#hornyspacesnakes

[ask-new-innkeeper-audino]

So Terras race is Half-Witch but Trace doesn’t have a race listed? Is it just gijinkas and witches?

Terra: "I mean, you don't act like a witch at all.. but why keep that lantern around?"

Trace: "I feel like no matter what I say, you're going to be disappointed with the answer!"

Terra: "That's so ominous! You're only making me want to ask MORE..."

Callisto: " Mmmm... Well, If you nyask me~ I bet he probably stole it."

[frolis-maneuver]

Hey how hard is it to make a site with weebly? Like, do I need to know any coding because even html is beyond me except for like, making things italics or bold. I just want to sell my art and I figure having a site like yours that’s literally just art might be a good idea

it's literally SO so easy you don't need to know shit about coding because I sure as hell don't and even I managed to set up a site!

it's almost like customizing a tumblr blog but even easier and significantly less janky. You pick a site layout and then you making pages, adding links, and filling stuff out is as easy as drag-n-dropping pre-made features like a contact page, button links, images, etc. etc.

it's really quick and easy to use and set up!

[swingsetindecember]

hornyspacesnakes reblogged your post:i never understand when an action hero meets their...

But they would also try to kick you in the knee and then you’re both down

no, they would be going for my left ankle, that makes a creaking sound ever since that one basketball game went south 

[unpredictably-raichu]

An ask blog needs asks to generate content but can't do that without asks... so how would a new (or recently revived) ask blog get the people's attention?

Oh, oh, yes! Advice time! :D I’ve been in the ask community for a little while now, so here are some things I’ve gathered over time for when you’re getting started (I’ll be assuming yours is a Pokémon ask blog, since you’re asking this to one).

Keep in mind this is long af and a bit detailed (though it’s only the first part that is long). If you’re interested in a in-detail guide, click ‘read more’ (which I would be very thankful for, I wrote all this shit for you after all, fam).

Here’s a little summarized version as a TL;DR for everyone else:

#1: keep your blog clean. If it’s about Pokémon, it’s about Pokémon; if it’s about Sonic, it’s about Sonic; if it’s about trees, it’s about goddamn trees, so no rebloging random puppy pictures or funny videos here, leave that for your personal blog, not your ask blog. Also try to keep all the out of character crap to a minimum.

#2: Have reference pages for your characters available. That’s actually a minimum requirement. An ask hints page would be useful too, but that’s optional.

#3: Have a tagging system to make everything easier to navigate.

#4 [OPTIONAL]: Give your blog a theme. Make it pretty, make it yours, and for the love of God, deactivate the god damn infinite scrolling.

#5: Tags are your friends. Tag your first post with “signal boost”, “first post”, and/or “intro post”. Tag every Pokémon that appears in your posts, including that one barely visible Caterpie in the background. Tag all your posts as “Pokémon ask blog” or “Pokeaskblog”. Tag. Tag everything. Tags are your friends if you want to be seen. Tags. Tags are. Your. Friends.

#6: Interact with other blogs. Like crazy. You are sure to be noticed when you’re freaking everywhere. Don’t forget to be nice tho. And don’t bully or harass people, for fuck’s sake.

#7: Take a chair, sit over there, get comfortable and be Patient. Like really freaking patient. Wait for months if necessary, but asks will come eventually.

#8: Have fun. That’s the whole point. Talk to people, make some shitposts, engage in silliness, and draw those magical pocket monsters that can shoot lasers out of their asses and we all love. It’s fun.

And that’s it. There’s not much else I can say, so I hope this is helpful! :D

Here’s the detailed thing:

Step #1: Organize your blog

It doesn’t seem like something that important, but believe me, it really is. Nothing turns me away from a blog faster than it being messy af and full of random, unrelated stuff. In order to keep your blog all tidy and pretty you can:

a) Refrain from reblogging anything unrelated. (If your blog is a sideblog, skip this one): You can reblog that video of that one adorable otter in your personal blog, but if your ask blog is about, say, Pokémon, don’t reblog anything that isn’t Pokémon related. If you want to go even further than that, only reblog things that are directly related to your blog, like mentions, fanart, or rp responses, instead of some random Squirtle GIF.

b) Have info pages/references of your characters available: By this I mean having specific pages containing information about your characters, including a visual reference, if possible. Reference pages are very important, since they allow people to quickly get to know a character and make interaction easier. They can contain information as simple and basic as their name, species, moves, etc. to more elaborated things, like occupation (if they have one), personality, or a brief summary of their past story/origin (unless you want that to be revealed as the story progresses in your blog or through an ask).

If you don’t know how to make a page, >here’s an easy tutorial<.

      b.2) Having an “ask hints” helps a lot when trying to receive asks, since it’ll help people who want to interact but aren’t sure of what they should ask. You can have general hints or individual hints for all the characters.

c) Have a tagging system: Having your posts clearly labeled makes it a lot easier for anyone who wanters through your blog to find the specific content they’re looking for. Here are three basic tags that make your blog easier to look through:

#OOC: “out of character”, for everything happening, well, out of character. Maybe an announcement, a shitpost, a question directed a the mod, etc. Try to keep ooc things to a minimum.

#IC: “In character”, exactly what it says on the tin. Use this for answered asks towards the characters, plot posts, rp interactions and responses, ect.

#[Character’ name]: Tag the characters that appear in a post, for anyone who wants to look through asks with one specific character in them.

Tags help a lot for getting your blog noticed. We will talk more about this ahead.

d) [OPTIONAL] Have a nice theme: This isn’t obligatory, but giving your blog a theme will make it look better and more ‘professional’. Here are some blogs that give really good, free themes/codes for Tumblr:

https://glenthemes.tumblr.com/

https://yukoki.tumblr.com/

https://zuvia.tumblr.com/thms

https://strawberryjeon.tumblr.com/tagged/themes

https://felinum.tumblr.com/tagged/theme

http://hellolittlered.org/themes/type/tumblr/

https://magnusthemes.tumblr.com/mythemes

http://dianthus-s.tumblr.com/themes

https://raiidens.tumblr.com/tagged/themesbyraiidens

https://yeolithm.com/portfolio

These are just some, but there are many, many others out there. Look for a theme that fits your tastes or your blog’s atmosphere, and customize it! You can even use this blog’s theme! However, make sure to not use overly saturated colors that make it painful to look at, it- kind of defeats the point. You can Google ‘color palletes’ if you need help with that.

NOTE: If you don’t know how to install a Tumblr theme, >here’s a simple tutorial<

NOTE#2: Sometimes Tumblr might not let you install a specific theme and shows you an error message that says that it can’t be installed because it is “making a reference to non- https directions” or something like that, which didn’t use to happen before. >Here’s a tutorial on how to fix it<, it’s quite simple, actually.

NOTE#3: For an ask/rp blog, I recommend a theme with one column, and that shows tags and captions, like the one in this blog.

If you’ve got any question about installing or customizing a theme, you can ask me, and I’ll see how I can help!

Step #2: Tags help you to be found

Be sure to use tags in your favor. Here are some things that have helped me a lot:

a) If you’re starting a Pokémon blog, tag every Pokémon that appears in your posts; that way, people looking through the tag of that specific Pokémon will be able to see your posts.

b) Again, if it’s a Pokémon blog, tag your posts as “Pokémon ask blog” or “Pokeaskblog” (or both), people looking for pokeaskblogs to follow usually look though these tags regularly.

c) Tag your first post/posts or intro as “Signal boost” and “First post”. There are blogs in the Pokémon community that look for posts tagged like this and reblog them to give them a ‘boost’, which helps a lot when you want to be seen. I’m not sure how many of these are still active, though, but you won’t lose anything from trying.

Step #3: Interact with other blogs like a madman

Send lots of asks! Interact with other blogs! Follow even more blogs! Send fanart and nice messages! Reblog/Like those posts of people looking for new blogs to follow! Some people will find you through someone else’s answered ask, some people will notice you’re following and will check you out, some people will see you in a like or a reblog, and overall there are higher chances of being seen when you are everywhere and interact with everyone (also, it’s really fun to just interact with other nice people over here).

Just make sure to be nice.

Step #4: Be patient. P a t i e n t. I’m serious.

If you think you’ll get lots of followers in a matter of a couple days then start forgetting about it. It took me two weeks to get my first ask at asktheweirdpichu, and a week and a half to get one here. And they were both spam. I cried. Two years later (holy heck has it really been that long?) I’ve got so many asks accumulated that I’m starting to think I should just fake my death and end my suffering (I’m joking, I love every single ask I get and get excited every time I get a new one).

It will take a while, but you’ll see that after enough time you’ll get noticed more and more, so don’t give up, you’ll get there.

Step #5: Don’t forget to have fun.

Make some friends, have some silly interactions, make some shitposts at 3 am, draw someone’s character and watch them shoot effusive love at you, enjoy your favorite blogs. That’s what all this is about.

And that is all! I hope it was useful! :D

[basalt-dnd]

How would I homebrew a three headed zombie dragon? The extra heads were stitched on after death, there's no actual three headed dragon. Bonus points if the heads are all different colors

I would say to take the hydra statblock (close to a dragon), edit things as needed (fly speed, give it breath weapons instead of a ton of bites, take off the hydra’s regenerating head stuff), and then slap a zombie template over it. Then it’s just finishing touches to make it more well-put together.

[asmodeusbrews]

I'm creating my own world. I feel like I should start with the gods since they're the foundation, but I don't want to get lost in the process or make them too OP, which I'm worried about doing on accident since I'm so new to dnd mechanics. Because I'm so new though I also think I should start with something much simpler like magic items.... idk, I think I just need some guides or something, but something in particular I'm trying to do rn is make my own warlock patron. Tips? I've got the (1/2)

The patrons character and motivation down, I'm just trying to figure out mechanics. She's an evil nature goddess basically (2/2)

Hey there! Haven’t been on this account in ages haha, sorry about that! If you’ve got any further inquiries, if you’ve got twitter, I would shoot me a DM @hexlix! 

What I personally do is look at the actual warlock paths from the PHB and use those numbers as a guide, or if it’s more of a soft skill as opposed to damage, subtract damage from the equation or place limiters on your base skills for higher levels, like I did with my Muse Patron.

Secondly, whenever you can, I heavily recommend playtesting your patron and make tweaks here and there based on what might be too strong or too weak. If you’re new to making paths like this, I would suggest making one based in soft skills as opposed to damage, ones that can apply status effects and function outside of combat better because then you don’t have to deal with. Y’know, nuking enemies and making your DM cry over the boss battle they spent ages prepping.

If damage is what you want, though, I’m not sure. I’ve never been good with numbers, just try and follow the numbers on the spells you can take, I suppose!

Hope that helps!

[ @hornyspacesnakes ]

[warriorsochelp]

hey, uh. how far back do you think i have to go to figure out a family tree for three different clans? i mean. i dont want a COMPLETE family tree, because. yikes. but, enough to make sure there's not too much inbreeding. also my clans have a tradition of arranged mating because they have a basic knowledge of what inbreeding does so i suppose some of that early on would be fine??? for worldbuilding reasons???

A given clan will probably have three or four generations of cats in it at once, depending how lucky and long-lived the elders have been. Assuming you want to have every cat’s parents figured out, going back five generations would definitely be safe. I’m not entirely clear what you mean by how far you need to go back, but I hope this answers your question? You don’t have to make an intense family tree if you don’t want to, but it can be useful to make sure the genetics line up.

As for inbreeding, it’s up to you. In real life, cats don’t care at all about inbreeding, so that’s part of anthropomorphizing them to fit our cultural tastes. Choose to include as much or as little as you and your readers are comfortable with.

[cloverly-ponies]

The town of Cloverly wishes Sea Musing safe voyages and hopes they visit often from @island-ponies! (Hope you like the tribute piece @hornyspacesnakes ♥)