Ubernoona's critical role blog

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[raindroplady]

something I’ve been noticing and appreciating about Brennan’s GM style is that whenever a player does something extra cool he makes sure to emphasize it, when Thimble was absolutely fucking up that Knight of Seremai on the verge of death he highlighted how fucking crazy it was that this itty bitty fairy was ten toes down on getting her revenge, when Murray used her portent to figure out that Photarch Yanessa was faking her death he went out of his way to emphasize how cool and unique and innovative Marisha’s use of the portent mechanism was, when Occtis had that Nat 20 intimidation against the druids at the Circle of Stones he highlighted how other Occtis was as the only Hollowed One in existence, when Azune was fucking impossible to hit in the Crow Keepers lair and kicking ass Brennan put it in the perspective of “hey these extremely skilled career criminals who are rolling very well are shutting their pants rn” there’s so many other moments but I love it so so much, it adds a level of gravity and awe to these moments by showing us how it impressive the PCs are in that moment and how they’re perceived from within the world of Araman making it more immersive too

[reilora-borealis]

I'm kind of obsessed with Hal being a D-list celebrity in Dol Makjar like that man cannot go anywhere without being clocked. Strangers at the club ask him to sing karaoke for them. The literal king of a foreign country knows who he is. Even the fucking mobsters he's fighting in the sewers are like "wait a minute, is that-"

[littleperyton]

You CAN'T just leave this in the tags.

[blueaerin]

You simply cannot leave this in the tags.

[dodecadoohickey]

Azune is like the reverse-batman. He's so sad and scrungly but so brave and fighty, people can't help but look at him and go "This is my son now."

[dodecadoohickey]

Oh so they decided we needed not just Shakespeare Nerd Angst Wizard punching us in the feelings but they saw Luis could do THIS SHIT and went "hmm, the fans haven't cried enough. Lets put these guys at the same table"

[blue-uppercase]

Bonus:

[navpike]

tables confirmed!

-on the run from the law and the drunk making sure they don’t kill themselves in the woods (soldiers)

-frankenstein, his not-moms, and the worst dude they all know (seekers)

-the employed (schemers)

[artemis-pendragon]

A cursed serial killing mask confessing their obsessive gay love to a tragic thespian bard while both players are dressed in full goth regalia is the most Taliesin Jaffe and Liam O'Brien thing to have ever happened

[cherryholleydraws]

Purrstrecker -> Whisard -> Kitogast

It’s time for some edgy, emo fakémon: Caleb Widogast edition! Pokédex entries below the cut.

[ID: 3 digital illustrations in the style of Pokémon. 1: Purrstrecker. An orange catlike pokémon with blank, yellow eyes, a flaming tail, and large gemstones embedded in its legs and forehead. 2: Whisard. A larger, brown, catlike pokémon. It no longer has gemstones in its body, and its eyes are focused. Smoke pours from its head and tail, like hair. It faces away, glaring back at you. 3: Kitogast. It looks like the previous pokémon, but bipedal. Purple, robe-like sashes hang from its shoulders, orange and purple flames rise from its tail and head, like hair, and its eyes are blue. Above its front paws float a pair of hollow, purple dodecahedrons. Kitogast looks down at you, inscrutable. End ID]

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[tamiart]

Here is a poster design for Caduceus Clay’s tea label, for his earl clay blend 😉

[kynzhyt]

loved that stupid scene from ep137

[kiksniko]

chetney and dorian supercut that brings me so much joy

[loudestlibrarianongodsgreenearth]

possibly my new favorite piece of Percy characterization of all time: during and after the battle with Sondur he won't shut up about his disdain for people who say things like "we're not so different you and i" to their enemies and outright says it's "usually the sign of a terrible person"

and then when he's left alone with Raishan for five fucking minutes:

[jadequarze]

Doodles of the stormies, because I love them and I'm just treating myself

[transformers-earthspark]

IMPORTANT: TUMBLR HAS MADE A DEAL WITH MIDJOURNEY/OPENAI.

YOUR ART AND IMAGES ON TUMBLR ARE BEING USED TO TRAIN AI MODELS.

The opt-in is automatic, but you can turn it off in settings.

Go to "Blog Settings" -> "Visibility" -> "Third-Party Sharing" and turn on "Prevent third-party sharing for [blog]". (This post shows how to do it on browser and on mobile.) You need to do this with every sideblog. (Note: The option in settings might not appear if your app hasn't updated yet. You can still opt out via browser.)

Spread the word. Everyone on Tumblr needs to know about this.

[loserwithanartacc]

I love her so much I’m litterally gnawing at the bars of my enclosure

Was gonna draw some of the others but I didn’t feel like it so I drew Asha again

[claracaboozle]

Hear me out -

Four dieties were killed in the opening Downfall sequence (Edun, Aily, Nahala, and Qsar). Now, there are four aspects of dunamis we see exhibited in Ashton's rage (Gravity, Space, Time, and Luck). Of the four, we receive two descriptions. Edun is "sparkling kaleidoscopic multicolored lights" and Aily who "moves as shifting color leaving imprints behind."

Reminiscint of Ashton's Time rage after images, no? And Luck rages are when his head flashes with rainbow sparks. Now I think a black and white orb of light among these balls of color would have rated a mention, suggesting our friend left behind was Gravity (which. well. makes sense.) and the one who turned back Space.

I posit that Edun was the ancient god focused on the concept of Luck (both good and bad), Aily on the concept of Time, Nahala on Space, and Qsar (reminding me of quasars which contain massive black holes) on Gravity.

We have yet to see the two dieties consumed by Predathos after their arrival in Exandria and the creation of Ruidus.

What this means for the Luxon or dunamis I have no idea! But uhh...

[loserwithanartacc]

Finished the drawing bc I liked it even tho I was originally planning on just leaving it a sketch

She’s so fun to draw :D

Also I love that they went with a more feral force of nature angle than a stereotypical Mother Nature character for what is presumably Melora, it’s sm more interesting! Also makes me remember that she’s not actually a good aligned deity, which makes sense if you think about it.