🎲tabletop-and-boardgames

[tropic tinsel]

Is anyone playing Nethermaze currently?

[tropic tinsel]

Here's my Guardians 😄

[light vine]

https://youtube.com/shorts/jk8vLsynFNQ?feature=share

[novel jacinth]

/slams in here a little late, did someone say Warhammer? Because I'm pretty big into Warhammer. 😊 I just started reading the books this year!

I'm planning on creating Guilliman in Coral Island so he can live out his farming dreams

[pure pond]

hi fellow boardgamers, since I've been playing at my local comic store I've gotten to know many awesome boardgames and learned to play some classics, Catan, Carcassone, Ticket To Ride for example, ones I have myself: Fallout (franchise, all boardgames available), Stardew Valley, Magic Maze, Western Legends, etc. Once I loved playing at the store so far: Piraten Kappern, Spacebase, Ticket To Ride, Skyjo, Traxx and many others 🙂

I also do Pokémon TCG 🙂 collection and playing the liga

[idle hatch]

I have the fallout one! it's decent, you can even play solo if you have time to kill. although I remember having difficulties understanding the manual and rules, still had fun afterwards

[pure pond]

yeah completely get that, I spend two full days playing with the rules next to me and then a single solo playthrough took met 3 hours 😄

but indeed super fun 😄 truly love it, if you just want to dive into another world for a while it's a great boardgame, also like sometimes I just want an electronic break and then it's ideal 🙂

[idle hatch]

i got obsessed with that franchise and never looked back! talking about boardgames I played Mysterium recently it was a lot of fun too

[pure pond]

yeah it seems super interesting, need to check that one too one day 🙂

[little panther]

Theres a fallout tabletop rpg I've been wanting to look at. The only thing I remember was the movement system but that alone seemed really dang cool

[idle hatch]

Yeah I have it. Currently Homebrewing the hell out of it tho, because it's basically just Fo4 tabletop in Boston. And I already went through that game so many times, so it's time for a Fallout NY for me

[little panther]

Yeah I'm only really interested in the mechanics of the game. If I were running it I'd be using my own setting, too

[cinder ether]

Just played my first game of sdv board game

After having extremely bad luck in the mines, we won the game on a 50/50 dice role to get a mineral

[light vine]

TTRPG Theme for Halloween this week is pretty rad

Who wants to get Dry Rubbed?

[little panther]

...what?

[waxen mist]

So I’m running a campaign of dnd irl for some friends right

I got my dad to 3d print something for me

[frank wren]

3D printing myself a dice tower.... 9 hours in for the base, so far hasn't failed yet.... 🤞

[frank wren]

Nevermind it failed near the end

Time to restart

[frank dome]

way to jinx yourself 🫠

[turbid beacon]

uh oh pat pat

[frank wren]

My new dice set came in the mail today!!

[old swan]

PRETTY FORBIDDEN CANDIES

[fair jay]

https://tenor.com/view/tichina-arnold-do-not-eat-that-dont-eat-that-no-martha-and-snoops-potluck-party-gif-10116280

[pliant stirrup]

But they're so crunchy

[fair jay]

[fast warren]

[burnt gull]

I kinda wanna get back into D&D

[pliant stirrup]

You have my attention.

[burnt gull]

LoL I like the idea of the wizards school one

[pliant stirrup]

Do you mean as in the Wizard class?

[burnt gull]

no no

I can't remember the name

it's combined with magic the gathering

[pliant stirrup]

Oh, is it a setting??

[burnt gull]

the one with the Owlin race

[pliant stirrup]

Oh, Strixhaven

[burnt gull]

That's the one lol

[pliant stirrup]

That's one of the ones I'm actually not that sure about tbh

[burnt gull]

really? It sounds fun!

[pliant stirrup]

Oh, I mean I don't know things about it

Not sure what it contains, etc

I'm for Faerûn, tried and true

[signal marten]

I'm fortunate enough to be playing in two d&d and one starfinder game at the moment. Love me some ttrpg

[burnt gull]

I had an idea for a playable race once and a variant for the Thri-keen in spelljammer

Orchid mantis Variant https://at.tumblr.com/autistic-adventures-in-nerdom/im-actually-really-excited-about-the-new/thpnq3svkcaw

Playable race https://at.tumblr.com/autistic-adventures-in-nerdom/okay-so-weird-idea-for-a-dd-race-eyeless-seeing/xdmh3ywtrg3z

[burnt gull]

so yeah I made these

[little panther]

I've been mostly faerun in the past but the first campaign I started DMing was Eberron and now I've kind of just become the Eberron guy. Though I do really want to run Curse of Strahd one of these days.

[pliant stirrup]

The fun thing about the Domains of Dread is that canonically they exist simultaneously in all of the multiverse.

You could even have player characters come from both Faerûn and Eberron

[little panther]

Huh, I thought it was only in the planescape of faerun

[pliant stirrup]

Not since VRGR

[little panther]

I mean with a setting as unique as ravenloft I guess makes sense they'd make it even more bizarre as to ignore the barriers of crystal spheres entirely

[pliant stirrup]

Makes me wonder about the Domains of Delight, though, tbh

[little panther]

Ooooh it'd be super easy to say parts of cyre were claimed by the domains of dread when the mourning happened. Spicy...

[pliant stirrup]

Hey, you can definitely create your own Dread Domain - just remember that every realm requires a Darklord 😉

[little panther]

If I were to run CoS I probably wouldn't do too much monkeying with lore but some monkeying is always necessary so that'll be exciting

Not that my dang group will ever play enough to go through the campaign

[pliant stirrup]

My DM is taking us through CoS rn, and it's been fun enough so far

[little panther]

Over 2 years we've played like 5 sessions of the eberron game. I've GMed more cyberpunk red than DnD at this point

[pliant stirrup]

He's changed a few things around, like ||Izek is the sibling of one of our party's characters|| and ||the blessings of the Amber Temple are unique to each party member||, but I think for the most part he's stuck to the book quite closely.

[little panther]

Yeah some messing about is always good. Just for taste or to get people more involved or even just for lack of content sometimes

[pliant stirrup]

Oh also ||the area with the giant tree did not have a 50ft by 50ft grid. Because who the heck thought that was a good idea||

[little panther]

I don't own the book yet so much as I've heard about it and it seems like fun so no clue about any of that lol

Since my first two ttrpgs were DnD 5e and VtM v20 CoS seems like my cup of tea

[little panther]

Somehow I feel like this does not belong lol

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[wanton crane]

Any folks here play Call of Cthulu 👀

[strong iron]

I have!

[wanton crane]

!!! Ayoo!! I've been craving for a Victorian Era one shot of sorts tbh

My friend found a CoC multishot that's Phantom of the Opera inspired too 🤔

[strong iron]

Yiiiis. The last CoC game I played was set in the 1980s London

I did play an 1890s setting called Masque of the Red Death D&D setting (originally 2nd edition, but edited fro 5th)

[wanton crane]

!!! DUDE ID LOVE TO PLAY IN AN 1890'S SETTING

Lorddddd

[strong iron]

It also had supernatural elements like werewolves, Jack the ripper, etc

[wanton crane]

SHDJDBDNN thats....so flavorful!!!

[strong iron]

It is!

https://www.dmsguild.com/m/product/295377

[little panther]

Lol what a coincidence, me and a couple friends recently started a game of Werewolf: the apocalypse set in the 1890's Alaskan gold rush. We had another game before in 1860s. We kind of accidentally became period piece players in the World of Darkness games.

[strong iron]

No but I adore that though! I also haven't played Werewolf in years

[little panther]

We also had a game of vampire: the masquerade set in mid-prohibition new york

Very good stuff

[strong iron]

I'm just playing a modern V5 game right now. (Well I took the month off to deal with family matters)

[little panther]

We started with a modern v20 game and when we went to w20 we opted to try wild west as a setting it was such a hit in our group that when I wanted to run v20 I thought we could try another period piece. When we inevitably play mage tbe ascension I'm sure we'll do modern again

[wanton crane]

Broooo....

Always wanted to play VtM

[little panther]

It slaps. Takes some work to learn and get used to (like many systems ofc) but extremely rewarding

As long as you and your GM know what you're doing, it's completely viable to have a purely social character not built for combat (and still be somewhat useful in combat just on account of being a vampire). Same goes for WtA for that matter, just for VtM my first character was a manipulative character rather than combative while werewolf I was the other way around so

[wanton crane]

👀!!! YOO?? I love that? I'm very into the roleplay side of things so that's awesome to hear!

[little panther]

It's way more roleplay oriented than DnD in my experience (as a 5e player at least)

[strong iron]

Omg d&d is not roleplay friendly at all

That's why I adore powered by the Apocalypse games

[pliant stirrup]

I mean, it is and it isn't.

[wanton crane]

Depends on the DM and the synergy you have with your party c:

[wanton crane]

good to know :D

[little panther]

I adore role-playing in DnD and it's still my most played ttrpg but rolling Persuasion and Deception 100 times, occasionally with advantage, is not quite a great role-playing system

[pliant stirrup]

It entirely depends on how the DM runs it. In my circles (I play, DM, and advise some friends), conversations with NPCs rarely involves things like Persuasion or Deception, it's mostly about the player making their case.

Be it through roleplaying or explaining how they'd like something to happen if they're not very confident in it

[little panther]

Agreed, but dice will come into the equation eventually, and there aren't many options when it comes to what to roll. As a GM I might flesh it out with having a player who makes their case through logistics roll Intelligence (persuasion) if an NPC needs to be persuaded and won't be moved easily, but that's still rather limited.

Meanwhile in world of darkness games for example, rolling Appearance-empathy is vastly different in flavor to rolling manipulation-subterfuge even if both might get you the same result depending on context. Cyberpunk RED you might roll persuasion, bribery, or bureaucracy depending on the context.

A good GM can make any system work great, but that doesn't say anything about the system itself.

[pliant stirrup]

Oh, of course.

...don't know where the it is came from, but I'll just redact that

[little panther]

Again, I love DnD and roleplay in it all the time, and we seem to use the same methods and be in similar positions (player, GM, advisor) so I think we're on the same page lol

[pliant stirrup]

When I DM, I always do try my best to expand the limitations. Sometimes that's through the player making a well-made argument (in or out of character), or through shifting the requirements (changing the required ability, as you said). And never lock the sole point of progression behind a DC.

[little panther]

As a roleplay fan, my only real gripe is that a player who doesnt engage in roleplay heavily might say "I'd like to try to convince the peasant to give us access to his barn to sleep" vs someone who either speaks in character or explains how they try to convince the farmer (offering gold, labor, etc) are ultimately the same result as far as dice are concerned (assuming you make them roll to begin with)

[pliant stirrup]

Well, if the player said that, I'd ask them how they want to convince him

Appeal to the man's kind nature? Bribe him?

If they didn't do it, then I would set a higher DC

Like, think about the equivalent. Some road-weary warrior trudges up to you and asks to sleep in your barn with no further comment

That's gonna be a big ask

[little panther]

I'm not seeing how that really pertains to what I'm saying

I'm not saying roleplay is hard in DnD, just mechanically boring

[pliant stirrup]

I'm saying that as far as I'm concerned, if dice become involved in roleplay, then a player who engages in it will have a more rewarding experience.

balanced was the wrong word

i am tired

But I do agree that D&D is more combat focused than it maybe needs to be

Especially since there's a lot of powercreep.

[little panther]

I do love the combat though

World of darkness is not as epic in the same way

[pliant stirrup]

Combat's extremely good so long as you can keep track of all the moving parts 😅

Up until recently I did theatre of the mind with my players, which resulted in a lot of unspecific questions and weird distancing (though tbf distances are already weird in D&D)

And I was also trying to track the different HPs for all the creatures in the encounter

[little panther]

Meanwhile cyberpunk RED is grody as hell when it comes to moving parts lol.

[strong iron]

Combat is something I'm not a fan of. I get so bored

[little panther]

Combat is tough. You kind of have to choose not to be bored in order to enjoy it sometimes

[strong iron]

I have friends who do the Warhammer/ mini wargaming and it fascinates me but I'll never play it

[little panther]

Yeah proper wargames are not my thing

[slow dirge]

I think People more or Less Rush through The combat scene, which is sad. Like get a good dm that goes "Explain to me What you do, and after you roll to see if thats what you do".
Often its just "I use my axe, did a 15 hit?"

I want to know flavor! Where did you hit, how did you stand? Like give me the juicy deatils!

Dnd i boring when its just a "I do this, i do that" kinda game.

I do fall in The trap myself tho, but I always try to do better.

[little panther]

Plus even with "17 so that's a hit, 11 damage" combat can take a long time. I think people often see that and decide it's not worth it to make combat that much longer by saying every turn "my first swing didn't hit so we lock blades. I spit in his eye and shove his blade up, exposing his belly, and going for a follow-up horizontal swing. That's a hit, 11 damage as a come dangerously close to gutting him on the spot, though he was quick enough to avoid death now, he won't stay so lucky"

In the case of doing multiple attacks in a turn (multi-attack, action surge, cantrip+leveled spell, whatever) I try to only really narrate one action each turn to try to hit a balance of flare/flavor and time efficiency. Or sometimes I'll just roll attacks and damage first to see the results and narrate the turn from there.

[maiden escarp]

"You can't murder my gay couple, that's homophobic!"
"Now that I think about it, Gisa and Geralf seem kinda homophobic to me."
"Bruh they're siblings, what about them is homophobic?"
"I don't know man, hating all life is kinda homophobic to me."

[cyan plinth]

Ooh as a D&D DM I wanted to chime in on this topic too (combat that is, lol)! There are six players plus myself in our group and we all range from as young as 25 and upwards to 50. A couple of us (myself included) have been around since the 80s so playing has grown organically. But, and I mean a HUGE but, combat is complicated. So much moving parts that the older I get the more I don't want to do it anymore. I'm an old school role-player and getting mired down into the mechanics of battle finally got to me and the rest of our group. Especially (and understandably so) the younger players who felt it was too convoluted. We invested in FoundryVTT and used an old kitchen table and lcd tv and made a gaming table. Because so much of the combat is now calculated, we can move on to the storylines more efficiently. Watching my players "grow" into their characters and feel immersed was just a massive boon.

[burnt gull]

I kinda wanna start a campaign but idk anything about dm ing so I’d have to get somebody else but I’d love to play with some of you guys! I have an idea for an owlin Druid!

Tbh though I have several character ideas I kinda wanna make a necromancer inspired by Yzma before she was changed from the movie “kingdom of the sun” to “emperors new groove”

[grave harness]

If I may voice my option here, WoD can have amazing combat but its all on how its framed. If the ST does detailed accounts of the dice results it can be very engaging. If they let the dice rolls just do all the talking then I can see how its not as good as D&D. Personally D&D combat system can drag out a encounter for too long and cause some of the players to become disengaged in what is happening. Played a D&D campaign with 8 players and let just say by round 2 most players lost interest and was doing something else by the time their turn was up.

I guess what I am trying to say is, its about how involved the players and how detailed the ST is that can make or break a encounter. Each system can be amazing but it takes everyone involved to make it that way.

[cyan plinth]

@burnt gull What platform would you use to host? I know there's a bunch out there. Also, I know this is foundry (yes I can't help it, big fan, awesome community etc), but I recently bought a campaign you might love! It's called Humblewood and its literally a 5e campaign about birdfolk and other animal playable races. It's so artistic and well done. Just hearing you make a owlin made me think of this.

[burnt gull]

Ooooh I just like owls but that sounds so cool!!!

Not sure what platform. Because I’ve never done one myself and I’d need a dm because I’ve never done that before

I’m still kinda new

[burnt gull]

and yes I know it's ironic to have an animal/bird type person that can become other animals but I like owls okay lol

[burnt gull]

but I was thinking of making her a circle of wildfire druid anyway so she can turn into a LITERAL BALL OF FIRE when she's mad or in battle which makes for a terrifying sight if you're just now meeting her or are the opponent

[pliant stirrup]

Unfortunately, Wildfire druids cannot turn into fire.

[burnt gull]

I just was thinking of like looking intimidating/ aesthetics lol

[cyan plinth]

@burnt gull I think the concept of your Owlkin is awesome. The Path of the Storm Herald under the Barbarian class could be flavor texted to make it as if you're on fire. But you want to be a druid from what I can see. One thing you might want to do is ask a DnD reddit or discord about homebrew druid spells. I would be surprised if there wasn't a fiery phoenix-like spell out there somewhere!

[burnt gull]

niiiice

[burnt gull]

I feel like her being a tiny cousin of the barn owl called a lesser sooty owl (inspired by it anyway) and her being so angry all the time gives her “let me see what you have! “A KNIFE!!!” “NO!!!!” Vibes lol

[burnt gull]

But she’s got serious anger issues which 65% of the time results in a fight

Depends on the day she’s been having tbh

Super hotheaded when she’s stressed and or tired

Sleepy not exhausted muscle tired otherwise she couldn’t fight

She’s just basically all this pent up rage in a tiny little bird body that sometimes it leaks out every so often

[burnt gull]

she'd look similar to this btw

originally she was gonna be inspired by another cool barn owl cousin I also found called the tasmanian masked owl that looks like this it's more reddish

[vague sedge]

Btw there's a pf2e bundle on humble Bundle for anyone who is interested in pf2e 👀

[old swan]

👀

[vague sedge]

who is interested in pf2e other than you

😠

[old swan]

:v

[pliant stirrup]

Wow, rude

How dare you assume Ramz is interested in pf2e

[vague sedge]

he's literally my player

lmao

[old swan]

Kek

[pliant stirrup]

is part of the joke, he obviously is

[vague sedge]

:3

[old swan]

:3

[vague sedge]

but yeah, the humble bundle contains lots of valuable stuff

[old swan]

Can't wait for my Duskwalker Kobold Alchemist to make their debut ✨

[vague sedge]

including the core rulebook and a complete adventure path, among other stuff

[vague sedge]

will he manage to weather the venture into abomination vaults though

[proven forum]

I'm about to embark on my first pathfinder game!

[vague sedge]

how was it :3

[proven forum]

Oh i didn't mean this second i just meant in general 🤣

We're in character building stages. I'm actually really really enjoying it. It's surprising I've never played PF considering how many RPGs I've played over the years dnfmggk

[fresh gyro]

going to do session 0 of my extremely homebrew-setting vampire the masquerade game today (to the point where it's unrecognisably different as a setting lol)

i'm nervous because i'm a relatively new gm but at the same time my experience with non-homebrew settings has been "i don't know enough to immerse players into it" so here's hoping my extreme homebrew is successful

[proven forum]

Good luck!

[fresh gyro]

we got the character sheets and the relationship map done, but i need to do a follow up briefing session for game mechanics XD

[wild glade]

Over the past few months, I've become intrigued by Dungeons & Dragons. A friend introduced me to some of the DnD streams, and I've enjoyed watching them. I've learned more about the game and want to try playing...but I don't have a ready group of prospective players. I don't want to show up at a game store and say "Hi, strangers. You don't know me. I'm an absolute novice. May I please join your game?" Nor am I crazy about the idea of playing with a random group of strangers online. What other options might I have?

[proven forum]

Ask some of your friends if they'd want to try it out!

[little panther]

My first game was all new players and someone who had a lot of very critical misunderstandings about how the game works. So many mistakes that it wasn't even recognizable as DnD, but was a goldmine of fun we still talk about years after the campaign ended. If some friends are down to learn and play with you, then absolutely don't sweat the details and have a blast.

[formal owl]

There's also a lot of online groups playing together (especially since covid) And it's not out of the norm for a new(novice) player to join a veteran group. Some dm's may not be able to fit another person in their game for a few reasons but alot more will be willing to start a fresh campaign or write u into an existing campaign as a "new party member" for any number of reasons and then ur in the game and good to go. (Some dm's may say start at level 1 when u join: others may say my groups medium level is 4 so make your character and then we'll go through leveling u up 3x)

[ruby turret]

Hi, I've been the DM to a group of friends for 3 years now. While it is fun to DM for them, sometimes it can be tiring because most of my players are the min maxer with main character syndrome types. One of them also likes to abuse the system and cheat whenever he can.

If you're a DM how do you deal with such players?

[pliant stirrup]

Step 1 - make sure everyone is on the same page. Express that you’re dealing with a little bit of fatigue/burnout. It’s something a lot of DMs deal with.

Step 2 - absolutely double check with the player you’ve singled out as ‘cheating’. Let him know that it won’t fly. If he continues, counteract him. Depending on what he’s doing, it needs different results; e.g., looking up statblocks/modules, change things around. Make the illusion a real one. Put a secret room somewhere else. Give the monsters different weapons, make them use better strategies. If he’s lying about what he’s rolling, make him roll openly - make sure you know what his modifiers are and what he rolls. If all else fails… be strict with him. Don’t target his character, or prevent him from getting loot or anything, but let him know that he is on a thin line. If he still continues, then you should remove him from the group.

Honesty is always the best policy. If it gets to that point, you need to be honest with your players about why he was removed from the group - and that while D&D is a cooperative game, you as the DM need to enforce the rules of your table.

[little panther]

I've always been lucky that my table aren't super power-gaming min-maxxers but even if they were we all have talked with each other enough to know that the DM isn't the enemy, they just play the enemy. The DM doesn't want to kill you, they just want to make you scared. The DM wants cool, epic fights, and DnD isn't a game you "win". If you've never talked about that with your players, or this player, I reccomend doing so.

One question I like to ask my players is what kind of power fantasy they want, like why they picked a class or how they want me to roleplay their status when they're higher level, etc. What the experience they want from the game is. I take notes from it, and work to give them the story beats and experience they wanted out of it. I get hype hearing about their cool build ideas. Similarly, I get hype when the DM rolls a critical hit on me when I'm playing, because the DM wants to feel cool too.

Like the above reply, just talk to them. And if they have a power fantasy that involves lying to you or cheating the system, treating you as the enemy instead of the monsters, that's not cool and that needs to quit one way or the other.

[lyric yoke]

The QuickStart of a TTRPG I’ve been keeping an eye on for so long is finally out and I’m so excited If anyone wants to check out a super cool pirate setting with pals it’s Rapscallion RPG by Magpie Games!!

[frank wren]

Watching the DnD movie this Sunday in the afternoon with my campaign mates, followed by a campaign run for the rest of the day

Boutta be a really fun weekend

[little panther]

I'm watching it tonight actually, and with my DnD homies as well. Well be missing one cuz he lives far so no playing DnD afterward (plus it'll be late)

[frank wren]

My belated christmas gift to my DnD party was to pay for their Hero Forge (STLs) minis, and we finally started a long-term campaign for us to feel like it's worth doing. Putting all our minis together feels so cool (Mine is the warlock, second from the right)!

We're not printing with HF tho, their prices are too much. Gunna print with a 3rd party~ Super excited, this is my first time playing DnD with physical minis instead of tokens

[little panther]

I'm a psycho and I'll go on their website to make a mini and then just screenshot the mini to make my online tokens lol

[frank wren]

LUL we've done that XD

[little panther]

Another fun app for that is Reroll, which does pixel art style character art

My cleric I made on there like 3 years ago lol. He looks so much older than he is though. Idky

[frank wren]

Oh yea that ones cool too

Usually we've just done Picrew or HF

[fresh gyro]

a lot of my group is artists so we draw our own tokens lol

[burnt gull]

I was thinking about this idea and omg I could make her a tabaxiiii lmaoooo

[outer scroll]

my new pc in a monster of the week campaign inspired by Percy Jackson so we are all demigod teens/young adults her name is opal and she's the daughter of iris, the goddess of rainbows and messenger of the gods in Greek myth, she is a total airhead and i love her

[ionic token]

Ooo that sounds like a fun campaign! I love Opal!

[little panther]

She seems so sweet and lovely! Definitely gives me "If Perfuma from She-Ra listened to K-pop" vibes

[burnt gull]

I LOVE that rpg idea!!!!

[buoyant stone]

Any boardgamers in Wales, UK? 👀

[sage dust]

Such an organized shelf also THE TABLE, love it! What's your favorite boardgame?

[little panther]

I do love that table

[burnt gull]

Me toooo

[sand fjord]

I'm in North Wales, you?

[obsidian pollen]

Hi, if anyone is in Alsace, France, me and my bf opened a Medieval Fantasy themed bar/tavern, we are a game bar (i dont know if its the right word lol), we have 70 boardgames/tabletop games, and we organise games nights sometimes !

[sage dust]

OMG THIS LOOKS SO COOL 😍

[buoyant stone]

Ah all the way in south wales!

[little panther]

I don't know you, and I'm not in France, but I do love you both

[obsidian pollen]

Aww, thanks 💙

[sand fjord]

My best friend is down your way then! I live on Anglesey and she lives in Carmarthen. It's a long way to go to visit her but the drive is definitely worth it 😄

[buoyant stone]

That is a drive! I went glamping in Angelsey, I loved it

[maiden compass]

i need this in america 😦

[little panther]

dont we all

[limber spear]

I’m also in north wales! Bangor 🥰

[sand fjord]

Oohh very close!

[coarse kindle]

For everyone who can't wait for the Merfolk update, allow me to suggest Prism. Diceless relationship focused undersea RPG
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/m/product/247711

[tepid igloo]

It´s just 5 hours away from me. Its near the german boarder , right? Would be a nice trip for a long Weekend.

[fair jay]

@hybrid ether please check the #server-rules thank you

[open vortex]

There's a place like that in San Antonio.

[little panther]

Despite living in Texas, that's still kinda far lol

Certainly less far though

[neon gorge]

Do you mean knights watch?

[burnt gull]

Oh they changed the discord layout with the roles!!!

[blazing crescent]

Hello, can I ask what city you're in? I'm not in Alsace, but my family is, and I know my cousins would love this place!

[restive cedar]

I'm not in Alsace neither but I'm also interested ^^

[burnt gull]

I'm gonna try and get my grandma and mom to play d&d with me at a local gamestore

I tried to have a home game once with my grandma my cousin and my Aunt once a few years ago but I couldn't figure out dming

I just need to get my d&d books out of storage (we just moved 4 hours upstate so we had to put stuff in storage until we could go retrieve it) so I can help them make characters

I'm honestly having a bit of a time coming up with my own character idea myself I have several

But omg look at these character sheets I bought from etsy!!!!!

My mom and sister are both very antisocial but my mom and grandma want me to make friends up here so I'm like come with me

I know my sister won't but they might

I feel like if mom likes it enough she might convince my sister to try it too

[sage dust]

That's a really cool idea Serafina! ALSO YES SUCH A PRETTY CHARACTER SHEETS! Hope your mom and grandma enjoy making their characters!

[cobalt fiber]

I don't remember where I found it, but there's an unofficial D&D-style Legend of Zelda table-top RPG called Reclaim the Wild. I think it's cool, but it's so obscure, I think very few people have heard of it. (Also tried getting into D&D, but wanted a character first, and lack the creativity to come up with one, except wanting them to be a warrior bard.)

[burnt gull]

I saw some people doing a barbie movie themed d&d game I wanna try it so bad

Each person picked a real life barbie as inspiration for their character

Like happy holidays barbie 1995 for example

It's on YouTube by pixel circus

[woven turret]

THESE ARE SO PRETTY oh my goodness!!! 😮
I wish I was a player more often. xD Alas I am basically a forever DM

[burnt gull]

Laaaame

That sucks dude

[burnt gull]

Guys there's a new ADVENTURE TIME TTRPG coming out!!!

[burnt gull]

I'm trying to randomly generate ideas for characters to use in it

[frank wren]

Just ordered some liquid core dice sets from Dark Elf Dice
Magic Potion Dice on Kickstarter. Pretty good deal considering my only other liquid core dice set was like $80.

The only thing is that it's a group buy on KS and I have to wait for it T^T

[ocean crystal]

I dont need more dice...I dont need more dice....I dont need more dice..........I need more dice

[frank wren]

https://tenor.com/view/do-it-get-to-work-gif-21630516

I only have 2 sets to my name... I could use a new set... or two.... or six...

[ocean crystal]

oh you definitely need more! I am not to the level of dice dragon but definitely more than I will ever use in a game lol. The blue ones would just be so perfect for my kineticist water-bender-type character....

liquid core is gorgeous

[vestal urchin]

I don't know how socialize lol 😂 thank goodness for this discord or else I wouldn't have a social life 😆
I have wanted to try getting into dnd, but I don't know much about it or where to start, I don't know which one to buy, there seems to be many different versions (both board games and video games) so idk where to start, plus like I've said I don't have a social life lmao, but maybe I'll try to figure it out 🤔 do you have any tips or suggestions for what one to get?

and those character sheets are so cuute! I especially love the first one 💖

[frank wren]

The DnD Starter kit is actually a very good pack, both for newbie players and newbie DM'ing. And they recently revamped the kit to include the campaign "Stormwreck Isle," which I have done before and is actually a pretty good campaign. It's also very easy to play it as a one-shot or expand to a larger campaign.

Highly recommended

[vestal urchin]

ty! I'll look into it 👍

[frank wren]

Then afterwards, the 3 core books are the Player Handbook, DM Guide, and Monster Manual

You can get the starter kits at places like barnes n noble, or even target and walmart

Barnes definitely has the 3 core books I think

The DnD Essentials Kit is a slightly more expansive beginner's kit than the Starter Kit, but if you're still unsure and wanna dip your toes rather than take a swim, the Starter Kit is the way to go (and if you have a good experience with the starter kit you can just skip the essentials kit and go straight to the 3 core books)

[burnt gull]

Anyone open to an online d&d game I'd like to use one of the characters I created 😆

[frank wren]

Mayhaps

[gloomy quail]

I volunteer as tribute

[burnt gull]

Nice we also need a dm though

And maybe like 1-2 more people

[pliant stirrup]

Believe me if I had the time I might

(and also, like. Burnout 😅 )

[cobalt fiber]

I might be interested, but I have no clue what I'm doing. I've never played before, but I'm interested.

[burnt gull]

Guys check this out!!!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1690121414/the-monster-book-of-legends-for-5e?ref=project_link

[cobalt fiber]

I wonder if Banshees are included

[pliant stirrup]

Banshees already have a 5e statblock

[cobalt fiber]

Cool! (I don't know about 5e or anything DnD because I haven't played yet.) I love all Celtic mythology.

[pliant stirrup]

There's a supplement that I forget the name of that was super focused on celtic themes and mythology. I forget the name of it but Ginny Di highlighted it on her channel as a sponsor (iirc) and they still have it available for purchase somewhere.

[burnt gull]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/legendsofavantris/the-crooked-moon-folk-horror-in-5e?ref=3ct4t2&fbclid=IwAR1LhHH1jn9C19JiELggR-REFdccOhY0mhP0O5NPzc3uJr-UTFu7DFF5ssA

[frank wren]

[green berry]

A mostly 5e DND in here hmm :0 I'll just sit in my corner playing runequest

[signal marten]

Hey friends, I've posted a link in the creators content channel - We are played Star Wars 5e tonight on twitch if anyone would like to come along and watch 🙂

[frank wren]

[frank wren]

Just got the Avatar Legends Tabletop Book, and I'm currently in the process of converting it to DnD 5e... of sorts lol

[elfin sable]

O.o

Why convert it?

The Avatar TTRPG is really good!

[frank wren]

It is! I have done two playthroughs of it!

It's not so much because I don't like the mechanics of AL

It's more of an "ooo I wonder if..." sort of thing lol

[elfin sable]

I feel that

[frank wren]

I also saw two other homebrews of avatarverse to dnd and they were.... okay.

So now I'm making my own lol

[elfin sable]

Fair! I wish you luck!

[void maple]

Hey

[burnt gull]

I am trying to teach my gran DND

she wants to try to play with me

i'm so proud lol

[frank wren]

Almost 3 months later.... these dice sets are out for delivery today!!!

So excited to roll nat 1's on em!

[rugged fable]

me pull up into next session with this bad boys

[split wasp]

can i have the d100 please

[rugged fable]

yes you can

[split wasp]

thank you

[rugged fable]

but with all those number we both it always gonna land on nat 1

😭

[vestal urchin]

M-mustard!?!?
I didn’t know you were here lol 🤣

[rugged fable]

I’m here to to cause you chaos

You can’t run away from me jojo

[vestal urchin]

Loll

[finite spade]

The d100s roll a LOT before stopping, in my experience.

[winter jewel]

A dice tray might be helpful for that.

[tulip shard]

Is pokémon card game included lol

[frank wren]

Speaking of TCGs

I just got into Disney Lorcana

And oh boy

This is a dangerous hobby lol

[burnt gull]

Guys I'm making a DragonBorn in baldur's gate 3 should I go Silver blue or copper

[prisma apex]

I'm playing white dragonborn, which a) looks cool, and b) has ice breath

Can't remember which breath weapons thoae 3 have offhand, but pick the one you think looks coolest

[burnt gull]

I think they all look cool that's the problem 😆

I'm indecisive

[little panther]

I did brass I think, made it extra green looking and it turned out cool

[prisma apex]

Also, unrelated, any Wanderhome fans here? I figure there's going to be at least some overlap between cozy video games and cozy tabletop games

[prisma apex]

Fair enough, they are all cool! Don't think there's really a wrong choice here 🙂

[burnt gull]

Finished product

Copper with hints of blue

[frank wren]

Looks G L O R I O U S

[little panther]

I love it

[burnt gull]

I added custom hairs so I had to make some kind of elf to show them off with

[burnt gull]

Have her marry Wyll 😆

[woeful wagon]

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[dry cave]

TY!

[supple urchin]

i'm making some dnd dice today - any ideas for colours?

[frank wren]

Sky blue and orange!

[burnt gull]

Copper and Ice blue or am I too late lol

Also how does one make dice I wanna try!!!!!

[cobalt igloo]

Has anyone played the board game, Spirit Island?

Had my first go at it on Mon and failed miserably, lol.

[sand dagger]

See through with failed dice within them. Sure they won't be balanced, but it'll teach other dice a lesson.

[trail raven]

luigi wins by doing nothing moment
my character is at the bottom left
my character has the highest speed (at that time 7)
this is the position when the haunt started
the haunt is scenario 37: checkmate
the betrayer is at upper right

[scenic mantle]

OMG Betrayal at House on the Hill!!!!
I've wanted to play this for soooo long

[trail raven]

there were lot of board game places and groups in jakarta

i know a few places that rent the game

[scenic mantle]

Oh which place do you recommend? I'm interested to drag my friends to play🤣

[trail raven]

may i pm you?

[trail raven]

i guess i will put it here
it depends on where you actually live though
i dont want to get you too far away from your home tho

• pluit village - monopolis
  2nd floor, right now its near a car showroom and toilet
• kuningan city - arcanum hobbies
  inside main district 2nd floor
  lemme remember another one

• gandaria city & neo soho mall - grouplay
  in gandaria the shop is on lower ground floor
  in neo soho is on ug floor
  edit:
  apparently the one in neo soho is called mamasys

• in tanjung duren area - didadu
  near abuba steak afaik

for board game communities there were

• kanca dolan
  usually plays in cafe temu near binus kemanggisan from 11am till drop every sunday
  edit: sorry for the misinformation but lately sometimes they play on saturday but it's not in cafe temu
• play jakarta
  lately they dont have any playdays but the community is still active i can post their playday here if both the play jakarta group and the mods are ok with it
  edit: that inactive but active is confusing, sorry

i just remember

• pik area - dots
  never been there but their collection is massive and they have 3rd floor but i dont know if they still open or not

[scenic mantle]

Amagad thank you so much!!

[trail raven]

if you want to play to somewhere outside jakarta......

• depok - castle8
  the place is near depok town square
  still reachable via train, arriving at pondok cina station
• bogor - kabogoh (community)
  same like play jakarta, if both the groups and the moderators are ok i can post their playday here

[scenic mantle]

I'll note this, thank you! I think I have enough recommendation to check out later!<3

[trail raven]

there were more board game places in jakarta
i know they are some places in northern jakarta and more western part of jakarta but i dont know the name

[scenic mantle]

I didn't know there were so many 😮

[trail raven]

since the developers is from yogyakarta maybe i'll add some
but searching a bit in google the places that i remember its in surabaya lol its too far so i dont add them here

[trail raven]

yes there were
also did you know that raditya dika is starting to play dungeons and dragons....?

[trail raven]

• bandung - dots
  their insta says is in paskal hyper square

[frank wren]

I just entered a group buy for giant squishy foam dice sets and I'm so excited

https://youtu.be/e5rkjuV1_bM

[cold mason]

anyone playing love and deepspace? im obsessed with Kitty card i wonder if there's a similar card game irl?

[frank wren]

Ooh yes that game is pretty fun. I don't think I've played any card games that are similar enough though

Shouldn't be too hard to recreate it though!

[cold mason]

Playing it is so fun but the amount of times i can play it in game is limited 🥲

[stone trellis]

Our two campaign logos that my best friend designed and drew!

[frank wren]

Wow looks so good!

[tame cosmos]

Omg a ttrpg channel!
So this is my character Bunnie Dionysian. She a Bard in DnD.
And her story is noble background her family decades ago made a deal with a Devil to strike it rich in the trading company buz.
And decades later a tiefling girl was born because of it. Aka Bunnie. The family not wanting their name ruined hid their daughter away. Until they could marry her off. Bunnie not fond of the idea of an arranged marriage became a run away bride, to seek honor and fortune of her own. With her musical and dance talent. 💃 her design is inspired by cotton candy.
Art by me.

[zealous glen]

Do you now a good place where a solo player can have a DnD campaign with other randos?

[trail raven]

may i dm/pm you for this one?

[zealous glen]

Sure thing

[burnt gull]

ooooh me tooooo

[frank wren]

I know roll20 has a join game section where you can apply to join upcoming campaigns

[old swan]

yo

any pf2e enthusiasts? 👁️👄👁️

[tawny moon]

played a session 1 of a ttrpg for the first time in awhile (blades in the dark)

[lyric yoke]

https://youtu.be/73NNyVaIgaM?si=guICRN8kH1xeG2jb I’ve been waiting for rapscallion to come out for YEARS it’s finally almost heeeere 💗💗

[lyric yoke]

oml it’s #2 trending on backerkit

[burnt gull]

Guyyyys!!!!!

https://get.floraldragons.com/?utm_source=Leads&utm_medium=FB%26IG&utm_campaign=FloralDragonsPurple&utm_content=VesponPin&fbc_id=120206571847450518&h_ad_id=120206571847530518&fbclid=PAAaaMOUPJjjmkGBsbyblK_b8w6Zl8gtLauLAPR0vLV0YG7TZzitc6q6UmmIA_aem_AeET9qrFanRFBP5ixoMP5vEetIzG3rwpMHkUUgIrYn7HEXjrU9NTsSPL7VNlIowoeqCAsmHLjwX4IiFBQpIsLXg0

[burnt gull]

https://dragonbond-endless-sagas.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders

[burnt gull]

kinda bummed because the d&d game I was gonna play this afternoon got canceled cuz we didn't have enough people to play

[prisma apex]

Truly, scheduling is the most difficult monster a group faces

[trail raven]

sorry for late reply
may i dm/pm you for this one too?

[burnt gull]

Yeah

[burnt gull]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/skinny-minis/companions-of-the-wild-5e-animal-companion-supplement?ref=clipboard-prelaunch&fbclid=PAAabWMBABRz3sQnx98WjyYfyydHWCmsWhDYyTk5rvzrxg443ebePdeOFpl94

[tawny moon]

ttrpg about cooking with your dnd party after your adventure's wrapped up is live now! i'm really excited about it https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/evil-hat/stewpot

[shy grove]

I backed it as soon as it came out! It's great, so cozy and chill. Also, when you become a backer you immediately receive a provisional PDF copy of the game so you can already play! 100% recommended

[tame cosmos]

So my players are gonna encounter world lore I never thought I'd get to use. I'm so excited.
So my campaign, and setting are completely homebrew including the gods and devils.

And 1 goddess and devil are one in the same. Half of the year she spends as a goddess of love and healing and the other half a Devil of knowledge. And because I left the devil's alignment up in the air. One of my players has taken interest in doing good in this devil's name. To curry favor for knowledge. And all they know currently is what the common folk of the world know that this goddess and devil are twins destined to fight for eternity. I'm excited to see if they can figure out the truth behind this unholy divinity.

[burnt gull]

https://mythcraftrpg.com/product/brias-mythological-menagerie-vip-reservation/?fbclid=PAAaY9slTuTTjX6KgpMmk49xMJXUG7VUa_zzgOR4ji0tMsE6ozAtoK5g-_HHk_aem_AX9al2g-K4Uc9O9mQ6KNsO7poBROm34MSWH7n--kvrdcEn6poorzvcHzrMvDMARxYOUXdiynPPhhnmJZ15D_JRIu

[pliant stirrup]

<@&909661844698972160>

[pliant stirrup]

<@&909661844698972160>

[gritty glacier]

Witness: Cat. And her silly little baby boy

[lapis karma]

aweh!!

[vapid belfry]

I'm so excited I get to play my feral druid baby soon

[burnt gull]

https://app.demiplane.com/nexus/daggerheart/character-sheet/eaabaf11-a569-4c0a-9740-672ad7b68953

made this today

[tame cosmos]

Positions have been filled.

[burnt gull]

https://youtu.be/HnkWNvrZcZY?si=ZgtYOSZ-qLHNtepQ

Omgggggg

[pliant stirrup]

(I actually have a friend who has also made a merfolk race called Tidelings on DMsGuild)

[pliant stirrup]

<@&909661844698972160>

[trail raven]

PSA for anyone who use roll20:
roll20 just got a data breach, for your safety please take out your credit card and change your password

[ruby zenith]

yoo I'm a new dm does anyone have eny advice on making a good campaign I'm doing the wild beyond the witch light

[brisk delta]

Congrats on starting out as a dm!! The only advice I have is don't get hung up on the rules too much you make them just as much as the book dose have fun with it and your players will too

[ruby zenith]

Thank u for the advice!! 🐸👍

[gritty glacier]

https://tenor.com/view/guidlines-pirates-of-the-caribbean-hector-babossa-georffrey-rush-gif-7844913

[sullen island]

first set out of my new/used pressure pot

[brisk orchid]

oooh theyre prettyyyy

[sage dust]

Friends, while playing Tabletop and Boardgames is better in person, but did you see this news?

https://x.com/discord/status/1818686176166842958

Discord (@discord) on X

D&D IS NOW ON DISCORD.

Get your friends together to play all your favorite tabletop RPGs on Roll20, now available as a Discord Activity: https://t.co/DCkaK00bVc

Twitter · Jul 31, 2024, 4:32 PM

[pliant stirrup]

HUH

That's definitely something to try out

[brisk orchid]

oooh 👀

[wise sinew]

i love roll20!! u can also connect it to dndbeyond with a chrome extension & roll directly from your character sheet!

[frank wren]

[frank wren]

Ooou nice! I'm also just starting getting into dice making! They look so good!

[frank wren]

@sullen island Finally got everything I need to make my very first set yesterday.... No pressure pot so I'm expecting a fail, but I'm still nervous and excited to see how it comes out later today

Pressure pot and better mold will come after I've done some training sets in this cheapo mold lol

[sullen island]

dont worry about failing! thats how u learn! i still make sooooo many mistakes

[sullen island]

that mold u have is actually my favorite. easy to clean and demold

[frank wren]

That's what I heard! Supposedly slab molds are much easier to handle than other mold types

[sullen island]

stir ur resin slowly and dont lift up on ur stir stick. itll minimize bubbles though youll be stiring longer than it says too

[frank wren]

I tried a dirty pour with sky blue, orange, clear, and clear with silver foil... hopefully it turns out ok

[sullen island]

i cant wait to see! you have to share it with me!

[frank wren]

I did lowkey mess up because I poured 40mL, which is what most people say is enough for a 7-set, but I think I made sliiiiightly under 40 because I wasn't able to fully overfill the d20 and d100

So I'm expecting those to probably be most likely to have a fail

But we shall see!!

I watched like hundreds of tips videos and preparations, and the moment I actually sat in front of the whole set I was like "oh geez I'm so unprepared for this" LOL but once I started it was so much fun! Can't wait to see how it turns out

[sullen island]

if u can id recommend getting a scale and pour ur resin by weight. sometimes the silicon cups can be a bit off

i have absolute faith that u got this!

[frank wren]

Yeah, definitely will grow this mini studio soon™️

[sullen island]

hopefully not a full blown addiction like me lol

[frank wren]

and by studio I mean my parking spot in my garage LMFAO

And just a fold up table and fold up chair

[sullen island]

if it makes u feel any better im using a folding dinner stand for a table lol

[frank wren]

LMFAOOO THATS THE TABLE IM USING TOO

[sullen island]

[frank wren]

Well I'm using two of em, but yes LMFAO

The pic was taken on my normal dining table but I'm not about to use resin indoors where my windows don't open well and not enough standing fans to circulate the air anyway

[sullen island]

i use it in a closed room and a normal fan and i aint dead yet lol

[frank wren]

LOOOOOOL

Are you using a p100 mask?

[sullen island]

pft no

[frank wren]

[sullen island]

im working on 33 sets now for Christmas

[frank wren]

Holy moly

[sullen island]

can only do 3 in a pot at a time though

[frank wren]

Do you make your own mold with masters?

[sullen island]

not yet! i do want to learn though

id love to make my own masters

[frank wren]

Where did you get your mold?? I have a nice one coming from DruidDice soon

But I don't wanna wear that one out until I get a better feel on how to do this

Since it's way more expensive than my cheapo $10 one lol

[sullen island]

i have one of their 9 set with nordic numbers and the others like what u have come from esty user BoBoResinArt

[frank wren]

Lmao my cheap one is from JoJoDIY on etsy too

Wouldn't be surprised if they were the same mold

[sullen island]

probs r but hey they work very well! ive been abusing mine and they hold up very well

[frank wren]

OOOO I was debating on getting nordic or gothic and I ended up with getting the 7 set with gothic ^^

Can't wait!

[sullen island]

with the DruidDice one be careful if u have nails. their mold is soft and nails can rip or gouge them

[frank wren]

Good to know!

I don't have nails thankfully but I'll still be careful

[sullen island]

i nicked mine a bit. not badly thankfully

[frank wren]

The other mold seems thin but sturdy

[sullen island]

it is! ive bought like 7 of them so far lol

also if u want something other than mica powder, acrylic paints work as well

[frank wren]

The one pictured above from your pot, is that from the druiddice or the bobo mold?

[sullen island]

thats the bobo mold

[frank wren]

Oooooo yes my next Studio Expansion™️ is gunna be a set of alcohol dyes :3

I wanna try out the petri dish method

[frank wren]

Wooooow and it turned out so well!

[sullen island]

ive used alchohol dyes, mica powder, acrylic and even the bottle of acrylics for air brushs and they all work wonderfully!

[frank wren]

Ooooo!

[sullen island]

none have stained my molds and the colors work well

[frank wren]

Oh wait I definitely need to get a brush and an acrylic set for numbering duhhh

Ok that first, then alcohol dyes lol

[sullen island]

i have something that works better!

[frank wren]

Oh?

[sullen island]

makeup sponges

[frank wren]

Ooooh

Just squeeze em on and wipe the excess, ya?

Interestingg

[sullen island]

put a little dab of paint over the number then use the makeup sponge to wipe off the excess

[frank wren]

Ooooh okay!

[sullen island]

its been the easiest so far than trying to hand paint numbers

im going to try learning how to do liquid cores next!

[frank wren]

Ahhhh one day I'll get there! Can't wait to see what you come up with!

I also wanna get a mold for more unique shapes

Like crystal or elongated ones

What brand of resin do you use? I'm starting off with Shebebe but I also want to try out Art N Glow

[sullen island]

ive been using this

[frank wren]

Oooo ok maybe after I finish off the shebebe, I'll try that one :)

It is cheaper than art n glow so that's a plus lmao

[sullen island]

and no yellowing and has been super clear

[frank wren]

Straight from the mold, unpolished and numbers not yet painted... and TOTALLY hiding the 1s because they got obliterated with giant bubbles tee hee... but not bad for a first time!

[sullen island]

These r sooooo good!

[frank wren]

That was sooo satisfying to see omgosh

I can definitely see the addiction now LOL

[iron ibex]

Shiny ooh

[brisk orchid]

uwoah

[frank wren]

Made two more! I call these Amethyst Nebula and Sunset Sky!

[brisk orchid]

Amethyst Nebula is so gorgg

[sullen island]

Love that purple!

[sullen island]

they didnt come out great but for a dirty pour test with high flow air brush acrylic paints it's not too bad

[frank wren]

Oooou!

I actually really like the spitter spatter texture that d10 and d4 is giving

[sullen island]

They did come out pretty good! My only issue is the "chipping" look and the almost stone indentions in the faces

[frank wren]

First set I actually got around to practice polishing and actually painting all the numbers lol

[vapid belfry]

nice job Mata!!

[frank wren]

ty ty

[sullen island]

they look so good!

[brisk orchid]

homagah

[tame cosmos]

So I just bought my first none dnd ttrpg

It's Avatar legends based on my favorite series ever

I'm so nervous but excited to play something new! It's a Apocalypse system of 2d6
It's very roleplay focused

And I love how simple the rules are for bending

[frank wren]

Yessss AL is actually really fun and really pushes the bending v non-bending in a very meaningful way

It definitely is much more rp heavy than dnd imo

Personally I like the blend of battle and rp in dnd more than AL, so I have a passion project of blending the two to make an Avatar DnD module lol

[tame cosmos]

I've been a Dungeon Mistress for so well over a decade as much as I love dnd I definitely need a change lol also gotta say I wish wizards of thr coast took notes from Magpie games. Cause I bought digital copies of the books on demiplane nexus (like DnDBeyond but for multiple ttrpgs) and in return that got me free copies of the hardcovers and PDFs!.

[ashen lodge]

Hey there, all. I just joined this Discord and was not expecting a tabletop channel. 😄 I'm a long time GM/DM (30+ years) in a wide range of systems, not just D&D. I'm happy to share my knowledge, answer questions, or give opinions. However, I'm also not one to give it out unsolicited, so you don't have to worry about me butting in to "um, actually" on people.

[sullen island]

a set that didnt come out what i was hoping 😅

[frank wren]

Oooou these turned out great though!! It's like a blood marble effect

[sullen island]

high flow acrylics are def not good for dirty pours lol

[frank wren]

Did you do exclusively acrylic dye here??

I haven't tried using acrylic paint yet on resin other than just numbering

[sullen island]

acrylic base white with alcohol ink red and black. the minute i dropped the black on the white i realized it wasnt gonna work out well. it started trying to separate the acrylic white

[frank wren]

Oooof

[sullen island]

im not sure if it's because i was using the high flow air brush acrylics or not though so imma do another test with regular acrylic paint

[frank wren]

Oooh yea lemme know how it goes!

I think imma do my first try with inclusions today

[sullen island]

weill do!

[sullen island]

oh i def gotta see those!

[frank wren]

I have some dried star flowers I wanna try

Probably will pre-soak em in the resin to hopefully reduce bubbles

[sullen island]

do u think a spray coat that they use to protect paintings and such would help?

[frank wren]

Possibly? I got that clear blender alchohol drip that works really well with the bubbles so maybe that'll work too!

I'll definitely have to try to soak em before the resin thickens for sure

[sullen island]

ive got a acrylic spray coat and was wondering if it would work lol

[frank wren]

Ooo interesting

[sullen island]

this stuff

[frank wren]

The main worry is that it'll be difficult fully remove the bubbles in the flower because they were dried in their bud state, not bloom state

So I gotta be careful when trying to force the air out of the bud

[sullen island]

oooo yeah i can see where that would be an issue

[frank wren]

I don't wanna ruin the petals

But hey I got a bunch so we just tryin stuff lol

Probably will just keep the resin clear too, to just let the flower(s) be the star

[sullen island]

oooo there gonna be soooo pretty!

[frank wren]

Got the idea from one of critical role's dice I saw in a game shop in town lol

Tho I probably won't put so many in each one

Plus I only got star flower, not micro daisies lol

[sullen island]

ill have to wait til next year but i wanna do some with the pear flowers we have!

[frank wren]

Oooo that'd be nicee

[frank wren]

Decided to add gold flakes.... might have added too much lol and I should have waited a little longer before putting in the flowers because they lowkey floated up XD

BUT! No void bubbles this time!!!

[sullen island]

Their absolutely beautiful!!

[frank wren]

[pearl dragon]

omg i didnt know this channel existed 😭 hello ttrpg people 👋🏽

[tame cosmos]

So I'm designing a new campaign for DnD. A Dark Fantasy homebrew world and I need some opinions

So the campaign will have several areas to make it a nice healthy length.
As it focuses on the idea of second chances, and growth.
Basically all the player characters will get a second chance at life after their village was mysteriously destroyed. Though this second chance comes at a cost of working for the witch that saved them and brought them back to life. So to really live and actually get that new life they first have to paid the debt they owe to the witch. The problem I'm having is this:
How do I decide what that debt is worth and how do I insure all the players can pay it off in a timely manner and all at the same time?

[pliant stirrup]

Make it a series of fetch quests. Witch wants them to bring her a number of rare items/ingredients/etc.

[tame cosmos]

I was thinking of maybe having them do small quests that lead up to really big ones like collecting what remains of fallen gods.

[cerulean thunder]

Don't worry about the players potentially paying it off separately. They're a party; they'll be doing almost everything together so they have to pay the debt off together too. If one of them feels they should owe less for some reason (???), since they're operating as a group, it's all shared debt - doesn't matter how much debt each individual has.

If you want them to know they're making progress towards clearing the debt and that's why you want a "value" for what the debt is worth... Measure it in 'years' rather than money. They could work for her in her magical forest for X years to pay it off, or they can do this task and she'll write off some number of years as a bonus because it's dangerous.

And if for whatever reason she needs money, she can offer to write off N years per Z gold. Though I don't recommend this initially, since the players will then start comparing how much they can make using crafting/perform/profession skills over a year to what her gold-yeardebt ratio is, and you don't want players / their characters in a fantasy game complaining about how they're skilled laborers and are getting underpaid... XD

It's a great fallback option though, to get them out from the witch ahead of your initial plan. Just make them aware of something that would pay out really well and then have her say she needs money and they can buy themselves free for Q gold, 'even though your debt is worth more than that'.

[pliant stirrup]

There's a lot of other options to 'speed things up' or 'slow things down', too. Maybe the party actually befriends her. Maybe they piss her off and so she tricks them into taking on more years.

[tame cosmos]

Honestly this has been really helpful.

[cerulean thunder]

Main thing is to just try to have fun with it. You're most likely going to be putting effort into designing all this, so enjoy the process.

And don't be afraid of using random tables. That's a mistake I made for the longest time -- "but random tables are dumb"; nah, they're great.

If your party decides to travel across a desert, you either have to let them get through safely, manually scan through to find good things for them to fight... Or just roll a few dice on a desert encounter table and hey they're fighting 2d4 -> 3 hyenas. Cool. Maybe that's not a fight to write home about, but the fact it happened makes the trip feel more real.

I was always put off because there's trash mobs but also like a freaking dragon on some of them. If you roll badly isn't your party just going to die?

But if you just adjust the encounter so the dragon isn't land and fight, party dies but they see it hunting nearby (and make it clear that it may hunt them if they keep walking out in the open) could be quite interesting, couldn't it?

After comprehending this [frankly kind of basic concept] I feel very silly for my previous aversion to random tables.

[tame cosmos]

So luckily the party will have a Train as their home-based that's own and run by the Witch.
And I'm planning on using tarot cards to add some flare to the game. I am tarot reader so I know the cards well I'm going to use them to design and create the world around them. So luckily traveling won't be too troublesome

[cerulean thunder]

Eh, the traveling bit was just a random example 😛

[ashen lodge]

With something like a dark fantasy, there is a chance to also just keep running them on various quests of different natures, and each one the witch telling them that it doesn't clear their debt, but they're getting close. Ever out of reach. Then, on one particularly routine or distant quest, they come back to find the train under attack. Then they have a choice to either jump in and save the witch and the home they currently have (thus paying off the life debt) or let the raiders destroy the place and start over somewhere else. Depends on the tone of the campaign, but it helps so that way you don't have to think about a particular cost or price of the debt, just a deed that is irrefutably the cost paid.

[tame cosmos]

Heh. Yeah. You guys have given me a lot to work with. So now I just gotta finish up some lore basics, and find a party.

[wise grove]

I don't play a lot of tabletop cause my friends are impossible to organise, but I got way into painting minis in the attempt 😅 I just noticed there was a tabletop channel here, so I figured I'd send a pic of a mini I just finished painting

It's Sophie the Librarian by Boneworks, I believe. I'm not 100% sure tbh, I just saw a pretty demon lady and wanted to paint her

I saw all the lovely dice making and was curious what kind of spread of tabletop accessory craftspeople we have in here?

[sullen island]

Got a few dirty pours done. The dark blue has to be my favorite

[trail raven]

can i list again board game cafes that is available in indonesia here or should i just dm/pm you for this one because i think i have an updated list?

[scenic mantle]

Woaaa yeh DM is fine!👀 I haven't really got to check out your previous recommendations🥲 but I'm interested! Thank you!🙌

[frank wren]

These are BEAUTIFULLL!!!

Can't believe it took this long for me to see these XD

Are these completely alcohol ink? Or a mix with micas?

[sullen island]

theyre acrylic bases with alcohol inks

[frank wren]

Love ittttt

The dark blue is like a deep middle-of-the-ocean

The lighter teal one is like just off the coast ocean

And the purple one is like... mystical lavender ocean lol

[sullen island]

Did 2 test sets. The red and black with with a split cup just to see what it would do. Gonna try it again one day with something other than black cause I think it would work better than such a dark color or maybe do a florescent color instead of red

This one was a slush try with some alcohol inks I got from the local hobby store. Kinda neat in their own way but not quite what I was going for

[frank wren]

Oooou the transluscent purple is soooo nice!

[frank wren]

On the topic of dice.... I finally put in an order for dice masters!

[sullen island]

i will not ask how much u spent lol

im still waiting till christmas to get me a 3d printer so i can start making them myself 😅

[frank wren]

Oooou that's gunna be amazing!

Maybe once you get it all settled in I'll have you be my master maker for future designs XD

[frank wren]

It's actually not as much as I originally feared! There are some master makers that are charging an arm and a leg, but I managed to get in touch with someone who has good quality masters and is able to make me a standard set, and alternative shape set, an additional d4 shape, a pipped d6, and a spindown d20 for just about alittle more than the cost of the 5gal CAT pressure pot ^^;

Still alot but not as much as some others I've seen :X

[sullen island]

okay now i gotta knooooow

[frank wren]

One day I'll get a stabby shard set and chonks... but I think I got plenty to start off with for now LOL

[frank wren]

👀

I spy orange+blue

[sullen island]

ive been do sooooo many test sets to see what does and doesnt work. but this set came out nice! noted that acrylics just blend unless u set one color then set the other lol. i was trying to see what would work without it muddying up so bad and Mica powder was of course the winner lol

[frank wren]

Yuppp! I did my orange+blue set as a swirl pour with clear resin as the third "color," and it turned out amazinnngg

Once I get my dice masters I might re-attempt it

[sullen island]

i need to try that!

how did u pour yours?

[frank wren]

I just had 3 separated cups for each color and poured them separately, switching off every so often

Kinda like a.... semi-dirty semi-split pour?

ig

[sullen island]

so pour a color. pour clear. pour a color?

[frank wren]

Yeah! Then cycle it again

[sullen island]

def will try!

[frank wren]

Blue, Orange, Clear, Blue, Orange, etc. little by little XP

Sometimes I'd pour along the edges, and sometimes I'd go along the middle, just to switch it up

I avoided using a stick to swirl it myself because I wanted to avoid them blending too much

There were parts, especially in the d8, where the clear resin took the forefront and making a landscape of sorts! It definitely gave Aladdin vibes cause it looked like a desert and the genie

[sullen island]

there one other d20 thats gonna take me some time to do but hopefully it turns out well. gonna add some shells and koi fish in it 🙏

[frank wren]

Oooou that sounds amazing I can't wait to see it!

[frank wren]

Omggg!! Looks great!

[sullen island]

i wanna get the chonk d20 and do it with that so i can see it better lol

[gritty glacier]

My lil goblin artificer for our Halloween special made what was essentially Gatorade for a giant buff pumpkin man.

Artificers are fun.

[burnt gull]

Are links allowed?

I was gonna share a video I found

[frank wren]

Yes it's fine as long as it's within channel topic

[gritty glacier]

So my Celestial Warlock evaporated an Owlbear

[gritty glacier]

Aaaand she made friends with a Unicorn. :3

[burnt gull]

👍

[pliant stirrup]

I love it when you can just evaporate an enemy

I did that with a Hag once

Still stands out as one of the best moments in my history as a player

[burnt gull]

https://youtu.be/mmPp1q6l2bI?si=2lzCy7zz4kdpKWKt

https://youtu.be/pvX_IVul9HE?si=Djmj8gaDgrhMp4Tn

[tame cosmos]

Learning the Avatar legends system excited to play also nervous as a first time GM for it

[idle tapir]

Im about to have session 1 on this comming up Friday. Our DM took a year and a half break to give others a chance to DM and try and she's finally starting up again 🙂

[gritty glacier]

Heehee, playing my friday session and my tiny lil half-elf assassin gal that may or may not be a werewolf chunked a big section of the encounter boss' health :3

[idle tapir]

I forgot to update here bc I have no where else to lol

Session one was great. I play a bugbear Rouge named Oat Sweetpaw. Obvious backstory but using a twisted version of goldilocks story so my parents dead and party and I took a trip to the capital to talk with some investigators then on the trip back to our home town we saw alot of residents leaving and got word it was under attack so we rushed home and it was taken over so we are currently sneaking around the town gathering survivors and setting up a counter attack to take back the town with residents help. And we are only lvl 2 lol

[sonic temple]

I just finished up a campaign where I played a Human Warlock named Andy Ree'Akt.

His Patron was a horde of imps who all pooled their power together to collectively act as a single Patron.

He referred to them as "Chat."

Yes, he was based on the concept of a Twitch streamer and I roleplayed him like a high-energy streamer. XD

[sullen island]

its perfect lol

[sonic temple]

Ironically, though the other players appreciated the chaotic energy I brought to each session, it was actually something in Andy's backstory unrelated to his Twitch streamer gimmick that made him MVP of several sessions.

His history is that he was a Noble who was being trained as a chancery. He made his Pact with his Patron to get away from that boring life. It's also why he acts so eccentric. He was stifled by high-society etiquette and so his freedom as a Warlock allows him to act out like he always wished. But a vestige of this life is that he's a master of paperwork.

And while I thought it was his hidden Noble connections that would come back as a Checkov's gun, it turns out it his skill at paperwork that kept ending up unexpectedly useful, especially when he had every single form memorized and could forge documents to fool any bureaucrat. XD

Since the final boss of the campaign ran an evil divine carnival, Andy being able to forge paperwork to designate the party as special guests of the park was how we cleared the final dungeon. And the irony is Andy kept being forced to do what he hated and ran away from, simply because they kept ending up in sistuations where his old skills were a lifesaver. While the first time was definitely an accident, I think the DM was doing it on purpose afterwards because of what a great recurring bit it was. 😂

[gritty glacier]

omg that's so clever!

[sonic temple]

Oh yeah! The DM and I had a fun system where some of our friends spectating on the campaign could act as his Patron, giving Andy little buffs or Spell Slot restorations if he did something crazy on their request. Andy even called these "bitties" and "gifted subs". XD

And in general, the imp horde acting as his Patron would reward him for entertaining them, so the more bold and crazy moves he did, the better.

"Mods, can we ban this guy?" was pretty much his pre-asskicking one-liner. XD

(Mods being what he called his party members)

[tame cosmos]

I'm thinking of running a sailor campaign set on the river Styx, for souls that don't have the fee for the ferry men they are given the option to set sail on ships that float on the "river" But due to the soul count and changing population its more like an ocean. This campaign will focus more on character story, exploration, and heavy themes of mortality.
As well as a vast variety of ships take explore and take over. Due to it being a afterlife type realm it will be ships from all types of eras

As well as allowing all species from dnd as what represents one's soul doesn't have to be human.

[fallow niche]

Hell yeah, that sounds awesome!
Also would explain the classes pretty well, as one's soul may be altered by their feats and tendencies in life, fitting certain arquetipes.

It could also be explained and exemplified in universe through using greek heroes that fit eaxh class' archetype (Medea is a witch/wizard, Herakles is a barbarian, Daedalus is an artificer, etc).

Not to mention the weight that Greek and Roman mythologies assign to both feats and fatal flaws. That would be a neat thing to add to the storytelling.

[tame cosmos]

Agreed! It'll be a fun game to run once I finish some lore, and figure out a day to run it on and find players lol.

[fallow niche]

I would love to help you with that, but sadly I'll be extremely busy with some work stuff for the next 80 or so days.

Although please do keep us up to date over here.
You've had a stellar idea and I absolutely want to know more about how it goes!

[tame cosmos]

Aweh thanks I'll do my best to make a stellar campaign ✨️

[sullen island]

<@&909661844698972160>

[stiff nest]

I got dice for everyone in my dnd campaign (: (one of them is censored because it has fake blood stains and that might trigger someone)
Our characters not including my own, is a Goliath paladin that is devoted to nature so I got them the green mountain dice, a lizardfolk rogue with orange and black scales so the dice match, and a human bard based off of Jessica fletcher so they get the murder mystery dice. The 4th set of dice are for the dm, my stepdad, who’s birthstone is green like the dice (:

My own dice are an old set my dad bought me awhile ago when I first showed interest in dnd and collecting dice, they look like clear crystals so i included them into my first dnd character (this campaign is my first one) by making them some sort of power crystal that powers his prosthetic leg

[fair jay]

Omg, I'm in love with the first one

[sullen island]

Those r very nice!

[stiff nest]

All of them have arrived, perfect timing too! Our next session is tomorrow

[sage dust]

WHOAAAAA this is cool!

[coral stump]

Have yet to play it, waiting for my friends shifts to line up is a pain haha

[sage dust]

Tell me about it! just need that one time when everything's align

[sullen island]

<@&909661844698972160>

[sullen island]

<@&909661844698972160>

[tame cosmos]

So my cleric Lysandra Warden has basically faced the reality that her children are old and gone that she was asleep for a 100 years now facing the truth that she is a vampire. As well as what that means fir her future. The worst of it, is realizing her children had to grow alone and without her. Her oldest dying at 18, her middle 75, and her youngest a 108. He got to at least see her one more time as she cried over him. With him not even knowing she was his mother, he told her about how his mother stood and shielded them from the Mafia attacking them, and how brave she was. After that trauma happened, the party had to travel to her home city which had been turn into Fantasy Las Vegas with her home temple becoming a casino by same said mafia.
So a rage built inside of her as they did their mission in said temple, when they were done she hide like a boss; afterwards she set fire to the casino. Sadly the casino would survive but she got to vent out her rage without hurting the party, so that was really cool. I'm so excited to see how she grows in the coming sessions

All the while, she started to grow 2 friendships in the party with players on the opposite ends of the moral compass. And I'm going to work with those players and see if we can get a fun group dynamic going.
Right now I'd say she leaning towards Chaotic Neutral and I'm curious to see how we can tip the scales.

[gritty glacier]

omfg, so our monk got Polymorphed into a T-Rex by our bard and then got Hasted by our Cleric, fighting alongside our Enlarged Fighter against a mind flayer that had transformed into a dragon... my Monday D&D campaign is nuts

[gritty glacier]

WELP our cleric did a thing. She saved the rest of the party, but we no longer have a Cleric QwQ

[upper helm]

What is this game? I’ve heard of it, but don’t know what it is.

[pliant stirrup]

Dungeons and Dragons?

[tame cosmos]

Omg what happened to the cleric?

[gritty glacier]

She alas (CW: Death) ||sacrificed herself so the rest of the party could escape a newly empowered BBEG.||

[tame cosmos]

Oh damn

[sullen island]

<@&909661844698972160>

[dry cave]

Ty!

[sullen island]

no. ty! deny the scammers!

[tame cosmos]

I did it!

I finally put myself out there for trying a one shot in a new ttrpg

Avatar legends

[candid pond]

Ohhhh I wanna try that aoooo bad @tame cosmos

I almost bought the book but I was like that’s crazy I have no one to play with

[tame cosmos]

So... I might be a bit more than crazy then. Hehe...

I may have bought all the books...

And digital copies...

And pdfs....

With no guarantee I'd have anyone to play with.

So far only 1 of my dnd players volunteered to give it a try

I'd totally invite you but we are strangers and it's a one shot so there no guarantee I'd make a whole campaign for it. Either. Lol. Wish me luck.

[candid pond]

Good luck!

I have so many books and no one to play them with so I’m crazy too this one was just 70 bucks 😂

[tame cosmos]

Fair if you want I could see if I can send my pdf copy of the book. Lol

[tame cosmos]

We got our 3 players let's gooooooo avatar legends here we come!

[ashen beacon]

I don't normally make full stat sheets for enemies to throw at my players in my TTRPG system. I did for next session and told them about it. They are stoked, they shouldn't be. xD Anyone else have players in their campaigns that are way too upbeat about terrible things coming their way?

[gritty glacier]

Black Tides session 2 baybee

[tame cosmos]

Tonight's the big night new system avatar legends ttrpg

[strange valve]

Juat wanted to share my current TTRPG campaigns:

• Wild West with Dragons (swords and sorcery x Wild West/Victorian era)
• classic Planescape campaign
• Cypher System the Strange campaign (aka isekai on steroids)

[bitter patio]

Wild west with dragons...

Ever tried Deadlands?

[strange valve]

There's a region warped by out of control dark magic called the Deadlands... And I toyed with the idea of using a deck of cards for initiative, so... 😀

(I pitched Savage Worlds to the players but none had played it before and weren't really interested in learning)

[bitter patio]

Ooo. Nice. I liked the Deadlands setting, gave a neat alternate universe post US civil war

[strange valve]

Yeah. This is set in a homebrewed world because that was easier to put together than alternative earth history, so 5E was good enough.

But my personal favored systems these days are Cypher System and PbtA. PbtA is fun because there's a subset of rules for every genre imaginable: Gothic horror, post-apocalyptic, superheroes, pro wrestling, 1970s action adventure movies...

[burnt gull]

Oooh

[tame cosmos]

Hey all we are looking for players for a Sunday game every other week 4pm to 8pm EST. we are still voting on the campaign idea.
Some important facts:
We do a lot of homebrew and 5e, roleplay is more common then combat, anyone interested should be at least 20 or older as all players are in their 20s at the earliest and we do have some adult jokes from time to time. LGBTQIA+ friendly many of us are apart of the community myself included.
Any further questions feel free to reach out!
And I hope you all have a great week.

[sullen island]

<@&909661844698972160>

[sullen island]

Simple chonky boi. Was seeing how much the gold flakes would move

[ashen nexus]

<@&909661844698972160> another sneaky one

[frank wren]

Haven't touched dicemaking for a few months due to moving, but finally got around to it! Here's 2 WIPs :>

[runic flint]

They’re gorgeous!!

[frank wren]

Thank yeww! Doing the clear cast of the blank for the rose set now, hopefully it cures well! And for the shooting star set.... I'm stumped with what color I should paint the numbers. Can't do white/silver/gold without taking away from the art decors (which I should have just stuck with one color of the decor lol).

[runic flint]

I hope it cures well too, seeing the details will look incredible (I shall pray for no bubbles )

[frank wren]

[opal sable]

Very pretty

[pallid cargo]

Whooooah those are so so pretty!!!!

Beautiful!

[sage dust]

my friend took a picture of this dice set from dispel cause he visited gencon, and right now it's living rent free in my head

[sullen island]

<@&909661844698972160>

[frank wren]

If you can nab a cute froggy washi tape, I will make this set for you lol

[trail raven]

tried to solo pandemic controlling 4 players at once.... sooo close

heroic difficulty btw (all epidemics used)

[sage dust]

OMG you're amazing for doing this

my brain would explode if i play pandemic by myself

last time i play with 3 other friends we already struggling :""""

[trail raven]

by the way try it with 4 people with the same role i use, some said its the best team composition

[sullen island]

Not nearly as good as Mata’s but it’s acceptable!

[sage dust]

maple leaves!!!!

[frank wren]

Holy smokes I just now saw this super latee, but that is BEAUTIFUL!! How did you manage to keep the leaves from sinking?

Way better than what I could churn out!

[sullen island]

its caught in the same color of the die angelina hair

[sullen island]

uh no. ive seen ur dice ur stuff is far better lol

[frank wren]

Oooo I see it! So the rolls of the hairs basically keep it in place

That's very clever!

[sullen island]

with a bit of extra sparkle!

[frank wren]

Amazinggg

I haven't been casting as much because I need to polish the other sets... I still have yet to touch them XD

I've been slacking HARD

Polishing is definitely my least favorite part of the process

[sullen island]

i just got in some masters and inserts and started working on 2 dice projects that i hoep work

[frank wren]

Doing my best to avoid having a "casted-but-not-polished" bucket stash.... but now it's basically put me at a standstill until I can get off my lazy butt

[sullen island]

thats when u polish 1 set and make molds with them

[frank wren]

Oh yea my masters are fully polished.... but cleaning up the top face is still annoying XD

[sullen island]

mini pottery wheel?

[frank wren]

Yup, I'm just a big whiner :')

You know what, I think imma get to it today! >:)

[sullen island]

i do so love seeing ur dice!

[frank wren]

I have so many ideas I wanna cast, but I gotta be good and finish these sets first xP

[sullen island]

i have no ideas and just throw things in and hope it works 😅

[frank wren]

Aye sometimes the no-idea-sets end up becoming the most beautiful!

[sullen island]

i did start trying to do liquid cores but have been failing

[frank wren]

https://tenor.com/view/bob-ross-happy-accidents-joy-of-paint-painting-gif-13519668

[sullen island]

i cant get the glitter to stop sticking to the sides of the core...

[frank wren]

Oop

Do you make your solution outside of the core?

Or do you put in the glitter first then the solution?

It helps to make the solution with glitter outside, then pipette it into the core

Unless you do that already... then idk lol

Maybe needs a different ipa, water, and glycerin ratio?

[sullen island]

Yeah I mix it outside then pipe it in. 1:1 water and glycerin with a drop of rubbing alcohol

[frank wren]

Hmmm odd. That should be good enough for the glitter. You using regular water or distilled?

[sullen island]

Distilled

[tame cosmos]

<@&623110459301560330> ummm I think there's a scam a foot

Thank you

[pliant stirrup]

(For reference in future, best to use @/moderator over @/admin.)

[tame cosmos]

Ah kk

[frank wren]

After a few months of procrastination... I finally got around to polishing and painting the 2 sets! Just letting em dry and going through the final step of polishing then I can take the real pics! Soon™ lol

[sullen island]

how do u polish urs?

[frank wren]

Just water + zonas all the way up to teal, then paint, then white zona and meguiar's ultimate compound polishing paste :)

[sullen island]

ah kk. was looking for easier or cheaper alternative lol

i found out vibrating tumblers can work

but those can get pricey

[frank wren]

I know some people will do green, gray, skip blue, do pink, then do a tumbler

Yea

I got a tumbler for my bday earlier this year LOL but no media and kinda lazy to buy it

[sullen island]

i have thumb problems so i usually dont polish

[frank wren]

Plus my output isn't really all that fast lol I'm trying to be good at not having a bunch of unpolished sets xP

Main reason why I haven't been casting, because these sets have been waitingggg xD

[sullen island]

i may polish a set them just make them a master set

ive been neglecting making dice since i strated a dice tree and needing to make more molds

[sullen island]

<@&909661844698972160>

[noble quarry]

Wha happened?

[sullen island]

scammer

[noble quarry]

Now im interested, can you tell me more?

[noble quarry]

Aight fair enough

May i at least know why not?

[sullen island]

not giving attention to the scam. also not the proper channel

[noble quarry]

Makes sense, apologies

[sullen island]

<@&909661844698972160>

[frank wren]

Ok after another month and a half of procrastination (LOL ) I finally did the final polish and photoshoot with this set

[sullen island]

soooooooooo pretty!

[frank wren]

Hopefully my productiveness will get me to finish up the flower set this week too xD

[sullen island]

ugggghhh i have been so unproductive

[frank wren]

That's so real, esp during the holidays

Plus my garage is starting to get cold, I hope when I get back to casting my stuff still cures :V

I don't get snow here, so it should be ok?

[sullen island]

it should be fine. it should just take longer to cure as long as it doesnt get freezing temps

[sullen island]

<@&909661844698972160>

[frank wren]

I finished the flower set finally too!

[sullen island]

im soooooo jelly

[sullen island]

just ordered me a tumble for the dice polishing! gonna get back into making more molds after i clean up some current dice to use as masters!

[frank wren]

Woo hoo!!

I uhhh.... ordered more masters

I ordered a set of mini dice XD

The d20 is only 10mm

For context, my normal d20 is 22mm

[sullen island]

I think imma just use a set of dice I have as masters for now. Get one nice and polished with the tumbler and be good to go!

[frank wren]

Sounds like a plan, stan!

Wait, are you planning on selling dice in the future?

[sullen island]

Nope. My dragon hoarding does not like. All the shiny click clacks r mine

[frank wren]

Awh yeeaahhh then by all means

MAKE EM ALL

[sullen island]

I may give some out as gifts but that's it. Plus I ain't no where good enough for selling them lol

[frank wren]

Wym you're better than me at it

[sullen island]

The heck I am! Ur last set of dice is flipping amazing!

[frank wren]

LOOOL

You could totally do something like that too xD

[sullen island]

Nah. I have far more reject dice than nice looking ones

[sullen island]

<@&909661844698972160> not sure whats going on but they @ everyone in 2 channels that ive seen so far
edit: looks like a lot of the channels

[sullen island]

<@&909661844698972160> icky scam

[sullen island]

<@&909661844698972160> icky scam

[burnt gull]

Character idea I just thought of for my d&d birthday party on the 14th of March
An idea I had for a puffin aarakocra fathomless warlock (spellcaster who gets its powers from a higher being in a contract, in this case Chuthulu)
Aarakocra are bird people, And theoretically they can be any bird... So I'm thinking puffin because its a sea bird (and can meet creatures like Chuthulu) and they're cute

Its not necessarily Chuthulu either, I'm just using it as an example, I was thinking some merfolk demigod made a deal with her for her to explore the surface world in their name and report back information every so often

[sullen island]

oooh thats a cute idea!

[inner minnow]

Since you talk about d&d, may i ask a question?

I wanna play d&d so much. Can we play it online or we should play with the game master f2f?

[sullen island]

im currently playing my first ever dnd session in a forum style on discord. but thats just cause most of us r working/busy so it gives everyone time to chime in when they can

[inner minnow]

uuuu interesting!

[sullen island]

its been going pretty well! theres even a dice roll bot that discord uses if your afraid people might "cheat"

[feral mortar]

I currently am in two campaigns. One in person and the other using Discord, Roll20, and D&D Beyond for character sheets. Use whatever works best for the group!

[inner minnow]

Thank you for the information guys! means a lot for me

[sullen island]

if anyone is interested in the dice bot it's called Avrae. has pretty good roll commands

[burnt gull]

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[burnt gull]

I also just thought maybe a Satyr monk?

Could use the hooves as extra weapons in her martial arts?

[sullen island]

oooh i think u can use ur horns

[burnt gull]

Ooh that too!

I was thinking like unarmed strikes

[sullen island]

i think it might be up to the dm. im not seeing at least form book stuff where hooves is used as a weapon

[burnt gull]

Ohhh

[sullen island]

this is what i found
https://www.worldanvil.com/block/420959

[pliant stirrup]

5e.14 had an official Satyr option (https://2014.5e.tools/races.html#satyr_mot), but to clarify; any part of your body is valid for unarmed strikes, fists, knees, elbows, headbutts, etc. It's typically only notable if your race allows you to roll damage for it (in .14, unarmed strikes is 1+STR mod. Having specifically noted claws, talons, sharp teeth, etc., would give you a d4 or rarely a d6 instead)

[burnt gull]

True

Could be a dragonborn monk and be the LITERAL dragon warrior (with added bonus of a breath weapon)

That goat emoji is adorable

[sullen island]

it is. sadly will soon be unable to use it since i dropped nitro

[burnt gull]

Noooo

[sullen island]

but yeah figuring out what characters i want as what has alwasy been a dilema for me

and then i end up with a massive book of characters

[burnt gull]

Same I'm so indecisive

[sullen island]

on the bright note it can lead to some really funny characters!

[burnt gull]

I made two wheels one for class and one for race, hence the satyr monk

[sullen island]

so far my favorite has been a old lady Kenku warlock who summoned her patron by cooking

[burnt gull]

😆

Kenku warlock sounds amazing

Crow witcccch

Too bad they don't talk they just mimic or I'd use kenku

[sullen island]

i wrote her up that the patron enjoyed her cooking so much it gave her her powers but she's classic old lady unafraid of anything that she only call the patron "dog" or "goodest boy". patron is demogorgon

[sullen island]

im okayy with it since i dont overly talk much sometimes

[burnt gull]

Oh

[burnt gull]

Whoaaaa

Creepy

[sullen island]

yeah but its fun though. got some good stats off of random rolls with her too and shes been pretty fun

but yeah if u cant decide on just 1 character make them all!

can never have too many!

[obtuse heart]

Attention gamers and watchers of streams, my best friend just started at twhiche~ channel and I would love to see it supported

https://www.twitch.tv/jordanxlord

[scenic mantle]

Are they streaming DnD sessions??? I'm interested👀
You can share the stream link here too so people can see them :3 https://discord.com/channels/623097219628662784/818696980171718667

[obtuse heart]

Def a good idea I'll bring the idea to m'lord and see what he thinks!

[prime walrus]

I'm in a streamed Starfinder game and last night's session was so good!

[lyric lagoon]

hi - little new here but - if someone want play ttp rpg i might run some game - maybe not nesesery D&D (not fan of mechanics). I use to DM looots of games and i miss it so maybe one day :P

[frank wren]

Finally got another set done :>

[novel kraken]

What a gorgeous color scheme!

[frank wren]

Thank youu! Really liked how this one turned out!

Was debating on a shimmery or darker gold as the top face, but went with a softer gold instead.

[stoic echo]

https://tenor.com/view/sparkle-eyes-eevvee-amazed-gif-12566593

Clicky clackies!!

[frank wren]

Forbidden candies!!

[stoic echo]

Wonderful maraca makers ~
So pretty~

I put them in a little clear box and go nuts :3
My partners hate me giggles

[frank wren]

LOOOL

That's a quick way to round out the sharp edges and pointy tips XD

[stoic echo]

It is~
But sometimes I throw the pointy ones when they make me mad 030
Or "accidentally" drop them and then can't find them

[frank wren]

LOL

Always a problem when someone loses their caltrop d4

Worse than stepping on lego lol

[stoic echo]

Mmhmm~ for the victim anyway :3

[lyric lagoon]

i was planing to do set of dice witch origami inside but i have problem witch making molds

[frank wren]

Ooou with those you'd probably be best to use blank molds first then numbered

It definitely is a practice to make molds, but it's relatively easy as long as your masters are in good condition!

[lyric lagoon]

most of my problems are due to lot of air in resin. i have low presure vat but i cant do good cast ... i feel usless

[frank wren]

Oof. Yeah it's pretty hard to get bubble-free dice without a proper pressure pot

What's a low pressure vat? :o

[lyric lagoon]

i ment pressure pot. im not fluent in english enough

[frank wren]

Oh no worries! What PSI are you running your resin?

[lyric lagoon]

mostly i tried the near vacum and it works good but i used premaded molds without place for additional resin so end up with missing parts

before when i used it for jewelry it works greate

[frank wren]

Hmm oh you mean a vacuum chamber?

Like those things that you put the cup of resin in before you pour into the mold?

[lyric lagoon]

yes that and afrer that i keep it in vacuum sory again

[frank wren]

No worries!

Yeah vacuum chambers work great for shallow pours, like jewelry

But dice is considered a deep pour, so you'll need a pressure pot, not a vacuum chamber to get bubble free dice :(

[lyric lagoon]

well hopefully next week i got nice job and then i will buy one

[frank wren]

So it normally goes:
Mix Resin > Pour into Mold > Cure inside Pressure Pot for 24 hours > Bubble Free Dice!

Whereas with the Vacuum Chamber:
Mix Resin > Vacuum Chamber to remove bubbles for 10~15 min > Pour into Mold > Cure in normal air > Bubbles still in Dice :(

Are you using epoxy or UV resin?

[lyric lagoon]

epoxy. uv i prefer to use in printer

[frank wren]

Yeah epoxy is pretty much your best bet for dice anyway

Well, that and a pressure pot lol

[lyric lagoon]

thanks for info

[frank wren]

Good luck!

[lyric lagoon]

trying to paint something for trench crusade (propably i will not play them :p )

[frank wren]

Oooou love the color details

[scenic mantle]

also the dirt and grass at the bottom omg that's so cool!

[lyric lagoon]

next pigeon inspired armors

[scenic mantle]

how do you get that color for the armor? Do you mix the paint or did you paint it layer by layer?

[lyric lagoon]

mostly layers here with some mixing on palet to have little harmonisation

i wish someone would made stl files from Coral Island (characters minis :p ) .... i would like to paint them but i just start lerning blender so it would be loooong time :p

[scenic mantle]

lol that would be cute tbh!👀 I will be able to bring my mini semeru everywhere🥺

wait i just realized, did you 3D printed all of those minis yourself then? 😮 that's cool

[lyric lagoon]

print yes not design it

[scenic mantle]

awesome! what material did you use for the printing?

[lyric lagoon]

for minis uv resin for terrain peaces and other less detailed works pla/petg on fdm printers

[lyric lagoon]

work in progress

[frank wren]

WIP sneak peek, just gotta go through one last round of polish

[lyric lagoon]

nice. realy like that purple

[lyric lagoon]

i tryed to paint that ghost but my sanity go on vacation

[iron ibex]

forbidden candy 😂

[frank wren]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-crunch-cranch-meow-cute-gif-17368992236901678436

[lyric lagoon]

so i trying paint on ...

[inner minnow]

WOW I can see so many cool things in the background too! did you make all of that by yourself??

[lyric lagoon]

i printed them and working on them (that is rest of the british themed warband to trench crusade) i dont have life and painting is a thing kinda keeping me alive

[inner minnow]

Honestly your work is seriously amazing tho
I’m really glad you found something you enjoy doing, because your work honestly deserves to be seen more. Keep it up 🫶

[lyric lagoon]

Thanks a lot ;)

[lyric lagoon]

when this boy will be finish it will go for painting minis competition ...

[lyric lagoon]

almost full gallery of my work for tommorow competition

[red ferry]

Good luck!

[lyric lagoon]

so one of my work was promoted to master category so they grand me master rank but not place in council....

[lyric lagoon]

so beside that i did not qualifi in anything but it was fun. i have greate miniatures to paint and meet guy who own company that made paints that i like much

[lean robin]

Open with gay dice

[gilded grotto]

https://tenor.com/view/roll-with-us-d20-unnatural20s-u20s-scavnet-gif-20362594

[old swan]

wait, new channel?

[flint hearth]

HELLOOO

so we can nerd out to our heart's content 😄

[old swan]

congrats!

[rich salmon]

https://tenor.com/view/panicked-screaming-critical-role-crit-role-arsequeef-sam-gif-12895906

[lean robin]

this is beautiful

[rich salmon]

Yess for all the tabletop gamers :D

[north walrus]

Yay!!!

[lean robin]

omg i found gold ones ;;

[rich salmon]

@river heart THANK YOU FAM

[old swan]

i only have 1 board game XD

[flint hearth]

https://tenor.com/view/critical-role-marisha-ray-what-is-happening-gif-17872920

[gilded grotto]

🧡

[proud oriole]

OMG my new home

[lean robin]

you cant do this tom e???

[river heart]

🙂

[rich salmon]

druid dives off cliff but doesn't wild shape into bird xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[undone sky]

Wait I have to look for the picture of my hoarde don't go anywhere

[lean robin]

shlee 🙏

[flint hearth]

WE'RE BASICALLY GODS

[undone sky]

The way I was screaming at my laptop

[rich salmon]

TEST IT TEST IT

[lean robin]

i got a crow brain i see shiny i need
This is evil

[undone sky]

That scene unlocked a previously unknown emotion in me

[fiery ice]

DnD channel 👀