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Akiko Akiyama, my Silver Dragonborn Way of the Ascendant Dragon Monk.

(I chose to use Fizban’s rules for dragonborn, so more fun abilities!)

Age: 18 (In my DM’s setting, all races age at the same rate, so Akiko ages at the same rate as humans.)

1. What’s the lie your character says most often?

Akiko honestly doesn’t enjoy lying, but more often than not, she’s had to lie about the party's goal/the campaign’s main story, which is a world-changing level event. On the upside, though, the party got to see some cool things and meet some gods.

2. How loosely or strictly do they use the word ‘friend’?

It takes Akiko time to open up, and she tends to be shy, so she doesn’t immediately call people friends. But she won’t correct anyone when they call her their friend unless she wants nothing to do with that person.

3. How often do they show their genuine emotions to others versus just the audience knowing?

Among family, friends, and trusted people, Akiko isn’t always afraid to show her emotions on her face. The rest of the time, Akiko tries her best to hide her feelings and not be easily readable. This is mainly when showing emotions may lead to a negative outcome, but also from fey with possible malicious intent.

4. What’s a hobby they used to have that they miss?

Flying kites with her childhood friend Kasumi before she passed. As doing it without them or even her family made Akiko feel lonely and sad. So now, she rarely flies a kite alone or outside of festivals.

5. Can they cry on command? If so, what do they think about to make it happen?

Akiko finds it difficult to cry on command and often tries her best not to be easily readable in some social situations. Still, she’ll get misty-eyed if the emotions are overwhelming. When with family, friends, and trusted people, she’ll let her guard down and openly show her tears.

6. What’s their favorite [insert anything] that they’ve never recommended to anyone before?

Something Akiko hasn’t really recommended to people, mainly those not from her home country, is Daifuku, “a small round mochi stuffed with a sweet filling.”

(Daifuku is a Japanese confection. I haven’t tried it, though, so I don’t know how they taste.)

(Made using HeroForge, as I admit I'm not confident with drawing certain things & originally, I was playing around in there when I made the first draft of what would become Akiko's appearance. Also, the 3D print was done by my brother, and I now keep it at my desk)

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For the character building questions! Idk how many you want to answer, but how about 3, 11, 14, 24, 30, aaaaand 54? Any and all characters you'd like! <3

That is a good question. I might do all of them and maybe more than one character if I have the mental energy for it, but it might also be a good, healthy distraction from negative thoughts besides playing video games. LOL

I should also give my characters some love anyway.

Wish me luck!

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WEIRDLY SPECIFIC BUT HELPFUL CHARACTER BUILDING QUESTIONS

What’s the lie your character says most often?

How loosely or strictly do they use the word ‘friend’?

How often do they show their genuine emotions to others versus just the audience knowing?

What’s a hobby they used to have that they miss?

Can they cry on command? If so, what do they think about to make it happen?

What’s their favorite [insert anything] that they’ve never recommended to anyone before?

What would you (mun) yell in the middle of a crowd to find them? What would their best friend and/or romantic partner yell?

How loose is their use of the phrase ‘I love you’?

Do they give tough love or gentle love most often? Which do they prefer to receive?

What fact do they excitedly tell everyone about at every opportunity?

If someone was impersonating them, what would friends / family ask or do to tell the difference?

What’s something that makes them laugh every single time? Be specific!

When do they fake a smile? How often?

How do they put out a candle?

What’s the most obvious difference between their behavior at home, at work, at school, with friends, and when they’re alone?

What kinds of people do they have arguments with in their head?

What do they notice first in the mirror versus what most people first notice looking at them?

Who do they love truly, 100% unconditionally (if anyone)?

What would they do if stuck in a room with the person they’ve been avoiding?

Who do they like as a person but hate their work? Vice versa, whose work do they like but don’t like the person?

What common etiquette do they disagree with? Do they still follow it?

What simple activity that most people do / can do scares your character?

What do they feel guilty for that the other person(s) doesn’t / don’t even remember?

Did they take a cookie from the cookie jar? What kind of cookie was it?

What subject / topic do they know a lot about that’s completely useless to the direct plot?

How would they respond to being fired by a good boss?

What’s the worst gift they ever received? How did they respond?

What do they tell people they want? What do they actually want?

How do they respond when someone doesn’t believe them?

When they make a mistake and feel bad, does the guilt differ when it’s personal versus when it’s professional?

When do they feel the most guilt? How do they respond to it?

If they committed one petty crime / misdemeanor, what would it be? Why?

How do they greet someone they dislike / hate?

How do they greet someone they like / love?

What is the smallest, morally questionable choice they’ve made?

Who do they keep in their life for professional gain? Is it for malicious intent?

What’s a secret they haven’t told serious romantic partners and don’t plan to tell?

What hobby are they good at in private, but bad at in front of others? Why?

Would they rather be invited to an event to feel included or be excluded from an event if they were not genuinely wanted there?

How do they respond to a loose handshake? What goes through their head?

What phrases, pronunciations, or mannerisms did they pick up from someone / somewhere else?

If invited to a TED Talk, what topic would they present on? What would the title of their presentation be?

What do they commonly misinterpret because of their own upbringing / environment / biases? How do they respond when realizing the misunderstanding?

What language would be easiest for them to learn? Why?

What’s something unimportant / frivolous that they hate passionately?

Are they a listener or a talker? If they’re a listener, what makes them talk? If they’re a talker, what makes them listen?

Who have they forgotten about that remembers them very well?

Who would they say ‘yes’ to if invited to do something they abhorred / strongly didn’t want to do?

Would they eat something they find gross to be polite?

What belief / moral / personality trait do they stand by that you (mun) personally don’t agree with?

What’s a phrase they say a lot?

Do they act on their immediate emotions, or do they wait for the facts before acting?

Who would / do they believe without question?

What’s their instinct in a fight / flight / freeze / fawn situation?

What’s something they’re expected to enjoy based on their hobbies / profession that they actually dislike / hate?

If they’re scared, who do they want comfort from? Does this answer change depending on the type of fear?

What’s a simple daily activity / motion that they mess up often?

How many hobbies have they attempted to have over their lifetime? Is there a common theme?

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A Repost, AKA I ramble about OCs and Flowers!!

(Originally shared on Twitter and I refuse to call it by any other name)

I'm bored & I have a neat book. Time to share some character things & flower meanings. Hehehe D&D OCs first, so here we go!!

(The art was made by my wonderful DM @EzfiBuilds)

Aderyn Táhorua Moira'Fay, my human Battle Master Fighter + a homebrew class I couldn't explain well.

Her flower? Forget-Me-Nots. Meaning: I will not forget you, Don't forget me, Speak up, Memories, & Remembrance

La’ruenäa “La’rue” Ejder, formally Wicca. My human collage of Sorrows (Homebrew class) bard.

Her flower? Lavender. Meaning: Cleansing, Protection, Grace, Trust, I admire you

Akiko Akiyama, my Silver Dragonborn Way of the Ascendant Dragon Monk.

Her flower? Magnolias. Meaning: Wisdom, Acceptance, Strength, Changes, I will always love you

And I'll possibly have more in the future. Now I go be a hermit for a time

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Skip Google for Research

As Google has worked to overtake the internet, its search algorithm has not just gotten worse.  It has been designed to prioritize advertisers and popular pages often times excluding pages and content that better matches your search terms 

As a writer in need of information for my stories, I find this unacceptable.  As a proponent of availability of information so the populace can actually educate itself, it is unforgivable.

Below is a concise list of useful research sites compiled by Edward Clark over on Facebook. I was familiar with some, but not all of these.

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Google is so powerful that it “hides�� other search systems from us. We just don’t know the existence of most of them. Meanwhile, there are still a huge number of excellent searchers in the world who specialize in books, science, other smart information. Keep a list of sites you never heard of.

www.refseek.com - Academic Resource Search. More than a billion sources: encyclopedia, monographies, magazines.

www.worldcat.org - a search for the contents of 20 thousand worldwide libraries. Find out where lies the nearest rare book you need.

https://link.springer.com - access to more than 10 million scientific documents: books, articles, research protocols.

www.bioline.org.br is a library of scientific bioscience journals published in developing countries.

http://repec.org - volunteers from 102 countries have collected almost 4 million publications on economics and related science.

www.science.gov is an American state search engine on 2200+ scientific sites. More than 200 million articles are indexed.

www.pdfdrive.com is the largest website for free download of books in PDF format. Claiming over 225 million names.

www.base-search.net is one of the most powerful researches on academic studies texts. More than 100 million scientific documents, 70% of them are free

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.... I could give more boops, but at the same time I wish to keep the 11

....... I'm getting sleepy, hehe

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A Repost, AKA I ramble about OCs and Flowers!!

(Originally shared on Twitter and I refuse to call it by any other name)

I'm bored & I have a neat book. Time to share some character things & flower meanings. Hehehe D&D OCs first, so here we go!!

(The art was made by my wonderful DM @EzfiBuilds)

Aderyn Táhorua Moira'Fay, my human Battle Master Fighter + a homebrew class I couldn't explain well.

Her flower? Forget-Me-Nots. Meaning: I will not forget you, Don't forget me, Speak up, Memories, & Remembrance

La’ruenäa “La’rue” Ejder, formally Wicca. My human collage of Sorrows (Homebrew class) bard.

Her flower? Lavender. Meaning: Cleansing, Protection, Grace, Trust, I admire you

Akiko Akiyama, my Silver Dragonborn Way of the Ascendant Dragon Monk.

Her flower? Magnolias. Meaning: Wisdom, Acceptance, Strength, Changes, I will always love you

And I'll possibly have more in the future. Now I go be a hermit for a time

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I LIVE!!!!

Here's some art I managed to finish that's one of my D&D characters.

This one is my Human, yes human, Collage of Sorrows (Homebrew) Bard named La’ruenäa or La’rue for short. After a time-skip/end of my group's first campaign.

I'm honestly hoping during our current game, we get to run into familiar NPCs and PCs since in-game it's been about 15 years, so this is them 15 years later.

And... no, I honestly rather be asked than ramble off about La'rue but there is a reason why they have wings

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I LIVE!!!!

Here's some art I managed to finish that's one of my D&D characters.

This one is my Human, yes human, Collage of Sorrows (Homebrew) Bard named La’ruenäa or La’rue for short. After a time-skip/end of my group's first campaign.

I'm honestly hoping during our current game, we get to run into familiar NPCs and PCs since in-game it's been about 15 years, so this is them 15 years later.

And... no, I honestly rather be asked than ramble off about La'rue but there is a reason why they have wings

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Happy holidays from Team InfiNEdge! Wishing everyone a safe and enjoyable time with friends and family. Here's to another year, and many more! 💙

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I really should try and be more active on my social media stuff. So here, have some art I recently finished.

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I really should try and be more active on my social media stuff. So here, have some art I recently finished.

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Update: I beat them! Heck yes! Even did a 2nd fight, so now down into the weird hole.

(I won't spoil it.)

But yes! Yes! Yes! Now goodnight

I'm stuck on a boss in Baldurs Gate 3, so I made a meme for myself. It's not the funniest, but it does make me chuckle a bit.

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I'm stuck on a boss in Baldurs Gate 3, so I made a meme for myself. It's not the funniest, but it does make me chuckle a bit.

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Its already sold but omg the cuteness, I have to share the cuteness!

just a lil guy. you can adopt them for $75 (or best offer) if you want to.

quick TOS (link in replies) overview: - personal, non-commercial use only. - you can trade or resell for equal or lesser value (value can be added through additional art, etc). - you can make any changes you want. - no holds.

payment would be via invoice through paypal.

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I always like these things, cause it can be helpful and also funny

Uncommon Questions for OCs and their creators:

Send me a # (questions for OCs) or a letter (questions for creators) and I’ll answer

QUESTIONS FOR YOUR OCs

What’s the maximum amount of time your character can sit still with nothing to do?

How easy is it for your character to laugh?

How do they put themselves to bed at night (reading, singing, thinking?)

How easy is it to earn their trust?

How easy is it to earn their mistrust?

Do they consider laws flexible, or immovable?

What triggers nostalgia for them, most often? Do they enjoy that feeling?

What were they told to stop/start doing most often as a child

Do they swear? Do they remember their first swear word?

What lie do they most frequently remember telling? Does it haunt them?

How do they cope with confusion (seek clarification, pretend they understand, etc)?

How do they deal with an itch found in a place they can’t quite reach?

What color do they think they look best in? Do they actually look best in that color?

What animal do they fear most?

How do they speak? Is what they say usually thought of on the spot, or do they rehearse it in their mind first?

What makes their stomach turn?

Are they easily embarrassed?

What embarrasses them?

What is their favorite number?

If they were asked to explain the difference between romantic and platonic or familial love, how would they do so?

Why do they get up in the morning? 

How does jealousy manifest itself in them (they become possessive, they become aloof, etc)? 

How does envy manifest itself in them (they take what they want, they become resentful, etc)? 

 Is sex something that they’re comfortable speaking about? To whom? 

 What are their thoughts on marriage? 

 What is their preferred mode of transportation? 

 What causes them to feel dread? 

 Would they prefer a lie over an unpleasant truth? 

 Do they usually live up to their own ideals? 

 Who do they most regret meeting? 

 Who are they the most glad to have met? 

 Do they have a go-to story in conversation? Or a joke? 

 Could they be considered lazy? 

 How hard is it for them to shake a sense of guilt? 

 How do they treat the things their friends come to them excited about? Are they supportive? 

Do they actively seek romance, or do they wait for it to fall into their lap? 

Do they have a system for remembering names, long lists of numbers, things that need to go in a certain order (like anagrams, putting things to melodies, etc)? 

What memory do they revisit the most often? 

How easy is it for them to ignore flaws in other people? 

How sensitive are they to their own flaws?

How do they feel about children? 

How badly do they want to reach their end goal? 

If someone asked them to explain their sexuality, how would they do so? 

QUESTIONS FOR CREATORS

A) Why are you excited about this character? B) What inspired you to create them? C) Did you have trouble figuring out where they fit in their own story? D) Have they always had the same physical appearance, or have you had to edit how they look? E) Are they someone you would get along with? Would they get along with you? F) What do you feel when you think of your OC (pride, excitement, frustration, etc)? G) What trait of theirs bothers you the most? H) What trait do you admire most? I) Do you prefer to keep them in their canon universe? J) Did you have to manipulate or exclude canon factors to allow them to create their character?

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Another weekend ends, and another dragon emerges…

Custom leather dragon gauntlets