d&d Archives - RChrystal https://rchrystal.com/tag/dd/ Mon, 14 Aug 2023 22:57:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 211711421 Final encounter https://rchrystal.com/final-encounter/ Mon, 14 Aug 2023 22:57:24 +0000 https://rchrystal.com/?p=1569 Miniature painting for the final encounter of the Dragons of Stormwreck Isle starter set. Buying dice for a mini is a new level of nerd for me, but I love how the dragon turned out. The dice, by the way, are from 3DEgos on Etsy, and are called Ancient Spell of the Blue Dragon dice.

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]]> 1569 Monsters by mail https://rchrystal.com/monsters-by-mail/ Tue, 06 Jun 2023 16:54:07 +0000 https://rchrystal.com/?p=1534 The players in the D&D game I’m running encountered a fire snake yesterday, so here’s one of those. I’m imagining illustrating a series of fantasy creatures as part of my Postal Art summer project. I’m not sure who will get this one yet.

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]]> 1534 Tiny friends https://rchrystal.com/tiny-friends/ Tue, 09 May 2023 18:17:52 +0000 https://rchrystal.com/?p=1502 Prep work for running the Dragons of Stormwreck Isle. These guys are Nolzur’s Marvelous Miniatures, and less than an inch and a half tall. I’ve only briefly played Pathfinder, never “true” D&D, but I feel like one of the biggest draws to D&D is the collectible accessories – and, for DMs, narrative craft time. My […]

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]]> 1502 The arc of Keyleth and Vax (Critical Role: Vox Machina) https://rchrystal.com/the-arc-of-keyleth-and-vax-critical-role-vox-machina/ Thu, 16 Feb 2023 18:53:54 +0000 https://rchrystal.com/?p=1007 WARNING: SPOILERS FOR CAMPAIGN 1 OF CRITICAL ROLE (VOX MACHINA) ABOUND IN THE FOLLOWING just in case you care about that…. . . About a year ago, I started listening to the podcast of the D&D actual-play show Critical Role. If anyone is unfamiliar, actual-plays are where groups of people record themselves…actually playing. It isn’t […]

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]]> 1007 Fortune favors the wise https://rchrystal.com/fortune-favors-the-wise/ Thu, 02 Feb 2023 19:04:02 +0000 https://rchrystal.com/?p=942 I think the trick to being a successful adventurer is more or less the same as it is for being a successful anything – knowing when to walk away. Obviously, it’s a very D&D-inspired piece (I still haven’t actually played proper D&D…), colored with a bit of personal self-doubt: careful not to reach too far, […]

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]]> 942 Dragons and isles https://rchrystal.com/dragons-and-isles/ Mon, 19 Dec 2022 18:19:19 +0000 https://rchrystal.com/?p=308 Someone very thoughtfully gave me the new D&D starter set for my birthday, and despite never having actually played D&D (barring one short and not-terribly-enjoyable stint with Pathfinder), it seems as though I’m in the process of turning into a DM. In theory, the starter set contains enough information that even brand-new players can open […]

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