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True, but he also said that he makes multiple characters and spends hours with the Character Builder just for fun. I know I have whiled away an hour or two trying figure out how best to make a particular character do his thing. One character I had I wanted to dual wield katanas ( bastard swords)...

Though I agree with you that the reluctant hero trope is very wide spread I am not sure that DnD even nods it head in that direction. I feel DnD doesn't try recreate that particular experience but instead helps you to realize the more heroic type heroes like Conan, Aragorn, Vlad Taltos and the...

I'm with Kzach on this one. When I play DnD I want to play a hero. Heroes do heroic things and honestly I end up screwing up mundane stuff often enough in RL that I don't want to have the same thing happen when I am playing my heroic fantasy emulator. My fighters should hit and hurt things, my...

how about, dead, that's how plenty of my character's have ended up anyway...

In fact you don't even need to leave these forums to request art. The only downside is that are only a few artists so wait times can be a bit. The art request thread is over in the Media lounge.

Thanks guys! Those are some good jump points. One of my faves that I totally stole from the old Darksun Computer game was the the you are all gladiators together.... don't die! And then once they made it known that they were pretty tough they got busted out by the resistance movement to help...

Well I just went back to the source material on that one. Namely books and mythology. Warrior type heroes always need something to go up against world shaking magic in the stories. Often this comes in the form of uber items when it doesn't come from such items it seems to come from the form of...

Probably the easiest fix for making non casters on par with casters is to skew treasure tables in favor of non casters. I would challenge any one here to find a literary or mythological example of warrior hero who, through skill of arms alone, stands with high level caster types. Usually the...

Gotta go with cool.

When creating a base for a campaign I like to imagine a scenario in which the PCs have a chance to go around doing heroic things and generally not being hassled by "normal" society for running around with the equivalent of tanks bombs and other things that might be frowned upon. Most of the time...

Bah! You can't give a pirate class...

Glad you like it. I really needed a few more hours to finish it up better but I honestly just got tired of drawing the little people...

For Kzach This is his human fighter, Manus the Blade. Enjoy!

So here is the final pic of the village square scene. It took longer than I thought it would and I liked trying something new. Hope you like it too!

Player: being wounded and yet absolutely certain that the bottle covered in black skulls was in actuality a healing potion... DM: trying to orchestrate things so that the players ended up in an area of the game world I wanted so that we could play a module I wanted to run. It had gone great up...

I would have to agree that Athas doesn't exactly scream bear. As for what might replace such a beast I would say that perhaps some kind of large reptile might suffice. I am imagining something like a large gila monster or komodo dragon looking creature. Either that or maybe some kind of large...

Work hit me hard last week but I am working on stuff. Here is a preview of Town Square scene for knightfall.

For me how "heroic" first level is is entirely dependent on the campaign. If the world operates under the assumption that most npcs are low level, with most being level one and a few being a tad higher. Then by default the heroes must be something special. They are special people taking steps...

@ Knightfall I am going to give your town square scene a fair shake, but I warn you I may rage quit in frustration. I am not very experienced at scene drawing so we'll see where this leads.

I only read the Century Edition this past winter. I loved the history and thought that Howard put into his world but honestly about half way through I kinda got the point.... Conan's thews are steely and his laugh is elemental and gusty. Also if anything crosses his path that is not an unnamed...