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traeumenvonbuechern · 7 months

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🏴‍☠️ Books To Read If You Love "Our Flag Means Death" 🏴‍☠️

Can't get enough of Our Flag Means Death? Read these books!

Also, check out my list of trans books for OFMD fans here: Trans Books To Read If You Love "Our Flag Means Death"! 🏳️‍⚧️

Book titles:

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty

Tell No Tales by Sam Maggs and Kendra Wells

The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach

The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton

The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian

In Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens

Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh

Til Death Do Us Bard by Rose Black (comes out November 21, 2023)

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we-do-bones-bracket · 2 months

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Round 1 Match 9

Propaganda:

The Forgotten

A skeleton (implicitly the skeleton of the player character) who hits people with a big club of his own bones

Countess Ariadne de Winter

She's a legally permitted necromancer (she has a charter) who has skeletons to do her elaborate gravestone-styled hair, skeleton horses, a skeleton lapdog and the ability to raise any and all bones in the area.

#poll #round 1 #the forgotten #binding of isaac #countess ariadne de winter #til death do us bard

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kazz-brekker · 11 months

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HELLO???? you mean to tell me that there is a gay bard/warrior book and one of main characters HAS MY NAME?!?!?!

#is this repurposed geraskier fanfic. i must know #and the bard is called pie which is MY NAME #i mean not my legal name my nickname but i do GO by it so i'm very entertained by this #anyway i do think i am legally required to read this when it comes out #pie says stuff #the witcher #til death do us bard #rose black #books #geraskier

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drowninginabactatank · 10 days

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Today's library reservation pick-up~📚

Til Death Do Us Bard by Rose Black.

"Marriage isn't always sunshine and unicorns... sometimes it's monsters and necromancy.

It's been almost a year since Logan 'The Bear' Theaker hung up his axe and settled down with his sunshiny bard husband, Pie. But when Pie disappears, Logan is forced back into a world he thought he'd left behind.

Logan quickly discovers that Pie has been blackmailed into stealing a powerful artifact capable of creating an undead army. With the help of an old adversary and a ghost from his past, Logan sets out to rescue his husband.

But the further the quest takes him, the more secrets Logan uncovers. He'll need all his strength to rescue his husband - but can he save their marriage?"

#til death do us bard #rose black #bookblr #bookish 📚#bookworm #reading #support libraries #mine

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rosemariecawkwell · 4 months

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TBR Pile Review: Til Death Do Us Bard, by Rose Black

Format: 352 pages, HardcoverPublished: November 21, 2023 by HodderscapeISBN: 9781399724685 (ISBN10: 1399724681)Language: English Blurb Marriage isn’t always sunshine and unicorns… sometimes it’s monsters and necromancy. In a world of magic and adventure, Logan “the Bear” Theaker had hung up his axe and settled down with his sunshiny bard husband, Pie. But when Pie disappears, Logan is forced…

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#Book review #fantasy #light fantasy #new fantasy #Rose Black #Til Death Do Us Bard

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leszackardises · 1 year

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Til Death Do Us Part: Kourtney et Travis nous invitent à leur mariage

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#émission de télévision #culture #Disney+#Hulu #Kourtney et Travis #Kourtney Kardashian #les zackardises #Les Zacktualités #mariage #Til Death Do Us Part #Travis Barker #zachary barde

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the-bi-library · 6 months

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With November here, here are bi books out in November!

Let me know if I missed any bi books out in November. Books listed: The Mischievous Letters of the Marquise de Q by Felicia Davin The Santa Pageant by Lillian Barry I'm A Princess That Ran Away To A Magical World by Terry Bartley Til Death Do Us Bard by Rose Black Abbott: 1979 by Saladin Ahmed and Sami Kivela (Artist) Outdrawn by Deanna Grey Violet Moon by Mel E. Lemon Hummingbird: Part Two by Frances M. Thompson Vicarious by Chloe Spencer Tonight, I Burn by Katharine J. Adams A Power Unbound by Freya Marske @freyamarske Until the Blood Runs Dry by MC Johnson Dark Heir by C.S. Pacat Ride with Me by Jenna Jarvis We Are the Crisis by Cadwell Turnbull Allure by CEON Delay of Game by Ari Baran Hunt on Dark Waters by Katee Robert One Night in Hartswood by Emma Denny To Kill a Shadow by Katherine Quinn Come Out, Come Out by Alexia Onyx 💖Make sure to check TWs for all books if necessary. 💖Preorders help the authors greatly, so make sure to preorder any book(s) that catch your interest. 💖Here is the goodreads list of these books

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battyaboutbooksreviews · 5 months

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Queer Books November 2023

🌈 Good afternoon, my bookish bats! Struggling to keep up with all the amazing queer books coming out this month? Here are a FEW of the stunning, diverse queer books you can add to your TBR before the year is over. Remember to #readqueerallyear! Happy reading!

❤️ The Pirate and the Porcelain Girl by Emily Riesbeck 🧡 Heading North by Holly M. Wendt 💛 The Wisdom of Bug by Alyson Root 💚 Trick Shot by Kayla Grosse 💙 A Holly Jolly Christmas by Emily Wright 💜 Outdrawn by Deanna Grey ❤️ Yours Celestially by Al Hess 🧡 The Christmas Memory by Barbara Winkes 💛 Violet Moon by Mel E. Lemon 💙 The Santa Pageant by Lillian Barry 💜 Only for the Holidays by Shannon O’Connor 🌈 Homestead for the Holidays by Wren Taylor

❤️ You Can Count on Me by Fae Quin 🧡 No One Left But You by Tash McAdam 💛 The Worst Thing of All is the Light by José Luis Serrano, Lawrence Schimel 💚 Today Tonight Forever by Madeline Kay Sneed 💙 Wren Martin Ruins It All by Amanda DeWitt 💜 Emmett by L. C. Rosen ❤️ Finding My Elf by David Valdes 🧡 Tonight, I Burn by Katharine J. Adams 💛 Gorgeous Gruesome Faces by Linda Cheng 💙 Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree 💜 A Power Unbound by Freya Marske 🌈 We Are the Crisis by Cadwell Turnbull

❤️ The Manor House Governess by C.A. Castle 🧡 You Owe Me One, Universe by Chad Lucas 💛 Last Night at the Hollywood Canteen by Sarah James 💚 Skip!: A Graphic Novel by Rebecca Burgess 💙 Something About Her by Clementine Taylor 💜 Touching the Art by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore ❤️ A Nearby Country Called Love by Salar Abdoh 🧡 Normporn: Queer Viewers and the TV That Soothes Us by Karen Tongson 💛 Sir Callie and the Dragon’s Roost by Esme Symes-Smith 💙 The Order of the Banshee by Robyn Singer 💜 Once Upon My Dads’ Divorce by Seamus Kirst, Noémie Gionet Landry 🌈 Forsooth by Jimmy Matejek-Morris

❤️ A Common Bond by T.M. Kuta 🧡 Risk the Fall by Riley Hart 💛 Just a Little Snack by Yah-Yah Scholfield 💚 Home for the Holidays by Erin Zak 💙 NeurodiVeRse by MJ James 💜 Dark Heir (Dark Rise #2) by C.S. Pacat ❤️ sub/Dom by Rab Green 🧡 Bitten by the Bond by Elaine White 💛 Heir to Frost and Storm by Ben Alderson 💙 The Sea of Stars by Gwenhyver 💜 Bad Beat by L.M. Bennett 🌈 Idol Moves by K.T. Salvo

❤️ Plot Twist by Erin La Rosa 🧡 In the Pines by Mariah Stillbrook 💛 The Crimson Fortress (The Ivory Key #2) by Akshaya Raman 💚 Only She Came Back by Margot Harrison 💙 Megumi & Tsugumi, Vol. 4 by Mitsuru Si 💜 Pritty by Keith F. Miller Jr. ❤️ Just Lizzie by Karen Wilfrid 🧡 An Atlas to Forever by Krystina Rivers 💛 Come Find Me in the Midnight Sun by Bailey Bridgewater 💙 Bait and Witch by Clifford Mae Henderson 💜 Shadow Baron by Davinia Evans 🌈 Day by Michael Cunningham

❤️ Livingston Girls by Briana Morgan 🧡 Delay of the Game by Ari Baran 💛 The Nanny with the Nice List by K. Sterling 💚 A Talent Ignited by Suzanne Lenoir 💙 A Kiss of the Siren’s Song by E.A.M. Trofimenkoff 💜 Rivals for Love by Ali Vali ❤️ Whiskey & Wine by Kelly Fireside, Tana Fireside 🧡 Buried Secrets by Sheri Lewis Wohl 💛 Ride with Me by Jenna Jarvis 💙 Living for You by Jenny Frame 💜 Death on the Water by CJ Birch 🌈 Merciless Waters by Rae Knowles

❤️ Vicarious by Chloe Spencer 🧡 Sapling’s Depths by Spencer Rose 💛 That French Summer by Sienna Waters 💚 System Overload by Saxon James 💙 King of Death by Lily Mayne 💜 Warts and All by Ashley Bennett ❤️ Principle Decisions by Thea Belmont 🧡 The Best Mistake by Emily O’Beirne 💛 Sugar and Ice by Eule Grey 💙 Until The Blood Runs Dry by MC Johnson 💜 Splinter : A Diverse Sleepy Hollow Retelling by Jasper Hyde 🌈 The Mischievous Letters of the Marquise de Q by Felicia Davin

❤️ The Queer Girl is Going to be Okay by Dale Walls 🧡 Til Death Do Us Bard by Rose Black 💛 Leverage by E.J. Noyes 💚 Alice Sadie Celine by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright 💙 Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon 💜 Gwen & Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher ❤️ To Kill a Shadow by Katherine Quinn 🧡 Warrior of the Wind by Suyi Davies Okungbowa 💛 For Never & Always by Helena Greer 💙 A Demon’s Guide to Wooing a Witch by Sally Hawley 💜 Heaven Official’s Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu Vol. 8 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù 🌈 A Carol for Karol by Ann Roberts

#book release #queer fiction #queer romance #queer books #queer #books #books to read #queer book recs #book recs #batty about books #battyaboutbooks

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honourablejester · 8 months

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Huh. Since my reblog of the other post appears to have vanished? Not sure what happened there? Have a random set of opinions on the relative sexiness of D&D 5e classes:

Rogues have the dual allures of competence and the forbidden tryst. Warlocks are beautiful disasters that you know will be bad for you but can’t help wanting anyway. Sorcerers have power humming in their blood, a tangible electricity in your hands. Druids are the ones who shyly court you by leaving their favourite flowers and mushrooms and weird animals on your doorstep. Wizards are a different flavour of disaster to warlocks, those idiots who are simultaneously highly competent and dumb as a box of rocks, and they make you simultaneously want to strangle them and kiss them stupid. Rangers are that beau who are just there when you need them, a thousand little tiny practical things that just lighten your day. Barbarians are passion and power and that person strong enough to scoop you into their arms, even if they’re technically smaller than you. Fighters are all about precision, taking the time to learn something right, and then replicate it time after time. Monks are about the dance, weaving around you and grinning when they get the cheap shot, leaving you half livid and half delighted. Artificers are about the act of creation, sometimes mad, sometimes stupid, sometimes inspired, that crook of the finger and twist of the wrist. Clerics are the islands in the stream, that rush of power and illumination, that glimpse of something bigger and more beautiful. Paladins are the oath, the promise kept, the ‘til death do us part’. Bards are the romance, the right words at the right time, the background knowledge of support, the clever fingers playing chords across your skin.

It’s dealer’s choice, honestly. There’s something there for just about everyone.

But for the record I would personally take artificer (blacksmith, mechanic, grease monkey, strong, clever hands, that know how to heal and how to create), barbarian, and certain flavours of cleric (tempest, for vibrancy and electricity, forge, because see artificer previously, and twilight, because I will make for you a twilight bower where we can both be safe, and love you under the starlight) for my top three. No offense to Liam O’Brien, but I don’t have the patience for wizards. I would take a gothic romance with a weary paladin, though.

#d&d #sexiest classes #sort of #it all depends what you like

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pikaglove · 3 months

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List of headcanons that I made up about my ranger in bg3:

Ashland Yendari

• Human

• Ranger (beast master)

• Street urchin

• Cis female

• Bisexual

• Late 20s

• Lovers: Astarion and Halsin

• Had a mother who was a prostitute, and a younger sister who she often took care of

• Had to live on the streets because her mother had to work in the brothel and no children were allowed.

• Often got into brawls on the streets

• Joined a gang to make money and stay off the streets

• Her face tattoos were an Initiation to join the gang

• Got half her face burnt off after a rival gang when they threw molatovs at her gang's headquarters.

• Has killed a man with her bare hands

• Sister was murdered by rival gang.

• Was arrested for gang involvement but only got a few years since the gang boss took the fall. The gang fell apart after that and she left Baulder's Gate afterwords

• Lived off the land until the bg3 events happened

• Absolute heartbreaker (led on Gale and Shadowheart only to be won over by Astarion)

• Too much of a slut for Lae'zel

• Bff is Karlach and Gale

• Canonically stinky (as told by Gale)

• Will beat the shit out of Cazador with her own two hands

• Wants to beat up that bottom bitch Raphael for calling her a pipsqueak (she's a foot taller than him and a top)

• Bonds with Halsin over living off the land

• Has won several drinking games in a tavern

• Bows to no royalty (But will give a friendly wave)

• Will smash Araj Obodra's face in with a mace for not respecting consent.

• When hunting, she tries to grab extra game for Astarion to snack on.

• Dog person

• Easily fell for Astarion's seduction

• Gives good head

• Judged by Jaheira, Karlach, and Shadowheart for fucking the emperor

• Canonically wooed 5 people (Gale, Astarion, Halsin, Shadowheart, Mizora)

• Tried to say Mizora's sex was mid and got called out. (Bitch I heard your moans lol)

• Bear fucker

• Favorite color is pink

• Wants to be Halsin's therapist

• Has been everyone's therapist in camp

• Does not cry easily

• Canonically fucked on Astarion's grave

• Her bi awakening came when she was 19 and met an elven bard out on the streets. She listened to that bard everyday til she left.

• Felt violated by Haarlep after sex

• Goes to SA counsiling with Astarion and Halsin to work out their traumas

• Used to play with her mom's makeup kit and actually got decent at doing eye liner

• Has arm wrestling matches with Mincs on Sundays

• Did form an alliance with Gortash

• Did not convince Karlach to go back to Avernus

• Has cried herself to sleep due to Karlach's death

• Dragged Astarion to waterdeep so they can be guest speakers for Gale's class

• Adopted the owlbear with Halsin

• Goes on vigilante adventures with Astarion

• Has a home with Halsin

• Halsin is the malewife of the thrupple

• Technically has adopted 100 kids due to Halsin having an orphanage

• The three cuddle together with Astarion usually in the middle

• Has several homes including a treehouse and a home in the underdark

• Sometimes talks to Wyll about Karlach to cope.

• Long after Ashland has passed on, Astarion and Halsin live together and reminisce about their lover who had saved Baulder's Gate.

#baulders gate 3 #baulders gate astarion #baulders gate tav #Baulder's gate 3 ranger #Astarion #halsin #bg3 #bg3 tav #bg3 astarion #bg3 halsin #bg3 roleplay #dnd character #dnd #dungeons and dragons

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we-do-bones-bracket · 2 months

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Who did bones the best?

here are the finalized brackets! the tournament will be split into two brackets. the finalists of both will go up against each other to determine the winner. characters who were the most popular during submissions will join in round 2

rules & guidelines

about spoilers

matches under cut!

Abraham "Brom Bones" van Brunt (Headless: A Sleepy Hollow Story) vs. Skull (One Piece)

Laudna (Critical Role) vs. Sese Kitsugai (Len'en Project)

Benny (Halloweentown) vs. Enki Ankarian (Fear & Hunger)

Stalhorse (The Legend of Zelda) vs. Skeleton Horse (Minecraft)

Skeleton Mob (Minecraft) vs. Stallord (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)

Ryuk (Death Note) vs. Sam Day Break (Paradise Killer)

Adalman (That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime) vs. Hero's Shade/Hero's Spirit (The Legend of Zelda)

Sir Daniel Fortesque (MediEvil) vs. Skeletor (He-Man)

The Forgotten (Binding of Isaac) vs. Countess Ariadne de Winter (Til Death Do Us Bard)

Kel'thuzad (Warcraft) vs. Christopher Flores (Wayward Children)

The Lich King/Arthas Menethil (Warcraft) vs. Bones (Johannes Cabal the Necromancer)

Toro Muerto (The Book of Life) vs. Yodomi Arakawa (Skeleton Double)

Immortan Joe (Mad Max Fury Road) vs. Laika (Laika: Aged Through Blood)

Clinkz (DOTA 2) vs. Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck (Bleach)

Ianthe Tridantarius (The Locked Tomb) vs. Zenon Zogratis (Black Clover)

Palamedes Sextus (The Locked Tomb) vs. Ketheric Thorm (Baldur's Gate 3)

Ruth Fleming (Nerdy Prudes Must Die) vs. Dr. Bones Cookie (Cookie Run)

Misetani Box (Dai Dark) vs. Frank (Generation Loss)

Shimada Death (Dai Dark) vs. Bone (Warriors)

Kurloz Makara (Homestuck) vs. Mamà Imelda (Coco)

Jake English (Homestuck) vs. Hector (Coco)

SkullBaluchimon (Digimon) vs. Skullgreymon (Digimon)

SkullKnightmon (Digimon) vs. Jolly Roger

Cubone (Pokémon) vs. Ryme (Pokémon Scarlet and Violet)

Skeletal Dragon (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim) vs. Boneknapper (How to Train Your Dragon)

Shinnok (Mortal Kombat) vs. Hector (Castlevania)

Lady Micte (Maya and the Three) vs. Conway (Kentucky Route Zero)

Veralidaine "Daine" Sarrasi (The Immortal Quartet) vs. Pious Augustus (Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem)

Zélie Adebola (Children of Blood and Bone) vs. SkekMal the Hunter (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance)

The Hound (RWBY) vs. Nuckelavee (RWBY)

Nina Zenik (Six of Crows) vs. Undertaker (Black Butler)

Yorick (Hamlet) vs. Pale Rider (Persona)

Skelita Calaveras (Monster High) vs. Hell Biker (Persona)

Nico Di Angelo (Percy Jackson) vs. Bone Ravage (Fortnite)

Death (Discworld) vs. Mort (Hello from the Hallowoods)

Acererak (Dungeons & Dragons) vs. Skid (Spooky Month)

Boneyard (Dungeons & Dragons) vs. Lord Hater (Wonder Over Yonder)

Necrodeus (Kirby Mass Attack) vs. Jack Skellington (The Nightmare Before Christmas)

Skelly (Hades) vs. Nagash (Warhammer Fantasy Battle)

Lady Bone Demon (Lego Monkie Kid) vs. Dry Bowser (Mario)

King (The Owl House) vs. Dry Bones (Mario)

Dyre Ode/Dyre Owed (Friends at the Table) vs. The Children of the Hydra's Teeth (Jason and the Argonauts (1963))

Qiu Congxue (Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know) vs. Death (The Arcana)

Kimimaro Kaguya (Naruto) vs. Gold Skull (The Sexy Brutale)

Death the Kid (Soul Eater) vs. Keyes (Fairy Tail)

Skull Knight (Berserk) vs. Director Bones (DC Comics) Bone (One Punch Man)

Lord Death Man (DC Comics) vs. Mister Bones (DC Comics)

Death (Horrible Histories) vs. Ebisu (Dorohedoro)

Skeleton (I Spy Spooky Mansion) vs. Skullomania/Saburo Nishikoyama (Street Fighter EX)

Skull Man (Mega Man) vs. SkullMan.exe (Mega Man)

A Real Magic Skeleton (OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes) vs. Skully (Scary Godmother)

Marquis (Parahumans) vs. Morgo (Little Misfortune)

Señor Huseo (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) vs. Brian Laborn/Grue (Parahumans)

Grim (The Grim Adventures) vs. Pluto (Library of Ruina)

Queen Rohaan (Watermelon) vs. Kamen Raider Genm/Kuroto Dan (Kamen Rider Ex-Aid)

Fone Bone (Bone) vs. Smiley Bone (Bone) vs. Phonciple P. "Phoney" Bone (Bone)

#bracket

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double-barrel-paintbrush · 10 months

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ideas for Curse of Strahd I had you can steal (for dms)

there's a lot of things for my CoS campaign as DM I'm changing from the book for multiple reasons and I figured I'd share my changes in case anybody would wanna use em too

(spoilers for CoS btw warning also really long and infodumpy)

Strahd and Rahadin are around the same age. they were both like 25 when Barovia became part of the domains of dread (mainly cuz I like the idea of Strahd and Rahadin being like childhood friends that also went to war together)

Strahd getting rid of Sergei was calculated like he casted disguise self or something so nobody would find out it was him. I imagine he had some way of distracting\incapacitating Rahadin so he wouldn't hurt disguised Strahd or stop him from taking out Sergei. Rahadin has no idea Strahd is the reason Sergei is dead and probably blames himself deeply for what happened. (I feel like since Strahd is a really smart man he would've at least tried to hide his crime like he did in I, Strahd also I like the drama of Rahadin eventually learning Strahd was the culprit and in the book I couldn't find any mention of if he knew about Strahd killing his brother or his feelings about it since he's loyal to the Von Zarovich line as a whole I think)

The Vistani as a whole do not work for Strahd only a specific clan of them do which is Madam Eva's clan but the other clans have their own feelings and opinions of Strahd (mainly so no one thinks all Vistani work with Strahd and to differentiate the specific groups of Vistani)

The dusk elves after Patrina was stoned were punished by a curse via a Vistani that worked for Strahd to where they couldn't have kids for 100 years but Strahd wasn't too happy when he found out about that not only because that wasn't the punishment he had in mind and the curse also effected Rahadin. Regardless of the curse Strahd ordered Rahadin to cut the ears of the elves that took part in Patrina's death as a lighter punishment. The campaign starts on the 99th year of it (I didn't feel comfortable having all the dusk elven women killed and it gets rid of the plot hole of the dusk elven men just having half elf kiddos as well as trying to give a plotline of Rahadin having to decide if he wants to have an heir or become a vampire since he's still mortal and is literally 50% of Strahd's impulse control)

No normal Barovian knows that Strahd is a vampire the only people who do are on his side or who want him dead they all assume Strahd is like Strahd the forth or something (there's not really much of a reason character wise I just wanted Strahd being a vampire to be a plot twist to the group also to show how secretive Strahd is)

Doru in the campaign won't start as a vampire spawn at least not til the second chapter of the campaign. He's going to be a temporary member of the party (maybe as like a cleric or bard of spirits). He gets turned by Strahd as a warning to the party after whatever the party decides to do with Escher cuz they need to deal with the consorts and Rahadin to get to Strahd and he gets angrier each time a consort gets dealt with. (I wanted to make the reveal that Doru was turned to be more upsetting since the party would've known him as a friend)

Sergei's ghost possess the Sun Sword (I thought it was cool and so that the party could hear about the truth of what happened from Sergei himself also cuz I never really hear much about Sergei being implemented into the campaign outside of the Krezk pool)

this is all I've got for now uh lemme know if you'd wanna hear more of the ideas I had or if you like em

#curse of strahd #strahd von zarovich #rahadin #sergei von zarovich #Doru #dungeons and dragons #D&d #dungeon master #Madam Eva #vistani #I don't know what I'm doing

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thedaremaster · 1 month

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The Yarn Spinner - Snippet

Might write a full thing of this. I really hope to, but I've got a draft to finish and so many more to start. Please enjoy this snippet from another Instagram prompt. (I forgot what it was) ;((((

She sat there at her loom, working furiously at the nearly-finished piece. The shuttle slides back and forth between the threads, interlacing fibers before they are stacked together neatly with a quick pull of the reed. She works fast, heedless of mistakes.

The end is near, she knows it.

She’s seen the newspaper articles portraying their deaths, graphic and disturbing. She can’t count the nights those horrifying pictures had stolen from her. Fear became sleep’s greatest enemy.

Why does she feel fear? She wonders. Everyone dies at some point. She doesn’t wish to end like this. She’s still young. A full life ahead of her. But alas, the devil doesn’t discriminate.

She remembers Thirdy, blonde and joyous, like a bard from the old nations, singing tales of victory. Tabitha, somber and thoughtful, her pieces questioned life and its meanings and the pondering of a human spirit. Old Man William, with his one eye spectacle, writing stories since he was a young lad, encased with the wisdom he had gained over the years. The list went on and on.

Now, they’re all gone. And she was left.

Quinn, the one destined to spin the yarns. She told stories not through a pen but with a loom and a spindle. Her tapestries are a different kind of parchment/ medium. But she was to end the same way as the rest of them.

She couldn’t help but weep, tears falling from her eyes onto the colorful threads below. It was finished. She cut the thread and took out her final work.

Death was near her door.

She wraps it up quickly and hands it off to Maddy Lady, her beloved Lady-in-Waiting- (For our dear Quinn was a duke’s daughter, ironic how not even the guards could save her from her fate). The girl ducks out the window, tossing the tapestry before jumping out as well, falling onto the soft cloth below. She picks it up and runs into the night, street oil lamps lighting her path as Quinn watches forlornly from her dimly-lit room until the shadows of an alleyway swallow her up.

Wind blows through the open window, catching her curls and tugging at them, whilst drying the tears on her face. Playful still, even with her end so close. She hears his footsteps before she sees him. She turns to face her murderer, the Author. All the stories she’s heard of him come right back to her.

There’s no way to escape him.

He plays his game like he’s God.

In a way he is.

He controls your very being, your very life.

I’m sorry, she thinks, that the story you were a part of wasn’t one you were satisfied with.

But it gives you no right to do this.

Dark eyes flash as if she had spoken her thoughts aloud and for a moment Quinn wonders if this mysterious killer is actually a woman.

A gloved hand reveals a gun beneath the robes, poised and ready. A pointer finger held steadily over the trigger.

Thirdy had been hanged.

Tabitha had been poisoned.

Old William stabbed.

Such an unromantic way to die, she couldn’t help but lament.

This whole time, dread had gripped the young girl. But now, face-to-face with death, fear’s slimy grip falls away and she squares up to meet the Author. Chin up. Shoulders back. Never let them see it.

She remembers her friends.

Smiling and laughing.

Thoughtful and curious.

Ancient and wise.

Their stories all wrapped in her blanket. Hidden, safe. Til Maddy Lady released it to the publishers and the aftermath would be so profound that all this bastard’s crimes would pale in comparison.

She meets those eyes, one last time.

She knows now they can hear her.

So she screams in her mind,

One last line.

You can never keep us silent.

*gunshot

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gaywriting · 4 months

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Happy New Years! 🎉🎆🎇 Wishing everyone a happy 2024 ✨

had a productive reading year, finished on 14, though I had hoped to read maybe one or two more books. either way I’m happy and proud of my number of reads and I hope that I’ll get through some great books in 2024 as well! 💖 also had so much fun doing this blog as well as my insta and i hope to make more fun posts an review and take pretty pictures in the new year as well 🫶🏻

My Reads in 2023

• The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee ⭐️⭐️⭐️✖️✖️

• Wayhaven Chronicles Book 3 by Mishka Jenkins ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✖️

• Batman: A Death In The Family Deluxe Edition ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✖️

• Robins: Being Robin ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✖️

• Blood on the Tracks by Shuzo Oshimi ⭐️⭐️⭐️✖️✖️

• The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwreaks by Mackenzi Lee ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✖️

• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

• Medusa by Jessie Burton ⭐️⭐️⭐️✖️✖️

• Pixels of You by Ananth Hirsh, Yuko Ota & J.R. Doyle ⭐️⭐️✖️✖️✖️

• Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert O'Brien ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✖️

• In Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens ⭐️⭐️⭐️✖️✖️

• A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

• Ditlevsen: En Biografi by Jens Andersen ⭐️⭐️⭐️✖️✖️

• Til Death Do Us Bard by Rose Black ⭐️⭐️⭐️✖️✖️

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lgbtqreads · 11 months

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Deal Announcements: May 2023

Adult Fiction NYT staff writer Elizabeth Harris‘s HOW TO SLEEP AT NIGHT, about two gay siblings whose lives are upended when one decides to run for office—as a Republican, to Rachel Kahan at William Morrow, in a pre-empt, for publication in 2025, by Brettne Bloom at The Book Group (world). Rose Black‘s TIL DEATH DO US BARD, a queer light fantasy pitched for fans of LEGENDS & LATTES and Our Flag…

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the-bi-library · 7 months

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Here is the part 2 of my bi4bi books posts!

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Truly Madly Deeply by Alexandria Bellefleur The Stand-Up Groomsman by Jackie Lau Something Like Love by Christina C. Jones Bidding for the Bachelor by Jackie Lau Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi Have Me Forever by Ally Blythe Everyone's Thinking It by Aleema Omotoni Heat Wave by Elyse Springer An Act of Devotion by A.M. Leibowitz Passion Over Power by Karmen Lee Party Favors by Erin McLellan Winning Move by Skye Kilaen False Notes & Broken Frets by Elle Bennett Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli Off the Record by Camryn Garrett The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian The Hellion's Waltz by Olivia Waiter The Electrical Affairs of Dr. Victor Franklin by Catherine Stein Trouble by Lex Croucher Guarding the Countess by Jess Michaels I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver Things We Couldn't Say by Jay Coles The Lost Girls by Sonia Hartl Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco Cutting Your Teeth by Caylan MacRae A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson Death Warmed Over by M.L. Eaden The Blood-Born Dragon by J.C. Rycroft The Dragon’s Devotion by Antonia Aquilante The Envoy’s Honor by Antonia Aquilante Til Death Do Us Bard by Rose Black Baptism of Fire by Jessie Thomas The Brilliant Death by Amy Rose Capetta The Fire's Stone by Tanya Huff Water Horse by Melissa Scott Silverglass, No. 1 by J.F. Rivkin Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler Wild by Hannah Moskowitz In The Event of Love by Courtney Kae A Lot Like Adiós by Alexis Daria Fandom by Eden Finley Dare to Live, Dare to Love by Nicole C. Moon Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney This Is Why They Hate Us by Aaron H. Aceves Meeting Her Match by Liz Lincoln Wild Pitch by Cat Giraldo Don't You Dare by C.E. Ricci Road Rules by Brigham Vaughn Fire Season by K.D. Casey Home Plate by Christina Lee Blindsided by Eden Finley

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