Dragons in Dungeons

A sideblog for Dungeons and Dragons, RPGs, and occasionally LARPing. But mostly Dungeons and Dragons tbh.

[aphractal2]

little design challenge for myself. designing dragons for different genres.

[90sfantasyanimestuff]

Legend of Lodoss art by Akihiro Yamada. Source.

[70sscifiart]

Karel Thole's unused cover art for James White's Federation World

[enchantedbook]

"I Can See Them, Too" by Heather Castles

[drmapzo]

Hello, everyone!

An old and neglected manor appears to be the culmination of the dark clues our adventurers have deciphered throughout their journey.

Alongside the phantasmagorical inhabitants of the residence, the heroes will have what it takes to confront the sorcerer who dwells there and cast the darkness he has summoned back into the depths of hell.

The creature tokens for this map are a Ghost Girl, a Ghost Lady and The Devil. Emerald tier gets the Ghost Lady while Diamond tier gets all three. In addition, Sapphire tier gets extra creature token variants.

You can see a preview of all of this week’s Patreon content here.

Thank you very much for taking a look and be sure to check out my Patreon where you can pledge for gridless version, alternate map versions as well as the tokens pertaining to this map.

[ananta108]

Joan Wyatt - The Fellowship Enters Moria

[drmapzo]

Hello, everyone!

An old and neglected manor appears to be the culmination of the dark clues our adventurers have deciphered throughout their journey.

Alongside the phantasmagorical inhabitants of the residence, the heroes will have what it takes to confront the sorcerer who dwells there and cast the darkness he has summoned back into the depths of hell.

The creature tokens for this map are a Ghost Girl, a Ghost Lady and The Devil. Emerald tier gets the Ghost Lady while Diamond tier gets all three. In addition, Sapphire tier gets extra creature token variants.

You can see a preview of all of this week’s Patreon content here.

Thank you very much for taking a look and be sure to check out my Patreon where you can pledge for gridless version, alternate map versions as well as the tokens pertaining to this map.

[enchantedbook]

llustration by Arthur Hughes for "The Princess and the Goblin" by George MacDonald (1872).

[enchantedbook]

"The Lady of the Decoration" (1914), by Harry Clarke.

[avakynx]

~ | 沉迷摸鱼

[digitalkiddo]

If you're writing anything involving cons, scams, heists, or morally questionable characters who are very good at lying, here are some free resources I've been using for research. Saving you the "why is this in my search history" anxiety.

1. The FBI's Famous Cases & Criminals archive (fbi.gov/history/famous-cases) has detailed breakdowns of real fraud cases, Ponzi schemes, and confidence operations. The language they use is clinical and precise, which is perfect for getting the procedural details right.

2. The FTC Consumer Sentinel Network publishes annual reports on the most common fraud tactics in the US. Great for understanding how modern scams actually work and what makes people fall for them.

3. The Smithsonian's American Art Museum has a free digital collection of forgery case studies. If your character forges documents or art, this is gold.

4. Court Listener (courtlistener.com) is a free legal database where you can read actual court transcripts from fraud trials. Want to know how a real con artist talks under oath? This is where you find out.

5. The Internet Archive's collection of old newspaper crime sections. Search for "confidence man" or "swindle" in papers from the 1920s through 1960s and you'll find incredible real stories that would feel too dramatic for fiction.

Bonus: The Psychology of Fraud section on the Association for Psychological Science website has accessible articles about why people trust, how deception works cognitively, and what makes someone a convincing liar. Essential reading if you want your con artist characters to feel psychologically real.

Reblog to save for later. Your WIP will thank you.

[junkfoodgames]

RPG Trader just went live as an alternative indie ttrpg shop to dtrpg and itch. It's got some promising features and I think it's worth checking out. Spread the word!

RPG Trader

TTRPGs from digital to print, made simple.

[thecollectibles]

I’m listening by Yun Huai Huang

[edwardian-girl-next-door]

~ Gustave Jean Jacquet, Portrait of a Noble Lady (detail)

via catherine la rose

[steliosagapitos]

File:Gustave Jean Jacquet - Noble Lady.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

A Portrait of a Noble Lady Framed Print for sale. Shop your favorite Gustave Jean Jacquet A Portrait of a Noble Lady Framed Print without br

[charl0ttan]

stove top role playing game

[sprintingowl]

Okay everyone post your cooking ttrpgs into the thread.

Into The Cauldron by kumada1

A cooking LARP.

[dragons-in-dungeons]

hot take but what lots of newer ttrpg players dont understand about alignment is that it is a balancing mechanic, not just worldbuilding flavor. Lots of games actually improve from acknowledging the basic idea that 'if your character is willing to commit warcrimes they're going to have a level of power/ability to operate that isn't available to someone who refuses to' and do something to mitigate that

alignment can become pretty bioessentialist when applied lazily, but just throwing the whole mechanic out is going to make your games worse to play if you don't introduce something to account for it

[staubilein]

Friends of mine are working on their Kickstarter for their TTRPG Trainpunks! If you could give their Kickstarter a follow, that'd help them out 💖

Coming soon: Trainpunks: A subversive magical TTRPG

A TTRPG about magical punks fighting eldritch horrors in a bizarre underground train system