#save our creatures

[wubabweebil]

Remember to protect the sea and the beauties within it!!

Here are some ways you can help! 🐟 Reduce Re-use Recycle 🐋 Conserve water 🐬 Support sustainable seafood sources (especially if you eat it) 🐳 Support trustworthy organizations like:

Oceana

Marine Conservation Institute

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

#worldoceansday #ocean day #saveourseas #save our seas #marine life #marine animals #sea life #sea creatures #ocean awareness #ocean #marine #mermaid #sea slug #nudibranch #octopus #shrimp #starfish #jellyfish #shark #sea urchin #blue #aesthetic #art

[chrisrin]

some fun quick doodles of d&d pcs and npcs from the campaign i'm dming!

bonus! my little guy:

#chris doodles #it's been so long since i've been able to dm a campaign and i'm having so much fun #we're only on session 2 but everyone's having a great time #so the doodle guys in order: #we've got azalea--a tiefling mage with 3 giant anglerbeast pets #(anglerbeasts are a custom creature i made taking displacerbeasts and adding a cool anglerfish bobble to the end of one of their tentacles) #(and if a player fails a saving throw they can get hypnotized by the bobble and will attack their fellow players for one turn) #next is adira--half-orc lady in charge of the beast's den #which is a monster/creature bounty sector of the silverhands mercenaries #a group of sellswords that run the majority of the security of the port town the party is in. #next is nakris--the dragonborn who hired the party! #an ancient artifact of his people #the amulet of the ironscale #was “accquired” (stolen) by a museum curator #he's been trying to do all the legal ways to get this ancient item back #but it hasnt worked so he's resorting to Crime and hiring the party to steal it back #which means i get to plan a heiiiiiiiiiiiiist mission!!! #its been so so fun #OH AND FINALLY the last one is reinheart! #who is one of our pcs! #a kalashstar war cleric #i plan to draw the other pcs eventually :]

[mylordshesacactus]

I love when my players bypass a setpiece battle, and that’s not even sarcasm.

I’d prepped a Catoblepas herd for this past week. 

While making their way into the mountains proper, Nim the ranger suddenly slowed the party to a stop at the edge of....a putrid, festering swamp that absolutely should not be there, and absolutely was not here a month ago when they left for Requiem along this exact route.

Use of their interplanar spyglass confirms a strong fae presence. Nim can sense several dozen fae, scattered loosely throughout the surrounding few square miles of suddenly marshy forest. Andromeda, our aarakocra paladin, uses this information to fly a recon mission. There’s three of them along the road they need to follow.

Nim, the one with animal handling, sneaks ahead to see what these weird warthog-cow creatures are, on the logic that if they’re just normal animals (unlikely, because only strong fae are able to get through the barrier for more than an hour or so, and to cause this kind of ecological change they must have been here for weeks) he’s best qualified to correct the situation if they panic or turn aggressive.

This Is A Mistake. The first catoblepas hits him with an attack to which I am forever grateful for the opportunity to say “Okay, it’s going to use its Death Ray ability--” “ITS WHAT?!” and takes out a third of his HP instantly.

The party is beginning to panic, prepping to fight but freaking out, when we get to Audie’s turn in initiative order.

She casts Banishment.

In the following 60 seconds the party heals Nim, gets him to cast Pass Without Trace, and gets themselves past the creature’s position and hidden in the brush. They wait and observe while Audie times it.

The catoblepas reappears. This is a very bad sign. It was sent back to its native plane; it’s supposed to stay there. The veil is getting thin. It’s getting very, very thin. They need to hurry.

And as it turned out, stopping to fight the herd would have cost them time and hitpoints that none of them could afford to spare.

#d&d #can I just say #I love how positive and supportive my players are #Nim's player was insecure about him 'hogging the spotlight' and everyone was just #IT *IS* ALL ABOUT NIM RIGHT NOW ACTUALLY #HE'S A RANGER AND WE'RE IN THE WOODS FACING UNKNOWN CREATURES #PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD SAVE OUR STUPID CITY ASSES #and eeeeverybody was #correctly #going EVERYONE SAY THANK YOU AUDIE FOR SAVING OUR COLLECTIVE SKINS #which anticlimactic game-altering utility spells often don't get at lesser tables! #love these guys #absolute dream to DM for #i wanted to strangle them all

[bogunicorn]

In less than 6 months, I went from having three cats to only having one.

I want to go back to this time last year, when none of them were sick, let alone gone.

#bog post #cw pet loss #I've been in a depressive haze all week #then i went to shower and the water wouldn't get hot #my apartment is far too quiet #despite misha's best efforts (i.e. periodic screaming) #i want a kitten so much #but we can't afford the $400 adoption fee from our local shelter #so we'll save up for that #i just want a little bundle of baby that wants my attention all the time #going from 3 pushy social super friendly cats to just one is... #i feel so lonely #there are not enough little creatures making my life more complicated

[hyperfixationtimego]

guys I am sooooooooo fucking normal about the shitty polycule of sentient alien space guns okay i promise

#everyone go play High on Life RIGHT NOW it’s amazing #I have so many feelings about Kenny 😭 #ALSO AKSJSJDB MY BROTHER SAVED ME FROM HAVING TO SACRIFICE ANYONE #I WAS SO SCARED AND HONESTLY I DON’T KNOW HOW I WOULD HAVE HANDLED ANY OF THEM DYING FOR REAL….. #creature our real mvp as always <3 #high on life #squanch games

[zevranunderstander]

we just played a session of our campaign which was like the first HUGE arc finale, and I can only summarise it by saying that nemja's evil ex survived being barbequed by the most powerful magic source in the world because we teleported him away with us, 3 characters got powers / memories back that they didn't have access to since the start of the campaign and nemja's kids (yeah he stole some kids) very likely died a really horrible and cruel and undeserving death and none of these things are on the top 10 of Insane Things That Happened This Session

#myposts #im devastated about the children not gonna lie. like i had plans to relocate them to a settlement we built our house in #aauuuugh #but also. THE main guy like our powerful archmage Most Powerful Guy On The Planet NPC got ripped to shreds like its nothing #by a creature WE BROUGHT THERE AND WANTED HIM TO SAVE BECAUSE THE KID WE WANTED TO PROTECT WAS THE FUCKING ANTICHRIST #AND SHE KILLED MY FUCKING CHILDREN #and we got teleported apart from each other One Piece Style to do a One Piece Timeskip Arc now #And also we unleashed some insanely powerful magic force into the world #found out theres not 1 but 12 planets in the world that are inhabited by humans and humanoids #We all learned soul magic which is like. a homebrew type of magic that anyone can learn but they have to be Awakened for it #like it needs to be said that its a complete coincidence all of us fucking learned it #we gave the villain guy diaherra which happened in the same session we watched an actual apocalyptic fucking genocide #we found out that one character Not Dying in one moment was because his father decided to die instead of him to protect him #i wont sleep at ALLL NOW HELLOOOOO #HELLOOO

[nibblelinephym]

does anyone remember viva pinata or did i just hallucinate that in my formative years

#achilles rambles #i loved thise little creatures they were my everythings...... #we had to leave the xbox running to save our progress bc the progress would never save to the disk for us so we never got very far #(we is me and my brother)

[sepdet]

Parking lot encounter, unfortunately very backlit + through glass so my phone was struggling.

Coyote ears, 10/10, highly recommended.

(This is also a reminder to US residents, especially out west: please keep cats indoors! It's not the first time I've seen one in broad daylight in my city.)

#coyote #my photos #i am fond of coyotes #but I lost a cat to one in 1996 when santa ana winds blew my door open while i was out #we live on their land #they are beautiful creatures #but unfortunately #to them our pets look food-shaped #and that's not their fault they're just being wild animals #and cats really are okay livjng indoors #if my warning saves one other cat #... nothing can bring malcolm back but it's all i can do

[averagemrfox]

Dice are fucking magic I think

@kegbasher

#a PC died and got turned into a spectator (the beholderkin creature) #the rest of the party defeated Belashyrra and I had them roll charisma saves #as reality and her lair collapsed upon itself #our charismatic pugilist played by @kegbasher failed the charisma save #and rolled a 50 on the wild magic table #which is reincarnate #dnd

[b0nelessdoodles]

y'all i'm feral for goblins lemme tell ya

#dungeons and dragons #dnd #dnd characters #dnd goblin #there are so many goblins in just this set like roll call weve got #tictoc my little sorcerer creature #his best friend hopefully soon to be boyfriend kling klang #the newest addition to tics growing clan of goblins ricotta #our dm described her as being mousey brown in color and then generated the name ric and it was all downhill from there #and then of course the rip gang consisting of in order of us getting onto our side #gnash who we saved from a dire badger in the caves who tic recognized and she just sided with us we love gnash #tear who is half goblin and nearly tpked the party but he is dumb as said he would side with us if we promised to not kill rip #cause he is a simp #and then of course rip who is a menace to society and nearly tpked the party #tic has newly gained baggage with this guy someone help him #actually help me im obsessed with rip and tic's relationship it scratched my brain so good #also rip is just the worst actually i adore him tho like fuck this guy but also

[umilily]

i'm back. (and i didn't commit murder, but it was close.)

#lily talks #i took some nice pictures that i'll probably post later #many creatures to be seen #but all that really needs to be said is that it was exhausting and i'm done socialising for the rest of the month #i am so tired of dealing with extroverts #there was only one bed but unfortunately instead of a friends to lovers fic this was more like strangers to enemies lmao #(not quite that bad but oof) #like my roomate was alright even if we ahd absolutely NOTHING in common but she was incapable of talking in an indoor voice #or just not saying something for longer than 2 minutes #and this one dude nearly chewed my ear off with his whining about having to walk places and do things #like you know #as is to be expected of a course like this one #food was the shit though #today i ate my weight in Kaiserschmarrn and that is the type of life i want to lead #also once again bavarians are on a whole other level #suffered a cultural shock talking to them #(why would you mix dark beer with coke and cherry liqueur?? #that was probably the first time since i moved here that i felt understood by the austrians #also shout out to the woman running the inn we were staying at who saved us all by literally putting our shoes in the oven to dry #ironically the only day of this trip that my feet were dry was today when i had to put on a chest wader and get into a river up to my hips #in conclusion #i am not made for conducting research outside #(i nearly died on our hike and almost had to crawl towards the end bc it was so steep and uneven before giving up entirely) #but the perfect job for me is work where you have to pay attention to detail and can take as long as you'd like #i had to check riverbed samples for larvae and stuff today and that was the most relaxing thing i've done in ages

[erabundus]

@caramellchris && @abyssmalice said... if you receive this, you make somebody happy! go on and send this to ten of your followers who makes you happy or somebody you think needs cheering up. if you get one back, even better! ♡

SDKJKS THAT'S  SO  SWEET?  THANK  YOU ...  i  don't  want  to  get  overly sappy  on  main,  but  it  means  so so much.  🥺💖  i  tend to  feel  really  awkward  talking too much  about  what's  going  on  behind  the  scenes  ooc  /  in  the  tumultuous  life  of  avalon  ™️  (  coming  cancelled  to  a  netflix  near  you  )  but  i've  been  going  through  it  a  bit  and  this  blog  /  this  community  /  the people i've met / writing this  scrunkly  has  been  a  much  needed  source  of  positivity. 💞

thank you for sending this, thank you for being here and thank you for writing with me! you're wonderful and i'm very much looking forward to what kind of funky little things we can all create here in 2023.

#caramellchris #abyssmalice #𝟎𝟎𝟏 : 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. ◟ ooc .◝ #𝟎𝟎𝟔 : 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺. ◟ save .◝ #( i am using a scarameow icon for this he is simply the only way i can ever hope to express my feelings ) #( i always feel weird making non-scara related ooc posts here bc you have him & then here i am -- ) #( w/ the personality of a trembling chihuahua plucked unwillingly from a nice bubble bath & loaded w/ caffeine. ) #( creature who only knows how to communicate through fingerguns & shitposts & excessive use of emoji ) #( ALSO CHRIS THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME DRAG YOU BACK INTO THE GENSHIN PIT ) #( ILU THANK YOU FOR HUMORING ME & MY BRAINROT ) #( i'm very excited to write more of our tragic au & also. the. the food stall arc. my god. it's happening. )

[1mysteriousstranger]

15 Sunscreens That Are Reef Safe Hawaii is the first state in the US to ban the sale of sunscreen containing the coral-harming chemicals oxybenzone and octinoxate, ushering in a new era of reef safe sunscreen. The new law goes into effect January 1, 2021, but many visitors and residents are already trading in their non-reef safe sun protection. Oxybenzone and octinoxate are two ingredients believed to contribute to coral bleaching. When coral bleaches, it is not dead, but under significant stress and subject to increased mortality levels. According to the National Park Service, 14,000 tons of sunscreen enter coral reefs every year. These now banned chemicals are believed to be one of the contributing factors to the coral reef destruction. Most popular sunscreen brands are known to contain these dangerous chemicals. These brands include Coppertone, Hawaiian Tropic and Banana Boat, to name a few. However, we are starting to see a trend of these big brands creating new, less toxic sunscreen lines such as Banana Boat’s Simply Protect which is made without oxybenzone & parabens. Choosing the right sunscreen is important not only to protect skin from burns and cancer, but also to preserve our oceans and marine life. Selecting a sunscreen that is both effective and reef safe can be overwhelming. Here is a check list to take along when shopping for sunscreen that will protect both your skin and the reefs, as well as a list of sun protection considered reef safe. Sunscreen Ingredients to Avoid: Avoid sunscreens containing petrolatum, commonly known as mineral oil, which takes years to biodegrade, and are known to be harmful or fatal to aquatic life and waterfowl. Avoid sunscreens with high content of Titanium Dioxide. This mineral does not biodegrade and is found to react in warm seawater to form hydrogen peroxide which is harmful to all sea life. Oxybenzone and octinoxate, the two chemicals recently banned in Hawaii and are believed to cause coral bleaching. Reef Safe Sunscreen: Here is a list of sunscreens considered to be reef safe. Made in Hawaii sunscreens are marked with an *asterisks. *Kokua Sun Care Hawaiian SPF 50 Natural Zinc Sunscreen *Mama Kuleana Waterproof SPF 30 Reef-safe Sunscreen *Little Hands Hawaii SPF 35+ All-natural and Organic Sunscreen Manda Organic SPF 50 Sun Paste *Raw Love SPF 35 All-natural Mineral Sunscreen Thinksport SPF 50 Sunscreen All Good SPF 30 Sport Sunscreen Lotion Babo Botanicals SPF 30 Clear Zinc Lotion Suntegrity Natural Mineral Sunscreen Badger SPF 30 Unscented Sunscreen Cream Raw Elements SPF 30 Certified Natural Sunscreen Stream2Sea SPF 30 Mineral Sunblock Loving Naturals Clear Body SPF 30+ All-natural Sunscreen Banana Boat Simply Protect SPF 50+ Sunscreen (spray, not lotion) Olita Mineral Sunscreen Lotion SPF 30 Many of these reef safe sunscreens are available at your favorite retailer. Hawaii is the first state in the US to ban the sale of sunscreen containing the coral-harming chemicals oxybenzone and octinoxate, ushering in a new era of reef safe sunscreen. The new law goes into effect January 1, 2021, but many visitors and residents are already trading in their non-reef safe sun protection. Oxybenzone and octinoxate are two ingredients believed to contribute to coral bleaching. When coral bleaches, it is not dead, but under significant stress and subject to increased mortality levels. According to the National Park Service, 14,000 tons of sunscreen enter coral reefs every year. These now banned chemicals are believed to be one of the contributing factors to the coral reef destruction. Most popular sunscreen brands are known to contain these dangerous chemicals. These brands include Coppertone, Hawaiian Tropic and Banana Boat, to name a few. However, we are starting to see a trend of these big brands creating new, less toxic sunscreen lines such as Banana Boat’s Simply Protect which is made without oxybenzone & parabens. Choosing the right sunscreen is important not only to protect skin from burns and cancer, but also to preserve our oceans and marine life. Selecting a sunscreen that is both effective and reef safe can be overwhelming. Here is a check list to take along when shopping for sunscreen that will protect both your skin and the reefs, as well as a list of sun protection considered reef safe. Sunscreen Ingredients to Avoid: Avoid sunscreens containing petrolatum, commonly known as mineral oil, which takes years to biodegrade, and are known to be harmful or fatal to aquatic life and waterfowl. Avoid sunscreens with high content of Titanium Dioxide. This mineral does not biodegrade and is found to react in warm seawater to form hydrogen peroxide which is harmful to all sea life. Oxybenzone and octinoxate, the two chemicals recently banned in Hawaii and are believed to cause coral bleaching. Reef Safe Sunscreen: Here is a list of sunscreens considered to be reef safe. Made in Hawaii sunscreens are marked with an *asterisks. *Kokua Sun Care Hawaiian SPF 50 Natural Zinc Sunscreen *Mama Kuleana Waterproof SPF 30 Reef-safe Sunscreen *Little Hands Hawaii SPF 35+ All-natural and Organic Sunscreen Manda Organic SPF 50 Sun Paste *Raw Love SPF 35 All-natural Mineral Sunscreen Thinksport SPF 50 Sunscreen All Good SPF 30 Sport Sunscreen Lotion Babo Botanicals SPF 30 Clear Zinc Lotion Suntegrity Natural Mineral Sunscreen Badger SPF 30 Unscented Sunscreen Cream Raw Elements SPF 30 Certified Natural Sunscreen Stream2Sea SPF 30 Mineral Sunblock Loving Naturals Clear Body SPF 30+ All-natural Sunscreen Banana Boat Simply Protect SPF 50+ Sunscreen (spray, not lotion) Olita Mineral Sunscreen Lotion SPF 30 Many of these reef safe sunscreens are available at your favorite retailer.

#marine life #sun screen #save our reefs #creatures #water

[batterycityraces]

the 9 to 5 isn't for me. my bird needs to hang out with me.

#we all know parrots are very social creatures but ever since two of my family's cockatiels moved in with me #jake (formerly handtamed indoor boy whom i've had for well over a decade) was acting totally different towards me #compared to how he'd act when i'd visit him at our childhood home and also at my parents new place #he doesn't care about me being around until i walk back inside #but it turns out he genuinely just likes seeing me around. #daylight savings is over so i don't get much time between getting home from work and putting them to bed but #he is so much happier to have me just. sit outside and knit while he gets fluffy and ready for bed. #that's worth so much more to me than the extra $$$$ on that paycheck

[my-thoughts-and-junk]

anyway i think claw and hoarder could have been really good if they had rick literally fuck the dragon

#random thoughts #guess what motherfuckers it's blue man time #i hate when they use like. actual magic #i dont think there should be magic #fuck the devil fuck wizards fuck dragons. the vampires are fine because it's funny #like literally there is no reason for morty to want a dragon #have him like. save the life of an alien dragon creature who is then honor-bound to be his faithful servant until he saves HIS life #but in the meantime the dragon is kind of pissy about it #and summer's like 'you have a slave. gross.' and morty's like 'no he's not!!!' #and it's like. a dragon culture thing. and if the dragon doesn't serve morty then he'll be cast out from his home #so it's KIND OF slavery. and it's running parallel to a summer side story #where beth and jerry are like 'if you're gonna live under our roof you'll have to live by our rules' and she's like #'well maybe i don't WANT to live under your roof anymore!!!' #anyway so the dragon follows morty around everywhere trying to save his life #which ends in your classic 'i fake being in danger so you save my life and leave me alone' trope #which ends in rick saving him from that because rick thinks it's funny he's so inconvenienced by the giant dragon following him around #and the dragon's mad and he and rick end up drinking together and the dragon confides in him and rick's like #'dude family is NOT that important' or something else nihilistic #anyway they end up sleeping together which breaks the dragon code cuz they're supposed to abstain from all pleasure during their time #or whatever. and that's how rick indirectly kept morty from having a weird dragon stalker!!! the end #idk it's rough. im watching claw and hoarder rn and im fucking mad #the fake out save ends with rick going 'what's wrong morty ]:-) i saved your life' #and morty's like 'YOU KNEW THAT WAS A FAKEOUT TO GET THE DRAGON TO LEAVE ME ALONE' and the dragon's like :(

[playfulsparksp]

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