#sorcerer

[trucbiduleschouettes]

A Cinder for the soul!

She's practicing magic

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[thesilmarilliondrawn]

In the ruins of Angband, for three ages he waited. Called "Gorthaur", by the Sindar Elves of Beleriand, meaning dread abomination, the Maia formerly known as "Mairon", lieutenant of Melkor, commanded the legions the fortress of Angband in his absence, building an army in the dark to invade Middle Earth, when there was a sudden cry in the dark. Under his watch, the Orcs multiplied and the shadow grew.

Lord of wherewolves, vampire, sorcerer, shapeshifter...

The Eldar called him abominable, the abhorred. He became known as Sauron.

[m0nomercy]

Aasimar sorcerer miku!!!

i had a lot of fun on this one !!! tomorrow is fighter <3

[artwins]

[iingezo]

Orákyria for @stellangios !

[disarmonia]

So since my new page now solely consists of fabulous men, I present this magically squishy and glorious Shaun Gilmore from Critical Role from over a year ago, now slightly updated and in better quality. ✨💜😏 MY TIP JARS HERE ❤️‍🩹

[pitzips]

the fool, the key, and the tower outfit #7 won in a big way on that poll

[lindewyrm]

Spiritual Rebirth v2

[9d6problems]

The truly Wild Sorcerer: your decision each round is only whether or not to cast a spell. If you do, you roll randomly for what it's going to be!

[blumineck]

Hey nerds, I made a video! Ranking all the classes in the 2024 D&D players handbook for playing archer characters. It's a doozy, but there are some really fun builds available now 😁

[dailyadventureprompts]

So, from a worldbuilding perspective, wizards have schools, right? It's an easy 1:1 to go from the idea of people who gets their magic from study to the cultural touchstone of academia, and that helps us figure out what institutions and cultural norms are like in our setting.

Correspondingly, clerics have temples, place where their connection to the divine was fostered among a community of fatihful who share their devotion if not their magical gifts. If you were in a d&d world and needed someone with cleric skills, you'd head toward a temple.

But what do Sorcerers have? They're usually presented as one off oddballs or magical oddities but if power exists it's a logical consequence of worldbuilding that there's going to be institutions dedicated to preserving and refining that power.

I'm going to argue that Sorcerers have dynasties, an extended family who share the collective potential for inheriting the magical gift of their powerful ancestor(s). Dynasties would likely be closely tied to the reigning power structure, extended privileges and patronage the same way that noble families are in exchange for their marital support. If you were a ruler in a d&d world, having Battlecasters on hand to shore up your powerbase is just as important as having cavalry and footmen, so you want to make sure the people who are capable of passing down their magical gift are having kids so that their heirs can support your heirs.

This puts a sorcerous dynasty in an interesting position depending on how people in your world think that magic is inherited. Is the gift recessive? Do you breed for it or follow your heart? Are you having too few children or too many? How does that factor into material inheritance? What do you do with all the children who don't show signs of being able to do magic? What if the gift skips a generation or two one of THEIR children show signs of sorcery? Can you let them marry into other families knowing you might be giving away some of your power? Could you use that as a political bargaining chip? How do you handle bastards? What's your stance on monogomy? How do you handle fertility issues? Is the magic waning over time or is it just diluted or are none of your heirs just not living up to your potential? Is there some unadvised ritual or alchemy or dark pact you can make to restore greatness to your line or awaken dormant potential? Does intermarriage with other magical practitioners of different disciplines strengthen or weaken the chance of inheritance? Is there a way to bend politics in your favour to ensure you get this infusion of new blood? Is that baseborn adventurer with the sorcerous gifts a threat to your power or a potential spouse for your firstborn?

All these are brilliant adventureseeds that I don't think I've seen explored all that often. There's only a specific type of player and a specific type of adventure that are concerned with court politics/brigerton style affairs of the nobility, but making those nobles into spell-slinging-sorcerers make them FAR more relevant characters for the background of an adventure.

[trucbiduleschouettes]

Cinder portrait for funsie too!

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[illustratus]

Astolfo in his turn is lured to Atlante's Palace of Illusions (Orlando Furioso) by Gustave Doré

[gummi-ships]

Kingdom Hearts 3 - Nobodies

[artwins]

...and so it will be, for this is my command