#light of Xaryxis

[zerohitpoints]

Rock of Bral

[hellisntreal]

DnD art from earlier this year I somehow never posted. This was the party I DM'd for, for a Light of Xaryxis campaign! (cool setting and concept, very bad execution adventure wise)

Bugsy the astral sailor bugbear, Professor Crumpet the space kobold researcher, Nissan the astral elf tourist, and Marilena the collector of sugar daddies I mean warlock patrons.

Had a ton of fun with it, and it made me expand my homebrew world's lore a ton to explore fantasy outer space (designing it and looking back at sunless skies is what prompted me to get back into fallen london <3)

[wanderinred]

This week, my party will embark on an epic journey that combines the chilling tale of "Rime of the Frostmaiden" with the exciting "Light of Xaryxis." I've been eagerly waiting for the perfect moment to merge these two incredible stories, and with the awesome group I have, I decided the time had finally come. To kick off our adventure, I've crafted some detailed maps that will immerse us into the heart of the narrative. Get ready for an unforgettable campaign that promises frosty mysteries and radiant quests, all within a single, thrilling saga! Stay tuned for updates as the journey unfolds. And if you're interested in the one-shot I wrote for these maps, I'll be releasing the pdf later this week after our session.

[borroweddice]

Wild Space ✨

[lewinston]

Just a quick fun sketch of how I run Captain Grimzod Gargenhale in 'Light of Xaryxis'. Am I doing it wrong?

[jetpackpotatoart]

My buddy asked me if I could draw our campaign characters as the treasure planet movie poster. Told him I'd do him one better and include the logo!

[soulslayer2020]

Some of my current D&D Characters!

Hanyuu - Soft on the Outside, Ice Cold on the Inside

Name: Hai'Ryuun 'Hanyuu' Kori Race: Levistus Tiefling Class: Fiend Warlock (4) Campaign: Icewind Dale

Don't let the baby face and soft voice fool you. This seemingly innocent little tiefling is actually a warlock and cultist of Levistus. A street urchin who fell into an icy lake and was rescued in exchange for her soul, Hanyuu uses her innocent appearance to her advantage to infiltrate adventuring parties to find the one mentioned in a cult prophecy as the ones to bring back the sun. Is she truly the puppeteer controlling the party from the shadows, or is even she being kept in the dark about the cult's intentions...?

Sagitta - Rebel Pirate of the Stars

(Commission by @pauloz_art on twitter) Name: Sagitta Luminis Race: Half-Astral Elf, Half-Eladrin Class: Wild Magic Sorcerer (9) Campaign: Spelljammer Academy/Light of Xaryxis (Non-RAW)

Part of a union of space rebels knows as the Auriga Alliance, Sagitta was once Spelljammer to her adoptive father - Captain Perseus of the Auriga Alliance's Carina fleet - but was taken to Toril by fellow fleet leader Captain Gideon of the Vera fleet when her ship was attacked by Neogi. Now a Spelljamming Academy graduate who has suddenly found herself go from first mate to captain of her fellow graduate due to the sudden loss of their captain and close friend, Sagitta is tasked with gathering allies on the Rock of Bral, finding her old crew, and leading her friends to victory against the Xaryxian Empire.

Drifter - From Royal to Renegade

Name: Princess Xochitl 'Drifter' Xaryx Race: Astral Elf Class: Swords Bard (11) Campaign: Post-Light of Xaryxis Homebrew

The youngest of the Xaryxian royal siblings, Xochitl left her old name and life behind to become Drifter - a renegade astral elf who sought to end the Xaryxian Empire's conquest, which she succeeded with after meeting a ragtag crew of Spelljamming graduates on Toril. With the empire now in shambles and her siblings fighting to rule what little remains it, Drifter and co. have set out to find a way to stop her siblings once and for all. But deep down, Drifter wants nothing more than to end things peacefully; the last thing she wants is to lose what's left of her family.

Lynn - Broken Past

(Her look throughout the campaign so far, from left to right: Starting/Cultist, Caravan Disguise, Restored Memories)

Name: Lynn Historia Race: Moon Elf Class: Assassin Rogue (8), Fighter (1) Campaign: Tyranny of Dragons

Awoken on a riverbank with no memories aside from her name, Lynn found herself travelling with a caravan towards Greenest where she found herself not only confronting dragon cultists but her past. Once chamberlain to Prince Neronvain, Lynn ran away with him to join the Cult of Dragons and worked her way up through the ranks alongside him, even leading a secret coup against the former Wyrmspeaker to allow Neronvain to take over. But after being ambushed by Harpers during a scouting mission, Lynn was knocked into a river and fell unconscious, losing her memories. Determined to convince Neronvain to leave the cult, Lynn managed to organise a meeting between them in Daggerford. But when Zhentarim began to storm their once-thought-to-be-secret meeting spot, Neronvain offered to teleport her away with him to escape. Not wanting to drag her party into trouble, she agreed. After pleading Neronvain to let her go find her party as well as a way to convince him to leave the cult, he agreed - albeit a tad somberly - to let her go, even giving her a teleportation tablet to bring her where he guessed they'd most likely be infiltrating. Now reunited with her party and her memories fully restored thanks to Neronvain's aid, Lynn is determined to save her crush dearest friend from the cult and prevent Tiamat's return.

Marcy - Caring Clutz

Name: Marcillia 'Marcy' Caligo Race: Wood Elf Class: Drakewarden Ranger (9) Campaign: Tyranny of Dragons (Temp Character)

Name a more iconic duo! Marcy and her adorable silver drake companion, Zephyr are the right-hand (hands? hand and claw?) of Prince Alagarthas. Sent to keep a distant eye on Lynn's meeting with Neronvain after learning of them both still being alive after 15 years of being missing, Marcy saw the Zhentarim try to storm Lynn's meeting and the two teleporting away. Unsure of what to do, Marcy offered to join Lynn's companions in continuing to track the cult until Lynn was able to find her way back. Clumsy and socially awkward, Marcy is a lovable doof with an equally lovable drake that acts more like a hyper puppy at times. But cross them on the battlefield and you'll see exactly why Alagarthas chose them as his trusted protectors. What? No, Marcy's not crushing on Alagarthas! Shut up!!

Nadirah - Guardian of the Veil

Name: Nadirah Strigoi Race: Dhampir (Formerly Dusk Elf) Class: Grave Cleric (7) Campaign: Curse of Strahd (Non-RAW)

Once a proud cleric of Mother Night and protector of the Dusk Elves, Nadirah fought hard against her older brother Rahadin to prevent his genocide at Strahd's orders. However, her strength wasn't enough as her closest friend Kasimir had his ears cleaved off, his sister Patrina was murdered in front of them, and she was dragged off to Castle Ravenloft to be turned into a thrall as punishment. However, something intervened and prevented her full transformation, causing her to become a dhampir instead. Sealed away in the catacombs, Nadirah remained there for over a thousand years. Her only company was one of Strahd's consorts named Escher, who would bring her food. The two became friends over time and even started to fall for each other. One day, Escher 'accidentally' left her cell unlocked which allowed Nadirah to escape and flee the castle. Finally free, Nadirah swears to avenge her fallen kin, find a cure for her dhampirism and maybe even Escher's vampirism so he can be free of Strahd, and most of all: kill Strahd and free Barovia for good.

Crow - Holy Liar

(Art by u/LuciusG_Dean on Reddit)

Name: Crow (Real Name: Mycareth Baenre) Race: Drow Class: Vengeance Paladin (1) Campaign: Out of the Abyss

Kidnapped from House Baenre and raised as a slave in Faen Tlabbar, Crow spent most of their life never knowing their past, not having a name of their own, and yearning for freedom, which they managed to achieve at 150. Fleeing to the surface, Crow chose their own name and joined Bregan D'aerthe, where they (unbeknownst to both parties) worked under their uncle, Jarlaxle Baenre. But freedom wasn't enough. Crow wanted to make those who enslaved them suffer. Shortly after becoming a paladin of Cyric - lord of lies - Jarlaxle sent Crow down to the Underdark to investigate rumours of a demon threat and deal with it if they think it could effect dealings with the towns below the surface.

[gobletsandgoblins]

our fighter just rolled three nat 20's in a row on the same turn in combat. the dm's sad "that's really good" will forever live in my memory.

[galacticjoelle]

An unlikely pair…

[theartisticintrovert]

Commission Me! -- Regular | Furry

so i completely forgot to post this. everyone, meet my feral little artificer. if he looks at all similar to another green-eyed one-armed character of mine no he doesn't <3

[zerohitpoints]

Light of Xaryxis #5

Last session, in Spelljammer part 5, the party boarded Captain Solomon Neegan’s ship “The Lucille.” They were introduced to the eclectic crew, assigned cabins, and waited for all the other ships to set sail. Afterwards, they prepped to head for Phandalin on New Toril when the Helmsman called out that the Halfing ship “The Unexpected Party” was hailing them in distress. They had 300 survivors from…

[toa-arania]

I feel like talking about Lorelei's dead cat that's possessed by a dead clown. His name is Bongo and he's great. The DM just makes shit up about him all the time and speaks in the most deranged voice. The first session we had him, he got drunk. He does nothing except provide unhelpful commentary and occasionally give me advantage on checks. His ribs are exposed so anything he tries to drink just falls back out and he still got drunk somehow. He has daddy issues and we have no idea who his dad is. We have no idea how long he was dead before Lorelei took his spirit and put it inside a dead cat we found on an abandoned ship. It's possible we killed him. He just turns up places and says things. His entire deal is that he's a dead clown. I want to ask if he has an egg, but I'm scared he'll reveal that clowns have cloacas.

[monkeyartfiend]

people have theee most brain dead takes about light of xaryxis

here's a rant bc I just finished DMing this game and it throws me into a giggling rage to see people's takes on it

"the npcs aren't very fleshed out" Hi, who do you think are the main characters of the story???? it is your job as DM to make the PLAYER CHARACTERS feel like they are the most important adventurers. there's literally a blurb in LoX about how npcs are supposed to be silly supporting characters. trust me, there is enough information about all of them to give you a character sketch to take and run with. literally just read their blurbs and interactions, its all there. have you ever played in a campaign with npcs who kill steal and who the DM clearly liked more than the PCs? bc I have. when a DM treats their NPCs as equal to the PCs it sucks 100% again, it's your job as DM to create and manage NPCs as SIDE CHARACTERS

"the ending is bad it makes people choose between two impossible options!" are you twelve? have you never heard of a moral dilemma?? if you think the xaryxians are redeemable then you failed as a DM to make them evil and despicable enough. newsflash you don't need to take thermal energy from a planet with people on it. literally all planets have thermal energy. the xaryxians chose and will continue to choose to take life away from hundreds of planets. their society is already dead, why do you think vampirates are a big part of this campaign? parallel to the xaryxians, whose star died eons ago that they are supporting through, idk, killing hundreds of planets with people on it just for funsies! they are suuuuper evil! sure maybe evacuate all the "good xaryxians" how do you think that's gonna go down??? all of their solar dragons just gonna stand by??? again it's called a moral dilemma yes both options suck but if you did your job then PCs should know what to do. there's literally even a bunch of NPC opinions on the matter you can use to explain the moral situation and guide your players to a carefully thought out choice.

people give spelljammer and LoX a lot of undeserved shit. I just finished running from Academy to Xaryxis finale, and it was the most fun I have ever had, even more than curse of strahd. the battles are insane.

LoX is a campaign that encourages PCs to act as only they can - highly skilled combatants. when you build your PC, the majority of the skills you are putting on the sheet are related to their ability to fight.

LoX asks you to put those abilities to use, and fight many difficult, up to date, monsters with no rest. it's the first time I've felt like monsters are created with how modern players min max and multiclass to perfection in mind.

The NPCs are the silliest little freaks I've ever seen and, as a theatrical, rule of cool, comedy combat DM, I had an aaaaaabsolute blast, and my players will not stop talking about how much they loved that campaign.

so if you think LoX is dumb, maybe read the book again but this time! read it as a space opera comedy!!!!!! bc it is supposed to be dumb!! I'm begging you to lighten up. as a DM you are a story conduit. and your players are supposed to have fun.

[lichpire]

I’m Princess Xedalli’s right-hand arm.. man. I’m Princess Xedalli everything. I’m her confidante, her best friend. Her silly rabbit.

[pujington]

Introducing Berty Warsong, half-orc cyborg armorer artificer, mad scientist, and all around good bud.

Couple months back I batch recorded a run of spelljammer with Quests and Chaos. Now that the first couple eps are out, I figured it was safe to share on here!

[affableanthropologist]

Tonight we played the final session of our Light of Xaryxis game.

My poor Vale ended up doing the equivalent of throwing the One Ring into Mount Doom: except in this scenario, he needed to throw himself in with it.

The rest of the party got away, and it was overall a bittersweet ending, but we definitely ugly cried in the aftermath. If we return to this group one day I'll probably play Vale's sister Robin, who is an NPC I've grown very attached to and who the DM said it would be fine to play.

No matter how good an ending it was though, I had really hoped my sweet boy would make it out and get a nice life with his polycule. <3 But it was not to be.

At least now he gets to have a peaceful afterlife in Selune's realm, forever watching the stars.