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oldschoolfrp · 2 months

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A corpse emerges from the mushroom-covered midden and cries out "You cant make me leave! Never! I'll guard my home forever!" This is a reasonable reaction to being awakened suddenly. (Terry Dykstra, from Steve Kurtz' AD&D Ravenloft adventure "The Price of Revenge," Dungeon magazine 42, July/August 1993)

#D&D #Dungeons & Dragons #Terry Dykstra #Ravenloft #undead #AD&D #Dungeon magazine #dnd #zombie #mushrooms #Steve Kurtz #The Price of Revenge #AD&D 2e #D&D 2e #Dungeons and Dragons

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manyworldspress · 1 year

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Clyde Caldwell, Allisa of the Mists, 1990. Cover illustration for Forgotten Realms Adventures, by Jeff Grubb and Ed Greenwood (TSR, 1990). Oils, 17 x 22.5 inches.

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#clyde caldwell #alissa of the mists #Forgotten Realms #dungeons & dragons #advanced dungeons & dragons #d&d 2e #fantasy art #game art #fantastic illustration #tsr hobbies #allisa of the mists #paladin #unicorn

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missrosiewolf · 10 months

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Found the elf life stage chart

#dungons and dragons #d&d 2e #source: the complete book of elves #love how those grey elfy bastards live longer

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badragonplays · 5 days

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DragonFinds I got a real DND treasure today. I found the original Council of Wyrms DND2e boxset today. this complete box is one I have fond memories of though we had the book instead.

#DragonFinds #dnd #dnd art #dungeons and dragons #rpg #tsr #ttrpg #forgotten realms #dnd 2e #D&D 2e #Council of Warms

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thepoeticfox · 2 years

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How old am I? Well, AD&D isn't something I've ever played, but my mother used to DM for my brother and his friends. This was hers. She gave it to me and is surprised I still have it lol

#d&d 2e #ad&d #dungeons and dragons #ttrpg #arkansas

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artwheat · 11 months

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getting to play the sequel to one of my favorite homebrew campaigns soon I’m sooooo excited

#im the short skrunkly man #we're moving from d&d5e to pf2e #really excited for everyone to figure out what class/archetypes i made this fool #d&d #dnd #dungeons and dragons #pf2e #pathfinder 2e

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genghisyajj · 7 months

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im really pissed about dnd 5e for so many reasons but i think the most important way it fails is its little guy game. like come the fuck on. lets show some 5e little guys:

these are all kind of ehh to me. not very fantastical. they may be little and they may be guys but they arent really little guys you know? Now for an example lets look at pathfinder's art

now THATS a little guy

Look at those antenna! thats a little guy (gender neutral term)

NOW THATS A FUCKEN LITTLE GUY RIGHT THERE

see what i mean? worst problem in 5e. you know im right.

#d&d #d&d5e #pathfinder #pf2e #pathfinder 2e

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dnd-smash-pass-vs · 2 months

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Yeah this isn't part of the tournament this is just for my sake. IMPROMPTU BATTLE FOR MOST SEXY ORC

5e Gray

5e PC

5e Claw of Luthic

4e

3e

2e

1e

#orc #ORC #5e #dnd #d&d #d&d 5e #dnd 4e #dnd 3e #dnd 2e #dnd 1e #smash or pass #cw blood

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grimeclown · 4 months

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MOVING IS EXPENSIVE

Do you struggle with creating plot hooks for your tabletop campaign? Want help finding ways to include tie-ins to the main plot through your mostly disconnected side quests? Are you a player and just want feedback and suggestions on your character’s backstory? Well hi, my name’s Josie, I’ve been playing tabletop games for close to a decade and spend my time thinking of very little else.

Though my primary knowledge base of tabletop games lies primarily with Dungeons and Dragons 5e, Monster of the Week, and Pathfinder 2e, I’m more than willing to read up on a more niche game to help solve your problems; whether that means helping to understand a strange rule and help a DM come to a decision on a unique circumstance, creating magic items or other treasure tailor-made for your party or the story you’re trying to tell, or planning encounters with the BBEG and their goons.

Not a DM? Just looking for general writing advice? That stuff is transferable across games. I can give you honest critiques on your character backstory that your friends aren’t willing to give you. I can help iron out plot holes for your long-running disaster of a campaign. I can design side quests that feed into the themes of the overarching story you want so badly to make sense.

And I can do a hell of a lot else on request, such as designing NPCs, and even writing dialogue or short-form prose if you want something scripted for your game. I tend to charge $10 per large issue, but I offer sliding scales based on how much help you need, so don’t be afraid to shoot me an ask or a PM for a quote.

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#tabletop games #ttrpg #d&d #d&d 5e #dungeons & dragons #dungeons & dragons 5e #pathfinder #pathfinder 2e

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tabletop-rpgs · 1 year

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So you want to try out Pathfinder Humble Bundle 2e

$400 usd worth of Pathfinder PDFs for 25 bucks

It’s up for 20 days from 4th February 2023.

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#pathfinder #pathfinder 2e #d&d #dnd #dungeons & dragons #dungeons and dragons

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cat-cosplay · 2 years

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Maybe tomorrow we can play D&D?

Or something fun, like we used to?

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oldschoolfrp · 1 month

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Help, our friend has been stabbed 23 times in the curia by persons unknown (David Dorman, from the AD&D 2e Dungeon Master's Guide, TSR, 1989)

#If you've ever been stabbed in the curia you know just how painful that can be #D&D #David Dorman #Dungeons & Dragons #ancient rome #Rome #Romans #cleric #temple #healer #dnd #AD&D 2e #DMG #Dungeon Master's Guide #D&D 2e #Dungeons and Dragons #TSR

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dungeonmalcontent · 8 months

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Normalize telling your players to make up their own curses, swears, and oaths that originate from their character's background. Have your dwarf players come up with something like "diamond head" which is a big insult for dwarves because diamonds are extremely common, extremely basic (as far as mineral complexity goes), and extremely dense. Have woodland elves call people they dislike and consider promiscuous "mints" because they reproduce everywhere and smell very strongly.

Player characters are allowed to be (and imo should be) little vulgar bastards. But swearing like everyone is speaking normal English is boring and lacks entertainment value.

#d&d #dnd #dungeons and dragons #5e #ttrpg #fantasy #writing #pathfinder #pathfinder 2e #character building

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missrosiewolf · 11 months

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We start our journey with...well, we're going alphabetically (for now). So Araleth, step on up. The spotlight is yours.

Araleth Letheranil is a Lesser God of Light and he is also called the Prince of Stars and The Twilight Rider. His symbol is a Shaft of Light (really creative there, my guy). He makes his residence in Arvandor in the House of Glowing Stars, a welling that is beset by drifting, glowing stars. Since he is a god of light, naturally he is also considered to be a god of moon, sun, and stars. Just as naturally, because he is a god of light he is opposed to darkness. In fact, he will encourage his followers to battle evil, especially if that evil is darkness-loving creatures. I was not surprised at all to find that the prime targets are, well:

- "The Elfin Gods," Dragon Magazine #155, p. 20

Like I said, not at all surprised. The Seldarine do not like Lolth and they do not like drow. Surface elves do not like Lolth and do not like Drow. It's a...I want to say 'kill on sight' kind of thing, almost, if a drow is spotted on the surface and while it sucks big time (for a good drow), it is and understandable reaction considering all the terrible things [evil] drow have done on the surface and to surfacers, especially surfacer elves. You don't know if this drow you saw some miles outside your village is a scout for a raiding party or something much worse.

On the Seldarine side, they have a long-standing enmity with Lolth and it's mutual too. She's done a lot of things to get the pantheon angry at her (Sehanine does have quite a few reasons to hate her guts. There's the Lolth whole seduce Fenmarel thing too, which they've never forgiven each other for). So, it makes sense that Araleth would consider drow elves to be prime targets when fighting evil. Because drow, under Lolth's influence, have done a lot of things. A lot of bad things. But it's not just that. As the god of light, he is opposed to evil. He is constantly fighting against darkness and evil.

There is also the fact that Lolth personally injured Araleth:

Before the god knew what had happened, Lolth jumped at him and sank her fangs into his shoulder, pumping venom into the wound. He cried out and plunged his magical sword into her abdomen.

and...

Araleth still bears a dark scar on his right shoulder where Lolth wounded him, and he uses it to remind his followers of the need to destroy evil.

- (p. 22)

After reading that, I wonder if the oppose darkness and destroy evil tenet has become a tad more personal to Araleth after being dealt a serious wound that left a permanent scar on him. For him, it reminds him of how he could have died, how Lolth could have killed him and won the battle. For him, it's a reminder that the powers of darkness and forces of evil cannot be allowed to grow, to gain a foothold, that they must be destroyed no matter what.

It makes me wonder if Lolth and her drow, in Araleth's eyes (especially after this conflict), are sort of a symbol of this is what happens when you don't stamp out evil, this is what happens when you do nothing to stop darkness from growing. You get Lolth — twisted, petty, whimsical, evil Lolth — and her drow, who suffer under her thumb but do whatever they have to in order please her and earn her favor.

When drow come up from the underground, he does not wait around for them to cause problems. He goes after them.

- "The Seldarine Revisited," Dragon Magazine #236, p. 13

Something of note is that in both #155 and #236, Araleth's aggressive stance makes him a favorite choice of adventurers (especially elven and half-elven).

- "The Elfin Gods," Dragon Magazine #155, p.20

- "The Seldarine Revisited," Dragon Magazine #236, p. 13

I can see why, especially if the adventure(s) in question is dedicated to fighting / eradicating some kind of evil, whatever that evil may be (physical or magical, big or small, world-ending or a threat to a small part of the world, etc). If you're chasing down evil, then yeah. Araleth would probably be a favorite pick for a deity — especially for an adventurer who is also a paladin or cleric.

Other gods, outside of the Seldarine, that he associates with are:

Seker

Frey

Xan Yae (WG)

Selune (FR)

Celestian (WG)

Seker and Frey, he associates with because they have similar objectives. I don't know who either Xan Yae or Celestian are because I don't read much of Greyhawk — I might have to come back to fix this part later after some more research. Selune, I'm guessing it's because they are both deities associated with the moon, but that might be bit of a stretch.

Also, something that I think is interesting is:

- "The Elfin Gods," Dragon Magazine #155, p.20

It states here that he "frowns at any unnecessary usage of darkness spells." This isn't an odd stance for him to have because it actually makes sense since he is a god of light and as a god of light, he is naturally opposed to darkness — as I've stated before.

What's interesting though is that there seems to be an unspoken using a darkness spell is okay if it's (absolutely) necessary. My takeaway from that is Araleth might be understanding if a darkness spell is used in a situation that is dependent on someone dropping a darkness spell, a situation where it is absolutely necessary and vital that a darkness spell be used. Outside of that, not really. He will be displeased if a darkness spell is used all wily-nily, without good reason.

That's...actually pretty reasonable. It reminds me almost of Corellon's stance on the Shadow Weave — that it's too corrupt for elves — but not quite. Because Corellon gets angry if an elf so much as experiments with the damn thing while Araleth only seems to get angry if the use of a darkness spell is unnecessary. Again, this makes sense. It's understandable. This isn't either of them being a dick (I can't believe I'm saying that about Corellon). For Araleth, it's all about his opposition to darkness. For Corellon, it's because the Shadow Weave is literally a corrupting, harmful force of magic.

- Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd Edition, p. 57.

Corrupting, dangerous form of magic do not fucking touch.

With that bit of information? Yeah. Yeah. I think Corellon's anger in this instance is understandable.

Unlike the Shadow Weave, a darkness spell is not going to corrupt and/or injure the person casting it. At least I would hope not.

Moving on so that this doesn't become a tangent.

- "The Seldarine Revisited," Dragon Magazine #236, p. 13

Araleth is already doing infinitely better than Tethrin. Araleth gets his own holidays, unlike poor Tethrin.

Anyway. Reading this, I'm reminded of Corellon's holy days because Corellon's worshippers are also sacrificing objects of great beauty. The major difference is that this holy day happens monthly (it's a quarter moon holy day) whereas Araleth's (or at least this particular holy day) happens every spring equinox. It begs the question: is this common throughout the Seldarine? Does each and every one of the Seldarine have a holy day where beautiful items are sacrificed to them? That'd be kind of an interesting and I hope that eventually as I write more and more Seldarine-related posts I'll have the answer.

Curious. The text mentions that Araleth's clergy prefers to start their prayers at dusk because that's just about the time they can feel Araleth's presence in the heavens. I wonder if that's due to him being the Prince of Stars and The Twilight Rider. Or if it's something to do with him being a god of light in general.

That's just me speculating and trying to read between the lines beucase the article doesn't really say why.

Also is it only on his holy day(s) or just a general thing wrt to them feeling Araleth's presence in the heavens at dusk? I'm not sure but I'm going to hesitantly and cautiously choose the former. I don't know why but the former makes somewhat sense to me.

Furthermore, on holy days and when confined to the church, there seems to be some kind of dress code. The clergy is required to wear robes of white. However, outside of those time, they are free to wear whatever they want just as long as it isn't something dark in color:

- "The Seldarine Revisited," Dragon Magazine #236, p. 13

God of Light. Makes some kind of sense. Him and darkness doen't mix and that apparently extends to dark-colored cloth.

Good to know.

#dungeons and dragons #d&d #d&d 2e #forgotten realms #greyhawk #Araleth Letheranil #The Seldarine Revisited

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impossibleclair · 1 year

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I saw someone refer to Doric as a 'Vanilla Tiefling' and tbh that IS hilarious but also I'll have you know I happen to LOVE vanilla so Miss Doric of the Emerald Conclave if you're free Friday night-

#i have dnd movie brainrot and i am deeply in love with the druid help #looking forward to this post gaining traction in a week and a half when the movie actually drops #doric the druid #d&d: honour among thieves #dnd movie #honor among thieves #tiefling #i mean she IS a very basic tiefling but also she seems to be designed to reflect some of the original tiefling illustrations from 2e #and that's really cool #regardless #i love her #clair speaks #i found this in my notes app from last night labelled 'tumblr post for when you're not delirious' lmao

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palidoozy-art · 2 months

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Wanted to do some visual exploration of spellcasting and wildshape.

Kjosev would never describe himself as a druid. He tells people he's a 'failed wizard,' so I thought it'd make sense for him to go down the transmutation line and use the moss/sticks on his body to cast shit. Unsure why I haven't thought of that until like, now, but y'know.

Also was never sure how I wanted to visually display the in-between transformation with wildshape. I usually describe it body-horror style but I realize this doesn't address the fact that your clothes/everything else get absorbed into your body. Plus I don't want to draw that every time lol.

#art #artists on tumblr #oc art #d&d #d&d art #digital art #sketches #pf2e #pf2e art #palidoozy arts #and yes all those spells are druid spells in pathfinder 2e #have i told you all how much better druids are in pf2e? because they are #cannot go back to playing a d&d druid #there's things to love about both systems but by christ there's no contest with druids

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