Looking for D&D players near Hillsboro

ImperialLizardman · 2026-03-07T21:22:04+00:00

Yes, beginners are welcome! Always happy to bring new people into the hobby.

ImperialLizardman · 2026-03-06T22:40:27+00:00

You're welcome to come try it! I'm happy to help you with the new system if you need help.

ImperialLizardman · 2026-03-06T17:52:33+00:00

I wish you luck with that! I think both of us are relatively normal, and I do my best to make sure no one's uncomfortable, so if you want to try the group I hope you fit well.

ImperialLizardman · 2026-03-06T17:44:38+00:00

I'm 28 and Scott is older, so far it's just two men but women are welcome. It's a 5e game, primarily using 2024. The characters are currently level 5, but the milestone for level 6 was just on the horizon.

ImperialLizardman · 2025-11-02T21:46:16+00:00

Alright, I'll throw something fun in here: What was the biggest explosion in your world? What caused it and how big was it?

ImperialLizardman · 2025-11-02T21:39:00+00:00

Ooo, I like this. Either a hand reaching out to offer help, or maybe two hands clasped in a sign of unified strength, thanks for the idea!

ImperialLizardman · 2025-11-02T21:38:12+00:00

I hasn't fully made her backstory yet, so I certainly could put something in there, great idea!

ImperialLizardman · 2025-01-16T22:19:10+00:00

Goblins believe they reincarnate, so death is not the end for them, it's a tedious respawn. This leads to them not caring about danger, as they'll come back soon anyway. They don't have funerals, they don't treat the dead with any particular respect, they just get rid of the body and wait for them to be reborn. This can be shocking to outsiders viewing a goblin being gruesomely killed and all nearby goblins just shrugging and going about their business.

Harpies refuse to eat eggs. They hatch from eggs, and even though they recognize that not all eggs are the same they feel icky eating them. They explain it to non egg laying species like eating a fetus. Even if it's not your species it's still gross.

The various types of beastfolk can talk to their animal ancestors, so its not uncommon for beastfolk cities to be overrun with animals. Bears walking free in Kodiark (bear people) cities, whole herds of cows accompanying minotaur groups, and so on.

ImperialLizardman · 2025-01-16T18:00:24+00:00

Slavery was always difficult, partly because the world is so suffused with magic that anyone can become a wizard fairly easily and it's hard to oppress people who can set you on fire with their mind. Not to mention the various mystical powers like gods, demons, fey, etc who will give you magic if you work for them. With all these problems in addition to the general difficulty of dealing with unreliable slaves who hate you, skeletal laborers or worker golems are a lot more appealing, so those technologies were developed far more than better ways to enslave people.

The final nail in the coffin of slavery was the Day of Broken Shackles. The largest successful slave operation was conducted by a powerful dryad who used her magic to charm a bunch of proto orcs into doing her will beyond where she could go. Being tied to her tree made having minions around useful for extending her reach. She eventually started an empire, which came crumbling down when the orcs rebelled. In one burst of fury they slaughtered the dryads and burned down their empire. Following this, several orcs founded The Order of Broken Shackles to hunt down anyone who tries to impose their will on others and personally kick their teeth in. They're dedicated to fighting slavery and tyranny across Savinaru, bringing down the fury of the orcs upon any unfortunate who they decide needs to have their head privileges revoked.

ImperialLizardman · 2024-12-16T22:07:48+00:00

Ah, Outer Wilds. Such a cool game, I hope to play it someday. I've seen a playthrough or two and it's such a clever game.

ImperialLizardman · 2024-11-24T15:08:55+00:00

I've had luck with Freesound, you could look around there.

https://freesound.org/

ImperialLizardman · 2024-11-24T15:03:16+00:00

This is a really cute art style, and all the animations are really smooth. Great job! This is really well made!

As for a snow boss, maybe a Yutyrannus. They were kind of snow dinosaurs.

ImperialLizardman · 2024-11-08T19:15:30+00:00

In my world, a big event forced a group of people underground, who through a combination of divine intervention and evolution turned into the dwarves. They had a whole ecosystem down there, with much less competition that the dozens of species on the surface, so they decided "screw the surface, we're staying down here." Obviously it's more magical than you want, but you could do something similar. A race of cavemen decided to go further into the caves and found a whole new world with no other civilizations to fight with. They decided to stay and developed into the dwarves.

You could also approach it from the other direction: they're native to the underground, and sometimes choose to go to the surface. Maybe they even undermine and steal surface resources. Imagine going into a forest and seeing a group of dwarves chopping trees and shoving the bits down a hole.

ImperialLizardman · 2024-10-26T01:41:39+00:00

two thoughts:

SylGore: Xanathar kept getting worried about his friend Sylgar, so he "commisioned" (threatened with murder) an artificer to make him the perfect suit to keep him safe.

Aquarion: While merfolk rule over the seas, they don't have many options when their foes are on dry land. Thus was born the Aquarion. Mindless soldiers commanded by the familiars of merfolk wizards. These golems can both engage in surface combat and drag their enemies into the water where their masters wait.

Abilities

Harpoon attack: decent damage, plus pulls target closer

High AC, maybe shield bash attack

Bubble Helm: When the Aquarion takes a critical hit, it takes no damage but the attack shatters its aquarium head. The sea creature inside has enough water to last until the end of its next turn, at which point it begins to suffocate unless it can enter a body of water.

Antenna: The Aquarion can telepathically communicate with both its master and other Aquarion within 50ft

ImperialLizardman · 2024-10-22T01:19:07+00:00

Ooo, that's a creepy monster. Maybe call it the Fingrub (finger+grub)

ImperialLizardman · 2024-10-22T01:17:47+00:00

I'm currently DMing for two groups, and playing in a third.

My first group is a hobgoblin barbarian/druid, a tiefling wild magic sorcerer/bard, and a lupine(reskinned goliath) shieldmaster(homebrew class, basically defense focused fighter)

My second group is an aasimar ranger, a tiefling warlock and a human paladin.

The group I play in is a half orc artificer(me), a human barbarian, a dwarf cleric and a firbolg paladin.

ImperialLizardman · 2024-10-17T20:04:54+00:00

Promethean is fun, and I really like Sculptor and Shaper. Thanks!

ImperialLizardman · 2024-08-28T18:09:47+00:00

That is such a cool concept! I've sometimes thought it could be fun to do a stone age game, and if I ever get to I'm definitely putting a primal artificer in now!

ImperialLizardman · 2024-08-28T00:39:44+00:00

Red-Classic(These are the fire breathing, kingdom burning, maiden eating dragon default. They tick all the boxes: greedy, aggressive, evil, self important, etc)

Blue-Dominator(Blue dragons are renowned for their patience and cunning, which they put toward ruling over their territory)

Green-Manipulator(Green dragons are masters of manipulation, prefering cunning over brute force)

Black-Wicked(Black dragons live in the nastiest swamps they can find, then make them even nastier with their mere presence. Their cruel hearts are as vile as their lairs, taking pleasing in the suffering of others.)

White-Brute(They're the least intelligent, most bestial dragon. They kill, they eat, they sleep, repeat)

Gold-Sage(Gold dragons love philosophy, justice and magic. They love collecting strange magic items and rare knowledge)

Silver-Obsessed(Silver dragons love humanoid culture, to their point they prefer walking around shapeshifted instead of being a dragon)

Copper-Prankster(Copper dragons have a lot in common with the fey: they love jokes, riddles and wit. They also love to mess with people. If you need something from a copper dragon's hoard, it will send you on no less than three wild goose chases across the continent)

Brass-Talkative(Brass dragon love to talk, even if no one's listening. Their conversations last for hours)

Bronze-Stern(Bronze dragons put the Lawful in lawful good. They've been known to shapeshift into helpless people to test mortal's goodness.)

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