I only have a vague idea regarding D&D from a few multi-ending story books I read as a child and KOTOR. I picked Tiefling for my first Tav because “hey, it’s pureblood Sith with horns and tail!” + warlock because I wanted a ranged class and it sounds cooler than sorcerer and wizard (lol) + Great Old One because “ you can pick Cthulhu and his friends as your patron? Nice.”
But then I got attached to my lad Krie and now I’m trying to figure out a more detailed background for him.
I haven’t figured out how he got the patron pack, but since “I don’t know how/why, it just happened” is legit according to the handbook, I’ll probably go with it. I like the vague connection and the feeling of looming doom. Good reason for him to travel and got kidnapped by the Mind Flayers.
I want his patron to be related to the deep ocean because I often have dreams about being in a deep undersea void but it’s weirdly soothing in contrast to how I have a healthy level of fear of open water as an adult in real life.
Krie thought the Mind Flayers (don’t think it’s common knowledge from what I’ve gathered?) are his patron’s minion and he’s like “oh shit my patron noticed me guess I’m finally fucked” before Lae’zel shows up.
He’s pragmatic good. He won’t go out his way stopping bullies. He tries to get himself in a good spot (the high Cha and deception/intimation buffs are there for a reason), but has a soft spot for Tieflings (he tried to ignore them in EA, but ended up helping them anyway… maybe Halsin is too persuasive, maybe it’s a win-win situation for all). He might has too big of a soft spot for a certain vampire spawn but yolo.
Tumblr is unique bc like. It’s collaborative shitposting and you can’t opt in or out. You can just say something about your day then an evil wizard shows up to turn your post into something humorous
Every other site is just one and done, but here a post is a welcome mat to be funnier than you
yeah or sometimes you’ll see a post that hacks into your brain and forever rewrites your instinctual reaction to seeing a pineapple explode
“i wish i could do something 😔 / i wish the wga had a kickstarter or a gofundme, i would throw money at it” good news! it’s amazing how you can literally go onto the wga strike website or the wgawest linktree from their twitter and find links to support writers and other workers affected by the strike
Audrey R., who’s running for the OTW board, is apparently also currently running for office. As a Republican
so uhhhhhh keep that in mind when you’re voting
Oh heck no…
Their Q&A answers are just as concerning as suspected too.
Would you be in favor of creating a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee? Why or why not?
I see no reason creating another committee would help anything in light of the continued staffing issues, and see several ways it could hurt. Lumping nonwhite, and non-English-speaking, and non-American volunteers together in one committee is just tokenism with a bow on top. Those experiences are not singular or universal. …
In what way is the experiences and issues faced by people of minority groups not singular and worth addressing? this just screams barely veiled racism. “It didn’t happen to me so therefor the issues other people face don’t exist.”
Additionally, she doesn’t seem to have much at all in the way of experience with OTW or work with the fandom community site as a whole. It kind of seems like they ran for the seat because they could.
Or she wants on the board so she can figure out leverage to shut it down, in the name of “protecting kids” but I may be attributing too much malice to someone I don’t personally know. I’m just tired of my fan experiences being held hostage by people with puritanical extremist views
“Äiti itki. Isä lähti huoneesta. Vivian istui nurkassa ja kuunteli vaiti. Kissamme Minni hyppäsi vuoteelle ja käpertyi jalkojeni päälle ja kehräsi, sillä kehräämällä parannetaan sairaita.” — Emmi Itäranta. Kuunpäivän kirjeet
“Mom cried. Dad left the room. Vivian sat in the corner and listened quietly. Our cat Minni jumped on the bed and curled up on my legs and purred, for through purring the sick are healed.” — Emmi Itäranta. The Moonday Letters. Quote tranlated by me (unofficial)
I redrew my Mindflayer Sticker from 2018 and relaunched it as a shiny sticker ♥ It was super fun to revisit this old piece and see how much I’d grown despite feeling stagnant in my art!
