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I have a question about this image of Xanathar's Thieves Guild.

Why does he have sexily lounging elf boys?

I ask because I cannot imagine a beholder being attracted to anything other than itself. Does he just understand Sexily Lounging Elf Boys to be a status symbol, and he wants anyone who visits to know he can afford Sexily Lounging Elf Boys?

Maybe I'm the asshole here for assuming. Maybe these boyfriends are master tacticians here to advise Xanathar, they happen to like wearing leather pants and no shirts and I should be less quick to reduce them to sex objects.

I don't care, I love it, this is all I can think of every time I see it:

#dnd #xanathar #long post #i feel in my bones that an early draft of this image had some typical frazetta-esque bikini girls here #and then a brilliant and heroic artist said no-- shirtless dudes #described in alt text

Dragon Heist Villains 🌸☀️🍁❄️

#waterdeep dragon heist #waterdeep dragon heist spoilers #waterdeep #WDDH #WDDH spoilers #dragon heist #dragon heist spoilers #forgotten realms #dnd #jarlaxle baenre #xanathar #victoro cassalanter #cassalanters #ammalia cassalanter #manshoon #fanart #digital #muppy style #ok I hope I tagged this well enough that no current wddh players who don’t already know who the potential villains are will be spoiled #but if I spoiled the villain for you I am so sorry LOL #our villain was Jarlaxle but he never even got to villain bc the party just worked with him willingly without even knowing he was supposed #to be the villain #so needless to say he won LOL #we’re on mad mage now technically though the party hasn’t made it down into undermountain just yet #there’s only 3 of them so the encounters are a bit over their heads at their current level #we’ll give it a try in a few levels lol

This is the dust jacket I made for my Waterdeep Dragon Heist campaign book that I bound a while ago. I was inspired by old storybook and art nouveau illustrations for this one and wanted to give it a warm color palette with mostly reds, browns, and greens - which I thought would be perfect for the city of splendors.

🐍 The front has portraits for all the player characters. The back has the villains. 🐍 The stone with the three eyes is an important item that a large part of the plot revolves around. 🐍 The winged snake is the symbol of the Zhentarim, a criminal organization, that plays a part in the module 🐍 The front shows the city of Waterdeep, with its palace, a Walking Statue and the gryphons that are used by its city guard. The two towers in the background are where the final battle of the module took place. 🐍 The back has Henrietta, a beloved npc and self-proclaimed “most beautiful horse in the world” 🐍 The trollskull and the cinnamon bun on the flaps are also nods to the campaign. The players inherit “Trollskull Manor” and the artificer’s girlfriend was a baker known for her amazing cinnamon buns.

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我发现不画人会很舒服

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Xanathar Animatronic; {Credit}

As a DM, I had an inner conflict in me when I was preparing my WDDH module. Xanathar is described as hysterical and paranoid, he's also an eyeball with eyeballs, in other words - he's laughable. I wanted him to be threatening, menacing, posing as a Mafia Boss that he is, maybe not the most competent one, but quite capable to form a criminal guild and kill five other beholders threatening his authority (therefore the teardrops tats).

I drew this picture, and it was a great middle ground for me - the tattoos balanced his goofy identity but still gave off menacing vibes. The book and the hookah are traditionally depicted with him as well.

I'm proud to say my players loved the eccentric mafia boss!

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