the ideal GM/player dynamic is when one side says "here are some problems i caused" and the other says "thank you so much! i will make these worse" back and forth forever
i think banishment is the funniest possible spell you can cast on someone. like i'm not even going to fight you. YOU'RE going to go away. you have no choice.
a guy i banished to the desert 10 years ago finally tracks me down after years of planning his revenge and i immediately banish him to the desert again
Vyxander, my tiefling/earth genasi sorcerer [he/him]! Who happens to be Yxala and Urion’s rowdier kiddo~
He’s the result of a very fiery-flavoured tiefling mixed with an earth genasi: I wanted to reflect that with the rockier fire spikes all around, as well as the cracks all around the body. It’s also fun finding ways to mix the facial features of characters! Still, he’s quite different to Siegmund, his sibling, who is based around titanium quartz
I want more villains who care about their henchmen. I wanna see the bad guy fly into a rage because the hero hurt their very favorite bungling goon and it was nearly his birthday.
"how dare you fail me you miserable oafs!!" should be retired. "How DARE they bully my adorable oafs!!!" should be industry standard.
Underlings having to hold back their dark lord like an overprotective parent because they don't really want a famous hero to get outright murdered just on their behalf.
I don’t want to go ‘realism in fiction’ bc we all know how much of a dogwhistle that can be. But it really always bothers me that this isn’t the norm. Like, how the fuck do all these dark lords and evil empresses and what not keep any minions or lieutenants or what not around?
Literally, what is stopping them from just walking to Hero and going ‘I surrender, get me the hell away from this asshole!’ when most Heros will immediately turn them in a redemption story and all.
Like, how they hell do the villains keep anyone working for them without a solid health plan, 401K, and recreational facilities? Isn’t that the minimum. Has no one actually read Machiavelli?
Indeed; one of my least favorite tropes is the whole "I don't need you anymore" bit, where a villain backstabs a fellow villain working beneath them, which inevitably ends up with the betrayed villain aiding the heroes in order to spite the big bad.
Luckily, I can just draw something that cuts that bullshit out!
Finished my first commission for @plaguecleric of their Tiefling artificer/barbarian Vatrra!! Nothing compares to the fiery rage of an infernal
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Vatrra was such an incredible start to this batch of commissions, we got strong lady, long flowy hair, fiery effects, RAGE!!! amd a artificer multiclass?? I could not have asked for a more fun combo to get things rolling! (More fun commissions are on their way
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rapidpunches
pilot-star
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