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trickstarbrave · 1 year

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heyyyy im making a pinned post as that is a feature and seems good to keep info all in one place esp for ppl on mobile

❤️im brave!! or rua works if u want to but brave is by far the most popular name i go by. he/him pronouns

❤️art commissions/art trades are NOT on the table rn sadly. i used to offer commissions and did art trades with friends but for the most part im really busy with work/health conditions. if i have a bit of free time i may change this or make a few exceptions on a case by case basis depending on my schedule. for the most part tho i just want my art to be a stress relief activity

❤️art requests i do take from time to time now, but there is no guaranty i will take it. please do not spam requests hoping i’ll do it and please do not get mad if i don’t do it. they’re requests for a reason. if i am particularly inspired i’ll be happy to get around to it if life lets me

❤️technically multifandom blog i would say, mostly i have been focused on the elder scrolls series lately. you will probably see me rb stuff from like, a bunch of series. if this changes i’ll prob edit this post LMAO (i do not control the special interest)

❤️not just an art blog but also personal. my art can be found in my #my art tag. wips can sometimes be found scattered on my twitter if they arent on here. and writing that i publish can be found on my ao3 (though i have like a million wips that dont get published and be warned much of my ao3 is rated E and not for everyone)

❤️ been doing a lot of oc posting so i can do a run down of them currently for anyone that wants to follow along/know the lore:

/// OCS ///

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🌟 Eyja: skyrim oc, nord dragonborn, she/her. past life incarnation was konahrik, alduin’s head priest, murdered by miraak. uses a bow and magic primarily. story can be found here

🌟 Senna: skyrim oc, nord dragonborn, she/her. proud two handed weapon user and leader of the companions. fought and lost to the world eater who took her back to his den and make her his partner. proof prophecy can be a complicated thing. story can be found here.

🌟 Baldur: skyrim oc, nord dragonborn, he/him. grew up on the streets stealing to survive, and certified trans of gender. fought and lost to the world eater who decided to force baldur to be his champion. helps him take over skyrim. story not yet published but will prob contain a lot of mentions of transphobia as a cw :(

🌟 Ansa: skyrim oc, nord dragonborn, she/her. orphaned at a young age, and just a weird, feral child. learned to steal, and ended up joining the thieves guild. killed mercer and turned the guild over to karliah and is helping rebuild it when she finds a weird rock that turns out to be a dragon egg. story not yet published

🌟 Ahkrinaak: general elder scrolls oc, he/him/any pronouns. he is based off me as a sort of self insert/persona character purely for comedy, not a serious au. dragon/god who was corrupted in the war with lorkhan/shor and became more so an agent of lorkhan. he spends most of his time pretending to be a mortal and causing problems. he’s just sillay. looks like a falmer/snow elf and nord hybrid making pretty much everyone just in general uncomfortable. dragons dont have gender he just likes tits. divorced with alduin

🌟 Lyre: not a skyrim oc (yet) but my beloved dnd character i have made a million aus for, including one that has turned into a full on novel lmao. will update everyone when i start uploading the novel (its not gonna be too serious just a fun lil webnovel that is pg rate) and you can see me post illustrations for. depending on the AU uses either he/him or she/her. i just think theyre neat

🌟 Anthial: nerevarine bosmer, tired, angry, nb spellsword. he/them pronouns. just wants to cover their entire body until you cant tell what gender they are. vivec never got them the drink he owed them. was convinced as nerevar that voryn never liked them back all that much. had an open marriage with almalexia. this incarnation was emotionless and lacked a moral compass due to the betrayal in their past life.

🌟 Steren: nerevarine, technically. not actually the reincarnation of nerevar, but the reincarnation of nerevar’s son. nerevar never reincarnated bc he was too busy haunting his descendants, too upset to move on. steren has a couple of aus but mostly its him with vivienne the dragonborn who belongs to @mulberrycafe. calls voryn “ata” and nerevar “dad” because he technically grew up in cyrodiil but remembers his first lifetime in bits and pieces where voryn raised him for the first few years.

feel free to send asks abt my ocs i love answering them

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rabdoidal · 2 years

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ok idm public but its like, A Lot so here goes: Im a pretty new DM, ive only ever done little homebrew things with a few people at a time that havent gone anywhere. Currently, ive taken over as DM from a long running game involving 3 of my friends and my older sister/brother in law (im 22 theyre about 26) and im running The Witch Beyond The Wildlight (a very lighthearted offical dnd adventure). my brother in law was the DM of last campaign and the tone was pretty Brutal (like fighting dragons, surprise gorey moments, bad things happening to good people for no reason ect) i started this adventure off specifally mentioning saftey tools in the frist session because things like excess gore specifically really Dont Do It for me, to which Bro-in-law kind of makes light of the saftey tools (EG. "can we just skip part of the adventure if im uncomfortable with it") generally BiL is pretty chill/not a bad guy or anything but this irked me when i was trying to be serious about this and he was trying to poke holes in the logic of people wanting to not touch on certain topics? (1/2)

(2/2) we've completed chapter 1 which was just a safe sandbox area but now in chapter 2 we get our first fight (weenie enemies bc its lvl 2) and afterwards hes gone in detail wanting ME to describe how he can basically defile the corpses of the highwaymen he killed (theyre rabbit people. but he wanted skin/bones/teeth). which really yucked me out and i tried to set a hard boundary but i dont know if he really gets me there. This whole situation of him not really listening to me as a DM, and then him acting upset when i have to tell him No has made me really frustrated because i feel like he is just fully not on the same page as me on what this campaign is about and doesnt really respect my ruling as DM (arguing with me this session that a bird familar should be able to sign a warlock contract, dumb things like that?) TLDR: He is my brother in law, and i want to be able to play with him and my sister, but i cant get through to him, and he thinks my escapism fairytale campaign is darksouls. do you have any advice?

Sounds like a real bummer, I'm sorry to hear that! I have experience with voiding tone boundaries on both sides, though both more incidental and because of unclear communication - I've definitely pulled back from gorey descriptions in fights because players were uncomfortable, and I've had to tell players to tone it down because it was inappropriate. It's hard especially when the genre of the campaign is different to the last and there are different expectations of violence - I hope the more they explore the feywild the more he understands the tone for the genre.

If you want to go outside the boundaries of the pre-made module, creating non-violent combat encounters can help curb the more gorey aspects of battles - but if you are more comfortable sticking with the written encounters (which is fair when using pre-made modules), I think you just have to be firm with him. It sounds like an annoying situation, where you don't want to kick him out but he also wants to be a kinda shitty player - I really hope he cares enough to listen to you and continue the game without continuing to be a nuisance.

In the example you used especially - if he tries to pull another teeth pulling thing, I think saying in no uncertain terms "I don't want to hear you describe that." or even "I'm uncomfortable with that action so I won't allow it." might be the best way to go - you're the DM and its your world, don't let him dictate how things operate. A slightly less upfront approach could be redirecting the energy: I know that particular module is set in the Feywild, so maybe if he tries to yank teeth, you can describe the bodies turning into light or poofing away into magic dust before he has a chance. You could even have it so that dying for NPCs/enemies isn't a mechanic in the feywild - people disappear or reincarnate or turn into trees or are simply knocked unconscious - or they run away!

My tl;dr is don't let him run the campaign for you - players should contribute to the world and the narrative, but ultimately you are the one running the session. If he won't listen to either your feelings or your alternative narration, he might not be a great suit for the party.

If it helps at all, I usually get players to fill in a checklist (X) to make it clear what's okay and what isn't for everyone at the table. If he still argues about the importance of consent checklists, thats a red flag in and of itself. I hope this helped!

#personal #long post #dnd court

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dragonjadearts · 3 years

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Hello fellow queers, happy pride month

here are some of my queer characters and just a few of their associated pride flags

i dont really post about my characters on tumblr so i’ll give a quick rundown starting from the left (under the read more cause holy crap there’s a lot and this is only a tiny percentage of aaaalll of my characters ((in case anyone was curious I have 79 official characters and then 40 characters who are so old that I don't count them anymore but im considering bringing back because I thrive on making bad choices)))

PS: check out my instagram to see the individual pictures of each character at dragon__jade

PPS: if you send me an ask about my characters to let me talk/rant about them I will lover you forever mwah

Spider: Inspired by a marvel au but ended up becoming his own original character; bisexual and aromantic

Teris: Skyrim fan-character, generally a bad ass; asexual

Ryoko: ATLA fan-character, a firebender; lesbian and maybe trans?? (i haven’t decided yet)

Cyren: One of my DND characters, a druid water genasai; queer

Commander: a shapeshifter who can turn into a giant lizard-dragon thing, tough as nails; lesbian

Liam: Owns lots of pets including his snake Jay, a cat named Olive, a bird named Scar, and his tarantula Frisk; asexual, biromantic, and trans

Everett: the worlds biggest himbo; gay

Ronan: Another shapeshifter (just his tail/legs though) who comes from a futuristic sci-if dystopian world; non-binary (he/they/xe)

Archimedes: A 700+ year old vampire, very proper and kind; non-binary (xe/he/they)

Amber: amputee, probably an alien; queer

Apex: Mandalorian oc, collects bounties for dangerous animals, runs a rehabilitation center on their ship, ze own a rip woven out of beskar that ze use as a lasso to capture the animals; non-binary (they/ze), gay

Arin: a gymnast and performer, can sing super well, has a black cat named Lancelot; trans, non-binary (she/they)

Leah: teenager, possibly indigenous? idk i havent thought about her character much; agender (any pronouns)

Rahil: Another DND character, a tiefling rogue with a traumatic past and poor coping mechanisms (can you tell she was edgy first dnd chatacher? shhhh I still love her anyways); asexual

Bane: yet another DND character, a tiefling druid, his tail is prehensile and he uses it to climb through his forested home like a monkey; bisexual, trans (he/they)

Koa: Originally was a sanders sides janus and virgil fusion but had evolved into his own character since then, usually wears his mask because he had big teeth and his face scares people; asexual and aromantic

#art #digital art #my art #fanart #pride 2021 #lgbt pride #queer characters #original characters #ocs #character design #pride month

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theriverpersonshadow · 3 years

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Lamia Drama Part 8

WELL THAT GOT LONGER THAN I INTENDED. But I guess that’s what happens when you have a majority of the people in one place XD

I hope this chapter went well... It felt kinda rambly, but it was fun seeing people play off each other. It was hard to get the same level of depth with characters as previous chapters with so many, but hey, interactions are fun too! Hope you guys enjoy.

As always, the species of lamia in this fic belong to @vex-bittys

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Keith and the rest found Alex pretty easily. And a few other lamia that were either allowed free roam or had just slipped out. She didn’t seem to notice the onlookers, more caught up in petting Oozy… who wasn’t technically in his hammock. Maybe it’s best he didn’t make that bet with Hux earlier. Sure, Oozy’s close to the hammock, but Hux would absolutely rules lawyer him and demand snacks because he’s not in the hammock. Hux was a rule stickler… when and only when it helped him in some way. Eh, Keith could roll with it though (even if his dice sometimes couldn’t, but that’s what a DM screen is for).

Keith was hesitant to break up the cute moment between the two – Oozy was apparently having the time of his life, and Alex seemed pretty wrapped up in it herself, humming some tune or another while stroking him. Keith listened, trying to place it, but…

She was repeating it, huh? Was that the only part of the song she knew? Then again, it seemed like the good part, whatever it was. Easy enough to pick up too. Keith started humming along.

Hux rolled his eyes, mumbling something that sounded suspiciously like “great, two of them” and slithered over, “Yo. Girl person. Ya coming or what?”

Alex looked up, “I mean, yeah, I think? Coming where?”

“nooooooooo…” Oozy said, taking her hand and putting it back on his head. “Sorry guys. I’m stealing her. She’s my personal petter now. That’s the rules.”

“Since when?!” Hux said.

Oozy looked a moment, then licked her hand. “I licked her, she’s mine.”

Keith stared at him in shock, not sure whether to laugh or slap him. “Dude.”

Nikolai gave a heavy sigh, rubbing the bridge of his nose, “Don’t lick party members. Or people in general.”

“How does that work anyways? You’re a skeleton,” Alex said.

“Maaaagic,” Keith said, wiggling his fingers in emphasis. “In other words, uh… Monster biology is weird. Or half monster biology. Whatever the fuck we are.”

Nikolai nodded, “More or less, yes. I can explain it in more detail later, if you’d prefer.” He started coming forward and Alex inched away. Keith hissed before he could catch himself, but Nikolai didn’t seem offended. Instead, he lowered himself in a bow, “And I’d like to apologize for how I acted earlier… I’ll admit I, erm… Overreacted. But we’ve had issues in the past of people coming in to steal babies or eggs, one of the fools tried to snag a mamba egg and got himself killed. I just get a bit jumpy about strangers around them.”

Alex nodded, relaxing a little, but still staring off at a clock instead of Nikolai. Her hand continued to run across Oozy as she said, “I get it. They’re just little dudes, too freaking small. And some are venomous. Not like you knew me.”

“Still, I should’ve given you more of a chance or at least asked you politely to leave before turning to threat displays,” Nikolai said.

“Eh… It was my fault,” Keith said. “I should’ve warned ya I was bringing someone in. Anyways, let’s try this again. Alex, this is Nikolai. He could probably fuck you up, but he’s everyone’s mom.”

Nikolai made no move to deny it.

“Hux here is the grumpy snake. He’ll warm up to ya.”

“No I won’t.”

Keith rolled his eyes, “He’s just a grump.”

Hux mumbled to himself.

“I think you’ve met Oozy pretty well by now.”

“Sup,” Oozy said, making absolutely zero movement.

“And, erm… Nikolai, you’ve got Trousle, right.”

“Hello human! I’m Trousle! Please let me say hi.” Said Trousle’s little speaker. He was poking out from Nikolai’s sleeve, apparently wrapped around his arm.

“He’s mute, but he’s pretty fast at typing. Got his own phone and everything,” Keith said, watching this girl intently. Apparent soulmate or not, if she was dick about Trousle, she was out of here. She might’ve earned Oozy’s enthusiastic (well… enthusiastic by his standards, dude looked like a kid in a candy store, but the world’s laziest kid) approval, but he wasn’t going to let an asshole mess with the little dude. Hux would warm up, that was more him being a bit of an ass than her, but he’d get over it… probably.

“Oh that’s cool! Do you have a phone number? Honestly I think my fingers work better than my mouth sometimes, but I guess talking out loud doesn’t really have a backspace key? But yeah! C’mere… Wait, I can hold him, right? Snakes are just, like, noodle puppies.” She paused, looking at everyone in the room. “I’d offer to hold you guys, but I am literally the second smallest person in here. I mean, guess we can try, but I don’t think it’ll go well?”

Keith snorted. Gosh, she was something, huh? A little awkward, but who wouldn’t be super awkward in this situation?

Nikolai brought Trousle over and she draped him around her neck. He nuzzled her cheek, giving her little scratches behind the ear.

… should someone tell him that she’s not a dog?

…

Naaaaaaaaaah. She didn’t seem to mind anyways,

Hux made a fake-gagging gesture at the two and Keith rolled his eyes, whispering at them, “Oh let’em have this. It’s cute.”

“I’m getting diabetes. Like, right now. They’re just beaming diabetes across the room.”

“Be nice,” Nikolai said, “It’s not going to kill you to have to actually smile at a human once in a while.”

“Yes it will. It’s, like, a terminal thing. If I smile at a human, I will instantly turn to dust.”

No such condition had ever existed and likely never would.

Keith’s first instinct was to back up Nikolai, but it was almost an in-joke that he’d at least try to defend Hux no matter how clearly in the wrong the guy was. Admittedly, it was as often as not either due to boredom or just feeling bad for the guy…

It’s not like Hux didn’t have a point – a point that he had iterated in frustrated, sometimes tear-filled tirades at least a few dozen times. He didn’t want to be treated like a pet, he’s allowed to not want to be a pet. Sure, not every adopter is like that. Some might’ve been looking for pets, yeah, but just as many want a kid or a friend, especially with full sized lamia. It could be more or less just like adopting any other monster, save for needing a good deal more raw meat. But Hux didn’t see it that way… Not that Keith ever blamed him. There wasn’t a huge market for full-sized Corals, their reputation as being stubborn, a bit lazy, and tsundere as hell was cute in something you could pick up and snuggle as it chirped indignantly and secretly enjoyed it – like an extra intelligent, reptilian cat – but less so when it was just as big as you and probably stronger. Everyone wanted a housecat, no one wanted a mountain lion. Or those that did need something to growl and hiss would probably pick Kings or Mambas.

Nikolai gave a long-suffering sigh, “You will not turn to dust if you’re forced to be nice every now and then.”

“Yeah I will. It’ll, like, strangle my soul or some shit. Keith, back me up here. Tell ‘im.”

Nikolai had the distinct impression of a haggard mom trying to reason with an unruly kid. He just looked so done. Dude could handle customers, angry mamba moms, being a jungle gym for babies, and training employees who may or may not have believed he knew he what he was doing, but Hux was his breaking point.

Keith stifled a chuckle, stuffing his hands in his pockets as his mind worked over what to do… He didn’t want to just abandon Hux – Nikolai would know it was just him being a loyal bro – but Alex wouldn’t. She might not’ve been looking at them, but he caught the way she kept glancing over…

“Welp, ya heard him. He’s sick. I prescribe ten CC’s of coffee with extra sugar and bribery with shiny objects.”

Hux’s head popped up, body at attention. “I’m listening… How many shiny objects are we talking.”

“… we’re not bribing him.”

“I’ve got extra dice?” Alex said hesitantly. Trousle was looking at her in concern, patting her face. She said, “I mean, I kinda like having all my dice, but I guess I don’t need seven sets… I’m keeping the black ones though, they’re good for fight scenes. And the orange ones, they were my first set ever and are not for sale. Also, the green and purple ones are just a fae vibe, I’m keeping them. They’re just average, but I like them.” Pause. “And the lesbian dice are mine. They won’t like you anyways, you’re a boy.”

All of them nodded understandingly. You could only play DnD so long and not get irrationally attached to the colorful little click clack rocks of fate.

“That counts as one shiny object,” Hux said.

“There are seven in each set!” Pause. “Well, more or less. I’ve lost some over the years.”

“You’ve got a point… More dice for the dice dragon! Mwahahahah!” Hux said, hamming it up.

Keith’s mouth twitched into a grin as he shook his head at the goof. How was he this cute? Just… goober. His friend is a total goof sometimes.

“Can I try the lesbian dice?” Trousle asked, holding himself at an awkward position to type.

“I… I guess? Just give them back after…” Alex said. She ran a finger across Trousle’s head, smiling as he let out little breathy attempts to “Nyeh.”

“Why are they lesbians anyways? Do they only work for girls?” Nikolai said.

“Here, lemme show you.” She unzipped one of the pouches on her bag and brought out a baggy full of dice that were lesbian flag colored. “My friend got them for me for Christmas.”

“That’s amazing. I want twelve,” Keith said.

“You’re not a lesbian… or a girl! I think… I mean, if there’s something you want to tell us, that’s fine, but I was under the impression you weren’t even interested in relationships,” Nikolai said.

“Maybe I could get, like… Dice that are for people who are just no.”

“Ace and aro. Probably,” Alex said.

“Oh cool. Words for it. Nice!”

“Give me words for friends with everyone! I want a flag too!”

“I… I don’t know if there’s a flag for that? Maybe we could put a dog on a flag? It’d be hard to make dice with dogs on them though,” Alex said.

“Ya could put a little dog face on every side and interpret the roll based on how much they’re a Good Boy,” Keith said.

“That would only roll Nat 20’s,” Alex said, deadpan.

“… good point. It could be the luckiest dice,” Keith said, grinning.

“I AM THE GOODEST BOY. Give me dog dice.” Trousle said, tucking the phone away to throw his little fists in the air, a gleam in his eye as he sat on Alex’s head.

Keith laughed. “Oh my gosh. I mean, that sounds adorable, but, uh… I think that miiiiight be a little too game breaking, even for me.”

“Give me dog dice.” He slithered back down to around Alex’s neck, holding himself out towards Keith the best he could and giving some mix between a glare and a pout.

“Trousle no.”

“Trousle YES,” Alex said.

Troulse nodded enthusiastically, bouncing in place so hard that he fell off and Alex yelped as she caught him.

“Are you alright?!”

Trousle gave a thumbs up, coiling around her arm.

Oozy had apparently fallen asleep on the floor, so Hux poked him with a stick, making Oozy whine. “Soooooo… Are we gonna get Glitterass, or are we just shadow banning him from this? I mean, I wouldn’t say no if we are…”

“We should probably go get him, yeah,” Keith said. “Ya ready Alex? Liam’s a mamba, and one of his eyes don’t work. Try to stay on his good side, literally. Metaphorically too if you want, but he doesn’t like having people where he can’t see or hear them well.” Not that anyone would like that, just courtesy really, but maybe not something you’d think of immediately.

Alex nodded, “Alright, let’s go!”

#Lamia Drama #Lamia Drama Part 8 #Keith #Hux #Nikolai #Oozy #Trousle #Keith the Chain #Hux the Coral #Nikolai the King #Oozy the Corny #Trousle the Papython #Bittybones #Lamia Bitties #Vex-Bitties #Longass chapter #I meant to have liam here too but guess not #Kinda rambly

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tinytieflingtiff · 4 years

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gonna post there here bc..why not. made pokemon teams for all my dnd characters. ill post them in handfuls and for my own sense of fun im gonna explain why i chose each pokemon for who :] most will just be me copy-pasting pokedex entries lol. i tried to incorporate pokemon into the teams that were both similar to the character and ones they’d be drawn to. 1- Qiran: Fairy types and grass types I felt fit him the best, so I wanted to stick to those. Sylveon- [SH] “There’s a Galarian fairy tale that describes a beautiful Sylveon vanquishing a dreadful dragon Pokémon.” [X] “It sends a soothing aura from its ribbonlike feelers to calm fights.” Gogoat- [X/OR] “It can tell how its trainer is feeling by subtle shifts in the grip on its horns. This empathetic sense lets them run as if one being.” Blissey- [DMD] “This kindhearted Pokémon nurses sick Pokémon back to health. It senses feelings of sadness.” [RUBY] “Blissey senses sadness with its fluffy coat of fur. If it does so, this Pokémon will rush over to the sad person, however far they may be, to share an egg of happiness that brings a smile to any face.” Maractus- Dancing cactus…he’d be all over this type of Pokemon. Maractus is also just depicted as very jolly and good-natured in general in the anime especially, so. Tapu Lele- [SUN] “It heals the wounds of people and Pokémon by sprinkling them with its sparkling scales. This guardian deity is worshiped on Akala.” We’re ignoring the part about it being “guilelessly cruel” apparently. Bellossom- Another dancing grass type. [GOLD] “Bellossom gather at times and appear to dance. They say that the dance is a ritual to summon the sun.” — 2- Cargo: There was no one specific type I was looking for when composing his team, I felt anything could fit, but I wanted there to be one fitting grass type for the sake of his life as a druid. Lycanroc- Symbolic for Amarok, Cargo’s wolf companion. [MOON] “When properly raised from a young age, it will become a trustworthy partner that will absolutely never betray its Trainer.” Houndoom- Reminded me heavily of Cargo himself – horns, pointed tail, fire, a dog…what more do you need? [BW] “The flames it breathes when angry contain toxins. If they cause a burn, it will hurt forever.” Sableye- Symbolic of Cargo’s previous greediness; y’know, gem-stealing goblin, basically. [DP] “It hides in the darkness of caves. Its diet of gems has transformed its eyes into gemstones.” Phantump- Fitting because it’s a lost child and from the forest. Both things Cargo feels it’s his duty to care for. [SW] “After a lost child perished in the forest, their spirit possessed a tree stump, causing the spirit’s rebirth as this Pokémon.” [US] “By imitating the voice of a child, it causes people to get hopelessly lost deep in the forest. It’s trying to make friends with them.” Torterra- Just thought a grass turtle with an ecosystem on its back would be a Pokemon Cargo would definitely gravitate towards, wanting to nurture that. His Torterra definitely has a whole field of flowers growing on it at this point. [PEARL] “Groups of this Pokémon migrating in search of water have been mistaken for ‘moving forests.’” Swoobat- It evolving with friendship would be significant for Cargo; only evolving once he finds himself and changes. [Y/AS] “Anyone who comes into contact with the ultrasonic waves emitted by a courting male experiences a positive mood shift.” [SH] “ The auspicious shape of this Pokémon’s nose apparently led some regions to consider Swoobat a symbol of good luck.”

#not art #dnd pokemon teams #qiran #cargo #tenacity

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paulwalltran · 4 years

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Dungeons and Dragons Loneliness

Another interview with lofi music. Today was a pretty shitty day, alot on my mind. Here to unload.

Today’s mood: Fuck it all...

It’s a mad addiction, a horrendous one. It’s all I think about, it’s all I want to talk about. Or almost anything fantasy related. I’ve recently gotten a little closer with one of my co workers. Delerner Banks, everyone calls him Del. He’s always in the tunnel, and always brings warhammer books to read and do work (whatever it is he’s working on.) We talk about fantasy related things all the time, and sometimes we bounce ideas off each other, feeling out our thoughts of settings and lore. Talking to him about some fantasy before leaving work made me feel alot better. The loneliness inside has been eating at me.

I know it’s salt, I know its jealousy, that I’m mad at my friends. They been hanging out more without me, playing cards and shit. Its not a passion of mine, its fun sometimes, but its still not me. Its what they bond over, its what they do together, and that’s what theyre into. If I had to guess, they’re okay with Dungeons and Dragons, but even my best friend said that I take it too serious. Its fallen out of their favor, it eats up a lot of time, and they each have their version of what a fun campaign would be like. In me, I said to myself, “Fine, fuck it. I’ll have to assemble another crew to play with.” Tough situation then isn’t it? Wanting to play a social game that needs bodies, during an age where social gatherings are frowned upon, because they carry a potential to spread a virus... Still, this is what I want to do. I want a group of friends, who share the same passion I do. My current friends must think ill of me, they may just want to hang out. They think that if they come hang with me, I’ll want a game of DnD without a doubt. They just want to chill and kick it, they don’t want to roll dice. But ask me once and I’ll tell you yes twice, to playing DnD.

I love it with all my heart, all of the contents and materials are here, ready to play. No extra investments, no money needed to be spent, we can get going off of nothing like we did back then. A table top roleplaying game, we started with cardboard and lego figures, and just two books to share. But there was fun to be had, and a few heated sessions. But fun it was, the more we played the deeper i grew fond of the game. I’m even willing to experiment with other systems if I have someone to guide me. With cards, you gotta constantly update your arsenal to keep up with the meta, and let’s be real, not playing anything remotely close to meta isn’t as fun. Different formats allow different decks, and to keep current you gotta keep up. I dont have the fundings for it, I dont have the luck. I would rather buy a module that’ll last for years, versus a pack of cards. I have two books that have skyrocketed in value, cards go up and down like stocks. But thats the appeal I suppose, I don’t care for it though.

Back to the thing at hand, I’m in their group chat as they make plans. I can’t be there for all that. But fuck it, that’s all Im going to say. Fuck it, on repeat, until its engraved into my head. Pride is getting the best of me, I refused to be denied again. If it’s not something they want to do, so be it, I need to look out for me in the end. I must muster up the courage to start playing online again, the first one wasn’t bad, but it fell apart. I need to get the courage to be social, and get over the fear that everyone expects you to be a pro player. I’m scared going into this green still, roll20 isn’t my forte. But if I want to play DnD, this seems to be my only option. It may fulfill my wish, to find friends who are just as passionate as I. My other friends, they’re over on the other side. Its fine, it truly is, they have one another, and I need to be strong. I need to find the strength in this loneliness, even though its tearing me apart. My circle becomes smaller, thats just the way of the world. Adapt to survive, be formless like water...

Dungeons and Dragons, my greatest escape. I can be anybody, and do things I normally can’t. I can clobber up bad guys, indecent folk, and finesse my way out of punishment from the law. I can save a village, a town, a kingdom, when I can hardly save myself. I can fly, cast spells, break locks, imagination is my only limit. I can hoard and amass vast amounts of riches, I myself can even become a dragon. I don’t have to be me, although a bit of me resides in everyone I’ve made before. I can never truly separate myself, from those Ive breathed life into. For hours on end, I can go anywhere, do anything, I melt into the world thats placed before me.

Because the reality is that I’m practically shit, and nobody. The world is fucked up and jacked up and spiraling down the drain. I’m mentally fucked and my physicality is pretty much the same. I’m stuck in place when the world is demanding me to change. I lost with no real direction. No map in hand, no guide, and I’m scared out of my mind. I don’t know whether to trust the process or commit suicide. Im not sure where I’ll end up, if it’s good or bad. Im struggling, I’m suffering, and there seems to be no end. I could say I’m trying, but I would be lying, if I had to look at the brighter side. The positive things in life are so hard to identify. But my emotions are raw and hit hard, slamming against the walls in my skull. Demanding me to give them attention...and attention I give them, as they tear me up. Like being pulled at by the limbs, drawn and quartered is the method it seems like today. I was thinking that I couldn’t drink forever, my body would eventually reject. But what if I drank energy drinks on end, a heart attack to get me out of this place. I can down those all day long, so whats stopping me from taking that way out of it? Less grotesque and violent, it’ll probably be painful as hell. An organ seizing up, as the body ceases the function. I get said thinking about it sometimes, but one day, enough will be enough. But damn that lady...damn her for speaking those words... Tomorrow. If nothing is better by tomorrow, then do as you may. But sleep it off, tomorrow is another day.

It’s not verbatim, but its the gist. Just wait for tomorrow, and hopefully things will change. The choice is still mine to make, and something in me pushes me forward, keeps me going on. Sometimes I think about who I’m leaving behind, and maybe how much it’ll hurt. The evil darkness inside me says that they’ll get over it, they have to, and time doesn’t wait. I won’t be immortalized, I’ll simply end up a statistic. That maybe itll be a few years the sadness remains fresh, but wounds always heal. Discrediting my actual existence, and any form of relations. Like I wouldn’t have made any actual impressions, people don’t weep for me now. People kind of forget I exist already, what makes me think they won’t after I’m gone?

I think about my folks, my grandma, my girlfriend, my second family, and other close dear friends. I think about how many last will letters I would have to put out there, before I call for the curtains. Sometimes, I say I will start writing them, but they give me pause. I end up not wanting to leave this world, after pouring out my heart. Because I don’t want to leave any questions behind for people who matter, I want them to know how I felt before I passed. I want to leave with them apart of me, so they would never forget.

Still it doesn’t change, shit is rough as of lately, work has been eating me up. I feel like Im never hundred percent, and me back on gaming is making it worst. I’ve gotten back onto Elder Scrolls Skyrim, its been my virtual version of DnD. Waiting for the Outer World Expansion, so I can get addicted to that again. All I want to do is play Dungeons and Dragons, the question is how do I make that into a living? I think being a Matthew Mercer is one in a million, I don’t think I’m that great. I’m willing to learn, grow, evolve because it is my passion, but I’m always scared of making mistakes. To be one of the greater Dungeon Masters, to be THE Wizards of the Coast Dungeon Master, it may possibly be the dream. To eat, sleep, breathe, Dee en Dee. My obsession isn’t that crazy though, I’m still behind on the lore of creatures and settings, I haven’t studied at all. But with the right drive and motivation, I would, especially with something as real as a legit group.

Enthusiastic players, who show up every week, bi weekly, once every month even, to play this fantastic game. Group of chill folks who is willing to take the Dungeon Master Mantle with I get burned out and have the desire to be in the player seat. One of those is the driving force, they make me want to plan. They make me want to make the world, the style, everything in general better, with the constructive feedback. I mean it’s been so long as I was a player in a campaign until the end, I’m beginning to think paying for a Dungeon Master wouldn’t be so bad. Once a month? A couple of hours? I mean I’m thinking like seven USD per hour? Eight isn’t bad, but after that it becomes a questionable amount. It repeats in my head, “No DnD is better than Bad DnD”, this much is probably still true. I say still because I still might want at least one session with said game, so I can at least say it was the worst after having attempt it, rolling something. Ha ha, I kid myself, I’m lying because I know the rage would be all to real and caution is my game most of the time. But I mean, I just might have to start exploring the idea, I was definitely going to ask on FaceBook if any Roll20 games was recruiting a newbie.

Alas, today won’t be the last time I speak on the matter, Dungeons and Dragons haunt me everyday. I stare at minis, I stare at the upcoming books and modules, and I watch youtube where they tell RPG Horror Stories, Its become a huge part of my life, such as dancing once was. It almost links right into my earliest talents...writing. I love to write, just like I’m doing now. Im fairly decent at the writing game if I must say. Hey, real life failed Bard here, I should make one who always ends up playing big bro, and end up being friendzoned by all his interests. Im short, so Halfling is very true. Am I charismatic? Who knows, I can’t say for sure. But yes, I feel like this is what I need, a solid weekly game, maybe once every two weeks, hell, once every month would still be great. Something to look forward to the very least, in this life of routine and mundane. Something to look forward to for me, something that’s my own. Something I don’t need my closer friends to be apart of, since they’re not interested anyhow. I’m really talking shit because I’m hella salty, but at least I’m being upfront. Get it all out now, before the typing is done.

It’s been a productive session, I may have to attribute it to Lofi it seems. The Lofi Hip Hop Radio on YouTube, also found on Spotify. Some tracks still strike me deep in the chest, giving me horrible flash backs and feeling in my chest. Others keep me going, forward, almost propelling. I’m currently training myself to be accustomed to the sounds, because I at first was very scared. That it would just transport me to a dark place and keep me there. I’ve been trying to confront my feelings more with this music, I think I felt better after last session like this. The more I faced myself, the better I became. Yes, I most definitely referenced Persona 4, another amazing and loved title because of the message it portrays. I always wondered what my shadow self would look like, and what they would say. But eh another time, I’m about to start rambling again. I have to conclude here, before I get off topic.

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janiedean · 5 years

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Do you think book!Bran will get the same ending he does in the show? I mean, if he does, it will obviously be better written (I was like "Does Edmure know about the Three-Eyed Raven? Is Yara going 'the hell did you smoke' at the 'he couldn't walk so he learned to fly' part? Is nobody going to go 'ok but shouldn't we look for someone older and better known through Westeros, with experience in both politics and military stuff' at Tyrion?" through the whole scene), but do you think that's that?

(I had another anon that went like:

i can't believe there are still bran is evil theories. im pretty sure that bran ending up on the throne is likely bc it doesn't make sense in the show. d&d don't know anything about bran, but they do know this is george's ending

so I’m answering both XD)

the short answer is yes, but obviously it’s not gonna be written the same way as in this dumbass show for a whole lot of reasons.

now: actually, bran on the throne makes in hindsight a whole lot of sense...... if you take into account also what tropes he’s there to deconstruct. (I’m gonna cp some older meta of mine on the topic that I did ages ago but it still holds up lol.)

as in, when it comes to bran GENERALLY:

bran is the first pov chapter in these books. the first. should hint that he’s important;

bran has 90% of the magic-related storyline. I mean, if you don’t count the dragons/r’hollor + mel and the AA prophecy, there’s less magic in asoiaf than in regular fantasy for obvious reasons, but what there is of is all in bran’s storyline. all. of. it;

as it is right now, he’s arguably a powerhouse. possibly the most powerful powerhouse in westeros. he can probably warg dragons. he can time travel. if the show didn’t fuck it up, he can change things in the past while time traveling even if he shouldn’t;

the entire storyline is headed north/behind the wall and bran is the one main character who’s behind the wall rn. and bran is at a point where he basically is in direct connection with the north at least and when I say direct I mean literally. the guy can warg into anything. maybe he can’t walk but man he’s basically a hundred luke skywalkers put into one person;

he’s also tied to all the northern mythology - the trees, the children of the forest and the likes. him, his storyline, everything. and the north is arguably where this story started and will most probably end and he is the character more symbolizing that mythology, not anyone else.

when it comes to bran thematically.... guys. bran is the deconstructed fisher king. as in: the fisher king is a character from arthurian mythology who is absolutely fundamental in the entire scheme - also arthurian mythology is one of the basis people built modern fantasy on - and which has been rehashed and reinterpreted for a shitload of times since the middle ages. c/p-ing quickly from wiki because you don’t need to go in-depth to do 2+2 on this:

In Arthurian legend the Fisher King, or the Wounded King, is the last in a long line charged with keeping the Holy Grail. Versions of his story vary widely, but he is always wounded in the legs or groin and incapable of moving on his own. In the Fisher King legends, he becomes impotent and unable to perform his task himself, and he also becomes unable to father or support a next generation to carry on after his death. His kingdom suffers as he does, his impotence affecting the fertility of the land and reducing it to a barren wasteland. All he is able to do is fish in the river near his castle, Corbenic, and wait for someone who might be able to heal him.

+Many works have two wounded “Grail Kings” who live in the same castle, a father and son (or grandfather and grandson). The more seriously wounded father stays in the castle, sustained by the Grail alone, while the more active son can meet with guests and go fishing.+The Fisher King appears first in Chrétien de Troyes’ Perceval (late 12th-century), but the character’s roots may lie in Celtic mythology. He may be derived more or less directly from the figure of Bran the Blessed (!!!!!!) in the Mabinogion. In the Second Branch, Bran has a cauldron that can resurrect the dead (albeit imperfectly; those thus revived cannot speak) which he gives to the king of Ireland as a wedding gift for him and Bran’s sister Branwen. +The Lancelot-Grail cycle includes a more elaborate history for the Fisher King. Many in his line are wounded for their failings, and the only two that survive to Arthur’s day are the Wounded King, called Pellam or Pellehan, and the Fisher King, Pelles.

now, what I said last year in that meta was:

then there’s the entire part where galahad (or whoever else in his stead but it’s galahad most times) heals the fisher king and saves the land which turns fertile again, but whatever, point is: asoiaf is a deconstruction of tropes, right, well sorry but I’m eating my own hat if bran isn’t a fisher king deconstruction where the wound actually makes him powerful rather than weak and where he definitely won’t need anyone to *heal* him, while at the same time he is tied with the (his) land directly and he embodies it and most of the magic storyline. and the fisher king is one of the main tropes/legends in western literature/arthurian mythology, if you have that kind of character in your book then you are not planning for them to be a second-rate player.

now, admittedly back then I was envisioning a finale when bran was either king in the north or in some similar position and not as endgame king but if we take the show finale for granted because as the other anon said it made no sense for d&d but it was george’s ending and they had to make it happen without understanding it.... well. actually:

if bran - ie deconstructed fisher king who becomes powerful because of his wound and doesn’t have to be healed by a knight to make the land fertile again because that wound gives him power - becomes actual eventual king it’s the full circle of that trope’s deconstruction because his wound means the eventual salvation of the entire continent, which works perfectly to bookmark how that specific scenario is turned on its head;

the problem is that d&d can’t write bran for shit and turned him into the heartless robot/3ER who might or might not have schemed the entire thing and didn’t make him do shit for three seasons because they can’t handle the magic storyline and then at the ending mAGICALLY we have king bran first of his name, but in a coherent version done by grrm and not by them where bran has his eye-opening experience beyond the wall, doesn’t magically lose his personality when he becomes the 3ER, keeps his sweetness and empathy after risking to lose them (which was his adwd storyline), helps greatly during the long night thanks to the fact that he’s a powerhouse and is eventually recognized as a savior of the realm in its own merit, then......... it’s actually very much coherent with grrm’s themes to have him become king, but not because he knew all along and played mysterious until now and whatever the fuck else, but because it’s the coronation of his entire storyline which starts with sweet young boy who just wants to be a hedge knight and then ends up saving the entire continent making the best use of what he has after that’s taken from him while using his connection to the magic roots of the story/to his land/to his family for the good of the entire realm, and that was a damn good story - sadly it’s not what d&d chose to tell except at the end;

edmure and yara were badly written but that entire scene was badly written and well-acted sadly, like no one objected because no one will object in the book storyline, given that ^^^^ happens, in the show they just basically tried to find a way to make it halfway plausible but it looks dumb because it’s badly written and it’s copypasting an endgame for a story that d&d have not adapted, but basically you had to buy that bran was it. it made no sense but like... what made sense, this episode’s salvation was the acting and that since the endgame was half grrm’s it wasn’t as shitty as 8x05 but like within itself it was incoherent af;

that said I think that bran being king + the small council being more or less what it was in the show (because LIKE HELL that’s brienne’s endgame like brienne is def. not going into any kingsguard in the books unless george smoked weed when he was writing acok/asos/affc) as in made of all discriminated categories in westeros or discriminated people in westeros after the throne’s destruction is absolutely a thing grrm would do, because basically we’ve gone from badly suited kings with a small council that’s basically the westeros equivalent of old white republican men to a realm where the king can’t walk (but can fly! ;) ) and the rest of the small council is a) a disabled man who’s been abused to hell and back all his life (REGARDLESS OF TYRION’S FAULTS let’s just look at the strict facts here), b) a former commoner who has been a lord for years but couldn’t read when the series began (davos), c) another former commoner (bronn) [note that both davos and bronn are former *criminals*/come from a really poor background, not from the wealthy side of the commoners], d) a woman who is also a knight ie something that pretty much disregards the entire status quo from before (brienne), e) sam who let’s all remember is a noble but was sent to the wall by his father because his skills were in his brain and not with swords/fighting/whatnot and who also was abused to hell and back when he was young - like, both the only nobles in it that were born nobles were disadvantaged and felt that on their own skin so they aren’t out of touch with the rest of the continent (sam was at the WALL where the only nobles go there for lack of options but it’s basically a glorified prison X°DDD). like, that is an ending I can absolutely see grrm going for because it’s basically the revenge of our forgotten-from-s1-and-dnd cripples, bastards and broken things that start the show the way they do and end it on top of things. that is absolutely a thing I can see grrm doing (with some changes bc again I really doubt the books small council would include bronn and brienne). the problem is that d&d wrote it like crap.

but bran becoming king and that being the general idea? I absolutely can see it same as while I was on team jon gets the throne and hates it before if this is how it goes... well, since I’ve been saying that if he wanted to be happy he should have just gone back beyond the wall if that is his actual endgame I have no issues with it. hell, it’s way better than the one I had envisioned for him for that matter.

that said bran being evil is a theory that makes no sense, it’s just that d&d can’t write him and they managed to make him look like an ass if we assume he knew everything from before. but like. it’s them being unable to write that story, not the story in itself being invalid or making no sense, because with the book elements we have.... it makes a hell of a lot of sense.

they just had to write it and they didn’t.

#bran stark #game of thrones spoilers #got negativity #janie writes meta #sorry my hand slipped #haljathefangirlcat #ask post

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i swear this isnt malicious, im curious. if its not okay to have a sentient species be 'evil' or 'good,' (and yeah, both are lazy at best), why is it okay for /creatures/ in DnD to be 'evil' or 'good'? why is it okay for less humanoid sentients, like dragons, to be 'chromatic is evil' and 'metallic is good'? and if we recognize traits even within species in real animals (like labradors being really mellow dogs compared to huskies being high strung) why is it awful for sentients to be different?

[Heads up to critters avoiding C1 spoilers that there is some discussion of the Chroma Conclave arc in this post. It’s not super detailed, and doesn’t spoil specific plot points; it’s mostly general analysis of the framing plot of that arc.]

I’m not sure that I do think it’s okay for sapient creatures to be “evil” or “good.” Or at the very least, I’m not sure it makes sense for sapient creatures to have ingrained moral alignments. At the same time, even just bringing it down to semantics, it’s different to have an evil “race,” versus an evil “creature.” It’s a distinction that gets wibbly, because of course Orcs are just as fictional as dragons. But where Orcs were derived from existing racial stereotypes, dragons are derived from folklore and fairy tales. Part of the point I was making in my previous post is that the moment the word “race” got involved in the project of essentializing traits in fantasy species, the concept became inextricably linked to our real world understanding of race.

“Monsters” and “creatures” are often used as allegories in the stories they appear in–this is how the Chroma Conclave works in campaign 1. Sure, Vorugal, Umbrasyl, Raishan, and Thordak all have character and personality traits. But Matt’s construction has them representing traditional “vices” (wrath, pride, greed, vanity, etc.). It doesn’t make any particular sense why a red dragon is vain, or a green dragon is deceitful, but those details are drawing from a narrative tradition of using symbolism to represent specific themes and attributes. I don’t think that having inherently evil dragons contributes to the problem of implying race has a determining factor in morality in the same way having inherently evil Orcs, Goblins, or Drow does. At the same time, I think that it’s a weak narrative tool if you’re planning on having dragons populate your world as actual characters (and not just allegorical figures).

The fact that J’Mon Sa Ord is a fully developed character with motives, beliefs, and goals, where most of the Chroma Conclave exist as caricatures* doesn’t make a whole lot of logical sense. What allows metallic dragons to be paragons of virtue and to operate within humanoid cultures, where chromatic dragons are seemingly only interested in acquiring wealth and power? What prevents J’Mon Sa Ord from being a black dragon versus a brass dragon? There may not be anything “wrong” with chromatic dragons being inherently “evil,” but what purpose is it serving? I get that when it comes to role-playing games and world-building that it’s sometimes easier to paint with a broad brush: if your hero can identify an evil dragon on sight, it makes saving the world a lot easier. That doesn’t mean those decisions don’t have broader implications.

I think this question hits at two separate–if intertwined–conversations about some of D&D’s fundamental building blocks. You’ve got the conversation about representations of “race” in the game, and the moral alignment system that makes up a large mechanical component of the game. I have a objections to D&D’s morality system that are entirely separate from my issues with how D&D canon handles race. Morality (much like racial traits) gets simplified into something that can be quantified or fixed, ignoring the ways morality actually operates in the world. I understand the way mechanizing this concept provides a foundation for entry into a complex gaming system. I even think there are creative ways to use and explore the alignment system–sometimes the constraints of a rigid system allows you to explore what happens when you push up against those very boundaries. But the alignment system often logically falls apart the longer you look at it.

As far as personality traits in other species goes: first off, I don’t think dog breeds exist as a helpful point of comparison for this conversation. I am not an animal behaviorist, nor a biologist, so I’m not going to go into the concept different dog breeds having different observed temperaments. I am also not a philosopher, so I’m not really equipped for a larger conversation about sentience vs. sapience. But, the important thing about sapience over sentience, is that sapient beings generally understand the concept of there being “right” and “wrong” actions, and make decisions accordingly. There’s a reason why beasts in D&D are unaligned: non-sapient creatures act primarily on instinct, without regard for morality.

I will also point to something I said toward the end of my earlier post–“seemingly inherent racial/species differences can be rooted in things that are legitimately value-neutral qualities of your fantasy race.” I don’t think that it’s “awful” to suggest there might be inherent differences across species. You could, for example, have one race in your world have, on average, higher levels of serotonin. That’s not going to markedly affect their actions and morals, beyond them generally having a happier disposition and better executive functioning skills, perhaps.

The idea that different races are inherently more aggressive, or virile, or “lazy,” are all based in racist and eugenicist logic. That’s without even getting into the way specific fantasy races have drawn on specific racial stereotypes. The very idea that there is some biological imperative involved in morality or behavior is specious. And, look, I get that not every sci-fi/fantasy writer has studied race, gender, and sociology. I get that these things are ingrained into our understanding of the genre. It’s easy to fall back on those narrative and world-building shortcuts when creating a story or setting. I’m not trying to make a value judgment or moral accusation against the writers at Wizards of the Coast. However, I think it’s important to point out the places where creatives are (often unintentionally) reifying negative social dynamics.

At the heart of it, I think the idea of inherent morality is limiting. It limits the stories you can tell, the types of characters and cultures that exist, and it limits an audience’s understanding of what their own world looks like. Fantasy isn’t exempt from acting as a mirror to the “real” world. Its representational work may happen on the level of metaphor and allegory more often than realistic fiction does, but it’s ultimately still exploring themes that connect to the world the audience lives in. By questioning the default assumptions we’ve come to take for granted in the genre, we open up new, and more complex stories to explore and share.

*Two things on my Chroma Conclave comments: 1) I think Raishan exists outside my framing of the Conclave as caricatures–on an allegorical level her “vice,” pretty much requires she have more dialogue. We also see Raishan interact with VM more than any of the other conclave members. At the same time, Raishan plays into a whole other narrative trope which links disease to corruption and failed morals. That’s not a conversation I really want to have right now, but I think it’s generally important to keep in mind that a lot of tropes that exist in fiction are drawn from stereotypes and prejudices aimed at various disenfranchised populations. 2) Absolute none of this was meant as a dig on Matt. I enjoyed the Chroma Conclave arc, and found the allegorical aspects of it to be intriguing.

#Anonymous #asks #critical role #cr1 #fantasy race discourse #dnd #i tried to mostly avoid using academic jargon but i know it slipped in a couple of places #sorry!

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musingmycelium · 5 years

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15 questions meme

tagged by @gothkimmyschmidt <3 thank you friend! i’ll tag @goblin-deity @trvelyans @daydreamingdragonage and @mocha-writes no obligations of course

1. are you named after someone? vi deep lore time -i chose my name bc my og name is viola, named after my great grandmother. i never met her but the stories my mom tells about her make her sound super cool and i thought well, the first part is nice. (and, lmao i know a lot of people pronounce my name as v-eye but i say it as just the letter v but either way works recently lkjkjlkj)

2. when was the last time you cried? oh jeeze i’m not sure. i don’t cry often bc i’m ~repressed and depressed~ but the last time i remember crying was i think during finals and i thought i fucked up things Big Time

3. do you have kids? i have a cat

4. do you use sarcasm a lot? i used to, i still kinda do but i’m not as, mmmm. cutthroat about it

5. what’s the first thing you notice about people? generally? uuuh how they hold themselves -body language is like, my main read for most things bc i rarely get out enough.

6. what’s your eye color? real dark brown -i’ve been told i’m so full of shit it’s coming out my eyes kllkjlkjklj

7. scary movie or happy ending? okay so, i like both of them? if you can do true horror with a hopeful/happy ending then hot diggity shit you’ve got a good storyline

8. any special talents? LMAO

9. where were you born? missouri

10. what are your hobbies? sleeping, writing, reading, and playing dnd. -lkjlkj plus obviously consuming any and all dragon age content i can get my hands on

11. do you have any pets? YES!! boggart my baby bastard boy

12. what sport do you/have you played? i used to do ballet and soccer -i stopped playing soccer bc we didn’t have a high school team and i had to stop ballet when the recession hit

13. how tall are you? 5 foot even babey!

14. favorite subject in school? im the nerd who likes most if not all of them. i love the hard core sciences and i love social sciences but my heart definitely belongs to creative writing -maybe obviosly

15. dream job? the archetypal bard! going around sharing stories and gathering them, listening to folklore and fishermen's tales and stories shared over campfires. thats the dream i also defintely want to be a lighthouse keeper at some point

#thanks for the tag!#uwu

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alright bro im gonna do all the ask so. U Know You're Doin Em Too

Hot read more since there’s so maaaaaany

1. if you were to have Hanahaki disease, what flowers would you cough up?

I feel like this is entirely based on who i’m feeling the one sided love for? (I googled Hanahaki disease and i’m all about that shit no doubt there) But like, maybe daffodils?

2. if someone were to catch Hanahaki disease for you, what flowers would they cough up?

Uh Roses motherfucker, you’re welcome

3. if you were any historic trope, what would you be? (i.e., the knight, the town baker, the witch of the forest, etd.)

Ok so like on the one hand I love lances, so fucking much, so I’m like big into Knights for that and like protecting people (and/or a beautiful prince cause like, you know), but I also really love the idea of just being like, a traveling fighter of some kind, leading a troupe of loveable idiots or being in a troupe as a loveable idiot. I want to be Iron Bull is what I’m trying to say I guess????? or like, Krem? who knows

4. tell us about your ideal battle outfit.

Ok so I’m torn again. Cause protection and ease of movement are super important, so like a breastplate and some kind of back protection, maybe a shield? or maybe a sick gauntlet arm like Ike from Fire Emblem cause he knows what’s up, and then some minor leg armor to keep the front of my thighs and calves safe and like a shield since those fuck am I right?? On the other hand: If you look like a Thot, the enemy is distracted and an easy target. I’m talking chainmail crop top, plate armor booty shorts, stupid looking heel shoes(?) for maximum thot energy, and of course a whip, either that i use or just have for the thot energy.

5. what would you be a god/goddess of and what would people sacrifice to you?

I think like, a minor deity that helps people make small to mediumish choices (i.e. talk the left or right path, call or don’t call this person), and then like, a cute little charm that people just kinda crush or burn before asking about the choice feels good, feels organic.

6. name five iconic quotes that make you feel things.

Now, I don’t know a lot of quote to be honest, but here’s some paraphrased stuff:

“Now that larping exists dnd is like, not the least cool thing to do”- Travis McElroy

“Yeah I have a pickle allergy, what about it *Pickle eating sounds*” -Me, often

“I fucked your dad” -Me during a quiplash game? And often yeah I’ll admit this

I don’t remember what’s said, but the scene in the Count of Monte Cristo where he just shows off all his sick skills to be like “Yeah I’ll murder the fuck out of your homeboy if he tries to step up to me”.

“All Magicians are inherently inclined to kill” -That unraveled about Megaman robots who get sentience

7. scythe, battle axe, broad sword, spear or trident?

Ok so like, Scythe for formal occasions/when I want to just look good cause I think their a sexy as hell weapon, at me if you want to be I know I’m right. Battle Axes are cool and like, really useful during a siege since you can easily bust stuff down with it and it lets you cut spears in half so you look dope as hell, like, Hector of Ostia if you’re out there, yes you’re correct. Broad Swords are like, just in general really good, you can use it in a duel, a battle, a coronation, magic rituals if you’re really feeling fancy, the list is just endless, a real classic all purpose weapon. Spears are for fucking losers, fuck you if you use a spear sword fight me like a fucking real fighter or get out of here none of this reach bullshit. Tridents are like spears but just, inherently sexier? You know? Like 1 point is stupid and boring, but 3? that’s some good shit. But really fuck all these weapons whips are lances are where it’s at yes feel free to at me again.

8. what combination of natural scents would you use as perfume?

Now this i have like, actually no idea for, but like, just tons of flowers. I just take like a fistful of flowers and rub them on my face.

9. ancient scrolls or leather-bound books?

Oh you know I’m about that leather-bound book life! Fuck A scroll, that is just a piece of paper that is going to tear and be illegible in like 5 years. A nice bound book though? *Chefs kiss*

10. describe yourself as if you were a storm.

A summer rain. It comes in quickly and is gone by the turn of the hour. A brief respite during the dry season, and gone before it can become a disaster.

11. what type of flower (other than a rose) would you offer someone you were trying to court?

First of all op, get the fuck off my back Roses or nothing. Secondly a big sunflower.

12. honey in milk or cinnamon in tea?

Um, neither??????????????????

13. cabin in the woods, apartment in the city or mansion in the suburbs?

Honestly an apartment in the city would be nice but like, living in the woods is the prime chance to be a local mystery.

14. curtains of beads or lace?

Probably lace? Do beads block light?

15. vocal or instrumental music?

I am a big fan of instrumental

16. describe your ideal fantasy outfit

Step one, big cape, it doesn’t touch the ground while on my shoulders but goes about mid calf. Step two, leather armor, it’s light and easy to move in, and provides good protection. Step three, Mask, nothing like flashy, just a plain black mask, preferably a full mask if i’ve got some magic to see with not my eyes, other wise like a typical masquerade mask

17. of all the fantasy races to ever exist, which one would you be?

Fuck. This is so hard. I want to be, so many. No you know what, fuck it. I wanna be a Dragonborn Tiefling hybrid, I’m talking cool horns, I’m talking sweet tail, you already know I can spit literal fire out of my face. Fucking try and get at me I dare you.

18. hard candy, fruit preserves or spice cake?

I love hard candy to just suck on, but my teeth do not.

19. show us an a picture of your ideal crown.

if you don’t think this crown fucks, get out of my face

20. tying your hair up using ribbon, yay or nay?

I’ve had my hair long enough for that like once, and I don’t really like tying my hair up tbh

21. an evening in the forest with elves, a night in the caves with vampires or a morning in the garden with fae?

Um. Bold of you to say I’m not hitting up all these parties??? Like def vampires first since the elven party is advertised to go for like 5 hours, but we all know it goes on for like 4 months and I can’t party that long as a mortal you know. And like you hit the fae up last since you literally are gonna be stuck there the rest of your life after one (1) round of truth or dare

22. tell us, in detail, about a curse a witch would put on you.

Like, in all honesty the biggest thing a witch could do to me via curse would just be to make my right arm like full unusable. Not gone or broken. Just like, it’s slow, I can’t always get it to fully hold onto something so it drops everything, there’s always a small feeling of discomfort, not pain just a minor annoyance, in the knuckles of the hand.

23. talking with sylphs or singing with nymphs?

I get kicked out of the nymph singing area after four seconds of

24. mint, rosemary, basil or sage?

I fucking go wild for the smell of basil don’t even try me

25. favorite childhood story? (doesn’t have to be a fairy tale)

I remembered Inkheart recently and like, I honestly really liked that book

26. tell us about an experience you’ve had that seemed unreal or supernatural. (doesn’t have to be scary)

Sophomore year of college, I realized that all the people around me were people I actually enjoyed spending time with, and it just felt so weird to be there after all the just nonsense that had happened up till then

27. would you rather have poison or healing ointment in your traveling pack?

healing duh? You think I’d ever remember i have the poison one? nope not me!

28. tell us three sayings that you live by.

Try and be a little nicer, unless they really don’t deserve it. Walk away sometimes. Eat food and don’t think about it.

29. vials or mason jars?

Oh get me those vials baby!

30. describe your ideal masquerade ball outfit (mask included).

OH HELL YES. Get me that suit, it’s a sweet dark red with rose colored vest underneath, the jacket and pants have flower vines on them that 100% connect to a big ass rose on the back of the jacket. The mask is more or less this guy:

31. splashing around in a river with mermaids or flying through the sky with harpies?

I can literally swim any day so let’s fly

32. what would you end up in the dungeon for?

Ok i didn’t understand this one at first so I’m keeping my initial reply below and the real one is: You know I beat some like high ranking knight or minor noble in a duel to humiliate them and no i didn’t think it through so here i am lol.

3 things: A talking magic weapon (Probably a sword but i’m down for other options). A certain someone is going in and I’m not letting him go in without someone to keep him safe. There’s dragon eggs that work like the Eragon dragon eggs and I am already waist deep in dead enemies getting one of those babies.

33. if you were a fairy, what color would your wings be?

Take a wild fucking guess

34. if you could have any magical item, what would it be?

God this is so hard, but I think a magic flower that when you pluck one if its petals you can undo a recent event, up to like ten minutes or so.

35. what song would the bards sing about you when you passed by?

I’ll say the Death of Me by Meg Myers

36. would you rather be a pirate or a king/queen?

God that’s hard, Like yeah pirates are cool but i’d love to be royalty and just get to do good shit for the people and also not have scurvy.

37. would you spend more time in the field of flowers, the tavern, the docks or the marketplace?

Hmmm, I think the Tavern as like the number 1, and then a tie for docks and field, and the marketplace in last since i hate crowded areas i need to buy things in

38. would you have a painting of yourself?

Only if I ever ride a dragon and then have a painting to immortalize the moment, and only if the dragon helps me paint it

39. what skill are you famous for?

I mean, people know I sword fight, fight fight, and program, so like, those? and I guess my sick dnd skills

40. if you could live any fairy tale, which one would you?

Fuck if I can think of one!

41. stained glass windows or fairy lights?

Ok Stained glass windows literally slap so like, you already know

#romanarcadia

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hdawg1995 · 6 years

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DnD Antics: “we’re called The Wrecking Crew for a reason!”

its war as the party ralleys their allies and unleashes the true meaning of “Wrecking crew”! (bonus i has this song playing in the head phones most of the time. really sets the mood).

first things first Nazul’s player returns to us via skype! and what a return he makes! we’ll get to that in a second. the game starts where we left off- in a icy caseum. Alicaria is able to get her deity’s heart back along with a WHOLE DRAGON’S HORDE OF GEMS!

envoy:...i wonder how we get out of this caseum...? Elizander: *places a hand on Envoy’s shoulder* we wish it! just close your eyes and imagine you’re up there! envoy: *a look of ‘are you high?’* coolie: i cast fly on her and chuck her! *rolls* 21 on a strength check! me: w-WAIT I HAVE WINGS! WHY ARE YOU CASTING FLY! *rolls* 31 REFLEX! DM: *laughing* so you are thrown up into the air and catch yourself, but the wind picks you up and slams you into the side of the rock face. *laughter* me: like a god dang gnat. DM: *rolls* you take 43% of your health. you also start falling paige: i make a elivador to take us up. lindsy: i get on the elivator. DM: *rolls* you take another 13% from falling Envoy. paige: CAN I MAKE A PILLOW FOR HER TO LAND ON? DM: yes. Envoy you land on a pillow. envoy: *pats pillow. just lays there.* me: coolie i had 18 health left ;^; elizander: huh...d-...didn’t think that one through. Spine: maybe you didn’t throw her hard enough. Elizander: GOOD POINT! *tries to reach for envoy* me and envoy: NO! NO TOUCHY! Vale: *watching envoy fall*.....seems about right.

after we all get out of the area we decided its high time to gather allies! Elizander teleports to the witcher schools. he is able to get every school except the Ape (so bear, wolf, lizard, whale, dragon and cat).

leader of dragon school: DID YOU KNOW THE WORLD IS ENDING YOU BASTARD??? elizander: yes. thats why i’m here. i came to tell you where to go and- leader: WE KNOW WHERE THE FUCK TO GO! I SLAYED DRAGONS THERE! Elizander: I know. it was impressive! I’m proud of you guys! leader: IM PROUD OF YOU TOO, ELIZANDER! Elizander: *no one has ever told him they were proud of him. ever. hes probably crying if witchers had emotions* FOR THE DRAGON SCHOOL!

Spine gathers the elves and lizards- the gnomes are already on their way WITH VOLTRON! Spine also gets some demonic powers to help out at the cost of... all the lizard men minus shaa (cause shaa don’t play that game).

Alicaria resurrects her deity/mom and ralleies the uldrha. the fey of the fey wild also send as many as they can (fey wild is having troubles so its not much BUT THEY ARE HELPING!)

Vale’s children hatch! PRECIOUS MOMENT!!1!! she recruits the Jade dragons and some kagets.

silly Q is an idol and gives all her fans a heart attack by using mass message and call them all who are able to battle. also shes on a body pillow (and the rest of the party is like her anime harem??? this was just a weird but funny moment).

even envoy gets some rumors going through the grape vine. the band of 8 is united for once! ALSO me: envoys gonna teleport to Frank’s forest and is gonna find frank. Frank: hey bruh! whats goin on? Envoy: sup bruh. a wars is going down. Frank: a war? bruh thats not cool.... envoy: i know right bro? and I’m squishy. Frank: yeah bruh... Envoy: i might die. Frank: Bruh.. thats not cool Bruh. what about the blue flying moose bruh? what..whats going to happen? Envoy: i don’t now bruh. i wanted to say good bye. Frank: NAh brah. TREES! COME ON BROS! *summons army of tryants* me: THAT WASN’T THE INTENDED RESULT BUT I’LL TAKE IT! DM: he grabs you and pokes you. Frank: yeah bruh thats real squishy. Envoy: yup. Frank: okay blue bark. envoy: wait what. DM: you now have blue bark armour. it goes away when you want it to. you are still human, you’re just covered in bark. me and Envoy: YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-

its 2 days later. army after army have comes. its time to start. and as legions of allies destroy the cultist’s forces (also algres is no longer enslaved hes free and left and took one of the cultist’s walls with him) the cult leaders and generals are falling, one by one, as spectral elves and spectral assassins kill each and every one of them!

NAZUL IS BACK BABY!

the battle begins with the party and the two cult leaders. it was heckin intense! we pulled out all the stops! im really tired from it but i wote it down in my DnD notes so i’ll update this tomorrow (I PROMISE!) with the “details”.

but we won! we lost a lot of people... but they will be remembered! the party is now level 28. we’re really close to the end of the wrecking crew’s adventures together....

this is gonna be some scary madness!

#dungeons and dragons #DnD #antics #the wrecking crew

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academy-x · 7 years

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so does anyone want to play dnd 5e with me i have a pretty cool campaign idea with the first session already planned................?

i’ve never gm’ed before so im nervous but determined >:) i feel like i’ve got a pretty good handle on the rules and i’m full of ideas.

im probably looking for 3 - 5 players. if for some reason it turns out 20 people want to play dnd, i’ll probably pick people i know and people who were the first to reply to this post.

anyone is welcome even if you have never played dnd (or if we have never talked/aren’t mutuals) !!! please play dnd with me !!!

i’m thinking we play for 4 hours or less per session (with a short break in the middle). we play over discord (or skype?) twice a month in the afternoon or evening. i’m from denmark which is gmt+1 so if you’re somewhere hours form that timezone playing together might be difficult but we can probably figure something out!! when we (hopefully) have a group, i will post maybe four dates and times, and together we pick one where everyone has time to play.

i’m aiming for a good mix of roleplaying, combat and exploring the setting (open world style), changing the mix, depending on whatever the party prefers.

i want to create a chill friendly atmosphere where we can have fun roleplaying, and no one (including me lmao) is afraid of making mistakes. lets have a good time!!

if you want to join, but you’re confused/or overwhelmed by character creation or anything else about the rules, let me know because i can help you with all of the stuff.

if you don’t know anything about dnd, here’s a link to a google drive that has the rulebooks on it. you don’t really need to look at anything but the players handbook. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B8gEb-UZ2r1cTTRNam1uaW44V2s

a bit about campaign plot and setting:

the campaign starts in medias res with the party being an established group of adventurers following a member of a devil worshipping cult that they suspect of kidnapping the child of a local nobleman. things only get wilder from there, but that’s spoiler territory.

the setting is basically me throwing the normal dungeons and dragons fantasy trope world in the dumpster and setting fire to it then building my own thing out of the ashes. it’s a generic fantasy world with no assumptions about the races and their relationships with each other. also racism, homophobia, transphobia and misogyny doesn’t really exist (at least everything is a lot better than in our world).

i would love it if the players wanted to help build the world. like if a player character is an elf, that player can decide how elf culture works instead of just reading from the book.

anyways feel free to reblog, reply or message me if you’re interested. i really want to do this!!

if you already know you would prefer if we played dnd on wednesdays, or that you can never play before 16.30 on weekdays, please add that.

if you already have an idea of your character, tell me (i’m curious!!).

if anything in this post is confusing/difficult to understand, let me know and i will try explain it better

sorry in advance if i don’t reply to your messages instantly, i have anxiety and get stressed out pretty easily

#the rest is under a readmore bc im too shy #it also got pretty long #i tried bolding some stuff to make it easier to read

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dnd-inspiration · 7 years

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If you’ve sent me an ask within 30 days… it's here!

If yours isn’t here, send it again! I’m sorry it took me so long to get to you guys. It’s been a few crazy weeks, I’m generally a lazy person, and having more than 5 asks stresses me out so I avoid my inbox. So lets get to it!

@leonmashedpotatoes Hello there, I'm going to be running a 3.5 shackled city campaign and I'm excited about the campaign, but I'm nervous because my homebrew campaigns have been making me super overwhelmed and I don't end up having any fun playing and the session just ends anticlimactically. How can I keep myself from getting overwhelmed? I figured it'd be easier since I'm using a module but I'm still nervous that I won't end up having fun PLeS HalP

It depends! Why does it overwhelm you? Are you organized enough? Do your players ask you stupid questions that you didn’t think you had to prepare for? Get good at predicting those dumb questions, or get good at improv. Are they doing things you don’t want them to do, like going north when they should go south? Just change the stuff happening in the south to the north. Or block off the path. I’d also recommend taking a 5 - 10 min break. Get up, stretch, get some snacks, etc. AS for anticlimactic session ends, try to plan for a good stop or stop playing too long. Sometimes sessions I’m in go so long we basically end when someone falls asleep.

@meme-regime

Hi, gonna DM a campaign that revolves around 2 countries at war. The campaign will eventually build up to each country having a superweapon, but the players only know about the enemy's. They are sent to stop it and while gone the allied country's goes off accidentally. My question is, how should i get my players invested in the story and really care about and join one side, rather than just do mercenary work? Its a war over land, so neither side is necessarily in the right, morally. Thanks!

Ask them to come up with detailed backstories about where they’re from, any friends, etc. Put those NPCs in the town in the region you want. Maybe one side pays well, maybe one side is filled with [x “evil” race]. Have them meet NPCs that they themselves care about their land. You can’t really force anyone to care about anything. I always stressed myself out when I cared if they did, so I stopped caring. And weirdly enough they started!

@ anon

I want to start dm'ing a campaign. Any advice for someone who's never dm'd before?

Just read up on the rules, find a module you want to try, read through it, and relax!

@ anon

I need to create a D&D character for a group me and my friends are starting. How do I go about it?

I use the app “5th edition Character Sheet” and I love it. If you pay 1 dollar you get to level up easy. There are guides online to help you out. Reading the player's handbook also helps! Make sure you and your buds know what level you’re starting at, and if you’re doing point buy or rolling your stats.

@sevenawkwarddays

So, I just recently started DMing and my group really seems to enjoy inns and enjoys roleplaying visiting one. I'm running out of gimmicks and fun quirks to give them and was wondering if you have any advice or suggestions?

Watch/read/listen to media related to that and take inspiration from there. Look up historical inns, look up local bed and breakfast joints, etc. There are some cool podcasts about history, myths, etc.

@irl-yuya

I'm writing a campaign for my friends (in which I will be both DMing and playing a character) should I get ideas, just knowing my friends' classes and see what happens or wait until they've finished character building? (We're using fan made classes. Dancer, Death Weapon (based on the show Soul Eater) and Dragon Slayer Wizard (based on Fairy Tail.)

Its your campaign, you should make it no matter what they want to play. Their races and classes shouldn’t matter too much. I’m in the middle of writing a campaign where Drow are despised, much more than normal, and driven out of towns. I’d gently suggest my players not play Drow, but hey if they want I won’t stop them. They just need to know what they’re getting into. I’m not about to change my entire campaign just because they want to play Drow but not be treated unfairly.

@ anon

Im setting up a Lamia lair in an old desert ruin, and so far i have a Lamia, jackalweres, manticores, and slaves occupying it. I have a maze, main lair, and slave cages planned, but i want it to be bigger. Any ideas???

Honestly I have no idea what Lamia is and google didn’t help… so here are some maybe not so helpful suggestions.

Room of pots, some overflowing with rubies. When you dig for more, its sand. If one breaks, endless sand pours out.

A giant room with pillars, and a single set of stairs that almost goes up to the ceiling.

A room dedicated to giving gifts to gods. You probably shouldn’t take anything. Should leave something instead.

Giant crocs who can be appeased with hearts

@ anon

So, in my campaign, almost all the PCs have a dead sibling, so I try to emphasize familial bonds in the story. Would having the BBEG's goal to bring back their own dead sibling be keeping to the motif or just lazy writing? Any suggestions for alternatives or ways to make that more interesting?

Whats bad about bringing your sibling back? Obviously raising the dead is a bit iffy but if I was one of your players I wouldn’t hunt him down for doing that. Maybe his sibling is bigger, badder, and generally better at doing evil stuff.

@didthething

My players are wandering through a mountainous region, with occasional Kobold tribes interspersed. They are searching for an old tower surrounded by a thick, cloying fog. What might they run into while they are wandering about?

I don’t have a monster manual, but I’d look into that to help you out! Rocs could be funny, since they sound like “rocks”. Bullets? Birds, goats, other typical animals you’d find on a mountain. Maybe some mountain monks or something.

@candalable

I think this is totally doable for your first game. Neat idea! I think your plot is fine, I don’t have any points. Since this is set in one place, make this places VERY detailed. Names, ages, jobs of all npcs they come across, town export and import, etc. Not sure about puzzles since everything sets back to normal tbh.

@anon

I'm DMing a session and my players are in a campaign where they're in a magical rubix cube dungeon that rotates and opens paths to new rooms when they interact with certain parts of the room they're in. I'm trying to design each room to be unique in both it's layout and what kind of challenge they'll have to go through, and i've already got three rooms planned out, but i'm running dry on cool ideas for puzzles, traps, or fun battles for them to stumble into. There are 5 players if it helps.

@anon

Could read through my blog and see if you can apply/tweak any to a room. Look up popular brain teasers and puzzles, twist them to a dnd setting. A room with a long staircase, halfway up you notice a really tall being just staring at you. Narrow bridge to get to the other side, but its cut. You can climb down the ladder into darkness. The other side seems slanted enough you can climb up.

@literal-trash-heap

In an adventure I'm writing, I need a monster that could make ships mysteriously vanish, but still be suitable for first level players. I was thinking maybe something to do with ghosts and the ethereal plane, but any suggestions would be terrific!

Low HP powerful monster that actually only makes ship invisible and sets them off course? Otherwise your suggestion sounds great.

@anon

In the party I have, everyone seems to be focused on only the task ahead and they aren't finding creative ways to overcome challenges. How can I change this and slyly force them into some RP and world exploration?

You can’t make them play how you want them to. If you want them to get into room A, and the door is locked and you don't want them busting it down but finding the key… make it impossible to break down. Thats as far as you can force their hand though. Maybe they like the straight path? You can introduce some NPCs that want to show them the world, or need an escort.

@anon

Several sessions ago the party I have been DMing helped an Armorer and a Weaponsmith get together. Now, they've been invited to their wedding. It looks like the party wants to go so I want to spice it up a bit. I'm thinking some sort of monster should attack mid vows but I'm not sure what would be good. The wedding will take place in a city set on the side of a mountain, and the players should be about level five by the time they get there. But I have no idea what the monster should be

@anon

Look in the monster manual? Maybe there is a crazed ex lover that wants revenge. Maybe some giant birds want the bird seed, or see shiny objects in the wedding like the rings or decorations.

@anon

im dming for my four friends, but two of them chose to be bards, and the other two are a cleric and a wizard. should i like, force some of them to change roles or is there someway for me to change monsters and enemies so they dont get completely junked

I’d tell everyone everyone’s class, see if they’re okay with that, and treat them like any normal party. I treat my normal parties like they CAN die… but if they’re nice and don’t do stupid stuff, they only almost die. I don’t force my players but if you’re cool with that and so are they, go for it I guess.

@cometgrace

I have a question, if you don't mind. I'm really interested in playing d&d but I have no friends who would be interested so I'm looking to play it online. The problem is, I have absolutely no experience with the game and I know pretty much nothing. What's a good way a get started and figure out the game? or a good way to just learn the ropes?

Read up the players handbook and go online! Roll20.net is something people use. You can also find game shops in your town that host [free] dnd nights with tables for you to use! For free! Most people are patient. Just be up front that that you’re new and do your best to play along.

@gxjira

i have an idea for a campaign and several little details for it but for some reason i cant connect them? so far i have a tiny town full of completely regular people, a well with weird powers, the lunar eclipse and a bad time

Sorry but there isn’t nearly enough information for me to help you out!

@synodicstudying

I have a new DND session this weekend and I'm dusting off one of my old character ideas- a wood elf druid with a chronically ill wife and a 10 year old stepson, driven by trying to find the cure for her wife. She's definitely a motherly figure, with an emphasis on healing and shapeshifting abilities who I mean to make into the glue of the party, but I just got the setting. We're in the Arctic. Any ideas on how to adapt her to fit?

I love your idea so much! Why not have her travel from your beautiful home continent? The arctic supposedly has the oldest seed in the world, frozen in time. And its one of the things you need for your wife!

@anon

So my players have unknowingly contacted the first arcs Big Bad and asked them for work. The Big Bad has been scrying on them and is slowly recognizing them as a threat, not just an annoyance. He's in a really good position to get rid of them without losing his sterling reputation. Any suggestions on how he could do this without tipping his hand that he's a villain to the party until it's too late?

Having them do tasks that kind of fuck up the town, or powerful people only. Tasks like taking a package from the Yarl to X address, instead of Y making it look like you stole it.

#ahh this took like an hour and a half #i gotta start answering them as I get them #dnd #d&d #Dungeons and Dragons #not inspo #ask #asks

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hdawg1995 · 7 years

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DnD Antics: OW this one hurt...

so its farther’s day so we only played for 5 hours rather than the normal 7 and only 5 players came plus the DM so that was fun!

“I’m going to the black market to sell a monk and a witcher.” “No, not allowed.”

So Spine and Alicaria turned into cobolds and went to the black market. the idea was to beat up someone as the weakest lizards in DnD cause they keep their stats when they shape change. that never happened but they bought some relics and poisons! also.... the druid may or may not have revived a extinct moss that caused an extinction in the past >_>....

Spine also got a relic of yeethan!....sorta! he got the hilt of the blade cause a avatar of chrom broke it cause he couldn’t use it. spine traded god eater for it and then Alicaria got a relic rock and the two found a odd flute

DM: you see a flute. it only catches your eye cause you remember Envoy likes flutes.

alicaria and spine got it along with a book of constructs and celestial stuff. as they leave they hear cheering.... wonder what that could be?

Nazul was walking around the slums when a cat person addressed him. gave him a scroll and umm.... got teleported into a cage fight! he used a new ability he got from his legacy item and suggested to the guy that was attacking him to attack the others instead. and he did. it was really hella brutal. he then wall jumped and sliced a gnome in two, landing back to back with his spectral twin looking awesome. round one ended and round two started. two hell houses were sent out and they both missed, the second colliding with a wall and then Nazul killing it with a spectral missile. the first died to a critical hit of 400+ damage. when round three started he didn’t have a chance at first. he got sneak attacked and lost his head, then possessed his attacker and used her claw weapons to kill her. again hella brutal. unfortunately there was a avatar of narul in the crowd watching and waiting. he drug Nazul to the under world! thinking fast and leaping into the arena, Spine was able to revive Nazul.

Spine: Not yet mother fucker! *tries to revive. fails. sticks the head back on and tries again* Nazul: *gasp* Spine: not yet? Nazul: not yet!

(Nazul has stared death in the face 3 times and has laughed every time. its now a game to cheat death at this point).

Nazul and Spine get out of there and along the way pick up a half orc half goliph named garb who has never seen the sun before.

me: im converting him to the moose. sam: *nods*

when they get out of the black market its night time. wonder what alicara was doing?

*somewhere in the desert, a giant scorpion scuttles about*

else where, Envoy helped buy Issac (vale’s raven) a pocket watch that can stop time! cool! her and vale then meet up with Envoy’s bard friend persfininy. he helps them find a way to find the endless water oraises and we meet Exreal (and i’m totally not having a “omg its my side main!” moment). he agrees to take us there but he gets a “cut” of the treasure. not a fan of how he brushes off the fate of the universe aside envoy agrees to a 70/30 deal.... now the others? who knows!

Vale tried to get Envoy to drink moon milk. Envoy is not dumb. also Envoy is not trusting of people at bars and did NOT drink anything. and a good thing too!

DM: *rolls* Ezreal is shit faced drunk. he leans over to you and tells you a story. Ezreal: *story about the oasis we have to find* -and i ATE that coconut! Vale: interesting. Ezreal: also.... im not gonna lie... i was gonna spike that there uhhh... envoy’s drink but she uh... didn’t drink anything... me: HA! DM: you jerk XD

(also all the male characters Vale has talked to as flirted with her. the “perks” of the DM being your husband i guess XD. it was hilarious)

we all met up at the air ship, Envoy disapointing a drunk Ezreal- Ezreal: i bet you’re wondering how i got here! it- Envoy: no not really.... Ezreal: :’( -and....Spine... what do you mean gorethax is gone?

Spine scryed on the hilt of the sword to find the shards. to his surprise they were in the endless myire. turns out the dracolich and the lizardmen are REALLY dooking it out. so much so the avatar of chrom- god of destruction- showed up to have some fun. first things first dracolich is using Spine’s temple to yethan as a roost. second things second the avatar of chrom swung the Yeethan relic, killed the undead dragon dracolich summoned, did a number on dracolich, and gave a nasty gash to the Iron Obelisk of a temple. it then shattered and thats where Spine found the pieces. and now the part that hurt. in order to fix the relic (cause turns out its the TRUE relic or “greater” relic of Yeethan) Spine has to sacrifice two things that are close to him, AND his religion. in the end, Goerthax- the fighter golem that Spine has been working on for this whole campaign and also a blessed alter to yeethan, and the lich body of his master elixilore- who was the original avatar of yeethan- are both sacrificed. it was a painful good bye for our necromancer as all his summons are his family and hes giving up two of them. their energy is used to repair the sword and the temple is destroyed in a earth quake. but its not all over for our lovable killing machine! Gore is brought back to life and is not a general in the army of the Black Hand. but still... the golem is now without a power source and the party lost their fighter. i really didn’t like this cause i like gore and now hes gone and WHY DOES EVERYTHING COOL AND GOOD THAT HAPPENS TO SPINE GO AWAY? but i digress

we ended off with the party together on the air ship. i rolled to convert grab and he worships the moose now!....kinda!

me: 118? DM: he worships you as a god. Envoy: NO! WRONG ONE! WRONG BLUE WINGED MOOSE! DM: hes too dumb to tell the difference. also his alignment changes to chaotic good.

what will happen next? we’ll find out next week!

#dnd #dungeons and dragons #antics #the wrecking crew #RIP Tiffany and Gorethrax

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DnD Antics: “its just a stick”

the wrecking crew met again for the first time this year! WOO! lets get the adventure started!

me: hey tim! you ready to be trained by master splinter? tim: haha yea-.... wait what?

DM: so tim, what has Zack been doing this whole time? tim: i dont know- me: say you’ve been training with the rat! SAY YOU’VE BEE- DM: okay since you don’t know.... *rolls*... odds or evens? tim:.... eevens? DM: odds. you notice your wife is acting strange. group: ???? me of all people:....is she pregnant? DM: yes. tim: WHAT?

Envoy: *building a snowman. is as happy as can be.* elizander: *gets punched through a support beam in Envoy’s house* Envoy: *internally screaming*

we get to the earth trial. its a maze! in order to make sure we don’t get totally lost and we can teleport to each other in case something happened we are all mentally linked... except for spine. but lets be honest thats okay, Spine doesnt need us AND all his undead minions in his head.

me: so we can hear everyone’s thoughts??? ryan (frost): and we can see what each other is thinking. we just don’t know whos thinking what. shafeek: i imagine blue from fosters home. coolie:...i...i imagine the color blue. me: i imagine the blue flying moose! shafeek: and blue is riding the moose! coolie: there flying though the sky! shafeek: and blue has armor! coolie: SO DOES THE THE MOOSE! me: HE IS READY FOR BATTLE!

Frost crystal and Spine find some crazy living metal things and- Spine: *bursts through the door* I HEARD THERE WAS A PARTY!

Spine learns their language and after the room with the metal things is flooded (no worries, Spine, his golem, and frost can breath under water) they do some underwater battleing and nearly die to mercury poisoning. also Frost has half a whine bottle if liquid living metal.

vale: if i teleport you out, is any of that metal stuff coming with you? frost: well i mean yeah but dont worry about it.

Vlae’s spider does some SICK mission impossibly dodging as she crawls on the ceiling and through spike pits, nearly dying but surviving. might be traumatized. but shes okay now.

frost: *calls a deity* hello- Envoy: TELL HER I SAID HI! Elizander: were all connected mentally, she can hear you. envoy: HELLO LADY! vale: HHHHIIII! the Yak: PUT YOUR PANTS BACK ON! frost: i’ll call you back....

Nazul sends magic missile after magic missal down the halls until he hits the necromancer.... not that it matters, magic and blunt? legit 0 damage to Spine.

we find a cursed library. me: imma make a arcane knowledge check. shafeek: i grab a book and start reading :D DM: Envoy, as you are making your check, Nazul walks past you and grabs a book. he seems drawn to it, moving to sit down at one of the tables.

turns out the books -no matter how boring- will memorize anyone who reads them. also if you are too smart NOT to try and read them they’ll just try and grab you. after we get Nazul back to reality, turns out one of the halls has a slime down it. we thought it was a time spell since it just seemed things were moving in slow motion. we try freezing it but in the end Spine (who lost his syth to the slime) pillar of woes the thing and ‘saves’ its contents.

the legendary syth is broken but can be fixed, so can Nazul’s dagger but his last and final fade is dead :(

we move on and frost crystal is a one uldra trap and quest mastering machine! she gets to the point where we reach the item we had to retrieve from this trile- The Rod of Gaia.

ryan (Spine): im telling you its just a stick. me: i kinda hope its just a stick now. that would be hilarious. (me and Ryan talked about how ridiculous it would be if it was just a stick on the way to DnD. i am way too hyped for this legendary item to be nothing) ryan (frost): i hope its what you said eailyer, that its a stick until a druid holds it. frost: *gets handed a stick*....are you sure this is the rod of gaia? guardian (who is a brownie): yes! you don’t trust me? i’ve guarded that rod for generations! me: its a stick! ryan (spine): i told you! frost: its not that i don’t trust you its just.... you being the guardian.... you wouldn’t just give me the rod. me: *wheeze*

so we get the brownie drunk and turns out the stick is NOT the rod (sadness) and that we need to go farther down. also we pasted a dragon sleeping/guarding her eggs. this is important for the next bit.

tim: I WANNA TALK TO THE DRAGON! me: Tim shes guarding her eggs- tim: im not gonna STEAL the eggs- me: and shes SLEEPING!

spine: *enters the room* dragon: *suddenly awake and pissed* Spine: okay.

turns out the dragon doesn’t like necromancers... and she was the dragon that killed Giovanni (Spine’s oldest undead ‘minion’. more like friend. Spine doesnt like the word ‘minion’. but yeah Giovanni is the real OG). as spine and his golem leave the room the dragon stomps on the golem cause ‘it dosn’t matter’. sad spine.

also the bard who has 5 in her disable device got a nat 20 and turned off the ‘walls turn you into a hero sandwich’ trap. best moment of Envoy’s life. well one of them.

we enter a puzzle now. we have to put the elements into the pillars

me: i fly up and use my flint and steel. ryan (frost): oh i was just gonna use create fire. me: nooo i wanna be useful!

tim: okay im at the fire pillar. me: your wife gonna do the water thing? tim: i didn’t say she was up her. me: just have her up there so you two can do the fire and water thing. tim: but- lindsay: screw it i fly up on my griffion, pour the water from my water skin into the water hole and light a fire with my flint and steel.

we open a door after all 4 elements and their opposites are placed on the right pillars (gg bardic knowledge). we then open a trap door into a room where the REAL rod of gaia is. turns out its guarded by a 12 headed hydra! ROLL INISITVE!

lindsy: i fly me and my pride over to one of the islands DM: oh oh oh attacks of opportunity a plenty! me: NOPE! i use my quick action to cast a spell i learned over break! DM: what? me: “target a creature per level. so long as you are playing target(s) can not make attack of opportunity” vale: *stares death in the eye and lives*

lindasy: im going to have Issac cast phantasmal killer! Issac deals damage to something for the first time in this bird’s life and he even stuns one of the hydra heads! GG Issac!

Zack performs monkey beats the gong on the hydra’s body and thats where we left off!

not that many antics this week, but i can report the whole group has seen the group drawing and its now set as the facebook group’s picture! also EVERYONE loved the burning town in the background.

see you all next week! will the wrecking crew defeat the hydra or fall victim to one or all of its twelve heads? find out nect time- on dragon ball Z!

#DnD #dungeons and dragons #antics

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