Mr Tumnus!
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Mr Tumnus!

Recently, I got my hands on a Lego faun, and so the first thing I had to do was build this guy.

Whenever I think of Narnia, this is who I imagine, especially his look when Lucy first meets him under the Lamppost. Maybe thats because it was one of the first images in Lewis' head that inspired Narnia too. To me, Mr. Tumnus is sort of the quintessential character of the series, despite only showing up in in 3 of the books (two of them only briefly).

Who or what is your first image when you think of Narnia? Which character or scene comes to mind immediately, or which one feels like it captures what Narnia is to you?

u/Zen_Barbarian — 10 hours ago
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Blood Hunter: Order Of Donors

When the edgy one is also the mum friend.

This is my first foray into homebrewing for an official third-party class. I've only ever played the Blood Hunter in a One-Shot, so I'm not overly familiar with it, but I felt like the flavour of this support subclass was an obvious niche to fill.

If you want this as a pdf, here is the Homebrewery page. (From which you can also find the rest of my published work.)

Art credit: Linn Kristine Pettersen

As always, there's always room for improvement. Your constructive criticism is welcome, and keep on brewing!

u/Zen_Barbarian — 8 days ago

Holy Judgement, with the Heirophant, a Subclass for u/orbnus_ Warmonger Class

Hello folks, I'm just spreading the love for a new class I recently discovered: the Warmonger by u/orbnus_.

This is just a first draft of my own attempt to make a subclass for the Warmonger, a novel and creative new martial class. Making a ⅓ caster is always fun, but sometimes it feels like cheating, as you sort of only have to come up with a couple of new features.

Either way, check out the work of u/orbnus_ they've made some other great stuff, too, and you can find this subclass, and all my other work, posted to the Homebrewery.

As always, constructive criticism is welcome. There's always room for improvement, and keep on brewing!

u/Zen_Barbarian — 26 days ago

The Adventures of Tintin

Okay, don't take this one too seriously, y'all.

I have sentimental memories of reading the adventures of Tintin as a kid, and recently the idea came to me abruptly that Captain Haddock would probably be a Barbarian in D&D. Everything else flowed from there.

Did I miss any of your favourite characters, or would you put these ones under a different class? I'm curious to hear your thoughts, and which is your favourite.

All art is original illustrations from the albums by Hergé, most are sourced from [Tintin.com](tintin.com/en).

For the Homebrewery doc, to get this as a pdf, you can find it here, along with my other Light-hearted homebrew.

While these are pretty jokey creations, I'll still welcome constructive criticism, as there's always room for improvement. Keep on brewing!

u/Zen_Barbarian — 28 days ago
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Compendium of Characters

1.

These are ones I posted once before, but I had to pack away all my Lego and D&D stuff today, so I'm presenting them one more time: gender-swapped characters from mythology.

  • Romina, a Beast Master Ranger and her lupine companion, Capital. (based on Romulus)

  • Odessa, a Battlemaster Fighter, returning from a pirate voyage. (based on Odysseus)

  • Thea, an Arcane Trickster Rogue, and her familiar, Ariadne the bat. (based on Theseus)

2.

This party of adventurers is just a collection of simple fun builds I experimented with and wanted to show off.

  • High-elf Life Cleric, who keeps health potions handy, as even her magic can't save this group from their own mishaps sometimes.

  • Aasimar Divine Soul Sorcerer, who has big-time protagonist syndrome and is regularly humbled by any out of combat skill roll.

  • Human Armourer Artificer, who is somehow the tank of the party, as well as the life of the party...

  • Aarakocra Undying Warlock, who didn't read the fine print and has their wings chained up in exchange for that sweet, sweet 1d10 cantrip.

3.

This is my partners PC, for when we play one-on-one D&D. Her name is Leila, and she's a Circle of the Stars Druid who runs a sanctuary for exotic and 'allegedly monstrous' creatures. She's been adopted by an owl.

4.

Finally, this is just me bragging about my three latest CMF finds. I love the chocolatier and the unicorn too!

u/Zen_Barbarian — 2 months ago

A magically floating mountain abruptly drops. What happens to the region below/around it?

I am world-building a fantasy setting, but I am curious about the physics of a hypothetical, which I would like to try and keep realistic (within the limits of what's reasonable given my scenario).

My imagined world has an inland mountain range comparable to the Andes in terms of average height (and approximate size of range), the centrepiece of which is a mountain that (for reasons not super relevant here, although feel free to ask) is currently magically suspended in the air. Its 'base' floats at roughly the altitude of the peaks of the surrounding mountains, and so its own summit is roughly the height of Everest.

Partially as a hypothetical, and partially because I'm trying to plan for something like this happening, what would be some of the consequences of the magic that holds this mountain aloft suddenly ending. I am assuming several trillion tonnes of rock falling out of the sky from a height of 4,000m would be catastrophic, but just what would happen?

What would happen to the surrounding mountains? What about the flying mountain itself? What about the planet the mountain is on (assume Earth-like attributes for things like planet's gravity, etc.)? And the living things in the vicinity?

If this post doesn't suit this sub, and my questions would be best answered elsewhere, please recommend where I can post this again. Thanks!

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u/Zen_Barbarian — 2 months ago
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Mythic Minis

Playing around with a few pieces and decided to create a small party of gender-swapped characters from mythology.

  • Romina, a Beast Master Ranger and her lupine companion, Capital. (based on Romulus)

  • Odessa, a Battlemaster Fighter, returning from a pirate voyage. (based on Odysseus)

  • Thea, an Arcane Trickster Rogue, and her familiar, Ariadne the bat. (based on Theseus)

All just for fun, but what do you think? :D

u/Zen_Barbarian — 2 months ago

I've dabbled in The Simarillion before, and I'm familiar with the "extracurricular" works of Tolkien (beyond The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings), but I'm picking up The Silmarillion again from the beginning to try and fully complete it.

I am once again struck by just how incredible the Ainulindalë and Valaquenta alone are. The writing is pure poetry and feels (not to be on-the-nose) truly biblical.

I'm rereading these and imagining having never read or heard anything of the greater lore of Middle-Earth, having only ever read The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings, and it would just blow you away.

You begin with this sweeping cosmogony, with great lines like, "Then the themes of Ilúvatar shall be played aright, and take Being in the moment of their utterance, for all shall then understand fully his intent in their part, and each shall know the comprehension of each, and Ilúvatar shall give to their thoughts the secret fire, being well pleased."

Then you move on to learn about all these 'gods', and, for the average reader, very few names will stand out from reading only The Lord of The Rings. If I remember correctly, Elbereth may be the only name truly familiar; I don't recall, but other names, like Melkor/Morgoth, Manwë, and Mandos may also be familiar.

Then, right at the end of the Valaquenta, we read, "Among those of his servants that have names the greatest was that spirit whom the Eldar called Sauron..." (cue realisation) "...in all the deeds of Melkor the Morgoth upon Arda, in his vast works and in the deceits of his cunning, Sauron had a part, and was only less evil than than his master in that for long he served another and not himself. But in after years he rose like a shadow of Morgoth and a ghost of his malice, and walked behind him on the same ruinous path down into the Void." [emphasis mine]

It just gives me a newfound appreciation for the incredible depth of time and breadth of world, which this book opens up to the casual reader of Middle-Earth. I feel like the Ainulindalë and Valaquenta should be printed inside each copy of The Lord of The Rings, perhaps as a kind of epilogue.

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u/Zen_Barbarian — 4 months ago