#Alternative Rifts

[homebrew-rifts]

So after about a year or so of really giving Savage Worlds (both as its own thing and Savage Rifts) i've decided I do really just not like Savage Worlds. I will keep stuff up here, and I'm honestly happy to do more conversions for people if they want them!

What may end up getting posted here is another Rifts Hack that I am working on myself!

[arcanetoymakerau]

So, I need your help to decide a thing here...

Context: Isha is going to receive a companion from Zoe as a surprise birthday gift. The thing is that I don't know which companion from Wild Rift to choose for her!

The companion will have a celestial/astral design, but it will be based on one of the "archetypes" from Wild Rift.

With that said:

Left to right:

[salmon-artist147]

Was originally planning on finishing more before I posted, so far I only have the pieces of Four done as well as 4 others but for awhile I've been planning an LOZ Nier crossover and then when I got into Linked Universe by @jojo56830 I switched from just LOZ to LU and now that I have my own AU I decided to just go crazy with it and make a massive LoZ/Nier crossover. Specifically Nier Automata. I currently have a list of the Links from: @linkeduniverse, @lozriftsintime, and my AU @linked-history.

I'd love to add more Link Meets AUs to this massive idea but haven't gotten too far in it. If you have any Links Meet AUs that you'd like me to attempt please let me know.

I may make some specific references for each design and go into other specifics like the designations I gave the Links and my thoughts behind my choices.

Design notes under the cut.

For Four I tried to make them each look unique while still looking like a cohesive group as Jojo does in LU. For this I gave them all the half jacket like garments that are the top most layer.

I also stepped away from using the black palette that the anbroids in Nier Automata are known to wear as with all the Links that I plan to include I wanted to avoid them becoming a large black mass should I decide to draw any of them in a large group. One or two together would've been fine but it I drew any more then 4 together I wanted it to be clear where each was.

I will explain the designations/labels that I picked for each one if/when I do their solo references because I don't want to add too much for this first post.

[ravens-lodge]

Kyrus sketches, with a few in game refs

[arisenreborn]

NEW SIMPLE FEATURE UNLOCKED: CANNIBALISM

[lucidiferneedssleep]

Okay, so. Since I haven't posted this already, this is the main idea I had for DreamCycle before I start writing it:

Basically, DreamCycle is a DreamTale alternate in which, rather than both Nightmare and Dream being Guardians, they are instead appointed Gods, the sons of the original Gods. Other characters I imagined would be of similar origin in different fashion would be Ink, Error, generally just the OutCodes. I'm gonna dive into Sovereign Rift (SR), which is a variant of DreamCycle in which Nm and Dream are Kings, rather than just normal Gods protecting the sun and moon. In SR, rather than there being different universes which you can jump between, all the AUs are instead a whole bunch of neighboring countries. (Shhh it's not Empireverse. They were also all born out of the original Gods, such as Nim, who will be going under the alias 'Gaia' for this.)

(The main Gods in this case would be the parent of each respective God. YES, the CQ siblings are canon to this idea, so Geno, Fresh and Error all have the same creator-mom. Reaper has a dad. Ink has his adoptive caretakers because his actual mom is very dead, and very much THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE????? like bro. OP much? Yada Yada you know this part)

The twins were created with their mother's magic and instructed to care for the country of Ignicia as their mother tended to separate places at the same time before falling ill to erosion. (The cause of that erosion is a plot point later on, so I'll explain that when I get to it.)

Nightmare and Dream were created with two separate elements, both needed to spark life. The warmth of the sun's rays and the waves of the water. Sun and Moon, created to rule day and night. Nightmare was a drop of the same energy he could control, water, a goopy little puddle, ice cold. Dream was a ball of hot, hot fire. The two were each given an apple at their birthplace, told that the magic-infested fruit would build them a body just akin to their mother's, who was a remnant of the tree of which the fruit had been plucked.

(This basically granted them the ability to freely switch between two forms: One based on the apple, a fire-like figure for Dream, and the usual goop for Nightmare and then their 'passive' states, being the one they usually used to not expend as much energy keeping their magic protection up.)

Dream, being only seconds older than Nightmare, was awarded the title crown prince. Despite his usual childish nature, he proved to be a good leader as they both grew. With their mother growing more and more absent as years passed by, they became forced to take the responsibilities of the kingdoms into their own hands. Nightmare was working hard at being Dream's right-hand-man, but struggling under the apparent distaste the people had for him. Dream was reveling in the glory of his throne, but often was crushed under the sheer weight of the heavy crown he was appointed.

The main plot point is the twist that during a friendly duel turned traitorous battle, there's the first 'incident'. But rather than Nightmare turning on Dream and slaughtering a village as what happens in the original universe, Dream lunges a spear lit afire right through his skull without thinking. Then he feels the most guilt he ever has within his life. It wasn't meant to hit him, it was meant to scare him. But now his brother was dusting hurting because of him, so he immediately took to trying to heal him like he usually did when they fought. Except Nightmare refused. He ran off, his skull becoming slathered in a gooey substance as his vision faded. He wound up back at his own temple, dunking his head in the healing waters of the moon, vowing to never forget the day.

Later the same year, he fled the country, instead gathering the castaways, the forgotten and the unwanted by the strict leaders of Dream's Empire Ignicia, creating his own nation: Oscuro, Kingdom of Darkness. Swallowed by evil. Nightmare would forever be an empty shell, only half of what was of his childhood self, but his Moon remained in a form which obscured his past and hid his hurt parts. This meant war.

Through the rubble of the war marched out many other separate neutral parties, either wishing for peace or for their own benefit through taking no sides of the large war.

Such include, for the Gods:

Geno, Omnipotence and Time

Reaper, Death

Error, Destruction

Ink, Creation

Fresh, Illusion (Parasitism)

Other third parties could include for example Swap (Revolution and revolt, justice) or characters like Cross and Orphic, but that's the main idea

The main leading plot points would be:

- The rebellion against the 'Universal Law' with humans not being able to talk to Gods

- Dream's obsession with power (Savior complex and narcissism that was engraved in him after being told he's this great ruler his entire childhood and needing to meet up with those standards, else he lose his purpose in life. Yeah, self-esteem issues who?)

- Nightmare's desire for revenge ("You're not my brother anymore" is def gonna be said at some point and I will undoubtedly cry.)

- The consequences of the war among the people and other nations (universes)

- Ink's non-emotional state and how it changes with time

- Error learning to discern right from wrong because he's a nervous, angry wreck throughout the thing

- The breakage of the "Universal Law" resulting in the tree being killed and Gaia nearly dying bc of it, instead burying herself underground until it became so much that the wilting tree's instinct turn on her own sons to absorb the magic that is being taken away because of mistreatment of the Gods

-Fresh's subplot of creating a whole cult of people he can feed off of through his parasite

- Geno's prophecy of doom because he's seen wayyy too much, poor boy needs a break

- Nightmare creating his own nation after leaving Dream's in reluctance to his rule and taking in refugees who don't think they're treated right (Nightmare's gang would be his highest ranked generals ofc)

I THINK THAT'S ALL. I spend a reeeeealllyyyy long time on this. But I'm excited about what you guys might think! Me and a close friend are working on starting the actual book so we might release an actual start to the story at some point, if ya'll want it <3333

Thanks for reading!!

Some concept art:

Next post:

[fishybehavior]

Yo make an elemental master of life and make them malicious

[justpassingbyoursht]

across the spiderverse spoilers!!

the whole Miles being an anomaly bc he was bitten by a spider from another universe got me thinking... Miles from 1610 was bitten by the 42 spider... and yet he is fine? you’re telling me he got alternate universe spider venom shot into his veins and that in itself is fine?? It did not fuck him up even a little bit? he is stable?? should he not be glitching on the principle of having alternate dimension spider gunk running in his veins???

That machine that sent things back to their correct universes by reading their dna read Miles 1610 dna and saw the 42 spider dna in him... how can those two things co-exist when beings from different universes glitch when in an universe that is not their own??? shouldn’t that have potentially out right killed him??

Miles is an anomaly. He should not exist. and yet he does . . .

if this is not a set up for new dimension/alternate universe/reality bending powers i—

[ozkar-krapo]

V/A

"The Other #1"

(cassette. The Other Tapes. 1982) [US]

[magicjudge]

If I cast a spell without paying it's mana cost, can I cast it for alternate or additional costs? This is for a Vadrok deck if the manner in which the spell is cast matters. I just want to overload Cyclonic rift from my graveyard every turn.

Alternate costs? No.

Additional costs? Yes.

When you cast a spell without paying its mana cost, you're already paying an alternate cost of 0. Any time you're casting a spell and not paying the printed cost, that's an alternate cost and you can only ever pay one alternate cost to cast a spell.

So why can't you choose to overload Cyclonic Rift rather than casting it for free with Vadrok? That's because Vadrok's ability is what's allowing you to cast the spell at all, so you have to pay the alternate cost it dictates if you want to cast it.

Additional costs such as Kicker costs are different, however, since you can always choose to pay an additional cost for a spell no matter what cost or alternate cost you're using to cast it in the first place. You still need to pay the mana for these costs, however. For example, if you cast Jilt off of Vadrok's trigger, you can pay 1R to get the kicker effect, but you can't get it for free.

[circusballoon]

Catalyna!! I hadn't drawn her in a while.

She's a monster-hunting vampire with an enchanted axe, and today I've decided to relocate her to Munanhil (the planet my characters River and Eren are from), because I guess I need more threatening pink women there.

My actual reasoning is that Munanhil's story is a bit more monster-centric with horrific entities coming out of rifts in the fabric of space, so a bounty hunter who mostly focuses on bounties for monsters just really suits the setting. There are a lot of bounties available.

[path-of-arceus]

Chapter 2

7 day has passed, Shenlan walked out of Wallace's house. For the first time since the incident which he needs to recover from. The world outside looks so serene and pretty, it's like a dream, a paradise for him.

"So..." Wallace's voice breaks his silence. "What do you think about this place, the Sootopolis City?"

"This place looks... amazing!"

"Oh, don't get excited yet, kid." Wallace chuckles. "You barely seen anything yet!"

Wallace reaches out his hand forward, this taken Shenlan by surprise as the boy flinched backwards slightly.

"Come, there are still a lot of places that you need to see."

Shenlan hesitates, Wallace nods his head, reassuring the boy. Shenlan lets out a smile and grabs Wallace's hand, they started to descend the many stairs of the city. The air feels cold, at least, it's not what he is used to from living in Bay City for 13 years.

He gazes at the beautiful lake, the same lake that nearly took my life, he thoughts, sadly, trying to not get his thoughts wrapped in what happened a week ago. He tilts his head as notices a certain building, build on a small island a but far from the main land.

"Is that building... meant to be there?" Shenlan asked curiously, marveled by the wonders of this world more than anything else.

Wallace starts to chuckle. "Oh, that is the Sootopolis Gym, a place where other young trainers can try earning a badge to earn the right to fight the Champion of Hoenn."

"If it was meant to be a place where young trainers get to show off their skill... why is it placed in the middle of this lake?"

"That is the point." Wallace responds eagerly. "Some trainers are not allowed to surf across waters until they are skilled enough to do so."

Shenlan nods his head, beginning to understand the basic concept of this world. While he certainly doesn't know what any of that mean, he is very interested in this world.

"This world is massive and there will be time where people were let out into the world to explore the wonders."

Wallace pats the boy on the head, as he gently smiles at him.

"Come, there are still more things i need to show you."

Wrapping his arm on the boy's shoulder, they went towards a lovely scenery, a serene and beautiful bridge towards a small island with giant tree looming over them.

"This tree is so... Massive..." Shenlan commented. "Probably the first time i have ever seen a tree in this size in my life..."

"Ahh..." Wallace turns around. "This tree was given to us by a rather mysterious man, who is as old as time and as big as this tree he gave to us."

Shenlan nods his head, he is impressed at what the world has to offer. More than his own world.

"But that's not what i'm here to show you." Wallace speaks, he turns around towards a beautiful cave entrance. "This is what i wanted to show you."

"This place looks awesome!"

"Glad to see you like this place." Wallace responds. "This is the Cave of Origins, the crown jewel of this city, it's what this place is known for."

Wallace takes a deep breath.

"As the protector of the Cave of Origin, i have a sense of duty to this place, you see." Wallace continues. "It's not a title you can just receive."

In the distance, a metallic wing flaps can be heard heading towards their direction. Wallace turns his head around and smiles.

"Ah." He eagerly exclaimed. "There is Steven."

A giant metalic bird landed softly near where they stand. Steven hops down, with a mysterious egg on his hand.

"Hello Steven." Wallace greets him enthusiastically. "... What is that?"

Steven smiles, he turns around to face Shenlan. He reaches out his hand, giving the egg to the boy.

"You want me to... Have it?" Asked Shenlan, hesitates.

Steven nods his head.

"Alright then, if you say so."

Shenlan steps forward, gently taking the egg from Steven's hand. Wallace walks over to Steven, he smiles as he gently kisses Steven's forehead. Steven smiles back in return as he leans closer to Wallace.

"Thank you, Steven!"

Steven smiles and nods his head. Wallace walks back over to Shenlan.

"Now take care of the egg." He said. "It will be your forever companion in your journey."

Shenlan nods, he hugs the egg closer to him. He can feel an enthusiastic heartbeat coming from the egg.

"Let's get the egg safely back home." Wallace suggests. "To make sure it's safe before i show you around."

As they began to walk back up the steps, Shenlan heard voices of someone speaking behind him. It couldn't possibly be Steven, he had heard his voice before. This voice sounds and feels different

"What's wrong, kid?"

The sudden voice startle the boy, he lets out a chuckle before following behind Wallace.

[salmon-artist147]

Was gonna wait till tomorrow but figured I'd post this now since I wasn't gonna fall asleep anytime soon. Following the part of LU-Four that I posted for the LoZ Nier crossover here are Twilight, Sky, Wars, and Time. I will admit that I really struggled with time so I kinda gave up on him but eh hopefully, when I draw the solo references I can make it better where I'm more happy with the outcome.

I just have four more of the LU boys to draw before I'm all done, but next time, I will be posting some designs I had figured out for @lozriftsintime.

And before anybody comes at me I did try to make the cloth at Sky's hip colored like the sailcloth or more of a grayish blue but personally the red looked better so think of it as a connection the his loftwing that wouldn't exist in this AU.

As for LU-Time's armor I tried to make it look closer to the Trooper Armor that is seen in part 2 of Nier Automata, though closer in color to LU-Time's armor cause once again I'm tryna stear away from the monochrome look of the Nier: Automata androids.

[teslapenguini]

So we know season 2 is ending soon, and I am very sad to see it go, but frankly I’m just hoping we get some sort of ending for false cause her arc was kinda left hanging and i miss her and all of her story potential but at the same time it is completely fair if irl false doesn’t want to do that then i completely respect it

[meyecy]

<— immortal idiot cannot escape the finding out (descendants) of fucking around (self explanatory) in the unrelenting flow of time