DnD gifts: D&D ideas for the player, dungeon master, couple, dad and beginner

The best DnD gifts are tied to the person's own game: a print of their character or their painted figure, a better dice tray or screen for a dungeon master, and a book or adventure only if you know they don't own it. Find out which seat they take first.

Brush & Paint is not affiliated with Games Workshop or Wizards of the Coast, and sells nothing of theirs. We print a picture that already exists: a portrait of someone’s character, or a photograph of a figure they painted.

D&D gifts start with the seat at the table

Dungeons & Dragons is not one hobby with one shopping list. The D&D Beyond basic rules say: “To play D&D, you need one person to be the Dungeon Master and other players (three to six are best) to play adventurers.” Those are two different jobs. Find out which seat your person takes before you buy anything. Asking the group chat who’s running the next campaign gives nothing away.

Three more questions narrow it down:

• Do they play with a regular group, or only now and then?
• Is there one character they talk about more than the rest?
• Do they draw, paint or commission art for their game?

If the answer to the last two is yes, you already have the gift: a print of that character.

We don’t sell dice, dice trays, notebooks or rulebooks, so this guide sticks to what we do make: a print, mug or bottle of a character or figure they care about.

Gifts for DnD players

A character often exists only as stats and notes. A picture gives them a face. If your player already has a portrait, whether they drew it or paid an artist, turn it into an object: a poster for the wall of the room where the group meets, or a mug at their elbow on game night.

Ask for the original file, not a screenshot. “Could you send me that portrait of your character?” is an ordinary request and tells them nothing. If somebody else made the picture, ask the artist before you print it. Paying for a commission doesn’t always buy the right to copy it, and our upload step asks you to confirm that the picture is yours, or that its owner has said you may reproduce it.

If they’re still building a character, DnD character ideas and the fantasy name generator are free, and a good place to start. Getting the picture made is covered in DnD character art.

Dungeon master gifts

By the same basic rules, the Dungeon Master controls the cast of nonplayer characters, and the adventure might be created by the DM or bought. That’s plenty of work done on behalf of everyone else, which makes a thank-you from the whole table fit better than a gift from one player.

A group present has an obvious subject: the party. If one of you draws, or you’ve commissioned an artist, a picture of every character together can be printed as a poster or a framed print for the DM’s wall. The same picture fits on a mug. If the DM drew the world map, ask first, then consider a large poster of it.

For the character-art lover

Some people care more about the portrait than the game. They follow artists, keep a folder of commissions, or draw their own. For them a print is the natural present, and the surface is worth choosing with care.

For a portrait, an unframed poster keeps things simple. A framed print comes with its own frame in the same parcel. Every option is listed further down.

Shape matters too. A tall character study sits naturally in a portrait-shaped format, so check the crop preview before you pay.

For couples

A couple who play together and a couple where only one plays need different presents. If you both play, a pair of characters gives you the idea: a mug each, printed with your own character, or one framed print of the two side by side if a picture with both of them exists.

If only one of you plays, a picture of their character shows you’ve listened without asking you to learn the rules.

For dad

The question that matters is whether he plays or only hears about it. If he plays, a mug of his character suits the desk and a framed A3 print suits the wall. A photograph of a figure he painted or a drawing he made works as well as a commissioned portrait. If he doesn’t play, print something from the table his family sits at: the character his daughter or son plays, or a figure they finished painting. Personalised gifts for him covers the same idea for men who don’t play.

For a beginner

Someone who has never played doesn’t yet have a character worth printing, and you can’t know what they’ll need until they’ve found a group. Wizards of the Coast’s page for newcomers, How to Play D&D, describes itself like this: “Learn the basics of Dungeons & Dragons, create your first character using the official D&D Beyond toolset, and find a D&D group near you.”

So the sensible present comes after the first session. Once they’ve built a first character, print a picture of it. It won’t be their best character, and that’s the point: it marks the start.

The best DnD gifts from the whole party

Someone needs to own the job. Pick one person to collect the picture, one to place the order, and agree the limit in the group chat before anyone browses. A mug or a 500 ml bottle carrying the party portrait is easy to split between several people, and a framed print is the bigger gesture if you can share the cost. Order at the same time as everyone else’s presents, because a group order is only as fast as the slowest reply.

DnD Christmas gifts

Physical items are made to order, so allow 4-9 working days and order by Thursday 10 December for Christmas (Tuesday 15 December with Priority delivery). Add time if you have to wait for an artist’s reply or coax the original file out of a friend. A digital download suits a late decision: we email a link and the recipient prints it where they choose.

You pay nothing extra for standard UK delivery; Priority is an optional upgrade with its own cost. Timings, and what to do about damage or a print fault, are on the delivery and returns page. Personalised items are made to your specification.

Splitting a Secret Santa across the party with a fixed cap? Secret Santa ideas puts the options that cost least first.

Personalised DnD gifts from a picture of their character

Send a portrait of their character, or a photograph of a figure they painted, and here is what it can become:

• for the gaming-room wall, a poster in five sizes, from A4 up to 70 x 100 cm;
• for the DM’s wall, a framed print at A3 or A2, framed in black or in natural wood;
• a canvas: four sizes, 30 x 40 cm at the small end and 60 x 80 cm at the big end;
• a framed canvas, three sizes running 30 x 40 to 50 x 70 cm, framed in black, natural wood or dark wood;
• a metal print, sized like the framed canvas, or a wood print at its two smallest sizes;
• an 11 oz mug or a 500 ml water bottle to take to game night;
• a digital download.

We don’t sell dice, books, models or paint, and we add no game names, logos or artwork to anything we make. Not sure which surface? The format guide shows them all together.

Print the picture as it is, or place a figure in a scene

Direct printing is the route for character portraits. No AI step touches the file, so a drawing or a commission prints exactly as its artist made it.

Painted the character as a figure? Then the scene route can set the photographed model somewhere new, such as a firelit tavern or a woodland path. With a verified email you get up to three successful previews each day. Each carries a watermark and is saved for 30 days. Whichever one you pick is printed as that exact artwork, with no watermark on it. Look hard at each preview next to the original. AI can alter a face, move the line between colours or drop small markings. Our result-checking guide has a list to go through.

Photographing the figure yourself? Photographing a miniature lists the usual mistakes. The file then sets the size limit: at upload, any size it can’t print sharply is withdrawn.

More gift guides

Try tabletop gaming gifts or gifts for wargamers. Friends who paint figures may prefer gifts for miniature painters.