's a balance that needs to be maintained, and every time we tip it, it is never in our favour."

O: "What can I give to even the scales?"

F&D: "You're not the only one who will have to give. Soon, someone very close to you, will be in dire need of help and when that day comes, you two will both have to give, and HE will never be the same."

O: "Will that help? Or will it just keep things even?"

F&D: "Tough to say. It will help bring the departed back."

O: "Alright, I'll keep that in mind. Before I go, I just want to say thanks for everything you've already done." *Motions to fist bump them*

F&D: *One of them reaches to fist bump and as our knuckles touch they whisper* "I'm sorry."

Which was cryptic and terrifying because Orlogg cares deeply about his best friend Dante, so clearly they meant his BFF.

Well as we traveled to return and report our failure to a Cleric of Life, Dante just starts whipping out a skull that he's had hidden for months (in-game) in his backpack and starts talking to it, and can't seem to stop holding it. We all remember the player picking up the skull, but none of our characters saw it when it happened months ago.

We get back to the temple and the man who gave us the chance, and he loses his shit. Basically just tells us:

"You're the reason that the world will end. There is no hope. You've stolen everything from every single person, creature, whatever in this world. It's over. We've lost. We wasted one of the very precious last wishes for the world. And that failure spells doom for the entire world."

The skull begins talking. It is the skull of Memnoch--one of the side characters of Dante who died during a different campaign (which is why Dante picked up to begin with, cause the player meta knew that was her skull). Memnoch tells Dante that there is one more last chance, and explains how to do it.

This includes that ONLY the people who can be "trusted" can accompany Dante on this quest. The party must be split and this "event" will happen elsewhere. So the five of us who wished properly have left the rest of the group on a separate secret mission.

THEN, the DM informed us that failure during this quest will result in the entire universe being wiped. That means our main characters, our side characters, everything that isn't my Dragonlance campaign: gone. Everyone is dead. Including the OTHER GROUP OF PLAYERS who is also playing in our universe on the same quest that we are supposed to link up with for the end BBEG fight (I think its over 15 characters vs. the BBEG).

So there were tears and now the five of us have been having massive anxiety over this upcoming secret session to save the universe. Not the world. The universe.

(THIS LAST CHANCE ONLY HAPPENED BECAUSE THE WOMAN WHO PLAYS DANTE MESSAGED THE DM OUTSIDE OF GAME TWO WEEKDS AGO AND ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYTHING DANTE COULD DO TO FIX THE FAILURE AFTER WE ALL CLEARLY KNEW WE FAILED BECAUSE SOMEONE DECIDED TO WISH FOR A FUCKING DRAGON! HIS ORIGINAL INTENT WAS WE WERE ALL GOING TO KEEP PLAYING FOR MONTHS AND THEN THE END FIGHT WE WOULD JUST...LOSE. WE LOST 3 MONTHS AGO WHEN WE FAILED ON THE MOUNTAIN. BUT HE'S DECIDED TO GIVE US ONE LAST CHANCE WITHOUT THE PROBLEM PLAYER.)

Our DM everyone. Master of emotional devastation.

To find out what happened next, check the links below:

Dante's No Good Horrible Awful Bad Vacation (AKA: The Universe Wipe) Part 1

Dante's No Good Horrible Awful Bad Vacation (AKA: The Universe Wipe) Part 2

[kafkakrill]

one of my dnd character angel's and another pc's three kids- athena !! she likes to play dress up <3 she's the youngest of the three

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Thanks so much Blu I love him!! Ye definitely good to have Actually Just A Little Guy For Reals This Time tm. Someone a bit closer to her mental level who can keep her company without trying to manipulate her!

Little ref comm for @jade-mod cause new familiar get. Turns out a ferret is better than an intelligence stealing octopus

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[darkelfdice]

More found treasure in the stock room -- a cache of d120s in Malachite green. I forgot I had these and they're now live on Dark Elf Dice (along with matching d48s). Really unusual dice from The Dice Lab.

[silvercompassmaps]

Something of great evil has occurred, to turn this one-beautiful place into a place abandoned even by the rats and ravens. What evil lies here…?

This is one of my older maps, a Ruined Farmstead. The first version is actually a variant to the second, ruined one.

This map pack is available on my Patreon, in gridded/gridless versions.

You can also feel free to download this map from Tumblr and use it. The grid size is 40x40. Enjoy!

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quick art to try to get back into the habit and figure out the design of Aster's brother, Sterling!

Here the siblings are in their youth, exploring the nearby woods for treasures! (Sterling likes wearing their moms' shirts, especially for preparing for an adventure!)

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Oooooo this is so cool Zen thank you!!! <3 (Gee Boffin, why do you get to be vampirized by zen twice?? XD)

A terrifying glimpse into what felt like an all-too possible future (doubly so since the Harcourts were generous enough to provide this glimpse in-character).

Love how this turned out - only makes me anticipate the others even more!! Boffin looks alarmingly good in that Harcourt red and gold, and naturally the peacock feather imagery suits him as well (love that the ones in the collar line up to maintain some owl-like imagery as well!)

Always cool to see alternate versions of a character, and this is almost an AU within an AU! XD

Vamptober 2024: Day 2

The first of my planned series this month, the "Harcourt Ending" for each of the TTRPG party from @themetaisfutile's homebrew campaign The Risen War! A series of portraits portraying the characters as they were painted by Aurym Harcourt during their delegation into Umbermount.

Boffin Barrow, formerly of Greymoor and local prince of halflings, renowned for his taste in matters of garb and gastronomy, joins the Harcourt lineage as the Sanguine Connoisseur.

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[lazulirette]

Blep! Meet Vierre Elo Clematis!

Another dnd character, but now with daddy issues :3

[paperforge]

The Forgework Bull is out! You can get the paper mini and #VTT Tokens plus some extra Patreon goodies HERE!

[rhokisb]

Nelly Finds Love

So an IRL bestie of mine plays in my DnD campaign. She wanted to play a Dragonborn...in Dragonlance. Alright, bet Queen let's goooo.

So she's been playing her character for 7 sessions now and as per usual she's made him quite angsty. His name is Neltharion and he's got a bad boy with a dark past vibe like no other. He's currently running around with the heroes of Krynn, confusing literally everyone.

She likes making these angry characters and they generally stay quiet. Lately, her character (Neltharion) has made friends with the Assassin (Rodriggo) in the group and that's led to some humourous interactions which I adore, but I wanted a little more.

Enter a love interest, pre-written into the campaign. Her name is Laurana. She is an elf. She is SUPPOSED to be a love interest with a pre-existing campaign character. Those characters don't exist in my world so I could have:

A) Gotten rid of it

B) Kept the character minus the love interest bit

C) Have fun.

My motto is always have fun. So I wrote down my PCs names and rolled a dice.

Hehehehe. It landed on the Dragonborn. The angsty-ass Dragonborn who isn't a Draconian but still confuses and terrifies all who come across him. The Dragonborn whose main interaction with the party so far has been hiding a rotting fish in one of the member's packs (he also was the one who made BlipBlup his braided iron crown *sigh* my heart).

So they get to the city, have a lot of dialogue with the elves, and then BAM enter the gorgeous elven princess. Who immediately is taken with this strange creature gracing the halls of her father's nation. She's got diamonds braided into her hair. Her brown skin SPARKLES like it's been rubbed with gem dust (going for an Edward in the sunlight vibe here). Her eyes reflect shades of green, teal, and hints of amber. She is GORRRGEOUS.

And she is the first person to ever treat Neltharion with any sort of kindness. I even checked that, I asked his in-game friend (Aello), "How do you generally treat Neltharion? You've known him your whole life, is it a brotherly relationship? Are you friends? What's the deal between you two?" And Aello's player agreed that they would treat Neltharion kind of like a sibling (i.e. they're not "kind" to one another but would die for each other).

So I throw my poor bestie into this role-play scene where this elven princess is flirting with her 7-foot-tall Dragonborn and just being overtly caring and kind. Answering his questions, speaking quietly, lightly touching his arm, etc.

She could have refused it, kept going with her angst; but, she's BLUUUSHING, cannot handle her boy being romanced. Fully into it.

When the elven princess leaves, she looks right at the Rodriggo and says, "Nelly's in love."

She's never referred to her character as anything but his full name. Just the instant personality switch was amazing.

The princess later got captured and our Nelly boy (my heart forever) angrily roared in despair as he watched her disappear on the horizon on the back of a stinky Wyvern.

I can't wait to see how this plays out, I'm still reeling. It was a heavy RP session, only a couple minor combats, but it was so worth it.