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BlackDragonCan @blackdragoncan.bsky.social · Oct 26

I’m working on a AD&D retroclone named Bhakashal. I have completed the Bhakashal Spell Book, a tome with more than 400 new spells, designed for the setting and compatible with any old school fantasy TTRPG.

Search on www.lulu.com (print/PDF)or www.drivethrurpg.com (PDF) for “Bhakashal”

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BlackDragonCan @blackdragoncan.bsky.social · 1d

I play a “dead” game, you can find free PDFs for all the books and modules, or cheap second hand physical copies.

I have more gaming materials than I could ever use for virtually nothing.

I haven’t purchased a single WotC product either

Gaming can be cheap

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Jcomics @jdiz.bsky.social · 1d

#NowReading New X-Men volume 7

#comicsky #xmen #marvel

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BlackDragonCan @blackdragoncan.bsky.social · 1d

This is a red line issue for me. You should be able to game on the cheap, accessories are strictly optional.

I gamed for years with only the core books and occasional module.

It shouldn’t be expensive

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BlackDragonCan @blackdragoncan.bsky.social · 1d

Dean is phenomenal

BlackDragonCan @blackdragoncan.bsky.social · 1d

More art with a Bhakashal vibe.

Bhakashal has warlock towers and warriors who don’t look like tin cans.

Gotta like that sweet bucket hat on the guy climbing up the tower

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BlackDragonCan @blackdragoncan.bsky.social · 1d

This is gorgeous

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𝕯𝖚𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖔𝖓𝖑𝖚𝖘𝖙.˚⊹.🎃₊˚𖦹⋆ @dungeonlust.com · 1d

Art by • Anton Pieck

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BlackDragonCan @blackdragoncan.bsky.social · 1d

Roger Dean brings the Bhakashal vibes.

Mounts play a big role in the setting, a giant lizard, known as a “Gess”, is a common form of transportation.

Canopies are also a thing.

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Rob Sacchetto @robzombieportraits.bsky.social · 2d

A HUGE NIGHT of Drawing Pokemon Zombies in preparation for today's Halloween Event at the Hanmer Valley Shopping Center!! #zombie #zombieart #zombiepokemon #pokemon#pokemonfanart #zombieartist #drawingtips #watercolorart www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKSj...

THE ZOMBIE ART VIRUS Claims 6 More Pokémon In BRUTAL Outbreak!

YouTube video by Rob Sacchetto

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Rob Sacchetto @robzombieportraits.bsky.social · 2d

More new Zombie Art from the Zombie Pokémon Series, today featuring Grotle!! More Pokémon being done today as I hit a Halloween Event at the Hanmer Valley Shopping Center! #pokemon #zombiepokemon #zombie #zombies #zombieart #zombieartist #pokemonfanart www.patreon.com/posts/zombie...

Zombie Art : Grotle (Zombie Pokémon Series) | Rob Sacchetto

Get more from Rob Sacchetto on Patreon

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Izzy.PumpkiNG | comms open @izzypetersart.bsky.social · 2d

Today is the LAST to get your order in for a discounted painterly character card like these! Go to www.izzypetersart.com/booking to order! Pass it on!

#TTRPGart

Izzy.PumpkiNG | comms open @izzypetersart.bsky.social · 4d

feel like I'm on a roll this week

character cards like these are only 40 usd until saturday btw

www.izzypetersart.com/booking

portrait of a thoughtful bespectacled man with black crystalline hair and beard, and a grey-and-blue collar clasped with a rune-carven golden disc

portrait of a sallow man in red jumosuit and headphones, smoking a cigarette. he has great hair and a bad beard

portrait of a lavender-skinned woman with black horns, adorned in gold, and wavy chin-length white hair. her eyes are like a cat's.

portrait of a bug-eyed elf in a red collar, with a red nose and chopped black hair

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BlackDragonCan @blackdragoncan.bsky.social · 2d

Bhakashal warrior style, courtesy of Barry Windsor Smith

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BlackDragonCan @blackdragoncan.bsky.social · 2d

Cool

BlackDragonCan @blackdragoncan.bsky.social · 3d

Another candidate for Bhakashal Warlock art, by Jen Zee.

Colorful, bold, vibrant, deadly

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BlackDragonCan @blackdragoncan.bsky.social · 3d

They use swords!

With respect to melee they are the least capable class, worst “to hit”, fewest weapon proficiencies.

However, they have base d6 for HP, no weapon restrictions, and can wear certain kinds of armor (nothing too heavy). They can definitely fight better than AD&D magic-users.

BlackDragonCan @blackdragoncan.bsky.social · 3d

Bhakashal warlocks don’t look like your standard pointy hat wizards who hide behind fighters. They have an unearthly, confident air.

This piece by Facezero, distills the vibe perfectly.

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BlackDragonCan @blackdragoncan.bsky.social · 4d

The Magisterial Don Maitz.

Maitz is a titan in the fantasy/sci-fi art scene, I love this piece, the details, the pose, the colors.

Top shelf

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BlackDragonCan @blackdragoncan.bsky.social · 4d

That would be handy!

BlackDragonCan @blackdragoncan.bsky.social · 4d

Right up there with the classic, “tanks run in while ranged spells and missiles are used, leading to friendly fire…”

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BlackDragonCan @blackdragoncan.bsky.social · 4d

But there are times when you need to address multiple fronts simultaneously, or times when a larger group full of noisy tin can fighters will ruin your much needed stealth

There are no absolutes with tactical decision making

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BlackDragonCan @blackdragoncan.bsky.social · 4d

It depends on the hat I’m wearing.

As the referee I don’t have a preference either way. The PCs do what they do and I respond to it.

As a player it’s a contextual risk/reward decision

Yes, you are making each group in the split more vulnerable as they are smaller

Connell @constantconnell.bsky.social · 5d

TTRPG Question of the Day

How do you feel about splitting the party?

This is such a common topic it has practically become a meme but is the concern real? Some say you shouldn't split the party cause it slows down the game, while others say it makes more tactical sense. What do you think & why?

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Katnaxel - On Hiatus @katnaxel.bsky.social · 5d

#dndtober2025 Day 14. Blade

Yevna's greatsword is a good blade for today's prompt I think!

#dndtober #dnd #art #dndart

Text reads: 14. Blade
A half orc woman wields a glowing greatsword.

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BlackDragonCan @blackdragoncan.bsky.social · 5d

These are fantastic

Queen Gwenevere @queengwenevere.bsky.social · 5d

Woohoo, #PortfolioDay ! I’m Gwenevere Singley, illustrator and general art wrangler! I’ve worked in games, animation, interactive media, TTRPGs, comics, and I’d love to work on more!

(All oil on canvas except the big fight scene, which was painted in Photoshop)

Portfolio: gwensingley.com

The Rose Queen, in a grand rose gown, is surrounded by her court of elegant bee attendants in a spacious pavilion decked with roses. The bee courtiers are all vying for her attention.

A knight on a white horse, setting out to find a dragon in a mountainous wild wasteland, has just encountered the dragon’s aunt. She is MASSIVE, half pompous matron and half dragon, decked with curls, pearls, and feathers (or are they horsetails?) with a long scaly tail stretching back into the mountains, and a formidable gold lorgnette, through which she examines the knight. She does not approve.

A joyful zebra, that is also a knight, ON FIRE, with stripes and tail turning to flames, garbed in a golden helmet with plumes that also turn to flames, rearing up and holding a striped lance that is also on fire, setting out on an adventure across sunny mountains, along a road leading to a golden castle. A little fire salamander friend tags along.

Cover for the Sword Opera TTRPG: a half a dozen motley renaissance characters are having a huge brawl near a baroque pavilion in a garden. A swordsman in black faces off against a swordswoman in red, behind them a be-turbaned swordsman with a blue flaming scimitar is restrained by a pleading damsel, a ruffian in yellow with a couple of daggers sprawls in the foreground, a sneaky rogue in a weird hat circles behind with a dagger, and another damsel kneels behind the duelists begging both her lovers to desist. Dramatic mountains and storm clouds set the scene.

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BlackDragonCan @blackdragoncan.bsky.social · 6d

I had this Michael Whelan piece as my phone wallpaper for ages.

Whelan is fantastic

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Izzy.PumpkiNG | comms open @izzypetersart.bsky.social · 6d

perhaps take a moment to admire my shiny new website, why not: www.izzypetersart.com

Izzy Peters, Illustrator

www.izzypetersart.com

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