Whats the yaoi check???

so in the game i'm currently running we've had this ongoing thing about a romance novel called star-cursed lovers.

it's a subplot that advances every so often, where this romance novel appears in different volumes & rarities, but the covers, characters, and even some content of these books vary from person to person. my players are still well into the beginning of this plot

i should note that the first appearance of star-cursed lovers was to a solo pc. the cover & content they saw was of themselves and another pc 😭

yaoi rolls (1d20 + charisma modifier) are done during flirting or romance scenes, for the most part, and they affect not only how well the character does in that particular check, but all rolls add up towards the advancement of the scl quest.

it's all completely based on the fact that we find that shit hilarious

Me, DMing a campaign where the party has been hunting a cult for the entire campaign: I’m gonna make an NPC that hates this cult so the party can ask him questions and get helpful info!

Party member: thinks NPC is acting suspiciously and flashes stolen cult symbol to try and get an in with this ‘cult member’

Me, here we go, gotta show them that he doesn’t like the cult: he immediately tells them to leave and wants nothing more to do with them after seeing the pendant.

Party member: yep! Definitely a part of the cult.

Party member: better grab this man and drag him, kicking and screaming, into the back room of his shop

Party member: gets the guards called on them by concerned NPCs in surrounding shops

Party members: yep. The cult has control over this city.

Part member: thats why this is happening. Yep.

(To be fair, they did sense an imp in the shop. But it was a spy for the cult watching the man XD)

I totally don't get the folks who build elaborate computer maps and computerized setups for their tabletop games. It seems like a lot of work to put into something the players will inevitably find a way to skip anyway. Who has twenty extra hours to put into game prep for every seasion? Just use dry-erase maps and a handful of Cheetos for minis. It's less "immersive" but it leaves room to go wherever you need it to go.

calling tonight's game like 100% ready.

a little collection of D&D character portraits I did for myself and my players ✨

All the movie posters I've done over the summer for my DND session!

Fleshing out the Undead of Barovia:

Over the course of his 400+ year long stay in Barovia, Strahd has killed a lot of adventuring parties, and these fallen heroes are cursed to wander the land as the zombies and vampire spawn that terrorize future parties.

Something I've noticed, both as a DM and Player, is that player characters, even when made to fit within a particular setting, have a degree of "main character energy" in their designs that NPCs lack. There is more evidence of a fully developed character, with relationships and life experiences, in comparison to the NPC I had to name on the spot when the players started asking questions.

As I'm working on my next run of Curse of Strahd, I'm looking to add more personality to the fallen heroes, basing them off real player characters, to make them more relatable to my players, and make death seem like a realistic possibility for them.

I'm in the process of sacrificing collecting player characters, who will get to cameo in my campaign! (: The results will be compiled into a spreadsheet for others to reference and use in their games.

CoS characters are ideal, but BG3 characters and PCs from other campaigns are also welcome! There's no limit on how many submissions one can give, I'm looking to get as many characters as possible. (:

Important update

This blog is no longer fully active, I will still update it here and there when the mood for MLP stuff strikes me but I did have a lot of my mlp muse die due to the harassment I received a few years back from a crazy starlight fan. People also constantly DMing me or going to my other socials to DM me to continue this blog has not helped reignite my drive to draw ponies.

I have closed the askbox for now and like I said i'll occasionally update here and there when the mood arises and if I get my full swing back, I will reopen the askbox. But also note there are several things I'd like y'all to keep in mind cause I will block people who press this. 1: Do not DM me asking me to continue the blog. The constant DMs asking especially from people after already being told "its on hiatus until the mood comes back" stress me out. 2: Do not use my art, story, or characters or post them to other sites. This has been a rule since I opened the blog. I don't own the canon chars obviously, but I am extremely protective of my personal ocs and my artwork. 3: Do not ask to purchase my story or characters from me. That is so unbelievably rude and I will block people for doing that. They are still my ocs and my stories they will NEVER be for sale even if I am not using them here as often because many have had revamps to be used in other stories. I've been asked this more than once so I am making it very public that I am NEVER going to sell my personal ocs.

I understand many people like motherly luna. But some of the messaging I've been getting has been borderline harassment at this point and it doesn't make me want to continue this blog cause of it.

alright guy let’s stop with all the homophobia, transphobia, and xenophobia. we’re all people. but you know who isn’t? birds. we don’t need them. ornithophobia warriors rise up 💪

hey uuuuuuh the adventure zone vs dracula fucking kicks ass actually

eyo i see you've got a lot of dice now Archivist! let's play a oneshot sometime!

I would be honored.

black sails characters and the dnd classes they would be:

flint: fighter/sorcerer (draconic bloodline) with high wisdom and charisma. able to pass as human in "civilized" society, but has latent magical powers from an ancient dragon ancestor that manifests in the strangest things...eyes that see through the dark...summoning storms...enchanting the minds of others to do his bidding...

madi: paladin with an oath of devotion, but she doesn't answer to a higher power, or a crown or some nebulous greater good. she answers to a chorus of voices...multitudes...of men, women and children bound by chains across the world....she is devoted to them she answers to them

anne: barbarian. when she channels her rage into fights, she deals serious critical damage to her ops. able to take an insane amount of damage to protect the ones she loves and still be up standing and fighting.

jack: bard (college of valor), through and through. hoards the stories of legendary pirates. obsessed with putting himself up there among the greats. loves to Perform. silvery barbs. iykyk

max: mastermind rogue. the tenants of a rogue is to evade and hide, remain unseen, gather information on enemies and allies in order to figure out how they tick and exploit their weaknesses. she is not fighting on the frontlines she is the shadows she is in the walls of your house waiting to strike

charles: human fighter

billy: human fighter

silver: an npc with no special powers or talents or backstory, his name randomly generated using an NPC fantasy name table. He was created by the DM for no other purpose than to bring the party together and deliver the Inciting Incident/Call to Adventure in the form of a complicated treasure map. quite literally sidelined (see: shackled to a chair) in the first couple sessions, and is only brought back by the DM to add mischief and complications to the plot. but there is something so charming and endearing about this npc that the party can't help but have him tag along on their adventures. John Silver soon becomes integral to the campaign because the player characters want him to be. John Silver the NPC is a reflection of what different players want him to be. He is a trusted partner, co-conspirator, love interest, damsel in distress...a Pirate King to inspire their allies and strike fear in the hearts of their enemies. He is fleshed out and made real by the real human players around him. The players are extremely fearful of john silver dying, but what they don't know is that the DM has no plans on killing off John Silver! The DM has already written john silver into the finale of the campaign, and the story doesn't work without him, so.....

Ty @bloodyentrails for letting me bounce ideas off u

✨RANDOM OC ASK: ✨ What is your OC's most shameful habit? It could be something they personally find shameful. The people around them find it shameful. Or just something you just find weird but they do anyway.

Thank you for the ask! I decided to do this for two NPCs in the game I'm DMing as the players have recently become trapped underground with two factions within the game.

Jolu (jo-LOO) is a bugbear and a section boss for the Porter's Union. He has 6 porters left alive, and intends to keep them that way. His shameful habit is that he secretly buys candy from the street urchins because he has a sweet tooth and the porters are mostly fed crab meat.

Dallet (DAWL-ut) is a tiefling and a pod guide for his grove. One of the PCs has kidnapped the leader of the grove, so Dallet and his 3 pod-mates are hunting them down. His shameful habit is that he only pretends to meditate when the other druids are doing so. In general, he pretends to be a lot more relaxed than he actually is and is looking forwards to getting quite violent with the PCs.

It's so weird talking to people here . Especially blogs that I like and look up at like... What are you doing why are you talking to ME that's weird....

Paladin and the rust beast (aka me vs the silverfish infestation in my house)

Time to prepare a dnd session weeeeeee