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JUNIOR YEAR!!! I BELIEVE IN YOU!!
#fantasy high#dimension 20#fantasy high junior year#figeroth faeth#adaine abernant#gorgug thistlespring#kristen applebees#fabian aramais seacaster#riz gukgak#I haven’t watched it yet but hot damn I love the new character art all my kids look so dang cute#everyone say thank you caitmay#also can’t wait to see the NPC art :’)
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📖Appreciating Quackity/QSMP’s Storytelling 📖
i want to take a second to appreciate how innovative Quackity’s story telling is because i haven’t seen some of my favorite things addressed!
not only has he brought together communities and started this revolutionary multi-lingual server, but he has made so many compelling and innovative creative choices that added to its success!
okay first of all, the fact that qsmp has admins that play npcs that add to lore and drive the story forward is already so cool to me. it allows for even more variety in the storyline and also each npc is so well executed??? like not only the eggs, but fred, ron, the various coworkers foolish is getting to know, and the list goes on.
but beyond implementing admins, quackity has incorporated so many media platforms into this story which takes it far beyond just being a minecraft server! it’s impressive from a creative standpoint, and super compelling as a viewer!
for those of you who don’t remember/know: during las nevadas we saw a hint of quackity’s storytelling creativity. quackity started making his lore more produced and implemented pre-recorded elements. on one of those streams, there was a cut from minecraft to real-life; quackity dumped a briefcase of poker chips on a table. fans LOVED IT! it was innovative and personally it drew me into the story in a way that i hadn’t seen done before.
i loved seeing this choice of mixing the minecraft world with the real world and the idea of using different media to tell a story was expanded upon even more-so in QSMP!
in order to tell the QSMP story, quackity pushes the limits of various platforms and he continues to come up with new ideas! he uses minecraft and enhances the gameplay through adding custom-made mods ranging from translators to the minimes. he created a “federation document” for the election and sent it to all the players in real life! he streamed the election results on twitch by dressing as his character, even acting as if he was talking to cucurucho. (not to mention including the audience in voting and all the statistics, even though the audience isn’t canon it was really entertaining). Beyond that, there are multiple QSMP twitter accounts that are canon and have interacted with each other! and even a website! And there is a museum in the QSMP spawn that showcases art from various fan artists!
The use of various media to build the QSMP story has been such an exciting thing to experience and it’s such an innovative way to keep delivering new and exciting content!
I’ve found myself wanting to analyze why I love the QSMP so much and this is just the tip of the iceberg as to why the specific storytelling choices feel so revolutionary and different. I can’t wait to see what the future holds!
#qsmp#qsmp discussion#qsmp thoughts#quackity#qsmp quackity#qsmp analysis#qsmp appreciation#if that’s not a tag it should be#qsmp english#qsmp fandom#after these tags q doesn’t look like a letter anymore
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dumb things my friends and I have said: 2023!
part one: january - march
apologies ahead of time for length!
feel free to change pronouns if need be.
warning for foul and dirty language, and capslock-implied yelling :)
“Am I okay? Maybe. Probably not though.”
“Well she deserves to look old.”
“Got spotted throwing it back...”
“I have never wanted to be someone else as badly as I want to be that bitch.”
“Should I be the most vampiric person in the Petsmart today?”
“Accidentally became a femboy again.”
“Femboys are a dime a dozen and simultaneously so rare.”
“MOTHERFUCKER CAN YOU LOOK?”
“Ooh, look at me, I answered a fucking question.”
“This is only proving that I either have a hyperfixation or a problem.”
“Ugh, it smells like a bathroom in here.”
“He scarred those poor people for life, and he’s my idol.”
“That man has never shotgunned anything in his life.”
“Okay, so I didn’t realize how midnight it was.”
“My teeth feel like there’s an Apple airpod in my mouth.”
“We can only commit crimes Tuesday to Thursday, after hours.”
“Ahh, Cheez-Its. My one true love.”
“Grease Lightning thought automatic cars were cool.”
“I was having loud reactions in my home. That were not voluntary.”
“I feel like a Waffle House that closed due to weather.”
“My humor is that of a roach.”
“I would Toot Canal him so hard.”
“Eat shit, lint-licker.”
“We all know ‘draw background’ killed your grandma.”
“Lo and behold, guess what you did boy. You died.”
“That man read Fifty Shades of Gray and thought it was based on a true story.”
“The way my arm just bent is NOT fictitious.”
“The things I’d do to be in a microwave right now.”
“Actually, YOU should shoot MY ass― That was bad, I’m sorry.”
“It’s not ACTUALLY meth because what the fuck, but it’s like meth’s goody two shoes cousin.”
“I have no defense but I also have no shame.”
“Wait a minute, I want free money just for being gay.”
“I CAN PISS LSD?”
“I was less depressed, but significantly higher.”
“No no, you have my permission to call me a slur.”
“You have the reaction time of a sandal.”
“Sorry, you’re saying I can’t think catboys are hot?”
“I used to have a last name, but she took that in the divorce too.”
“Oh, HA, the AI called the wrong person a Jew!”
“I don’t even lose an hour of sleep, I lose an hour of being awake.”
“Those are my brain cells. They are dying.”
“Deadass built like a Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 NPC.”
“I need to go home. I’m about to be so mean to an optician.”
“I need to eat my fucking keyboard, I’m so sick of these people.”
“The written language is a light switch and my ADHD is the Spongebob Nosferatu flickering the lights.”
“Violence isn’t an emotion, but it is now.”
“The worst part about dying is that I lost the spaghetti.”
“If it’s gay to be time-efficient, then I don’t wanna be straight.”
“I shat in it for flavor and then pissed to fill it up.”
“He got bitchified.”
“I’m ready to finally be a bitch.”
“Oh, so we’re seeing Star Wars characters now?”
“I wasn’t bullying you. You were just suffering in my regime.”
“Who needs art when I have infinite rizz?”
“He can’t tell you he likes you all the time? Lame.”
“Reason has left the chat.”
“Fuckin’ dump a gallon of bleach and ammonia into a toilet and just lock the doors.”
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Okay, I’m possibly nuts, actually, probably nuts, but I’ve been looking for a way to activate my art a bit more. I can draw, paint, whatever and I have a studio full of glorious equipment that is barely getting used.
I had thought to start a sketch book, but the problem with that is that not all my media can be supported in a sketch book and plus I am horribly hard to tie down into one thing (you may have noticed).
I was pondering away and it occurred to me that the one thing that links all my art and craft media is colour. This combined with the fact that I have a pile of beads lined up on my desk in colour combos waiting for me to action something with them. They are like mini palettes.
So what if I come up with a small combination of colours every week and do whatever with those colours?
I know I’m not the first to have this brain wave, but it struck me today as something I could do, so I’m doing it. Initially for the month of February (alongside FabFiveFeb, which I’m also prepping) and see what happens. It may fizzle into nothing due to being back at work :( but at the very least I’ll end up with a little bit of creative stuff done?
So I’m slapping it here, in case anyone would like to join in.
Outline
I will post a small palette of colours, probably on the Sunday (except for Week One which is down below).
Take the colours, which will not be precise, because I’m too lazy to get out my Pantone swatches, and colour matching sucks across monitors and printers and yeah, it’s a graphic design nightmare. So take the approximate colours and do something with with them. Art, craft, traditional, digital, performance, big, small, using all the colours, one of the colours, a derivative of the colours, fanworks or not fanworks, whatever works. I know, getting the creative brain to produce anything is a pain in many body parts. And writers, if this floats your boat, grab it and let’s go sailing :D
Post it to your blog (or not, but I’d love to see it anyway) and tag with #nuttypalette (the whole challenge title is too long and it abbreviates to npc which while I love Ryan Reynolds, isn’t really what I’m looking for :D )
Week One
Here we go.
This week’s palette I stole from my macrame stash. These colours went zing after hunting through my pile of cords and I’ve started a five-weave macrame bracelet with them. But I also have other ideas, so let’s see what happens :D
When I had to slap together the logo above I figured this was the colour set this week, so I used it.
So if you would like to join in, have at it. Write, draw, paint, craft, scribble, whatever works :D
It should also be noted that I’m definitely going to include some of the Thunderbirds colours along the way cos I can’t help myself.
Wanna play?
Nutty
(let’s see if it works at all)
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The absolute worst part of homebrew Dungeons and Dragons campaigns is that I can’t lurk in online discussion threads about plot theories, there aren’t ridiculously long character analysis videos I can put on while I clean my room, I can’t fangirl (gender-neutral) with others about favorite NPCs, I haven’t set any fanart as my phone background, and I can’t read a plot summary on Wikipedia to learn spoilers in a 2AM moment of weakness.
I could go on for lengths about how fascinating it’s been to watch the campaign universe expand and blossom into the storied and beautiful entity it is,
about how proud I am of our newest player for really stepping up into roleplay and helping provide for an intensely engaging plot,
about how much I adore the little physicalities everyone adopts when acting,
about how weak I am for Elion interactions,
about the shivers I felt when Morgana stood firm on her beliefs and how impressed I am with that player’s creative spell usage,
about the tears that fell from my friends’ eyes as soon as my voice began to crack in-character,
and about just how goddamn motherfucking excited I am to see this arc of our longtime running campaign through to its end, whatever that may be.
But those names mean nothing to people who aren’t there with me on the bedroom floor, rolling dice and clasping their hands over their mouth when the twist comes to light. And at the same time, that’s the best part of homebrew D&D.
The best part of homebrew Dungeons and Dragons campaigns is that they will forever be something special and intimate shared only between people around which you can show such a vulnerable part of yourself.
There’s inside jokes that make me giggle every time, there’s the knowing glances exchanged across the room when the consequences of past arcs are hinted at, there’s the simultaneously hated and respected tension built at the end of a session knowing we all have to wait until next time and we can’t just look up the answers online. I’m so lucky to have the most brilliant DM and the coolest group of players that I could ask for. The internet doesn’t create fanart but my DM prints out in-universe newspapers with original writing and as of today, an original picture (of MY character no less), and there are some crazy talented artists in my group who produce wonderful character designs and stunning renditions of session scenes. I would love their art either way but I almost feel like their scarcity makes them that much more meaningful. There’s no subreddits for our campaign but we have Discord messages showing insane and passionate rambling about narrative ideas and character development. We have the most dedicated note-taker and I appreciate their work dearly, not only in helping us down the line in recalling important information but also effectively creating a written highlight reel that I would otherwise search for in YouTube compilations. The people who showed up for today’s session showed UP if you get what I’m saying. They proved their commitment. They proved their intrigue. I’m just so happy to be a part of it all. A massive thank you to @nplutonian, the sinister and loving genius who facilitated all of us being here in the first place.
#dungeons and dragons#dnd#d&d#late night ramblings#today's session was very fun and I'm still reeling from the emotion of it all#crazy to think how much you could love something created by a bunch of dorks daydreaming and scribbling on paper#they're MY dorks#m. lundy realizes it's cool to have friendships???#brainrot REAL#noven campaign
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Tag Game for Historical Simblrs! 📖
1. What has been your favorite time period to play in or which one are you most excited for?
Since I’m currently only in the early 1900s (in game), I’ll say which time period I’m looking forward to! It has to be, without a doubt, the 50s-70s. The fashion, the music, the art! It’s all just so- ugh. Y’know? I absolutely can’t wait for the hair and beautiful swing dresses!
2. Do you have a favorite piece of historical cc? (CAS or BB)
Oh god, do I have to pick just one? This is so hard 😭 This may be a little odd, but it could be this dress for toddlers/infants by vintagesimstress. It’s just so easy to pop that on a toddler when there’s so little historical cc for them, and much less for infants! It’s a godsend in my save.
3. Who is your favorite sim currently?
You all haven’t met them yet, but one of Walter and Eva’s children I’ve grown so attached to. They’re the absolute cutest and I really hope I can do their story justice!
4. What is your favorite world?
Glimmerbrook! I love the woods and the river that runs through the tiny, little world. Plus, the aesthetics of the spellcasters is just gorgeous. Close second would have to be Forgotten Hollow, which is a shame because I don’t know if I’ll ever have my historical sims live in either of those worlds. 😓
5. Are you more gameplay or story focused?
Hm, honestly I’m not sure. I try my best to balance out both so I don’t burn myself out, so I’d have to say I’m both!
6. Do you like to play with pets in your historical saves?
I try to, but honestly they’re so annoying to deal with. 😭 I really don’t like Sims 4 pets, which is a shame because I love pets in the previous Sims games. Pets, if I ever incorporate them in the story, will be for story purposes only!! 😅
7. What’s your biggest immersion breaking pet peeve with the game?
NPCs who are dressed in jeans and a tshirt! I am so grateful for the NPC overrides by cowplant-snacks. Am I gonna suffer once long skirts are out of fashion? Yes. But for now I am happy with my lil victorian mailmen strolling around my game 😌
8. What’s your favorite in-game historical item? (CAS or BB)
The entire Vampires gamepack catalog. I use those items for nearly every build for the time period I’m planning in, and they’re all just so pretty. Maybe excluding the coffins.
9. What would you like to see as a new pack or asset to the game?
I’d like more things for children to do! And I don’t mean another activity table. Although Growing Together did help with that, I still struggle with things children and toddlers can actively do. I rely on mods to sometimes send them to rabbithole activities because I just have nothing for them to do once they max out their childhood skills. So yeah! Maybe like, an arcade pack or something?
10. What pack do you think is invaluable as a historical simmer?
Cottage Livings, hands down. In those earlier years, if you don’t want to play as an already richer family, playing as a simple farmer is not only fun but realistic! I have another historical save that I play from time to time just for myself, and my family starts out farming and having chickens and cows and it’s all just so fun!
11. Do you have a favorite mod to enhance historical gameplay?
There’s so many, but I highly recommend the Phone to Notebook Replacement Mod by ayoshi. For some reason, mods that are supposed to make Sims not pull out their phone ever two minutes just don’t work in my game, so this mod just allows them to continue to be obsessed with their phones, they’re just now little notebooks! No time travellers in my game.
12. What’s your ideal family size for playing?
For strictly gameplay, I usually prefer families about 3-4 in size. The Baudelaires will eventually grow to 7 in total, which is a lot of Sims for me, but I’m excited to have the challenge!
13. Do you use poses?
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14. Do you use any overrides in your game?
Oh my god, yes. I have so many, from eye overrides to cloud overrides. Also, just the few I’ve listed here, just help so much with immersion! I couldn’t play this game without them.
15. Do you, or did you, play off-the-grid during your game?
I really tried to at first, there are just not a lot of necessities that actually WORK off the grid, cc or otherwise. So I just replaced everything I could with older looking electronics. Although, I really wanted the lighting from the candles. Yes, it’s bad at times, but I like it for some odd reason.
16. What lifespan do you play on?
Long/custom lifespan settings! Since every four days is equal to one year in my game, I tried to reflect that in the lifespans.
17. What inspired you to start playing a historically?
I’m almost positive it was the amazing Pixelnrd. I actually started this blog as a royal simblr! I was scrolling around on Tumblr and found Pixelnrd’s blog and that was that. I’ve always loved history and once I found this challenge, I fell in love with the idea of it!
Thank you so much for tagging me @aheathen-conceivably! <3 I’ll tag @0-nouke-0 @carousel-of-sims @sasaofastora @antiquepixels @cattermelons & anyone else who’d like to do this!
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hello, dolls! it’s just me 𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒆 (dayeon’s mun, kst, she/her) coming to you all with my second muse! this is 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒅𝒂 𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒖, and i’m so excited to bring her here because she’s quite different from dayeon! she’s already been through her own journeys before joining hydra labels, and i can’t wait to see her interact with all of your muses! please go ahead and like this post to plot! once again, i am available through im’s or d*scord. whichever one you prefer!
incoming is her background!
born december 28, 2003 in tokyo, japan. she’s a capricorn, and i do think that says a lot about her. her father is a retired tennis player, while her mother is a retired volleyball player. the whole family was very sports-oriented, and so naturally, miru was pushed into that field as well
she took after her mother’s footsteps and played volleyball until her freshmen year of high school in which she suffered an injury that wasn’t life changing, but it did prevent her from pursuing volleyball professionally
it definitely feels like her whole life is crumbling down as that’s all she’s known. her mother’s pretty disappointed (is anybody surprised?), but she quickly moves onto miru’s younger sister instead. miru takes this opportunity to do everything she couldn’t do as a child
one of those includes going on trips. summer of 2021, she’s visiting korea when she gets casted by some entertainment company. they feed her sweet lies, and she’s convinced to take on the offer. she starts training at this npc company july of 2021, transfers to high school in korea (she was at hanlim arts for about eight months if anybody’s muse was there at the same time) and begin training
unfortunately, it was never a stable company to begin with, and they go bankrupt so she’s suddenly a jobless eighteen year-old in the middle of 2022! but she feels that the training that she did receive would be a waste if she didn’t continue to go down this path, and so she auditions for a bunch of other companies before finally making it to starlight music in december of 2022
onto her personality!
her background as an athlete shaped her personality quite a bit. she’s disciplined, polite, rigid, plays by the rules, honest and pretty much everything you’d find in a stereotypical athlete! adapting to the trainee life wasn’t super difficult because of these traits, but it also means that she does better with competition as well! she feels the need to improve and push herself further if there’s someone to compare herself to
pretty peak introvert tbh. like she prefers spending time alone. will make plans but silently pray they get cancelled by the other party so she can spend it at home, that type of person! not to say she’s no fun to be around, but she prefers to hang in the background and watch/observe what’s going on rather than being the cause of chaos
i don’t want to put so much emphasis on mbti, but miru’s also very peak istp/j (the latter is pretty 50-50). she prefers to get work done, and she’s really not good at imagining things. likes to stick to realistic options. the type of person that if a little child walked up to her and asked what they thought of their painting, she wouldn’t know what to say because she doesn’t want to hurt their feelings but the painting’s terrible, yknow? that kind of person
some wanted connections
while i love figuring things out one-on-one, here are some vague ideas that could work as starting points! as mentioned, she would thrive off of a rival, but i imagine it to lean more towards a friendly one, someone who isn’t afraid of criticizing her when she needs it and vice versa! someone who’s surprised that she’s better at korean than she seems? maybe she catches you talking bad about someone and kind of laughs because she understands everything! someone she knew pre-hydra days! she did train somewhere else and they could have crossed paths that way? i think miru can appear intimidating to some people with how quiet and observant she is. somebody who’s intimidated by her vibes? or someone miru wants to so desperately befriend but can’t seem to because she doesn’t know how to start the conversation! at the moment, i believe she’s the newest trainee around so someone who’s helped her since her first day?
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I am so glad I found more Zora lovers on this app. 🫶🏻🫶🏻 The Zora npcs are underrated, so it’s super nice finding content of them.
Also, started drawing again after years. Super rusty, but I can’t wait to start posting Zora fanart once I feel comfortable! ❤️✨🦈
Hello fellow fish lover!! 🧡
I completely agree with you, the Zora are so underrated! They’re my favorite NPCs ever.
It’s been a long time since I’ve done art or anything, so I’d love to draw more of them but I’m so rusty. I do hope you feel comfortable soon, but there’s never a rush! Zora’s are fun to draw in my opinion, and I definitely need to redraw my Zora-sona, but posting drawings online can be quite daunting.
I don’t have the most free time, but if there’s anything in particular you’d like to see me post, let me know!!
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Ok, now I’m starting to think we’re following the same twitter circles because I saw that yesterday too! ✋😂 Definitely gave me pause to see Scara on there when he’s such a goddamn BRAT, which I admittedly do like but that doesn’t make for much of a daddy. Xiao didn’t belong on there either, you’re right, and at this point I’m genuinely convinced your average twitter user doesn’t understand the actual meaning of any word ever, because the gross misusage is legit out of control over there. I’ve long since given up the discourse lifestyle (or so I tell myself cmdkxmse) but some of the stuff I see truly tests my patience for fandom culture nonsense, as well as my self control to keep my mouth shut 😂
The bizarre obsession they have with “minor coded” characters is absolutely one of those things - for example, did you know that there were people trying to insist both Layla AND professor Faruzan are children? Truly, I wish you could’ve seen my face. 😭 Venti is easily the worst offense tho, I’m right there with you on that. It just doesn’t make sense from any perspective but honestly they probably deserve a medal for all the mental gymnastics they had to do to reach that asinine conclusion. He’s just as much of an old man as Zhongli is. His line at the end of the wine festival about feeling like some kind of grandpa should’ve been proof enough of that. lmao
((Zhongli IS my favorite Archon at least partially because he’s dad, daddy and grandpa all rolled into one 😂 but Venti fits the bill too, just in a different flavor. I’m low key convinced there’s some kind of correlation between that and the fact they’re the last remaining two of the original seven buuut I digress))
I like Nahida a lot too, she ended up being way more likable and charming than I originally thought she’d be but yeah, I’m SO ready to move on and delve deeper into the Deshret mystery instead. 👀 Somehow or another there are people who seem to have actually fallen for Al-Haitham’s bio insisting he’s the most normal, plain and unremarkable person to ever walk Teyvat and they’re starting to give up on the their theories but … if anything I think that just made him look all the more suspicious. lol Normal individuals don’t typically have to go out of their way to ensure they continue to appear normal. It’s very … Yoshikage Kira of him. 😂😂😂 Even if he’s not connected to Deshret (unlikely imo, given Cyno and the priest) I’d say he’s still got something going on behind the scenes and I can’t wait to find out what it is. Frankly tho I’m just so eager to go back to the desert again. It’s easily my favorite area in the game so far and also the Golden Slumber quest was just 10 out of fucking 10 imo. I need to know everything, see everything, experience everything. I also miss Dehya … a LOT. *sniffle* What do I have to do to have her top me? 😭
i follow almost nobody on twitter who posts like actual non-art things but the algorithm does like to show me discourse and lore posts (which . . . ok i won't complain about the second but the FIRST)....
GOD he was so . . . he was so grandpa in the whole of the wine event, i love him so much. he is so fun and lovely and also so melancholy at the same time. venti my beloved.
THE CONSTANT INSISTENCE THAT ALHAITHAM IS JUST A NORMAL NORMAL GUY DOING NORMAL NORMAL THINGS IS THE MOST SUSPECT THING ABOUT HIM. please. i don't like the desert very much (i hate the underground and i liked the first half of the desert quest but i am just avoiding doing the second because it's much less fun with less npcs to hang out with), but hopefully the apparently qol update we're getting that tells you the difference between underground and overground teleports will help there! mondstadt is my favourite region followed by inazuma (though the inazuma archon quest . . . oof). i am however extremely excited about SANDWORMS. i just think they will be cool!
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Thess vs ChatGTP NPCs
Happened to trip over a Kotaku article about this mod for Skyrim that lets ChatGTP create additional dialogue for NPCs. There are a lot of people in the comments defending something that makes your NPC sound like that auto-generated voice you find on TikTok, which ... I do not get. I’m seeing, “Just wait five years and see how great this tech will be!”
First of all ... no.
Second of all ... hell no.
Look, I’ve already seen the development of the tech that turns voice to text. It still can’t figure out some accents, almost no one speaks slowly and clearly enough to get a decent reading, and it’s shitty for people with speech impediments. I mean, it may well be better now, I don’t know. The thing is ... there’s one problem with text-to-speech that speech-to-text doesn’t have: emotional context.
First of all, no voice actor in their right mind is going to sign away rights to their own voice for use however some AI chat bot dictates, mostly because the loopholes would state something about “we can use your voice whenever we want, however we want, forever, and only pay you this one fee”, and nobody is that stupid. And honestly, even if they were, the recording sessions for it would be insane. Here’s an example in text format: “I never said she stole my money”, and how a change in emphasis changes the entire sentence:
“I never said she stole my money.” (someone else made that accusation)
“I never said she stole my money.” (abject denial)
“I never said she stole my money.” (I just heavily implied it)
“I never said she stole my money.” (but someone else did)
“I never said she stole my money.” (she just borrowed it without clarifying that it was okay to do so)
“I never said she stole my money.” (my roommate’s money, yes. Mine, no)
“I never said she stole my money.” (but my favourite necklace is missing)
Stresses change a spoken sentence. That is why we use italics. And stress can go on any word and more or less entirely change a sentence’s meaning. Even how you stress a word changes depending on the sentence. Consider: “I do not drink ... wine”. That elliptical pause is integral to the way that line flows in speech, and suggests a whole host of emotional context that needs to be given to that line when spoken. And verbal stress is different depending on the situation. It might be a voice rising in volume and pitch due to frustration. It might be slow and a bit louder to really rub it in someone’s face. It might be triumph. It might be pain. Wail of sorrow or shout of joy or anything in between.
Now, assuming that an AI could accurately identify the need for whatever stresses are appropriate in their self-generated text, the shift from that to actually making a computerised voice say the right thing in the right way would depend on a voice actor reading pretty much the entire dictionary several times over in various ways to make sure the AI had enough building blocks to put it together correctly. And then the AI would have to actually do it. I can’t imagine what voice actors would say to that kind of demand from a game publisher. I also can’t imagine the size of the sound file folder. And one bug and it’s all a huge mess. Tell me that it’d all be working perfectly when you got the game. Given the tendency of most big publishers to release games in a barely-playable format with intentions to patch it later, tell me that and I will call you a liar.
This kind of machine-learning situation may have its place, but art and entertainment ain’t it. I’m trying to imagine some of my favourite games and favourite voice acting moments being machine-generated instead of acted out. Try to imagine “I AM URDNOT WREX! AND THIS IS MY PLANET!” spoken basically like the TikTok caption-reader voice, but more gravelly. I dare you.
...Honestly, the only place I could see that working is the elcor.
Anyway, point is, if we’re going to take AI anywhere, could we do it someplace that doesn’t rely on emotional depth and nuance? Some people in the comments of the Kotaku article were talking about “video games don’t have the luxury of story or lore”, and my immediate thought was, “Okay, no, no; your fixation with “Go To Place, Shoot The Dudes” is not infecting my single-player story-rich RPG experience so go fuck yourself.” I don’t want a machine just randomly generating movie scripts and then speaking them in barely-emotional snippets of other people’s words. The whole point of flagging up how Marvel / Disney gave no context to anybody’s scripts in scenes like Tony Stark’s fucking funeral was that you can’t just put something together out of unrelated snippets without human talent and emotion at the helm and expect anything good. I signed up for art and pathos and beauty (joyful or terrifying or sad; beauty takes so many forms), not a BtVS Script Generator. Because, seriously, AI learns what you give it, and doesn’t have the option to go out and seek sources other than its parent / guardian / creator / whatever that, say, humans do. AAA games companies will feed the AIs a diet of “what market trends say is popular” and we’ll get faux-witty quips spoken in barely-emotional tones that may or may not match the emotional context the game is going for.
...So almost exactly like a late-stage MCU movie.
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nah man dark souls 2 was unfinished! look at all the unused or repurposed content! ignore that grundyr was obviously meaan to be oceiros and his pus of man was why he was the consumed king and how even after ocellotte was made invisible and it makes no sense
ignore the farron watchwolf being obviously a boss that they didn’t finish so they just made this random fucking model into the coveneant leader with no dialogue
man ignore that the covenants in dks3 have like no personality at all. oh man yeah the aldrich covenant, i sure love the feeling of defending the guy who ate gwyndolin because [in-game reason not supplied]
or oh how about who can forget the covenant leader mentioned earlier, repurposed wolf model that doesn’t interact with you? at least mound makers had someone even mention what their covenant was about at-fucking-all and the dickwraith covenant had a semblance of a story
way better than dark souls 2 with, let’s see... oh, the funny silly bell covenant of insane mannequins that gave you dedicated pvp zones in both early and late game areas that were fun to play in or the rat covenant with the RAT KING (MY KING!!!!) who totally wasn’t a major fucking hottie with a ton of story and a deep emotional connection and man haha wasn’t it boring how it let you be the BOSS of your own dungeons and set up traps and ally with the monsters? wow that was so boring! nowhere near as good as dark soul 3′s version where you uh
wait right they didn’t have one
ok BUT the random NPCs in dark souls 3 were way better, like crestfallen warrior #5! he becomes the dragon guy at the end! or anri remember anri! and patches is here! and. uhm. uhhmmm. gael! sure he barely talks to you and just kinda shows up as the end boss of the series with no build-up but BUT he’s a BERSERK reference isn’t that great! and for smiths we have andre! again! because you recognize him, right? thing you recognize!
i mean let’s look at who was in dks2 haha you have what only like, the crestfallen warrior who--what’s that he has an arc and becomes a positive and optimistic--okay well how about smiths? a cool old dilf with dialogue and a personality and reason for being there and with a quest where you can help him find his daughter but it touches on the effects of being cursed?
and oh lucatiel of mirrah an entire questline dealing with what it feels like to be dark souls cursed? waifu ornifex? shalquior the delightful cat? LADDER BOY? creepy darkness grandpa?
ok ok but see but see dark souls 3 had uhhh. had uhhh. a. a grandma who told you which direction to go. way better and more memorable npcs!
ok how about how DISJOINTED the world feels in dark souls 2, it feels like you’re losing your mind and disassociating and ending up in entirely different and weird places like you’re cursed or something! compare that to dark souls 3, where uh. where it’s like stitched together with no rhyme or reason. no see it’s okay when dark souls 3 does that shut up.
also ok ok ok how about how all the bosses in dark souls 2 are just guys with SWORD? not like the best bosses of dark souls 3, freide (human with weapon) or gael (human with weapon) NO LOOK SEE dark souls 3 also had uh uh the demons in pain and below! and uh. uh. rotted. cursed greatwood? uhm.
like ill give it to you sulyvahn fucks, watchers of farron fuck, nameless king fucks. dark souls 3 has the best bosses for sure.
ok ok what about toolkits? ignore that dark souls 2 gave you a bigger variety of spells, weapon types, and ways to use them, dark souls 3 had WEAPON ARTS: an entire extra move for some weapons! wow!
i can’t even fucking remember much of anything from dark souls 3 and half the time im playing elden ring i just find myself wanting dark souls 2′s multiplayer turned back on instead
fuck you
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Chapter 3
Hold B to speed up dialogue!
(The white text did NOT show up well here, so take my shitty edit.)
Now this is going to be a long post because there’s a LOT of new characters and oddities for me to share. You better set aside some time for this one.
(Because of this, from now on I will no longer be taking strictly plot-related pictures. We all know how the game goes anyway.)
PART TWO IS HERE.
😱 I can only imagine! Who knows what kind of crazy characters are out there? Plusle running wild... Budew gangs... Snubbull thieves?!
Tropius gives the order for Beedrill to show us around...
Tom Sawyer Beedrill... I love it.
So we start the tour. It’s about as boring as you remember, except:
The WHERE?! Does Guildmaster Totodile keep rubber bands in here or something?
I’m a HUGE fan of the replacement title for Treasure Town though
Nautical Cottage. It’s by the sea, bitches.
Although weirdly, Andrea clips back into the prime universe for a second:
🤷♀️ Yeah idk. Not even the weirdest thing that happened today.
Introducing the Treasure Town Nautical Cottage cast! Starring:
Tyrogue Bank!
Gulpin Link Shop! Hey this isn’t Pokémon Square!
FISH STORE FISH STORE COME GET YA GOODS AT THE FISH STORE!!
And Blastoise Storage!
(I’m never gonna stop gushing over Southern Beedrill. Just FYI.)
I like to imagine the scales above his eyes popping up every time he says “Hey hey hey!”
Chic girl Psyduck! Personal headcanon: she says “Oh my gosh!” every time her headache gets bad :(
Just for funsies, I decided to check out who runs the Dojo
Dang, one more evolution and this would’ve been perfect 😔
I’m not sure if anyone else cares about the various Treasure Town Exploration Teams, but I do! So we’re taking an inventory. Sorry, not sorry.
Believe it or not, I pretty much remember who is who based on the dialogue. (Look, it was bound to happen after playing through this game literally a dozen times as a kid.) Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong, but I think Sunkern is Pidgey and Magmar is Seedot!
For Team Tasty, we have Natu as Swellow and Wailmer as Wurmple. Which makes this extra hilarious:
Imagining a bird the size of an orb swallowing a beach ball sized whale whole... I’m not an artist, someone please draw this.
Socially friendly Toxicroak as Vigorith
For Team Ebony, we have Meditite as Murkrow and Rhyhorn as Shuppet.
I go to drop my stuff off at Blastoise Storage and...
Yeah. Here we see the real consequence of my needing to toggle the NPC portraits option. Unfortunate, but necessary. (Does that mean all the vendors are... imposters?!)
This is this first ever inventory from the Finneon Market! Does anyone know where you normally pick up the Miracle Chest? Because I’ve never seen it before. (Granted, I never did the harder dungeons like Zero Isle.) I ultimately bought the pure seed and heal seed.
And then we trigger the arrival of the adorable brothers! I can’t wait to see who they are...
Oh okay! I could see it! Uh, maybe not them being brothers, but I can easily tell which one is Marill and which one is Azu-
...Just kidding. That is objectively hilarious omfg
But then suddenly... ambiguous prophecy time!
Andrea: “Lol bet”
Finally, I get to check what the other Finneon is selling and UHHHHHH-
ONE OF THE SEVEN TREASURES,
AND A LEGENDARY ITEM.
I checked the description just out of curiosity and-
Onix Village?! 😂 I cannot wait for post game.
The team stumbles upon the kiddos, striking up a conversation with a good samaritan who promises to help find their lost item! And who is this shady benevolent character?!
Oh. Oh this is beautiful. With Blizzard, the boss fight is gonna be a cinch!
Uh, I mean-
Yeah. Sure. Let’s go with nice.
An entire line for a measly ‘t. Nice.
So here’s something neat! I found three Pokémon at the Crossroads that let you view the randomizer settings, the program credits, and the art credits! I’m not sure if these Pokémon are set or if they were also randomized, but it’s a neat feature nonetheless.
Here’s my seed again, but remember you can always find it in my profile description and my pinned post.
A quick look at Team Glee before we kickstart the mission. We have Geodude as Togepi, Nuzleaf as Ledyba(?), and Carvanha as Politoed(?).
Andrea? That’s not a Sandshrew 🤨
(On a more serious note, it totally makes sense the in-game art would be untouched. That would be way too hard to mess with.)
Ack! Not Meganiu!
We find out our Mt. Bristle equivalent is Everlasting Bolt-hole. (Maybe this chapter should be “The One with the Large Hole.”) The first floor had the most incredible soundtrack btw.
The first Kecleon Shop! (This is yet another item I’ve never seen before?) The white text in the bottom right corner doesn’t show up as well as it did originally so: the gold box in the center is Lost Loot. Priced at 9999!
This is what I mean about the vast majority of items being sticky in a dungeon. This will kill me someday, I guarantee it.
Upon reaching Level 12, Andrea tried to learn Nightmare. Without any sleep inducing moves, it’s pretty much pointless. I declined the move.
Wacky floor arrangement aside, here’s an interesting item I didn’t even know had art for it: the raffle tickets from Spinda’s Cafe! (You may need to zoom in to see it.)
On reaching 8F...
Thaaaat’s right, another mandatory Monster House.
Alas, this time we weren’t so lucky.
I took the L. It only seemed fair.
So, for the first time ever, I returned to the Guild after failing a mission. And I discovered loads of new dialogue along the way.
(Do NOT make a NSFW joke out of this, I SWEAR TO GOD-)
I don’t know why the game makes the day turn over before you can try again. In-world, it just doesn’t make any sense. Gee, I guess I should be glad Sandshrew has the civility to put his petty scheme on hold and wait for us.
This was probably the worst of it:
A legendary talking down to me after I got ambushed by a Monster House.
Et tu, Pineco?
(I’ve nearly hit the image limit for desktop so find the rest of Chapter 3 here!)
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Let this be a mark of stupid/random things in your ask box-- an actual question to start though.
Favorite House of Ashes AU concept AND/OR Favorite HOA headcanon?
That is all (for now dun dun dun) 👁〰👁💛
Oooh oh no... I hope this doesn’t make you regret asking! I always tend to ramble and love having any excuse to talk on and on about this game 😂
Putting under a cut because it got ridiculous (big apology in advance... like seriously!):
AUs
Let me start by saying that for Jalim I think two HoA moments are really integral to them developing feelings for one another, and those would be (1) Jason and Salim opening up/clearing their consciences, and (2) Jason going back for Salim and Salim saving Jason's life with the stake throw.
With that established, my favorite Jalim AUs are the ones that still have their attraction/connection to each other formed through similar-ish acts of selflessness/sacrifice/vulnerability, being forced to overcome differences, and/or another demonstration of character that draws them in (as opposed to a purely physical attraction). I take the two scenes above as "aha" moments for both of them that I think opened up the possibilities for something more... otherwise the opportunity would be missed, not even considered among everything else going on. (open to differing thoughts on this! I just love them)
Touching on my favorite headcanons a little, I tend to lean toward a Jason who has suppressed a lot of his personal urges/desires at the expense of his own happiness and sense of “purpose” in life (and that may even have one-sided feelings for Nick that he'd never dare to express for a variety of angsty reasons). I suppose in some AU circumstances, he wouldn't have to feel as much pressure or need to hide who he is or who he's attracted to, but him hiding behind facades and denying feelings is such a large part of the character we see in the game that it's hard for me to imagine what a Jason who doesn't go through the defining moments in HoA is like. Thankfully others are more imaginative than me so I can explore through them. And of course I also want him to be free to live his best unrepressed life, too, so... *conflicted!*
ALL THAT BEING SAID I pretty much enjoy exploring any AU premise! And the short, simple answer I should have given is probably that I enjoy seeing art AUs of fantastical subjects (vampires, mermaids, bird people, etc.) but love reading fic AUs of the events in the game.
WAIT! Also AUs where the NPCs (Clarice, Dar, Joey, Merwin) get to live are also nice. I’ve seen the group dynamic done so well and everyone’s voices and personalities getting the chance to shine through. Plus then my tragic ship Clarachel is a possibility. Great stuff!
Headcanons
Since I’ve rambled on already about Jalim, here are my favorite headcanons of Jason with the other playable characters (I love Jason, can’t help it). Fair warning that I’m something of a canon stickler and favor in-game clues and actions and dialogue, if that helps explain my way of thinking on some of these and why I keep referring back to game events:
- (Nick) Whether Jason is consciously aware of his attraction to other men or not (or is asexual/demisexual), as said above I kind of like the headcanon of him having feelings for Nick that he’s too professional/responsible/afraid to act on. Like, in his mind, why ruin a good thing? Also, he doesn’t really want to get kicked out of the marines thanks to military policy at that time. So I’ve had the following premise in my head for a while and haven’t known what to do with it:
Probably a Nick-centric thing, where Nick tells Jason for the first time vaguely about his thing with Rachel, maybe a week or two before HoA, and how things seem to finally be looking up after the devastating checkpoint incident. Jason’s genuinely happy for Nick at the news, especially if it means he’ll stop trying to talk to him about the incident, and because privately the guilt hasn’t been letting up on his end. But Nick keeps going on about the mysterious jawn (he has to explain that one - “the what?” maybe Jason mishears as “john” 🤭) on base that seems to be the source of things looking up.
Jason tells Nicky he’s proud of him, but does so in that way where he says the concluding sentiment twice. And by this point, Nick already knows Jason’s tell when he’s lying, so he finds it odd but doesn’t push him on it. Worries a little, but he has time with Rachel to look forward to... so he lets it go. Little bittersweet.
Wasn’t ever sure if it’d make a better fic or comic, but now I’ve shared it and can be at peace haha. Free idea to whomever wants it/feels inspired.
So I don’t really ship Kaychek beyond friendship/quietly unrequited - in my mind, Nick isn’t interested in men at all. Like, I wouldn’t say he ever seems like he’s flirting with Jason, Eric, or Salim in the game, even when he has a good rapport or knows them well. I’m pretty open-minded with HoA’s many combos and options for ships, though - this is just sort of my default :) for the angst!!! Makes it all the sweeter then when Jason finds unexpected love with Salim... and the feelings are mutual, too. 🥰
- (Eric) In my mind, Jason never goes on to have a good relationship with Eric, even under best case circumstances where all playable characters live. After all, regardless of whether the colonel was being a hardass or nice when they met, Eric and his satellite put Jason’s team in danger. Some of them got killed. Eric couldn’t have known exactly what they’d find under the shepherds’ huts, nor that they’d be ambushed, but I’m not sure that’d matter much to Jason. And then with how little Eric was able to take command or lead in any useful way while they were going through hell... and he wanted him to leave Salim behind... I just don’t think he’d have much respect left for him by the end. Maybe if he’s able to hold his own in the hut finale, does his best to help smooth things over if Salim is captured, etc. but I dunno... As a result, it’s tempting to make him an antagonistic force in fics, which I understand is upsetting to some fans (sorry!). It’s just for the sake of that juicy conflict. Eric does have good qualities and is helpful in the game as a character, I’m just not sure how much Jason would see it that way. Again, I’d be open to reading fics exploring otherwise - give me all the content! 🙏🙏
- (Rachel) All “Queen Bitch” aside, I think Jason really does respect and appreciate Rachel in his own way (it’s a term of endearment! ;D). Meanwhile, he’s probably a refreshing presence for Rachel while in the HoA-- neutral to the relationship drama and focused on the task at hand. They have so many great interactions in the game, from promising to come back for her in the cocoon, to explaining the WP/apologizing for Eric, to talking about being sick/infected and Rachel being able to save Jason’s life AND disarm him twice. They’re a lot of fun and though I don’t really ship them together, I appreciate their working relationship. They can have disagreements about what to do about Clarice and Rachel’s infections, but that just makes it all the more interesting. At the least, he respects and appreciates that she wouldn’t have gotten him and his team into the situation in HoA in the first place.
Related note, currently contemplating a post-HoA fic where Eric and Nick have died, Salim walked off into the sunset, and Jason was able to tell CENTCOM where Rachel was cocooned. So thankfully she’s able to corroborate parts of his story and they help one another through the aftermath over many cold ones. Maybe they become temporary roomies, idk. ;) I was thinking Salim might have shot Eric, too, lending more drama since Rachel would have a hard time understanding why Jason would still want anything to do with Salim or be wanting to contact him. They’d share in their deep grief for Nick. Maybe Rachel would eventually help Jason reconnect with Salim. After all, the cocooning idea that saved her life was Salim’s idea. And it paid off... for better or worse.
So basically more angst and feelings. Anddd now I’ve spoiled it! But honestly if anyone’s made it this far, that’s fine 😆 I might not have time to actually write a whole multi-chapter thing, after all
Anyway, thank you for the ask and for coming to my Ted Talk 🙈 please accept these virtual cookies if you made it to the end 🍪🍪🍪 I just love these characters and all the possibilities, and I’ve had so much fun reading other people’s headcanons and AU faves. All interesting! Mad respect for everyone’s preferences in this fandom
#jason kolchek#jalim#salim othman#rachel king#nick kay#eric king#hoa gang#hoa headcanons#hoa au#house of ashes#hoa#you didn't ask for a dissertation sorry!!#appreciate you so much Cindy!#i'm still obsessed with these characters and this game#and no ragrets#lots of love for the devs#i already have issues with how i worded things but#need to go to bed sometime#feeling self-conscious already#eep#i also love the fic where the author had jason be from my home state#that is actually my favorite AU LOL because it is very improbable#but i appreciate them for it#wish we could claim him lol#hoa spoilers#mirene rambles#mirene replies
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Have you played Tears of the Kingdom yet? If so, what are your thoughts?
YEA I DID (haven’t finished it yet tho)
-> this ask keeps getting postponed because when it came in I just started playing for a few days and made a list of some highlights but then I found more stuff while playing and it got longer, and longer…so
TDLR
game good, I keep getting distracted by EVERYTHING, Rauru >>>> Rhoam, I like how they changed all the things that would’ve been deliberately sought out by returning players like the towns or Satori yet kept the rest the same enough to not feel alienating, Zelda‘s voice actor did not need to go that hard on the blood moon clip (though I‘m not playing with English dub since dubs are generally pretty good here which is nice :3)
Also here’s the list:
I miss my ice module anon. I miss her a lot
Also one of the new enemies gave me a total jumpscare. Like, an actual jumpscare, I was just walking around some random cave collecting stuff and then BAM. NIGHTMARE FUEL. They did not have to bring deadhand back like THAT man ;-;
LOVE the new towers, it’s such a cool way to see stuff and travel fast
Not sure if I should hate or love the fire temple- on one hand, the intended way seems convoluted af and I could not understand where I‘m supposed to go with the carts for the love of me- on the other hand, there’s so many ways to go through this dungeon on your own
Surprisingly did not run into any Redeads yet despite doing a good chunk of the maps and 3 dungeons but it can stay that way NVM I FOUND THEM. OH HECK NO.
Whoever decided one of the most horrible enemies of the entire series should be reimagined from undead corpses to the insects feasting on said undead corpses is both an utter genius and I hope they get cursed for the horrors they unleashed upon the world
Also unlike the promo art Gdorf isn’t green in the scenes I’ve seen so far which is…interesting- is that smth they did with the other versions too, and greendorf was just nostalgia bait? Is it censoring? The green just a side effect of the evil goo I haven’t seen yet? All of it?
Speaking of I THINK I JUST FOUND THE FRICKIN OOT SPIRIT TEMPLE!??? I‘d recognize that main room with the stupid middle light anywhere, took me WAY too long to figure out how to get on the middle platform-
Can’t wait to jump into a well and get jumpscared by the goo hands =)
Between Rauru‘s name, the temples, and the whole thing with Ganondorf essentially being the first part of oot all over again there’s lots of ocarinas here for something that mostly referenced skyward sword so far-
RIP Wolf Link,at least even in the Sacred Realm he still gets to hunt and bring insane amounts of meat to Link :(
Where is Kass. Seriously where is he. I didn’t find him on the road or in Rito village is he ok-
F to the Sages of Shadow, apparently they got fired
BOTW DLC ITEMS IN BASE GAME LETS GOOOOOOO
Also the details that‘re here because of botw, like NPC’s recognizing Link or that one town existing, paints a really interesting picture of the "canon“ botw run: mainly that Link did most shrines, talked to every main quest npc, helped with the town, saved his house from destruction and gave it to Zelda (or they took SO long to demolish that Zelda could buy it herself, but the first one‘s cuter)
but also that Link never talked to any other non-important npcs, and that he did the whole thing without buying a single piece of clothing other than the Hyrule set. My man did the entirely of death mountain and the desert purely by chugging potions and eating food. (And a vai outfit lying around somewhere or sold, presumably. So weird that you can sell clothing, does anyone actually do that? They’re so expensive to buy)
#another anon ask#i keep playing until 1% and always sit there wondering it’s been that long already!?#then again the switch basically turns into an oven so. It might be thst.
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“alphakuriboh: What about Bianca and Cheren? They haven’t had like… anything. Would be a nice acknowledgement to make it not just BW2-centric!“
My wife and I would like that. My wife loves Cheren, and I’m a fan of Bianca, I just don’t expect it. They’ve gotten nothing. Cheren doesn’t even have a grid. I can’t see them being a major focus of the villain arc.
Although...actually wait, this works. Ghetsis’ alt would likely be his Black/White 1 outfit, so they could do a whole focus just on BW1. And that could easily set up Ghetsis as an antagonist alt, with Hilbert, Cheren, and Bianca getting the alts for the protagonists’ side. Hilda got her recent alt but isn’t a main feature, and N gets all his upgrade stuff but not a new alt. I’d actually like that a lot. Cheren with Cinccino or Unfezant or something along his Normal-type lines (Unfezant’s in his BW1 team, so probably that), and maybe Bianca with Mienshao since that’s in her team. I’m really on board with those. Hilbert can be the Master Fair with one of the fused Kyurems (I’m gonna say White), while Ghetsis gets the other (I’m gonna say Black).
“Also Skyla is pretty popular, that’s why she had a Kotobukiya statue (so did Elesa!) and her supporter card in the card game has been reprinted in several different sets, with each set receiving a new full art! Most characters with multiple full arts aren’t the exact same card like she was - and the card was good, but not amazing enough to warrant that without popularity.
She’s even included in the Trainer’s Collection items that the English Pokémon center finally got! (Her, Elesa, Blue, Red, Steven, Lance, Cynthia, Rosa, Dawn, N, and two of the more popular NPCs in Nurse Joy and Hiker)”
Then I guess it could be a Skyla alt. If they go for the Misty/Erika route, it’ll probably be Elesa/Skyla for Unova, then. I’ll brace myself for that.
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Into the Mossley Gardens (A 5E DND Campaign)
Hello again - this is a re-work of the first DnD campaign I ever made up (and still haven't played) called "Into the Mossley Gardens" it was supposed to be a mini-campaign, but since I haven't run it at all the project is still very much a work-in-progress. You can find the original png version of this here.
(If anyone wants to download the old pdf version I could put it on my gumroad or something?)
Be warned, this will contain:
- Homebrew
- Fudged Stats
- Flavor Changes
Anyways, let's get into it...
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Story Overview/Intro:
In the heart of the City of Mosswood's Oldtown District sits The Mossley Gardens - a lush area surrounded by thick walls. It feature a variety of flourishing plants, the city's eldest graveyard, a community garden space, and an ancient estate that once belonged to the Mossley’s - original owners of the land. The estate currently doubles as a laboratory and school building for those studying the arcane arts.
Recently Hyacinth O’Harely - the head gardener - shut the gates and has not opened the property back up to the public, students or staff. Through connections, overheard conversation, or simply seeing the listing on a nearby Quest Board, your team of adventurers have come across Hyacinth’s need for heroes.
Hyacinth is waiting just outside the gate for a quick chat before you start your rescue. Remember that once you venture in, there is no going back. So…
What will you do?
Story Objectives/Goals:
Find Bramble Burnwise - a lifelong friend of Hyacinth’s. She was trapped with other faculty and staff the day the gates were shut and may be your best bet for answers. Sickle Spade - the “bird-brained” gravedigger - and a few others may have also been trapped that day, but Hyacinth just can’t be sure who made it out in time.
Discover the cause of the chaos affecting the gardens and put a stop to it. Recently something was unleashed within this ancient place, and with it long buried secrets yet to be revealed.
Notes:
The idea behind this was to encourage pcs to explore the "map". Each area of the garden is broken into sections and each section holds different information on the Mossly estate and what's going on. I'll draft up a quick map on the General Layout post/page, but essentially for them to figure out what's going on and see the full picture they'll need to do some Nancy Drew investigative stuff while fighting a couple of creature along the way.
I'll link to other post/pages below as they become available:
General Layout │NPCs │Antagonist(s)│Combat Stats/Monsters │Loot
Find more quests/idea on my page here
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