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22 // male // pansexual // poly // switch Welcome! Unless you're under 18 then leave! My name is Joe, and I'm a lot of things. I'm a student living in Nashville, a gamer, a hypnosis enthusiast, and a part time idiot. This is my page! Come say hi if you wanna talk, I promise I'm friendly. message me with your favorite posts. We're adults now, we get to decide what that means

[jukeboxemcsa]

Early Bird Sneak Peek: “Slutgarden”!

(Crossposted from https://jukeboxemcsa.wordpress.com/2020/09/16/early-bird-sneak-peek-slutgarden/)

Hi all! It’s time for another Early Bird Sneak Peek, where I share a glimpse at the story my lucky Early Bird patrons will be enjoying next Saturday thanks to their pledges at my Patreon page! Of course, if you’re not an Early Bird patron, you’ll still get a story next week–“Hang on to Your IQ”, teased previously, has already been submitted to the EMCSA. But the Early Bird patrons will be getting “Slutgarden” (MC MF MD MA)!

Somewhere in the suburbs of Alabama, a garden grows. It’s a garden meticulously planted in the early spring, and cultivated over the summer for a harvest in the August heat. But it’s not a just garden of plants. It’s a garden of people as well. Here’s a taste:

He didn’t wait for the calendar to inform him of the change of seasons; the jasmine was in the ground on May 27th, adding its soporific aroma to the haze that permeated the air. The wind carried it in all directions over the next few days, sometimes catching a woman just down the block with the lightest whiff of perfume, sometimes filling a room three miles away with an open window. Most people, if they noticed it at all, simply recognized it as the fresh smell of a late spring day, smiling as they went about their business and adding a tiny spring to their step.

Kayla was different. She was the first slut to wind up in the garden. Not that she intended to come to him, any more than any of the others; she was simply out for a walk on the afternoon ot the 29th, her mind on nothing more particular than getting a little exercise… when she noticed that warm, cheerful scent wafting on the breeze. Catching her at just the right time of the month, when her hormones were in exactly the right state of flux and her sweat contained exactly the right blend of pheromones to mingle with the floral odors that drifted past her skin. And suddenly, Kayla found that she couldn’t get enough of it.

Her feet carried her forward, almost without conscious thought or effort on her part. Her pace quickened, her cheeks reddening with exertion as she sniffed her way toward the slutgarden like a hound following a trail. The more she ran, the more her shirt dampened in the early summer heat, filling the air in her vicinity with more of her unique body chemistry. And as she got closer and closer to the yard where the flowers awaited, the scent suffused her every breath with sweet, hazy bliss.

Hope you enjoy it!

[jukeboxemcsa]

Edged and Desperate

“I know what you’re thinking,” Ashley purred, a smug grin on her face as she pressed her pale fingers against Diamond’s brown, puffy labia. “You’re thinking that maybe if you can just keep rubbing my pussy with your shin like that, maybe I’ll get so involved in what you’re doing to me down there that I’ll get a little too excited to keep your mind right on the edge of perfect bliss. Maybe you’ll get to cum, so that you can recover all those scattered, fuzzy thoughts and get your brain working again. Maybe you won’t give in.” Ashley chuckled. She ground the heel of her hand right over Diamond’s clit, and the supine woman let out a whimpering mewl of arousal.

“Now, does that seem likely, sweetie?” Ashley’s voice was filled with so much confidence that Diamond’s legs splayed even wider in despair. She’d already lost track of the number of times that the blonde woman had brought her right up to the edge of orgasm, only to relent her constant caresses just enough to leave Diamond panting and whimpering in frustration. It was all she could do now to keep her eyes open, and she knew that if she let them close, Ashley would press the advantage to brainwash her even deeper. She already felt too weak and groggy to stand; her only hope was to do to Ashley what Ashley was doing to her.

But it was no good. Diamond’s shin was practically dripping with the other woman’s musk, but it only seemed to fuel Ashley’s sadistic inventiveness. “See, unlike you, I’m in control of my arousal. I use it to help me mesmerize you, while you… oh, honey pie. I can already see those pretty eyes going glassy. I can feel how soaking wet you are. I know that you’d do anything I asked if it only meant I would push my fingers up into that slick, horny pussy and let you cum. Isn’t that right? Wouldn’t you do anything to cum right now, pretty girl?”

Diamond tried to bite her lip, but the tiny grunt of desire that escaped her didn’t escape Ashley’s attention. “I’m sorry, cutie, what was that?” she asked, a playful smirk crossing her features. “I’m going to need you to use your words, pretty girl. Say, ‘Yes, Ashley, I’ll do anything if only you let me cum.’ If you say it… if you give in and admit to me that you’re a weak, wet, horny little slut who craves release more than she needs her fuzzy little mind… I might, just might let you cum.” Diamond’s eyelids fluttered shut. She couldn’t focus on keeping her mouth closed and her eyes open at the same time.

“I’m sorry, sweetie pie, what was that?” Ashley giggled in response to another subvocal moan. Diamond squirmed hard, desperate to elicit that last little bit of sensation from her throbbing clit, but the blonde seemed to know just how to ride her hand in time with the motions of Diamond’s hips to keep her teetering on the edge of climax. “Was that, ‘Yes, Ashley, I’ll do anything if only you let me cum’? Because I know that’s what you want to say. I know that’s what you need to say. I know that’s what you’re going to say… and so do you.”

Diamond sighed. Her voice sounded as though it was coming from someone else’s lips. “Yes, Ashley,” she whispered, becoming more and more a passenger in her own body with each word. “I’ll do anything if only you let me cum.” She felt like she was floating, the endorphin rush utterly overwhelming her.

“That’s my good girl,” Ashley cooed. “And I promise, you can cum….” Her fingers teased, savoring the sight of Diamond’s body as it went completely limp on the mattress. “Eventually.”

(Like this flash fiction? Want to see more? Visit https://www.patreon.com/Jukebox or drop me a tip at https://ko-fi.com/jukebox if you like my work!)

[misterchristianx]

I’ve been in the darkest reaches of the X-Corp facilities for the last year. I think my horrific experiments are finally starting to produce results.

[sosuperawesome]

Mahdieh Farhadkiaei on Instagram

[perfectlyhypnosnark]

Noice

[gay-irl]

gay🎉irl

[damienviper]

More guys should use strap ons on their girls. You want to pound her into dust but worried you’re gonna nut? Strap strap solves your problem.

[thehypnobunny]

The Bimbo Alignment Chart

I got high last night and made this last night and am v proud

LAWFUL GOOD: Elle Woods, Legally Blonde (obvi)

NEUTRAL GOOD: Kevin Beckman, Ghostbusters.

CHAOTIC GOOD: London Tipton, Suite Life of Zach and Cody

LAWFUL NEUTRAL: Alexis Rose, Schitt's Creek

TRUE NEUTRAL: Madison, Zombieland Double Tap

CHAOTIC NEUTRAL: Brittany S Pierce, Glee

LAWFUL EVIL: Regina George, Mean Girls

NEUTRAL EVIL: Karen Smith, Mean Girls

CHAOTIC EVIL: Mona Lisa, Parks and Recreation

[thehypnobunny]

4 notes?? Common people this is lit-er-al gold. Obvi. Like totes.

[female-orgasm-denial]

This might be the only time I ever repost off a whiney self reblog. Because, LIT-ER-AL gold.

[ditzy-dolls-deactivated20220101]

Hypnokink for Black Lives Matter

Hi everyone.

I’m proud to officially announce the launch of Hypnokink for Black Lives Matter, a compendium of mind-control themed erotica produced to raise money to support the Black Lives Matter movement.

Guys, I’m not good at boasting, but seriously - this is really good.

It’s got stories from some of my favorite writers in the genre. We’ve got @scifiscribbler​ and @hypdom​. We’ve got @tfsplash​ and @bimbosanddolls​. We’ve got @wry-tur​ and @bimbolovecaps and @maliciousai and @deeperinmypower. Though I feel totally outclassed by the company, I’ve got a story in there, too. We’ve even got an audio component, with @ayerslix reading a script by @prettynosferatu. 

And, we’ve got more to come! I have a few other surprise contributors who needed just a touch more time, and their contributions will be added going forward. This is really a gift that keeps on giving.

When you contribute, I’ll send you a link to a google doc containing everything. As more content is added, you’ll have access that that as well! It’s already fifty pages of material, and it’s only going to grow.

To get access, all you need to do is make a donation. Given the size of what you’re getting, I’m setting a suggested donation of $15, but do what feels right to you. Any of the organizations you’ll find here are perfect choices. Some of my fellow contributors also suggested these (1, 2, 3, 4) as options. Really, anything supporting the BLM movement or the opposition of police brutality is fair game.

Send me proof of your donation and I’ll send you a link. (Please bear with me in terms of response time - I cannot be online at all times and I’m but one mortal man. I promise I’ll get back to you as soon as is possible while juggling other offline responsiblities.)

I’m so excited to be able to share this with all of you. Please check it out, and please absolutely shower the contributors with the praise they deserve. They rallied around this cause rapidly and without hesitation, and delivered results that blew me the fuck away. I can’t thank them enough, so I need the community to help me do it.

OK. Get to donating!

[ditzy-dolls-deactivated20220101]

A late-in-the-week surge has our total donations just under $900. Holy shit. Y’all are incredible. Thank you.

Sometime tomorrow, I’m going to be posting our second content update. I’ll post again with details when it goes live. For now, I’ll just say: it’s really good. If you haven’t donated yet, this is an excellent time to! If you have, be sure to check in later and see all the new stuff that’s coming. You’re going to love it.

[ditzy-dolls-deactivated20220101]

Hypnokink for Black Lives Matter

Hi everyone.

I’m proud to officially announce the launch of Hypnokink for Black Lives Matter, a compendium of mind-control themed erotica produced to raise money to support the Black Lives Matter movement.

Guys, I’m not good at boasting, but seriously - this is really good.

It’s got stories from some of my favorite writers in the genre. We’ve got @scifiscribbler​ and @hypdom​. We’ve got @tfsplash​ and @bimbosanddolls​. We’ve got @wry-tur​ and @bimbolovecaps and @maliciousai and @deeperinmypower. Though I feel totally outclassed by the company, I’ve got a story in there, too. We’ve even got an audio component, with @ayerslix reading a script by @prettynosferatu. 

And, we’ve got more to come! I have a few other surprise contributors who needed just a touch more time, and their contributions will be added going forward. This is really a gift that keeps on giving.

When you contribute, I’ll send you a link to a google doc containing everything. As more content is added, you’ll have access that that as well! It’s already fifty pages of material, and it’s only going to grow.

To get access, all you need to do is make a donation. Given the size of what you’re getting, I’m setting a suggested donation of $15, but do what feels right to you. Any of the organizations you’ll find here are perfect choices. Some of my fellow contributors also suggested these (1, 2, 3, 4) as options. Really, anything supporting the BLM movement or the opposition of police brutality is fair game.

Send me proof of your donation and I’ll send you a link. (Please bear with me in terms of response time - I cannot be online at all times and I’m but one mortal man. I promise I’ll get back to you as soon as is possible while juggling other offline responsiblities.)

I’m so excited to be able to share this with all of you. Please check it out, and please absolutely shower the contributors with the praise they deserve. They rallied around this cause rapidly and without hesitation, and delivered results that blew me the fuck away. I can’t thank them enough, so I need the community to help me do it.

OK. Get to donating!

[ditzy-dolls-deactivated20220101]

Just crossed the $250 mark since posting this morning. That’s phenomenal. I know we can do way more than that, though. Please, keep the donations coming! 

[jukeboxemcsa]

The Girls Series: Suggested Reading Order

Recently, I had someone ask me what order to read the Girls series in, and while each story can be read as a stand-alone tale, it occurred to me that a) this is becoming less true, b) there’s not an intuitive way of guessing the order unless you want to look at the publication dates, and c) there might be other people who are too shy to ask but who want to know. So here’s the order, from first to most recent:

Girls Just Want to Have Fun

My Best Friend’s Girl

What a Girl Wants

Just a Girl

Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend

Girls Girls Girls

Factory Girl

Girl Crush

The Kind of Girl I Could Love

Girls With Guns

You’re Not an Ordinary Girl

Girl Next Door

The Boys of Summer

Girls Are Always Right

No Time for Boys

Girl Talk

Boy Problems

I’ll try to keep this updated–there are at least another three written, with plans for several more. It’s something I genuinely enjoy writing, and I’m glad it resonates with so many people. (Originally blogged July 24, 2019).

[jukeboxemcsa]

Reblogging with the latest story added!

[pruningthemindsgarden-deactivat]

Would like to do a thing, looking for folk to join me -

Hey so the hypnokink community is just lousy with Tabletop RPG people, in my experience. Every time I’ve brought this up, it has gotten more of a response than I would have expected.

With that in mind, and in a time when most of us are stuck in our houses… who wants to play some D&D over ye olde intertubes? What settings, what themes and whatnot would you be interested in? I’d like to run a game of 5th Edition D&D, but I’m not necessarily confined to that either… I really just want to run whatever people are excited to play. I’m not averse to lightly kinky themes, either, but neither does it need to have them. Group consensus is king, and honestly right now I haven’t even figured out what folk want to play in a group yet. 

So… what say you, hypnokinky folks? Want to get a game going? 

[pruningthemindsgarden-deactivat]

Thus far the interested parties are: @maxamillionsaberhagen, @sleepytiggy, @pugugly001, @suggestivesurrender, @pink-bubblegum-bimbo, @sable-twilight, and @ultinath . That seems at first glance to be bigger than my six person comfort level, but I know that likely many people will have conflicting schedules so I’m comfortable with still opening preliminary conversations with more people to see who’s interested. 

Right now the themes I’m thinking about are pretty wide-ranging, depending upon the interests of the players. I’m not looking at something super long term so I want the storyline to be pretty self-contained, but the precise themes are up in the air. The settings I have the most experience with are Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance, Dark Sun and Ravenloft, though I’ve also done some Spelljammer and Planescape stuff. 

I’m willing and able to ‘hack’ the rules to do what I want them to do, so the lack of official support for some settings doesn’t intimidate me. It’s really a matter of how “dark” people want the story to be, and how “grounded” they want it to be, since those settings all fall at pretty different points along those axes. There are also themes unique to each, with Dark Sun being a post-apocalyptic setting based on radical climate change destroying the planet, Ravenloft being an explicitly “spooky/horror” setting with a menagerie of baddies all conspiring to spookify the world, Dragonlance being romantic fantasy about riding dragons and Knights of the Rose and so on, Forgotten Realms being classic high fantasy with wizards and floating castles and armies or orcs, Spelljammer being a medieval-era space pirate (so actual “yar shiver me timbers!” type pirates in space) setting and Planescape being a reality-bending extraplanar cockney-themed trip into… well, basically a fantasy London. If any of those sound particularly interesting to you, speak up!

Also, even if not listed above, feel free to reach out! I’m happy to talk with more people about this, as I know not everyone will be able to mesh with everybody else in terms of schedule and whatnot.

[pruningthemindsgarden-deactivat]

Proposed settings and themes for D&D 5e game, April 2020 - 

The settings I am currently interested in running are Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance, Ravenloft, Dark Sun, Spelljammer and Planescape. The focus and basic themes of each are: 

Forgotten Realms - This setting is classic D&D, the realm of Elminster and Drizzt Do'Urden, of Cormyr and Shadowdale and the Underdark, of Mystara and Llolth. If I were to hold a game here I’d probably sim for some time in the relative past of the setting, around the time of 2nd edition when there was extremely well-developed settings information. I’m totally open to the cultural background of the game, but I’d probably sim for classically heroic themes of tackling an evil conspiracy. Quick ideas are trying to run down murderous plots in Waterdeep and stopping an invasion in a border region, but I’m open to things like delving into ancient ruins or classic dungeon crawls if that’s what people want. 

Dragonlance - Drama and romance, more than simple high fantasy, are what characterize Dragonlance. It is larger-than-larger-than-life, where Forgotten Realms is about swords and horses Dragonlance is about riding silver dragons into battle and rescuing innocents from harm. Even when it’s grounded it is more evocative and emotional than most high fantasy - if it were a painting it would be more Monet than Audubon, more impressionistic than hyper-realistic. If I were to run a game in this setting I’d want to lean into that, focusing on rescuing innocents, upholding codes of honor, uprooting corrupting in ancient orders, and toppling ancient evils. This would also be set around the 2nd edition time line, since that’s what I best know and the myriad conflicts provide plenty of raw fodder for a campaign. 

Ravenloft - This setting is very different from the prior two. Again, going by the version circa 2nd edition, Ravenloft is a shard realm where unseen Dark Powers have decided to create a menagerie of the worst and most terrifying figures from across the D&D universe, and give each of them a bit of land to play out their dark melodramas, tragedies, mysteries and/or slasher flicks in. That means that there are figures that emulate Dracula, Dr. Moreau, Frankenstein, Lord Soth (think a medieval-era Darth Vader), evil warlords, dark wizards, etc etc… all mixed with things like the Phantom of the Opera, almost Addams Family-adjacent stuff and other Goth Memorabilia. If I were to run a game here I’d lean on all of that, frankly, because I’m interested in the horror elements of it as well as the goth fantasy elements of it. My original plan for a campaign here was MUCH more hypnokinky, but without a ton of setup and buy-in I’d not implement those parts as much. It would ultimately be about dealing with corruption and insanity and questioning reality, while at the same time trying to uncover the monsters in your midst. 

Dark Sun - Again, very different from the prior three (this is going to become a theme). This time we are in a low-fantasy (and yet very high fantasy in ways we’ll explore) desert world, post-apocalyptic setting. The climate catastrophe caused by the unrestricted use of destructive magic brought about the state the world is in, and ultra-powerful Sorcerer-Kings are now fighting over the remaining pools of water and arable land. The plot here is figuring out how to survive, and also solving the mysteries of the world to get to the almost Forgotten Realms-level high fantasy mysteries that are at the heart of everything. It starts off very, very grounded - “where am I going to get my next drink of water?” - but winds up being very epic - “lets bring the gods back to the world and usher in an age of plenty.” A campaign here COULD be very long, but that’s not what I’m planning. If I were running a game here I’d want a very defined goal, and keep the campaign restricted to that goal only. It would pull together the many unique and unexpected elements of the world - absence of deific priests, elves as untrustworthy desert dwellers, half-dwarves as an enslaved population, etc - and weave a story through them to take everyone on a brief tour of what it’s like to live in a desolate land, and then the sweet taste of victory as you manage to survive another day. 

Spelljammer - If at this point I said this was very different from the foregoing, would you be surprised? Well, it is. Basically, Spelljammer asks “What if we did swashbuckling pirates in big galleons… but in space?” It’s a fun, wacky setting that doesn’t take itself altogether seriously, but has nevertheless given us some of the best antagonists in Dungeon & Dragons history. You’ve got mindflayer pirates, neogi pirates, beholder pirates, crews of lizard men or goblin space-junkers or sentient asteroids… and basically no over-arching theme besides “it’s pirates, dude” tying it all together. You’d think that incoherence would keep it from being very deep… and you’d mostly be right… but damnit if it’s not super fun despite all that. If I were to run a game here, I’d take some from Star Wars, some from Pirates of the Carribbean, some from Warhammer 40K, and meet somewhere in the middle with a cutlass and a smirk. Or, that’s the notion.

Planescape - Nope, not gonna say it. You know what I’m not saying, and it’s true, but I’m not gonna say it. Anyway, Planescape basically answers the question “what if London (renamed Sigil) were an inter-dimensional hub of trade and commerce that welcomed every sentient species imaginable and stuffed them all into a chaotic, cramped, haphazard faux-Steampunk fantasy space with mild BDSM overtones?” You might not have ever thought to ask, or answer, that question… but clearly someone (or several someones) at TSR did. That’s basically what Planescape is, and it can be a ton of fun. The big difference between it and the others is that Planescape is by design a 95% urban setting, with occasional field trips to the bizarre realms that lay beyond the many portals in the city. If I were to run a game there I’d keep that fundamental balance, with the game mostly focused on urban mysteries and only occasionally diverting to do something in a far-flung locale. 

Anything in there interest you folks? Respond, Reblog or DM me about it!

[sable-twilight]

I’ve been gaming for a while and so am passingly familiar with all those settings (even having some of the old TSR material for Ravenloft and Spelljammer). I am good with any of those settings, so here are some of my thoughts:

Forgotten Realms - That’s sort of a nice neutral space, and I could easily come up with anything which would fit in that. Hearkens back to the old school AD&D days.

Dragonlance - This one has the least attraction for me as I never really got much into Dragonlance back in the day. I am willing to be potentially won over.

Ravenloft - One of the settings I was really into for a bit. The dark, hypnokinky aspect seems potentially fun (because, of course). I would like a better sense of what role the players might have in the setting itself.

Dark Sun - Never got a chance to read through the source material. The premise sounds potentially interesting. I do enjoy bit of post-Apocalypse setting once in a while. It might be fun for a sort of short, one off campaign.

Spelljammer - I’ve been on an Expanse kick lately, so a Spelljammer would be right up that alley. Could be fun to come up with a sword swinging, spell slinging, or crossbow welding buccaneer.

Planescape - Another setting I didn’t get a chance to read much about when it first came out (I was in more of a World of Darkenss and Amber Diceless phase at that time), which is sad, because I was also really into Grim Jack and the idea of cities which acted as sort of interdimensional cities like that. So that said, I’m down for some gritty urban fantasy with a bit kinky overtones.

I can envision potentially fun characters for any of them really. Where are thinking of running it?

[pruningthemindsgarden-deactivat]

I think I’ve got all of the original boxed sets for all of those settings kicking around some place, but even if bits are missing I can fill things in as necessary and adjust to suit whatever sort of game comes together. 

As for where it might happen, my immediate thoughts are either Discord or Roll20. I have accounts on both. Do you have a preference? 

[sweettist]

Roll20 is amazing and I’ve been playing on it for nearly 4 years now.

I personally love love love Sigil (and Planescape).

I wish I had seen this sooner, or I totally would have volunteered.

[wouldbeifbie]

I would love to be a part of a d&d party! I’m not opposed to DM'ing either!

[pruningthemindsgarden-deactivat]

The plan right now is for me to run things, but that’s not a deal-breaker. I’m happy for more folk to get involved in the planning stages, so we can get a core of people whose lives and schedules all jive with one another. :) 

[wouldbeifbie]

Yeah sure thing! Just keep me in the loop please

[pruningthemindsgarden-deactivat]

Would like to do a thing, looking for folk to join me -

Hey so the hypnokink community is just lousy with Tabletop RPG people, in my experience. Every time I’ve brought this up, it has gotten more of a response than I would have expected.

With that in mind, and in a time when most of us are stuck in our houses… who wants to play some D&D over ye olde intertubes? What settings, what themes and whatnot would you be interested in? I’d like to run a game of 5th Edition D&D, but I’m not necessarily confined to that either… I really just want to run whatever people are excited to play. I’m not averse to lightly kinky themes, either, but neither does it need to have them. Group consensus is king, and honestly right now I haven’t even figured out what folk want to play in a group yet. 

So… what say you, hypnokinky folks? Want to get a game going? 

[pruningthemindsgarden-deactivat]

Thus far the interested parties are: @maxamillionsaberhagen, @sleepytiggy, @pugugly001, @suggestivesurrender, @pink-bubblegum-bimbo, @sable-twilight, and @ultinath . That seems at first glance to be bigger than my six person comfort level, but I know that likely many people will have conflicting schedules so I’m comfortable with still opening preliminary conversations with more people to see who’s interested. 

Right now the themes I’m thinking about are pretty wide-ranging, depending upon the interests of the players. I’m not looking at something super long term so I want the storyline to be pretty self-contained, but the precise themes are up in the air. The settings I have the most experience with are Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance, Dark Sun and Ravenloft, though I’ve also done some Spelljammer and Planescape stuff. 

I’m willing and able to ‘hack’ the rules to do what I want them to do, so the lack of official support for some settings doesn’t intimidate me. It’s really a matter of how “dark” people want the story to be, and how “grounded” they want it to be, since those settings all fall at pretty different points along those axes. There are also themes unique to each, with Dark Sun being a post-apocalyptic setting based on radical climate change destroying the planet, Ravenloft being an explicitly “spooky/horror” setting with a menagerie of baddies all conspiring to spookify the world, Dragonlance being romantic fantasy about riding dragons and Knights of the Rose and so on, Forgotten Realms being classic high fantasy with wizards and floating castles and armies or orcs, Spelljammer being a medieval-era space pirate (so actual “yar shiver me timbers!” type pirates in space) setting and Planescape being a reality-bending extraplanar cockney-themed trip into… well, basically a fantasy London. If any of those sound particularly interesting to you, speak up!

Also, even if not listed above, feel free to reach out! I’m happy to talk with more people about this, as I know not everyone will be able to mesh with everybody else in terms of schedule and whatnot.

[pruningthemindsgarden-deactivat]

Proposed settings and themes for D&D 5e game, April 2020 - 

The settings I am currently interested in running are Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance, Ravenloft, Dark Sun, Spelljammer and Planescape. The focus and basic themes of each are: 

Forgotten Realms - This setting is classic D&D, the realm of Elminster and Drizzt Do'Urden, of Cormyr and Shadowdale and the Underdark, of Mystara and Llolth. If I were to hold a game here I’d probably sim for some time in the relative past of the setting, around the time of 2nd edition when there was extremely well-developed settings information. I’m totally open to the cultural background of the game, but I’d probably sim for classically heroic themes of tackling an evil conspiracy. Quick ideas are trying to run down murderous plots in Waterdeep and stopping an invasion in a border region, but I’m open to things like delving into ancient ruins or classic dungeon crawls if that’s what people want. 

Dragonlance - Drama and romance, more than simple high fantasy, are what characterize Dragonlance. It is larger-than-larger-than-life, where Forgotten Realms is about swords and horses Dragonlance is about riding silver dragons into battle and rescuing innocents from harm. Even when it’s grounded it is more evocative and emotional than most high fantasy - if it were a painting it would be more Monet than Audubon, more impressionistic than hyper-realistic. If I were to run a game in this setting I’d want to lean into that, focusing on rescuing innocents, upholding codes of honor, uprooting corrupting in ancient orders, and toppling ancient evils. This would also be set around the 2nd edition time line, since that’s what I best know and the myriad conflicts provide plenty of raw fodder for a campaign. 

Ravenloft - This setting is very different from the prior two. Again, going by the version circa 2nd edition, Ravenloft is a shard realm where unseen Dark Powers have decided to create a menagerie of the worst and most terrifying figures from across the D&D universe, and give each of them a bit of land to play out their dark melodramas, tragedies, mysteries and/or slasher flicks in. That means that there are figures that emulate Dracula, Dr. Moreau, Frankenstein, Lord Soth (think a medieval-era Darth Vader), evil warlords, dark wizards, etc etc… all mixed with things like the Phantom of the Opera, almost Addams Family-adjacent stuff and other Goth Memorabilia. If I were to run a game here I’d lean on all of that, frankly, because I’m interested in the horror elements of it as well as the goth fantasy elements of it. My original plan for a campaign here was MUCH more hypnokinky, but without a ton of setup and buy-in I’d not implement those parts as much. It would ultimately be about dealing with corruption and insanity and questioning reality, while at the same time trying to uncover the monsters in your midst. 

Dark Sun - Again, very different from the prior three (this is going to become a theme). This time we are in a low-fantasy (and yet very high fantasy in ways we’ll explore) desert world, post-apocalyptic setting. The climate catastrophe caused by the unrestricted use of destructive magic brought about the state the world is in, and ultra-powerful Sorcerer-Kings are now fighting over the remaining pools of water and arable land. The plot here is figuring out how to survive, and also solving the mysteries of the world to get to the almost Forgotten Realms-level high fantasy mysteries that are at the heart of everything. It starts off very, very grounded - “where am I going to get my next drink of water?” - but winds up being very epic - “lets bring the gods back to the world and usher in an age of plenty.” A campaign here COULD be very long, but that’s not what I’m planning. If I were running a game here I’d want a very defined goal, and keep the campaign restricted to that goal only. It would pull together the many unique and unexpected elements of the world - absence of deific priests, elves as untrustworthy desert dwellers, half-dwarves as an enslaved population, etc - and weave a story through them to take everyone on a brief tour of what it’s like to live in a desolate land, and then the sweet taste of victory as you manage to survive another day. 

Spelljammer - If at this point I said this was very different from the foregoing, would you be surprised? Well, it is. Basically, Spelljammer asks “What if we did swashbuckling pirates in big galleons… but in space?” It’s a fun, wacky setting that doesn’t take itself altogether seriously, but has nevertheless given us some of the best antagonists in Dungeon & Dragons history. You’ve got mindflayer pirates, neogi pirates, beholder pirates, crews of lizard men or goblin space-junkers or sentient asteroids… and basically no over-arching theme besides “it’s pirates, dude” tying it all together. You’d think that incoherence would keep it from being very deep… and you’d mostly be right… but damnit if it’s not super fun despite all that. If I were to run a game here, I’d take some from Star Wars, some from Pirates of the Carribbean, some from Warhammer 40K, and meet somewhere in the middle with a cutlass and a smirk. Or, that’s the notion.

Planescape - Nope, not gonna say it. You know what I’m not saying, and it’s true, but I’m not gonna say it. Anyway, Planescape basically answers the question “what if London (renamed Sigil) were an inter-dimensional hub of trade and commerce that welcomed every sentient species imaginable and stuffed them all into a chaotic, cramped, haphazard faux-Steampunk fantasy space with mild BDSM overtones?” You might not have ever thought to ask, or answer, that question… but clearly someone (or several someones) at TSR did. That’s basically what Planescape is, and it can be a ton of fun. The big difference between it and the others is that Planescape is by design a 95% urban setting, with occasional field trips to the bizarre realms that lay beyond the many portals in the city. If I were to run a game there I’d keep that fundamental balance, with the game mostly focused on urban mysteries and only occasionally diverting to do something in a far-flung locale. 

Anything in there interest you folks? Respond, Reblog or DM me about it!

[sable-twilight]

I’ve been gaming for a while and so am passingly familiar with all those settings (even having some of the old TSR material for Ravenloft and Spelljammer). I am good with any of those settings, so here are some of my thoughts:

Forgotten Realms - That’s sort of a nice neutral space, and I could easily come up with anything which would fit in that. Hearkens back to the old school AD&D days.

Dragonlance - This one has the least attraction for me as I never really got much into Dragonlance back in the day. I am willing to be potentially won over.

Ravenloft - One of the settings I was really into for a bit. The dark, hypnokinky aspect seems potentially fun (because, of course). I would like a better sense of what role the players might have in the setting itself.

Dark Sun - Never got a chance to read through the source material. The premise sounds potentially interesting. I do enjoy bit of post-Apocalypse setting once in a while. It might be fun for a sort of short, one off campaign.

Spelljammer - I’ve been on an Expanse kick lately, so a Spelljammer would be right up that alley. Could be fun to come up with a sword swinging, spell slinging, or crossbow welding buccaneer.

Planescape - Another setting I didn’t get a chance to read much about when it first came out (I was in more of a World of Darkenss and Amber Diceless phase at that time), which is sad, because I was also really into Grim Jack and the idea of cities which acted as sort of interdimensional cities like that. So that said, I’m down for some gritty urban fantasy with a bit kinky overtones.

I can envision potentially fun characters for any of them really. Where are thinking of running it?

[pruningthemindsgarden-deactivat]

I think I’ve got all of the original boxed sets for all of those settings kicking around some place, but even if bits are missing I can fill things in as necessary and adjust to suit whatever sort of game comes together. 

As for where it might happen, my immediate thoughts are either Discord or Roll20. I have accounts on both. Do you have a preference? 

[sweettist]

Roll20 is amazing and I’ve been playing on it for nearly 4 years now.

I personally love love love Sigil (and Planescape).

I wish I had seen this sooner, or I totally would have volunteered.

[wouldbeifbie]

I would love to be a part of a d&d party! I'm not opposed to DM'ing either!

[rae-being-naughty]

Tis a most delightful thing: to be considered dangerous in a way that doesn't mean violent. Ruinous? Yes. Intimidating? Yes. Devious and wild? Oh yes. A threat to anything but sanity and focus? Never.

[trulee-peachy]

Y'all have permission to tease me into a blushing puddle about any post and any reblog on my blog abkhgffdf

That's the only reason I reblog/post in the first place

[marshmallowmlm]

just a quick reminder, whenever I make a positivity post that says “all boys,” or something similar, it is not unconditional - this never ever ever includes abusers, assailants or harrassers. My positivity never extents to them. Ever.

if you also post generalized positivity posts, consider reblogging this to give victims a little peace of mind. I know the message seems obvious to a lot of people, but if this makes a victim or survivor even a little bit more comfortable on my blog, it’s worth it.

[bigstrongbison]

love the idea of a collar that says “stress relief”

[stjepan-sejic]

fine print, rachel and cale, a very awkward contract