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One of my d&d characters is a level 9 great old one warlock/level 2 divination wizard half elf who became a reborn after dying during the campaign.

Now, last session she determined that it was no longer possible for her to age, so given that she isn't killed, she won't die.

She can't age. She won't get sick. She will just... persist.

She can only die at a blade swipe, or a spell.

Do you realize what that means? She's lost the ability to die peacefully.

She can only die violently.

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I genuinly find it very funny that Gale just so happens to get yoinked from Waterdeep just before the events of Waterdeep: Dragon Heist, I like to think that as soon as he gets back to Waterdeep, this is now a problem for him to solve.

Like, imagine you're Gale, you get home from saving Baldur's Gate if not all of Faerun. Perhaps you've found a lover (in my mind, Astarion because that is the funniest option), or perhaps not, regardless, you've made a group of lifelong friends.

You get home, (taking Yenna and Grub with you, and picking up Arabella because they are like 8 and they are not living on their own.)

and

fucking Volo contacts you to say "Old friend (who's eye I may or may not have taken) I need some assistance."

and Volo, the godsdamned lunitic, has somehow involved himself in the disgraced open lord of Waterdeeps son being kidnapped.

So now you're contacting your friends (Karlach and Wyll are back from Avernus after fixing Karlach's heart, and they've adopted a little girl??? Okay cool. Shadowheart and Lae'zel, for some reason you don't understand, live on a farm with Shadowhearts parents, Scrach, and the Owlbear. they also have a son now... kay. Halsin says sure, he's been living in the woods with a bunch of orphans, this does not suprise you at all. Jaheira and Minsc are in Baldur's Gate with Jaheira's family, attempting to rebuild, this is also unsuprising. Astarion is living in your house, so you know what he's been up to, which is to say he's been up to shenanigans with you, the two girls who now live with you, the cat, and Tara.)

Volo has given you a tavern... that he had for some reason.

You are now running a tavern with your friends while there's a gang war in Waterdeep.

You are Gale, and you just want a nap godsdamned it.

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #waterdeep #gale of waterdeep

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Tumblr being the first social media site I ever used, when I joined as an adult, and the only one I used for several years was probably a terrible mistake because I now cannot comprehend how other sites work.

I recently made an instagram.

Was trying to figure out instagram. I do not understand how I’m supposed to find things I like.

Also I searched for outer wilds fanart, I don’t care about your face, please just show me outer wilds fanart.

#tumblr #social media #I’m not even joking I’m completely social media illiterate #aside from tumblr

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So I know that dragons in 5e probably don’t shed their skin.

But could you imagine if they did?

You and your party have been told of this horrible dragon. For some reason, you go to attempt to slay, if not reason with it.

So you and your party sneak into the dragons lair.

and you SEE the dragon. It's... sleeping?

You and your party attempt to attack it, hoping to suprise it.

The wizard casts fireball, the blazing magic swirling in the air around you as the fire flies towards the dragon.

then... it... goes though the dragon? the entire thing bursts into flames?

then you're suddenly hit with lightning breath from behind because the real dragon HEARD that, and you realize that what you've done is attacked his shed skin.

#dnd #dungeons and dragons #d&d #dragons

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I think warlocks are my favorite class because of the almost inherent tragedy.

You’ve made a pact, and you’ve bartered with devils, or incomprehensible cosmic horrors, or tricky fey, or the undead, and you’ve sold something. More often than not, some part of you, that can never be recovered.

What did you give up?

Your friends?

Your soul?

Your mind?

You?

…

Was it worth it?

#warlock #dnd #dungeons and dragons #d&d

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Funnily enough, my half elf's mother is also a druid (her bio mother, however) but her mother couldn't take the emotional toll of having a daughter that she would outlive, so she and my characters human father stayed together until my half elf was 9, and at that point, she left to rejoin the druid circle she had left. Not fully abandoning her daughter, but not able to stand being around her too long.

My character, in contrast, is fiercely protective of her father because she's well aware of the fact she's going to outlive him. To the point she made a pact with a great old one to save him.

I agree. Lifespan differences are so incredibly interesting in how various races interact, and in the case of half elves specifically, how it affects their relationships with their biological families.

Half elves are so interesting to me.

You’re born to parents with ridiculously different lifespans. One parent could potentially live to be 750-1000 years old. The other parent has 100 years at best.

But you? You’ll probably live to be about 200.

And more often than not, you’re parents aren’t together long term.

Maybe you’re raised by your elven parent. You’re looked at with pity, a half human, not really an elf. You’re elven parent looks at you with dread, they know they’ll watch you age and die. Wither like a flower before them with nothing they can do to spare you or themselves.

Or maybe you’re raised by your human parent. They breathe a sigh of relief that they won’t outlive you. But they watch in fear as they watch themselves and the humans around them age as you stay young. They know that you’ll find yourself alone.

They’ve condemned you to forever live on the outside, regardless of whether you’ve been raised by humans or elves. You’re condemned to watch one parent die far too soon, while another remains young while you age and die.

(I’m playing a half elf, I was just thinking about how she must be viewed by her human father versus her elven mother.)

#half elf #dnd #d&d #dungeons and dragons

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Half elves are so interesting to me.

You’re born to parents with ridiculously different lifespans. One parent could potentially live to be 750-1000 years old. The other parent has 100 years at best.

But you? You’ll probably live to be about 200.

And more often than not, you’re parents aren’t together long term.

Maybe you’re raised by your elven parent. You’re looked at with pity, a half human, not really an elf. You’re elven parent looks at you with dread, they know they’ll watch you age and die. Wither like a flower before them with nothing they can do to spare you or themselves.

Or maybe you’re raised by your human parent. They breathe a sigh of relief that they won’t outlive you. But they watch in fear as they watch themselves and the humans around them age as you stay young. They know that you’ll find yourself alone.

They’ve condemned you to forever live on the outside, regardless of whether you’ve been raised by humans or elves. You’re condemned to watch one parent die far too soon, while another remains young while you age and die.

(I’m playing a half elf, I was just thinking about how she must be viewed by her human father versus her elven mother.)

#half elf #dnd #dungeons and dragons #d&d

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Reblog in the tags a movie you love that was a box office failure

#mr magorium's wonder emporium #lovely movie #it's about an old man who runs a toyshop dying #while there's a 20 year old manager who doesn't believe in herself #and a accountant who lost all sense of childhood wonder #and a nine year old who has no friends #reblog

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Different hairstyles for Jake. First one is straight from the book, the rest are how I imagine he looked before prison. Maybe afterwards too. Dreadlocks heavily inspired by @orithereticent ‘s version of him. Feeling guilty for resharing so much old fanart and not posting enough new ones. Enjoy!

[Image description: a sketch dump of the merman Jake Windsnap with different long hairstyles, and his one short haircut described in The Tail of Emily Windsnap.]

#emily windsnap #pretty! #reblog

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Currently thinking about the Owens Cousins AU and I don’t remember if I’ve said this before but Janet was absolutely the “they asked for no pickles!!” Of the 3

Oh she for sure is. Like, Ricky's this awkward teenager with an anxiety disorder, and Quin is this kid terrified of her own shadow.

Janet inherited all of the bravery. I'm kinda imagining it like scooby and Shaggy versus Scrappy. Like Janet will 100% attempt to fistfight the monsters.

#sdmi #scooby doo mystery incorporated #ricky owens #janet nettles

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Mods are asleep post unhinged screenshot edits with no context-

#sdmi #mr. e #ricky owens #mayor jones

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The saddest bit of creating any form of art is how often artists are seemingly incapable of appreciating their own art.

We're never good enough for ourselves are we?

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I almost want to write a fic where after the events of Baldurs gate 3, Gale convinces everyone (Wyll, Asterion, Shadowheart, lae'zel, karlach) to come back with him to Waterdeep, and they immediately get involved in Waterdeep: Dragon Heist.

Bonus points Volo took out someone’s eye (not sure who) and upon seeing him again they go “YOU”

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #dnd #gale of waterdeep

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I remember you mentioned reading some Ancient Greek plays. What if Jake or Mary P. Windsnap with their love of literature ever read them? I definitely could see Aaron reading them! He’s a big history nerd and got that massive castle probably with lots of ancient books.

I feel like Mary, Emily, Millie, and Mandy have read myths before, given that I feel most kids do.

though Mary would probably try to stop Emily from reading the more disturbing myths (Antigone, anything to do with Zeus)

#emily windsnap

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#stardew valley #sdv maru #krobus

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Dead Beat Cuddle! 👻💖

(Another redraw from my sketchbook, with a slight style change and updated colors)

#sdmi #scooby doo mystery incorporated #this is so cute #reblog

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Sketch of my D&D character, Wisteria the changeling bard. At least, the form she spends the most time in.

(I was mostly trying to practice shading)

#dungeons and dragons #dnd #d&d #changeling #bard