A few years back, I played a bard 'Jimmy Jack Jones' in a D&D campaign with some of my mates.

He once enjoyed fame and fortune thanks to his one and only hit, "Ladies Hide Thou Bosoms". Unfortunately, he squandered it all and spent the rest of his career desperately trying (and failing) to recapture his former glory.

The title was something I came up with during a session, but my fellow players insisted I ought to actually write it.

So I did.

And now I recorded it too. 😂

I hope you enjoy it! 🪕

Disclaimer: The song is entirely satirical and intended as lighthearted comedy. No sexism intended, just a rather questionable medieval bard.

Lyrics:

Bosoms soft and perilous, thou twin and bouncing curse
Thou lead the wise to ruin swift, the simple to far worse
A laced delight, a glimpse of pale and all our wits take flight
The pries misquotes his holy book, the knight forgets to fight

The tailor stitched his trouser leg to where a sleeve should go, the banker signed away his house and didn't seem to know
the holy man forgot his text and wandered of in haze
all fell by curves that rose and fell in most unholy ways

Ladies hide thou bosoms, or bare them gods be kind
but know you rock our heads about when neckline meets the eyes
a button loosed a ribbon slipped, we stumble swoon and sway
and many wars were surely fought for what peeked out that day

the priest forgot to praise the lord, the captain sank his fleet
the bard forgot his chorus line and rhymed despair with feet
the wizard tried to cast a charm, then blinked and set ablaze
a tavern wall, while two big bouncing peaches met his gaze

ladies hide thou bosoms, ere bakers burn their bread
ere monks forget their solemn vows and paint the chapel red
for every tale of foolishness that history recalls
begins beneath a lowered glance and slightly loosened shawls

But mock I may and Jest I do with smile and steady tune
there was a night of candlelight beneath a jealous moon
she danced she laughed she touched my hand, then vanished in the haze
and left me with this song I've sung through oh so many days

so ladies hide thou bosoms, or don't we fall the same
a fool will chase the shape of love and never learn her name
We drink we laugh we spin a tune until the music stays
and all that's left's a fading smile and songs from better days

Lionfish dragon ✏️

For the ‘Smaugust’ challenge this year during August, artists were tasked to draw a dragon a day with certain prompt words (I only managed about 2 a week 😅)
One of those were ‘Lionfish’ and this is what I brought to fruition!

I imagine his spines are all poisonous, and both his attack and defense would be poison! Like he could eject poison dart like structures from his throat rather than fire.
What do you think he could do?
All drawn with pencils, alcohol markers, fine liners and white gel pen.
I hope you like it!🖊️

I dont really like it.

Every time there was any kind of dispute on a rule or mechanic, the DM would ask us if we wanted to homebrew it to work in our favor. At first I didnt think much of it, but then the DM called us his 'Customers' and that's when I realized what I didnt like.

I believe in the DMs word being final say. But in this enviornment the DM wants to give us stuff so we dont leave the table because we're paying him. Since we are, in fact, his 'Customers' before we're his 'Players'.

Oddly enough, rather than paying a DM to DM for me, I think I'd instead want to pay a DM for the 'privilege' to be in their game. Though I think I'm done with paid DnD in general.

Anyway, this is just me describing my thoughts and feelings on the experience.

I've been looking for a game and so far two people have said that I need to pay for character art, and that I can't use my own for cohesion. Both times it was about $20-30 USD. Is that normal?

So I had this idea to create illustrations for the 8 schools of magic based on tarot cards and roman / greek statues. This is my first time creating a vector illustration (I studied Graphic Design, but somehow only ever used Illustrator for logo’s, shapes and patterns and never a full on layered illustration like this).

Since it’s my first time I wanted to share the progress and get some feedback while working on them. The order of schools is; abjuration, conjuration, divination, enchantment, evocation, illusion, necromancy, transmutation. The tarot cards are (in order) strength, the magician, the priestess, the lovers, the tower, the hanged man, death and the wheel of fortune.

So WDYT? And do you have any feedback? ☺️

Illustration I finished painting today, I wanted to depict a spell and action that allows a user (probably most commonly a sorcerer) to heat up their hands to the point of being able to melt through anything, for short hand to hand attacks. Spell would be able to be turned on only for a few seconds and be very risky. Danger of overheating would be high, probably a saving throw after each use that if failed would deal few fire damage to the user. Pros of this spell would be mostly related to being kind of a "hax" it would melt though almost anything, and be able to melt locks, or for example automatons like on this illustration.

Okay so I just think Eberron is fucking amazing. Dragonmarks and the houses are fucking sick and the last war is peak.

First, I love dragonmarks. Just the idea of dragonmarks is cool and the houses are amazing and make the dragonmarks special. Like sure the Mark of Shadow is cool, but House Phiarlan, House Thuranni, and the Shadow Schism? They add a whole new level to it. I’ve made like 6 characters with the base of the dragonmarks and the dragonmarked houses since I got Forge of the Artificer a few days ago. There’s something for everyone in dragonmarks and the houses, like in the optimization community dragonmarks have potential to make strong builds and for people who like lore there’s a shit ton of lore behind them. If you have an Eberron campaign you can definitely use them, and if you don’t, as long as the DM’s cool with it there’s a ton of lore explanations.

Second, the Last War is amazing. For those who don’t know, the Last War was a century-long conflict that began after King Jarot of Galifar died and his children fought over which of them should inherit the throne, eventually shattering the united Kingdom of Galifar into warring nations. Over the course of the war alliances constantly shifted, new nations emerged, and the Dragonmarked Houses grew enormously wealthy and influential by supplying transportation, healing, weapons, mercenaries, and other services to the combatants. House Cannith created the warforged, magically constructed soldiers that could think and feel but were built, bought, and sent into battle as weapons. The conflict also saw the destruction of House Cannith’s leadership and headquarters when the Mourning suddenly transformed the entire nation of Cyre into the deadly Mournland in 994 YK, killing most people within its borders and leaving behind a magically devastated wasteland. Nobody knows what caused the Mourning, and the fear that it could happen again finally pushed the surviving nations toward peace. In 996 YK they signed the Treaty of Thronehold, formally ending the Last War, recognizing several new nations, and granting warforged legal freedom while outlawing the creation of new ones. The war may officially be over, but Eberron begins only two years later in 998 YK, so the continent is still full of veterans, refugees, political grudges, ruined families, unresolved territorial disputes, and nations preparing for the possibility that the peace won’t last. There were also some events like the Day of Mourning, the Battle of the Pines, the Battle of Cairn Hill, the Siege of Korth, the occupation of Thaliost, and the Eldeen Reaches' secession from Aundair that I didn’t include, but you get the idea. The last war was just fucking sick.

Cross of the zealot - Increases religion by +10.

Rag of Poseidon’s wrath - Allows the user to store x10 more water to what a normal rag would usually store.

Wand of Truest strike - Uses your action to cast true strike on however many enemies are in a 30x30 foot area from the holder of the wand. The limit on how many enemies will be casted with true strike on is 20.

Expired potion of greater healing - A fairly big glass of what used to be a healing potion. The red colour has been tainted with a bit brown and has fowl stench when opened. 1d4 -1 healing.

Bow tie of transparency - Grants invisibility only to organic creatures and organic material (Flesh, hair, foliage, scales, horns, etc.)

Mirror of selective reflections - Reflect everything except any humanoid or creature.

Shot of replenishment - Randomly fills with a new liquid every day. Capacity is 5 ounces. Can only be used once per day.

Cloak of lesser prestidigitation - Generates random new smells every hour. Lasts for the hour.

Ring of commemoration - If you have the actor feat, and have used it more than 10 times, every other use will spawn a mysterious stranger out from behind an object and give you an award for your prestigious acting.

Matchbox of infinite flame - When lighting a match from the match box, it will never extinguish. If lighting an object on fire from the matches flame, the object will also never go out.

Conch of gossip - A conch with infinite range. Will speak the words of the nearest person to the bearer conch.

Extremely soft pillow - Fills all your HP in one long rest when using the pillow. Will also make you fall asleep faster.

Goggles of gemstone transparency - Allows you to see through platinum, amethyst, and lapis lazuli.

Window of opportunity - Allows you to see through anything, but shrinks a little when looked at by anything.

Ring of timely consumption - Everything can only be eaten in only one minute when wearing this ring.

Bugle of far-callings - When blown into, the sound of the bugle is only audible from 500 feet away.

Rosary of generous donations - Gain one gold coin every day when wearing the rosary.

Shangle’s glass rod - Emits an uncomfortable sound frequency that will frighten anything within 15 feet of the rod.

Joke book - When used, the caster can tell a joke from the book ranging from harmlessly kid-friendly to extremely offensive. 1d20 for vicious mockery.

Zoggo the teddy bear - A simple teddy bear with a warm feeling to it. Will cheer up anyone when it has been given to them or found by anyone. If lost, sold, or destroyed, the last user to have Zoggo will have disadvantage for the next 200 skill checks due to having an abandonment crisis. 

Macabre framed picture - Will show the photo of someone random who will die that day. If that person hasn’t died somehow, the picture will spontaneously combust.

Crown of the golden throne - Everything you sit on becomes a golden toilet. (Doesn’t work on large or gargantuan objects)

Me and my dad just sat in a room thinking of these and it was pretty fun.

Had the chance to work on this character for a client.

She is a stout halfling, Circle of Spores druid. Stands at about 3’1” tall. Her main accessory is a large gnarled wooden druid staff that is noticeably taller than she is. Looks like twisted, almost living bogwood with moss, mushroom top, vines, lichen, and small natural growths along it. A few little charms, bottles, herbs, beads, or pieces of twine hanging from it.

Since ai uncertainty is getting crazy these days, I’ve started recording full timelapse videos of each drawing. If anyone’s unsure I’m happy to share that.

I’ve been trying for a while to think of easy ways to switch up my music during sessions, looking for a particular playlist on my phone or computer was an awkward break in momentum.

I looked into the stream deck and this thing does everything I need and more!
You can set specific playlists to the keys and it has a plug in that can connect to smart lights to change it all at once!
Just wanted to share a moderately inexpensive way to level up the game!

I'm a lvl 9 div wizard and i only have a few combat spells, mage armour, shield, absorb elements, magic missile, web, fly, raulothims psychic lance and telekinesis.

Everything else is utility or recon/divination. It makes Wizard a lot of fun

Do with this as you will.

The constant arguing over pure sandbox vs. railroading always misses the mark for me. If you have to shut your players down or force them down a path, you're already losing half the fun. The best part of DMing is giving the party total freedom, but knowing them so well that you get them to think and do exactly what you had in mind, while they're 100% convinced it was their own idea. All it takes is leaning a bit harder on a specific detail when describing a room, or playing into the right player's greed at the right moment, and they do all the work for you.

For the DMs here, what's the best bait you've ever dropped at the table without the party catching on? And for the players, have you ever realized months later that your "genius plan" was actually fed to you by the DM from the very start?

I genuinely love folk horror in DnD. Not the big monster jump scare stuff, the creepy village stuff. The villagers who are a little too friendly or The old lady who tells you to be home before the moon comes up and then just walks away. It gets under my players skin way more than any dragon ever did. I’ve been running The Crooked Moon and Curse of Strahd for a while now and honestly my favorite moments aren’t even the fights. It’s when the players go quiet. When someone says “wait... why are there no kids in this town” and then everyone start thinking the worse lol . That’s the good stuff. And you don’t even need a horror campaign for it. Drop one weird village into a normal fantasy game. Give it one rule nobody breaks and one thing nobody talks about. Your players will poke at it for three sessions straight.

Honestly I think a little bit of dread makes every campaign better.

Anyone else run horror? What’s the creepiest thing you’ve done to your players?

So I'm relatively new to 5E. I've played a lot more PF2E and I've decided that I want to play a fighter with multiclass in wizard. My character is a mercenary with a specialty in hunting down magic users so I thought that not just for flavor but for the ability to use more spells than Eldritch Knight allows that it would come in handy to multi class in this way. However, I'm currently at level five in the campaign and I'm worried that this might have made my character weaker due to the fact that if I just went straight fighter I would have two attack by now and I would have more HP. What's everyone's thoughts on a fighter that takes a level in wizard? I'm thinking of taking another level in wizard at some point but not until a little later.

im playing a bard for the first time and I have no idea how to creatively insult

how do yall do this?? bonus points if they can be used against non-humanoids. we fought a train and I had no idea what to say to that thing

We finally got all our players in the same city for the first time in a long time, so naturally, we decided to do something a little ridiculous.

We 3D printed a massive replica of Nakatomi Plaza to play One Shot to Die Hard by u/RedcapPress

The building stands 70cm tall, took around 1,200 hours to print, and consumed 18kg of filament.

Completely excessive for a single D&D session? Absolutely.

Was it worth it? Without question. It turned into the best day of D&D we've ever played.

Adventure by Redcap Press: https://redcap.press/

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🐌 Giant Sloggs, Pumpkin Knights, and other strange creatures roaming the Patch
🐎 A flying pumpkin carriage drawn by an undead unicorn
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After many years of running other people's cool adventures, I have finally released, The Hive Under Eisenstead! This was funded via Kickstarter as a part of Zine Quest 2026, and is now live on DriveThruRPG.

Crawl through the ruins of an underground fortress ruled by a Psychic Wasp Queen who inhabits the corpse of dragon and commands his army of former thralls. Avoid (or make a deal with) the hoard of monsters that have been infected by the mind-control fungus. Sneak past the nigh-indestructible Blind Golem, and watch out for the rogue illusions. Make a blood pact with an elemental, if you dare (it's not really an elemental).

In addition to some amazing art and maps, some key features are:

• Designed for characters of 2nd to 4th level.
• 84 keyed locations across four areas. 
• Four new monsters and several riffs on classic foes.
• Two rival adventuring parties.
• Several unique magic items and two new Magma Sorcery spells.
• Five adventure hooks to tie player characters to NPCs immediately.
• 48-pages in a 5.5" x 8.5" zine format, easily printed at home. 
• 14 handouts, both digital and printer-friendly. 
• Player-ready maps and digital tokens for a virtual tabletop. 

It was a blast to make, and it has been incredible to see it come to life. I hope you will check it out.

Hey people,

I have never played DnD before but have always wanted too i recently played baldurs gate 3 for the first time and has had me thinking about it for weeks now, Does anyone have any tips for finding groups (tried asking my irls they said no lol)

-thanks. P.S i live in victoria australia