#dobv

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I finally got around to making an updated Esher reference, and I wanted to use one of these cool official looking templates by @unfinished-projects-galore. I’m pretty proud of her! Especially compared to the last time I drew this kid like-*checks notes* *holy shit it’s been awhile* *checks last update date of dobv * *holy shit it’s been A WHILE* -sometime ago.

Anyways there’s some new info on here that I didn’t consider to be huge spoilers, so to the folks who read my fic here are some crumbs, and I am, as always, very sorry. I also have something of an expression sheet!

Above you can see what Esher looks like irritated, content, amused, tired, well rested (a rare sight), tired, happy, and tired.

This one means you should leave. (And/or your name is Ace Trappola)

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POV: You wandered a bit too far off the woodland path and walked into the Communion between Decay and Their Warlock. (Welcome)

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Writing this interaction between Esher and Cater like.

Cater: Dang, this girl barely shows any emotion. I think I've maybe seen like 3.

Esher:

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Rough Draft of Chapter 10 is done at around 13000 words

How long do you think the final draft will be?

Less than 13k, put the baby on the chopping block.

13-15k, average chapter length

15-20k for safety

20-30k to repeat mistakes of the past

30k+ for oh god why

Voting ended onAug 1, 2024

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DOBV bullet point outline has reached 4444 words…both a fun number and a sign this chapter might need to be split when it’s done lol.

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Description

An embodiment of sorrow and ink, born of the twisted emotions and magical power of a Dwarf who once mourned the loss of someone most dear to him. Legend says that he and his six brothers, all fallen to the same fate, now guard the crystal mines that once rang with the sounds of their singing and laughter. The red of his tattered clothes and the light in his lantern reflect the deep anger his new form harbors.

In going full nerd, I made a little homebrew statblock for the Dwarf's Mine Overblot monster from the Prologue (and how I treated it in my fic). The goal here was to create a monster that someone could feasibly use in their own home game, so while not everything here is fully relevant to DOBV(I will never actually write full combat of reducing all 93 of those hit points in the story, nobody would like that), you can see what sorts of things may have colored certain scenes!

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Ngl, your reblog post about the vultures killing diseases being plot clues makes me think Esther’s gonna have some kind of immunity to overblot. 👀

Now I’m hyping myself up to think how Riddle’s overblot fight is gonna be. Super excited for it!

(Oh, and the timing of it all is pretty funny. I just started my third (or is it my fourth now? 🤔) reread of the fic. It’s so good, every time I read it, it makes me wanna learn more about DnD and how rolls work so I can use that in my writing too. ❤️)

Hope you’re having a good day!

🤫🤫🤫🤫 I can confirm or deny nothing.

Also yes please learn more about dnd and ask me literally anything about it my goals for DOBV have always been and always will be 1. Rotating Esher at Mach speed in my head and on paper and 2. Spreading the nerdiness of dungeons and dragons unto others. Knowing that it’s inspiring you to try dice rolls in your own writing makes my day!

Thank you so much for continuing to read ❤️

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Your Lord and Master, The Arhfey of Decay. Ragda Vant'arot. In the back of your mind, in the depths of your shadow, They call.

A. The Vessel taken in Twisted Wonderland, or my best approximation of it. Imagine more smoke and those skulls constantly switching in and out.

B. Size difference between Esher and one of Ragda's Courtly Forms.

Ragda: *Come hither

Esher: *Is already hither

C. If the bottom half of your face is just bones (in this body), where does the tongue go? We seek to find the answers.

Mushrooms/Fungus on the Vessel: Laccaria Masoniae, Onygena Equina

On Their crown: Cordyceps, Hebeloma Aminophilum (Ghoul Fungus)