esper is not very tall. be careful what you say to them before you finalize your oath not to harm each other.
(a better look at the high primate fit under the cut!)
concept by me. lots of red jewels and teeth and pieces of bone. i wanted so much to work the general forgotten realms description of bhaalist robes into the concept here, but i had such a hard time making the purple look the way i wanted it, so i just had to get really generous with the notion of "purple".
(gort's mask is based off of the baneite concept art for bg. if it's proper to cover your face during a bhaalist ceremony to ensure anonymity then esper will have insisted. they're a very straightlaced and disciplined bhaalist.)
it's hard to be intimidating when your god made you 5'4" and the shape of your ceremonial robes makes you look even more scrunched, but esper takes their job as head of the temple of bhaal very seriously.
Hello everybody!!!! The rewrite for Chapter One is now playable here!
As always, errors and feedback can be submitted to this form! It's also fine to submit them here on Tumblr :)
Original Ch1 word count:
~14,300 words with code
Current Ch1 word count:
~21,100 words with code
~17,000 words without code
WHAT TO EXPECT:
basically the same things as the original
more information on the Triad
and on catalysts + primaries
more stats i am likely going to regret but oh well!
CHANGES TO NOTE:
I's surname has changed to Hoang*
There have been a few minor changes to the ROs
The option for 'default genders' of the ROs has been removed**
With the addition of choosing genders as you meet them.
*When I was initially creating the characters I didn't do enough research that's essentially the reason :)
**While initially it was there as a remnant of the sexuality linked RO genders I have grown to dislike the thought of the ROs being geared to one gender over another, or having a 'set' gender. I view all of them equally as any of their available genders.
Blade Runner (1982) - The Esper: "A high-density computer with a very powerful three-dimensional resolution capacity and a cryogenic cooling system."
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I stumbled upon an article about an AI tool capable of isolating objects within images at will... and I saw that a commenter slyly invoked this:
enhance 224 to 176
enhance, stop
move in, stop
pull out, track right, stop
center and pull back, stop
track 45 right, stop
center and stop
enhance 34 to 36
pan right and pull back, stop
enhance 34 to 46
pull back, wait a minute, go right, stop
enhance 57 to 19
track 45 left, stop
enhance 15 to 23
give me a hard copy right there.
durge desensitizes to casual positive affection and friendship compilation
also known as real feline durge hours. esper's companions look at them and say Is Anyone Gonna Manhandle That Murderous Twink and then not wait for an answer. contexts/explanations under readmore for the curious
lae'zel and esper do morning exercises and meditation together. most of the time they pass the time in silence, but sometimes they're joined by the local wildlife. esper is a great fan of showing their friends things they might find interesting as a form of affection instead of words, especially with lae'zel, since they have a common discomfort with small talk.
esper doesn't like looking at themself in the mirror, so their makeup is always ancient and haphazardly applied, a fact that distresses the more image-conscientious shadowheart. she and esper have a sibling-like relationship fuelled by mutual amnesia and goth solidarity, among other things, but sometimes a sister has to take it upon herself to fix her stinky sibling's wings.
i already expanded on wyll and esper's dynamic a bit in this piece and i didn't feel like drawing the same thing twice, but suffice it to say, they have absolutely no idea how to talk to each other, but still look out for each other. the joke here is about how i've done a couple of long rests in-game with just alcohol i've found. hey 5 camp supplies is 5 camp supplies
jaheira unearths esper's forgotten mother issues. no real things to add here. no thoughts only cub.
gale said way back in act 1 that esper reminded him of tara, and esper isn't leaning into that on purpose per se, but as i said for lae'zel, they like getting their friends things those friends might enjoy. they also love chaos. show your evocation wizard some love by bringing him extremely destructive spells to play with. show your durge some love by casting chain lightning and letting them watch
i have no justification for this one lmao. esper isn't a Huge fan of being picked up and hefted around like a sack of oats, but maybe they should've thought of that before being small and scoop-uppable. socially, esper and halsin don't click especially well, but esper is fundamentally a creature, and therefore pretty easy for halsin to understand. obviously they don't mind that much :J
esper and karlach voted two most touch-starved nerds in faerun, they help each other cope by sleeping in a cuddle pile like cats. karlach runs warm even after getting her engine tuned up, but esper doesn't mind. she's cozy
astarion is by far the person esper is the most verbal with, probably because he's the only one who really thinks the durgeisms that slip out are funny and #relatable. everyone else errs on the side of caution with esper, but astarion knows he's allowed to take liberties with them, and he does. they have the same sense of humour. these two freaks are completely insufferable together because they're vibing so hard on a level incomprehensible to everyone around them, but astarion can put a stop to esper's self-destructive internal stress engine, and esper can drag him into helping and working hard. the others have no choice but to tolerate them as a couple because no matter how unhinged they are as a unit, they're so much worse for society on the whole as individuals. do not separate them
if you read all this, hope you enjoyed this illumination of esper's party dynamics, i love you <3 enjoy
Helllllo everyone!!! I didn't do as much work as I would have like last month, but I've been chipping away at it and recently had some more time to actually sit down and write.
WHAT I DID:
Chapter Two's word count is now at 10.6k!
The characters page is actually finished,,,, I just need to beautify it :)
GOALS FOR THIS MONTH:
Hopefully finish off the first half of chapter two
And get editing started on it
NOTES:
Here's a little screenshot of some particularly horrendous coding :')
(VERY minor spoilers maybe)
And there's more underneath!
Sometimes I ask myself why I do these things, but I seriously think it's worth it to ensure an immersive experience :)
And this isn't exactly complicated, more just time consuming lol
PLSSSSS THIS ONE IS SO CRUEL OF ME. but it’s so real
edit to include image ID:
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