Hey all! Trying to make a bunch of D&D stuff for my summer cons–something I’m calling the Summer of D&D [so creative eh?]–and I’m starting it off with some class related buttons, so here’s pt.1 of the collection!
The Paladins who choose the Oath of Revolution bind themselves to a life of fighting oppression. Often, their homeland is ruled by a cruel oppressor but sometimes they come from a country with a fair ruler and want everyone to have this opportunity. They aren’t mere revolutionaries who overthrow one dictatorship and then move on with their life. They make sure the new government is a fair one or start freeing another part of the world. Most importantly, a Paladin of the Revolution never fights alone. They rely on the help of their fellow revolutionaries, trained fighters and commoners alike.
The tenets of Revolution
The tenets of the Oath of Revolution are simple, but important.
Kindle the Revolution
Whenever I see injustice in the world, I gather supporters and fight against it
The Revolution above all else
There is nothing I wouldn’t do to give freedom to the world. I am not above espionage, deceit and assassination. Casualties, though tragic, are necessary for the greater good.
Preserve the Revolution
I do not let another oppressor take over after my work is done. I help the people to establish a just government
Oath of the Revolution features
Level 3: Oath Spells, Channel Divinity
Level 7: Aura of Rebellion(10 ft.)
Level 15: Spirit of the Revolution
Level 18: Aura of Rebellion(30 ft.)
Level 20: Icon of the Revolution
Oath Spells
You gain oath spells at the paladin levels listed in the Oath of Revolution Spells table. See the Sacred Oath class feature for how oath spells work.
Level 3:
Bane, Goodberry
Level 5:
Aid, Enthrall
Level 9:
Beacon of Hope, Crusader’s Mantle
Level 13:
Aura of Life, Mordekainen’s Private Sanctum
Level 17:
Mass Cure Wounds, Circle of Power
Channel Divinity
When you take this oath at 3rd level, you gain the following two Channel Divinity options. See the Sacred Oath class feature for how Channel Divinity works.
Protect the meek You can use your Channel Divinity to protect those who fight by your side. As an action, 1d10 allies of your choice within 30 ft. gain temporary hit points equal to your Charisma modifier + half your level (Minimum of 1)
Fight the strong You can use your Channel Divinity to strike fear into the heart of those who fight for the oppressors. As a bonus action, choose a number of enemies equal to or less than your Charisma modifier (minimum of 1) who have to make a Wisdom Saving Throw or be frightened for 1 Minute. They can repeat the saving throw on each of their turns as a bonus action.
Aura of Rebellion
Starting at 7th level, your presence on the battlefield inspires hope to hit even the most armored foes. You and all allies within 10ft. Gain a bonus to weapon attack rolls equal to your Charisma modifier. On level 18 the range increases to 30 ft.
Spirit of the Revolution
Starting at 15th level, simple Soldiers have problems wounding you. You have resistance to damage dealt by a humanoid with a CR lower than your Level
Icon of the Revolution
At 20th level, you can turn yourself into the Icon of the Revolution. As an action, you transform yourself and take an appearance of your choice. Additionally you gain the following benefits
Every non-hostile humanoid within 30 ft. with a CR equal to or less than 10 gains immunity to all damage and advantage on all attack rolls
Every creature that hits you with an attack must succeed on a Wisdom Saving Throw or be frightened until the end of their next turn.
The transformation lasts for 1 hour or until you fall unconscious. Once you use this feature you can’t use it again until you finish a long rest.
More often than not I’ll crack into a sprawling fantasy series and, while I appreciate the luscious descriptions of furniture, landscapes, and clothing, all I’m focused on is that I don’t actually know how this world works. I only know what it looks like.
Including some functionality to your universe can add to immersion and give your reader a strong foundation on which to build their mental model of your universe.
You certainly don’t need to use all of these questions! In fact, I recommend against that, as all of these certainly won’t make it into your final draft. I personally find that starting my worldbuilding off with 5 to 10 functional questions helps pave the way for glittery and elaborate aesthetic development later on.
How is the healthcare funded in your world?
How does healthcare functionally differ between the wealthy and the poor? (i.e. can only the wealthy go to hospitals? do poor families often have to rely on back-alley procedures?)
Where are health centers (i.e. hospitals, small clinics, etc.) organized in your cities?
Does it differ in smaller towns?
How does this affect people’s ability to get healthcare?
Is healthcare magical, and if it is, how does that affect the healthcare system?
If healing is instantaneous, how does that affect people’s views on injury, illness, and chronic ailments?
If you have both magical and physical healthcare, which one is deemed superior and how does that affect society?
What illnesses are common in your world?
How does this affect daily life?
What do the people in your world think illnesses are?
Is it a miasma theory?
Humor theory?
Demons?
Do they know about biological viruses and bacteria?
How does this affect healthcare?
How do people get water?
Is the water sanitary and if not, how do they sanitize it?
How does agriculture work?
Is it large corporations or individual farms?
What sort of agricultural technology exists in your world and how does it affect food production?
Are farmers wealthy or poor?
What sort of natural resources does your world/country(ies) have and how are they obtained?
How does this affect the average wealth of the country?
How does this wealth affect the culture?
What livestock or beasts of burden are most valued? Least valued? Why?
What is considered a luxury good vs. a regular good?
What forms of transportation does your world have?
What classes use what forms of transportation?
How far has the average citizen traveled, given your transportation limitations?
Which cities are the most accessible and which are the least? Why?
How do popular transportation methods change how cities/towns are laid out?
Does your world have public transportation? What is it?
Is there a coming-of-age aspect to travel?
Describe your world’s postal system or whatever equivalent there is.
Who pays for it?
How reliable is it?
Are there emergency methods for transporting information?
How does your world keep time (i.e. watches, sundials, water clock, etc.)?
Does your world have a currency system, barter system, or something else?
If you have multiple countries, do different currencies have different values across said countries?
How does this affect travel?
Do you have banks in your world and if so, how are they run?
Who owns the banks? Government? Wealthy? How does this affect the economy and/or class system?
How does credit operate in your universe?
Does your world operate more on big corporations or small business? Something in between?
How are workers/labourers treated in your world?
Are there workers unions and if so, what are common views on unions?
Describe your tax system. If you don’t have a tax system, explain why and how your world is affected by that.
Can certain social classes not own property, certain livestock, certain businesses, etc.? Why?
How are business records kept? Are business records kept?
If your world has technology, does your world prioritize developing entertainment tech, communications tech, transportation tech or something else entirely?
What does this say about your world?
How does this affect your economy?
To the closest approximation, what type of government does your world have?
How are rulers/presidents/nobles put in place?
How much power does an individual ruler have?
Is there a veto process?
If you have multiple countries, do they have different types of rulers?
Describe any large-scale alliances (i.e. countries, factions, etc.) that are present in your world.
How did they come about and how are they maintained?
Are they strained or peaceful?
How does it affect the greater politics of your world?
Describe how wars are fought both internationally and nationally.
Do methods of war differ between countries/races?
What about philosophies about war?
If there is a military, what is its hierarchy structure?
How does the military recruit?
Is the military looked upon favourably in your society?
What weapons are used by each country/type of people during warfare, and how does that affect war strategies?
Describe the sentencing system of your world.
Is your accused innocent until proven guilty, or guilty until proven innocent?
How are lawbreakers punished?
If you have prisons, describe how they are organized and run, and who owns them.
Does differing ownership change how the prisons operate?
What are the major ways in which laws between countries vary?
Do laws between cities vary? If so, how and why?
How does citizenship work in your world? What rights and privileges do citizens have that others do not?
Can certain classes or races not become citizens?
Are there certain taboo subjects or opinions that artist/authors/musicians are not allowed to depict (i.e. portraying the official religion in a negative light, explicit sexual material, etc.)? What does this say about your society?
How do people get around these censorship laws?
What is the official hierarchy of duty in your world? (i.e. is family the most important, or patriotism? What about clan?)
How many languages are there in your world, and how many languages share a common origin?
How many people are multilingual?
Which language is the most common?
How is multilingualism viewed?
How are different languages viewed? (i.e. is one language ugly/barbaric while another is romantic and sensual?)
Feel free to add your own questions in reblogs or in comments!
“I pick up the knife” is now a mini-meme among my party and obviously it just means “I did something impulsive and now it’s going to take two sessions to solve.”
“I pick up the knife” saga continues because listen we can sit around failing investigation checks all day or we could play d&d
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Homemade artisan herb bread, home grown and dried apples and prunes, uncured beef sausage, munster cheese. Made a small bag from cheesecloth and tied it closed.
Top left to right: Evereskan Honey Comb, Elven Travel Bread (Amaretto Liquer Cake with custom swirls), Lurien Spring Cheese (goat cheese with garlic, salt, spices and shallots), Delimbyr Vale Smoked Silverfin (Salmon), Honey Spiced Lichen (Kale Chips), and Silverwood Pine Nuts.
From upper left: “Honeytack” Hard tack honey cakes, beef sausage, pork sausage mini links, mini whole wheat toast, cranberry cheddar cheese mini wedge, mini pickles, pumpkin and sunflower seeds, lower right is my homemade “travel cake” muesli with raisins, golden prunes, honey, eggs and cream.
Orcs aren’t known for their great cuisine. Orcs prefer foods that are readily available (whatever can be had by raiding), and portable with little preparation, though they have a few racial delicacies. Toughs strips of lean meat, bones scavenged from recent kills, and dark coarse bread make up the bulk of common orc rations.Fire roasted rothe femur (marrow is a rare treat) [beef femur], Strips of dried meat (of unknown origin) [homemade goose jerky], foraged nuts, only edible by orcs….nut cracker tusks [brazil nuts], coarse black bread, made with whatever grains can be pillaged [black sesame bread], Pungent peppers [Habanero peppers stuffed with smoked fish and olives].
Lizardfolk are known to be omnivores, forage for a surprising variety of foods found within the confines of their marshy environs, in this case the Lizard Marsh near Daggerford. Fresh caught boiled Delimbyr Crayfish on wild chives, coastal carrageen moss entrapping estuary brine shrimp (irish moss, dried brine shrimp), Brackish-Berries (blackberries), Blackened Dart-Frog legs (frog legs) on spring sprouts (clover sprouts), roasted bog bugs on a stick!
From top left: Menzoberranzan black truffle rothe cheese (Black Knight Tilsit), Donigarten Moss Snails (Escargot in shallot butter sauce), Blind cave fish caviar in mushroom caps (Lumpfish caviar), faerzress infused duck egg imported from the surface Realms (Century egg), Black velvet ear fungus (Auricularia Black Fungus Mushroom).
As much as I dislike the new Mickey voice for these, they’re actually legitimately funny and hilariously dark compared to what they usually let Mickey and friends do.
This looks like a typical D&D campaign where one person in the party keeps rolling 20s and making the DMs life difficult.
Procrastination Queen 