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An off-stage animation of Bard doing what’s important before his capital scene. Animation by Liza Kuznetsova (https://www.instagram.com/yokeora/)

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if you keep liking my posts we gonna end up like dis

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us…

otherwindow

captainsnoop-deactivated2020041

theres something very funny about people writing these rich and detailed backstories for dnd characters as if the characters aren’t gonna still be level 1 when they start

“my elf has been alive for a thousand years and has won ten thousand battles!!!” you’re still level 1 aint ya i guess you those ten thousand battles you won werent all that hard to win

captainsnoop-deactivated2020041

i know this sounds all grumpy but i legit mean it when i say it is hilarious when someone writes it in to their backstory that they were the Smartest Mage on the Planet that has researched magic for A Thousand Centuries and then the game starts and they’re like “yeah i know fireball whats up”

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the more detailed your character’s backstory is and the more you boast about the character’s competence and abilities, the funnier it becomes when you roll a 1 and your character just drops their sword and shits themselves. president of the dwarves for six centuries and you just shit yourself in a bar you were trying to find work in.

drtanner

Like I know that this is a Goof Post™ and that you’re generally not supposed to try to offer any explanations for stuff like this for fear of Ruining The Joke™ but I feel like people do this because they fundamentally misunderstand what their character’s backstory is actually for.

The most interesting and compelling part of a character’s life is supposed to be the story you’re going to tell; you’re defeating the object by shoving all of the cool shit into their backstory. The actual purpose of the backstory is to inform your character’s behaviour and choices and the way they react to things so you can play/write them consistently! A solid backstory is a great way to make your character a whole person with a personality that makes sense.

tl;dr - A “cool” backstory doesn’t necessarily make for a cool character. It’s less about who they’ve been and what they’ve already done than it is about who they might become over the course of the story you’re going to tell with them.

dndaddyissues

hey! this! this is really really good advice for players!

speeding54

YELLOWSTONE-“…the mist surrounding the bison was because they had just crossed a river. Their body heat in the cold air caused the water to turn to vapor.”

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GHOST BISON

nandalorian

“There’s really a very simple scientific expla–”

“GHOST BISON”

meme-meme

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im really mad at how accurate this is

ifagrizzlycouldtalk

A moment of silence for our fallen bearded brother who sacrificed himself for the sake of this disgustingly accurate illustration.

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consensual somnophilia is like a surprise party. you’ve talked to your partner about what you like and they know what you would and wouldn’t want, and then all that’s left is to fall asleep one night not knowing they’re planning anything for you, but then you slowly wake up and surprise! you don’t know how long they’ve been fingering you but you feel amazing and you’re comfy and sleepy and someone you love is making you feel so good.