#reclaim the wild

[askfriskandcompany]

Oh yeah, i don't think anything have asked this in a while. How's tge Legend of Zelda TTRPG going? Has it been put on hold, have anything interesting happened? Have there been any additions of subtractions to certain elements or lore stuff?

Also did anyone play Yiga and how did that go? And how does it work seeing how they kinda are followers of ganon "betrayers" of the Shieka

It kind of petered out, as most tabletop games do eventually if you don't quite reach the end. It's a shame, but I'm still happy how it went. I've thought about rebooting it some day, but I'd need to change more things since Tears of the Kingdom introduced a lot of juicy lore that could come into play.

If you're asking how the Yiga were handled in that setting/lore? Basically, when Ganondorf was confirmed to have been reborn, the moment the Yiga Clan found out about it, they all rushed to swear fealty to him. Ganondorf was maybe a little surprised at first, but was happy to have a bunch of loyal minions right out the gate. After that, the first order of business for Ganondorf was the earn back the loyalty of the Gerudo, who, understandably, weren't super happy about him being active again. But they were also dealing with some problems from a bunch of demons, so they didn't have time to fight Ganondorf. So Ganon's like "Oh, are those guys giving you trouble?" then he and his yiga boys essentially swoop in and save the day for the Gerudo. After that the Gerudo are more willing to see Ganondorf in a positive light. (This all happens before the player characters rolled up)

Pictured below is the illustration I did of that particular incarnation of Ganon. The mark on his chest is a birthmark.

Ganondorf eventually marries the queen of the gerudo, a woman named Arwa. They have a daughter, Shayla, who is talented at shadow magic. Shayla spends some time learning about shadow magic with the Twili who are also there (a long complicated story).

Depicted below is Princess Shayla.

During that time she meets the current incarnation of Midna, who is a teenager slightly younger than Shayla. She also meets Midna's older brother Noct, who is secretly a reincarnation of Zant but he doesn't tell anyone about that including his own sister because he's ashamed.

Pictured below is Queen Penumbra, Prince Noct, and Princess Midna in their incarnations for that game.

Then later Queen Arwa dies under suspicious circumstances and a rogue demon is blamed for it, but Shayla believes the twili were involved, so she ghosts her friends Midna and Noct because they're suspects.

She recruits the player characters into her investigation. Eventually they discover that Midna and Noct's mother, Queen Penumbra, is the real murderer, and has actually kept Queen Arwa's ghost trapped in a crystal so that she couldn't tell anyone the truth.

The party retrieves the crystal Arwa is trapped in and bring it back to Ganon, who is now in their debt. They (with Arwa's help) convince him not to fly off the handle and immediately try to kill the twili queen. Instead they take Queen Penumbra to court. We full-on had a Phoenix Wright style Court Episode about it. It was amazing.

And that's a small fraction of the stuff that group got up to.

-TQ

#tabletop games #tloz #reclaim the wild

[moxpunk]

So, my tabletop group just wrapped up our multi-year Zelda: Reclaim the Wild campaign, and I just wanted to write about it for y'all. This is going to be long and rambling.

To start things off, I made my gal Forota a Gerudo princess (who was also a twin) that transed her gender and abdicated the throne so their non-binary sibling could rule because she just didn't ruling over people. Were they originally named after Kotake and Koume? Absolutely. Were they both destined to be the new-age Ganondorfs because they're both AMAB? Also yes. It's the other reason my gal left her position: she was terrified that because she had a penchant for fighting and strategy and commanding groups meant that she would take on Ganondorf's brutalistic traits.

Because she had a history of being royalty, it was very easy for Forota to find an adventuring position with Queen Zelda (Zelda was finally a queen in our game). The task was to help settle Old Hyrule, which Forota didn't really agree with, but figured she could do a better job than the entire Hylian Army in helping rediscover things. Along the way, she met with a whole party of other adventurers who explored Old Hyrule by her side.

Through all the adventures, a big theme our game took was defying the powers that be and unique relationships with destiny. Personal destiny, the ordained destiny of a culture, the destiny of The Princess, The Warrior, and The Demon.

Turns out, the whole adventuring party had been deigned by Hylia to all collectively take on the soul of the Courage part of the Triforce. We, uh... found a dead Link in the Spirit Temple, where we grabbed the Master Sword and had a fun mechanic where each party-member could only make a single strike with it before it had to be passed to someone else until the whole party got a swing. The Spirit Temple was a huge turning point for a lot of our characters. Cerra, Forota's girlfriend, a Sheikah gravetender, denied her destiny to die in the Spirit Temple. Forota found a new destiny to help raise the Gerudo (who have been splintered into three separate kingdoms in Old Hyrule) from their scorned position of living in the desert. It was... really cool, all said.

Along the way, we met with a whole bunch of different cultures and fun characters. The Deku scrubs were all hyper-capitalists because an evil fairy was demanding all of their rupees. The Zora were all fed into a demon-machine, leaving only children on a single island. The Tokay were absolute trade-gremlins that raised hell with both the Zora and the Deku. The Sheikah knew the dark secrets of the kingdom, and were happy to murder anyone that stumbled on those secrets (that "anyone" also included the party!). The Gerudo were split into a warring kingdom, a political-usurping kingdom, and a fucked-up mushroom-fairy kingdom and they were the coolest motherfuckers. The Rito wished for flight and sought to do so through warfare. The Gorons were subjugated by the Rito, and we helped break their chains.

As we ventured more and more, we began to run into Hylia herself on occasion, and she was the biggest bitch. She demanded perfect subjugation beneath her, and nearly killed Forota when she spoke out against her. As time went on, we realized that maybe Ganondorf had the right idea trying to defy Hylia and the Hyrulean Kingdom.

It all culminated when Ganondorf showed up when we obtained the final shard of the Triforce, and Forota just finally walked up to him and went "I disagree in how you've done your work, but I'll fight by your side to take down Hylia." She had accepted both parts of her destiny, realizing that fighting alongside Ganondorf and using his forces of monsters for good against an unjust Hylia would be how she could redeem the Gerudo's past. He helped repair an ancient crown gifted to her in the Shadow Temple, and allowed her to command 1/10th of his monster army in the final assault against the Sky Islands (an idea our DM came up with long before the first Tears of the Kingdom was ever shown, he took it from Skyward Sword).

Our Zora caster, Hretha, was stolen by Hylia and kidnapped to the sky, and tonight in our final session we helped save her and finally take down Hylia. We gathered the Triforce and the Reversed Triforce that Ganondorf had gathered, and wished upon the Resversed Triforce to strip her of her goddesshood and upon the Triforce to break the cycle of Link, Zelda, and Ganon reincarnation. Now, Hylia gets to sit-in on diplomatic meetings while people essentially child-glove speak to her like "You don't imprison someone in the Golden Realm forever if you disagree, you talk it out like a normal person."

Forota got a lovely send-off. She got married to Cerra with a big wedding officiated by both Zelda and Ganondorf in a huge show of peace. Then, when celebrations had subsided, Ganondorf pulled Forota aside and told her that his tie to the cycle may have been broken, but his immortality remains intact. To find his humanity, he needs a general by his side to travel to the Underworld to kill six-billion demons. Forota, overjoyed that she gets to fight alongside the man she dreaded she might have become, happily accepted. She comes to the surface on occasion to hang out with her wife who is now Zelda's right-hand woman.

I plan on doing a follow-up campaign set about 10 or 20 years after this one, where all of our characters can make cute little cameo appearances. Also, it'll be a fun way to bring in some of the Zonai stuff and other mechanics the Reclaim the Wild devs are cooking up in their Discord.

I know this was long, but it was a long adventure! Thank you guys for reading my fun little ramblings, feel free to send me some asks if you have questions you'd like me to write about!

#moxie heritage posts #the legend of zelda #reclaim the wild #tabletop rpg #zelda

[pebbleisgay]

3/5 party members got new winter outfits for this portion of the campaign! All designed by yours truly, for the three in this order: Saerisa, Dawn, and Valki.

i love these suckers theyre fun to draw

#artists on tumblr #digital art #pebbleisgay #digital illustration #my art #original art #oc art #original character #oc #zelda oc #loz oc #reclaim the wild

[moxpunk-art]

Hretha & Sanae

For one of my tabletop buddies, it's his Zora and her fairy! Hretha's our mage of the group, and on account of her being half river-Zora, there's been a lot more fireballs being slung from our group! Sanae helps by tagging enemies for us!

#mox art #the legend of zelda #tloz #reclaim the wild #zora #ttrpg

[imperfect-gamer]

Colored sketch of an old Rito OC I made several years ago for Reclaim The Wild (Zelda D&D) but never got to play

#legend of zelda #breath of the wild #rito oc #art #digital art #Reclaim The Wild #dungeons and dragons

[am-i-the-asshole-official]

So this should go without saying, but this is a cheertatorship, not a cheerocracy, and using slurs offensively against people in my notes will in fact get you blocked!

#reclaiming slurs for yourself doesn't bother me so go wild on that front

[constantvariations]

Why did they create such a useless character to show Cinder's backstory when Salem is literally right there AND the real question the audience wants answered???

Imagine if it had been Salem who stayed at the hotel and saw something of herself in the scrappy servant girl. She saw how the Madame treated little Cinder and offered a way out only if Cinder has the power to be useful to her. Maybe she put Cinder to a test of how far she was willing to go for freedom, or maybe Salem wanted something from the Madame that she wouldn't give so it was up to Cinder to provide

Either way, Salem gets a young disciple that's ruthlessly ambitious and easy to manipulate and Cinder gains the illusion of freedom under a new master

#rwde #ofc salem wouldnt be grimmified in this version bc she'd stand out too much to do under the table shit #or she still could be but the world actually looks like an anime like it did in the beacon days #v4 on is far too grounded in reality design-wise #where the hell are the folks w wild ass hair colors and styles?? the most we get is joannas green but she says like 10 words so who cares #tis some bullshit and why i refuse to call v4+ rwby an anime #anyway this was somehow prompted by me comparing vergil to cinderella #as you can see i am Completely Normal tm #ngl tho vergil is a better cinderella if instead of riches-rags-riches its power-powerless-power #cinder starts at the bottom so her baseline mentality is way off if you want to do a cinderella remake #rags to riches is abt underdogs clawing up the social ladder against all odds #but riches rags riches is abt reclaiming what was yours #if we use cinders random disdain towards schnees in v8 as inspiration we could have a story of rival businesses #cinders father gets booted from power/high society thanks to Jacques's maybe legal maybe not methods and meddling #could go several ways from there: #her father could die and she'd be left homeless and alone in the cruel underbelly of the wealthy and powerful #she could find work w the Madame and try to endure the abuse so she and her father can pay the bills #her father could straight up sell her to the madame #itd be a horrific way to learn the significance of power and how easily it can be taken #i wanna like cinder so bad but v5 on fucked her irreparably. she doesnt even dress well anymore ffs

[karamazovanon]

some smerds

#pavel fyodorovich smerdyakov #the brothers karamazov #still working out a design.............sans man bun #super rough sketches but i dont feel like cleaning it up #no references no lineart just vibes #ill do a better one of smerdyakov with a guitar at some point and actually look at a picture of a guitar instead of going #uhh yeah that seems guitar shaped #anonart #his squinty eye is very good #i hated him SO MUCH when i started reading but i turned into a smerdyakov apologist by the end. is that a hot take #i just think hes neat (tormented by societal dehumanization and finally snapping and reclaiming the agency hes been denied all his life) #tag rant over it is simply wild how much this guy grew on me #smerdyakov

[bottombaron]

it honestly surprises me that i don't hear anything about the very real possibility that Nandor could have sired Dracula

#wwdits #what we do in the shadows #nandor #nandor the relentless #in case you're wondering: Vlad jr. and his brother were raised in the Ottoman empire in the 1400s #and would have been exposed to many generals and other important people coming and going thru the palace #or during their military training #if Nandor didnt know him then he could have clashed with him in Vlads' rebellion against the Ottomans when he reclaimed his throne #or even after that #Vlad had a /lot/ of Ottoman interactions to the point that I can't beleive that making Nandor an Ottoman general #when its a little tricky consindering the Ottoman empire didnt really gain traction until the 1300s and originated much farther north #so i have to believe someone made that choice - that would have put Nandor in direct contact with Vlad - on purpose #or my wild theory of Nandor being the true inspiration for the Dracula character and Stoker just took the name b/c it sounded cooler #(which is what actually happened in real life) #Nandor was Bram Stoker's ex and Dracula was a salacious hit-piece with name changes #ok ok but getting back to Nandor being Dracula's sire #imagine the angst! the drama! #Dracula is the archenemy of Van Helsing! how delicious!! #give me 20k fics of the antics of Nandor sireing the 1 enemy of Guillermo pls and thank you 🙏

[lokoteibex]

So I recently started playing Zelda: Reclaim the Wild, which is a TTRPG based on Breath of the Wild (and now Tears of the Kingdom). This is Pavali, my peacock-based Rito. She's a warrior and a cook.

#OCs #Pavali #Rito #Rito OC #Legend of Zelda #Breath of the Wild #Tears of the Kingdom #Zelda: Reclaim the Wild #2023

[britneyshakespeare]

hate it when ppl are like "wow haha 2000s kids shows had atrocious fashion" and then post some teenage girl in an outfit that absolutely slaps

#sonny munroe had no misses so jot that down #text post #nostalgia #2000s #some of them are wild but u just had to be there ok #SOME OF THEM SHOULD BE RECLAIMED

[pebbleisgay]

this woman brainrot regularly consumes me send help she's too addictive to draw every time i think about her existence

(this is my Reclaim the Wild oc, Saerisa, if you haven't seen her yet. Love me some gerudo <3)

#artists on tumblr #pebbleisgay #digital art #digital illustration #my art #original art #oc art #original character #oc #ttrpg art #reclaim the wild #loz oc #zelda oc

[dangerclaw]

Spanish Jackie may have 20 husbands, but she treats them right

#emotional intelligence ig

#ofmd #ofmd spoilers #the swede #what a man #‘My time with Jackie has been the happiest of my life’ #‘her love has helped me locate parts of myself I didn’t even now existed and reclaim others I had long missed’ #We love an emotionally secure queen #she is crazy tho #full stop #the woman is wild #but she keeps it together

[shinesurge]

that thing where you're sailing along in your little boat and a very very big shadow passes underneath you and you both go on without interacting but you are suddenly aware it's there,

#i just got recommended an 'anti-radqueer' blog and scrolled passed this while i was blocking everybody lmao #i have no idea where the poison in the well water is coming from but i guess it does #have the benefit of growing my blocklist every time this shit comes up lmfao #it's fucking WILD that this same person who posted this is a fan of a blog supporting purity culture #furries make jesus sad but yandere is a term to be reclaimed by borderlines i think i will walk into the sea today

[wstrnred]

shoutout to my nature loving, spiritual, esoteric girlies who have obsessions with media like botw, princess mononoke, avatar, and lotr because they cater very specifically to our view of an Ideal World

#princess mononoke specifially #and botw too #perfect perfect perfect ways of showing nature will eventually reclaim everything #we are part of the wildlife #humans are nature #princess mononoke #mononoke hime #loz botw #zelda botw #tloz breath of the wild #breath of the wild #the legend of zelda #zelda breath of the wild #zelda totk #avatar #lord of the rings #lotr #fellowship of the ring #the fellowship of the ring #esoteric #nature

[ayearoferewhon]

Repost @habibi114

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The sea's only gifts are harsh blows, and occasionally the chance to feel strong. I know how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong but to feel strong. To measure yourself at least once. To find yourself at least once in the most ancient of human conditions. Facing the blind deaf stone alone, with nothing to help you but your hands and your own head! -Chris McCandless-

#into the wild #censored #reclaimed #deep creek friends