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[parallel-2-anywhere]

PIRANESI AND THE LIBRARY OF SIGIL IS NOW LIVE ON DMSGUILD!!

10 new species 8 subclasses and 4 species altering lineages and features are here alongside lore on the strange Library of Sigil!

With amazing art from folks across the community and layout done by @sunevial and art from incredible folks like @crowvaarts @mind-or-matter and more! This book has been so big it’s an intense labor of love for the DND multiverse, our little collective multiverse that my friends and I run the game and tell stories in, and those stories we’ve told together! It’s 4.99 on DMs Guild and Day 1 is always kinda important so either picking it up or spreading the word is such a big deal and turbo appreciated! There is so much in here I think players and DM's will be into!

[wehavekookies]

Painted a bunch of little skulls for the Planescape: Adventures in Multiverse book, including my beloved childhood friend Morte and this funky guy all covered in stickers :)

Please notice little Mahadi, the Cassalanters' crest and Barovia postcards I allowed myself to slap on him :)

Plus the rest of the mimirs.

AD: Emi Tanji

[wingbuffet]

The 'Smoldering Corpse', a bar in the planar city of Sigil from D&D's upcoming 'Sigil and the Outlands' book (and originally from Planescape Torment)

Never have I painted so many NPCs in such a big scene, with so many little stories going on :D

[oldschoolfrp]

A perky panpiper, one of the more cheerful characters traveling the planes from Sigil (Tony DiTerlizzi, AD&D 2e Planescape Campaign Expansion Planes of Chaos: The Travelogue, TSR, 1994)

[madcat-world]

DnD: The Mortuary - Calder Moore

[saintrabouin]

Random and ridiculous knights and paladins

[dailyadventureprompts]

Dungeon: Sulgien's Sulphurous Tomb

After the ancient titan of fire was snuffed out, her children and followers interred her body in a burial mound that rivaled small mountains for size. It is said the earth itself wept over this cairn, and it's tears were volcanic fire that has never since cooled.

Adventure Hooks:

Whether it be a demiplane or stretch of hostile wilderness (as your campaign might need) the charred wasteland surrounding Sulgien's tomb has come to be known as the Ashmourn. Home to pyroclastic storms and rogue elementals, to say nothing of the rivers of lava or cinderswamps, the Ashmorn is an area all but the bravest steer well clear of. This has made it the perfect home for a band of fire genasi nomads who survive by raiding other lands, then retreating where more flammable folk would never dare to follow. Their leader claims decent from Sulgien herself, and seeks a means to resurrect the mighty titan so that she may again hold dominion over all that burns.

Legends say the gods struck down Sulgien because her rampages threatened the very foundations of the world. The legends are almost right. While it's all to easy to imagine a fiery giant destroying everything in her path, Sulgien's threat lay not only in her strength and battle prowess, but also in her power as an oracle: With some effort the titan of fire could pronounce a destiny and sear it's shape upon the world, impossible to avert or contradict. It's also said that her prophecies were etched upon the inner walls of her tomb, knowledge that mystics of all kind would pay a party generously to obtain.

Stories speak of Sulgien's blade, the bane of gods and monsters alike, which struck apart foes with the violence of the rupturing earth. Someone, perhaps the party, or one of their foes, might be able to obtain a fraction of this power should they be able to reach the titan's burial chamber and touch their weapon to hers. This is easier said than done, not only would one need immunity to fire to even consider the task, it would also require swimming to the bottom of a magma flooded burial chamber as well as laying hands on a weapon that could survive the transfer of primal energy. Even adamantium melts under such pressure, but should someone manage the impossible they will be in possession of a weapon that can carve pantheons.

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[taritoons]

A little tribute to the tiefling companions from the past 20+ years of D&D CRPGs.

Left to right:

Haer'Dalis (Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn; BioWare; 2000)

Valen Shadowbreath (Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark; BioWare; 2003)

Neeshka (Neverwinter Nights 2; Obsidian; 2006)

Karlach (Baldur's Gate 3; Larian; 2023)

Annah of the Shadows (Planescape: Torment; Black Isle; 1999)

Gannayev-of-Dreams (Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer; Obsidian; 2007)

4k 16:9 wallpaper under the cut.

[shuunnico]

You like rpgs. Do you recommend any games like baldurs gate 3?

Absolutely. I'll assume you mean CRPGs and not RPGs in general.

Computer Roleplaying Games (CRPGs) refers to a style and genre of game that BG3 follows. Some have started calling CRPGs "Classic RPGs" instead. CRPGs are typically identified by an isometric, top down view style, a heavy focus on story and exploration.

I'm going to split my list it three main categories based on accessibility factors. These factors include the amount of reading involved, the depth of mechanics and the level of abstraction/math required.

Easy Entry Level

Baldur's Gate 3 - 2023 - Larian Studios. The current gold star for easy entry CRPGs. Exceptional graphics, every character voice acted, very little reading and fairly straightforward mechanics and concepts.

Divinity: Original Sin 2 DE- 2017 - Larian Studios. This is basically a less polished, more complex version of BG3 and made by the same studio.

Disco Elysium, Final Cut - 2019 - ZA/UM. Disco Elysium is a detective/social focus game that dives into heavy narrative concepts. Failing rolls is just as viable for the story as succeeding them, making the game's mechanics take a backseat to story. However, there is a lot of reading and that may be a barrier to entry.

Tyranny - 2016 - Obsidian Entertainment. A game about being evil, it's mechanically pretty simple, but there's a fair bit of jank due to it's low budget, and the game ends on a cliffhanger, but it's story is very solid.

Mid Entry Level

Wasteland 3 - 2020 - inExile Entertainment. The long awaited third installment of the Wasteland franchise and significantly less complex than its predecessors. Post apocalyptic, frozen Colorado, grim reality and goofy ideas. This is the franchise that originally inspired Fallout.

Shadowrun: Dragonfall DC/ Shadowrun: Hong Kong EE - 2014/2015 - Harebrained Schemes. Set in the Fantasy/Cyberpunk hybrid setting of Shadowrun. Fair bit of reading, but the game's mechanics are relatively easy to grasp and don't require a lot of math. Always play Dragonfall before Hong Kong.

Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire - 2018 - Obsidian Entertainment. A unique setting, exploring a fictional parallel to the age of piracy. Very wordy (but a lot is voice acted), with a lot of world building, but well worth engaging with. The first game, Pillars of Eternity, is less accessible, but still good.

Kingmaker/Wrath of the Righteous/Rogue Trader - 2020/2022/2023 - Owlcat Games. Owlcat adapts existing systems into CRPGs, like how BG3 is an adaption of DnD 5e. Do not be fooled, these games are where you start hitting a lot of complexity, a lot of math and a lot potential to damage your playthroughs by accident. This is where things start to get difficult.

Difficult Entry Level

Baldur's Gate 1/2 - Bioware - 1998/2000. The prequels to BG3, these games use an older, much more complex version of DnD's rules. Be prepared for a lot of reading and complex mechanics, but you'll be rewarded with some amazing storytelling.

Planescape Torment - Interplay - 1999. Another game using DnD's older mechanics, Planescape is a completely different beast from BG3. Many consider this series mechanically inferior to the Baldur's Gate franchise, but with better storytelling and world building to compensate.

Fallout 1/2 - 1997/1998 - Interplay/Black Isle. One of the most widely known game franchises started as an isometric CRPG. Universally considered more complex, rewarding and deeper than the Bethesda portion of the franchise, you'll need some experience to get into them, but you'll be happy you did.

Games I haven't played but I've heard good things of:

Wasteland 2, DC - 2015 - inExile

Torment: Tides Of Numenera - 2017 - inExile

Neverwinter Nights - 2002 - Bioware

Arcanum - 2001 - Troika Games

Ultima 7 Part 1/Part 2 - 1992/1993 - Origin Systems

Icewind Dale - 2000 - Black Isle Studio

[caliburn-not-calculator]

A list of Planescape based tea flavours!

(I made these to be brought up in house a habit lol)

Shift spiced (from limbo, the taste of the spice changes but with focus you can modify it yourself) apple and chamomile from the fields of Bytopia

Sunrise flower (tastes like spicy honey, glows faintly) and peach, this is best served iced

Roseapple (mild flavoured apple like fruit, Elven favourite) and pomegranate from Hades, a sweet tea that makes one feel a somber calmness

Black tea with crimson lotus petal (have a “strange after taste” and can make one feel disoriented), quite strong, a sweetener is recommended to mellow it out

Arboreal fireseed (when in contact with water it erupts in a harmless flame, yes this tea is on fire, smokey flavour) and orange flower (from the feywild, the petals are sweet and the stem tart, balance each other out)

Mixed feywild berries and fairy dragon breath (contains particles of fairy dragon euphoria breath, extremely calming and causes a pleasant haze)

Dried celestial pear tea (very light and sweet) with wildflowers from Elysium, best served with ambrosia honey

[impact-frame]

VR-LA's feeling just a bit targeted. He's just a lil guy.

[parallel-2-anywhere]

Piranesi and the Library of Sigil

Hey folks! On Tuesday when the D&D Planescape books release I will also be dropping Piranesi and the Library of Sigil on the DMsGuild! (We changed the name to avoid confusion!) But here is the front and back covers, Table of Contents and a show page of a wizard subclass. It will be releasing for 4.99 for 31 pgs! This has been a huge labor of love and I am so excited for it to release!

[thisclownatemybrother]

finally got baldur's gate!!! when do i meet the hot vampire guy?

[bolloxtothat]

Finally finished drawing my bariaur bardbarian/skald, Frida!

[oldschoolfrp]

Into the Abyss -- in Zrintor, the Viper Forest, within Graz'zt's realm of Azzagrat (Tony DiTerlizzi, from AD&D 2e Planescape Campaign Expansion Planes of Chaos: The Travelogue, TSR, 1994)

[madcat-world]

DnD: Civic Festhall - Calder Moore