axeline

just a dungeon master who’s also, get this, a sexy goth - 23 - they/them - @gothtalks is my main technically but I’m way more active here

[arcusxx]

dead city 

art by Luciana Nedelea

[thecollectibles]

Carnevale - personal project by Connor Sheehan

[sapper-in-the-wire-old]

This

FUCKS

[kuutamosonaatti]

Hannibal / Pan’s Labyrinth

You’re going to a very dangerous place, so be careful. The thing that slumbers there, it’s not human. You will see a sumptuous banquet, but don’t eat or drink anything. Your life depends on it.

[jaymeowick]

Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) dir. F.W. Murnau

[dndgoth]

I keep having post-session joints with the necromancer after curse of strahd and it sounds like a podcast description

[dndgoth]

my players think something that isn’t a riddle is a riddle and that is why I have been sitting in my bathroom for five minutes pretending to pee trying to make it into a riddle

[endways]

for all of you guys that are writing fantasy and getting into fantasy cartography, i highly, highly recommend that you sit through artifexian’s youtube series on building realistic fantasy maps

he basically breaks down stuff like how to realistically place climate zones on a map, what they look like, how ocean currents work, how they affect things (like where your world’s fishing hubs and climates are going to be placed), where mountain ranges should go and how they affect climate, where your world’s metals (i.e. resource wealth) are going to be found, and on and on and on. it’s SUPER incredibly fucking helpful and really fleshes your world out in a whole new way

[probablybadrpgideas]

Begin your villain’s evil monologue by having them stop to thank their sponsor, Blue Apron…

[randomencounters]

Encounter: warlock that has to begin every encounter with a plug for their patron. “Before we begin, I’d like to thank my sponsor, WardVPN, for imbuing me with dark power. If you like reading forbidden grimoires and don’t want the shadow-runes alerting the Ancient Horrors to your attentions, installing a VPN on your Orb of Translation keeps you safe and anonymous.”

[naamahdarling]

LichFix

[madcat-world]

30 Minute Speedpaints (6 of 9) - Diana Franco

[iwannapushyourdaisies]

now we know the source fellas please appreciate and acknowledge the artist for all ur memes

[zicygomar]

[kelbremdusk]

Mlicini the Chronicler - Half Devil - Occultist 

What do you do with infinite time on your hands and an affinity for conjouring spirits of the dead? Write down their stories of course. Well, only the interesting ones.

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[xanth-the-wizard]

Dungeon Master Essentials

I decided to make a list of DM stuff that I personally use or think are important to know when it comes to being a DM. So here’s my list:

Medieval Fantasy City Generator: This generator is now my LIFE. It generates incredibly complex cities with good customization. (Thanks to plantkat for sharing this site in their post here)

Naming Your Towns/Cities: Now that you’ve made your city, time to name it and give it some character! This post contains lots of great information.

Index Cards Rule: Fuckyeahdnd shared a SUPER convenient way of keeping track of turns and HP in combat. I use this system now for every single session I run.

Tricks & Traps: I am AWFUL at coming up with good Dungeon traps and challenges, this PDF includes some incredible ideas. The original poster, Courtney C. Campbell also runs a blog where she shares tons of great stuff. (Thanks to we-are-rogue for sharing the PDF in their post here)

Playing Different Types of Characters: Writeinspiration has a masterpost on how to write/play lots of different types of characters.

Unique NPC Jobs: Lauraharrisbooks wrote a list of different Fantasy Jobs which can help populate your world with some unique characters! Another similar post by Thewritershandbook also covers Common Occupations in the Middle Ages. 

Developing Characters by Threes: Monticusrex’s method of creating characters help you really flesh out who they are. Useful for Players and DM’s.

Troublesome Players? Speak Up: Dicebound brings up an incredibly great point. If someone is being a jerk, speak up and call them out. This is especially important and relevant now to crush awful behavior before it even has a chance to show it’s ugly face.

List of D&D Resources: And finally, pretty much anything you might need for D&D.  (Character stuff, spells, online communities/ways to play, etc..) A lot of people contributed to this post but thank you Mushroomancy for posting the original list.

Donjon: And finally, this site is a great resource for looking up Spells and Monsters along with tons of other generators. Not every single Spell or Monster is on here, but most are listed.

(I tried to give credit to the original posters or the actual URL for websites, unless those sites or URLs were no longer active)

[rpgtoons]

Incredible list!

[worstdorkevermore-deactivated20]

@tiedinaslipknot

[raychleadele]

Donjon is great. I use the loot and dungeon generators there regularly. Gonna have to look into some of the other resources!

[mikkeneko]

concept: a death god that is actually surprisingly supportive and on the side of the good guys, supporting actions and promoting policies that will lead to the kingdom growing and thriving instead of being destroyed, because the more the kingdom grows, the more people there are, and the more people there are the more people will eventually  die, and when you’re an immortal god of death, you know there’s no need to rush. you’ll get them all in the end

[mikkeneko]

i like how the responses on this post are cleanly split between “hey this is a great story idea i love it” and “this is absolutely terrifying”

[honourablejester]

Yes. A Death that is kind, and patient, and inevitable.

A Death that need not fight against you, that will often fight for you, because why not? It will gather you home eventually. Why not enjoy you first?

A Death that treasures those who fight it most ardently. That loves healers and defenders and survivalists and necromancers and mad scientists and immortal gods. That lets them pour everything they are into fighting it, denying it, adoring every desperate scrap of strength and will and brilliance and raw determination poured out against it. That catches you when your strength is done and all your will and brilliance run out, that gathers you close beneath a warm, dark cloak, and whispers well done, oh child, you were magnificent, well done.

A Death who will not seek to hasten an inevitable end, who will chastise those who seek to hasten it for others in Death’s stead, who will slowly and patiently plot and sow and siphon away from the great monsters of the world. Because who are they to hasten Death’s domain, who are they to deny Death its time and its place, who are they to cut short these vital glories that illuminate it so? Who are they to presume upon its will, that is so much larger and so much longer than theirs?

Who are they to call, and presume that Death, of all beings, should obey?

A Death that is not a hunter but a gatherer, who is always and eternal, who loves you, and can afford to wait. A Death who will fight for you and defend you, who will place its hand upon those who would speed you to its embrace, who has no need to rush you, only to greet you when you call.

A Death who is kind.

And patient.

And, before all and above all,

inevitable.

[bella-gunn]

Beautiful

[flying-butter]

There is a reason they wield a scythe, not a sword. They harvest what is ripe, not take what is still strong.

[pechebeche-deactivated20201125]

[ID: a 5e homebrew bard college entitled ‘the college of gospel.’ the full pdf can be found here /END ID]

finally back into the homebrewing game!! here’s the very first draft of the third subclass from that healing-centric dmsguild piece i’ve been working on, for bards this time - i’m pretty happy with how the other subclasses have turned out, and it’s a relief to have finally made a breakthrough with this one, lmao.

if you like what i do, please consider donating on my ko-fi!! if you want to see future versions of this & be alerted when the final draft goes up on dmsguild, consider supporting me on patreon!

[otherwindow]

A desperate cleric slamming every healing spell so hard to bring someone back to life the ground is forced to grow plants and flowers around the body.

[otherwindow]

Decades later, guarded by a forest of roses and thorns, lies a corpse refusing to rot.

[devils-queen]

model: Theresa Theresa

[dndgoth]

I think one of the most important thing abt worldbuilding is to learn how to stop playing by the real worlds rules

like, it may sound basic but it’s so important and most of us do it subconsciously. and like, it applies to everything. culture, weather, geography, fashion, literally everything but ESPECIALLY culture. we associate things with other things and label them subconsciously because, to us, that’s how it is but ya gotta break the box man the world is LITERALLY your oyster!! subvert those expectations, question your decisions, dare to go apeshit

[april]

ill be in my secret library kissing evil girls