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the remote, secluded and little known rice terraces of yuanyang county in china’s yunnan province were built by the hani people along the contours of ailao mountain range five hundred years ago. during the early spring season, the terraces, once planted, are irrigated with spring water from the forest above, reflecting sunlight to create these stain glass like landscapes

photos by jialiang gao, hai thinh, javarman, isabelle chauvel, chaluntorn preeyasombat and thierry bornier

#natural world #worldbuilding

Before reading this article, please repeat after me: “Nothing in this article should be taken on a higher authority than anything a trans person says to my face. The transgender experience is incredibly diverse, and I understand that these guidelines won’t be universal. My goal in reading this a

This is a great article with concrete instructions for DMs on how they can work to include trans and nonbinary characters.

This is a whole series of articles! A very useful resource to help cis people be inclusive at their table both in and out of character.

#GameMastery #dungeon master #d&d #trans #nonbinary #dungeons & dragons #worldbuilding

eyeloch

Some More Arcane Focuses

A wand made from the wood of a fruit tree. When spells are cast, the smell of the tree’s blossom or fruit (ripe or rotten) often lingers.

A necklace of silver rings - a small sapphire is set in an engraved, eye-like, pendant hanging off it.

A sturdy staff of twisted iron.

A lump of black, amorphous goo. When spells are cast, it flows around your hand without falling off.

Part of the root of a tree, snapped off quickly to become a wand.

A glove, elaborately embroidered with sparkling thread taken from another plane. The embroidery is itself encrypted arcane research. (There’s also a few small beads of coloured glass. Those are just for aesthetic.)

A geode, mounted on a stone rod.

A wand carved out of driftwood, that still smells of salt and seaweed.

A bejeweled hairpin.

A brightly coloured rod, with a ribbon attached to one end. Sometimes the ribbon blows when there’s no breeze.

A small, collapsible eyeglass, each lens made from a different gemstone.

A diadem of bone, seemingly growth to fit your head perfectly.

A singed-looking wand that may smell like lightning or charcoal, after a spell is cast.

A bracelet (or hair-tie) of grasses from multiple planes, all woven together.

A signet ring, with a faded crest.

An ersatz eye, always using its enchantments to give you sight - focusing on this helps you focus your own magic.

A spur of bone, in the shape of a wand.

Two contrasting bands, that seem to repel each other slightly - when pressed together, you feel the weave of magic alter (ever so slightly).

A blunt wooden knife.

A rod of glass that seems to have drifting starlight trapped within it.

A short length of semi-sentient, extra-planar rope - it’ll shift for your comfort, but otherwise stays wrapped along your forearm.

An unremarkable copper locket, but with a tiny token of a trip to another plane hidden within.

A monocle with a lens of uncut gemstone, grown by a skilled alchemist.

A black wand with white ends.

A large toothpick

A golden medallion depicting the sun, with small rubies in each sunbeam.

An object so unremarkable, no-one can quite remember what it was when they aren’t looking at it.

#character inspiration #magic & mages #NPC Inspiration #villain inspiration #GameMastery #class: sorcerer #class: wizard #class: warlock #class: druid #class: cleric

jones-friend

D&D Material Plane Effects Theory

So I have this idea.

All the planes are listed having different influnces on the adventurers that travel there. Residents of that plan grew up there and that’s all they know, why would the world work any differently?

In the DMG (5.0) the different planes have effects for staying there overnight and how it changes your character. The material plane doesn’t! (Probably because it’s a mechanically neutral plane for the sake of gameplay BUT.)

What if the material plane did have an influence that affected creatures, but since the party grew up there they’re “noseblind” to it? What happens when a lesser demon is exposed to the material plane over an extended period of time?

It’s my theory that the material plane frees you from your planar influences and is a more “neutral” zone. Left there long enough, a demon begins to forget it’s compulsion for evil. They lose sight of what drove them to kill and murder. Maybe they even become more introspective as they ask what they want and how to find their own fulfillment.

You can tell your adventuring party hails from the material plane because they have a sense of direction, a sense of what they want as characters to achieve their own fulfillment, and they set out as adventurers to accomplish this.

It’s my theory that extraplanar creatures are affected by the material plane when they stay for more than a day. They become subject to our flow of time and have inspired in themselves newfound agency to do things they want for fulfillment.

Thank you for coming to my TedTalk.

pwbi

Cool stuff op

noblecrumpet-dorkvision

hell yea

#d&d #worldbuilding

someemochick

moami

A cheese wizard - a fromage, if you so wish -,

#NO I DO NOT WISH

jakey-beefed-it

*wakes up from a sound sleep*

considering verbal and somatic components, a wizards’ duel in d&d would be kinda like a rap/dance battle with a really high sfx budget

r00ib0s

okay, there, enjoy

r00ib0s

by popular demand

#this makes me wanna write about my chaotic rogue and her big tall calm wife #also this art is so cute

discount-supervillain

I think this one was funnier in my head

just-rhys-things

No it’s still hilarious

mizomei

A few items of misuse! Which one is your favourite?

mylae-the-dm

love that book of tongues! it is totally going to my players.

officialsolluxcaptor

imagine having to prepare your spells…..yikes lol. this post made by sorcerer gang

spatialapprentice

imagine not being able to cast ritual spells…yikes. This post made by the wizard gang

officialsolluxcaptor

sorry i cant hear you over my innate powers in my blood that i don’t have to read a book to know how to do

mylae-the-dm

my sugar daddy gave me superpowers

#warlock

prokopetz

Dungeons & Dragons dragons by age category:

0-10 Years: Basically a giant fire-breathing housecat. Has a big ego, but rarely plans beyond the next meal. Distract with something shiny.

10-100 Years: The firepower of a small army paired with the emotional keel of a somewhat sheltered teenager. Has grand ambitions, but makes poor life decisions; has probably fucked a bard.

100-1000 Years: Remember Smaug’s boast? The unabridged version from the book, not the cut-up version from the movie? Yeah, that. Legitimately scary, but not quite as clever as it thinks it is. Decent “final boss” material.

1000+ Years: A shapeshifting world-class sorcerer with superhuman intelligence, unlimited resources, and a lot of time on its hands. Some decide to impersonate gods; most are motivated primarily in terms of “hey, you know what would be hilarious?”. Distract with something shiny.