#death. and yeah that has CRAZY lore implications because what?? HOW did she do that??? she's so crazy strong and beaitiful and amazing wow

[faunusrights]

OFFAL HUNT REMASTER LIVEBLOG // CHAPTER 8? IS IT 8 ALREAD- YEAH IT IS.

oh god its been 8 weeks already i dont like that these chapters reveal how much time im WASTING but c’est la vie as always lets put these assholes on blast:

moving SWIFTLY on!!!!!!!!!!!!

(also what do you mean ‘it’s the meat chapter’. wh. what meat. hello.)

She slumped back against uncomfortably warm stone, trying to tuck her feet back into the shade.

it’s a known fact that glynda is all Long all Angles and also a lot of Beef,

this is? the date, right? the date chapter? yes? all the chapters have been shuffled around i have NO sense of where i am because all thats happened for 7 chapters is ive been assaulted by lesbians but given the distant chanting of meat meat meat this must be the date.... right.........................................

OH THAT MEANS WE GET TO SEE CINDER’S DRESS NICE

Cinder’s smile flashed through Glynda’s mind, and she shifted against the stone wall, reaching for her Scroll.

my favourite thing is how whenever cinder and glynda think of each other its never not got crazy gay energy............. this is LITERALLY like the whole ‘i sleep next to a photo of my enemy’ deal!!!!!!!!!!! they’re both just attracted to dangerous (and also stupid) people, is the thing,

The Grimm swarmed, biting insects with snapping mandibles, their chitinous exoskeletons all scraping against one another with their constant, eager writhings.

YES thats some GOOD IMAGERY RIGHT THERE IF I DO SAY SO MYSELF UH-HUH

honestly i- OKAY LOOK I SAID IT BEFORE BUT I STAND BY HOW OFFAL HUNT IS SO VISCERAL... i love writing thats like............ kinda Uncomfy to imagine but also rly detailed and just rly digs into the gore and the grossness............ its GOOD CONTENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thank god offal hunt just whaps u in the face w/ it like a damp sock,

we’re got a bit of slow start here which is a nice way to  slice the difference between earlier ‘gotta go fast’ glyn and this ‘actually i’m way out of my depth’ glyn. wow! i can BREATHE. and we havent had anything massively cheeky pop up yet which may be a new record all round

The ripples of its being reached Glynda with ease, consuming those of the smaller Grimm. It was dangerous. More dangerous by far, even out here among these ancient beasts.

mmmmmmmmmmm this is- okay slight spoilers but i presume this is hati? aka he who had like a handful of lines in the first version and was generally just... look hati was winner of The Most Vague award in the first version so i’m hoping its hati because i am CURIOUS ABT THIS BOY.................. who i coincidentally love. who is he? we’re not sure (yet) but i love him. its just a fact!

It wasn’t just consumption. It was desecration. Vile unmaking. The Grimm stripped away her flesh. Tasted of her marrow. Gorged itself on the gristle between her bones and peeled back her ribs to reveal the chasm within. It sucked the soul from her chest in a wash of red and agony that spanned centuries, each running over the raw meat of her like long, black claws—

I JUST LOVE THE WAY THIS SHIT GETS DESCRIBED ITS SO SATISFYING also i feel like there should be a tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiny fingerguns in here t e c h n i c a l l y but im not gonna cause its vague enough i can kiiiiiiiiiiiiiinda move on kinda slightly maybe

It felt like death itself had caught her in its massive maw, chilling her organs, reaching for the soul at the core of her.

OKAY FINE 👈😡👈

OKAY FINE YEAH THE REST OF THIS IS ALL CHEEKY FINGERGUNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that said this is all RLY VITAL STORYTELLING and im rly glad we’ve got some expanded Glynda Lore because it was Lacking in the archived version... but now we’re full on until glynda backstory babey!!!!!!!! yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fear itself couldn’t touch her, and even as she thought this, she felt it drain away.

Her breathing slowed. Her body relaxed. Information trickled in, unburdened by emotion.

👈👈👈😡👈👈👈

glynda rly DOES only have half a braincell Huh

OKAY DATE TIME? DATE TIME? YES? MAYBE?????????????? god ive been looking forward to this stupid gay date for so long. EIGHT WEEKS. EIGHT.

A pause. “Are you familiar with the Hill of Roses Massacre?”

ah the return of the Plot (that Isnt The Gay Bit)

i was gonna Say A Thing, and then answered my own question, and then realised it’d be spoilers anyway. YAY SPOILERS! YAY NOT BEING ABLE 2 SAY ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so yeah theres a lot going on here dsdjhgf

“Well, it was your class, so.” She couldn’t help but smile at the memory.

/ticks off ‘anything to do w/ ozpin’ off the bingo card, again,

“I’m afraid it’s a bit more complicated than that, Glynda. With this meeting on the horizon… I fear I would cloud your judgement.”

oz i love u and yr cryptic bullshit but this will not the first Nor The Last Time glynda and i are both exasperated w/ u. please. blease.

Ozpin had never misled her before.

👈😂👈

“I’m only following orders.” Written with the same implication as a wink. “Now, is there anything else I can help you with, Professor?”

i fucking adore winter schnee i’d DIE for her

i may have to make a spoiler version of this later because theres Some Shit being said here and i DIRELY have to expand upon it but that will have 2 wait dskfjsdf

When they saw she was human, they waved her through without any trouble.

i still feel like im being targeted for my url!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! U ASSHOLES,

As much as she could, Glynda tried to avoid the constant bump of shoulders and too-tight quarters. As large as she was, it was nearly impossible,

what did i say!!!!!!!!!!!!! we LOVE one beefy bitch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(im literally getting SO excited for the date reveal im VIBRATING)

She still didn’t have much of an idea what waited within, but she had quite a few reservations about using the front door.

me: knows whats coming also me: glynda please

As a Huntress who’d been trained in both subtlety and stealth, Glynda had a few ideas.

The next person who stepped outside was thrown roughly aside,

ME: GLYNDA PLEASE,

you have no idea how often im just. i have my face in my hands. glynda’s never heard of a repercussion in her life. cinder once saw the word ‘consequences’ and broke out into hives. im. where’s the thinking-

And then she noticed Cinder.

here comes the peak gay im so ready HERE IT COMES-

Her hair was tossed over one shoulder as always, but in place of her usual crimson dress, she wore black tonight. Dark fabric with but a hint of iridescent specks rippled around her ankles, rising up to stretch tight across her hips. It rose all the way to the hollow of her throat and was cut to be sleeveless, though Cinder wore gloves of the same material that rose nearly to her shoulders.

HERE IT IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh my god u may know i drew a shitpost of this scene and now i Have to redraw it to be even Sexier!!!!!!!!!! also i know glynda could argue she’s being Observant but i also think, she’s a home of saxophone, and is gay,

LIKE ‘stretch tight across her hips’ WHY YA L O O K I N

Glass heels clicked over the dark stone floor as Cinder stopped right in front of Glynda, looking up at her from beneath lofty bangs. Gold eyes swept from the crown of Glynda’s head to the crop gripped so tightly in her hand—and then Cinder smiled.

there is No heterosexual explanation for this

Cinder clicked her tongue. “Well, now that you’re here, shall we?”

“Shall we…?”

“Glynda,” she chided, rolling her eyes. “Dinner, of course.”

IM LOSING MY MIND AAAAAAAAAAAAA THEY’RE LESBIANS HAROLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAROLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

okay. okay. this still isnt QUITE THE DATE CHAPTER BUT WE’RE RLY IN IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! im so scared that a whole chap has been saved for this meal because its going to be so long and charged w/ lesbian energy and its gonna kill me BUT OH WELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! anyway i loved it. the end.

#rwby #offal hunt #liveblog

[whatisspelljamming]

Manara, the Lich of a Thousand Violent Deaths

So I’ve been quiet, I know, but I’ve got an excuse: Not really. I’ve got things to do, I’ll post more about Neogi SoonTM, but I’m super excited about this miniature. A Reaper miniature that was custom painted by the talented Four Realms of Chaos team (https://www.instagram.com/fourrealmsofchaos/?hl=en ) this is not just a lich, this is Manara from Nigel Findley’s “Skull & Crossbows”.

Out of all the roving pirate ships in that Spelljammer sourcebook, her ship “Nex” and the entire idea behind Manara is just fantastic. A former curious adventurer who went into a crystal sphere that was populated by partying demigods that have super strong implications that these demigods were ah, performing some “celebrating good times” (they were bangin’). 

Manara is like, “Okay that’s happening, just gonna keep exploring,” and wanted to go on her merry way.

The demigods went, “You need to get out and also never talk about this cause Velsharoon is rubbing oil all over his bald skull and-”

And Manara laughs it off, thinking they’re just being ridiculous and keeps exploring. And then the demigods decide screw it, punish her with eternal life. Totally a Ancient Greek tragedy idea of hubris then and there, a relatively innocent gesture that causes a huge consequence because gods are drama queens/kings. 

So how does Manara die initially? The gods send a fleet of giffs to kill her, kill her crew, destroy her ship, resurrect her crew as zombies, reform her ship and bring her back as a lich with a bigger hitch than usual: She comes back regardless of her phylactery. Manara cannot die unless she dies in a fight where she tries her best, and the demigods as a majority decide that yeah she did her best in the fight- but this is super subjective. So arguments between these petty, bickering demigods who want their party crystal sphere hidden (all mentions of it and its locations have been erased by the demigods), and they channel their divine will into Manara to maintain a pseudo immortality that she doesn’t want. And Manara goes slowly crazy, from sparing people who she bested in fights to just slaughtering everyone because she can’t take her terrible existence and is jealous of the living, and any and all who die by her, by her ship or by her zombies, are taken by the gods and forced to become a part of her crew.

So over the centuries some of the demigods actually start to feel guilty (I’m guessing the nicer demigods, they are never actually named but you can pull a page from any prime material plane’s lore), and they plot to figure out how to make it seem like Manara tried her best so they can vote for her to finally rest. Unfortunately, Manara’s got centuries of constant combat under her belt, and she alone is a hard fight, never mind her crew of 50+ zombies, ranging from soldiers to umber hulk zombies who all have their abilities that they had in life. Seriously, taking her on head on with a party is pretty much a death sentence for any party, you need a small army.

I think what I really like the most is even if you kill Manara, break her “phylactery” ,which is a cheap glass gem necklace, and you stand triumphant- I just have this visualization where you stand in front of a tribune of demigods and you gotta argue why she deserves to stay dead. Nigel Findley did not have such an idea, and has a more straightforward solution, but hey I like Phoenix Wright what can I say?

Anyhoo, that’s Manara- she’s a 14th lvl wizard/lich, and in AD&D that meant real business compared to 5th E DnD. Not an insult to 5e, but AD&D’s spells definitely had a bit more...holy shit in its effects. One of her spells is the 6th level Death Spell, there is no saving throw, 1 round/standard action cast time, and when she casts it she rolls 4d20 (d20′s!!!!), and she will automatically kill that amount of creatures/players/monsters in HD. It’s a nuclear version of the sleep spell. Just imagine, automatically killing 4-80 HD worth of people without a saving throw. Granted it has a stipulation that beyond 6HD+, the spell takes an additional 10 points from the 4d20 dice to kill that creature but also you have to calculate some values for HDs between 3-5. I don’t blame 5e for removing this spell because seriously, no save throw, 4d20′s, fucking party wipe as a getgo with weird stipulations. And you know with the premise that she has to showcase she’s trying her hardest so she can die? You can bet her theme song is Megalovania, start off with her best spell to wipe you out. 

But she has 7th level spells, right? So what does she have? Finger of Death. With all honesty, I really think that the spell levels should be reversed, as FoD has a save throw even in AD&D, but can theoretically kill anything of any HD, while the Death Spell is just an AoE insta-death zone that could kill a lot, or kill nothing. MR could still of course negate it all, but seriously, the concept of Manara and Greek tragedy and her pursuit of wanting to find a “good death” just creates a wonderful lich antagonist that isn’t necessarily cackling evil for the sake of cackling evil. Leave that to the Neogi.

#Manara #Lich #DnD #Spelljammer #Skull and Crossbows #AD&D