#wolf plays dnd

[famewolf]

the group also found out that Foxglove has a brother named Kieran that he can barely speak about for one reason or another. they picked up that there's some sort of magical pact keeping him from saying certain things ... and the rest of it is just because he might be a freak

[camzverse]

uh uh for the character art ask thingy, maybe Cassie + 🗡️? Only if you want to ofc!! :3

🗡: draw a character as if they were in a rpg/dnd character

RIP CASSIE U WOULDVE LOVED BEING A DRUID

[flame-cat]

"What? No, Eiffel, we're not-"

"No? And why not? It seems like the most viable option we have right now!"

"Because that's stupid! And reckless! It's-"

"It's the best chance we have with the lowest collateral damage. Acceptable losses!"

"Acceptable-? … What?"

"I'll put it in a way you can understand- I'm using the data we already have. You guys got on fine without me when… you guys were fine. We lose you, we have no commanding officer. We lose Lovelace, we lose the most badass, strategically minded female John McClane you've ever met. We lose Hera- well, we kinda can't, because we did once and we all nearly died from exhaustion. You lose me? Well… you lose me. It just makes sense."

"… Eiffel… that has got to be the stupidest thing you've ever said. Acceptable losses? Are you kidding me? 'You got on fine without me?' No, we didn't! It was horrible! We were falling apart without you! Don't you dare assume you can just- just throw yourself away because you think we don't care! I already lost you once, Doug, I refuse to do it again!"

There is a long, tense silence while that sinks in.

"… So…" Maxwell clears her throat from behind the DM screen. "I think that's enough for one night. How about we hand out experience points next session?"

[dragonpyre]

I saw a recent ask and!!! DND??!!

What's your favourite class and are you playing a character you wanna share!!!???

I'm in two major campaigns rn and a few side campaigns, but rn I'm playing a a half elf monk and a teifling druid/cleric. My personal fav class is rogue, cuz the sneaky sneak is just so fun, but I haven't had a chance to play one in a bit.

Side characters are an aasimar celestial warlock, and a wood half elf "fighter"

Also, paladin deserves more love. I played one in Strahd and he was a BEAST

[memento-morri-writes]

It's been well over a week now (maybe two??) but I'm still plugging away (ever-so-slowly) at this vignette about Zara and Rook. Zara's POV is a lot of fun to write, now that I have a better sense of her character. Writing this has really solidified in my mind the kind of person she is and how she acted when she was Rook's captain and mentor. She's very calm and collected in comparison to Rook, even when under a lot of stress.

Anyways, have a little snippet that I'm proud of from today, featuring the origins of the coin trick!

Pacing back and forth across her cabin floor, she rolled the coin back and forth over her knuckles again and again. The motion was easy, almost mindless, more muscle memory than real intent. The coin trick had been her favorite way to soothe her nerves for years now. She’d picked it up out of idle curiosity after watching a street performer dining in a tavern in Bon Largo, who had chatted with her for over an hour as she fretted about something mundane, never once dropping the coin from their fingers. The same performer had later tried to steal her coin purse and ended up with nothing but a new scar for their trouble, but Zara had learned two important things from the encounter: Not to trust a warm smile and a pretty face, and that keeping her hands moving kept her mind from dwelling too much on worrisome things.

one-time tagging @space-writes because they commented on my tags about Rook learning the coin trick from Zara in one of my other snippets from this piece.

[uselessgaywhovian]

You there!

Watch 20 to Midnight. The D&D actual play stream by Gabriel Urbina, Beth Eyre, Emma Sherr-Ziarko, and Mike Schubert. It's delightful.

Here, let me get episode 1 for you

[archersartcorner]

Am catching up on Neverafter and got to Pib and the wolf’s conversation in episode 11… Just found it very endearing. I like seeing Pib’s relationships with other beasts and his interaction with archetype vs character. Also he’s like, A Little Cat Dude Who Made Biscuits On A Lion, so like. Excellent character, a shame I don’t feel confident in how I draw Animals 😔

[commsroom]

do you have headcanon dnd classes for the other wolf 359 chars?

YES, i absolutely do. sticking with what they'd be (in the archetypal sense) rather than what they'd play:

other than bard eiffel, my strongest opinion is that minkowski is a paladin. she just has the right values and the setup for a sort of crisis of faith and reclaiming/restructuring of power really works for me.

ranger for lovelace, maybe? i think it could fit her brand of resourcefulness, and the way she's sort of had to become... adaptable and acclimatized to her environment more than the others have.

in one of the AMAs, sarah shachat suggested druid for hera and i really latched onto that because i'm fascinated by the implications, but again, as more of an archetype... i think maybe sorcerer. i really like the idea of hera with storm/lightning magic, especially with the association in wolf's sound design of storms and memory.

i guess hilbert is a cleric, since it's like. the common stand in for medical professions and despite everything that research is kind of what defines him. whether that actually makes him a healer is dubious.

jacobi is a rogue, maxwell is an artificer, kepler is a fighter.

[supportivecircle]

Alright so here’s the full document for the Wisps Patron designed for the DnD 5e Warlock class, in a Sonic the Hedgehog themed 5e game I ran over the past year. I’ve been going through the document over the past few days ( Original Campaign Post, Class Features, Wisp Powers, Invocations+Familiar) detailing thoughts on how it was made, the intent, and the attempts to balance and mindset that went into it. This version should be visible to everyone who wants it in its entirety, and you should be able to make a copy for your own Google Drive if you want to edit parts yourself, or download it as a pdf. I hope this makes some folks happy, even if you don’t use it yourself, and that creates some good times in peoples’ games.

[dragoneer99]

Marian’s Ultimate TTRPG Recommendation Post

So I’m sick to fuck of everyone twisting every god damn thing to shove it into dungeons and dragons. This post is as detailed as I can get for alternatives you can seek out, as I’m a big fan of a diverse range of tabletop games.

First, for new players who are easily intimidated by large rulesets, or veterans who just prefer a lightweight system, I highly recommend most apocalypse hacks, white wolf games (despite my opinions on their writing), or just using the fate system. If you’re a fan of KSBD, you could try out the Broken Worlds system (just pledge 1$ to the patreon.) You can also try Exalted if you really enjoy Wuxia, or just take the fate system and build your own world. If you like percy jackson, consider looking at the Scion books. If you like vampires, werewolves and witches, white wolf has you covered on all three.

If you want MORE detail, especially with regards to customization, I would recommend Palladium Fantasy or Rifts. Exhaustive in their lore, both the lore AND the ruleset highly encourage individual customization and building the character YOU want to play. I would also encourage Abaddon’s other works, like Lancer and ICON, lancer for the mech nerds and icon for the epic fantasy nerds.

If there’s any type of IP you really enjoy in the fantasy or sci-fi worlds, there is usually a tabletop RPG! Cyberpunk itself has one, as well as Lord of the Rings (The One Ring ttrpg is what you want to look for), pretty much all Warhammer properties, Star Wars, AND Star Trek all have their own ttrpgs. You just have to look for them.

If superheroes and such are more your thing, both Marvel and DC have made TTRPG systems before, although they’re somewhat outdated now. I’d recommend Champions or Heroes Unlimited for rules-heavy, and Mutants and Masterminds for rules-light.

[orcelito]

Whats better than playing a big turtle hippy with mushrooms on her back and a questionable sense of morality?

A Turtle That Steals.

[famewolf]

we got to level 5 after our fight with the devil Kruug ... so much was revealed in last night's session and we all got headaches from laughing too much

[reagan-the-saunders]

| Linvala Playing The Lute

[flailingdoodle]

Definitely not going to have a piece done for the event tomorrow, so have some wips and planning bits instead lol

[seagullcharmer]

my friend (my dm) gave me permission to make a dnd character based off of tp link. lmao

[memento-morri-writes]

Once again, the only writing I have to offer is dnd-related, and once again, it's also both angsty and whump-y. This is expanding on a scene that got glossed over in a session MONTHS ago, but uh, anyways, here you go:

tw for references to serious physical injury

He felt rather than saw Sigmar shake his head. “I should never have left you. If I’d known she’d bring Deadringer into this… I shouldn’t have let you go off to fight someone like him without me.” Once again, Rook was surprised at the weight of the emotion in his mentor’s voice. He wanted to say It’s not your fault. Or maybe, I would have done it anyway, but his mouth wouldn’t cooperate. So instead he just rested his head on Sigmar’s shoulder. The damp chill that had come over him on the way here was getting stronger and he leaned into Sigmar’s warmth. “‘S cold,” he mumbled. Sigmar picked up the pace a bit, a worried edge creeping into his voice. “Come on, come on. Just a little further.” Rook’s eyes were heavy, and his awareness of the world was fading. He heard a door open, was dimly aware of a brightly lit, white-painted room, of being laid down on a bed. He could hear people talking urgently, unfamiliar voices joining Sigmar’s. His muddled mind only caught fragments of their words. “Concussion … Severe blood loss … Not enough…”  Multiple sets of hands touched his skin, and the familiar warmth of healing magic (when had being healed become familiar again?, he wondered dimly) flooded his body.