#raising paladins

[chibi-pix]

Raising Paladins? IN 2023?!?!!?!? Apparently so.  I was rereading the fic a bit and saw an art in it. And instantly? I wanted to draw it again. But better. So here I am, redrawing this piece three years later. And I’m pleased. The lighting is better. It feels more natural in how she’s sitting. And she’s still got that old yupper plush. Perfect. 

Anyway, I hope y’all enjoy this one! Until next time!

[glupshittostan]

I’ve been writing sole/danse fics like there’s no tomorrow and I just like thinking about what each companion would be like if tasked with watching their kid. Hancock would be the cool uncle and a terrible influence.

[swordmaid]

shri’iia mood board

[the-punforgiven]

I know there's that whole stereotype of DMs and PCs hating each other or whatever but to be 100% honest the most joy I get out of D&D is when my players come up with some absolutely crazy batshit idea that should be absolutely impossible rules as written because as the DM I can choose to ignore that dumb nerd shit and just say "That sounds fucking rad dude, I'm giving you inspiration for that idea, now make an Acrobatics check."

[spiderwarden]

A reality of pre-canon Minthara is that she’d have killed you without hesitation if Lolth ordered it, even if she loves you. It’s easy to forget she did not leave the Drow society willingly, she did not give up her place in the hierarchy because rebellion, she was every bit the Generic Royal Drow female of your Drow rebels nightmares, except it was her actual job to hunt your Drow rebel for defying society and Lolth most of all.

[faerie-fang]

{ If you travel deep enough into the Forest of Secrets, you may learn where it gets its name.

Deep at its center lays a grove, a pocket of trees guarded by a flock of crows; crows that seem too wise, too cunning, too knowing to be ordinary birds. And odder still, you may find a boy, in weathered leather and a cloak of crow feathers, looking at home in the tree he rests in, a tree shaped as if it were made to cradle him — as if the boy himself was a secret made for her to keep. The shadows here do not follow the light, but seem to listen to the child, and the crows treat him like their own. But for all your fascination, some magical force prevents you from getting any closer. And if you manage to find your way back out of the forest, you will find that for as sharp as the memory rests in your mind, something prevents you from sharing what you saw with anyone else. The story sits at the tip of your tongue, where it will remain unspoken. And you understand now why they call it the Forest of Secrets, for now you have one of your own — of the boy protected by Shadow Secret and Crow. }

Jean-Paul Darkfeather!!!! *guitar riff* my most beloved oc who i can and have talked about for hours but have barely shared on the interwebs <3 feels vulnerable when the character and story is a piece of your soul!

[thunderboltfire]

Look at this pic of my Baldur's Gate protagonists' enseble chilling in a tavern, made by wonderful @kathi-langley !

(posted with creator's permission)

[discordiansamba]

I love that in the Runaway AU, Keith can be explained by being half-galra, but then there's Heath and he's Also just Like That and it's hilarious. Poor Shiro over here is just burdened with the knowledge that yeah, Keith may be part Galra, but also he's part Heath. Just, Heath is hilarious because here is a man who had a child with an alien without so much as batting an eye and, of the paladins, only Shiro has enough context to know that. Anyway I love your fics, thank you!

It's so much fun to characterize Heath, since we know so little about him. He was only brought up three times! Personally I think any guy who decides to not only fall in love with the alien woman he pulled from her ship and have a child with her is going to be a little on the unique side. Plus he was absolutely down for fighting aliens. Needed zero convincing.

It's just fun in general to think that Heath as a kid was actually a lot like his son- he just mellowed out over time. Which is why he's more than willing to encourage his son being Like That because he was also Like That and he turned out fine!

Honestly? Once I characterized Heath as the guy who brings a shotgun to space in anomalous point, there was no going back from that. He's just like this now to me.

[comicallysmallcereals]

So my dnd character died (well sort of he’s…fine? Just literally in Hell)

Here’s his remembrance shrine (under the cut)

From @moon-thyme

More under the cut

My stupid idiot son,

he died as he lived making generally unwise decisions and being a cutie patootie.

[sapphireclawe]

Stella looks at the altar she was praying at, and smiles. This time her family won't be upset with her. This one won't be the mission that gets her expelled from the Order.

As the various peoples of the party arrive at the palace of Wielgtor Ithael, the advisor studies each of them. They're let into the palace and the dwarven advisor explains the situation.

"We've been getting a bunch of gods telling us that the royal bloodline is doomed to end, and the last one of the bloodline we can find is the prince. Your gods may have better instructions than I do, but please, keep the prince safe. We need an heir or the kingdom will fall into chaos." The gnomish rogue slinks into the shadows at that, and a would-be assailant is hogtied a moment later. The twin elven mages walk away, arguing between each other whether setting wards or launching fireballs would be more useful. The dwarven cleric heads up to the prince's room, followed by Stella. The paladin prepares to remove something from her pocket while waiting for the cleric's back to be turned.

"So I was called here by Attica, for he mentioned that the prince was in danger. What brings a half orc here if it's not to kill any assassins?" He glances at Stella as she pulls out a brooch. Then his eyes widen with a grin.

"Forgive me, Stella, I've been having some visual issues as of late and I didn't recognize the one who helped me escape the arranged marriage." He turns around again while Stella hums to herself, pulling the item from her pocket and pouring it into a glass of elven wine.

"I was called by Brunhilde the Devoted to protect the prince, and I think I understand why.... that and due to the fact that what I tend to do is far different from what the Order teaches their missionaries to do, if I mess this up then I'll be expelled." She hands the bewildered prince the glass of wine before checking the daylight. "Sun's going down. Don't let anyone into the room who the prince doesn't ask for."

"So uh...... what was that shiny pink goop you poured into my wine?"

Stella, being tied up with multiple weapons and spells pointed at her, waits.

"Why did you poison the prince!?"

"You claim you were sent to protect him! Lies!"

"What did you do, lass!?" The cleric looks distraught as he tries to figure out WHY the person that saved him did all this.

"Because if I didn't, the prince would have been doomed to a life solely meant for having children with someone he hates!" Stella watches a dagger get much closer to her face.

"So what, your idea was to KILL him!?"

"Not unless he tries rejecting who he really is." A moment later, and the previously unconscious prince groans.

"I need...." Everyone braces for the next words. "I need garlic bread..."

"He's ACE!?"

"Fuck, we're out of royal bloodline after all. Get this man some garlic bread..."

"Yeah, get him some garlic bread and ask the staff if any of their mothers were courted by the king. The prince should be okay after he eats, but the king is KNOWN to have had a ton of affairs." Stella points out, and the mages split up to find each member of the staff. The rogue just opens a secret door into the room exposing a girl who looks almost identical to the prince. Holding a knife. And garlic bread.

(Tagging @process-of-understanding and @pastelpixel1987 because they were interested. No proofreading, just vibes)

[swagging-back-to]

seetttthing scalding hot take but honestly i feel no sympathy or theoretical sadness about altea being blown to bits. the few alteans we DO know are all assholes. clearly the universe isn't missing much. in fact, if you look at the only canon universe that DOES still have altea--- they go on to be just as bad as the galran empire if not even worse.

so yeah. maybe zarkon did the universe a small favor before he went truly off the deep end.

edit; just found out alteans destroyed Diabaazal long before zarkon destroyed altea. nothing ANYONE says can convince me alteans are anything *but* the real villain of the show. they got what they deserved.

[ryebreadies]

90% of what i draw lately is my tav...

[goblingirlpicnic]

Drew another drow because I love them :3

[swordmaid]

ok so it's not in bg3 or even dnd 5e canon, but paladins can very well be godless! paladin's half-caster magic doesn't come from their gods, but from their dedication to their oath. meaning shri-iia can probably create her own tenents of faith and swear upon those and still be a paladin, even without a god!! it just isn't in the game mechanics though... but a lot of ppl have already made mechanics for a godless paladin variant that mimic dnd 5e rules!

im aware it isn't!! but i like the idea that she thinks it does - or at least, she thinks lolth empowers her because in her mind where else would she get them? in her own self? when she was raised in an environment where she believed she's nothing without lolth? get outta town

[meredoubt]

Dirge, anytime he is certain that, surely this time, he did a Good Charisma:

[faerune]

i've been plotting out my dark urge finally and i just realized that her and shart would be so good romance wise