#Cheap Challenge
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what's weird about the fantasy high drama is that like. it seems to me like people forget d&d is primarily a) a game you play with your friends and also b) luck based.
I mean it's fine to say that "nothing felt like a challenge" and "they just dominated everything and there weren't any stakes" but like. it's not as if they weren't up against huge threats. they lost the mall fight. the last stand was an onslaught of enemies. they fought a dozen dragons from an airship. the fights were hard. they're just really good. they've had very good dice luck in general this season and are all very high level and highly specialized. fig is gonna beat deception and performance checks. adaine's gonna figure out the arcana. riz is gonna succeed investigations. like. for some reason their strategical competence and wisely picked abilities are. a downside? a disappointment?
the thing about d&d that you need to remember is it's first and foremost a game. it's mostly random and it takes you down weird paths and you're playing to have fun with your friends. the dice are literally telling the story that it's their time, it's their year. they've struggled enough. they've trained enough. they're good at what they do. and in my post about the academic/domestic/personal stressors being the focus, d&d doesn't have any other system to work them out than rolling different skills. that's what d&d is. brennan set specific challenge levels for different tasks and the players strategized to prioritize which abilities they were strongest in. the challenges were there. and the players rose to them. they were both smart in their delegation of responsibilities and lucky with their dice rolls. of which, both are foundations of d&d.
don't mistake them being good players and getting lucky with there being no hardship. just because they smashed through the wall, that doesn't mean the wall wasn't strong. they were just stronger.
#i know some people are disappointed from a storytelling perspective. but you have to understand.#what was brennan supposed to do. he threw things at them both at and above their challenge level#he created a whole system to simulate academic and person goals and stress throughout the year#he gave them plenty of chances to fail#he set DCs high.#the players just knocked it out of the park#you can't tell any story but the ones the dice want you to#if he had manufactured more danger or difficulty where there was none it would have felt cheap#and do you not remember the night yorb fight#like. the whole point of the year was that it wasn't hard. it just never stopped#they can do it they're capable they're smart. but the hustle and the stress and the fighting and the working never ends#that's why nothing 'had stakes' or 'felt challenging'#it's the slog that gets you. it's how long you're willing to keep going.#how much life can break you almost to your last breath but you get through it and you keep going anyway#but. i digress.#and i say all this with complete and total respect to other people's opinions#i feel no hate and wish no bad feelings on anyone who disagrees with this!#it's just my personal view on the whole thing#sorry if im being annoying i just have. opinions.#fantasy high#d20#dimension 20#fhjy
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explorer - mt. komorebi sightseer
eat food at the fesitval of light, snow or youth
take a selfie with the mt. komorebi mascot ☆
collect a simmi by popping open a simmi capsule
swim for 1 hour in wakaba's river
#mori#ts4#the sims 4#sims 4#sims#the sims#round 1 mt komorebi#ts4globetrotter#globetrotter challenge#first day in mt komorebi went well#and she found some cheap food <3#dango with a fork tho lmao#now to set up camp & get some sleep!
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got two squirrels out patrolling the deck searching for food. ya ate all of it!!!
#im starting a new job and haven't refilled the bird feeder in a few days#we have 3-4 regular squirrels and the two unnamed ones will come and eat eeeeeevverythingggggg#theyre stocking up for winter and theyre going crazy#gotta get a squirrelproof feeder cause bird food isn't super cheap and im not made of money#gonna have to contend with deer once we get the garden set up in spring too#ahhhh. creatures#im gonna plant stuff on the deck too. if those dang squirrels eat my cucumber!!#the real challenge will be getting the birds to not eat all the seeds TwT
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When they ask what these six fingers do :)
Ford Pines cosplay kind of?? I imagine after 30 years on the other side of the portal he has become quite proficient at handling various kinds of blades
See more under the cut - cw: open knife - fake knife/toy kinfe/not real!!! (also fake finger obviously lol)
#cw knife#tw knife#fake knife#ford pines#before this one I bought a cheap butterfy style hair comb (lol) and kind of got into tricks watching youtube tutorials#it is definitely more challenging with one extra finger that i cant move#im glad its really dull otherwise i would probably be in hospital without an eye by now#horrific ravioli accident or something#please dont do this with real knives#stanford pines#the book of bill#billford#gravity falls cosplay#mine
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Day 5 - Condor from the storm hawkstober art challenge
The Condor, a battle ship that served sky knights for centuries is now a merb's home and most treasured possession as well.
commissions open :)
#wary taru#my art#traditional art#stormhawkstober#stormhawkstober2024#storm hawks#storm hawks fanart#storm hawks stork#october art challenge#character art#art challenge#tober#artist on kofi#kofi#art commisions#open commissions#cheap commissions
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Taking furry commissions starting at $50! Dm me ;)))
If you’re interested in purchasing this character, dm me as well! Strawberry snow leopard!!!
#digital art#artwork#procreate#art style#digital illustration#queer artist#fanart#my art#graphic novel#art style challenge#furrydrawing#sfw furry#furry community#furry anthro#commission sale#cheap commissions#commission#furry commissions#furry comms open#furry oc#character adopt#furry character#furry#furries#furry art#furry fandom#anthro#snow leopard#snow leopard furry#oc adopt
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Look at the Orb, boy

Ponder it, why don't you?
Week 3 of the Monster Hunter Art Challenge with @artgoes-here: a very blurry Almudron!
#monster hunter#monhun#loch stop hiding body parts and actually draw the whole body challenge: impossible#that said the cartoonishly thick line style I chose for this was really fun#I don't care that the motion blur looks cheap
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For the pallet challenge- can I suggest a Mr. Etho Slab in #6 :]
heckyeah!!
I don't really do much MCYT fanart, so I was suddenly and unexpectedly faced with "h... how would I draw Etho??" and apparently the answer is "fuck if I know, but make it vaguely oekaki-flavored", lmao
#guardy's art#ethoslab#this would have been several orders of magnitude easier#if I'd added some white for contrast#but I figured this palette would be *just* contrasty enough to work on its own#and I'm not one to cheap out on a good color challenge lmao#guardy watches mcyt
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art supply haul lets goooo!! the notebook is a fully custom one that this little store made in like 30 minutes, its delightful and i love them.
also. no prizes for guessing where i am right now lmaoo
#also was anyone gonna tell me copic made paint pens or was i just supposed to fly to japan to find out#i hope i am more than 'bnha blogger who goes to japan way too often' but i understand if i am not and i respect that#study talk#the store that made the sketchbook is called kakimori and its in asakusabashi near tokyo fyi#it was like 27 usd (like 42 aud) and its iconic#jetstar stop having really cheap flights to japan challenge
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WIP WEDNESDAY ✨️
hiiiiii friends, i did a buuuuunch of writing today and i very much would like to share some, soooo happy wip wednesday here's a piece of my post-match romance-of-the-liminal-motel challengers fic:


#challengers#patrick zweig#art donaldson#artrick#art x patrick#patrick x art#this is more than a little fjdksk but liSTEN I'm just really happy with how its coming along#and also im just really happy to be writing AT ALL period#(also please dont come at me if camels are not cheap cigarettes 😂😂 thats the brand patrick has in the movie and idk shit avout cigs#and i just liked how that line sounded soooo 🤷♀️🤷♀️)#mack writes
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Haven't had the chance to scream abt the chapter today and I'm sad :((
#but omg it's-???#WAH?#WHY?#Spoilers!!#Asagiri stop stabbing your characters challenge: Impossible#WHY AKU TOO??#WE KNOW FOR A FACT HE WON'T DIE#WHY DO THAT???#Cheap dramatic effect I say#sighhh#Asagiri I beg you to last a chapter without fake-killing someone#I BEG#bsd#bsd 120#bsd chapter 120#bsd manga spoilers#bsd spoilers#akutagawa ryuunosuke#bungou stray dogs#fyodor dostoevsky#atsushi nakajima#J's post
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Latest video on youtube, I got bored and challenged myself to make a watercolour painting using only dollar store art supplies.
Conclusion, dollar store watercolor is gooey and weird!
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born to write gay fanfiction forced to write a ten page paper on the effects of ai on reference librarians
#op#i literally have the most perfect zowens wip and here i am researching ai and being forced to read everyone praise it#like i found stuff talking about its challenges (thank god. need it to prove my point) but so many people EVEN LIBRARIANS#are like ‘ai is so fast and cheap and good 😍😍😍’ and. yeah basically this paper has been tricky#the assignment was to write about a challenge for reference librarians because of ai. but the sources for that???? few and far between ig
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Day 11 - Cyclonia from the storm hawkstober art challenge!
Featuring my personal favorite cyclonian side character Hamish! 🧡
Always doing what he can where he can and somehow messing up most tasks what an easely lovable character
#wary taru#my art#traditional art#stormhawkstober2024#stormhawkstober#storm hawks#storm hawks fanart#storm hawks hamish#fan art#art challenge#tober#october art challenge#cartoon network#artist on kofi#kofi commission#open commissions#commissions open#cheap commissions#marker art
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Possum reveal
#digital art#artwork#procreate#art style#digital illustration#queer artist#fanart#graphic novel#my art#art style challenge#furry#furry art#sfw furry#furry oc#furry fandom#furry character#furries#furry anthro#furry community#furrydrawing#anthro#anthro art#furry animation#furry commissions#commission sale#cheap commissions#art commisions#commission#furry artist#lineart
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everyone look at the fancy piece of furniture I got in anticipation of having a roommate
#it’s actually cheap#it’s particle board and thin metal and screws#but it’s perfect for my needs#also got a better bathroom organizer#and I’m offloading a couple of pieces of furniture that have worked well but aren’t ideal#having to find space in this house for a second human is proving challenging#next I learn to put away laundry instead of leaving it in the dryer#and sometime in the next month I have to re-situate the cats and change bedrooms#but that’s not a pressing issue#(ignore the sign. I need to reposition it and also the notes on it are like three years old)#also I need to take out all of my recycling#mine
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