1/ @rorystarr asked me about some ideas for folklore-themed dungeons - specifically, dungeons that are connected to the "Feywild". So I took a look at my repository of translations of German folk tales, and here is what I found.
But first, a word about definitions. German folklore almost never uses the German equivalent of "fairie" ("Fee"). Instead, a more common term is "Geist", which is a direct translation of "spirit" - and can describe almost any supernatural entity.
Thus, in my exploration of this theme I have limited myself to places linked to entities which are (a) not clearly ghosts, and (b) not clearly demons. This is as close as we will get to "fairies", I am afraid...
If you're like me, and I know I am, you'll appreciate this awesome collection of city, neighborhood, village, dungeon, building, and cave generators for tabletop RPGs as much as I do:
If you're like me, and I know I am, you'll appreciate this awesome collection of city, neighborhood, village, dungeon, building, and cave generators for tabletop RPGs as much as I do:
I am floored. My flabbers are thoroughly gasted. This is _gorgeous_! If you run/might run Strahd, take a look. Fear no campaign inconsistencies--unreliable narration covers all hiccups. Leguan1001 deserves a boatload of credit for this. Also, boost this! #CurseOfStrahd#DnD#TTRPG#artprop#GameProp
After our last #dnd session, a player had an idea for a lovely #worldbuilding detail.
We’re in a city fractured by walls of dangerous shadows. You can slip into them and never return. Parts of the city have tight alleyways and paths formed by these walls, and in some places they have built fences to keep people from falling in.
Not all paths have this protection, though, and it is not uncommon to see little candles or bouquets in places where a loved one has fallen into shadow to never return.
I started the #DDnD challenge with my kobold, Chupchik. So it's fitting that it ends with Chupchik's #dragon lord, Nilollothnat the Bedazzling (Nils for short) #pencilDrawing#dnd
I started the #DDnD challenge with my kobold, Chupchik. So it's fitting that it ends with Chupchik's #dragon lord, Nilollothnat the Bedazzling (Nils for short) #pencilDrawing#dnd
Elves are well known to be able to see in the dark… because they glow.
Infravision and darkvision to me never made that much sense for Elves. Why would they be able to see in complete darkness. Every picture of an elf in the woods has them lit by some unearthly glo…. ooooooh.
Yeah, so elves faintly glow from the inside in an unearthly light. Not much, not really that noticeable during the day. But any elf gives enough light to navigate a forest and/or cave. (in other words, about the same range and fidelity as a dwarf’s darkvision)
Benefit: elves (and their companions) don’t necessarily need light sources to navigate complete darkness, although the effect is more like using your phone screen to find your way to the bathroom than a proper light source. Not enough to properly …
Elves can see in the dark…
Elves are well known to be able to see in the dark… because they glow.
Infravision and darkvision to me never made that much sense for Elves. Why would they be able to see in complete darkness. Every picture of an elf in the woods has them lit by some unearthly glo…. ooooooh.
Yeah, so elves faintly glow from the inside in an unearthly light. Not much, not really that noticeable during the day. But any elf gives enough light to navigate a forest and/or cave. (in other words, about the same range and fidelity as a dwarf’s darkvision)
Benefit: elves (and their companions) don’t necessarily need light sources to navigate complete darkness, although the effect is more like using your phone screen to find your way to the bathroom than a proper light source. Not enough to properly search a room with, but better than nothing.
Drawback 1: Elves are visible in complete darkness. Even extinguishing your torch isn’t gonna make the elf stop glowing unless properly covered. This also means elvish thieves have a -20% on Hide in Shadows unless covered.
Drawback 2: Their glow messes up the darkvision of others. You wonder why dwarves don’t like elves? Well, lots of reasons, but one is that when they are near they can’t use their darkvision properly.
Corollary: Dark elves are dark elves (or shadow elves) because they cast a natural darkness the same way that surface elves glow
#DDnD today's prompt was fiend. Surprisingly, the nightmare is a type of fiend. I could use some more practice drawing horses, so I jumped on the chance. I find it very difficult to draw flames with a pencil... it is so mush easier when you can use color to suggest what it is! #nightmare#horse#dnd#pencilDrawing
#DDnD today's prompt was fiend. Surprisingly, the nightmare is a type of fiend. I could use some more practice drawing horses, so I jumped on the chance. I find it very difficult to draw flames with a pencil... it is so mush easier when you can use color to suggest what it is! #nightmare#horse#dnd#pencilDrawing
Today's #ddnd prompt is a bag of holding. We have tentacles, a shovel, a sword, a candle, some rope a wheel, a staff, a knitted scarf, and other useful adventurer things. #pencilDrawing#dnd
Today's #ddnd prompt is a bag of holding. We have tentacles, a shovel, a sword, a candle, some rope a wheel, a staff, a knitted scarf, and other useful adventurer things. #pencilDrawing#dnd
I was a bit confused if I should tag this as having artistic nudity, since if you're made of bark and wood and don't have "bits" does it really count as nudity? But I guess I'll mark it just in case... Today's #DDnD prompt was fey. I chose to draw a #dryad. This one guards a wisteria tree. #dnd#pencilDrawing
