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September updates!

Hey friends! Obviously September is nearly over and we haven't streamed yet, since I was gone! We'll be squeezing in our streams on Friday, September 29 at 10a MT (9:00a PT/12:00p ET) and 6p MT (5p PT/8p ET). I know that's a weekday, which can be more difficult for some folks, but I hope to see many of you there!

In the meantime, some brief updates:

• Patreon has introduced Collections. I haven't messed around with it yet, but once I have it a...
  2023-09-23 19:14:23 +0000 UTC View Post

I’ve been on my honeymoon!

Hey all! I definitely planned to make a post about this BEFORE I disappeared for three weeks… but getting everything prepped and scheduled before we left was much harder than I expected! For basically this whole month so far, Josh and I have been visiting the Cyclades in Greece for our honeymoon.

Here are a few photos of our time in Athens, and then Paros and Milos! We’ve had an absolutely amazing time — the islands are of course stunning, and filled with so much incredible histor...

Cottagecore Monster Hunter

Feels a bit silly to make an entire post about this, since it's just two photos, but I put together this "cottagecore monster hunter" for an ad spot next week and I just thought she was cute!!

I got this knockoff version of That One Green Embroidered Designer Dress That Everyone Was Obsessed With For a Few Months about a year ago and hadn't really done anything with it because, like most cheap, shitty knock-offs, it wasn't very well-fitted! But the corset and 2023-09-01 18:28:49 +0000 UTC View Post

Penelope in Baldur’s Gate 3

Hey friends, sorry I can’t post early access for today’s video — I realized late last night that my BG3 video was absolutely not going to be done in time and that I needed to pivot, so I’m literally editing today’s video right now and it’ll probably be up a little late.

In the meantime, I figured I’d at least share a sneak peek at my version of Penelope that I created in BG3! I’m obsessed with her and if she dies I will scream.

BG3 video next week! Promise!

Knick — NPC

By popular demand: I put together a character sheet & stat block for Knick, changeling proprietor of Knick's Knacks!

Download PDF here. 

As those of you who watched my recent video know, Knick was created as an example of the Esotericist subclass from Taron Poun...

How DMs can use player backstories

No thumbnail, placeholder title, no endscreen elements or captions yet… but here’s tomorrow’s video! I’ll polish it all up tomorrow morning 😴

Livestream postponed!

Hey friends! My car randomly died on the way home from D&D and I suspect AAA will not get me home in time to make my 6pm stream 😅 We gotta push to 7pm MT, sorry!

August Patron-only stream #2!

Hey friends! The first of today's Patron-only streams is going live in 15 minutes on YouTube. (Sorry to have had to delay this stream — my car died on the way home from D&D!) Make sure to click through to YouTube to participate in chat, since I won't be reading comments here on Patreon during the stream.

We'll talk recent and upcoming projects, and I'll answer your questions...

I wrote a song about a random D&D monster

I originally filmed this with the goal of releasing it a solid month ago but it took until now to actually finish editing it!

Anyway, this one is a bit of an experiment — I'm always trying to find new ways to promote music on YouTube without having to make an entire music video, since I don't always have the time and resources to do that, which ends up creating these huge gaps between my music releases... even though recording and releasing music really doesn't take that long...

"Ginny, what's your songwriting process?"

Hope this helps 😌

The Untamed Emporium — Shop

I don't know if this is just my home game or if other tables are like this... but we're totally obsessed with pet shops, and always forcing our poor DM to invent cool magical pets for us. So I figured I'd pay it forward for June (oof...) with a magical pet shop!

This PDF includes a description of the shop and shopkeeper, a few suggestions for different ways that DMs can incorporate pets into their games depending on their table's needs and interests, and of course, a se...

August — GenCon & Baldur's Gate 3!

It's August already! I'm just back from GenCon in Indianapolis, which was awesome.

• June and July's PDF rewards are... still delayed. (I've made progress! They're just not done yet. Sorry!)
• Larian Studios sponsored me to cover Weeping Dawn, a song from Baldur's Gate 3! Di-sciple Patrons already have access to the mp3 2023-08-10 21:02:21 +0000 UTC View Post

Payment Processing Issues

Hey friends — Patreon made some changes to their payment processing and unfortunately that means a bunch of folks have had payments declined. (There is a very scary, steep cliff in my earnings graph right now... 😳 yikes!)

If you're one of those Patrons, here is what Patreon advises:

1. Contact your card issuer to confirm the charge is valid and retry that card
2. If the retry does not work, try a different payment method. You can edit your payments in y...
   2023-08-08 21:23:28 +0000 UTC View Post

"Weeping Dawn" mp3

Larian Studios, creator of Baldur's Gate 3, sponsored me to create a music video! You can watch my cover of "Weeping Dawn" here, and download your mp3 here.

LYRICS

Dance upon the stars tonight
Smile and pain will fade away
Words of mine will turn to ash
When you call the last li...

"Weeping Dawn" – Ginny Di x Baldur's Gate 3

Larian Studios, creators of Baldur's Gate 3, sponsored me to create a music video! 😍 They asked me to cover "Weeping Dawn," a beautiful song written for a character named Alfira.

I've been working on this song, costume, and video since April, and I'm SO relieved to finally be able to share it! Unfortunately I couldn't share it with y'all early since I was under contract. I hope you enjoy it!

July Patron-Only Livestream #2 — starting soon!

Hey friends! I'm running on three hours of sleep, so please forgive me and my two functional brain cells for whatever comes out of my mouth in about 15 minutes, when the second July livestream begins. Make sure to click through to YouTube to participate in chat, since I won't be checking comments here on Patreon during the stream!

If you missed it, you can watch it back at this same link, or 2023-07-29 15:45:01 +0000 UTC View Post

The GenCon Announcement that Never Was

I had initially scripted a cute and funny skit to announce my GenCon schedule, but unfortunately I couldn't make the time to execute it, so I did the easy thing instead.

Here's a behind-the-scenes peek at the announcement that never was!

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GINNY is standing over a suitcase resting on her bed. She zips it with finality and dusts off her hands.

GINNY

Grea...

2023-07-28 20:41:04 +0000 UTC View Post

Knick, of Knick's Knacks

Just some quick stills I snapped for today's thumbnail! Here's Knick (named by Patron Josh!), changeling proprietor of an arcane goods shop with a specialty in cursed items.

Eccentric shopkeep, but it’s a playable D&D class

It's nearly midnight so this is gonna be one of those "finalize thumbnail and description in the morning" situations, but... here's tomorrow's video, featuring my very first Changeling character: Knick, owner of Knick's Knacks! (thanks to Patron Josh for the name suggestion, it's adorable.)

EDIT: Sorry folks, had to reupload to correct an editing error — so if you left a comment on the previous video, that's gone now! Sorry!

Spontaneous makeup stream! (OOPS SORRY)

Heyo!! Having trouble motivating myself to just GET INTO THE DANG MAKEUP for a video I'm filming today, so if you happen to be around, come join me for a little casual makeup stream!

(If you missed it, you can also watch it back at this same link.)

EDIT: I screwed up all the technology!! like usual!! NEW LINK

Help me pick a character concept! 😩

I'm stuck between two concepts for a character for this week's video and I need somebody else to make the decision for me! Without context or detail: which one interests you more?

(Also accepting name suggestions in the comments if you have any, for either concept!)

Coldsnap Riverling

Another "spent way too long photoshopping a bunch of stock photos together" situation here 😂

This is the "coldsnap riverling," one of the monsters I created for my D&D in a Castle campaign. (I originally called them "frostfrights," but that never felt quite right, so they've been given a brand new name!) These are basically reskinned hellhounds with a few borrowed or completely new features, all in a cute otter-shaped package.

I'll be publishing my D&D in a Castle campa...

Garden Roses

I hunted for this dress (the Selkie Garden Roses Ritz) for probably six months before it was finally restocked, and then it sat in my closet for another six months, waiting for the perfect opportunity to wear it. So of course I had to bring it to D&D in a Castle!

I flounced all over the castle grounds in this thing, and it was totally worth it — even though somehow both Josh and I ended up covered in these tiny li...

Back from D&D in a Castle!

...well, technically I'm on a plane from London to Denver right now, amazed that the shitty airplane wifi was able to handle uploading these photos. But in just a few more hours, I'll be back in my own time zone! Here's a sampling of photos from the trip, but I also have several short videos in the works that will give you a little more insight into the experience.

I appreciate everyone's patience — preparing my campaign ate up so much of my energy over the last few months, and I am v...

50mm Miniatures Now Available!

Hey friends! Just wanted to give you a heads up that 50mm versions of my minis are now available on OnlyGames (and your Patron Discount does apply, so don't forget to use it.)

They arrive grey, not black — I just foolishly forgot to photograph them before I primed them. But they're the exact same sculpt as the 2...

July: Castle, music, and crop tops!

Happy July! This month I'll be in England for a week and a half, so I may be a little quiet here on Patreon.

• Unfortunately June's PDF rewards are delayed. Di-votees can expect both June and July's PDFs by the end of July.
• Di-sciple patrons and up have early access to my newest song, Heart of Ice, coming to YouTube & streaming platforms July...
  2023-07-04 21:10:48 +0000 UTC View Post

"Heart of Ice" mp3

[Download the mp3] 

It's a new song! 🥳 Someone on YouTube challenged me to flip to a random page of the Monster Manual and write a song about whatever it was. We flipped to "Frost Giant" and this is what we came up!

I'm very happy with it, other than the fact that I didn't look up how tall Frost Giants are until after we finished, and they are definite...

LIVE: Patron-only stream!

Hey friends! The second Patron-only livestream for June is going live in 15 minutes on YouTube. Make sure to click through to participate in chat, since I won't be reading comments here on Patreon during the stream.

We'll talk recent and upcoming projects, and I'll answer your questions! If you missed it, you can watch it back at this same link, or watch 2023-06-30 15:51:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Greensleeves 🎶

Hey all! I’m in the crunch zone now and don't have much to share, but I know there are a bunch of new folks after my recent video! So I figured I’d share a preview of this silly little singing video I just put together for Instagram and say THANK YOU for joining us here! 🥰

Also, just a quick note that I’m doing my June patron-exclusive livestreams tomorrow at 10:00a MT (9:00a PT/12:00p ET) and 6p MT (5p PT/8p ET). The links will be posted here about 15 minutes ...

Inside the world of a professional D&D YouTuber

Heyoooo, it's a Q&A! A fair amount of this might be obvious to a lot of you, especially those of you who have been around for a long time — but I asked my YouTube subscribers what questions they had about my work, and it seemed like we were overdo for a general, top-level Q&A! This is coming out tomorrow.

If you have more specific questions about this kind of work (whether that's because you want to do it yourself, or just because you're curious) you are always welcome to...