Hey friends! Ginny Di here: your friendly
neighborhood youtuber, cosplayer,
singer, tabletop gaming nerd, person
who... who does stuff...
on the internet? Really hard to nail down
a job title.
If you can't tell from my sparkling
fruit water, you are in for
a classy video today! That's a pun, but
like... you guys wouldn't know it's a pun
yet because I haven't told you what the
video is about yet. Today we're going to
talk about aesthetics!
That sounds boring, let me try again. We
all know what an aesthetic is, we were
all on Tumblr! I'm sure that by now,
if nothing else, you have heard of
cottage core?
It's like an aesthetic that's sort of
centered around the fantasy
of like... living in a quaint little
cottage, picnicking in
fields, and like... having a garden and
wearing
pinafores and such things. I don't know
anything about cottage core, this is just
what I've picked up by osmosis by
existing online. I mean, it's cute!
Anyway, it started this kind of trend of
adding the word core to things in order
to invent an aesthetic.
And actually, aesthetics are obviously
not new. Goth is an aesthetic,
punk is an aesthetic. I actually found an
aesthetics wiki that has
hundreds of aesthetics listed on it.
Everything from plant mom
grunge to witch core to bubble goth.
All of which sound amazing! I know some
people are starting to get annoyed by
people just tacking the word core
onto the ends of things in order to make
them into an aesthetic.
And to those people... I just want to say,
Chill out, man. It's okay.
They're not hurting anybody. Anyway, this
particular video is inspired by
a recent video from Rachel Maksy, whom I
adore. Anyway, she recently did a video
called "trying out your made-up
aesthetics" where
she dressed up in outfits inspired by
invented aesthetics that her followers
gave her on instagram.
Things like bakery core and meadow
punk and my favorite, I think, which is
whiskey grandpa.
I was so inspired by this video that I
actually asked Rachel if it would be
okay if I created a video
inspired by it. And she said yes, so today
I am gonna put together
looks for three different D&D class
aesthetics. Now you get it, right? Now you
get the pun. It's a classy video!
Anyway, the three class aesthetics that
I'm gonna do today are wizard academia,
druidcore, and barbarian grunge. I really
hope that you guys like this because I
have a lot more ideas for class
aesthetics but I didn't want to overdo
it in this one video.
By the way, if you ever find yourself
running out of monsters to throw at your
players
or if you are a player and you want your
DM to throw different monsters at you,
you should check out these two books
from the folks at Kobold Press, who were
kind enough to sponsor this video.
I have here Tome of Beasts and the
Creature Codex, both of which are
absolutely stuffed with new enemies.
Each book has 400 entries, including
description,
stats, an illustration, and even a few
lines of narrative that you can
reference during roleplay. I'll read you
one.
Ooh, I like this art. Moss lurker: somewhat
like the cruel crossbreed of troll and
gnome,
the moss lurkers are a primitive race of
forest and cavern dwellers with long
greenish
beards and hairs. Their hides are mossy
green or peaty amber
and a vaguely fungal scent surrounds
them at all times.
Look at this fungal fellow! Some entries
are really simple and could be dropped
into almost any game,
like the lich hound or the necrotic tick
or the owl harpy.
Others are practically adventure hooks
in themselves, like the Moonlit King
which is a fey monarch who was exiled to
a tower,
complete with lair actions and regional
effects. Both books are written for 5th
edition D&D
and they are available in these super
portable, softcover pocket editions.
Which is extra great if you, like me, have
a D&D bag that is
stuffed full of massive, heavy, hardcover
books.
You can pick your copies up at
koboldpress.com, I will put the link in
the description for you. And you can use
my coupon code, also in the description,
to take 20%
off of print and PDF editions. Now,
without further ado,
let's create some tabletop fashion.
First up is wizard academia!
Academia is a subset of existing
aesthetics that, to quote the wiki,
is "centered around traditionally
academic ideas and
themes." That seemed perfect for wizards,
because in D&D, wizards are arcane
scholars, they learn their magic from
books and scrolls and other wizards. I
definitely want this look
to feel at home in a library. I want like
tweed and earth tones and all that good
shit. I forgot about my sparkling water!
I want this outfit to look like it would
smell like
old books and like candles that have
just been blown out.
I honestly used to dress a lot like how
I picture this aesthetic, back when I had
brown hair.
Over the years, my own personal aesthetic
has
shifted a lot more towards like
nerdy mermaid e-girl. So I didn't have a
ton
in my closet that I thought would suit
this look. So I made a skirt
the other day. I had this fabric laying
around for a really long time and it
felt like the texture was really right
for this.
It's just a little short circle skirt
and it has these fake buttons down the
front. That's not the closure.
It has a zipper. And I wanted something
kind of Victorian-feeling for the top,
so I bought this sort of lacy high
collared button down.
It has a bow at the neck, it's very extra.
Obviously it's
sheer, so I will throw that over
something neutral.
I strongly feel that tights are
important to this kind of look.
I couldn't tell you why, it's just a
feeling that I have. And then of course, I
have to pair it with my quintessential
bookish girl shoes. Every time I want to
look like a librarian I wear these shoes.
Why don't I always want to look like a
librarian? Nope, don't worry, I figured it
out, it's because sometime... 
I want to look like a witch. And finally,
not to be cliche,
but I just feel like this kind of look
deserves glasses.
It just feels right. My hair is too crazy
for this kind of look, so i'm thinking
that i will wear a brown
wig with it. I want to go for something
kind of messy, like
"Violet Baudelaire putting up her hair
when she has to think" kind of
vibe. And then, makeup-wise, I want to go
for
like... a pretty natural, dewy look
in general. But I think I want to go for
a dark brown eye, like a...
like an "I stayed up too late learning a
new spell" kind of vibe.
So, let's check out what wizard academia
looks like!
Next up is druidcore!
So, regardless of its origins, the suffix
core is now
basically just tacked onto words in
order to
aestheticify them. When I think of druids,
my mind definitely goes towards like...
hippie, boho styles. Floral prints,
nothing too structural, something that
you could probably
wear while gardening? Like overalls or
work boots.
I just got this plant print shirt so
that seems like a good place to start.
I didn't have quite the kind of skirt
that I wanted for this, but I did have
this cheap nightgown that I bought for a
previous video project,
and I was like... I would wear this so much
more if it was a skirt. So I
chopped off the straps and added a
waistband, and now I have this like...
pretty little simple, blush pink skirt.
That by itself would be pretty, but it
doesn't feel very
druidic to me, so I think I'm gonna add
some brown
boots and a brown belt, to just kind of
ground it. They are slightly different
browns...
which bothers me a little. And then
finally I will top it off (heh!)
with a little straw sun hat. I'll
probably throw some flowers onto the
brim of this just to
really sell that druid vibe. The color
scheme of this outfit just feels like it
would work really well with a blonde wig,
so I'm gonna use this
blonde wig that I have that seems to get
progressively larger every time
I wear it. It feels very druidic to me to
have out of control hair.
And then for makeup, I definitely want to
go natural. I'm going to use some
bronzer, which I don't normally use, to
get kind of that sun-kissed look.
And of course, I will add a bunch of
freckles. Because I will take any excuse
I can get to put freckles on my face.
Let's see what druidcore looks like!
So by now we've done basically prep
school wizard
and floaty hippie druid, so I wanted to
round it out with something a little bit
more hardcore.
So last but not least will be barbarian
grunge.
I thought combining barbarian vibes with
kind of like a 90s
thrift store grunge would really bring
an edge to it. Some aesthetics just
look like they contain anger and some
don't.
You know? Like, I'm not saying you can't
wear boho chic and then get
mad, I'm just saying that like... you expect
it more from someone in a darker style.
And I feel like it's important that a
barbarian look like she can beat you up.
I really wanted a graphic
top for this, so I turned to my trusty
iron-on letters and I threw together
this rage crop top. It's actually very
poorly made, don't look at it. I'm gonna
pair it with black
jeans and black combat boots and a black
belt.
Really getting that color variety going
here. Flannel is also really popular in
grunge looks, so I'm also gonna throw
this shirt over top, which I basically
live in in the fall and winter.
This is literally the only color in the
entire look. And then i'm gonna cap it
off (heh!)
with a slouchy black beanie. I currently
do not know where it is.
Hopefully I will be able to find it in a
minute when I put all of this on.
The blue hair would actually probably be
fine for this kind of look, but I feel
like I've committed to wigs now, so I
think I'm just gonna throw on the short
black
wig that i use for my Crysta cosplay
from Ferngully. Makeup-wise, I'm gonna go
heavy with this one. I will take pretty
much
any excuse to wear dark lipstick, and I'm
gonna go with kind of like a "slept in
this eyeliner" look on the eye.
To be honest, I would probably wear
all of these in my day-to-day life. None
of these are really that far off from my
normal style.
Which one would you be most likely to
wear, do you think? And then also,
what other D&D class aesthetics would
you be interested in seeing?
I've definitely got roguepunk swimming
around in my head, and then of course,
you can't not think about bardcore.
Anyway, i'm interested to hear what you
think, and
also, if you enjoyed this, make sure to
check out Rachel Maksy's made-up
aesthetics video, because it is great,
she is great, you will love her whole
channel. I pretty much guarantee it. So
you should go
and check her out if you're not already
following her. Which you probably
are, because you have great taste.
Cool cool
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