Crypts And Critters

A blog for my D&D/Pathfinder stuff

[the-last-knight-of-avalir]

Baby ❤️

[catrollsdice]

Every time Abubakar graces CR with his presence an angel gets their wings

[cryptsandcritters]

I could listen to him for forever

[demigoddessqueens]

last night’s scene stealer fr, he’s endearing to me

[kerosene-in-a-blender]

I'm so intrigued by Mercy's whole deal. Because it's clear Mercy is undead in some fashion; that this is clear is likely why Sister worries people will see them and assume what they are is the Umbra's work. But we also know from the Knowledge roll she made about that it's not: How Mercy became as he is, and the reason he retains his sense of self is that whatever was done to him was the result of Sister's order tapping into the natural magics of the Old World.

So I'm currently wondering if Mercy's state of being is what happens when someone attempts a resurrection/reincarnation in the Halcyon Domain (much in the same way Occtis being undead but self-aware is the closest thing to a resurrection Aramán has seen since the death of the gods). The Umbra is known to interact with the bodies and souls of the Enduring; it's tendency to raise the former as mindless hungry horrors is the reason bodies in the Halcyon Domain are burned. So it's not out of the question that it might interfere with the magics of the Old World such that true resurrection is impossible, but not enough that something can't be given a second chance.

[cryptsandcritters]

I feel like mercy is gonna hurt my feelings and I’m gonna cry real hard

[podcastwizard]

dnd jokes that will always be funny no matter what your dm tells you

"jesus christ" "who's that"

"this is just like (tv show/movie)" "that's my favorite play"

referring to famous musicians or actors from the real world as "bards"

adding the word "fantasy" in front of modern things (i pull out my Fantasy iPhone and open Fantasy Tinder)

"how hurt are you" "on a scale of one to twenty-eight i'd say i'm at about a nine."

feel free to add more

[dinah-lance]

Your story that you told is full of huge moments, epic moments, set peace moments that everyone grabs onto and remembers. From a personal standpoint, as a player, what are some of those small little micro moments that have stuck with you the most over the years?

[thatzombiecat]

just a happy witchy vibes with Laudna and Pâté de Rolo~🖤

hope y'all ready for this year’s spooktacular Samhain!🎃

[quietsphere]

Brennan, about to make the players experience the longest second in the history of dnd:

[stickandthorn]

Our party is: two mean powerful wizard women who could step on absolutely anyone and they’d thank them, a bardlock and a bardsorer who are absolutely faking it till they make it, a sad dilf paladin who has just stepped out of the highest of fantasy books and is just Trying His Best, and a bird man rouge who is the most old school Hollywood noir detective to ever live, breath, and dramatically smoke a cigarette. I am SO excited. 

[fjordfocused]

watch Critical Role Unlimited: Calamity for the emotional sensation of being thrown down several flights of stairs.

[puwumats]

brennan starting off the new campaign with pain

+ bonus reactions from aabria and marisha bc SAME

[sparring-spirals]

brennan, bringing an absolutely masterful, tense, cinematic, beginning rp-sequence to an end: -and you wake up.

travis, speaking for all of us, voice quivering: i think i'm in the wrong class-

[criticalsorcery]

EXU: Fucking Party Time

[artsystargazer]

Big moon, little moon.

[smolspoopy]

[yes-m-ray]

I love how Marisha categorically rejects the whole “What doesn’t kills you, makes you stronger” type of stories with her characters. I mean, she directly said that in talks, but is also nice to see how her work shows it.

For Keyleth, “What doesn’t kills you…” stays with you your whole life, in form of anxiety and self consciousness. Stays with you in form of mourning and the truth of watching you family go away in the thousand years+ that you’re going to live. You have to work through it, help those you can help, learn how your voice carries power, and learn what being a leader means. 

For Beau, “What doesn’t kills you…” Fucks you up beyond belief. Distorts your value as a person and how you approach your relationship with the world. Damages how you treat yourself. You’ll have to re-learn, with the help of friends and those painfully new formed relationships, how to heal, and how to let people in. You forge yourself a new and shinny found family and start working in the true meaning of yourself. 

For Laudna, “What doesn’t kills you…” well, it actually did kill you, but then it didn’t. It robbed you of years, it isolated you for decades. Your killer is now trapped inside your head, making you uneasy, haunted. But you wanted new friends and ways to help them, so in spite of all that, you go out, being unapologetically yourself, and offer that eagerness to the world. Facing some rejections sure, but not letting those bringing you down, you already went trough worse.    

Her works will NEVER say “I’m better because x happened to me”. 

Her works DO say loudly “I was dealt a bad thing, but in spite of that, i’ll do my best to move forward. Its going to be awkward, painful and hard. Its going to be messy and sometimes not only upwards. But i’m working through it with everything i have” and i love her for it. 

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