Xilabar the Dice Goblin
@Shkshkshk@dice.camp  ·  activity timestamp 22 hours ago

Low-fantasy D&D aliens?

@rpg

I want to stick aliens 👽🛸 into my next D&D campaign. My idea is to have little grey men show up in a flying saucer and abduct the party. However, I'm worried that this is too comprehensible for the average #DnD character. I want the PCs to be confused, but not the players! What's the weirdest alien you've ever thrown at your D&D party?

Side note, I also want to give the baddies #mechs. How do I mechanically handle this?

#DM #dming #ttrpg #scifi #fantasy #mech
Queer Sci Fi
@queerscifi@mastodon.otherworldsink.com  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

QSFer K.L. Noone has a new MM fantasy short out: Gifts.

How do a sorcerer and a hero celebrate their first anniversary? That’s the question Lorre’s currently asking. He can calm volcanoes and talk to oceans, but he’s never been in love before, and he wants to get this right. Because Gareth, his prince, deserves a perfect celebration. ...

https://www.queerscifi.com/new-release-gifts-k-l-noone/

#Fantasy#GayRomance#Gay#MMBookstodon @MMbookstodon #LGBTQBookstodon @lgbtqbookstodon @diversebooks #bookstodon @bookstodon #Books
Stephanie Burgis
@stephanieburgis@wandering.shop  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

I am so excited to share the UK cover of Enchanting the Fae Queen! It's coming from @panmacmillan in just over 6 months, on 29 January, 2026, and you can preorder it now:

https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/stephanie-burgis/enchanting-the-fae-queen/9781035063031

I love this gorgeous cover art by Jessica Cruickshank!!!!

#romance #fantasy

The illustrated cover image of Enchanting the Fae Queen, by Stephanie Burgis, shows a green background with a frame of climbing roses and branches rising through a night sky full of stars. In the center of the image, just beneath the moon, stands a massive, ominous castle with a hedge maze before it. A blonde woman in a long gown scattters sparkles in her wake as she leads her tall. uniformed male companion through the moonlit hedge maze at a run, while giant butterflies flutter overhead. The tag line reads: “All’s fae in love and war” and a blurb from Sarah Beth Durst reads: “Full of charm, wit and magic.” Beneath the cover is the publication date 29.01.2026.
The illustrated cover image of Enchanting the Fae Queen, by Stephanie Burgis, shows a green background with a frame of climbing roses and branches rising through a night sky full of stars. In the center of the image, just beneath the moon, stands a massive, ominous castle with a hedge maze before it. A blonde woman in a long gown scattters sparkles in her wake as she leads her tall. uniformed male companion through the moonlit hedge maze at a run, while giant butterflies flutter overhead. The tag line reads: “All’s fae in love and war” and a blurb from Sarah Beth Durst reads: “Full of charm, wit and magic.” Beneath the cover is the publication date 29.01.2026.
The illustrated cover image of Enchanting the Fae Queen, by Stephanie Burgis, shows a green background with a frame of climbing roses and branches rising through a night sky full of stars. In the center of the image, just beneath the moon, stands a massive, ominous castle with a hedge maze before it. A blonde woman in a long gown scattters sparkles in her wake as she leads her tall. uniformed male companion through the moonlit hedge maze at a run, while giant butterflies flutter overhead. The tag line reads: “All’s fae in love and war” and a blurb from Sarah Beth Durst reads: “Full of charm, wit and magic.” Beneath the cover is the publication date 29.01.2026.
Science Fiction Poetry Assoc
@sfpoetry@mastodon.world  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

The 2025 Speculative Poetry Contest is accepting submissions from all poets now until August 31st. Rules, information on the judge, prize info, and the link to the submission form are at at https://sfpoetry.com/contests.html

Please boost and share - and good luck!
#specpo #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #poetry

jbz
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1 tripod in 3 trenchcoats
@kyonshi@dice.camp  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

I just randomly remembered a light novel/manga I read a few years ago called "The Magic in this Other World is Too Far Behind!". I think it also received an anime adaption. And after a fairly intriguing start it became miserable pretty quickly.

The main point of the series was that an innocent bystander transported to another world with his friends was deemed useless as a hero, but actually was a magician much more powerful than any of the people in the fantasy world.

#fantasy #manga

der.hans
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Gretchen K Deahl
@gretchenkdeahl@pixelfed.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

The Mysterious Monster March: THE CONVERSATION

Illustration from a children's picture book that I am working on.


"After Meenu gobbles the crisp tartlets that

are offered, he asks "Where is everyone going?"

"I'm not sure" growls one, scratching its neck.

"It is a BIG mystery!", another whispers, smiling

nervously. One teeny monster mumbles

"I'm just following the others."


(100% human-made) human imagined, drawn and painted, no AI whatsoever.

#art #artist #illustration #illustrator #spiritual #drawing #paintings#noAI #childrensbooks #fineart #artwork #landscape #nature #childrensart #artforchildren #interiordecor #flowers #mastoart #art #artistsonmastodon #artlover #artlovers #decor #popart #artnet #artlover #artlovers #handmade #supportthearts #monsters #monster #creature #friend #love #march #forest #magic #imagination #fantasyart #fantasy #mystery #grandemarche #march