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Attended Emerald City Comic Con this weekend!

First time, as I am a native Portlandian (and Seattle is mildly terrifying on another level, especially the traffic 😭) and partial to Rose City Comic Con.

Exhausted, but incredibly satisfied and happy. Don’t ask how much money was spent 🤣 

But as my first time actually being a part of the Critter community when all 8 of the founders attended and gave their time to so many fans - so so many Critters were so lovely to chat with and get to know while waiting in long lines and sharing our spaces with tips, tricks, and saving graces. Even after my Blightstaff sadly fell and broke (the Amethyst crystal is still intact! I’ll get the staff fixed 🙃), the amount of comments about it grew exponentially. I was taken aback by the kindness and support. I somehow got one individual asking for a pic 😭 

To cosplay Caduceus was an act of admiration and love, and I didn’t expect the graciousness that comes from the Critter community ❤️ I was initially very anxious about cosplaying, and I knew my cosplay was very basic. I kind of thought no one would notice or care. I can write fanfic or an academic paper - I’m not crafty :( But the kindness this weekend was very soul-healing ❤️ And I did manage to run into another Caduceus and man, you should have seen us the moment we locked eyes. That meme of pointing and “YOU!” feels apt in describing our excitement 😍 

All the cosplays I saw were amazing. So many Mollymauks! Always a good selection of Laudnas and Imogens; so many Fearnes and Percy + Vex; Caleb, Fjord - oh my Jester! Yasha was on point! The two Esseks I saw should win literal awards for their effing perfection!!! I didn’t see every CR character, but every campaign (including C4) was well represented. Murray, Tyranny, Wick, Bolaire - I saw an Occtis, a couple definitely doing Hal + Thiasha. And the Julien’s 🙌

And my hand to God, my Blightstaff and cosplay did get a compliment from the creator himself, Mr. Jaffe. I somehow managed to be the second in line for both Taliesin and Matt (and first was the same wonderful individual who was Molly Saturday and Marion Sunday with her lovely children as Jester and Artagan) and while the conversation was short, the memories will last forever. Matt was very kind, as was Taliesin. 

Anyway - it was so lovely and although my grad studies are extremely busy and mounting up on my to-do list - this was a good distraction and break from constantly studying. 

Although my cosplaying adventures are unlikely to expand - I’m still so blown away by the Critter community ❤️ Much love 💕 

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Blightstaff A Magic Weapon for D&D 5e.

Yesterdays magic item was an uncommon staff that raised spell attack and spell save DC by 1, and allowed you to pull targets or push them, an extra 10 feet.

Todays is the Blightstaff, which focuses only on spell save DC, and deals 1d4 damage to ANY creature that has their speed REDUCED when moving through your difficult terrain. So if the difficult terrain affects your allies, so does the damage. Be careful!

Blightstaff

Weapon (quarterstaff), rare

“This magic staff was created from a long, straight branch from a petrified tree. It has a small animal skull on the top with thorns to mimic antlers, and two dark gems in the eye sockets.”

While holding this staff, you gain a +2 bonus to the saving throw DCs of your spells.

When you create an area of difficult terrain, any creature moving through it that has their speed reduced, takes 1d4 necrotic damage for every 5 feet it travels.

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Jester Lavorre, Veth Brenatto, and Caduceus Clay, traversing the island of Rumblecusp.

Safely, for once.

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Well, tonight I finished my Blightstaff 😳

Emerald City Comic Con in ~6 weeks!!

(Ignore the toilet, I live in a studio apartment 🤣🤣)

And a full pic - not great quality due to how I took it and then cropped 🤪

Now I just have to dye my hair pink and I’ll be full blown Caduceus-adjacent! Cosplay is weird 🤣 I want a photoshoot, but I still don’t have my clinical schedule for February and March so I can’t plan my life at all 😭😭

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Cuddling my BB Crochet Caduceus while watching The Mighty Nein C2 ep 12 ❤️

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New tattoo, WHO DIS?!!!!

No but for real - I fell in love with Caduceus Clay the way you fall asleep - slowly, and then all at once. I have never felt more seen or understood in a character ❤️

This tattoo encompasses not only my eternal love for Caduceus (and his creator, Mr. Taliesin Jaffe), but who I am as a fan, a creator, a nerd, a weirdo, an asexual, a healthcare provider, a follower of Christ, a cat mom, and a sister/daughter/granddaughter/friend/human.

Stories are how we see the world, and how we express ourselves. When we see ourselves represented or reflected in these stories, we relate - we connect - we experience. And our ability to empathize grows and enhances what we want to see in the world.

I may be weird and awkward and harbor an immense amount of self doubt - but I also persevere and love and pick up the pieces over and over and over again ❤️