#lazotep

[jerichoe]

Lazotep undead bird-man, part of a larger DnD group piece I'm doing for a coworker! Pretty armored skeleton bird with two big shields + two bigger wings for extra blocking :D

[niuttuc]

Magic subject: a specific special metal or special metals in general

I'll do you one better, Special Materials™ in general: the more we get, the more silly they get, because it's really hard to strike a balance between how Precious and Special they try to be and how WotC flaunts it on cards to highlight its existence.

It's hard to sell me on how priceless Etherium is, or Halo, or Cosmium, or Powerstones, when they show up on every other card in the set and people are pretty liberal with their use. Hard to believe Darksteel is so rare when there's an entire foundry made of the stuff. Ixalan's story actually handled that a bit better than the card with Cosmium, I feel, since it wasn't treated as particularly special or precious there, even if it was sacred.

Generally, I think the Special Materials are better when they aren't a main focus, just a worldbuilding element in the background. Darksteel did that relatively well with a mechanical tie-in, Mizzium isn't flaunted left and right, Tyrite did it really well because it only appears a few times, and most of them are the same weapon. Aether is alright because it doesn't pretend it's particularly rare, but Halo isn't with how liberally it was used. Despite not appearing that much, Benalian enchanted Stained Glass was overused, I think, since it's supposed to be this precious family legacy material that only exists in small quantities, plastering it everywhere on all cards of the faction cheapens it (even if it looks fantastic.) Etherium has a canyon between how precious it's touted to be and how much we see of it everywhere on Esper.

If you're trying to sell a Special Material, don't plaster it everywhere if you want it to feel precious and special.

[fgg5ebrewery]

Rune Knight (Final Fantasy) Class for 5e

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The genetically enhanced soldiers with magical powers, themed after the Rune Knight Celes Chere from Final Fantasy VI. Due to an alteration in lore for this class the Rune Knights are pseudo casters who specialize in fighting against magic and magical creatures. Their unique Runic ability allows them to draw spells to them and absorb them, while suffering the spell regularly they will recover a spell slot when they absorb it. This spell slot recovery is key as they use spell slots identical to the Warlock, where they have a very limited number of slots all of the same level, though they don’t get access to high level magic at all. Rune Knights can be seen as “Man-made Sorcerers” as they learn spells from the Sorcerer spell list. Thanks to their genetic enhancements they also gain a high amount of ability score improvements.

Rune Knight has 4 different “Genetic Enhancements.” The Spell Breaker Enhancement focuses on countering magic more, getting features that disrupt caster’s attacks, dispel magical effects, return spells back at their casters, and protect allies from magic. The Magitek Enhancement while named after Final Fantasy VI’s Magitek soldiers, is mixed with an aspect of Final Fantasy XI’s Rune Fencer class, getting access to 3 types of “runes” that tie to different elements and giving bonuses related to the rune, such as a cantrip based on each rune, their spells ignoring resistances to their element, resistance to an element it is good against, and extra damage on their special personalized weapon. The Lazotep Enhancement gives necrotic powers, turning them into an living Wight, empowering necrotic spells casted, the ability to add necrotic life stealing power to their blade, supernatural resistance, and when the ability to fight beyond death as an Eternal. And finally the Super Soldier Enhancement focuses on the use of their Runic ability and attuning to more equipment, allowing them to distribute them to others.

[flavoracle]

Bolas' Metallurgic Reaction

Plot Twist: After decades of hard work, Nicol Bolas combines his hoards of Etherium, Carmot, and Lazotep into a powerful new alloy… that turns out to just be Mizzium.

Upon discovering this, Jace is like, “Um, I know some people who mass-produce that stuff if you’re really so interested in it…”

What'ya say, @vorthosjay?

[yd12k]

@wizardsmagic, I enjoy magic a lot, and all the neat little flourishes you’ve been putting on, such as the ‘build a thopter’ kit in kaladesh prerelease packs, have been great, but I must ask you to consider the consequences of your actions.

In my local magic league, I recieved a Lazotep D4. Now, it looks extremely cool and is an useful counter, but it’s also fallen of every surface in my room I’ve put it on and landed on the floor, always soon followed by me stepping on it.

I am currently bleeding from the latest example of this occuring. Please never make D4′s this sharp again.