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[yourheartonfire]

You're a supervillain in high school.

Unbenownst to you, your nemesis actually attends the same school as you, and when some new super-powered idiot comes to town and won’t stop causing trouble during exam week of all times, the two of you decide to team up to take them down.

Prompt courtesy of @united-under-skyfall and @writing-prompt-s

"And stay out, you dumb jerk!" the hero yelled after the retreating figure in the sky. "Ow," they added and sat down hard on the gritty roof of City Hall.

The villain slid out of the shadows, brushing ash and magic off their shoulders. Dawn was breaking and from their perch they could see all of their stupid, podunk little hometown; the park, the 80s era office complexes, the half dead mall. Other than the blast radius over by the high school, it was all still standing.

They'd done it. They'd run off a full-blown adult mask, thanks to the villain's smarts - and the hero's ability to take a punch as well as dish it out.

The hero. They were huddled in themselves, cloak pulled tightly around their shoulders,  head resting on knees, back exposed and unguarded. 

The villain felt suddenly dizzy and hot. Months of chasing each other over rooftops, battling in the streets, and now the hero had left themselves exhausted and open. They could attack now. They should attack now. The hero was totally, entirely at their mercy. The villain glided forward... but for some reason stopped a few feet back.

"You... okay?" they said.

"Fine in a minute," the hero said in that relentlessly chipper voice. "It's mostly the other guy's blood."

"Huh," the villain said, readjusting their strategy. "What are your parents going to say?"

The hero chuckled with an oddly bitter undertone. "That's the least of my worries when they - wait." The hero bolted up to a knee, already in guard stance. 

The villain threw back their head and laughed. It was a pretty good evil laugh. They'd practiced it a lot. "What, you thought it wasn't obvious you're nothing but a child?"

The hero narrowed their eyes behind their mask. "Uh huh. And you're not out here between AP homework and SAT classes?"

"Uh - I - what? No!" the villain stuttered out, in the complete opposite of cool. "You're the - the kid, so stupid and optimistic!"

The hero grinned, their teeth still bloody. "Like your whole gothy-angry-dangerous thing doesn't scream angsty teenager."

"How dare you," the villain said, but couldn't muster up too much heat. The adrenaline rush of discovery was already fading, and exhaustion was coming on fast. And for some reason the villain couldn't quite put their finger on right at this moment, they didn't really mind the hero knowing they were about the same age. Especially if the hero thought they seemed dangerous. 

The villain kicked over an old crate and sat. The hero cautiously settled back into their meditation pose. They stared at each other in the early dawn light and the villain suddenly felt very much at a loss for words.

"So-" the villain said finally, right as the hero said "We should-"

"Sorry, I -"

"No, I was -"

"No, you go."

The villain cleared their throat. "So, what's the deal with your parents? Are they oblivious, or are you a legacy or something? Gotta guard this shithole before you go big time?"

"This is not a shithole," the hero said huffily. "At least it wouldn't be if it weren't for psycho explodey guys. Or -" they glared at the villain "- idiots who waste their powers on petty larceny and vandalism."

"Hey. Nothing petty about my larceny, baby." The villain pantomimed finger guns at the hero, and then immediately wished to fall off the roof and die.

But no such luck. The hero leaned back, bloodstained smile even wider. "Wow," they drawled. "I stand corrected." But their tone, though teasing, wasn't mean. The villain was starting to think the hero really didn't have a mean bone in their body. 

In the light of day the villain was desperately aware of their shitty homemade get-up, the heat in their face that was surely obvious behind a Halloween store mask. The hero, the hero had real gear, real training. They sat straight, chin up, spotlighted in sunlight like they were ready for their close up. The villain felt dizzy again, unsteady on their crate.

The silence stretched. The hero cleared their throat. "You, uh, you know Starlight Burgers makes breakfast burritos?"

"No they don't," the villain said.

The hero gave a little shrug. "It's off menu. The cooks sell em out the window before the place officially opens. If you fly us down, I can hook you up - ever since I saved the place from getting magically robbed."

"Hey," the villain said. "I would never go after Starlight Burgers. I have some limits."

"Great." The hero stood, held out their hand with absolute trust. "Let's go."

The villain raised an eyebrow, crossed their arms to keep their heart from suddenly pounding out of their chest. "Is this a trick?"

"Yes," the hero said straight faced. "A trick to get you to give me a ride to Starlight Burger. I need carbs and protein to finish recovery and I don't have a car."

The villain gingerly took the hero's hand. They didn't flinch. "Well," the villain said. "I guess if I carried you through this battle, I can carry you to breakfast."

The hero snorted but didn't let go. The villain pulled and the hero... the hero came willingly into their arms, into the shadows with them.

The burritos were delicious. The rest of their finals were a disaster.

[cicaida]

pls take my government assigned zodiac uquiz ! i’ll reblog with the link

[cicaida]

here she is!

[thatoneartstudent]

Very quick sketch of our party’s ranger, Big Terry. I like to imagine elves have catlike eyes.

[galacticjonah]

A lot of you tell me you like how different I make various DnD races look. That got me thinking. Wanted to experiment and see how much diversity can be in such a simple thing as ears. And here we go~ 

[creethebard]

So Cree got a new toy in last night’s session. X3

It’s called the Silvertongue Staff, a silver weapon that adds half again your modifier to any spell, ability check, or action that uses charisma. It also has a once-a-day charge for casting Charm Person without using up a spell slot. All around extremely good to have, since the dice were complete dicks when we were rolling for stats and Cree’s modifiers need all the help they can get. It can also be used as a quarterstaff in melee combat, which means the party now has at least one silver weapon onhand for when we inevitably run into Rochol and the werewolf hunters again.

The staff is an ancient Yuan-Ti artifact that Cree wrestled from the grasp of a jerk kobold named Wenrule that was using it to more or less make a cult of personality around himself. He pushed one of the normally snarky, affable Cree’s hidden berserk buttons when he used the staff to brainwash an innocent dragon wyrmling in the hopes of sending that wyrmling on a genocidal rampage to the nearby human town. Cree hates charming magic on principle, and using it in such a dirty way really riled her up. After the dust had settled, the kobold Yuty who’d put us up to stopping Wenrule asked Cree to hang on to the staff, since it was probably better off in the hands of someone who wouldn’t be inclined to abuse it’s magic. (Fun fact, the light coming from the eyes being purple is a Cree thing- Tiger said that when Wenrule used it the light was yellow. It varies based on who would be using the spell.)

[probablygoodrpgideas]

Neat little side effects for Spellcasting Focuses

There are 5 arcane focuses and 4 druidic focusesbut mechanically there is no difference in which you choose. Let’s change that! (some of this is from Wayfinder’s Guide to Eberron) Unless stated otherwise, you can assume that a focus requires a single hand to use.

Arcane Focuses

Wand: The wand is the focus of choice for people that like to be quick. If you cast a spell as a bonus action, you can still cast spells normally with your action. Additionally, if you have a wand drawn and want to cast a spell, you get +2 to initiative. However, every spell you cast with a wand has its range reduced by a third. 

Staff: The staff is the biggest arcane focus. It requires two hands to use as a spellcasting focus and can be used as a weapon like a quarterstaff. The range of every spell cast with a staff is increased by half.

Rod: The rod is a compromise between the staff and the wand. It can be used with one or two hands. If you are holding it with two hands, the range of your spells is increased by half. 

Orb: Orbs are the most mythical, powerful and dangerous focus to use. If you roll a 1 on a spell attack, roll on the Wild Magic Surge table. If you roll a 20 on a spell attack roll, you do not expand a spell slot or regain a 1st level spell slot if you cast a cantrip.

Crystal: The crystal is especially effective to channel elemental powers. Whenever you cast a spell that deals Acid, Cold, Fire or Lightning damage, you can add your proficency modifier to the damage roll.

Druidic Focuses

Sprig of Mistletoe: Mistletoe is the focus most commonly associated with druids but it is not as useful in battle as most alternatives. Spells you cast using this focus deal 1 damage less (minimum of 1) but spells that heal heal for 1 more.

Totem: Totems are most effecient at casting ritual spells. Spells you cast with a casting time of 1 minute or more have their casting time halfed. However, you have -1 to initiative.

Wooden Staff: The best option for Druids that want to use their magic in combat to inflict harm. Creatures that make saving throws against your spells roll a d4 and subtract the result from their save. The wooden staff has to be used with two hands and can be used as a quaterstaff.

Yew Wand: The yew tree is the sacred tree of life and the yew wand is especially effective at protecting life. Damage your spells deal against undead can’t be resisted and if you cast reincarnate you roll twice on the reincarnation table and choose the race the new body takes.

Holy Symbols

I was thinking about doing something for holy symbols as well but I think it’s just emblem on a shield, amulett without a shield and reliquary if you somehow got your hands on an important reliquary of your faith

[thatoneartstudent]

Thinking about religious traditions for my monk character, Guillaume. He serves the setting’s goddess of Peace and War, so I think his monastic order has a bunch of signifiers and rituals paying homage to that duality. Here he is modelling different hairstyles for peace- and wartime.

[thatoneartstudent]

A god-tier sequence from one of my dnd campaigns. You ever have one of those days where your rogue finds out he’s a clone of one of the antagonists? Yeah.

[thatoneartstudent]

Quick sketch of the cleric in my D&D group, feat. an excellent line by the DM

[thatoneartstudent]

Sometimes being an artist is about realizing you can draw your d&d party in tacky t-shirts and no one can stop you

[thatoneartstudent]

Sometimes you gotta draw your d&d party as velociraptors.

[fortunesque]

Almond Breeze undeclared MILK recall

Thousands of cartons of Vanilla Almond Breeze are under recall for containing undeclared milk. I don’t care what you think about vegans, nondairy milk, whatever… This could kill people if word doesn’t get out fast enough. Here’s a link to the recall. It covers a lot of states:  Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin Please share this. Dairy allergies can be fatal and many people with them choose to drink almond milk.

[jumpingjacktrash]

recall is dated august 2, this is current. pass it along for your lactose intolerant friendos.

[thatoneartstudent]

Bit of a backlog, but I'm determined to see this challenge through! Here's Board Game Drawing Challenge days 4 and 5: Near and Far, and Pandemic.

[thatoneartstudent]

Board Game Drawing Challenge Day 3: Firefly

[thatoneartstudent]

Board Game Drawing Challenge Day 2: 7 Wonders

I’m not sure who these characters are, but the real wonder is that they keep trying to play this game

[thatoneartstudent]

Some buddies and I have started a drawing challenge! The drawing prompts are board games, and it'll go for 30 days. I'll be posting my contributions here! Day 1: Go

[bpdkipland]

my favorite picture ever is the one that says “HELL IS FULL, BITCH” and then it has the national suicide prevention hotline on it. it makes me smile every time 

[bpdkipland]

THIS ONE!!!!

[bogfox]

I wonder who made these! I have this one saved:

[bitchstew-deactivated20240821]

Chaotic Good

[bpdkipland]

*slamming my fists on table* I NEED MORE!!!! MORE!!!!

[cozza-frenzy]

If anyone has the skeleton apologizing for triggering someone, I’d like that for my collection, please.

[catalystforameow-deactivated202]

Here!

Plus some more^^