#Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

[jarnyaxle]

og under the cut

[tiny-huts]

Graphic design is my passion

[tillytilli]

chubby elf girls save me... save me chubby elf girls... chubby elf girls...

[clockworkbanana]

(2019) Once upon a time I DM'ed a Waterdeep: Dragon Heist campaign. The party didn't get very far but the hangouts were very fun. I love designing characters for fantasy settings.

[defnotjarlaxle]

Meet my new D&D Character: Zaynas Kurth!

He's a Half-Drow Artificer (Artillerist) for our Waterdeep: Dragon Heist game!

Very excited to be a player this time!!

[pluviance]

New Threnody portrait for @mistralrunner! ❤️

Hope you like it, friend!

[bignyunai]

[natroze]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Fala Lefaliir/Fel'rekt Lafeen Characters: Fala Lefaliir, Fel'rekt Lafeen, Jarlaxle Baenre, Original Dungeons & Dragons Character(s), Various other minor dragon heist NPCs show up/are mentioned Additional Tags: Meet-Cute, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, mentions of drow cult trauma, threatened gun violence, technically there's Jarlaxle/original dnd character going on in the background, Canon Trans Character, Canon Non-Binary Character Summary:

Fala Lefaliir was having a perfectly normal morning until a drow crashed through their greenhouse roof.

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A story about two elves from wildly different walks of life meeting and getting to know each other while the city of Waterdeep dissolves into the chaos of an ongoing heist.

this has been sitting in my WIPs for literally three years since I finished playing through a Dragon Heist campaign, I might as well release it into the wilds. I wrote it because I thought it was amusing that both canon trans/nonbinary characters in Dragon Heist have the initials “F.L.” and that is really as deep as the initial thought process went, and as you can see by the 12k wordcount it got FAR away from me.

[deviltree]

No, I am never going to stop drawing her. Tunis from Warlock Anxiety Society, as ran by @arsarcane

comms open.

[shadowkat678]

If a workshop was held on how to run urban campaigns, what would people be most interested in seeing covered?

Urban campaigns are my favorite type of game to run. I'm currently DMing a number of games in Waterdeep, and I'd like to think I'm very good at it from everything I've been told so far. Building up the communities, factions, intrigue, politics, and less conventional adventures that take more creativity and alley building than straight strength of arms brings a lot of game play potential you don't always get in more traditional high fantasy d&d, even if the city itself is still a high fantasy setting!

However, I've heard a lot of people say they have trouble with these kind of games. Whether it's due to how non-linier they can become, the added depth you work towards when the party sticks around a single hub city, the sheer amount of reoccurring npcs, or for other reasons.

I recently saw another dm on StartPlaying (not here to get into a discussion on paid DMing right now) who hosted a dm only session to discuss other aspects of game design, encounter building tips, and other aspects of running the game drawing from his own strengths and experiences. The thought crossed my mind it could be fun to do similar, and I thought it would be enlightening to get direct community feedback from people who might struggle themselves for what I may want to be mulling over before I decide to set this up.

[juddgeeksout]

Talking about what to play next with the Thursday night group.

Here’s a link to the Slides presentation. Links: Slide 1: None Slide 2: Our Band of Blades Game Slide 3: Blades in the Dark Slide 4: Halls of Arden Vul & Old School Essentials Slide 5: OSE but with AD&Dish options Slide 6: Silver Swords of the Lich Queen Slide 7: More Campaign Ideas If you would like to get an email notification when blog posts are published, please subscribe…

[tiny-huts]

He just abandoned his son, embezzled a ton of money, cheated on his wife, assassinated people, and took over a different city but it's fine. Don't worry about it. His son just had bad vibes

[tillytilli]

bard and her orc gf... im so obsessed with these two!!!

[luthierscurse]

This man has destroyed my brain.

[snacobie]

Made this to hang in my house

[galedekarios]

reading more about waterdeep and waterdhavians explains so much about gale:

class & station

Instead of the fragmenting and distinct splits based on income or birth, Waterdeep has nullified such differences almost entirely. "Social level" and "class" are far less important in Waterdeep than in other cities of the Realms (and elsewhere) any prejudices against folk due to race, creed, or coin are brought in by visitors from outside the walls, and are not tolerated to a large extent. The crossroads nature of the city and the up-and-down fortunes of those who make their living in trade keeps the inhabitants of the city tolerant of a wide variety of peoples, with widely varying customs, religions, and incomes. [...] In Waterdeep, low birth or station is not a recipe for rudeness from one's betters, beyond what one's actions would earn from one's equals in any case—if you are ridiculed in Waterdeep, you brought such treatment upon yourself!

character & temperament

"Live and let live" best describes most Waterdhavians' attitudes; everyone is far too busy in the pursuit of wealth and happiness. [...] The cosmopolitan nature of the City of Splendors makes its natives very tolerant. They tend to be talkative, friendly, easygoing, and outspoken, but do not expect others to be. [...] Natives of the City of Splendors are notoriously slow to take offense. A Waterdhavian will plainly state his or her feelings as a warning before showing anger. One is more apt to hear "I don't find that amusing, friend," said pleasantly to a stranger before an angry voice is raised. Some visitors misinterpret such behavior as cowardice or ignorance ("he was too stupid to know I insulted him!"); if they act on such misjudgments, however, surprise and regret are the usual results. 

other races

Most Waterdhavians are slow to take fright unless facing magic or monsters. Beings of almost all races may be seen in the city, too. A typical Waterdhavian would react with hostility and fear only to a drow, an illithid, nonhuman natives of the Lower Planes, and, of course, "monsters" such as beholders and dragons; with all others, it's generally "business as usual." [...]

smalltalk

Waterdhavians do not discuss the weather, unless in a profession governed by it like farmers or sailors. Small talk and idle chatter normally centers on matters of commerce, and secondarily on warfare elsewhere in the Realms. Waterdhavians take a sporting interest in such happenings as the constant minor strife in the South, the recurring unrest and bloodshed in Tethyr, and traditional and long standing shipping discord between Ruathym and Luskan. [...]