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Hey #DnDStaff and @dndbeyond.com

Any chance you're going to release this art as a poster or something in the near future?

The full panorama is amazing, and my heart hurts doing this to my books to see it.

Thanks!

@furygalluzzi.bsky.social
The alt covers for the new Forgotten Realms are open to show the art on the back and front covers. They are side by side to create a wide panorama across both covers.
October 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
randomencounters.bsky.social
I got them today too. First thing I did when I got home was this.

I sure would love a poster or some sort of art with this full piece on it. It's so pretty.
The two Forgotten Realms books open so the art from the back to front of each cover flows from one book to the other making one long panoramic piece of art.
October 29, 2025 at 10:54 PM
randomencounters.bsky.social
These are a few of the books I had ready at hand with examples of English words and phrases translated into Draconic. The oldest one here is from 2008, and I know there are older examples out there.
The most recent one is from this year.
So, this isn't new and it's still being used.
Four different books about dragons from D&D that have been published over the past 20 years. Four different books about dragons from D&D that have been published over the last 20 years are all open to pages with examples of English words translated into Draconic.
October 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
randomencounters.bsky.social
I was playing a solo DND adventure tonight, and it nearly killed me. I sacrificed myself to take out the BBEG and had to roll death saves.

I was feeling good after the first 2. But the next 2 brought me right down. The final roll to determine if I lived or died felt so good when I saw that nat 20.
A series of five death saving throws for a character. The first 2 are successes, followed by 2 failures. The final role to determine if the character will live or die is a critical success with a nat 20.
October 26, 2025 at 7:18 AM
randomencounters.bsky.social
I ducked into a little curiosity shop today and found a mummified tressym.

It was not for sale.

#DnD #MagicalCreatures
A mummified tressym (a magical cat with wings) on display in a glass case.
October 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
randomencounters.bsky.social
Trying to do the things but...

#Dragonlance
The distracted boyfriend meme. The man is "me". His girlfriend is "my family and adult responsibilities". The other woman is "Dragonlance news and speculation"
October 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
randomencounters.bsky.social
My weekend plans got totally upended in the best way possible.
My daughter and I are going to try the new D&D starter set and paint a red dragon.

Side note. That starter set box is heavy! I knew it had a lot in it, but the size/weight ratio is crazy.
I hope everything fits back in easily.
An image of the new D&D starter set with an unpainted adult dragon mini next to it.
October 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
randomencounters.bsky.social
Damn. Stopped by my FLGS to finally pick up the new #DnD starter set, and found that it was closed.
A car drove through the front entrance while the place was full of MTG players.
Only 2 minor injuries, thankfully.
It was a young driver that panicked and mixed up the accelerator and the brake.
A first responder surveys the damage a blue car caused after it drove through a store's front entrance.
October 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
randomencounters.bsky.social
🤘🙃🤘
A nat 20 on the Hellfire dice.
October 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
randomencounters.bsky.social
I took a new way home today and came across this ave.

Actual real people live there.
A street sign that reads "Sims av" above another sign that reads "no exit".
September 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
randomencounters.bsky.social
Do all Canadian Ryans look the same to Americans?
An image of Ryan Gosling and another actor pose on a raft in the ocean. Above the image, the text reads: "Can you feel the Kenergy? We sure can, looking at Ryan Reynolds in his tight, leather space pirate pants on the high seas in a first-look photo from Star Wars: Starfighter. If it weren't for the elaborate designs on the pants, we wouldn't have even pegged this to be from a Star Wars movie necessarily. But we're excited to see where this space adventure goes. And this first look image at Star Wars: Starfighter from director Sean Levy only increases our excitement."
September 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
randomencounters.bsky.social
I came up with a fun acronym for my #DnD character's core rogue traits.
A screen shot of a DnD character sheet highlighting its core rogue traits: Perception Investigation Stealth Sleight of Hand
September 14, 2025 at 9:58 PM
randomencounters.bsky.social
Before the new UA came out #WoTCStaff left hints they weren't #DarkSun averse.
There's a quote on the Thri-kreen entry that says:

"I would tell you now the tale of the first Ka’Cha, the first thri-kreen who knew and taught the truth: that the clutch is all.

—Ka’Cha, thri-kreen knowledge hunter"
I would tell you now the tale of the first Ka’Cha, the first thri-kreen who knew and taught the truth: that the clutch is all. —Ka’Cha, thri-kreen knowledge hunter
September 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
randomencounters.bsky.social
Cardinal and Fennec are best friends.
Two Fel dragons, one bronze, the other red are posed side by side. The red dragon has its wing over the bronze in a sign of affection. Two Fel dragons, one bronze, the other red are posed side by side. The red dragon has its wing over the bronze in a sign of affection.
August 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
randomencounters.bsky.social
This is Fennec, a Bronze Dragon with asthma. She carries her puffer with her wherever she goes in her handy satchel.

#DnD #Cute #TTRPG
a Bronze Dragon with asthma. She carries her puffer with her wherever she goes in her handy satchel. a Bronze Dragon with asthma. She carries her puffer with her wherever she goes in her handy satchel. a Bronze Dragon with asthma. She carries her puffer with her wherever she goes in her handy satchel.
August 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
randomencounters.bsky.social
My daughter made little felt Red Dragon - who has a prosthetic wing and uses a wheelchair - and I can't get over how CUTE it is!
She named them Cardinal and they were raised by a Copper Dragon. They can still fly as well as any other dragon. They just need a running start.

#DnD #TTRPG #Cute
A felt red dragon that has a prosthetic wing and uses a wheelchair. A felt red dragon that has a prosthetic wing and uses a wheelchair A felt red dragon that has a prosthetic wing and uses a wheelchair
August 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
randomencounters.bsky.social
Affirm is hiring a copy writer.
Awesome. Which firm?
Affirm is hiring a copywriter.
Awesome. Which firm?
A-FFIRM. IS. HIRING. A. COPYWRITER.
AWE. SOME. WHICH. FIRM?
A screenshot of an email from LinkedIn with the subject line saying "Affirm is hiring a copywriter".
August 13, 2025 at 11:03 PM
randomencounters.bsky.social
Nice Easter egg from Mike Witwer for his brother @samwitwer.bsky.social by making a Phantom Menace reference in the intro to Book of Dragons.

I know Sam wasn't in that movie, but he voices Maul, and that was the character's first appearance.

#StarWars #DnD
A photo of the introduction to the book of dragons. Only part of the paragraph is visible, with the focus being on the words: "a phantom menace".
August 11, 2025 at 11:28 PM
randomencounters.bsky.social
It sounds like they know what works they used to train their model. They could make this really easy and release that info to speed this along.
But it's never easy, groups said. Consider, for example, how now-defunct publishers might add a wrinkle to ownership questions with some books involved in the litigation. Or how rightsholders might be affected if they only own a portion of a work, like a chapter or inserts in academic texts. The district court apparently didn't even consider "what will be done with authors who are dead and whose literary estates hold rights split across multiple parties." There are also many so-called "orphan works," where "identifying rightsholders to address ownership questions will be impossible." If the class action moves forward, groups warned that the court may have to review "hundreds of mini-trials to sort out these issues."
August 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
randomencounters.bsky.social
The alt-covers for the new @dndbeyond.com #ForgottenRealms look sick! And they make an awesome panorama image when combined!

I can't find the artist to tag them here. @furygalluzzi.bsky.social can you help me out? And will this poster be available to purchase?

#DnD #TTRPG
The alternate covers to the forgotten realms books are placed side by the side to create a complete four-panel image showing a battle between an army of heroes and villains in the Forgotten Realms.
August 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
randomencounters.bsky.social
Hi @jaleighjohnson.bsky.social I've got a very nerdy question about the Wander Inn.
How is Anson able to take his bag of holding into it without destroying both and opening a gate to the astral plane that sucks everything in a 10 foot radius into it?
Sorry if you've answered this already somewhere.
Placing a Bag of Holding inside an extradimensional space created by a Heward's Handy Haversack, Portable Hole, or similar item instantly destroys both items and opens a gate to the Astral Plane. The gate originates where the one item was placed inside the other. Any creature within a 10-foot-radius Sphere centered on the gate is sucked through it to a random location on the Astral Plane. The gate then closes. The gate is one-way and can't be reopened. Dungeon Master's Guide, pg. 234
August 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
randomencounters.bsky.social
Anyone else notice the similarity between the 2024 MM cover and the Adventures in Faerûn back cover?

No Karlach on the MM cover, but is that Jarlaxle caught in the tentacle?

#DnD #DndArt #ForgottenRealms #GoForTheEyesBoo
Vajra Safahr, Minsc, and Boo fight a hoard of monsters including a beholder, mimic, flaming skull, displacer beast, and more. Jarlaxle, Vajra Safahr, Minsc, Boo, and Karlach are getting ready to fight a hoard of monsters that are led by Valindra Shadowmantle. This unfortunate adventurer enveloped in a giant tentacle could be Jarlaxle because I see a hat falling at the top left and the skin tone looks similar to what he has in the other art.
August 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
randomencounters.bsky.social
Here is another bit of art of this dragon.

Who the heck is it?! Astilabor?

#DnD #Dragons
A giant and mysterious dragon that doesn't resemble any other dragon from D&D
August 1, 2025 at 5:06 AM
randomencounters.bsky.social
Ok so that green dragon that looks like it's a red dragon is fully intentional in @billcreative.bsky.social cover art.

But I've no idea who that dragon is, and I'm so curious. Also, who is the drow with the tressym?

@dndlorecast.bsky.social or @dndlegendsandlore.bsky.social got any ideas?
A giant green dragon with antler like red horns and small red spikes run down its back as a drow with a tressym speak to it. A giant green dragon with antler like red horns and small red spikes run down its back as a drow with a tressym speak to it.
August 1, 2025 at 1:25 AM
randomencounters.bsky.social
I totally forgot this was coming out! But I opened my Kindle app and there it was waiting for me. Happy days! Now to dive in...

@jaleighjohnson.bsky.social

#DnD
A dwarven cleric and a human fighter battle a black dragon.
July 30, 2025 at 4:40 AM