#hot druid

[by-izz]

Feral grandma, anyone?

WIP weekend and yet another Jaheira practice. 💚⚔️💚

I originally started with Aleksandra Skiba brushes but something was missing for the more rough feel so I got these amazing Sargent brushes from SadieLewski and I'm loving them!

[loosethreadsofyoursoul]

the degree to which magic in bbc merlin is an allegory for queerness is insane. what do you mean people with magic hide in fear for their lives because it’s illegal. what do you mean merlin’s mother sent him away to the big city bc she was afraid of what would happen if their small town found out he had magic. what do you mean merlin is taken in by an unmarried old man who used to practice magic but can’t anymore. what do you mean morgana was morally on uther’s side until she realized who she was and that he was wrong for wanting people like her dead. what do you mean anti-magical propaganda spreads misinformation that all magic is evil and everyone who practices it is also evil and should be killed. what do you mean there’s a recurring underlying theme of magical being solidarity

[fedemexyart]

Just a slightly spicier moment between Astarion and Liliaurel in Act 3! 👀💦 This time I had a lot of fun playing with the colors of lights and shadows (a bit randomly), but I have to say that I'm satisfied with the result! xD

[arabella-strange]

truly a Liam's PCs' bisexual maelstrom, the one we've long awaited and never dreamed was possible

Keyleth

Essek

Astrid

Dorian

[jay-wasstuff]

Official Character Concept Artwork for DnDHAT

from the 4K book flipping of The Art and Making of Dungeons & Dragons Honor Among Thieves

[horny-druid]

Every Druid needs an Apprentice…. And mine is a sweet ginger fuckboi 😎

[vyronnes]

Hey-hey, looks like Aurora wants to show you something

Commission artwork Come join my art raffle on X!

[anantplayingdnd]

In honor of pride month I want to hear about how queer you made Barovia please and thank you.

For my game:

Strahd is a bisexual king right out of the book, which is awesome.

Rahadin is asexual, but not in like, an ace kind of way. Like in a single-celled organism kind of way.

Ireena is aroace! A decision partly inspired by a certain pool of water (iykyk), and also because she’s a little bit my self-insert. A PC hit on her in like session four and was immediately told, “Do not ever speak to me that way again.” She’s iconic and I adore her.

IZMARK. IZ. GAY. And madly in love with the druid. Unfortunately Izmark does not know he is gay. He believes it is very normal to lovingly stare into your homie's eyes and look down at his lips and imagine what it would be like to kiss him. And it is very normal to comment on how attractive your homie is, cause that's just what bros do.

Vollenta is a beautiful lesbian who refuses to let the fact that she is married to Strahd change the fact that she is a lesbian and nobody will tell her or her pile of bodies otherwise.

Ludmilla is on the ace spectrum. I mean, come on. She's with the guy for power and grant money. She says she loves him, and they're definitely intimate, but she's the kind of girly to take notes before during and after, you know?

Escher. What even needs to be said about Escher. He's Ravenloft's resident twink and proud of it. He's a little lonely and can't stop thinking about the boy he was in love with when he was young, who is now old and grizzled from age, while Escher himself remains the same age he was when he betrayed his lover and chose Strahd instead, but like... he's also pretty and immortal, so who cares?

(Escher Bonus Content: Two moms! They loved him very much and were upsettingly supportive of his decision to become Strahd's newest consort)

Anastrasya: idk she's dead pre-campaign in mine so if you came here looking for commentary on her you will not get it.

Ezmerelda is a trans lesbian! She's gorgeous and I adore her. She's just so confident that she can kill Strahd on her own and I think she's right for that. I knew I wanted her to be a love interest for one of my PCs, and it just so happens that the player in question has a type.

Danika is also bi, and she's very happily married to her wonderful little husband. This hasn't come up in the campaign at all it's just something I know to be true in my heart.

The Abbot: Gender! Fluid! Call them whatever you want. He/him when you want to play on ideas of masculinity in religious circles, they/them when you want to make them seem undefinable, she/her when you want your PCs to reflect on how much mom trauma they all have :)

Sergei is straight but that man loves the queer community so much and he deserves an honorable mention.

Arrigal is gay and very pissed that the party keeps knocking on his wagon door at 3am. His ex-husband/current boyfriend has been coerced into co-parenting a child with the cleric.

Edit: FORGOT ABOUT THE RESIDENT SPOOKY SPECTRAL LADS BUT TO BE FAIR THEY ARE CANON AND MY PARTY ISN’T THERE YET

There's definitely others but these are my versions of the little guys. I am so interested to hear other people's takes on them.

[crownedinmarigolds]

More dumb BG3 comics from mine and my husband's take on the story. Khloe is not my Tav but is a camp character (that we have occasionally walk around with the party) who serves as the camp cook and potions master. Former long-time tavern worker who became an owner when her stepmother retired, she's mechanically an artificer! She's twice widowed, once left at the altar, without children, and just crested into her forties... and now has been abducted and carrying a mind worm. Life's tough.

Here she is getting extremely excited to have made an emotional connection with a bear only to find out that it was in fact a giant elf druid instead... BUMMER!!! What a disappointment. (Halsin ofc because it's my BG3 indulgence becomes smitten at her priceless "ugh it's just a hot guy not a cool bear" expression.)

(full rundown as always in the picture descriptions if you're interested!)

[megueggu]

design piece of Jasper for Youso ✨

[jinxthemirage1]

A friend’s character in my current dnd campaign: sea elf turned slime turned succubus slime turned back into a sea elf…. As you can see she came back a bit different

[wetcatspellcaster]

an academic conference presentation 👀👀 fellow lolth apologist 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀

hahahahahahaha! we stan one girlboss (I'm also a massive fan of her hot malewife, Keptolo. Who is literally God of Men You Call Babygirl. I know this to be true.)

I did a series of conference presentations about Lolth, based on my thesis chapter that's about drow and their representation/renegotiation in D&D actual play more specifically (there's this wider question of 'no longer evil - good! but because hot? - more complicated!' that seems to be happening. I'm not saying Essek Thelyss, but I am). In the first half of the chapter, I argue that drow are essentially the monsters in which you can see the gendered and racial biases of D&D most clearly, bc it's both like 'eww non-white people and eww women in power' while also being like "👀👀 but women in power with whips though". It's some classic Orientalism, lads!

Because of this, Lolth is so hot and interesting! I personally think she's Gygax's interpretation of Lilith in Hebrew/Biblical mythology, as a woman who betrayed the elves' Best Boi and then became the mistress and progenitor of a realm of monsters as a result. I feel like her monstrosity is very determined by viewing her exclusively through this conservative, Christian, white-male gaze. Like yes, I know D&D tells you she's super evil, but those 'universal assumptions' only work when you ignore the obvious biases of who wrote them into the imaginary world.

Anyway, my thesis can be summarised as: 'RIP straight men, but I think a court intrigue schemer who fell from grace is hot, actually. I'm built different.' - Quite literally, in some cases, because I think once you detach drow matriarchy from Gygax's and co's fearful yet sexy fetishisation, you can take it in many interesting directions.

If I ever play in a non-homebrewed D&D campaign, I will be playing a cleric of Keptolo, who essentially follows her god's footsteps and stans any hot women who can step on them.

[kichizero]

Starcaller Chicory

[slightlyhopefulromantic]

its a little hard to sell your catgirl friend on water games

[teiasviago]

ASTARION in BALDUR’S GATE 3 (2023) - [8/∞]

[mithruel]

"He's waiting for the first snow to fall and has left a seat for you. Join him, and enjoy the snow's dance~"

It started snowing today for the first time this year, not sure if it'll stay or melt by tomorrow, but oh well. Watching the snowflakes dance through my window while drawing made the anxiety about my future a bit less stressful.