#star spawn

[iingezo]

Seren for @ydteus !

#art #commission #alien #star spawn #oc thine #seren #ydteus

[ydteus]

A little exploration of my Star Spawn hybrid, Seren! She’s a homebrew race called a Gatekeeper, little holes line her body, including a massive split bisecting her center. These gates are used to release star spawn from the outer planes to the material.

#character art #digital art #dnd #dnd art #dnd character #dungeons and dragons #oc #oc art #original character #homebrew #dnd homebrew #homebrew character #star spawn #alien #seren gautier #my wiggly girl #character sketches #ocs #ttrpg #ttrpg art #5e #rpg art

[level2janitor]

so one of the little things in 5e i really like are star spawn. they're these gross alien things with actually pretty interesting mechanics, like the little minion guys having an aura that makes you worse at saves cast by the bigger nastier ones, and the big tough ones reflecting any psychic damage to creatures near them, and the casters can deal psychic damage so they'll use the big tough ones to turn their single-target psychic damage into an AOE

and the descriptions are really evocative and visceral, but the book they're from doesn't have art for them, so i had this really cool image in my head. but then wotc added art for them and they're kinda just... guys

(the centipede dude at least is pretty cool tho ngl)

anyway i drew them with my own spin on em based on the descriptive text

#d&d #5e #star spawn #ttrpg #monster #my art #pencil sketch

[ketrinadrawsalot]

Spooky Octo-ber: The Star-spawn of Cthulhu are said to resemble the Great Old One, albeit much smaller. Their mighty cities can be found deep in the ocean, where they sleep awaiting for the stars to be right for ther return.

#october #octopus #cthulhu #star spawn #cephalopod #art #halloween

[misscryptidart]

Okay its either a demilich or a corrupted star spawn im not sure but what i am sure of now is Matt's recent viewing experiences

#cr #cr3 #critical role #critical role fanart #critical role spoilers #bells hells #demi lich #Star Spawn #the mandela catalogue #a space odyssey #the exorcist

[bewaretheidiotsofmarch]

"Mansions of Madness" shenanigans with a draw the squad template.

Left to Right: Lily, Carson, Agnes, Mateo, Rita, William, and Jim. I love all of them so much and I've been developing an au with this cast specifically. It's very fun to me and sometimes i go a little insane over them😂

Friendly reminder that Lovecraft was a piece of garbage and this is not his work at all. Just inspired by the creatures and world. All my homies hate Lovecraft. I hope he's rolling in his grave every time I draw.

(They didn't have duct tape in the 1920s, just suspend your disbelief.)

ALSO WOW, I forgot to share my William and Mateo art I did earlier this year. I'll share some more of it I promise. I have a lot but not much finished.

#mansions of madness #arkham horror #deep ones #lily chen #carson sinclair #agnes baker #mateo castile #father mateo #rita young #william yorrick #jim culver #star spawn #starspawn #eldritch #1920s #monster hunters #paranormal investigators #detectives #alternate universe

[juusbox]

first impressions

#sorry gale #jun will listen to you nerd out but the price is that you're talking to his last remaining braincell #every vampire/spawn keeps a diary #that’s the law #baldur's gate 3 #baldurs gate 3 #bg3 #bg3 fanart #bg3 memes #bg3 astarion #bg3 tav #bg3 gale #astarion #dark urge #our small army of stars

[ferydraws]

I support women’s wrongs

#shin hati #shin hati fanart #star wars #ahsoka #i support womens rights and womens wrongs #but more importantly #i support womens wrongs #shes a little tiny murder baby your honor #and i love her #i dont wanna fix her #shes fine just the way she is #my little spawn of the dark #i love you shin hati #dark jedi #wolfwren #fanart #fery draws #art #ivanna sakhno

[prokopetz]

Star-spawned

A game of tentacles and self-discovery, for 3–5 players

One unearthly night, a ray of colourless light descended from the stars, and under its warping radiance, creatures unlike any the world has ever seen were born. They do not know the world, and they do not know themselves. Unfortunately for the world, they’re quick learners!

What You’ll Need

Star-spawned requires three six-sided dice, a large sheet of blank paper – or, alternatively, a shared spreadsheet or text document – called the Discovery Sheet, and some way of noting the values of each player’s Facets.

Some rules refer to the player to your left or right; if you’re not seated around a table, work out a virtual seating order amongst yourselves before play begins.

Character Creation

Character creation in Star-spawned is undertaken as a group, and consists of two main phases: generating Facets, and assigning Facets.

Generate Facets

Roll a six-sided die twice, reading the first roll as the “tens” place and the second roll as the “ones” place, yielding a number in the range from 11 to 66. Find the corresponding row of the following table, and write down the contents of the first column. Repeat this process for the second and third columns, and arrange the results in order to find the name of a Facet. For example, if you rolled 23, 41, and 31, this would yield a Facet name of “Desmatence”.

Generate a number of Facet names equal to the number of players, and write them on the Discovery Sheet, each in a separate column with plenty of space under it.

11–12. ab | bles | age 13–14. an | cap | and 15–16. bi | cim | ary 21–22. con | dab | ate 23–24. des | dor | dom 25–26. flam | glan | en 31–32. gen | gov | ence 33–34. gro | kin | ess 35–36. jav | lin | ice 41–42. ka | mat | ing 43–44. pur | ned | ion 45–46. re | nil | ity 51–52. sle | nov | le 53–54. sun | quir | ma 55–56. tab | sped | ood 61–62. tri | sib | on 63–64. ven | tin | ous 65–66. war | tog | yle

Assign Facets

Your character begins with a rating of 1 in each Facet generated in the previous step. Distribute a number of additional points equal to the number of players (or, equivalently, equal to the number of Facets). No Facet may have a final value greater than 3. Try to avoid having two characters with the exact same spread of Facets.

Note: at the time that you assign your Facets, you will have no idea what they mean. This is intentional.

Finishing Touches

No human eye may apprehend nor human tongue express what you are. Roll or choose up to three adjectives from the following table to define the impression you leave upon others – your form is otherwise utterly indescribable. Your nameless name likewise cannot be inscribed or uttered; you may amuse yourself by imagining the epithets that will inevitably be bestowed upon you.

11–12. ancient 13–14. bulbous 15–16. cyclopean 21–22. distorted 23–24. enveloping 25–26. fluid 31–32. grasping 33–34. howling 35–36. iridescent 41–42. lurking 43–44. membranous 45–46. nebulous 51–52. oily 53–54. porous 55–56. refulgent 61–62. squamous 63–64. tentacled 65–66. throbbing

Playing the Game

The sole pursuit of Star-spawned is to discover the world, and in so doing, discover yourselves. Play proceeds without a GM: simply describe what do you and ask the group what you see: any other player may answer.

In the course of your explorations, there must come a time when you are not content merely to observe, but find yourself driven to engage in some fashion. When this time comes, you must essay one of your Facets to work your will upon the world. This can be accomplished in one of three ways: Proposing a Hypothesis, Refining a Hypothesis, or Putting Theory into Practice.

Proposing a Hypothesis

Choose a Facet which currently has fewer than three statements written under it on the Discovery Sheet. (Crossed-off statements don’t count for this purpose.) Propose a hypothesis about what that Facet does, in the following form:

“[Facet name] must [up to six words, no more]”

This statement may freely contradict existing statements written under the chosen Facet if you wish; the ways of the star-spawned are ineffable.

Next, roll a number of dice equal to your rating in the chosen Facet, and sum their values. If the sum of the dice is equal to one of the first seven prime numbers – that is, a sum of 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13 or 17 – then your unworldly intuition regarding the Facet’s purpose has led you rightly, and the hypothesis is confirmed; otherwise, it has led you astray: either the Facet is not what you think it is, or you’ve employed it incorrectly, and in both cases the hypothesis is refuted.

Note: the statistically astute may realise that the likelihood of rolling a prime sum decreases as more dice are rolled, from one in two with a single die, to two in five with two dice, to scarcely one in three with three dice. This is as it should be; the powerful are often overconfident!

If the sum of the roll is prime, find the row corresponding to the highest single die on the following table; otherwise, find the row corresponding to the lowest single die. Do not re-roll.

1. Unthinkable ruin 2. Vile ruin 3. Dreary ruin 4. Subtle glory 5. Stark glory 6. Ineffable glory

If you achieve glory, the player to your left describes the outcome of your overture; otherwise, the player to your right does. Their descriptions should bear in mind whether the hypothesis was confirmed or refuted: glory as a result of pursuing a refuted hypothesis is likely to take unexpected forms!

Finally, if the hypothesis was confirmed (i.e., the sum of the roll was prime), write it down near the top of the Discovery Sheet, under the appropriate Facet’s column, then add a question mark to remind yourself that it is, as yet, only a hypothesis. Otherwise, write it near the bottom, and cross it out to remind you that it’s been refuted.

Refining a Hypothesis

Choose an existing statement from the Discovery Sheet that’s followed by at least one question mark. Roll a number of dice equal to your rating in the statement’s associated Facet.

Next, you may – but are not required to – discard a number of dice up to the number of question marks following the chosen statement. (i.e., if there is one question mark, you may discard zero or one dice; if there are two question marks, you may discard zero, one, or two dice.) You may not discard all of the dice that you rolled – at least one must remain.

After making your discards, if any, sum the remaining dice.

If the sum of the dice is prime, your understanding of the Facet is deepened. Read the highest single die as your result, using the table above, and have the appropriate player describe the outcome. Then, add another question mark after the chosen statement.

If the sum of the dice is not prime, something unexpected happens, and your understanding of the Facet is transformed.  Read the lowest single die as your result, using the table above, and have the appropriate player describe the outcome. Then, choose one:

Modify the chosen statement on the Discovery Sheet by adding, removing, or changing a single word (observing the overall limit of six words following “must”, of course).

Remove a question mark from the chosen statement.

Finally, if the chosen statement now has three or more question marks next to it, erase them and write a period in their place: the hypothesis is now a theory. Conversely, if the chosen statement now has no question marks next to it at all, cross it off the Discovery Sheet.

Putting Theory into Practice

Choose an existing statement from the Discovery Sheet that’s followed by a period. As you’re falling back on well-understood principles, simply roll dice equal to your rating in the statement’s associated Facet, reading the highest single die as your result.

Concluding the Game

Play concludes when every Facet has at least one statement followed by a period written under it. Take what you’ve learned about yourselves and collectively describe the transformation you wreak upon the world.

#gaming #tabletop roleplaying #tabletop rpgs #star-spawned #game design

[sonic-adventure-3]

an incredibly rough comic. i think star fragments would taste like a scintillating phantasmagoria of light, a severe electric shock, a newfound gambling addiction, and a hint of the nastiest artificial grape flavour you’ve ever tasted. sonic is imbued with the power of slot machines now

#i don’t know how comics work in the slightest i’m just fucking winging it lmao #genuinely i’m still figuring out how this shit works so if you have any feedback id love to hear it #i think the first page would be p good with some work. the second is kind of a clusterfuck but could be salvaged #the third is just funny (i hope lol) #my art #sonic #sonic the hedgehog #sth #my comics #frontiers #sonic frontiers #doodles #all that spawned this is that star fragments look like konpeito and i fucking love konpeito but i don’t have konpeito #can’t play any games these days without thinking of her (konpeito. because theres so many star items that look like konpeito) #very unlikely this gets past this stage cause i suck at finishing normal drawings let alone comics i’ve never finished a comic before #but i do kinda wanna finish this

[ghastlytofu]

I relate to Wyll Ravengard because I, too, have daddy issues and an intense desire to woo mystical creatures with the power of dance and my boyish charm

#mermaids? check #vampire spawn? check #githyanki? CHECK CHECK #he's just like me fr #he aches for that star crossed lovers shit #but in a happy ending love conquers all kinda way #baldur's gate 3 #wyll ravengard #wyll x mermaids #wyllstarion #bloodpact #wyll x lae'zel #WHAT is their ship name? #lae'zel #astarion ancunin

[aj-artjunkyard]

Imagine if star wars took Anakin’s chosen one-ness to the next level and instead of being born without a father he just kinda. Manifests. in the temple.

Like the Jedi are just hanging out in the gardens and suddenly there’s a bright flash and some collage-age kid in Jedi robes appears and is like ‘uh yeh I’m here to destroy the Dark and bring balance to the galaxy? If someone could just point me to the Sith Lord’

They have to tell him they have no idea where the Sith Lord is but they do know he’s at the centre of this new war and Anakin just goes ‘oh ok I guess I’ll help you with that until then’ and he becomes one of the top generals pretty much on accident bc he knows he’s here to kill the Sith and end the war but he knows literally nothing else. The clones approach him to tell him that they made up names that they’d like used instead of CT numbers and he’s like ‘what’s a name’

OR you could have him show up as some small, eldritch being with glowing eyes and an echoing voice that’s just vaguely a human youngling. He speaks in full, clear sentences using words he should not understand at that age, can look straight into someone’s soul and just generally knows things he shouldn’t.

He tells the Jedi who he is and why he is here and tells them to show him to the source of the Dark and obviously the Council is like ‘we are not sending a literal child to kill a Sith Lord’ but he’s technically young enough to be inducted into the crèche and obviously he’s some sort of sign from the Force so there he’s sent.

At first, the Chosen One is dismayed that every time he leaves the room full of toddlers to go and destroy darkness, he is promptly brought back and put in the corner. He is confused why the others his ‘age’ keep trying to convince him to play ‘tag’. He has no idea why the crèche-master takes him to the archives to help him pick a name.

The moment he chooses ‘Anakin’, his otherworldly glow dims and his head feels less full.

As the years go by and more milestones are passed (he plays tag - it was enjoyable. He makes friends. He giggles when Yoda tells jokes. He helped a broken mouse droid because it seemed like the kind thing to do) Anakin becomes more and more human, his glow almost gone and the big words he’d once known forgotten. He can no longer do the impossible feats of Force strength he once could, but that power is still inside him somewhere. Master Kenobi says it will come back to him when the time is right. But not without lots of training.

Either way, when the clones bring up nat-borns and Anakin is ???? the entire 501st misinterprets and believes that every Jedi just pops up in the Temple fully robed

#Anakin doesn’t realise they’ve misunderstood at first and by the time he notices they’ve already asked Ahsoka #and Ahsoka has already confirmed that not only is that how all Jedi are born (lies) #but that New Jedi spawned wherever the largest group of Jedi were (more lies) which is why the clones never saw that many in one place #don’t want a new person popping up in the middle of a war zone! #obi wan neither confirms nor denies #it makes it much more confusing #star wars #anakin skywalker #obi wan kenobi

[dnd-smash-pass-vs]

Creatures formed by the Elder Evils, twisted out from the squirming cracks in reality. This is a warlock of eldritch power merging with a herald of the Far Realms. A magical person-sized sentient mass of star-stuff and unknown worms. It has magic to magically dominate minds and can create a floating spectral hand. Lets be honest here. This is an ALARMINGLY intelligent entity from beyond the stars largely composed of mysterious wriggling creatures. Yeah, it's stronger than an orc and can take hits better than most dragons, but that's irrelevant. You knew your answer to this the second it crossed your screen.

EDIT NOTE: Larva's original meaning was Ghost/Mask. Since the stat just says worms, the lore says they come from worm gods, and it's possessing a creature while wearing a mask, that the name was in reference to that. or in a metaphorical sense. Not insect young. Up for interpretation there so I get it if it makes ya nervous, but I'm presuming this is adult like the creatures its possessing, insofar as an absurdly intelligent Lovecraftian creation can be.

#star spawn Larva Mage #dnd #dnd5e #DnD 5e #d&d 5e #mpmm #smash or pass #cw insects #cw worms #cw body horror

[random-introverted-blog]

His Star - His Queen [Longfic of Across Stars and Time] - Chapter Index

Yes, a full story, not a Part 2. There was just no way in my head I could cram all of this into a Part 2 and justify it to myself. You will get your fill of Ascended vs Spawn fighting over Tav, with plenty of plot twists.

My editing/photoshop skills are barely passable you get what you get and you don't get upset

Summary: When Ascendant Astarion intercepts you and Your Astarion on your way to murder Cazador, he steals you away to his world. Where your other self has perished, and it doesn’t take you long to see why. He makes it clear you will rule at his side, his obedient, loyal queen. And he will “train” you until you comply.

But not all is lost. Already in pursuit with the aid of a mysterious Elven man and woman, your vampire spawn was coming to the rescue. Without you, his newfound freedom from Cazador was hollow. You were more than a treasure. You were his star. And he was yours. You’d done more for him than you would likely ever realize. You saved him from himself. Now it was his turn to save you.

His Star.

His Queen.

Whichever one will you be?

Link to AO3 page here

Chapter 1 [Originally a One Shot] - Across Stars and Time

Chapter 2 (more of a prologue) - You Beckoned the Stars and they Beckoned Back

Chapter 3 - Tithes To The King

Chapter 4 - What Was / What Is / What Will Be

Chapter 5 - A Lesson in Submission

Chapter 6 ‐ Your Eyes–My Mirror

Chapter 7 - Impromptu Rendezvous

Chapter 8 - Changes

Chapter 9 - Think Twice

Chapter 10 - Hunted / A Heart of Darkness and Shadow

Chapter 11 - [Drafting/Outlining]

A friendly heads up that if you're actively reading here on Tumblr, or are from AO3 and following/checking for updates, to bookmark or save the link to this post. I use it like an order tracker and will update/edit it to keep you up to date on where progress on the next chapter is

Warnings/Advisories: Violence, a ruthless, sadistic joker level tyrant, ascended astarion will do a lot of questionable/noncon/straight up wrong things because he believes he has to "teach you" and "show you sense", references to prior suicide, references to prior SA, implied SA, suicidal ideation (did your past self leave a spare disintegrate scroll behind for you to use too?), this will be less "scary violent smack you around" Ascended Astarion and more a twisted, creepy, "cute little princess, thinking you can say no" soft yandere

Hope this lives up to the high expectations. I'm posting it now because I'm an impatient undercooked, plain with no syrup pancake

#baldur's gate 3 #baldur's gate #bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #baldurs gate shadowheart #baldurs gate astarion #baldurs gate fanfiction #ascended astarion #astarion #bg3 astarion #baldur's gate astarion #astarion ancunin #vampire spawn astarion #spawn astarion #ascended astarion vs spawn astarion #astarion angst #angst #angst with a happy ending #baldur's gate romance #astarion bg3 #tw yandere #trigger warning abuse #trigger warnings #His Star - His Queen #HS-HQ

[shoezuki]

Sampard fic idea:

Sampo is Aha, an all-powerful, divine being condensed into a human shape. He's playing mortal for shits and giggles but no matter what he's an Aeon: divinity always seeps through his skin and he can easily drive people to madness just by slipping up, showing a glimpse of his true face. Some mortals can sense it better than others, but they always experience some... influences when around sampo for too long: shivers doen their spine, a sort of giddy/anxious feeling of unease, an instinctual urge to either attack sampo or bow to him, getting choked by laughter and having bells and revelry ring in their ears. He hides it, but when mortals are close to him for some time the divinity will always slip through.

Gepard gets close to sampo, arrests him and tackles him and yells at him, but theres... nothing. Gepard is absolutely, completely blind to divinity. He senses absolutely nothing inhuman from sampo, he frowns and is confused when other guards complain about sampo making them feel uncomfortable or hearing things around him. Gepard is just the most boring, normal human in the universe. He is so, so far from divinity and sampo finds it fucking hilarious

#sampard #honkai star rail #OKAY HAD TO WRITE IT DOEN ITS MIDNIGHY I GOTTA SLEEP #but this spawned in my head like #LIKE LIKE LIKE. #sampo is malfina the demon witch and gepard is connecticut clark #sampo: all powerful eldritch absolutely incomprehensible to humans. #gepard: some dude. the most 'normal man' dude in the universe. so not special its special #there was smthin in the ember knight bout like. even the most powerless person is as rare as the most powerful person #thats gepard #divinity au

[geekynerfherder]

Showcasing art from some of my favourite artists, and those that have attracted my attention, in the field of visual arts, including vintage; pulp; pop culture; books and comics; concert posters; fantastical and imaginative realism; classical; contemporary; new contemporary; pop surrealism; conceptual and illustration.

The art of Paolo Pantalena.

#Art #Paolo Pantalena #Comics #Comic Art #Female #Feminine #Pinup #Wonder Woman #Harley Quinn #Catwoman #Deathstroke #Vampirella #Superman #Star Wars #Princess Leia #Ahsoka Tano #Spider-Man #Spawn #Robyn Hood #Red Sonja #Nocterra