#shadowcaster

[techturd]

#shadowcaster #raven software #dos games #ms dos games #pc games #pc gaming #computer games #computer gaming #cd-rom

[dailyadventureprompts]

I’m planning to run a shadowfell arc with my long running campaign, and I’m planning to play with the theme of memories, memory loss, items and books absorbing memories and the like. There’s this mansion with an evil shadowy figure collecting/stealing peoples memories etc etc, and I would be super intrigued to see what your take on an adventure/arc like this would be?

Dungeon: In Memoriam

At the end of it all, we are all just stories

On the edge of the tidelands there is a grand and forgotten estate. Not forgotten in that it is abandoned, but forgotten in that a lapse of memory hangs about it like a fog. Even most who live in the nearby village can recall its existence while looking right at it, and only then a few paltry details about how it has affected their lives or the history of their home.

The source of this amnesia is the work of a shadowcaster by the name of ██████ ██████, who has taken the estate as his own while perfecting the art of stealing stories. Like other shadowcasters, ██████ wields the powers of remnant and entropy inherent to the shadowfell and has a particular fascination with how the memory and narrative surrounding a thing can survive independently of that thing's destruction. Originally presenting himself a medium and exorcist, ██████ was hired by the estate's original owners to deal with a lingering ghost problem, only to discover that there was a rift to the shadowfell in a root filled room in a corner of the greathouse's basements.... a room that no one seemed able to remember.

Taking advantage of such close proximity to the upside down, ██████ began experimenting, eventually creating an umbral ink that would steal away facts and moments of time when placed on the page, allowing him to make ghosts of people and places without even needing them to die. For now ██████ is content to tinker, but it's only so long until stumble upon the conspicuous absence he's shrouded his activities under, or the lives he's disrupted in the process.

Hooks:

Within the party's bag of holding or the pack of their most rougish member the heroes discover a bound together stack of pages, which detail their encounter with a man named ██████ while out on the road earlier in the campaign, described as an innocuous scholar with inkstains on his cuffs, always seeming to be writing in his travel journal. He offered insight on their adventures then seemed to disappear. Should the party destroy or damage the pages, they'll suddenly remember this encounter, them managing to steal these pages, and the fact that the man's shadow more often resembled a tree than that of a human

The party visits a seaside village, and while most things seem normal, there's a woman clearly in distress that the locals are keeping well away from. She claims she's lived in the village all her life but most seem to think she's a stranger, those few who do remember her thought she ran away when she was just a lass (about the age that she started working at the manor). Like many of the servants, ██████ worked some magic to keep her on thinking he was the master of the estate, forgotten by her neighbours, but forgot to fully edit her story to prevent her from visiting her parents grave on the anniversary of their deaths some decades past.

██████'s ink comes from a great unnatural tree that grows up through the foundations of the manor from the shadowfell below. Adapted to eat away at the memories of ghosts, the shadowcaster gorges this tree on the stories of the living, creating an ever deepening wellspring of power and a never ending supply of umbral ink. Drunk on power and the possibilities of playing blackout poetry with people's lives, ██████ does not realize that the tree is literally undermining him, threatening to drag the whole estate down into the land of the dead, erasing whole swaths of the countryside as the manor's library is drowned in amnesiac gloom.

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#shadowfell #prompt postage #mid level #shadowcaster #high level #villain #haunting #village #seaside #dnd #dungeons and dragons #d&d #5e #pathfinder #ttrpg

[allthingsdarkanddirty]

✯✯✯ FREEBIE ALERT ✯✯✯

Shadow Caster by Debbie Cassidy

Murdering humans is a huge no-no and comes with an off-with-your-head sentence. Doesn’t matter if you don’t remember doing the crime.

I killed a human, and no, it wasn’t on purpose, but that shit doesn’t matter to the council. I’m facing death. So, when I’m offered a deal to avoid execution, I’d be a fool not to take it, even if it means leaving the human world and urban life behind to enroll in the Nightwatch Academy – a gothic monstrosity hidden from human eyes, located way too close to the largest tear in the fabric of our reality.

It would be fun if I had any inclination of becoming a member of the Watch or supporting the shadow knights at keeping the Formorian threat at bay. But heck, the monsters beyond the mist aren’t my problem. I have personal demons to deal with.

Once I’m out, the Watch can shove it.

But one sip from the ceremonial goblet and my plans to coast are out of the window as my powers spark to life.

I’m an anomaly, one the Watch won’t be letting walk any time soon.

My only comfort is a man who prides himself on his ability to harness pain. Battle scarred and formidable, he’s my tutor, my mentor, and the object of some super saucy dreams. He’s completely off limits and my only hope of surviving my first test.

I’ll need to harness my powers fast.

There can be no distractions.

But when my fellow cadets start going missing then returning with no memory of who they used to be and my best friend is taken, turning a blind eye is no longer an option.

Allies are limited when you’re a freak. Luckily, I don’t need a cheer squad to get shit done. Whoever is responsible better watch out. I’m coming for them, and I’ll be bringing the pain.

The Vampire Academy meets Game of Thrones in this kick-ass, supernatural academy, Urban Fantasy romance with no choosing required.

@DebbieCassidyAuthor

Hosted by @LadyAmbersReviewsPR

#FreeEbook #FreeRead #ShadowCaster #DebbieCassidy #LadyAmbersPR

[joyffree]

The Vampire Academy meets Game of Thrones in this kick-ass, supernatural academy, Urban Fantasy romance with no choosing required.

Shadow Caster (The Nightwatch Academy) an Urban Fantasy/PNR by Debbie Cassidy

I killed a human, and no, it wasn’t on purpose, but that shit doesn’t matter to the council. I’m facing death. So, when I’m offered a deal to avoid execution, I’d be a fool not to take it, even if it means leaving the human world and urban life behind to enroll in the Nightwatch Academy – a gothic monstrosity hidden from human eyes, located way too close to the largest tear in the fabric of our reality.

It would be fun if I had any inclination of becoming a member of the Watch or supporting the shadow knights at keeping the Formorian threat at bay. But heck, the monsters beyond the mist aren’t my problem. I have personal demons to deal with.

Once I’m out, the Watch can shove it.

But one sip from the ceremonial goblet and my plans to coast are out of the window as my powers spark to life.

I’m an anomaly, one the Watch won’t be letting walk any time soon.

My only comfort is a man who prides himself on his ability to harness pain. Battle scarred and formidable, he’s my tutor, my mentor, and the object of some super saucy dreams. He’s completely off limits and my only hope of surviving my first test.

I’ll need to harness my powers fast.

There can be no distractions.

But when my fellow cadets start going missing then returning with no memory of who they used to be and my best friend is taken, turning a blind eye is no longer an option.

Allies are limited when you’re a freak. Luckily, I don’t need a cheer squad to get shit done. Whoever is responsible better watch out. I’m coming for them, and I’ll be bringing the pain.

#FreeEbook #FreeRead #ShadowCaster #urbanfantasy #pnr #DebbieCassidy #LadyAmbersPR

[bookcoversonly]

Title: Shadowcaster | Author: Cinda Williams Chima | Publisher: HarperTeen (2017)

#books #Shadowcaster #Cinda Williams Chima

[trek-tracks]

Tired: Bones and Jim dressing up as Dr. Frankenstein and Frankenstein’s Monster for Halloween after Into Darkness because of That Whole Reanimation Thing

Wired: Bones and Jim dressing up as Dr. Frank-N-Furter and Rocky for Halloween after Into Darkness because of That Whole Reanimation Thing

#star trek #leonard mccoy #jim kirk #star trek aos #mckirk #bones mccoy #captain kirk #rocky horror picture show #Rocky horror #Frankenstein #frankenstein’s monster #frank n furter #Rocky #I have no desire for a trek Rocky horror au but you have to admit it would be a good costume #I was in my college’s rhps shadowcast for four years #I feel like I have the damn thing memorized

[a-bit-of-a-mindflip]

I FINALLY JOINED AN RHPS SHADOWCAST!!!!

Basically, this has been something I’ve wanted to do since the pandemic. The closest shadowcast to my hometown happens to be an hour away and I was a little discouraged at first (long drives late at night = scary) but let me tell you: this is the most accepting, funny, joyful, and caring group of people I’ve ever met. Seeing the way this show has touched people across all demographics and entering such an accepting space has honestly been life-changing and I’m so excited for what’s to come 😆

#rocky horror picture show #rocky horror show #riff raff #magenta #columbia #patricia quinn #little nell Campbell #dr frank n furter #frank n furter #janet weiss #brad majors #rhps #shadowcast #rhps shadowcast

[glimmerbolan]

hello last night i threw a birthday party for my friend and the theme was “dress as one of gerard’s outfits from the swarm tour.” gay people love a theme

#the most surprising thing is that a couple of mcr fans had enough irl friends to do this #i was jackie kennedy riot fest! #we are all in a rocky horror shadowcast together and the Venn diagram of rocky horror and mcr fans is a circle #also sorry to the two friends i had to exclude from this post i could only put 10 pics #gerard way #mcr #my chemical romance #my chem #swarm tour #return tour #gerard #riot fest #manson girl gerard #filth clown #black swan gerard #skeleton gerard #batrard #me #happy tag

[akiwitch]

Day 2 in the Writblr Garden’s Advent Calendar Event, a winter mood board! And a bit of a WIP intro!

Title: Shadowcast

Genre: mlm gas lamp fantasy

Status: soup. It’s all just soup

The first attack came on a quiet morning.

Lanterns came out quickly, the beast was destroyed.

Blood glistened like rubies on the snow.

Shadows have always lurked in the darkness of the woods near Emery’s home. Everyone knows to stay out of the woods, but the lights always kept them away.

Until very suddenly they didn’t, attacks happening in broad daylight and the beasts wilder and more dangerous than they’d ever been in the past.

The Knights of Radiance, an old order that has fought the shadows since times before memory marches into town, among them a young and handsome trainee named Lucas.

But Emery is about to find out that there are worse things than the dark, and the brightest light casts the darkest shadows.

#writeblrgarden #twgcalendar #shadowcast #aki writes #mood board #writeblr #I am so bad at mood boards #but I am excited about this

[shadowcaststudio]

Mmmm, you can really taste the years of trying to draw hands!

#shadowcaststudio #shadowcast #comic #silly #art #how to do art #comedy #gore #blood #dark humor

[akidoodles]

Some Shadowcast boys

#Shadowcast #aki’s ocs #emery #Lucas #no last names lol

[slinkiezz]

The Bad Kids and Rocky Horror Picture Show

(In my brain, the Black Pit has monthly shadowcast showings)

Fig: Fucking loves it. She’s been to so many midnight showings and has single handedly dragged every single member of the Bad Kids with her at least once. She can and will play all the songs on her bass. She is counting down the days until she’s old enough to join the shadowcast. She really enjoys talking with the actors when they have a smoke break after the show. She would dress up as Magenta, but she secretly sees her freshmen year self in Janet (repressed innocent looking girl to hooking up with men she just met pipeline)

Kristen: Soon after coming out, Fig and Tracker take her to a showing. She was very wide-eyed trying to take it all in and a little scandalized at first, but she comes back and gets really into the audience participation part. Her ADHD can’t-shut-the-fuck-up brain loves a movie where she can just yell stuff and not get in trouble. She knows every traditional line and adds her own. She owns a Columbia costume that she wears with Fig’s Magenta

Riz: Respects it for what it means to his friends but you could Not pay him to go to a showing. He is not interested and does not understand why all his horny friends like it (Alternatively: He went once with Fig without knowing what it was about. He was one of the virgin sacrifices and left with Fig shortly after)

Adaine: After going to it once, Rocky Horror becomes her Aelwyn’s parties. While she’s not a huge fan of all the sex parts of it, she fully loves having a space where she can be weird and loud and herself. The first time she dressed up, she was really anxious about it, what if no one else was in costume, but when they got there she saw a bunch of other people dressed up and felt better about it. Her first time, she goes as Riff to match Fig and Kristen (plus she loves just being a weird guy and having an excuse to silently stare off into space at random times (it’s in-character)), She also realized, with horror, that one of her old school uniforms would’ve made a good Dr. Scott costume

Gorgug: He’s been a couple times with the group. It’s not really his vibe and the movie isn’t his favourite, but he really loves the experience of going to see it with his friends. He’s added a couple of the songs to his playlists (Alternatively: He went once, saw his parents there and refuses to go back)

Fabian: You cannot convince me this repressed bisexual with a thing for toxic women didn’t take one look at Tim Curry in drag and suddenly have some Realizations. He gets a crush on the shadowcast actor who played Frank, but utterly fails at trying to talk to them after the show. He also gets really into doing the time warp every time. Fig has gotten him to go in an Eddie costume

#I love this movie and midnight showings #pretty mich everything but Riz’s part was stolen from one of two places #1. my own experiences with the show #2. things my fellow shadowcastmates have said about the show #I also fundamentally believe Jawbone has been in a shadowcast #Talking to some of the older cast members is the same treasure trove of weird stories #dimension 20 #fantasy high #rocky horror picture show #rhps #rocky horror

[kimberly-earthfriend]

The boys take on Darkmoor. I know you can only have four wizards to a dungeon but I promise there being five of them makes sense in my wider canon. I promise. Also this took me 13 hours so there’s no going back now. Loosely inspired by the Night Falls dance number from descendants 3

#my art #wizard101 #wizard101 oc #kimberly earthfriend #the wizard #the young wizard #Anya silverblood #rowan duskhaven #Jules Sky Singer #Alexandra the ShadowCaster

[4ofdiamondz]

my roman empire

i am afraid that at this point in my life the rocky horror picture show is my roman empire. it is fueled by the fact that my local shadowcast has shows once a month so i am always either a.) having it on my mind after the month's shows just ended or b.) thinking about the next shows starting, who i'll be playing, rehearsing, etc. it is not helped by the fact that our cast has a discord where we discuss everything from helping each other with costuming to random memes, even during non-show weeks. AND it really doesn't help that two of our cast leaders have a podcast going through every minute of the movie where they nerd out about it, and they are very entertaining to listen to on walks.

#and most people think about this movie once a year IF THAT #HOWWWWWW this movie and everything it's brought to my life is so special #i respect not being part of a shadowcast obviously and not coming to shows every single month of the year but like. oh that is so not me #my knuckles still have “L O V E” and “H A T E” on them after playing eddie last night. it's very faded though bc i tried my darndest #to scrub it off. no one has asked me about it #my final project in one of my classes is going to be rhps related btw and it's due in a month!!!! #rocky horror picture show #rocky horror #rhps

[twyz]

my first rocky horror shadow cast is today!!! I'm so excited!!!

#twyz #my dad is taking me and ughh #he used to go shadowcasts all the time when he was younger!!! #im so excited guys #rhps #roz screams into the void #txt

[stars-are-shining-bright]

NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON BUT THEY SOUND REALLY GOOD

WOOOO!! 🎉🎉🎉

that's the same opinion i had at the start thanks to having a hard time processing audio. But then i looped everything hundreds of times and memorized the lyrics!

Do you have any favorite songs 👀 i love gay werewolf murder ballad (obviously) and It's Called "Helena and Gerard, a vampire tradegy written in umetered limeric"

#the forgetmenauts #asks #sun-shadowcast #oh btw i can give a link to the fan server #if you want