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Art Commissions Open
Have various commissions available, from quick sketch portraits to fully illustrated work for use as desktop wallpaper or to print and frame! Use the link below and get 15% off on your commission! Available for a limited time! https://ko-fi.com/ghostcandle/link/BLKFRIDAY
An indulgent doodle of my D&D Tiefling character, Zemia, playing with Critical Role's Laudna! Ever since the start of campaign 3 I've wanted to doodle these two as friends. Zemia was also a shadow sorceress, and I had plans to multiclass into warlock. I think the two have a lot in common and would delight in "pranking" people together with their scares! How I miss playing Zemia! I need a new Exandria campaign I can play her in (only ever played her at lv 5).
I made a new art commission tier on my Ko-Fi!
Token portraits are available for $85 (+ extra for extra characters) Get a portrait with a custom token frame!
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Reminding myself I made some very cute looping animations for my Summer of Farming games this year (2023). Everyone really loved that cow, yet it was on the one scene I barely used.
I got commissioned by Cassi Mothwin to sketch my characters from my run of Tangled Blessings (A solo TTRPG made by Cassi and available to buy, btws). Soooooo, yeah. Became a bit more than a sketch as I miss my fictional rivals to lovers romance. No one can romance me like how I can romance me! Which is very Jane Austin, if I recall my words correctly.
TTRPGs. I recommend playing them. Fun stories can really jump out. Also learning how to romance... Yourself?
Some portrait practice in my cell-shaded/comic style! More D&D inspired!
Some portrait practice in my cell-shaded/comic style! More D&D inspired!
Service Intruption: A D&D moment
(This is from a session of a homebrewed 5e D&D game) What you need to know about Vendus: As much as he seems to love attention and playing the face, he is more of a hype man. He’s used to being a fall guy, a miscreant, a fake. He plays into the scoundrel casanova type on the surface but is the most generous; without thought to reimbursement, divine recognition, or social status. He doesn’t care for the tithes of royalty, society or anyone. He wants to have a good adventure and sing tales. And maybe cut back on the rum
On their way to a known portal to the Feywild, the party was forced to take a train to cross Bavelia, Vendus’ home country. They had just stopped a bunch of bandits from robbing a high-class, arcane-propelled train. Hearing the bandits reasoning for their failed robbery, Vendus untied the surviving bandits the party captured (with some minor complaints) and gives them 1000 gold*.
*The party prior to Vendus joining gained a ton of wealth. Once he joined he pulled from their money vault unsupervised and gives freely to any NPC they encounter that is in need of a bit of gold to escape crime.
As the party devises a plan to get the newly reformed bandits off the train, there was a shake through the car. Then a violent quake as a gargantuan purple worm erupted ahead of the tracks. The party and bandits quickly move from the engine, Vendus taking up the rear. Everyone is panicking, unsure how to proceed. Vendus yells, “Move! Get everyone off the train!” as he waves for everyone to keep moving back. A couple of members of the party speed off, passing straight through all the cabins. Those who remained turn as they hear an eardrum-breaking sound. Vendus cast Knock to break the connection of the rest of the train from the engine. Amber, the paladin, shouts out, “Vendus, you’re on the wrong side!” Yes. Vendus stayed with the engine, which is slowly moving away. “Don’t worry!” He says. “It’s a gamble, but I’ve got a plan! Just get everyone off the train!” He watches the slow separation of the cars, seeing his party run off down the train. With guitar in hand and a heavy strum, Vendus then casts Thunderwave toward the separated train. It won’t slow it down to a stop, but it will at least be slower as he rockets to the worm. The party and passengers need time to escape. Vendus will do what he can to give it to them.
He rushes to the control console and rapidly starts pushing buttons. He needs this engine to move faster. After a frantic moment, he presses the right switch. The engine jolts at full speed. Great! He had no idea if the collision will do anything, but at least the worm can focus on this car.
He runs back to the exit door, hundreds of feet separating him from the rest of the train. Now all he needs is the last 12 seconds before impact.
Vendus turns and watches the worm through the front window. It was beyond any size he’s heard for such a creature. It lowers its head onto the track and opens its maw wide. Rows of pike-like teeth ready to shred apart this cart.
12 seconds.
Vendus, focusing against shaky bravery, casts a Stinking Cloud at the front of the engine. No idea if it’ll do anything against this, but if it can it will buy him time.
6 seconds.
Vendus in a flurry strums his guitar, a Dimension Door opens with a purple rift in space. He has to leave or be swallowed whole with the engine.
3. 2. 1.
In a sudden thrust, Vendus appears at the door of the new front of the train. He can see the worm shallow the engine whole, unfazed. The train is still moving forward. The worm still moving toward them. He pivots, shouting, “Whoever is left, you got to GET OFF NOW!”
He pulls out his flask of rum and begins dowsing the car he’s in. It happens to be the kitchen, so breaks any bottles of flammable liquid to add to the fuel. He needs to make this as hazardous as possible against the worm. Prestidigitation, a small candle-sized flame jumps forth.
Poof. The kitchen car is on fire. Vendus rushes to the next car. He sees down the train people who haven’t jumped off yet. “GET THE FUCK OFF THE TRAIN!!” He screams as a sudden lurch shakes them. The worm is upon them, biting down on the burning cart, and is lifting them up into the air. Shit. Vendus, hanging onto the doorway between two cars, casts Knock again and separates the rest of the train. He can hear the worm consuming the flaming car behind him. Again he stayed in the endangered car. Frustrated and exhausting his magic, he casts Phantasmal Force. A burst of dark blue and purple swirls around the worm’s head, creating an image of cold wraiths attacking it with the hopes of this spell buying more time. Upon the worm’s thrashing, Vendus falls from the door frame and lands in the doorway of the next car. Fighting his aching body, Vendus lifts himself up and looks down the hall of the remaining train.
People. Are. Still. Here. What is the rest of the party doing?! Vendus, maddened that his attempts to give them more time are being wasted, “Jump off this train NOW or I will FORCE YOU OFF.” Ready to cast a Thunderwave to throw the civilians off the train if he must. Everyone does jump, with Vendus being the last one standing on the train. He turns, and though feels his Phantasmal Force spell still going, the worm is coming down to continue its assault. With a breath, and a light stroke on his instrument, a rift opens once more.
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The party escaped the train early during the encounter. A few misty steps, a shield surf, and a tumble for many. The passengers were left to jump or die without aid from them. They witness the train being demolished by the worm, bit by bit. No sign of Vendus. Minutes pass as the destruction continues, while airship militia start flying in. Still no Vendus. They see the charging of arcane weapons and a flurry of harpoons rain down upon the worm. A glow of purple rips through space nearby, and a panting Vendus comes through his Dimension Door nearby. He gives a look around, “Is everyone here?” With confirmations given, the group quickly decides they must get everyone to safety and avoid attracting the worm. The party knows they need to get to a safe place, yet they have no idea where they are. However, the crew of the airships will. With them here the party can tell them where the civilians are and hopefully get a ride to their destination.
Vendus summons forth a giant fly from a small ebony statue, and the party’s rogue Kuro brings out a flying broom. They reach one of the airships, informing the captain of the group's location.
Then, as a final act upon returning to everyone, Vendus plays a Song of Rest to help the wounded heal as they wait.
His magic spent, his body beyond exhausted, Vendus knows his actions will be left to the past. There will be no celebration for what he did. Even as he plucks the last few notes before the airship picks them up, there would be no thanks, no offers to help him rest.
Yet he would do it again. He could be seen as a villain, a bastard, or a lowly bard. He will keep saving people in whatever way is needed and never think of it—still singing songs while his story is unsung.
*Authors Note: Yes, no one in the party helped a passenger get off the train while Vendus was the sole distraction. Yes, Vendus did give a group of bandits 1000 gold and released them, and was the only one who didn’t want anything in return beyond them getting out of a life of banditry. And yes, Vendus had at this moment shown more honour than anyone. **This table is casual and jokey with play. ***Will happily play Vendus in other games that love doing deep RP and respect character moments. ***Final note: I'm not a professional writer and have not done any serious writing work for a time. Please excuse any grammar mistakes.
Been doing some practice in my comic book style approach, while also practicing character portraits for TTRPGs. What game do you think these characters are from?
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The Tower Falls: A One-Page TTRPG
During a break from the usual, I made a one-page TTRPG about building a tower and seeing how long it survives. A very quick game, using only one d6. Can be found on my Ko-Fi and my Itch! Ko-Fi Listing: https://ko-fi.com/s/141d654f5c itch listing: https://ghostcandle.itch.io/the-tower-falls
Back To Playing My Boi~
We had a reintroduction session 0 to one of our campaigns that took a hiatus as the DM wanted to run Witchlight. I'm already wanting to change up his look, and decided the next level up (when he gets his warlock level) would be a fantastic time! Not 100% settled on the clothes (trying to incorporate his soon-to-be patron), but the hair is choice and I'm sticking to it! So here's a messy doodle! Bringing back streaks of black hair to harken to his OG look. A bit of his recent look, and getting a bit more piratey between his outfits and the influence of his warlock patron.
Indulgent OC Doodles
So, I have a head cannon about two of my D&D characters. (You, Tumblr, get the joy of me babbling about it as none of my fellow party members follow me here. It's character secrets. Shh!) One of them is an arch-fey in disguise. The other is a half-drow bard who is used to being the chaser, not the chased. The arch-fey wants the bard's attention so becomes his warlock patron. This is how you start a healthy relationship, right?
When your bard plays hard to get so you have to be your ✨dazzling✨ self to distract them.
I don't think my DM would ever play this out as he/the party isn't very interested in romance/intimacy in our games, so this gets to be in my AU head space. However, I can't condemn my doodles to my hard drives storage to never be seen! ENJOY Characters: Ambrose/Lord Varun and Vendus. (Hoping to make the arch-fey reveal in-game soon as Ambrose's campaign is close to ending!)
I'm finally back to playing Vendus, my bard! And I can't wait till we level so he gets a level in warlock and gets Lord Varun for his Patron! NO ONE IN THE PARTY KNOWS Vendus is picking up a warlock lv. Varun was a surprise in our Witchlight Campaign (big magical girl reveal at the end), so the table only knows him to be a part of that.
Reblogging on main because I am excited to play my bard again, and I am VERY excited to hit that warlock level, AND progress this headcannon when it can't play out at the table.
Hi, Portfolio Day!
This is the first time I'm doing this on Tumblr. Hello, all! I'm Natalie, a freelance artist who studied and worked in animation, illustration and video games. My recent work has been doing artwork for TTRPGs. I enjoy illustrating fantasy characters, scenes and props. I'm available to work remotely and to take on clients (commission and commercial).
Website: ghostcandleart.com Email: [email protected] Here are a few of my favourite pieces:
Unofficial Apothecaria Sheets
A bit ago I made available printable worksheets I made for Apothecaria! While playing the game I needed something for myself to track all the different mechanics that are part of the game. The worksheets are pay-what-you-want on Ko-Fi and itch as download and print JPEGs for you to print! So if you are readying to play Apothecaria but a bit lost on how to track everything, grab my worksheets! (Then tell me about your game!)
Apothecaria is a beautiful solo journaling TTRPG by BlackwellWriter (https://blackwellwriter.itch.io/), but if you're a visual person or str
Unofficial Apothecaria Worksheets
The preview for Carved by the Garden is out now!
Carved by the Garden is a forthcoming solo journaling game inspired by folk horror stories like The Witch, The Ritual, Midsommar, and those found in Damnable Tales: A Folk Horror Anthology. Featuring a sprawling forest as a backdrop, Carved by the Garden blends self-reflecting questions with unsettling and often bloody discoveries.
Learn more and download the preview! 👇
Survive the woods alone... or die.
Character Commissions Open!
I have commissions open over on my Ko-Fi! Several tiers are available, from fully rendered portraits to large illustrated works. More samples and details are on my Ko-Fi listings!
