@@ChevaliersEmeraude Well, I play an Aasimar Celestial Warlock with Mask of amany Faces, so he DOES keep changing his appearence. But I'm also in 3 home games, and have several AL characters. .
your d&d character: cool elf girl with awesome backstory and powers my d&d character: angry bird man with an adorable hell dog and anger management issues
* I like your character Ginny. Very cool. Beautiful. Yea, I've been running a "Spelljammer" character. As you know, the Spelljammer campaign setting is where you're a member of the crew of a ship that can fly, go into outer space, and travel to other solar systems(crystal spheres). A couple of game sessions ago, my character was captured by a press gang of slavers that was desperately in need of a navigator, and they knew my character had experience in wildspace navigation. * This happened when I was doing some reconnaissance for the party. We were on an asteroid called "The Rock of Bral" when I was captured. It was either surrender, or die. My character had already taken a lot of damage, so I decided to surrender. The main helmsman ordered me to plot a course for the kingdom of "Waterdeep", in the country of "Faerun", on the "Forgotten Realms" planet of "Abeir Toril". * I knew I had to escape, so when we began to make planetfall, and got to approximately 15,000 feet, I casually walked into the bridge/helm room, and I utilized a metamagic feat called "Maximize Spell", to cast a maximized 10d6 "Delayed Blast Fireball" directly on the main helm(magical chair used to fly the ship with). The back up helmsman saw me do it, so I ran out onto the top/main deck of the ship, the back up helmsman chasing behind yelling "The ship's gonna blow up! Get off the ship! Get off the ship! It's gonna blow up!" * I saw the captain run and jump on one of the ship's catapults that was already locked and loaded, and he cut the line with his broad sword, and the catapult sent him sailing off the ship. Meanwhile, I see the first mate(who is a 9' tall Ogre Magi) bull rushing me. I casted a "Fly" spell, and took off as fast as I could. Suddenly, the delayed blast fireball went off, blowing this wooden ship to smithereens, and what was left of it started to go into a nose dive and fall like a meteor. * Now I'm flying around in the sky, somewhere between 10,000 feet and 15,000 feet. I start looking around for the captain. The DM told me to make a "Spot" check, which I did, and he told me I see the captain, falling relatively slow. He was wearing a cape, that was now fluttering above his head. Why and how he was falling so slowly, I didn't care. Obviously, he must've had some kind of magic item or spell that was slowing his descent. * So I made a B-line directly for him. I grabbed him, and we grappled for a while. My character has permanent "Detect Magic", and I was able to see that his cape was magical. Thinking that this was the source of what was slowing his fall, I grabbed a hold of it and took off flying away from him. I told the DM, "I'll take out my dagger and cut it off of him, or cut it in half if I have to". * I cut it off of him, and he screamed out in terror, as he was now falling to his death. The DM told me to make another "Spot" check. So I did. He told me I see the Ogre Magi approaching me. He was flying directly towards me, as if he had casted a fly spell on himself as well. How he survived the ship blowing up, I wasn't sure. I lost initiative, and he caught up to me. He grabbed a hold of me for his attack, and the DM says "It looks like he's going to bite you". * So I casted "Dispel Magic" on him, utilizing the 20' radius burst option of the spell, because I didn't know if he was using a spell, or a magic item. Unfortunately, this also cancelled my fly spell as well. Now we were both in free fall. So I casted the spell "Feather Fall". My DM ruled that the Ogre Magi would need to make a Dex check, followed by a strength check. Well......he failed the Dex check. * The DM said that it looked like he was trying to cast a spell as he was falling, but it did not appear to stop him from falling at the speed of free fall. I landed in Faerun o.k., but what happened to this ogre magi, I don't know. Didn't see where he landed, and I never spotted a pile of orange goo, so..................
My DND characters: A pissed off red dragonborn barbarian trying to cope with his anger and using it for good.. An experienced, protective but slightly dumb goliath fighter leading an expedition to a deserted island.
dead characters are the worst. my dm killed my entire party because he doesn't know how our spells and other stuff work. he also diddnt understand you can't put a lvl 5 party against a lvl 11 creature
@@goodladd2067 I have not played D&D yet but I intend to GM when I get enough players to have a proper campaign and my biggest fear is balancing combat.
@@kenansabic2901 watch some videos on how combat works. Also listen to your players please! listening to them when something doesn't seen right is one of the best things you can do. Also do not make them fight monsters every two seconds and let them do some character development.
@@goodladd2067 Well thank you for that advice, though I have been doing quite a bit of research for a while now on running games. Actual problem is finding players. I guess I am just not rolling high enough on my persuasion checks.
@@kenansabic2901 if your worried about an unbalanced encounter you can always adjust enemy hp on the fly making them weaker or stronger as needed.biggestthing is understanding the action economy. that being said the dice will tell its own stories sometimes, even the most balanced encounter can be deadly or players might steam roll a "hard"one based on good/poor rolls.
honestly... there's a small percentage of folks that are crazy enough to want THEIR tent to be on fire.... but also its dnd. The murder hobo's, and purveyors of chaos that are the party increase an items chances of being on fire by at least 500%
All of your creations are always so wonderful, and like all awesome artists, you always put a little bit of yourself into each creation! But Aisling is just all the more perfect and beautiful, because she possesses all of your creative energy!! She was made from your incredible imagination, and carries your wonderful spirit, love, and passion for what you do!!! She is indeed someone to cherish on your journey, and will always be someone that brings a special kind of light to all of what you do on that journey!!!
I love everything about Aisling! Such a creative character and I love the detail about her hair changing colors with the seasons! Also, I love what you said about playing D&D for fun. I think sometimes people forget that it's meant to be a fun hobby and a creative outlet, not a competition or something you have to be "perfect" at. I've always been the type of player to make a character who is fun to play, and I feel like that really shines through with you and Aisling! Keep doing you, and I would love to see more about your lovely OC!
Ginny: A lot of people go to D&D for wish fulfillment! Me: **stares at my 54-year old tiefling warlock(the illegitimate son of a baron) who hates almost everyone and has some serious childhood trauma from his emotionally abusive stepmother who tried to have him assassinated hundreds of times** Hmm.
"D&D is about wish fulfilment." Looks at character: 11 year old tiefling girl with her warlock patron, her emotionally manipulative mother and her father, a caring but reclusive and emotionally distant man. I wonder what this says about me?
"I'm not a min-maxer" ... that's fine. I tend to be, but some of the funnest characters that I've played have not been optimized, at all. And having fun playing the character is more important than having a heavily optimized character (but these aren't mutually exclusive, either). Love the character design and flavor!!
"Its dirt for my mouth!!!" She sounds so amazing and its great you were able to make a character that you love playing! Best of luck in the campaign and hope you get plenty more chances to talk about her!
This is so cool Ginny! Can we have another one about her! Like her personality, or how what she did in a really cool encounter you liked playing? Also a video about how you prepped for your first dm sesh would be amazing!! Love your work so much!
Love that you hit the nail on the head of why I live my newest character. Also... Warlock is secretly the best class in the game. It's dripping with not only mechanic potential, but role play potential. Solid choice!
@@johnlavery3433 ita not for everryone. I think, to me at least, its detrimental to think of them as full-casters like cleric/druid/ wizard and more in line with paladin or ranger. They also have THE most customizable featires in the game, that make the outlandish idea of running a group of full warlocks viable. I often use pact magic for utility, not just attack. Battlefield control, aid my allies, or something on a whim. Pact magic is wierd, yea, but that weirdness is appealing to me. There are also eays to really boost viability in thr Ring of spell storing & Rod of thr Oact keeper, giving you 4 spells, to up to 6. Rod of pact keeper has saved My life morr times than i can count!
@@melidor2198 i actually think it's not as bad as other classes. Compared to fighter and its "I hit it again!" It has a lot of different things it's capable of if you go for that. Plus one of the best cantrips in the game go fall back on.
Your character sounds like an awesome one. I started playing D&D back in the early 80's and one of my first characters, a female elf rogue named Vixen has stuck with me all this time.. Out of all the characters since then, she is still my favorite. I hope your character will still make you smile when you think of her in 40 years like mine has.
I would love more videos about Aisling. As a Dm when a player loves their characters it makes the story feel more alive. Maybe some Storytime videos with Aisling? Maybe a rap battle between Aisling and Jester?
Warlocks are my favorite class, after all, so I'm glad to see more rad Warlocks hanging around. Also a pretty big fan of Monks, but I actually haven't played a lot of either of them since becoming the main DM for my group. It's funny that you mention switching from a character you thought you enjoyed to one that you actually did. One of my players decided to try her hand at DMing using the Mines of Phandelver module as a springing point. I made a hobgoblin sorcerer based around Lucifer Morningstar from that popular cop show. Played him for awhile, but he just.. didn't have the fun flare I was used to. So after much deliberating and discussion, I asked my DM if I could switch to a new character. I created a Trickery Cleric taking design inspirations from Loki. her name is Edda. She's a bit of a fast talking Half Elf who plays more like a Rogue (which is actually why I gave her a few levels in Rogue) and Bard in personality. Cracking jokes, being snarky. She's a character I have a lot of fun with. That sorcerer would not have used Disguise Self to sneak into a castle nor would he have claimed to be the spouse of a Bugbear Prince whose dad they were going to go kill. She brought far stronger and more amusing dynamics, so I'm really glad I got to play her. I admit it is a bit odd that my female characters tend to be more interesting, being male myself I'd think that my male characters should be easier to get into the heads of, but the opposite seems to be the case.
Interesting character. I love those concept drawings. When her patron told her "This is how the story ends" all I could think was "Damn it witch! Spoilers!"
Someone could write an entire doctoral dissertation on peoples RPG character choices and why they play them. The characters we play say so much about ourselves.
It can be! But I have a dwarf wizard who was really awkward, went to college, traveled with a college buddy to sell magic items (i made em, he sold em) and then got caught up in something. He was just very bad at telling people no
Please make a video about your patron or just about your campaign. You're an amazing storyteller and listening to you tell Aisling's backstory had me enthralled.
Did you look at the Eladrin from Mordenkainen’s Guide for Aisling? Her connection to the seasons would work incredibly well with that subrace. Also, incredibly cool character!
I love that character, she sounds amazing, and her patron fey is just fascinating, I am so curious about her. How much do you take from actual folklore to develop her? What inspired her creation? What are her goals and reason for sponsoring warlocks?
Playing beautiful elves and cat people is what I tend to do in the rare cases I’m actually a player and not the dm! My mom is also ALWAYS a beautiful elf caster! But people can play whatever they like some-people like dark backstory, edgy , murder hobo, deep RP, powegaming, etc. No one right way. Whatever works best for you and your group. Fun character thanks for sharing.
I love her! She reminds me of my own fae pact warlock, Medb, the half-elf warlock, bouncy pink and ready to help people (she's a Tomelock but I'm thinking of reworking her into a Talisman pact with the new stuff from UA)
Yay for Aisling - love the depth of the story & glad you found a PC to lurve! Also, a big thank you for introducing me to the 1985 Games Presents; have pre-ordered both the Dungeon Craft & Hell & High Water. You rock, Ginny xx
I think it's great that you don't min max. A key thing to keep in mind is just like your past changed aisling's outlook on life , so too will the events of you current and future adventures. An ever evolving character is more interesting than a static one. Though an argument can be that as the character ages the changes in character become less extreme. Of course this is just my opinion on character development. There is no " wrong" way. There may be "ways" that generate conflict ( either with the setting, other characters , etc) but that too is part of the game. If your style doesn't mesh well with your DM or other players in your group, it is ok to find another group. Neither the DM, the group, nor you are " wrong" . Your styles just don't match. TLDR there are no wrong ways to DM or play . Find a group who's style meshes well with yours and enjoy your character.
That's a fun, action-oriented tragic backstory. Doesn't push a character towards inaction or withdrawing from the social. As a GM, this makes me happy. Also that is a GREAT creepy description for a patron.
I’m so glad that the experience of absolutely loving your D&D characters is so universal. D&D is just so magical, especially with the right group. I’m so excited to see more about Aisling! Thank you for sharing!
DND characters are wish fulfilment -I want to be strong=Dragonborn Paladin -I want to be smart=Softshelled Kappa Druid (Circle of the Stars) -I want to be confident=Tiefling Monk -I want- To be an anesthesiologist?=Faerie Dragonborn Druid (Circle of Sleep)
Ok. THAT was fantastic. I am 51, I have been playing for 40+ years now. I have characters older than many of your subscribers (and I am now one!) and this is fantastic. I ALWAYS want to hear about people's characters, especially ones they love to play. Aisling sounds great. I am sure she would love to sit down with my witch Larina (who I have had since 1986) have some tea and share stories. If you ever wanted to convert over to an older version of D&D and I sure she would make a fantastic Green Witch (from my games). Ok. Watching more videos now.
My first character was a 1st level Egyptian-themed human wizard named Tanis (in 1982...I'm old). He had 2 hit points and could cast magic missile one time each day (such was AD&D). He lived about three hours wandering the Village of Orlane before being killed by ghouls in a secret passage below the village inn. He did not live long, but long enough that I was hooked.
GIRl!!! I am getting that Dungeon Craft!!! Map making is one of the only reasons I didn't enjoy DMing. I've been playing DnD now for almost 12 years and I am in love with it! I've gotten to play a few campaigns that were a few years and its just amazing! I would love to see more DnD videos of any kind!
i love this! esp your dm being supportive of you creating a new character. i love the first pc i ever made and in other circumstances i would have kept playing her forever, except when i made her i didnt really understand dnd or my party or what their vibe was. my first character just didnt gel with them and it made her stressful to play. so i asked my dm if i could write her out and replace her with a new one, and he was all for it! i love my new character too ❤ someday my first character will probably come back to the campaign so we can explore how shes changed and how the party feels about her leaving. having that kind of freedom in a dnd campaign is so fulfilling ❤
My characters named Cheeseburger Bill. He is a fat, 5 foot 6, middle aged human with a receding hairline, a big cowboy hat, a smiley face bandana, and hulk hogan mustache. he's a rogue with a background in chemical science. he builds bombs and make poison and eats burgers and scares the shit out of people.
My character is a sorcerer named Chak Ravartin he's human and rude without realising it and he's extremely awkward when it come's to emotional problems. he's more logical than emotional.
My half elf warlock Sebastian was (had to retire him when I moved) a Rick Moranis/Jeff Goldblum type on the outside. Lots of suppressed guilt over the circumstances that led to his pact with a demon empress, but he kept that to himself. Pact of the tome because I thought it'd be cool for him to have a creepy demonic book like the necronomicon. In any case, it's nice to see another member of team "sign your soul away for cool powers". :)
Ohhhh wow I absolutely love Aisling!! I love how her story and overall look are both dark and light, cute and sp00ky. The story is fleshed out enough to where you know her deeply but also to a level where a DM can come and use and fill in some pieces to allow you to play it out further which is what I personally love in character because I am my group DM! She's gorgeous inside and out! I would love to see more content about her and your games, both the one you play in and the one you're running. Would also love to hear about Josh's character too if he wants to share, I'm a huge fan of watching people become so passionate and enveloped in the story they're telling of their character!
Before learning about the Woman of the Soil, I genuinely expected Aisling to be an Eladrin. Learning that her seasonal changes are tied to her warlock pact powers is really interesting!
I look forward to hearing her sagas. I feel the same way about my Goblin Gunslinger Skullface, I did start with another character but Skullface was just too uch fn t play as and develop.
I just recently was introduced to your work by my husband, and sitting here listening to you talk about your character and her backstory, wow. I was kind of like um, is there more? I think you did a great job, costume is beautiful.
Your character, has such a great backstory, love it! I helped my 14 year old nephew make his first character earlier this year. He wanted a character that was from the future, that came back in time. I honestly didn't foresee this and had to work around it, because I didn't want to limit his very first creation and introduction to DnD 5e. So now he has an Eldritch Knight who didn't just want to learn about history, he wanted to actually see it. He made a small device that is on his wrist that allowed him to travel back in time. BUT the device broke after a few uses. Now, in the time he is in (our campaign) the resources and technology doesn't exist for him to fix it. So he is searching for various craft-people that can help him with different replacement parts. But the most interesting thing we developed for his character is that he has proficiency + advantage on all History *as it was* checks, and he knows how certain large/medium events play out. However the greatest thing about it is, every so often, because of the groups actions. I will slide him a card or he will be visited by a mysterious NPC telling him that "A minor/major event in history has been changed." The other PC's don't know that he is from the future, but the first time I passed him a note informing him of a change. His eyes widened and his awareness of actions/consequences that the party is capable of tuned up to full throttle. He doesn't abuse it, because he loves the history his character grew up reading about.
oh hey i'm also playing a pact of the chain archfey warlock :D he's a tiefling with a little sprite familiar named effy! and I LOVE AISLING SHE'S SUPER PRETTY TELL US MORE ABOUT HER AND HER PATRON FOREVER AAAAAAAAAH
I love her I’m actually in the middle of writing a warlock character myself!! I’ve never played a warlock before so I’m pretty excited. I was actually going to write a cleric but then I got this idea for a warlock that I just got so excited about so ya know 🤷🏼♀️ you’ve got to follow your D&D heart
I love her, Ginny! One of the things I love about DnD is that people are self-indulgent with their characters but everyone does it so nothing is "cringey" or "cliche" - everyone having a good time and building stories together is what DnD is all about! I can't wait to see more of her
Omg I would love to have my character play with yours. Thunder is a tabaxi warlock, pact of the tome with an archefey patron. He was exploring the forest near his home one day, when he discovered a feather shimmering with a color that cannot be described by a being other than the fey. When he discovered the feather his archefey patron offered to teach him mystical powers, as long as Thunder plays with the archefey for eternity after leaving the material plane. Now, Thunder as an adventurer, seeks fun with his arcane prowess, using his illusion and enchantment powers to make others have fun with him. He cares little for the distinction between good and evil, caring more for having fun and allowing others to have whatever fun suits them. I try to play him as chaotic neutral, similar to an archefey, to whom the distinctions between good and evil don't apply.
I love hearing about other people's characters. I think my most off the wall character was Gooz, a minotaur valor bard. His family was entrusted with keeping the history of the herd, and they hated how the young bulls had forsaken the noble ways of their forebears. Gooz was sent out into the wider world to carve a new legend that would inspire his people to greatness again.
Can you just like write a whole expansion about her and Uir and The Rot because my roommate and I would totally buy it. Also please please please yes to more Aisling and D&D videos!
I actually really love this video. My experience with dnd, I've always been either an audience member, or the Dungeon Master. I've only played as a dedicated player once, and it ended after only a few months. I spend a lot of free time making random characters I know I'll never use, which is why I really appreciate your description on why you chose to leave your old character of Aisling. I haven't yet gotten that character that I truly love, and I think its cleared up one of the things that's always confused me. I hear a lot of players port omtheir characters from game to game. In all of the games I've DMed, my players always make new characters. You really have cleared that up for me. Thank you! :)
Justin Casselman over the last 38 years, I’ve mostly been the DM; I started as a player and recently joined a campaign as a player, but most of the intervening time was as a DM. Inviting and forming a group where I was the DM was far better than no DnD at all, but it’s so good to be the player, isn’t it?
I love all your videos even though I'm not a cosplayer, because I feel like I couldn't pull it off so I live vicariously through you. Keep up the good work
Man, I have made so many characters for D&D and have always wanted to share them, but nobody's ever cared to listen to me talk about them except my boyfriend. It's frustrating cause I want to tell so many people! 😣
@@davidparkes7741 Well, in that case, I'll tell you about my three favorites then! A couple might be pretty long, and I'm not sure how good I am at summarizing these things, but I tried. One is a human named Kaida who somehow came into the world through a god's plane after being erased from her own world, which was a world much like this one except it had magic (but it was much less common). The reason she got erased from her previous world was for causing too much chaos in a woods that was also inhabited by many other witches trying to live away from society. This included bringing up a cult of worshippers who (unexpectedly) became murderers, setting monsters loose and ultimately putting people's lives at risk whether she meant to or not. And yeah, sometimes she meant to; in her words, she did this because she felt bitter about how terribly she was treated all throughout her life (starting out as a slave and then being betrayed by her 'friends' over and over) and some of the time chose not to try to be the better person. She's a Warlock/Wizard and has the ability to transform into black dragon (an ability I think she got from merging with the ancient dragon spirit she made a pact with). And it took her over a hundred years to learn that ability, which was only possible because she originally could never age past 10-12 due to being cursed by a former friend. The curse, however, was lifted when she changed worlds and the time she spent in the void before arriving to it made her age to a little over 20. With that, and the new opportunity to start over, she finally had the chance to live the way she always wanted, with friends, love, and as long as the world could handle it, more chaos. She still has yet to let go of her past mistakes, though, but thankfully hasn't done anything terrible, or at least very consequential again in her new home... Other than accidentally unleashing a gargantuan demon lord of destruction into the world, but at least he was defeated and nobody else got hurt! (I have a lot of fun, crazy stories with this character!) Two is a Tabaxi named Leaf. He's a bard who studies lore and loves to write stories, especially historical kinds, and read them to an audience whenever he can. His background is anthropologist, and he's always loved learning about ancient civilizations. He's also dedicated to the love of his life, even before he meets her, which in the campaign he has. And they might be adopting a little monster child that they rescued from one of the villains' lair. Three is Eloise, who is a dragonborn paladin with the sage background. This is my newest character and their story is that they always had a passion to make the world a better place by making it more balanced and spreading their ideas of justice. And they just wanted to fight evil, because why not? To do this, Eloise sought out as much information about the world and its evil as they could find. They learned a ton of stuff, but it was never enough, so eventually their continuous research led them to an old ruins guarding a dark secret that everyone else was too afraid to know because it was said to be so evil that even the cruelest of people couldn't handle it. There, Eloise met a blind spirit named Gwen who promised them the information they sought in exchange for their eyesight. They were very afraid to do this, but they took the deal, believing this could be used for the betterment of the world. And then they became blind and all they learned was how to "listen to darkness' plots." Despite the major problems this encounter inflicted on Eloise, they continued trying to work towards their goal. However, every night they lay asleep, they dream of seeing things through Gwen's eyes. And she talks to them, begging for a chance to become a greater help to them, saying that she's reformed and has been a good person for years. Eloise never plans to accept that offer, though, already regretting the last exchange with her. They hope to soon find a way to finally get rid of Gwen.
@@therealsugarbitzskelly9780 Wow, they're all amazing characters, i can't pick a favourite either they're all that brilliant. Do you have a personal fave yet or can you not choose? Lol. I'm jealous of your writing of their backstories, way better than my random character i made out of boredom on Beyond lol.
@@davidparkes7741 My most favorite, actually, is Kaida and I've played as her the longest. I had no idea how fun it could be to play an absolutely chaotic chaotic neutral character until I played her. Not only was it fun, but some aspects of her made for some pretty dang intense drama in the storyline of the campaign. It was awesome and I seriously have a lot of good stories with her! I might even eventually write them into a book.
@@therealsugarbitzskelly9780 Damn, that sounds intense & awesome. I guess your group also helps on the fun front right?. Hehe, i'd read that book for sure.
That’s so cool Ginny! I love your oc! Also backed the Kickstarter & I’m gonna surprise my S/O who wants to dm games while he’s away in the Army (also, got one set for myself as wel 😂)
I felt that when you said you didn't love playing your character. I had a character like that. Not that they were a bad character by any means, but moreso she didn't fit the dynamic of the group. When it comes to D&D of really any table top for that matter, I have found that knowing your group and knowing the characters everyone is playing is a huge benefit because certain combinations while you may enjoy don't necessarily work for every group dynamic. In the group I'm playing in we consist of mostly casters aside from I think one player. I originally started off playing an Aasimar Palidan named Perin who was good for all the wrong reasons. Her main thing was basically one upping everyone and basically playing trauma Olympics. I found quickly how I built my character wasn't fitting the dynamic of the group and wasn't having fun. I ended up talking to my DM and thought a bit about what would work with group without sacrificing my style of play and settled for a Human Celestial Sorcerer by the name of Svestlana who is a traveling magician who was blessed as a baby by the traveler. Albeit I haven't really played Sorcerers before and am so used to playing Clerics where I can just swap out my spells every time I rest, so I don't have a lot of damage spells but I find creative ways around that, leaning into the whole traveling magician aspect.
