#dragonborn gladiator

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Barnaby

This is my DnD character Barnaby, an ex-gladiator. 

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[rosexknight]

Telthon "Thudd" Branziros

Since I drew Kissu (given name Kliccuur Branziros) for January on Patreon I got to thinking about her brother, an NPC we made one night after a session of Axia who I fell in love with. They're both silver dragonborn and opposites as far as physique goes. Kissu is shorter and dainty, but Thudd is a UNIT. Apparently all I needed to do to perfect his design was be a bit more self-indulgent. My favorite part of his glow-up is the fin beard! XD Thudd is slower than most in terms of intelligence, but he's veru good at reading emotion. He's very much a himbo. He can also take direction very well. Once a gladiator in Axia-, he was skilled at fighting and putting on a show for the crowd, though it was his sister Kissu that managed his career as Thudd knew she had the brains. She worked at a tavern, and since they were -all each other had, their money would be pooled together and budgeted strictly. However, one day Camentis Sinclaire and her family were in the audience, and happened to be in the market to hire a bodyguard. Kissu sold Thudd very well. He likely wouldn't be able to follow fancy noble talk closely, but he would be able to gauge the mood of a room and step in faster than his size might imply. He also was very intimidating in general, or could pretend to be. And so, he was hired by the Sinclaires and invited to their home in Rose. Thudd was reluctant to leave his sister behind in Zhiro, but she assured him that she'd soon travel to Rose once some business there was finished up. Thudd has been the family's loyal bodyguard ever since. Hope you enjoy~! Want art like this monthly? Why not join? My General Patreon, safe for all audiences: www.patreon.com/rosexknight My 18+ ADULT-ONLY Patreon: www.patreon.com/rosexxxknight

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Random D&D Character Generator on R

I have been doing a lot of work on R for my research and decided to give it a go and write the script for a random D&D character generator.

It is a very simplified version and there is definitely room for improvement and expansion, but I wanted to share it with everyone for those who want to tinker with it:

#Install Packages#

install.packages("randomNames") library("randomNames")

#Function to generate a random character sheet#

generate_random_character <- function() {

# Sample races, classes, and backgrounds# races <- c( "Dwarf", "Elf", "Halfling", "Human", "Dragonborn", "Gnome", "Half-Elf", "Half-Orc", "Tiefling", "Aasimar", "Firbolg", "Genasi", "Goliath", "Hobgoblin", "Kenku", "Kobold", "Lizardfolk", "Tabaxi", "Triton", "Bugbear", "Goblin", "Hobgoblin", "Orc", "Fairy", "Satyr", "Yuan-ti Pureblood", "Aarakocra", "Aasimar", "Changeling", "Kalashtar", "Shifter", "Warforged", "Centaur", "Loxodon", "Minotaur", "Simic Hybrid", "Vedalken", "Gith (Githyanki, Githzerai)" ) classes <- c( "Barbarian", "Bard", "Cleric", "Druid", "Fighter", "Monk", "Paladin", "Ranger", "Rogue", "Sorcerer", "Warlock", "Wizard", "Artificer", "Blood Hunter" ) subclass_Barbarian <- c( "Path of the Berserker", "Path of the Totem Warrior", "Path of the Ancestral Guardian", "Path of the Storm Herald", "Path of the Zealot" ) subclass_Bard <- c( "College of Lore", "College of Valor", "College of Glamour", "College of Swords", "College of Whispers", "College of Eloquence" ) subclass_Cleric <- c( "Knowledge Domain", "Life Domain", "Light Domain", "Nature Domain", "Tempest Domain", "Trickery Domain", "War Domain", "Forge Domain", "Grave Domain", "Order Domain", "Peace Domain", "Twilight Domain" ) subclass_Druid <- c( "Circle of the Land", "Circle of the Moon", "Circle of Dreams", "Circle of the Shepherd", "Circle of Twilight" ) subclass_Fighter <- c( "Champion", "Battle Master", "Eldritch Knight", "Arcane Archer", "Cavalier", "Samurai" ) subclass_Monk <- c( "Way of the Open Hand", "Way of Shadow", "Way of the Four Elements", "Way of the Drunken Master", "Way of the Kensei", "Way of the Sun Soul" ) subclass_Paladin <- c( "Oath of Devotion", "Oath of the Ancients", "Oath of Vengeance", "Oath of the Crown", "Oath of Conquest", "Oath of Redemption", "Oath of the Watchers" ) subclass_Ranger <- c( "Hunter", "Beast Master", "Gloom Stalker", "Horizon Walker", "Monster Slayer" ) subclass_Rogue <- c( "Thief", "Assassin", "Arcane Trickster", "Mastermind", "Swashbuckler", "Inquisitive", "Scout" ) subclass_Sorcerer <- c( "Draconic Bloodline", "Wild Magic", "Divine Soul", "Shadow Magic", "Storm Sorcery", "Aberrant Mind" ) subclass_Warlock <- c( "The Archfey", "The Fiend", "The Great Old One", "The Undying", "The Celestial", "The Hexblade", "The Raven Queen" ) subclass_Wizard <- c( "School of Abjuration", "School of Conjuration", "School of Divination", "School of Enchantment", "School of Evocation", "School of Illusion", "School of Necromancy", "School of Transmutation", "War Magic", "Bladesinging" ) subclass_Artificer <- c( "Alchemist", "Artillerist", "Battle Smith", "Armorer" ) subclass_BloodHunter <- c( "Order of the Ghostslayer", "Order of the Lycan", "Order of the Profane Soul" ) backgrounds <- c( "Acolyte", "Charlatan", "Criminal", "Entertainer", "Folk Hero", "Guild Artisan", "Hermit", "Noble", "Outlander", "Sage", "Sailor", "Soldier", "Urchin", "City Watch", "Clan Crafter", "Cloistered Scholar", "Courtier", "Far Traveler", "Inheritor", "Knight", "Knight of the Order", "Mercenary Veteran", "Urban Bounty Hunter", "Uthgardt Tribe Member", "Waterdhavian Noble", "Haunted One", "Anthropologist", "Archaeologist", "Azorius Functionary", "Boros Legionnaire", "Dimir Operative", "Izzet Engineer", "Rakdos Cultist", "Selesnya Initiate", "Simic Scientist", "Criminal (Spy)", "Gladiator", "Knight (Free Agent)" ) gender <- c("Male", "Female")

# Randomly select a race, class, subclass, gender, name and background# race <- sample(races, 1) character_class <- sample(classes, 1) # Select subclass based on the character class subclass <- character_class switch(character_class, "Barbarian" = subclass <- sample(subclass_Barbarian, 1), "Bard" = subclass <- sample(subclass_Bard, 1), "Cleric" = subclass <- sample(subclass_Cleric, 1), "Druid" = subclass <- sample(subclass_Druid,1), "Fighter" = subclass <- sample(subclass_Fighter,1), "Monk" = subclass <- sample(subclass_Monk, 1), "Paladin" = subclass <- sample(subclass_Paladin, 1), "Ranger" = subclass <- sample(subclass_Ranger,1), "Rogue" = subclass <- sample(subclass_Rogue,1), "Sorcerer" = subclass <- sample(subclass_Sorcerer,1), "Warlock" = subclass <- sample(subclass_Warlock,1), "Wizard" = subclass <- sample(subclass_Wizard,1), "Blood Hunter" = subclass <- sample(subclass_BloodHunter,1) ) background <- sample(backgrounds, 1) gender <- sample(gender, 1) name <- gender switch(gender, "Male" = name <- randomNames(gender = 0,ethnicity = 5,name.order = "first.last", name.sep = " "), "Female" = name <- randomNames(gender = 1,ethnicity = 5,name.order = "first.last", name.sep = " ") ) # Generate random ability scores# ability_scores <- sample(6:18, 6, replace = TRUE)

# Create a character sheet data frame# character_sheet <- data.frame( Name = name, Race = race, Class = character_class, Subclass = subclass, Background = background, Gender = gender, Strength = ability_scores[1], Dexterity = ability_scores[2], Constitution = ability_scores[3], Intelligence = ability_scores[4], Wisdom = ability_scores[5], Charisma = ability_scores[6] )

return(character_sheet) }

#Generate a random character sheet#

random_character_sheet <- generate_random_character()

#Print the character sheet#

print(random_character_sheet)

[useless-polls]

Dungeon Poll Adventures!

One final poll before we start our adventure. Who will accompany Mycis of Urdaduc on her quest? Top 3 will be chosen. Reminder: Mycis is a Green Dragonborn Druid, if you want to choose some companions that will compliment that. You may definitely help each other and put your vote in the tags

[pseudocyance]

Some funny things that have happened in the last few d&d sessions in the campaign I'm playing recreated as shitty doodles

On the left: Snake (me) buying way more soap then one should be able to buy while the store is on fire

On the top right:(important note, this session was during pride month) Our dragonborn Nhoj in jail. Our other dragonborn Gunther said "I'm going to kill you" and when the guard heard that and got mad, he convinced him he said "I'm going to kiss you". We then convinced the guards that they were gay and it would be homophonic not to let him out.(edit: he was in jail for setting the shop in the first drawing on fire after attempting to steal a tent)

On the bottom right: a mock trial that we spent an hour on between Gunther and Nhoj. Nhoj definitely didn't try to rob Gunther and definitely didn't have to get dragged out of a tavern screaming that he was going to murder everyone. Mhm.

Not pictured: us going to a gladiator arena to witness a swarm of dwarves with rabies eat a hyena whole. I am not exaggerating. That happened today.

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oc of the day!!!!

This is art of him from over a year ago, so it isn't exactly the most accurate.

His name is Abrax and he is a mermaid-dragonborn hybrid. His parents died when he was young (main character backstory type of thing) and he was a gladiator for a while. I used him for a dnd campaign a while back. He also has a elven girlfriend named Moxie. She's an inventor :3

He was on an adventure with some other people (characters from the dnd campaign) and is trying to find out why they were randomly teleported into the woods together. Also he died. Got killed by the same dragon that killed his parents. Very sad 😔

But I got to make a new character after that and I really like them. Maybe I'll make a post of them tomorrow.

[ankoku-teion]

A character idea that I've been sitting on for a while but can't find a satisfying way to implement:

A dead Roman emperor who gets isekai'd into a medieval fantasy world and has to adapt to survive, and maybe tried to build a new Roman empire by uniting/conquering the city states.

1st attempt- Diocletian. The only Roman emperor to voluntarily retire. He was born a peasant farmer in a distant province, ascended to emperor by dint of military prowess, single handedly restored the empire, then fucked off back to his farm to die peacefully of old age. Imagine this guy waking up somewhere on the sword coast as a dragonborn fighter.

Other ideas

Commodus - the cruel gladiator emperor who was strangled to death at 31 by his wrestling buddy after years of his brutal misrule, petty cruelty, and uncontrolled rages precipitated civil strife and political unrest. - then wakes up in a glade in the forest outside never winter as a nearly naked barbarian with big fuck-off sword.

Aurelian - another one of the good emperors, he took charge in the midst of the crisis that Commodus caused, managed to unite the empire briefly through sheer willpower and an army, only to very quickly be betrayed by that army who literally stabbed him in the back. Known for his wisdom and philosophical musings that came to be recognised as foundational to modern stoicism. Fuck knows what class he would be, but he'd be awesome at it.

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Tavern Regulars

This post is a master list of the most popular and recurring Original Characters on this blog. As characters are introduced and added to the roster, they will be linked here, with a short blurb to get to know them.

A Thief in the Night: Tiefling Rogue with a penchant for getting herself into trouble and looking for companions that can help pull her back out.

The Unwanted Prince: Minotaur Paladin who was born as a curse on his father and seeks to become the heir the kingdom deserves.

Crow on the Watch: Human Ranger raised by members of an elite fighting order who now seeks his own purpose in the wider world.

For Lord and Feylands: Lagomore Paladin loyal to her lord and master on a quest to hunt down the woman who humiliated him.

Bandit King of the South: Goliath Fighter recovering from a humiliating loss at the hands of a child and seeking to even the playing field.

The Golden Champion: Human Fighter who turned away from her life as arena champion to lend her skills in combat to the wider world.

Emon’s Muscle Mommy: Orc Barbarian with a love of adventure and excitement that will give you a night to remember if you can survive.

The Drunken Dragon: Tiefling Monk that was raised to be a legendary warrior but now spends her nights drinking and brawling.

The Naughty Changeling: Changeling Sorcerer on a quest to find her absentee father despite numerous sexual distractions.

The Dragons’ Bane: Human Gunslinger with a chip on her shoulder regarding all dragons ever and exterminating them on mass.

A Mind His Own: Ulitharid Barbarian who was seen as a threat by the hivemind and became the very threat they tried to nullify.

A Taste for Passion: High Elf Wizard who made a deal with a demon in order to get even more flavor out of the world around her.

The Danse Éphémère: Tiefling Monk living her best life despite the many loses she’s faced over the years from loved ones to limbs.

The Lady of Pearl: Tiefling Bard with a love for the performing arts and a gift for giving well-paying customers a very passionate night.

The Greatest Showman: Tiefling Warlock with a penchant for overwhelming performances and charm not even a devil can resist.

Bound by Guilt: Tiefling Paladin raised in an oppressive order and living with the grief of losing the one person who loved her.

The Crimson Sorceress: Tiefling Sorcerer who believes she is destined to become a dragoness and all the gifts that come with it.

Bane of the Waves: Tiefling Paladin raised by pirates to have a deep love and appreciation for the sea and all it gives.

The Wandering Flower: Wood Elf Druid who seeks to see all the world has to offer and isn’t afraid to get herself into trouble to find it.

Drowning the Pain: Tiefling Monk burdened with the memories of pain and anguish that he just wants to stop whatever way that he can.

Beauty of the Beasts: Human Ranger whose lust for monsters leads her to pursue more and more dangerous prey to be claimed by.

Escaping the Shadows: Tiefling Sorcerer ashamed by her wicked family and seeking to make a good a peaceful life for herself.

Ice Cold Fury: White Dragonborn Barbarian on a quest to find his true strength and become the dragon he was always meant to be.

The Deathless Knight: Tiefling Cleric so dedicated to his goddess that he stopped aging and has been fighting for centuries for her.

The Pale Huntsman: Tiefling Ranger whose hunts eventually led him to become the adoptive father of a dragon hatchling.

The Faerie Hunter: Tiefling Ranger on a quest to find the Archfey that kidnapped his sisters and banished him from his woods.

The Woodland Warden: Lagomore Druid who has dedicated herself to the protection and nurturing of the woods she calls home.

Hell's Coming With Me: Half-Orc Artificer who single-handedly reignited the industrial revolution and is trying to clean his mess.

Escape From the Pit: Dark Elf Monk raised as a slave in her own home and forced to fight in the gladiator pits and now seeks a new life.

Pride of the Fire Plane: Fire Genasi Monk with a gluttonous taste for lust and power traveling the worlds to add to his collection.

[trippygalaxy]

Could you tell me more about Neva? :D

YES YES I CAN!!!!!!!

Ill expand on how neva was born/found rn BUT a fun fact would be that Neva was actually my first ever dnd character! And she still is one of my favourites!

Neva, like I said, was born in the middle of a colosseum after a huge storm almost flooded the entire area. Like, it was so bad that the surrounding village had to take MONTHS to repair all the damage from it.

But once the gladiators of the colosseum deemed the storm gone, they inspected the structure to see what damage had been done.

One of the gladiators, Veccar Vylin, was tasked (with a few others) with checking the battle arena. And though many pillars had fallen, banners ripped down and thrown about the area, it wasn't as bad as they had expected. But before they could gather the rest of the team to head back inside, the dragonborn heard the faintest of cries coming from the centre of the arena.

After (semi frantically) clearing the space, the silver dragonborn had found a small, blue child underneath the rubble and ruined wood.

Since that moment, Veccar had deemed the young girl their daughter. No matter how tired they were, no matter the lectures or scoldings from the owner, Veccar raised that kid to the best of their capibility.

[veiledfox]

} I kinda want to share my bois here too

all under cut cause there's a lot and I don't wanna take up too much dash space

Vrak, Red Dragonborn, White Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer

Orvex, Harengon, Warlock cursed to use a D20 for most things they do by an Archfey who's tied to luck after they swindled them without knowing who they were due to a disguise

Moon, Panther Tabaxi, Way of Open Hand Monk, who uses their claws instead of weapons

Grott, Alligator Snapping Tortle, Circle of Spores Druid, Haunted One who speaks with the spirits of those who have died around him or by his hand, not pictured is a black lantern with a black candle that burns green flame that hangs from his staff

Tink, Kenku, Armorer Artificer who has a love for tinkering with things and learned to be a smithy under a Dragonborn who gave him his name

Cian, Eladrin, Path of Wild Magic Barbarian, Gladiator

Din, Changeling, Bloodhunter, Spy

Amos, Girdled Armadilo Shifter Human, Bladesinger Wizard, adopted son of a Noble Family

Zangar, Goblin, Champion Fighter, Pirate who started under a Dread Pirate but over time earned the title "Sharktooth" for how vicious a fighter they are

Mist, Changeling, Circle of Stars Druid who's Druidic Focus (not pictured) is a Dire Wolf Skull that's been repurposed into a gauntlet of sorts with feathers and flowers frequently added to it and a pair of glass discs with star charts in the eyes

Un-named, Human, Samurai Fighter, disgraced and disfigured after people close to him (family/friend/loved one, undecided yet) was killed and the green choker he wears is from their clothing that tore off in his hand, always wears a full-face mask to hide his disfigurement

[vulturereyy]

The new D&D movie has me thinking of my biggest blorbo bleebus of all time, my favorite D&D character I've ever made from the best campaign I've ever gotten to play in 😭 She's my wife she's my husband she's my weed smoking girlfriend. She's motherfucking Sorbet Lemonbalm, the Pastel Punisher, Champion of Selune, (Unwilling) (Also accidental) King of the Summer Court, Original Face Smasher, Arena Gladiator, Savior of Astora, Savior of Obnova, Tamer of the Stars, and Professional Fucking Mess. I'm 2 am brain frazzled right now but I do so love her and I miss playing. She was an oath of the ancients paladin/lunar magic sorcerer multiclass and it was an amazing journey with her to have her finally come into her wings with responsibility and taking up her goddess' mantle. Seeing Xenk in Honor among Thieves was so fucking funny because Sorbet is so anti the usual paladin LMFAO but man this bitch has devotion and will and sometimes. that's all you need.

sometimes a family can be a pastel butch, a traumatized twink, a raging milf, old man jenkins, a playboy prince, and a daddy material dragonborn. And somtimes they kiss.

[kiastirling]

hiiii for the end of year asks:

Did you create any characters (in games, art, or writing) this year? Describe one

I've got a few! Under the cut, but categories are For Writing (aka Dragon Age), for D&D/Pathfinder, and for Baldur's Gate (includes pictures)

For writing (Dragon Age): the more relevent blog is @kiastirling-fanfic

Robin Amell is a side character for a fanfic I'm working on for Dragon Age starring a non-Warden Surana. Robin is Surana's best friend/crush from her Circle days. She is very self confident and cunning and she is happily trans.

Anthony Hawke is a side character for a different Dragon Age fanfic. He is a blue-ish purple Hawke, and he is very tired. He is also the proud owner of the dumbest mabari in existence, Bucket.

For D&D/Pathfinder:

Doll (short for Dalila) is a half-orc Monk in a pirate campaign with my friends. She's an ex-gladiator (pretigious) with the stage persona of, well, a Doll. Her actual personality is very bubbly and flirty and my voice for her is full valley girl.

Iski Nannaner is a dragonborn druid of the stars and kind of an idiot. I haven't gotten to play her yet but I look forward to it!

Moon Watcher (real name a secret) is a Catfolk Oracle, from a "circus" family (read: they use street performances to mask their petty crimes). Possessed of the power of the stars, who has been wracked with nightmares of the end(?) of the world and he's on a quest with his older brother (who might be ditching me soon because my friend who's playing him really really hates the build he made).

Baldur's Gate:

Disco (short for Discovery) is technically a D&D character I made last year but I made them anew for Baldur's Gate and I love them. (they're a bit of a fuckboy uwu)

Beatrice is The Dark Urge I made a week ago when Baldur's Gate hit XBox. She's very earnest and terrified of what's actually going on with her Urges, but I love her and she is definitely gonna fuck Astarion. She's really smitten with him after knowing him for a day and doesn't know why (hint: it's the smell of blood)

(I really like her design because her dream friend, who I have yet to meet, has black sclera in the opposite eye w/ the inky eye tattoo. also I'm only 6 hours in please don't tell me anything.)

[reality-warp]

Zuzana | Asmodeus Tiefling | Ranger | Chaotic Good

“I did what I had to keep us all alive. If you’re expecting an apology for that, you’ll be waiting until Avernus sprouts daffodils.”

Zuzana is probably one of my favourite DnD characters I’ve ever played as. I originally made her for a Decent into Avernus campaign, and now I can’t wait to play as her again when BG3 comes out in just a few days. 

I’ve added her (slightly long) backstory summary below, partly for my own amusement, but also since everyone else on the hype train seems to be sharing too:

Pale Huntress

Zuzana (affectionately called Zana by her few friends and family) was born the elder of a set of twins, her brother Zane being born just five minutes after her to a human farmer and his tiefling wife. They grew up pretty humble, rarely going beyond the boundaries of their family’s orchards, paddocks and the surrounding forests. As a result (plus their infernal heritage) the twins didn’t have too many friends and were damned near inseparable as kids. Zane grew up to be accomplished with caring for and riding the horses their family bred, while Zana became a dab hand with a bow and arrow – learning to fend off wolves and livestock rustlers alongside her father, as well as hunt for game when harvests were bad.

The twin’s mother passed away when they were in their teens, and after a few hard winters following her death, the family began to struggle to keep food on the table. During one of these harsh winters, while out hunting the twins stumbled on a caravan of merchants passing their farm being attacked by a starving wolf pack. Between them they managed to fight the wolves off, and offered shelter at their home to the ones injured in the fight. One of the injured men — a red dragonborn called Ferrovax Ironhide — turned out to be an mercenary associated with a guild in Baldur’s Gate. After seeing the twins fight together, he told his father than he saw a lot of potential in them, and offered to take them with him — promising to sponsor and mentor them, as their potential was wasted out on a farm in the middle of nowhere.

Despite not wanting to leave their father, the twins were interested by the idea, and were eventually convinced to accept by their father — who realized that, despite not wanting to lose them, his children were being offered the chance at a better life. So hesitantly, both Zana and Zane accepted, promising to come visit as soon as they were able to. They left with Ferrovax after he had recovered fully, and made the journey to Baldur’s Gate with him. What they didn’t learn until they got there and began their training, was that while Ferrovax was indeed a mercenary associated with a guild — but the guild in question was actually an underground gladiator stable who’s participants fought in Zhentarim fighting pits. And because the twins were unable to read their “contracts” properly, they had no idea until they’d signed them that they’d been tricked into indenturing themselves to Ferrovax for the cost of their “training and upkeep”, effectively making them his property until they paid it off. 

For almost three years they were made to fight in a variety of underground fighting pits, sometimes against monsters, sometimes against other gladiators, but they were always entered as a pair fighting alongside each other. They became relatively well known as a “matching set” referred to as “The Pale Twins”, but according to Ferrovax the “cost of their upkeep” just kept going up, no matter how much money they managed to make fighting in the pits. Eventually the twins realized that Ferrovax was never going to allow them to pay off their indenture as they were too valuable to him now — he’d just keep finding ways to push the debt up until they eventually died fighting in the pits. So they, along with a few other indentures in the same impossible position, planned a mass escape. WIth the help of one of the spellcasters in the stables they managed to escape their cells one night, find and destroy their contracts, then made a run for it.

Unfortunately just as they were making their way out, they were spotted and chased down. Zana managed to make it out, but Zane was caught and subdued – but not before shouting at her to keep running and save herself. With no other choice, Zana was forced to reluctantly leave her brother behind and flee.

For several long months she could only run and hide as pack after pack of bounty hunters was sent after her. She was forced to hide out in the wilds, and by the time they started to give up the hunt and she was able to sneak back into the city, she’d completely lost track of where Zane was. Only after a year after her escape did she finally hear rumors that Ferrovax had been forced to sell Zane’s indenture since he was no longer as profitable in the arena without his “matched set” sister. She spent months trying to track Ferrovax down, and when she finally did, she discovered that the loss of so many of his gladiators had cripled him financially. He’d been reduced to begging on the streets of the Outer City, and when Zana confronted him about what happened to her brother, he admitted that he had indeed sold Zane to a Zhentarim slaver in the city of Elturel…

Just a week before it fell into Avernus.

Decent Into Avernus

Desperate to rescue her brother from hell, Zana found and immediately joined up with a small group of other adventurers – a goliath barbarian called Kharv, a half-elf wild magic sorcerer called Elias, necromancy specialized wizard gnome Norman, and a half-orc cleric Syll. All of them were fixing to go to hell (pun totally intended) for their own reasons, and decided to team up so they’d have a better chance of not only surviving the trip, but also saving Elturel. 

Through various shenanigans involving discovering a cult hidden under one of the Duke’s estates, the group managed to get transported into Avernus – the first layer of hell, where Elturel had been dragged – and in the process of finding their way through the hellscape of the Blood War, the party discovered that Zane had been taken along with some other Elturel survivors, and had been forcibly thrown into a meregon’s fighting pit at “training practice”.

The party arrived at the devil’s arena just in time to save Zane from being killed, reuniting the twins for the first time in over a year of being separated. (Zana’s first words upon hugging her brother again were “Don’t ever try and sacrifice yourself for me again, you absolute prick” through a shed load of tears.) After rescuing and being reunited with her twin, Zana and Zane join the rest of the party on the months long mission to bring Elturel back to the material plane. 

After managing to return to Faerun, returning Elturel back to its original position on the map, and recovering for a few months, Zane and Zana – plus Zane’s new boyfriend, Elias, who’d started growing close during the trip across Avernus – decide it’s time to make the journey back to their family home to reunite with their father. By then it had been almost five years, and the two of them had been through so much, neither were sure how on earth they were going to explain to their father what had happened to them. Between the twins, they made the decision not to tell him, worried that the guilt of sending them away to such a fate would crush him.

So the twins returned to their childhood home to the delighted shock of their father, who was beyond overjoyed to have his beloved children home once again.

No Longer Who We Once Were

For five years the twins remained home again. In their time away their father had managed to build the farm back up again after the difficult times, but he was getting old and weary, so Zane and Zana took over a lot of the workloads. Zane and Elias become engaged, their old adventuring friends sometimes visiting, and despite the peace and joy of being reunited the twin’s father became more and more frail. The weight of hard years tending the farm alone, and missing his wife and children had weighed heavy on him, and eventually he passed peacefully one winter with Zane and Zana both there with him. 

With their father gone and no longer in a position to keep the secret of what happened to them, Zane and Zana decide that what they experienced in Baldur’s Gate and Avernus had left too many scars on them to lead a quiet life as farmers. Not without their father there as an anchor. They scatter their fathers ashes in the same woods where they scattered their mothers, and began preparations to sell the farm and set off to find what they’re meant to do next. 

Zana expressed her wishes to return to Baldur’s Gate and try to track down some of her old friends from the Avernus mission (who had all gone their separate ways after returning to Faerun). Zane and Elias agreed, but also wanted to go and visit Elias’ family in Waterdeep first to tell them about the engagement in person. The twins realize that they can’t realistically be joined at the hip for the rest of their lives, so they agree to willingly split up for the first time, albeit temporarily. The plan was for Zane to go with Elias to Waterdeep while Zana would head to Baldur’s Gate to pick up their old companion’s trails ahead of them – all of them planning to meet up in Baldur’s Gate in a few months time.

The twins exchanged Sending Stones made by Elias so that they used to keep in daily contact, speaking every night at the same time after heading out in their separate directions. 

Only when  Zana stops responding the day after she arrived back in Baldur’s Gate does Zane realise something is very wrong, both him and Elias immediately setting out to go find out what the hell has happened to her. 

What they find when they get there, I suppose we’ll find out soon enough…

Extra character notes:

Zana and Zane were both about 20 when they left home with Ferrovax. By the start of BG3 they're around 30.

Both twins are both very pale grey, even for tieflings, with white hair, bone grey horns and yellow eyes. They also look so similar that at a distance it’s difficult to tell them apart. They’re even the exact same height and have almost the same horn shape too.

When they were being trained in the gladiator stables, Zana (who was already good with a bow) was made to be a ranged specialist, while Zane was trained as a close-combat fighter. Class-wise, Zana is a combo of Hunter Ranger and a little bit of Rogue, while Zane is a Battle Master Fighter who’s preferred weapon is a glaive.

Neither twin learned to read or write as a child. When they were living in the gladiator stables, one of the other indentures (a former scholar of Candle Keep) helped them to learn the bare basics. Zana was a little better at it than Zane, but she’s still not great and is very sensitive about how slowly she is to write and read.

Zana keeps sketch journals as a way of managing stress. She draws people she meets, places she sees, and presses flowers and herbs between the pages to keep for later. After escaping the nautiloid, she buys and starts keeping a new journal as a way of taking her mind off things – and just in case she dosen’t survive, Zane will have something of hers to find out what happened to her.

I like to imagine she’s by far the best cook in the entire camp, barring maybe Halsin and Jaheira. The girl has been cooking food she’s hunted over a campfire since she was a child, and has had to figure out ways of making palatable meals out of scraps for half of her life. Astarion still likes to complain that there’s never enough seasoning in her food though. (Z: "Eat your desiccated fruit rations and be grateful, you prissy git. It's miles better than anything you could make, and you know it.")

While she was somewhat well known in Baldur’s Gate’s underground as a gladiator for a time, it was only in combination with her brother as a “matching set”. Without him, and all this time later, she’s not really recognised as much, and far prefers it that way. (In our Decent into Avernus campaign one of the Flaming Fist recognised her and asked her if she’d sign one of his shoulderguards, much to her mortification.)

I’m specing her as a Hunter subclass, but depending on how her story run goes I may take the Gloom Stalker subclass instead. I headcanon that the insertion of the tadpole has messed with her focus and combat reflexes, hence why she’s back at Level 1 despite originally reaching Level 8 during Decent into Avernus.

In my mind, Zana wore her Sending Stone on a cord around her neck, and when she was teleported onto the nautiloid, no magic items could come with her. Her Sending Stone is likely still lying in a gutter somewhere in the Lower City.

[kalenthehyrulianowlwitch]

Say hello to Raivyre Drasture, Protection Domain cleric of the Church of Yothar.

(My current dnd character)

Bio (and character spoilers):

Raivyre -- or Rai for short -- grew up in Gra Kur, the capital of a Draconic Emerate province bordering the human country of Hurric.

She was born to General Aalthol Zorseth, a prominent warrior; and Lieutenant Krirak Drastur, a renowned shield maiden. Aalthol, having witnessed Krirak's battle prowess, hoped to get strong, skilled children from her. Raivyre, however, was born quite small for a dragonborn, and thus a disappointment to her father, His hurt pride lead him to abuse both his daughter and wife. Krirak took the brunt of it to protect her daughter.

Krirak eventually left. Taking Raivyre with her, she began a semi-nomadic life, travelling from town to town, staying a couple weeks at a time. She raised Rai with the value that one should use the strengths they have to help and protect people, not to lord over them.

During a stay in a town, Krirak took an adventuring job to investigate some recent deaths in the area. She left a young Rai in the care of a kindly innkeeper. On her way to the market to get some watermelon (a favourite of her's), Rai got captured by some men, and taken to a hidden location. As it turned out, the deaths were caused by a necromancer and his lackeys, killing people and then later reanimating their corpses. Rai had been taken by them, along with several others. One of the other captives was kind to Rai and helped keep her calm. Until they were taken from the cell, killed in front of Rai, and reanimated soon after. Krirak and her group got there a few hours later and defeated the necromancer and his forces. But by this point Rai was already traumatized, and would later form a crippling phobia of the undead because of it.

In later years, Rai came upon the Church of Yothar -- a God of protection. Instilled with her mother’s values, she soon developed the goal of becoming a cleric, using her own strength to protect and help others under the devotion of the God of protection.

After leaving her mother’s side, and finishing her clerical training, Rai began her own travels. And one day stumbled upon a dying Gnoll. Always willing to give people a second chance, she healed the gnoll. Said gnoll, named Happy, became indebted to her, and seeing her as a strong warrior in her own right, decided to follow her and devout himself to her God. The two became fast, and best, friends.

After some years, Rai and Happy got a job through the Church to investigate the disappearances of some other adventurers who were part of the church. This is where the two of them met the others: Lux, an ex gladiator and hardened paladin; Toadface, a goblin rogue with a penchant for theft; and Ariyes, a fae-touched teifling with a distrust for humans. And an eventual late addition of Alyassa, a fae warlock. A group that eventually grew to become TAAHLR Order.

[2lim3rz]

6, 14, 28 for the oc asks (i hope i got the numbers right)

6 - Two OCs of yours that look alike despite not being related?

That's easy. My Ultrakill ocs Ondoel and Aldoel, despite literally also having similar names, are unrelated.

They still call themselves twins and brothers for the shits and giggles though

14 - Introduce an OC with a tragic backstory

So, uh, that's like.. at least over half of them? But I can introduce a couple that I have constant brain rot for. Sibley - Warhammer 40k - A Warhammer 40k blank (aka person with mega fuck you energy that makes hell creatures just Not Exist). Constantly nearly killed/otherwise beaten her entire life because of aforementioned Anti-Good Vibes Vibes before a whole Primarch fell in love with her (somehow). She then got kidnapped and disappeared for a Long Long Time Elsewhere - Fallout: New Vegas - Mauled by NCR attack dogs as a child, lived life constantly on and off drugs before she settled and helped the Courier. Who then turned out to be a Legion double agent before he was killed. She was then married off to Legate Lanius Tadpole - A orphaned tiefling who was adopted into a tiefling worshiping cult who then got seperated by her husband, lost her memory when a Mindflayer failed to put a tadpole in the correct side of her deformed head, and then got threatened to be killed multiple times and is now not having a Good Time

28 - Your most dangerous OC?

Ooooh that's.. that's a good one. I'll break it down by universe? Lol Val'tha-Oll - Aliens vs Predator - Highly adaptable and has a fierce human wifey. He's an Elite at that so he's an absolute short unit Amara aka Saint Fang's Scream - Dungeons and Dragons - An Amethyst Gem Dragonborn echo knight that was a ferocious gladiator before she was killed off. Honestly just a hilarious nightmare of a person Opalclash - Transformers - A predacon with the ability to manipulate energon. Isn't afraid to kill. Is a predacon so she's hard to kill. We love and support her Hazardous Waste - Transformers - Obligatory honorable mention to my deranged bastard <3 Metatron - Ultrakill - LITERALLY HAS BEEN BLESSED WITH MINOR OMNIPRESENCE BY G OD. Also the 'leader' of the archangels before he got imprisoned. Beloved man. Love him. Beloved. Anette - Warhammer 40k - A distant relative of Malcador the Sigilite because uhm why not? A psyker with the main skill of manipulating the fabric of the universe to be lucky and has psychic visions of the past. Has a Marines Malevolent (Alpha Legion) boyfriend and a weird thing going on with the rest of the squad but SHHHHHHH Has learned to kill and will do it in the name of the Emperor Percival Carrington - REPO! A Genetic Opera - Bastard man. Too rich to die

Shemru/Shemzu - You know him, Mist, but to explain to everyone else: Big Bastard. Literally, we love him even though he's a villain.

This bitch. Jino - Personal universe of bird-lizard aliens. Has the magic ability of 'taking' wounds from people and putting them on himself or transferring the wounds to someone else. Litterally uses this ability to harm others instead of healing people which, valid

[incoherentmuses]

wanted to post ol’ Ekene-Afa on her own bc I love my big buff ex-gladiator wife

(yes i know ToA NPCs are Chultan humans, we’re playing in homebrew land where everyone is dragonborn just go with it)

this was so much fun to draw, i realised i love love love drawing buff people, especially buff ladies. Muscles are great! Ekene could kill me with one flex and im into it.

in the campaign one of the PC’s had established that he really admires her from her gladiator career and gets tongue-tied around her, and then I drew this and was like oh! this is why! she’s so asljdaskdjaf *dies in bisexual*

[ID: a black scaled dragonborn woman, posing with her arms behind her head to flex. She is very muscular, and covered in scars and battle damaged. She is wearing a blue cutoff crop top with the letters DGL on it, an orange loincloth with geometric patterns, and a many-stringed belt with coloured beads on it.]

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