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Asks are always appreciated.

[ryvaling]

Moved to retrospring!

I've quit tumblr, I only use fedi now. So my new askbox is on retrospring.

EDIT: since retrospring is shutting down, my OCs account is on wafrn now.

[ryvaling]

man i really need more worldbuilding friends i need to talk about worldbuilding

[ryvaling]

hey! this is chance & here’s week 2's prompt. when you write or create an oc, do you like to reference elements from your life? if yes, name a few. if no, why not?

Not really. A few of my characters have some elements of my own personality, but that's about it. I think it's mainly just because my life isn't terribly interesting, and I want my characters to be interesting, so they end up unlike me.

[ryvaling]

hey! this is chance & here’s this week’s prompt. what websites or resources do you use while you write or develop a character/story? what do you think of them and would you recommend them?

I don't use a lot of resources or websites. Mostly, I use the Joplin notes app to store all my worldbuilding-related notes. I also use Lexiconga for the dictionary of my conlang. Occasionally I use behindthename, wiktionary, and fantasynamegenerators for naming characters. Sometimes I read springhole, though I mostly just read it for funsies. The worldbuilding stackexchange is also a pretty good resource. I'd easily recommend Joplin and Lexiconga, they're very good.

[digital-chance]

i wanted to send people asks about their wips and ocs more often. not only to promote them but also because everyone makes really cool stories. the sheer amount of detail and work that people put into their projects is amazing but often gets untold. and i wanted to start learning about them and trying to promote it to the best of my ability.

i sent out a bunch of asks yesterday and i want to do more. i dont want to intrude or be weird though so i wanted to get a list of people who would like asks.

reblog this if you would like to recieve asks about your wips/ocs a couple times throughout the week.

or you can comment to be put on the list.

[toothwormfactory]

Some of my favorite attacks from week 3 of artfight!

Character credit in order to @curscival, @plasticlabhorror (x2), savapproved (toyhouse), @erwinswings, ShaunyBoy (tiktok), @verbina29

[ryvaling]

It's stated that repeatedly depleting your latent Enerk leads to death or worse Eventually. What is the worse, is it something like becoming undead from using your life enerk or something else entirely?

A small correction here: Enerks are the unit of measurement for magical energy, so saying "your latent Enerk" is incorrect, it should be "your latent magical energy".

I don't actually have what happens in my notes, it just says "death... or worse.". The answer I've just come up with on the spot is that your body slowly crystallizes into Aurite (the name that I apparently have in my notes for the crystals that store magical energy) which is fucked up enough I think.

[teasidesketches]

First set of characters I've drawn for artfight!! (I'm also teasidesketches on there if you wanted to peep me there before the month is up!) The characters + owners are in the image descriptions, but I'll also add them here: 1) Phyre belonging to Aryastelle on ArtFight 2) River belonging to @ryvaling 3) Rune belonging to @/itselliebot on Twitter

[writernopal]

Okay let's try this...

If I woke up in the world of your WIP tomorrow, what is one unmissable thing that I'd have to see/experience/try and what is another that I should avoid at all costs? These things can be food and drink, sights, culture, festivals, anything!! You can put it in the comments or reblogs of this post, anything goes! I'll start ♥️

If you were to wake up in Oepus, you would have to experience the subterranean amethyst hot springs on the mystical isle of Luna Sang. The springs are said to have healing properties and the amethyst that grows on the ceilings of the cave is said to be as old as Oepus itself! They glow a gentle purple light making the springs appear dreamlike.

There are many things to avoid in Oepus, however, if you get ANY sort of invitation from an elf (dinner party, wedding, anniversary celebration, ANYTHING), run. That's code for that elf wanting to lure you into their forests with murderous intent. Even if you manage to survive the living forest's onslaught, you won't survive the attacking elves that follow.

[ryvaling]

Something you absolutely would want to see in Ryva is a slime village at daytime. All the stained glass projecting spots of color onto the ground is really a sight to behold, though the hot desert suns may make Nesoa a less ideal tourist destination.

Some of the bigger cities in Adraxi are quite nice visually with the cyberpunk vibe, but anywhere on Milena is pretty high up on the list of places you should not go in Ryva, at least if you're human. It may be worth it for tech fans though, since the two largest tech companies are headquartered in Adraxi, and lots of tech related shops have locations there.

Selere City is quite picturesque with the nearby river of the same name, and being on Fexmus, it's one of the more comfortable destinations for humans. It's a more underrated destination, but there's a lot of good things to do in the city aside from seeing the sights. Ciphin is another more temperate location. Definitely worth a visit if you're into water and islands.

I would say to avoid vampires, but a lot of vampires are just normal people, they aren't all dangerous. Better advice would be to not approach any stranger standing in a shaded area, and don't walk alone at night.

Definitely avoid elementals though. They might be rare, but they can and will kill you if given the chance.

[ryvaling]

i need there to be ryva media (ideally, without me having to actually create said media)

[ryvaling]

Hi Hello 👋 Is there an official Ryva discord? I saw you mention it a couple times. I think Ryva is very cool and fun and exciting 🤩🤩🤩

As of right now, there is no official Ryva discord. Discord questions are simply questions people have asked me on discord (generally in one of the Ryva channels scattered around), I just (usually) repost them here so the info is less scattered around. If a couple people want a Ryva discord, I might make one.

[ryvaling]

I made the discord, message me for an invite.

[ryvaling]

Hi Hello 👋 Is there an official Ryva discord? I saw you mention it a couple times. I think Ryva is very cool and fun and exciting 🤩🤩🤩

As of right now, there is no official Ryva discord. Discord questions are simply questions people have asked me on discord (generally in one of the Ryva channels scattered around), I just (usually) repost them here so the info is less scattered around. If a couple people want a Ryva discord, I might make one.

[ryvaling]

they should make Ryva (the universe not the goddess she's a dick) into a real thing

[ryvaling]

Is ryva canonically the dreams of a crazed g-d?

No.

[oc-dev]

tag the oc who is a criminal

[oc-dev]

tag the oc that desperately needs to see a therapist

[oc-dev]

tag the oc that is from another planet than earth