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Just a few friends using a blog to share RPG stuff

[redstonedust]

wands are like the smartphone of the wizard world, a slimmed and streamlined spellcasting apparatus of the modern era that has many slightly older wizards going "ugh kids these days don't know what it's like to have the sturdy weight of a Staff in your hands at all times. sure its not as portable but at least i can still use it to beat a motherfucker when im out of mana."

[redstonedust]

there are gen Z spellcasters trying to lead a wizard staff revival but they're all made out of cheap wood and crystals they bought on tiktok live and at least one has splintered and exploded on their user. meanwhile grandpa is in the back like "in MY day we had to memorize all our runes and draw them out of thin air backwards in the pouring rain 5 times a day"

[redstonedust]

and wizards who use scrolls and tomes to cast their spells? linux users.

[savrenim]

......suddenly struck by the idea for a piece of worldbuilding of "fae don't like iron bc it is the most stable element*"

*as in elements higher you can extract energy via fission and lower you can extract energy via fusion but iron itself there is no excess binding energy to extract at all

[savrenim]

YOU. YOU SEE MY VISION.

[ospreyonthemoon]

People: exposure to the fae realms makes you weak and sickly. Because of the fae

The fae: wow wow wow i LOVE uranium!!!! We should put it ALLLL over our land!!! This won't cause problems!

[pathfindernerds]

Visit Original Link

An aspiring dwarven druid, explaining to her elven master that, while she has learned to appreciate most animals, rodents are still a challenge

[estrogenesis-eeveeangelion]

one elf cigarette, husbanded carefully, can burn for 3 or 4 human generations. my boy your great grandpappy bummed this ciggie from the leaf-crowned prince of the splendid dales and it has burned on the mantle of our house ever since. on your 14th nameday, my son, you will puff it at last, and become a man

[couchnapping]

dwarf methamphetamine

[estrogenesis-eeveeangelion]

"dwarf meth" is actually a human misnomer, the substance so named is not a drug that is cooked but is actually a mineral that is mined pure from terrifically deep sedimentary rocks. dwarven geologists say that the veins were deposited at the world's beginning, when the dwarven god of craft and ingenuity spilled a whole batch of meth

[estrogenesis-eeveeangelion]

and -- before you ask -- gnome fentanyl is sugar

[themischievousgnome]

can confirm

[estrogenesis-eeveeangelion]

you are tearing this gneighborhood apart

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

i'm begging you guys to start pirating shit from streaming platforms. there are so many websites where you can stream that shit for free, here's a quick HOW TO:

1) Search for: watch TITLE OF WORK free online

2) Scroll to the bottom of results. Click any of the "Complaint" links

3) You will be taken to a long list of links that were removed for copyright infringement. Use the 'find' function to search for the name of the show/movie you were originally searching for. You will get something like this (specifics removed because if you love an illegal streaming site you don't post its url on social media)

4) each of these links is to a website where you can stream shit for free. go to the individual websites and search for your show/movie. you might have to copy-paste a few before you find exactly what you're looking, but the whole process only takes a minute. the speed/quality is usually the same as on netflix/whatever, and they even have subtitles! (make sure to use an adblocker though, these sites are funded by annoying popups)

In conclusion, if you do this often enough you will start recognizing the most dependable websites, and you can just bookmark those instead. (note: this is completely separate from torrenting, which is also a beautiful thing but requires different software and a vpn)

you can also download the media in question (look for a "download" button built into the video window, or use a browser extension such as Video DownloadHelper.)

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

if the "Complaint" links are not visible for you:

Option 1: try the DuckDuckGo search engine instead (bonus: dedicated to privacy! doesn't track your data!)

Option 2: go directly to LumenDatabase.org (the website that collects the complaints--and therefore the removed links) and search for the title you want. look for results titled "DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google" featuring the media you're looking for. Proceed to Step 3 (above).

[vivipokedex]

#0252 - #254

Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile

[rollingtablesiguess]

Rolls to Alarm Your Players

Want to spice the game up? Why not try alarming your players for no real reason? Make sure to make a show out of counting the dice before you roll.

[beckyblah]

Making your way in the world today takes everything you got

[mxcasual]

I Got Denied Disability

So after over a year, I got denied Disability, despite being unable to work pretty much any normal job. As is, I'm fucked, financially speaking. My current income is around $65 a month from Patreon, and my current credit cards (which are maxed out at ~$2000 and ~$3000 respectively) have a minimum payment of around $135 a month total.

I currently feel completely and utterly hopeless, and have no idea what, if anything, I can fucking do. I was banking so much on this because it was literally my one shot in the dark hope, and now it's been dashed. At best, I can try again and hear back in another year and a half, by which point I'll probably have fucking starved to death or died of exposure.

So uh, hey, if anyone wants to help, like comment and subscribe to my shit please. If you have Twitch Prime (which you have if you have Amazon Prime), you can subscribe to me on Twitch once a month for free. I have a Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/mixtercasual) as mentioned, as well as a Ko-Fi (https://ko-fi.com/mixtercasual) if you can throw me a few bucks or subscribe or whatever.

If you can't help financially, which I fucking get, literally liking and commenting and subscribing helps me get seen and feeds The Algorithm. Follow me on Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/mixtercasual) or check out my Youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/projectyayhem). Share my content so that more people can see it and maybe I'll start getting ad deals for Raid Shadow Legends or some shit. At the very least, seeing people follow and comment and stuff gives me a much-needed morale boost, and is greatly appreciated.

Okay depressed begging over. Have a good one, y'all

[mxcasual]

I'm still very much struggling with money, so I've decided to add another side hustle. Feel free to join me over at Startplaying.games where I'm hosting a spooky Pathfinder 1e game (https://startplaying.games/adventure/clkahdpd2000908l30gp74x0b) or a culty D&D 5e game (https://startplaying.games/adventure/clkd8n5gt000308kw4d8z9vr7)! No experience, dice, or paper necessary!

[mxcasual]

I halved the prices of the games, so now they're $5 per session each instead of $10 (with the first session only being $2.50 for the first few people to sign up). I promise I'm a good GM, I've been doing it for like a full decade now

[mxcasual]

I Got Denied Disability

So after over a year, I got denied Disability, despite being unable to work pretty much any normal job. As is, I'm fucked, financially speaking. My current income is around $65 a month from Patreon, and my current credit cards (which are maxed out at ~$2000 and ~$3000 respectively) have a minimum payment of around $135 a month total.

I currently feel completely and utterly hopeless, and have no idea what, if anything, I can fucking do. I was banking so much on this because it was literally my one shot in the dark hope, and now it's been dashed. At best, I can try again and hear back in another year and a half, by which point I'll probably have fucking starved to death or died of exposure.

So uh, hey, if anyone wants to help, like comment and subscribe to my shit please. If you have Twitch Prime (which you have if you have Amazon Prime), you can subscribe to me on Twitch once a month for free. I have a Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/mixtercasual) as mentioned, as well as a Ko-Fi (https://ko-fi.com/mixtercasual) if you can throw me a few bucks or subscribe or whatever.

If you can't help financially, which I fucking get, literally liking and commenting and subscribing helps me get seen and feeds The Algorithm. Follow me on Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/mixtercasual) or check out my Youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/projectyayhem). Share my content so that more people can see it and maybe I'll start getting ad deals for Raid Shadow Legends or some shit. At the very least, seeing people follow and comment and stuff gives me a much-needed morale boost, and is greatly appreciated.

Okay depressed begging over. Have a good one, y'all

[mxcasual]

I'm still very much struggling with money, so I've decided to add another side hustle. Feel free to join me over at Startplaying.games where I'm hosting a spooky Pathfinder 1e game (https://startplaying.games/adventure/clkahdpd2000908l30gp74x0b) or a culty D&D 5e game (https://startplaying.games/adventure/clkd8n5gt000308kw4d8z9vr7)! No experience, dice, or paper necessary!

[yesthisisaaron]

For a lot of reasons I put my comic, The Evergreen Heart, on hold. But there were a lot of pages I’d already finished and never posted, so I wanted to share some panels I still like from a montage type sequence.

[dungeonmastersconsortium]

Another Set of Magic Items

[sexhaver]

Grimtooth’s Traps was not in the remote vicinity of fucking around

[sexhaver]

who hurt this man

[we-are-rogue]

Grimtooth’s Traps, 1981

[drunkenkurage]

The whole book is just a treat

[lampchops]

It’s going to be very diffcult not to be an extremely paranoid PC now. Damn.

[cannedcream]

Jack.

Jack, don’t you dare.

Don’t you dare with ANY of these!

[surfcommiesmustdie-deactivated2]

I NEEEEEED THIS

[unlimited-shitpost-works-deacti]

this guy would be the worst DM to have

Ok, maybe not the worst DM

[darquingdragon]

@dungeonmastersconsortium

[dungeonmastersconsortium]

I love this. And how mean they can be.

[probablybadrpgideas]

030CRC Day 2: Insects

Deep in warm forests lives the assassin bug, a creature which pierces the exoskeleton of its prey, sucks out its juices, and wears its body as camoflauge from the next victim.

This one’s big

Original Prompt

[dev-the-dm]

Creature: Sea Drake

The waters churned angrily, bubbles rising to the surface, and dark scales glid along the undertow. A finned ridge raised out of the water, and Neya just had enough time to duck out of the way as it slashed towards her. Finally, the creature's head raised from the waves, and its crocodilian maw grinned darkly.

Sea guardians. Sea drakes are not true dragons, but an offshoot of the drake subtype that has adapted well to underwater dwellings. Sea drakes are rarely seen in fresh water, as they prefer the crashing waves and nutritious fish of larger seas. Sea drakes are solitary creatures, but their mating season can last up to two years, during which young sea drakes look for a partner, and raise their young together for the first year or two, so it is not unlikely to see two sea drakes, plus possibly a gaggle of wyrmlings, in a group.

Draconic intelligence. Sea drakes are not as intelligent as the winged serpents of the land, but boast enough intelligence to know when they are being deceived, humiliated or undermined. They make quick work of any creature that dare wander into its lair, which is often a cave on the shore that has both an entry through the water, and a dry one. Sea drakes collect items from shipwrecks, and each has its own collection of things it finds most fascinating, whether that be flags, ships' wheels, or even human bones. Its careful organization of its hoard makes it evident to it immediately when something is missing - and any creature courageous enough to steal from it will be hunted and punished with a breath of lightning.

Friends and companions. Sea drakes rarely team up with each other, but if they do, they are a mating couple and will defend each other to the death. Other creatures that sea drakes may tolerate are sarduk, hippocampi, merfolk and plesiosaurs. A sea drake may be pulled into the clutches of sea hags, merrow or sahuagin, but they will do anything to avoid serving masters such as larger sea-dwelling dragons, dragon turtles, krakens or morkoths.

[another-rpg-sideblog]

Magic Item: Mana Fuse by MithralSkull on reddit

[dailyadventureprompts]

Dungeon: Lynzel’s Candle

“I mean, you’d expect a pyromancer to live near a volcano or something, but I suppose if your main trick is setting things on fire it’d pay to have a lot of water on hand.” 

Adventure Hooks: 

The Beacons atop the ruin known as Lynzel’s candle have burned from time immemorial, letting ships navigate the surrounding shoals and treacherous seaclifs with ease. When these lights suddenly go out, the elders and shipping magnates of local Rhysport search for a group of adventurers to brave the treacherous wilderness surrounding the dungeon, and discover what magical force managed to snuff out the candle. 

Investigating the source of several fires that have burned down stables and carriagehouses across the city, the party encounters a flummoxed celestial pouting among the ashes of their most recent crime scene. This burning demi-god insists that they are a spirit of a local comet, and that their apparent arson spree has all been in an attempt to find a worthy conveyance to bring them back to the firmament. They are overdue for their appearance in the night sky by several months now, but have been strictly earthbound ever since some presumptuous sorceress by the name of “Lynzel” stole from them their divine chariot. If the party wants to stop the celestial’s misguided mischief, they’ll need to figure out who exactly this Lynzel person is, and what her intensions are with such a potent artifact.

Sometimes a party just needs a good dungeon to delve, so while traveling through a sleepy fishing hamlet the party hears tell of the ruin and all the wonders that may be contained within it.  

Setup:  Though the Sorceress Lynzel did not build the eternal pyres and warded walls of the ruins that bear her name, her occupancy made quite the impression on the locality. People tend to notice when a burning figure goes streaking hither and yon across the sky, out on mage’s business like a meteor with errands to run. 

Less eccentric than her flagrant use of fire magic might suggest, Lynzel was interested in the esoteric nature of elemental fire: its ability to purify, to consume, to reveal the future by eating the present. Her sanctum ( known far and wide as the candle for its everburning towers) was the center of her experiments, a nexus of all primal sources cultivated by ancient elvankind as a basis for their great, continent spanning spells, left to molder as their empire of immortals crumbled, and mortal civilizations grew up in the gaps.  

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