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[paradiseyuri]

Created by : ☆tsw☆ Respective credits to the creator ⓟⒶⓇⒶⒹⒾⓈⒺ♡ⓎⓊⓇⒾ

#Yuri #Bocchi the Rock! #Hitori Gotou #Kita Ikuyo #百合 #BoKIta #GL #WLW #so cute! #Art by #tsw #@tsw74194938 #please support the artist!

[paint-lady]

Alright bees, it's time! Session one: Spirals in the Way back Machine. TSW TTRPG LETS GO!!!

#stephanie's sketchbook #swl vibes #swl #secret world legends #the secret world #tsw #tsw ttrpg

[quartz-tsw]

Demo | Forum

You are a high school student passionate about writing interactive fiction novels. Grammar, story structure, character design, and story design are foreign concepts to you, but that won’t slow you down because you have passion and the power of friendship on your side. A tragic accident sends you into a coma, transporting you into the world you have created.

Explore a world filled with bugs, excessive stats that cancel each other out, and ambiguous choices. Romance one-dimensional characters, overcome poorly designed challenges to escape the hell you’ve created, and become the Strongest Writer!

The game is primarily narratively driven, even though there will be silly challenges sprinkled here and there. Some random elements are present, but they won’t stonewall your progress. You will never be forced to replay an encounter because you had a bad die roll. Ridiculously difficult or poorly worded mini-games will pop up here and there. But the ones that have “correct” solutions are accompanied by a skip button that can be used without any punishment.

You will have a mobile base of operations, a castle that can fit in your pocket, where you can grow plants, make potions, train with your companions and decorate your rooms. After you reach a certain point in the game, time will advance when you complete quests, making the plants grow. The plants can be used for brewing potions that will add more flavor to future encounters but aren’t a prerequisite for progress.

At the end of each chapter, you will enter a dream-like state where you can communicate with the Real World via a powerful artifact. However, the communication is limited to sending updates to the game you’re trapped in and reading the player’s feedback on the forum.

After the first part of the game, you will get to have a say on how the Empire grows over the course of the story by voting on policies. These policies will get enacted if you and your crew complete quests that will sway the citizens in your favor. You will be free to tackle specific issues from a progressive or conservative lens without having the game punish you for making the wrong choice. Scratch that. Whatever you choose will have catastrophic consequences on the Empire but in different ways. By the end of the story, the Empire will be in crisis.

The game is split into three parts: Escape from the Underworld, Rise of the Empire, and Fall of the Empire. In the first part, you will escape the Underworld, the hell of your fictive world, with the aid of your fully customizable romanceable companion, Olympia/Olympus. You will gather a party of virtuous souls and traverse the Great Barrier into the surface world. Upon escaping the Underworld and entering the MC’s fictional world, the “Real” World, you and your companions become Immortals, overseeing the fate of the Empire for centuries to come.

At the time of writing the story, the MC was sick of all the medieval fantasy stories that resort to misogyny for the sake of realism, so they wrote an “inclusive” setting that “solves” inequality issues only on a surface, superficial level. The Empire is a mishmash of Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece under constant assault by progressive barbarian hordes who enslave and torture citizens equally, regardless of gender, race, or sexual orientation. Political decisions in the Empire are ultimately made by a supreme ruler, Caesar, but every citizen has a right to express their grievances and opinions in the Forum (an actual roman style forum, not an online one).

As generations pass, you and the Immortals will oversee the Empire grow from antiquity to a steam-punk future near its decline.

Olympus/Olympia

age: unknown/ timeless

race: unknown

gender: player selectable

appearance: custom

Olympia/Olympus is the first immortal that the MC encounters in the Underworld. The self-proclaimed soul mate of the main character, Olympia/Olympus, is the primary romantic option for the player. Kind-hearted, straightforward, overpowered, and with a non-existent sense of personal space, Oly will accompany the MC almost everywhere. The only times when you will be apart is when you have to do challenges alone.

Bellona

age: 27

race: human

gender: female

appearance: average height, athletic build, olive skin, brown eyes, long brown hair in a high ponytail.

Bellona is one of the finest warriors of the Empire, who knew no equal on the battlefield until she found her end at the Kālá’s hand, whom she managed to take down with her to the Underworld. Abandoned at a young age by her parents, she had to learn to fend for herself and develop a can-do attitude that no one rivals. Impulsive by nature, she has no regard for diplomacy - her creative swear words are common in any heated discussion. The one thing she hates more than whining and weakness is others picking on her friends, even for the most trivial things.

Athena

age: 30

race: human

gender: female

appearance: tall, slim build, fair skin, green eyes, undercut, blonde hair.

Athema is a scholar, politician, and equal rights activist. She died at a banquet where a political adversary poisoned her wine cup. Outspoken and articulate, her opinions have sown the seeds of critical thinking within the Empire, prompting a vocal minority to question whether the Empire will be remembered as a bastion of enlightenment in history or a shameful asterisk. Competent in rhetorical debates, she never backs down from a winning argument, even if it means losing political currency. Although she stands her ground firmly in intellectual standoffs, physical confrontations are a no-go for her, looking for cover at the first sign of danger.

Hera

age: 22

race: human

gender: female

appearance: petite, light skin, heterochromia eyes (blue and green), braided, black hair.

Hera is a quiet, reserved young woman whose life ended in mysterious circumstances. She does not remember how she died or does not want to tell anybody. Although she does not enjoy getting involved in politics too much, she is convinced that the best way to organize society is through clearly defined gender roles. Family is the most important thing to her, and she hopes that she will be able to start one as soon as possible. Her cooking and organizing skills are unmatched, which is why she was often employed by wealthy nobles to host their lavish banquettes.

Vulcan

age: 46

race: human

gender: male

appearance: burly, gray hair, groomed silver beard, dark skin 

A respected inventor, this reclusive self-reliant man found his end at the hand of an ambitious experiment to replicate the sun in his forge. Even though he feels more at home with his inventions than with people, he is kind and gentle despite losing his temper from time to time. Vulcan will be the main driving force behind the rapid technological advances that the Empire will go through during the game, and you will have a say in what innovations take priority.

Plutus

age: 33

race: human

gender: male

appearance: tall, thin, blond messy hair

This neurotic treasurer got on the wrong side of a knife after uncovering a circle of corrupt aristocrats who were siphoning gold out of the treasury. His obsessive compulsion to account for every penny spent makes him an excellent financial advisor for your team. His expertise will be invaluable in growing the Empire over the centuries.

Kālá

age: unknown

race: unknown

gender: unknown

appearance: short legs, wide hips, elongated torso with thin, long arms, large hands. Dark skin, black eyes, bald. Wears extravagant clothes.

Little is known about them besides their affiliation with the Barbarian hordes and unorthodox fighting style. Before the encounter with Bellona, Kala was undefeated in combat. Has the role of the main antagonist of the story.

Olympia/ Olympus will be the only RO with which you can have a meaningful, long-term romantic relationship. There will be the possibility of having flings with minor, episodic, one-dimensional characters. But you will not be able to be in a relationship with other immortals (but that does not mean you can’t try). As far as the attraction to Oly is concerned, you have multiple options: regular attraction, no attraction, “platonic” attraction, “asexual” attraction, too much attraction, and attraction once you get to know each other better. There will be no explicit sex scenes, but you can expect bizarre scenes that kind of resemble it.

#interactive fiction #hosted games #choicescript #cyoa #satire #social commentary #comedy #wip #hg #choice of games #interactive novel #tsw #the strongest writer

[sabusthings]

I’ve been writing up some stuff for a potential Secret World Legends game since the Kickstarter I had backed last year for the TTRPG version of it released its raw text book, and because it’s all I can think about, I drew art of the 3 handlers potential players could interact with lol

Simon, Illuminati/Blue faction handler, my olde OC when i still played the MMO, and his pet bug dog Rubi. A lazy kinda guy but when the going gets tough, he sticks around to see what happens!

Fran, Templar/red handler, has been around for A While, a Very Long While. They know what's up and can probably deal with it, but their fuse is so smol and punching is so much easier to solve things

and Hannah, Dragon/Green handler, she is the worst thing you can inflict on a brand new agent of the Secret world; a teenager with a superiority complex.

#the secret world #secret world legends #swl #tsw #my art

[bloodpraxis]

Kirsten Geary K.G Best HR girlie Ms. Ciao Ciao from Secret World Legends.

Some time ago I got a comment saying one of my characters looks like Geary so I looked her up and uhhh. Yeah, ended up playing SWL ^_____^

#the secret world #secret world legends #kirsten geary #tsw #swl #my art

[toxinfox]

You know something's a problem when the Illuminati, Templars, and Dragon work together to deal with it. And yet, this unlikely scenario is exactly what's happening as Tristan d'Eagan (Illuminati), Alexandra Bishop (Templar), and Carlos Hernandez (Dragon) find themselves driving down a dark desert highway and pulling up to an infamous hotel...

Daunting as the prospect of dealing with the spectral glue trap that is the Hotel California is, however, Carlos packed a secret weapon.

(A short Secret World Legends comic that I've been meaning to do for a while, finally made real as a bit of gift art for @paint-lady , with a hefty cameo from her character, Maru. Done in Photoshop.)

#secret world #tsw #swl #secret world legends #comic #Tristan #Carlos #Alex #hotel california

[evans-endeavors]

FACTION RECRUIT

SWL faction recruit from the agent network.

Part of an art trade with @elswere-1

#my art #swl #secret world #tsw #secret world legends #art trade #cw: gun

[mel-addams]

Shadows Boxing

[Image ID: a clean sketch of Mihas Blaga and Doctor Klein sitting around a campfire, their shadows cast large and looming behind them. Mihas is grinning with his fists raised, making it so both he and his shadow appear to be boxing. Klein, with a couple deep black Filth tendrils peeking out from the back of his collar, is holding a stack of Filth-stained notes in one hand, and adjusting his glasses with the other. However, his shadow instead has its hands reaching down as if to grab Klein, with a greater number of Filth tendrils extending from its head, shoulders, and chest. Despite being part of a shadow, those Filth tendrils are also a deeper black, and have a bizarrely solid, textured quality to them.]

So a bit ago in the SWL discord, we were discussing the museum upgrade item, Dr. Klein's Notes. (A number of us agreed: we would very much like to be able to read them.) From our collective silliness, Vomher (or "Vh'mhyrr," as their display name appears in that discord group) suggested the notes were Klein's shadow, trapped and put to paper. Then Mojo replied to that with:

[Image ID: a discord screenshot. The original message is from the user "Vh'mhyrr, the Empty Socket Stare" saying "He caught his shadow and put it to paper." The reply is from "Mojo | Local server pumpkin" saying "I wonder if he would sit with the Blagas at the campfire and share stories of fighting their own shadows"]

And I found that to be a DELIGHTFUL mental image. (For context: Mihas is a fighter, and mentions boxing with shadows. Klein is a scientist who has definitely not lost any intellect to the eldritch substance he's studying and microdosing, insisting he can still turn his head quick enough to spot his shadow before it sneaks up on him. Mihas fights monsters so he should probably actually be attacking Klein because the good doctor is definitely Filth infected, but it's fine, this is for funsies.)

SO, as is my wont when folks say fun things, I doodled it! And boy howdy do I love the watercolor physics in Rebelle, it is SUCH a boon for dressing up (relatively) simple doodles. I used it for the fire, shadows, and filling in the fellas. Used wet layers for the latter two, so the pigment would just flow together and I wouldn't have to think too hard about shading (using the lineart/selections to keep the pigment contained). Then an oil brush for the Filth, so the impasto 3d effect would give an uncanny texture, on top of it being (hex code) "absolute zero" maximum entropy black. I've taken to using the default oil palette's "bone black" for lineart and such, which is a brown-tinted near-black. So when I use pure-zero digital-black, it stands out even if things are otherwise (mostly) monochrome! It's fabulous.

#secret world legends #swl #tsw #the secret world #fanart #my art #mihas blaga #dr. klein #rebelle #I'm sure it's fine that the Filth has infected Klein's shadow #he's just out here to get some fungal filth samples #what could possibly go wrong #also someone please get Mihas new boots #BOTH of them are pulling up at the toes!! he's gonna freeze!

[gaiasbee]

my bee ass stumbling over into overlook motel only to find out its infested with demons and has a portal to hell

#secret world legends #the secret world #tsw #swl #terrible service. a rakshasa almost ate my face. 7/10

[matovilka]

hello i walk into empty hallways tell me not to hurry caution sends the signal not to look around the bend and single out the shadows whispers through the twisted corners waiting silently for hours watching every move and shiver with eyes that glitter

#the secret world #tsw #secret world legends #swl #rpg #roleplaying #gaming #mmorpg #mmo

[arsene-inc]

Quick thoughts about the TSW/SWL TTRPG

So we just received a text only pdf of the Secret World TTRPG. 456 pages long, no formatting, no layout

After a quick read/glance through, here are my thoughts :

The game is set in our time, a decade after 2012 where the events of the game occured. Some, especially in Kingsmouth, don't have memory of this decade, weird. It also means some of the game story happened while others are a mystery.

The NPC have aged. This means I can't legally adopt Carter anymore.

Reading through a text only with no layout is rough

We have some more locations, not a lot but some news like Paris. (And I am still infuriated that I can't see the "Paris of the Alchemists" themed visit because i chose the wrong time to vacation there)

Character creation : Well this is indeed a 5th edition game, and you will need the books for the spell effects

The class are named based on decks from the mmo

Only One class, no multiclassing. BUT, secret archetypes that everyone can have regardless of the class, you can have as many as your proficiency, will give you the liberty to better fine tune your character ( I miss the Wheel)

A summary of 5th rules adapted to a modern world, Good.

GM section: I can't say a lot on this. Having advices on themes is appreciated.

The missions are not all destroy creatures, on the contrary the differents types of missions from the mmos are there. Will they work with dnd rules ? we'll have to see.

Adventure seeds ? Good. No fully written adventure ? Not good ( there is a 8 pages one for backers but not in this pdf, not there yet)

There's not enough juicy secrets from the original lore that I wished for when backing this game.

#ttrpg #tabletop rpg #tabletop roleplaying #ttrpg stuff #ttrpgs #roleplaying games #sw legends #swl #tsw #the secret world #secret world legends #secret world #dnd #secret world mmo #secret world vibes

[paint-lady]

Not doing inktober this year, but I wanted to make some SWL art here and there- and craft a few good portfolio ink pieces again.

#stephanie's sketchbook #secret world legends #maru my beloved #swl #tsw

[huachengapologist]

Why couldn't my MMO be a popular one like WoW or FFXIV. Why's it gotta be a dead horror MMO in indefinite maintenance mode.

#secret world legends #swl #tsw #the secret world

[eldritchrach]

La and I are doing a journalling OC playthru of SWL.

It's super fun to dip back into 2012 fashion and culture. Here's Hyz' as a teen urchin, ready to take on the secrets of the world

#swl #secret world legends #tsw #the secret world #hyz #hyzenthlay #oc #digital art

[bloodpraxis]

Well, look how the turns have tabled... It's a beat or bee beaten kind of world after all...

Happy (beelated) 6th Anniversary Secret World Legends 🐝💛

#swl #secret world legends #the secret world #tsw #my art #beehemoth my beloved

[hallalaween]

Secret World time >3

#secret world legends #the secret world #swl #tsw