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Paladin, after the Necromancer raided the local cemetery to use the dead in battle: I'm... fairly sure that counts as evil.

Necromancer: He (*the Cleric that according to the Paladin deserved to have a second chance despite being part of a fundamentalist order*) killed hundreds of people and I'm the evil one???

Paladin: He did not know what he was doing. He's not evil, he's just stupid.

#dnd

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Drew a map of my homebrew D&D setting Acricia planning on making a whole guide. If thou is interested interact with questions and I may upload more stuff about it.

#map map map! #cartography #very cool!

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I’ve seen so many versions of the tma finale where Jon is a distorted thing with a bunch of eyes floating above the ground but hear me out:

The moment Jon becomes the pupil of the eye, he looks even more like himself than he’s looked in years.

I dunno I feel like the implications are kinda sick.

#the magnus archives #the feelings with this one

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John used all his simussy in that line

#jonathan sims #absolute banger #the little smile in his voice #awesome art! #tma fanart

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thank @turtlemurmurs for sponsoring this coffee

#love his evil little smirk #elias bouchard #tma fanart

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Am I getting a good grade in tumblr mutual?

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more finale jon, this time with experimental shading because i figured it would be fun (he’s got a knife :3)

#tma fanart

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Am I getting a good grade in tumblr mutual?

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Attending a Party Thrown by Each Radiant Order

As requested by anon. :)

You've been invited to a party! Actually, ten parties. But the twist is that each party is thrown and attended only by a single Radiant order and also we're in some kind of quasi-modern AU. What would each party be like?

[Previously: Radiant Orders play boardgames, have sleepovers, and go to musicals]

1. The Lightweaver Party

The invitation is a glossy, stylized illustration of a hand holding a wine glass--a true work of art. You later find out that every invitation is unique; no two are the same. The invitation leads you to a large ballroom-esque hall. "What is your name tonight?" asks a masked figure at the door. "Uh...Fred?" you say. You had not planned this. "Welcome...Fred," they say and let you in. It is shadowy inside, perhaps because all of the light comes from fairy lights and electric candles. Everyone is masked--including you, as per the invitation. People glide about, talking and laughing in low voices. It's not unwelcoming exactly, but certainly...surreal.

2. The Windrunner Party

The invitation is a couple of dudes saying, "Hey, there's a thing. Wanna come?" when you run into them at the bar. "The thing" appears to be some kind of picnic at a local park: you were told it was a potluck, so you did bring a macaroni salad, but the focus seems to be the large pot of stew that one of the men is making. There's a lot of eating and laughter and sunshine, and frankly a lot of hot people in uniform. You have a good time. Even if the Captain is just a little bit glowery the whole time.

3. The Edgedancer Party

A roller skating rink! You haven't been to a roller skating rink in sooo long! You're honestly psyched. As you do your best to skate around, others glide smoothly past you, looking like they were born skating. When you take a break to eat a mediocre but nostalgic corndog, a couple of them sit with you and you get to chatting. You're just at a skating rink, eating a mediocre corndog, but somehow...you've never felt so heard. When you go back to skating, you're skating with maybe a tear in your eye.

4. The Stoneward Party

It's just a party at someone's house, where everyone brings a case of beer or a bottle of wine or a snack food, and everyone drinks out of red solo cups. But you know what the vibe is? Convivial. Like, people are waving you over to join their conversations and asking about your hobbies and at one point? Someone suggests a party game? And everyone plays? Like, it WAS a pretty competitive game of charades, but everyone seemed to be having fun the whole time.

5. The Truthwatcher Party

Their party was at a local bar and on trivia night. The party was immediately pretty boisterous--someone brings up politics, like, immediately, and then everyone is happily shouting their thoughts back and forth across the table. But when trivia time hits, the mood turns serious.

6. The Dustbringer Party

It's in the basement of a warehouse that you're pretty sure is due for demolition. Certainly, it does NOT feel particularly structurally sound and there IS a lot of, like, concrete dust and debris everywhere. But once you get downstairs--well, this is not just a party. This is a rager. There is music and alcohol and drugs if you want 'em, and people are shouting and dancing and generally having a good time. "When you're like us, you GOTTA let loose every once in a while or you go INSANE!" someone says to you at one point. "It's about release?" you say and everyone in a five-foot radius groans at the pun.

7. The Willshaper party

It's drugs. Lots of drugs. Some of them are illegal, some of them aren't, but the people here would definitely scoff if you tried to make that distinction.

8. The Elsecaller Party

Well, it certainly is a very correct party. You receive an RSVP, and it's clear that you are meant to respond. In writing. Which you do. The RSVP lets you know that the party is semiformal, and that the dinner course will begin at precisely 7pm, so you do not even try to do the whole "fashionably late" thing. You are there by 6:55. Good thing, too, because everyone else is already there. "Everyone" being Jasnah and one small, inky man. Have you ever had dinner with your dissertation advisor who is also your mom somehow? Well, then you know how this party went. You were SWEATING the whole time.

9. The Skybreaker Party

When they checked your ID at the entrance to the small event hall they had rented, you laughed and asked if they wanted to make sure you were over 21. Their expression in reply told you that this was not a joke. Inside, there is a cash bar, and some hors d'oeuvre being handed around on plates. The people inside are mostly talking about their recent accomplishments in a way that makes you feel that they are all very stressed and trying to prove something. "It's a test," says a bald man who appeared very suddenly next to you. "A test of what?" you ask, suddenly very afraid. But he is gone.

10. The Bondsmith Party

You're at a party, and it's just you and two other people. The two other people? Married. You feel like you're crashing a date. They're being very nice and you are being included in every conversation but you're also literally the third at a party with only two other people who are married. You can't help but think this would be WAY less awkward if there were just ONE more Bondsmith. But who knows if THAT will ever happen!

#hilarious #stormlight archive

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A guide to designing wheelchair using characters!

I hope this helps anyone who's trying to design their oc using a wheelchair, it's not a complete guide but I tried my best! deffo do more research if you're writing them as a character

#writing resources

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Hoid and Frost! So fun to make!

#hoid! #stormlight archive

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Dreamer turnarounds for Stitch the Night! Probably the last piece of work for this in a bit because exam season is upon me, but I’m really liking this art style so far! Next step: animations.

#Stitch the Night #Dreamer #art #game design #game art #worldbuilding

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Got over my plagiarism panic phase. I’m good! Probably. How the concept art’s going!

Calling this project Stitch the Night! In a world of endless day, a young Dreamer begins a quest to bring the night back to the people. A 2D, scrolling puzzle-adventure game!

Working

Originality is dead. My soul is paper mache of every franchise I have ever encountered. I am word vomit in a mirror. Everything I create either turns into Brandon Sanderson, Rain World, or Hollow Knight. I haven’t even played hollow knight or rain world before. Somebody save me. I cannot stop plagiarizing. I don’t mean to. My hands sin on their own. Somebody save me.

#Stitch the Night #Dreamer #by project I mean its going to live in my wip closet forever #need to learn blender and unity or unreal sometime #concept art #game design

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I’ve changed my design 4-5 times, and every single time, I kid you not, it’s a plagiarism.

My art skills exist on a sliding scale of monument valley-hollow knight-rain world-sky-journey. Just tried making the design less like hollow knight by making it a bunny and giving them desert-wear with a scarf. Thought: oh, this is pretty good! Immediately hit with Journey. It’s a special talent by now.

Originality is dead. My soul is paper mache of every franchise I have ever encountered. I am word vomit in a mirror. Everything I create either turns into Brandon Sanderson, Rain World, or Hollow Knight. I haven’t even played hollow knight or rain world before. Somebody save me. I cannot stop plagiarizing. I don’t mean to. My hands sin on their own. Somebody save me.

#I just want a lil cloaked guy without ripping something off? #is that too much to ask for?

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Originality is dead. My soul is paper mache of every franchise I have ever encountered. I am word vomit in a mirror. Everything I create either turns into Brandon Sanderson, Rain World, or Hollow Knight. I haven’t even played hollow knight or rain world before. Somebody save me. I cannot stop plagiarizing. I don’t mean to. My hands sin on their own. Somebody save me.

#only slightly joking #NOT salty at ALL about having to scrap my concept art because it looks too much like hollow knight or rain world #apparently i cannot stop copying stuff #dying inside #but yes; I am joking

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i was inspired by this post to mash two of my favorite things together so here is my two cents on what these two would be as D&D characters. i have very detailed thoughts on most of the cast actually but here's jon and martin for now. explanations for class/race under the cut!

update: here's wizard sasha and rogue/paladin tim!

jon: tiefling!jon is absolutely inspired. first, he deserves to have horns and a tail, it's just fact. second, of COURSE a tiefling would have feelings about being called a monster, it just fits him very well. thirdly, i also think that melanie would be a tiefling and they definitely have weird beef about jon being like "augh i'm so monstrous" while melanie is like "dude i'm literally right here, also a tiefling. come on, man." as for class, stated above. started as a goolock who thought he was just a weird wizard, but then his patron started taking a bit too much interest, and boom. weird sorcerer. also it amuses me to think about jonah/elias being like "i need to optimize my coffeelock" and trying to minmax him.

martin: human martin is important to me - he is intentionally unassuming, tries to make others underestimate him, etc, and human works well for that. in a world with gods and dragons, he's just Some Guy, and not even a guy with horns or anything. as for class, hear me out, ok. i know that bard!martin is usually the standard and i don't disagree, but i think he fits better as a paladin for 3 reasons: 1. charisma caster for sure, but he's not always volunteering to do the talking like a bard would. 2. for most of the series, he is a very intentional Protector of his people, trying to keep everyone safe as best he can - there's really nothing more paladin-coded than being self-sacrificial ok. definitely has the protection fighting style. 3. i think he deserves to have a big sword and smite people. as stated above, he was originally oath of devotion but switched to oath of the watchers after peter. oath of devotion focuses more on healing and buffing allies, while oath of the watchers is more about preparation and battlefield control, which feels more proactive in a way that i think lines up with post-lonely martin. also, it's on theme.

thanks for reading my ramble! let me know your thoughts. i will probably be making more of these (i may or may not already have dummy character sheets for jon, martin, elias, gertrude, tim, sasha, daisy, basira, melanie and georgie...) but i can't promise anything. cheers.

#the magnus archives