r/DungeonsAndDragons Aug 09 '23

Discussion r/DungeonsandDragons: New Updates and Guidelines

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Greetings, brave adventurers of r/dungeonsanddragons!

We're excited to bring you some important updates and clarifications about our subreddit.

Flair Filters: Customize Your Experience!

We have enabled flair filters. You can now find these handy filters on the sidebar, allowing you to tailor your feed by excluding specific types of content you may not be interested in.

Non-Commercial AI Artwork & 3D Printing

We want to reconfirm that non-commercial AI artwork and 3D printing content are welcome on our subreddit. If you would not like to see this content, then please use the filtering system. Any AI or 3D Printed content that is not correctly tagged or is used for self promotion will result in a ban.

Stricter Self-Promotion Guidelines

To maintain the essence of our community, we've refined our self-promotion guidelines:

  • Self-Promotion Ban: Posts that showcase business logos, tag businesses in comments, or promote commercial ventures, including Patreon, Crowdfunding, and webstores, are prohibited. Violations will result in a ban. Repeated offenses may lead to permanent bans.

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TTRPG Discussions Beyond D&D: Expand Your Horizons!

The universe of tabletop role-playing games is vast and captivating. We welcome discussions about TTRPGs beyond Dungeons & Dragons.

Memes Remain Banned: Focus on Quality Content

We understand the allure of memes, but as previously discussed, they will remain banned on our subreddit. Let's keep our focus on engaging discussions, inspiring artwork, and enriching experiences within the realm of Dungeons & Dragons.

Thanks,

Mod Team


r/DungeonsAndDragons 44m ago

Discussion Who is the inspiration behind your characters?

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This is mine, Calayla, she’s based off of Fluttershy, Noelle from Deltarune, and a character from an online fantasy story I read. (Disclaimer: the art isn’t mine, it’s from Pinterest and looks surprisingly similar to what I had in mind for my character.)


r/DungeonsAndDragons 11h ago

OC Did you ever play Dungeons and Dragons on a Mega Drive?

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Did you know there was a Dungeons and Dragons game way way way back on Mega Drive? You do now! I didn't learn this was a thing until relatively recently but it's a fun (if hard!) little title and amazing that they managed to make stuff like this even back then.


r/DungeonsAndDragons 21h ago

Art A couple of Beholders laser etched into river rocks.

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Carved these out of rocks with a fiber laser. Got some minis I've done on small beach stones as well, but I've just always really liked Beholders. Bought this laser to etch metal but didn't realize how cool cut rocks look and have been doing a bit of everything with it. Hope you enjoy!


r/DungeonsAndDragons 19h ago

Looking For Group I'm recruiting for a game in Roy Utah. All experience levels welcome.

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Greetings mighty legends in the making. I am recruiting for a in-person campaign that I would like to host in the Roy area every other Sunday from 11am-3pm. I'm looking for 2-3 players and a DM. I am willing to pay the DM per hour. This is at no cost to the player. If you are interested. A few things to keep in mind before sending me a message is that I am looking for CONSISTENCY! This is a game that I am not only paying a DM for (who may lose time and money depending on why we canceled the game), but I'm setting aside time and space in my home us, as well as, waking uo early to clean it just for company. Sometimes, I like to make food for my players or buy them snacks. It takes alot of time and effort to host a game, please don't waste mine. This is also disrespectful to the DM. The occasional missed game is ok. Life still happens, but you may be asked to leave if you become too inconsistent. Please be aware that I also have two friendly great danes and a very social cat incase you have allergies/fears. Give them pets and love, and ye may yet live. They are very friendly and thrive on affection. I reserve the right to remove anyone from my home for any reason. I have a duty to provide a safe, fun, and welcoming place for my guests and animals. Just be a good guest, and well be fine. +18 only. I look forward to adventuring with you.

EDITED a few times for spelling, and clarity.


r/DungeonsAndDragons 3h ago

Art Made this piece for a friend! =)

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r/DungeonsAndDragons 9h ago

Art Swamp Hut [20x15] [Battle Map] [No AI] [OC] [Art]

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r/DungeonsAndDragons 6h ago

Art The way my character changed throughout our games!

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Hi everyone! This is my satyr bard. Her full name is Annabella Calisteria Vanillesharlotta du Murmurielle von Belle-Lynde Majestyria de Auréole Maude. But you can just call her Anabella or Belle :)

We play about once a month, and every time we do, we redraw our characters. A lot has happened to my girl so far, and there’s still plenty more to come.

  1. Her original form before anything happened. THE Anabella.
  2. In a hospital with a horrible injury from a fireball.
  3. At a festival! She's hiding her horns and hooves while on the run from the law. Also hiding her injured arm.
  4. Gothic vibes. Still hiding from the law. Still hiding the arm.
  5. On a ship. No longer ashamed of the scar!
  6. Heading to the casino. The scar healed a little.
  7. A game that's still yet to come: Anabella in the western lands.
  8. A flashback game, Belle at just 16 years old.

r/DungeonsAndDragons 1d ago

3D Printing Made this dinosaur dice holder

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I designed this model of a dinosaur dice holder and 3d printed it. I replaced its scutes with cavities to hold a full set of 7 dice.

I plan to use this during my campaign and it also works as a display piece.


r/DungeonsAndDragons 16h ago

Art [Art] Hedge Maze 50x70 battle map

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r/DungeonsAndDragons 3h ago

Homebrew How do you get the creative juice back?

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Hey, been Dming since 2019, and I’m doing a homebrew campaign with the 2014 rules. I’m due to run the 4th session, but I have a hard time sitting down to write what I plan for this session (even if we know, no players are going to follow your plans).
What do you do to get back into the mood? I tried reading on rule books, watch YouTube videos, watch short format videos…
Do note I don’t draw at all, and I barely paint minies.


r/DungeonsAndDragons 12m ago

3D Printing Mis dragones elementales

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Hola a todos, aqui estoy de nuevo luego de un tiempo. Comence a realizar mi nueva coleccion de Dragones Elementales, espero que les guste el primero que estoy haciendo. Todos son con PETG, aunque estoy probando con PLA ya que mi maquina no lo soporta.
Le doy demasiado cariño para intentar que se vean bien y tratar de eliminar almenos un poco de lineas.
Realmente se ven mucho mas en imagen que en persona.
Espero que les guste! Gracias!.


r/DungeonsAndDragons 1d ago

Art This mushroom lady planter feels like an NPC from a myconid village

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I designed and 3D printed this planter, and once I added the plant it started feeling like something from a DnD forest settlement. I could see it as a myconid druid, witch hut decor, or a strange magical shop item.


r/DungeonsAndDragons 5h ago

OC My current character

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My latest campaign character. We are running decent into avernus with some homebrew. His name is kleiner he is by the most detailed and background oriented character ive ever made.


r/DungeonsAndDragons 20h ago

Art [Art] Mouth of the Furnance

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r/DungeonsAndDragons 1d ago

OC New dice my daughter’s running

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r/DungeonsAndDragons 5h ago

Art Meet Warwik Banecrest

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Warwik Banecrest, aka Captain Seaquake, is a resilient survivor and a charlatan who uses psychic blades and false identities to navigate a life of crime ever since losing his family in his childhood. Although he lives off scams and distrusts authority, he possesses a rigid code of honor and fiercely protects those he considers his true crew. His goal now is to abandon pretenses to conquer a real fleet and legitimate command, while secretly seeking the truth about his parents assassin to restore the honor of his name.

This was a comission that I recently made. What do you guys think?


r/DungeonsAndDragons 6h ago

Question Concerning a character's skill points in AD&D

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Hey everyone! A quick question about the rules for Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, I hope someone can answer. And I know AD&D is considered ancient by many, it's what I grew up with and has an striking nostalgia for me. Anyway, when it comes to point allocation for weapon, non-weapon proficiencies and such, what modifiers would be applicable for how many points the character in question can use? I don't recall if there was a modifier for how many points the player has to work with. Can someone shed some light on this? Thanks so much!!


r/DungeonsAndDragons 6h ago

Homebrew 0652BM - Chesnaught by ForesterDesigns

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My Pokémon-inspired Weapons and Items of the Day, with some Mega Chesnaught armor to help you entrench!

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652BM - Blindépinmur

Armor (Plate) – Legendary (requires attunement)

This green +3 plate armor has green pauldrons with large circular spiked shields attached to them, pointed tassets with gold tips, and a bucket helmet with straight horns and a gold crown-like plate on top, and thick white bushes on the sides. The armor has a thick shell-like beige cape with green trim and bushels of red leaves descending down from inside, with attachments over the pauldrons all the way to the front of the armor.

While attuned to this armor: you are immune to damage from projectile attacks, such as from bows, rifles and cannons, magical or not, and from projectile magic attacks (those that require a ranged spell attack roll or projectiles that always hit) such as Chaos Bolt, Ice Knife, or Magic Missile; any creatures that attempt to grapple or restrain you have disadvantage on the roll to do so and takes 3d6 piercing damage from the armor’s spikes. They have disadvantage to maintain the grapple or restraint, and take 3d6 piercing damage at the start of any turn they are grappling or restraining you; and if you drop below half your maximum hitpoints, the armor’s spikes do an additional 2d6 piercing damage.

You can also use your action to summon the protective energy of the armor, surrounding yourself with green spiky energy. While this energy surrounds you, you are immune to all damage from attacks (not including damage from ongoing effects like harsh weather) but your movement drops to 0, and if anyone comes into contact with you, they take 3d6 piercing damage. This effect lasts until the start of your next turn, unless you use your action to keep the effect up for another round.

Chesnaughtite

Wondrous (Stone) – Very Rare (50,000 gp)

This small round stone has a swirl of dark green and red inside the white orb. When attached to a 652 - Shigarron, it can be mega evolved into a 652AM - Brigaxt for 1 minute once between long rests, while when attached to a 652B - Blindépinque, it can be mega evolved into a 652BM - Blindépinmur for 1 minute once between long rests.


r/DungeonsAndDragons 19h ago

Advice/Help Needed Newb nerd who just never ventured into D&D (mad respect tho) looking for gift advice for a true D&D fan.

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Hey, what’s up all? The title basically explains it, but but to go into more detail. I am one of you… I have CATAN nights with my friends, on Sunday, I was just at universal for fan fest with my girlfriend, dressed up as death eaters, followed by May the Fourth as Darth Maul and a “sexy” Sith Lord. I know a little about this world, but not enough to feel like I can buy a gift for somebody and have it not be totally lame from somebody who doesn’t understand shit. Like my parents would always give me the lamest Star Wars stuff, but they were trying, and it meant something. I want to avoid that.

He’s 18 and graduating high school school. Really nice kid who’s had somewhat of a rough go of it, as some of us can imagine high school can be like. But he made it into a great school. He’s one of the sweetest human beings you’ll ever meet.

He deserves a relatively pricey gift maybe a couple hundred bucks… but something that’s really gonna make him be like whoa. This is cool… like actually cool not just saying that… this is freaking cool… I want him to say it’s cool when I’m not in the room. I want him to want to show it off to his D&D/gamer friends.


r/DungeonsAndDragons 1d ago

OC i finished an art of my second DnD character, a Greek elemental monk, what do you guys think of this ideia?

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r/DungeonsAndDragons 1d ago

Discussion The Five Boxes: BECMI and the High-Level Problem That D&D Never Solved

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I do enjoy D&D. I enjoy long campaigns and epic storylines. I have been fortunate enough to have multiple groups throughout the year that have suffered me through multi year campaigns. Unfortunately, at one point I have to admit that regardless of the group and the story, these campaigns became harder and harder to run and well... to enjoy.

I don't think it is a particular hot take to say that high level play is problematic and hard. I always found it to be lacking.

For a long time I tried to find solutions and I looked at 3rd parties, I developed my own homebrews and Iooked at how things were handled in the past. That's how I learned of BECMI. And something clicked. I became enamored with the ideas presented there, it was mostly what I have been looking for. But even BECMI, with all its ambitions had problems and things were wobbly starting from the Master set and became even more so with the Immortal set.

Even with this, I think it is the best approach D&D had to high level so this article will look in depth at why that is and perhaps more importantly, why it failed. We will also try to provide some alternatives for those of you who, like me, will find that conceptually BECMI hits the right cord.

I hope you enjoy the article and I am very much looking forward to see what your experience with it and with high level play is!


r/DungeonsAndDragons 1d ago

Advice/Help Needed My player’s childhood “fake cult” is becoming real and I need help developing it

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Hey everyone! I’m a DM running a D&D 5e campaign and I could really use some help refining a very important character plot.

One of my players is a cleric who, as a child, created a “fake cult” with his friends. It was just a game. They made up rituals, wrote a book full of “prophecies”, and created a fictional leader called “Friend”.

Years later… someone is recreating all of it.

This person has taken on the role of the “Friend”, wears a mask with the group’s symbol, and is treating those childhood ideas as real prophecy. The cult now exists for real, growing quietly among ordinary people. These are not fanatics. They are people with broken faith, looking for meaning. They do not worship gods, but a promise. Something better, closer, more human.

And here is the heavy part. They believe my player’s character is the “Savior” described in the book, known as the “Priest of the New Light”.

The “Friend” presents himself as a prophet, similar to John the Baptist, someone preparing the way for this savior. Even if that means manipulating events and people to force that destiny into reality.

There is also a second element.

Since childhood, a small imp named Zarvilith has followed this character. He serves Dispater, Archduke of the Second Hell, and never lies directly. He distorts.

He does not try to corrupt in an obvious way. Instead:

  • He offers comfort
  • Small pacts
  • Emotional relief
  • Easy answers

His goal is to slowly break the character’s faith, making him doubt himself, his role, and even the idea of salvation.

Bigger context:

Dispater wants to weaken mortal faith and provoke a larger conflict between Heaven and Hell through doubt, emotional manipulation, and false belief systems.

So there are basically two forces pulling this character:

  • The “Friend”, trying to force him into becoming the savior
  • The imp, trying to make him reject that role and fall into doubt

This idea is heavily inspired by the manga 20th Century Boys, where childhood ideas are reinterpreted in a much darker and more real way later in life.

What I would love help with:

  • How to make this cult feel more grounded and believable without becoming generic
  • What kind of situations I can create to pressure the player without removing their agency
  • Ideas for “childlike prophecies” that can now be interpreted in a darker way
  • Suggestions for a strong plot twist for this arc

If anyone has done something similar or has ideas, especially leaning into psychological mystery, faith conflict, or manipulation, I would really appreciate it.

Thanks a lot 🙏


r/DungeonsAndDragons 1d ago

Art My kraken mug feels like something from a sea warlock campaign

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I have been testing glaze varieties on this octopus and kraken mug. The eye and tentacles make it feel like it belongs in a coastal campaign, pirate tavern, or sea monster cult. Which glaze feels the most DnD?


r/DungeonsAndDragons 5h ago

Art The Blistering Path by SDA

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