#DND web show

[swanqueensalad]

day 1 of convincing you to watch demons and daughters by sharing the most gay, heart wrenching, agonising sapphic love confession scene u will ever witness

you do not need any prior knowledge of dnd to enjoy this show, only a desire to see pining teenage regency era lesbians be gay and yearning and feral on a madcap journey to find their missing fathers, fight demons and break free of their patriarchal roles. the show is free on youtube!!

(ps if you watch to the end of the video you will giggle)

[chappelroan]

i also think travis does NAWT get enough credit for magnus, sorry!!! like!!! sure, taako moments (by far beloved fan favorite) were incredible and justin is fucking hilarious, but travis came in episode 1 with a full page of backstory for magnus and Used that for all of his interactions and choices for the whole campaign. i just really appreciate that. and if you dont think that magnus and the Voidfish were the best dynamic in all of taz balance. then genuinely dont talk to me

[rootsmachine]

happens to me regularly on Tumblr Dot Com but so many thing people talk about that i ASSUMED were video games regularly and often Turn OUt Not To be

[partywebseries]

Happy Pride from the cast & crew of The Party! 🫶🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🖤🤎💜

[inthelittlewood]

Hey Martyn, I have a question. Are you interested in DnD (Dungeons and Dragons) and if so, would you DM a campaign??

A campaign would be a huge undertaking and I have only played DnD twice in my entire life (on the Highrollers web show)

I've been learning the Daggerheart system from the Crit Role guys and would quite like to run the beginner one shot one time to see how that fares

[housemdork]

i want to share with you guys the house md web that i’m surrounded by irl. this is how it started:

my sister falls in love with robert sean leonard in december 2024. when i’m home from school for christmas, we watch dps together. i cry. i agree that he’s very cute.

i return to school. i see that infamous “house md out of context” tweet about 4x16. i say to myself, “it’s been a while since your medical trauma. why not give this a go.” i watch 2 seasons in about 10 days.

i tell my friends at work. several of whom have seen disparate episodes. one starts watching it in order for the first time.

my supervisor asks for tv show recommendations if i have any. i tell her to watch house md. she does so, remembering fondly when it aired back in the 2000s.

my sister and i tell our mom, a huge house md fan, that we’ve been watching it in order and that wilson is our favorite. she starts rewatching it in order, along with our stepdad.

i tell my dnd friends since we always share tv show recommendations. i find out yesterday that they got thru season 1 in about 2 weeks.

my sister’s roommate and their mutual friend have both begun watching.

my friends who don’t watch the show but know that i love it are sending me endless instagram reels of edits, clips, etc.

house is everywhere. house is eternal.

[entities-of-posts]

Nothing much actually, I just think about this a lot and feel deeply guilty for it.

I frequent a board game store for dnd one-shot a lot, and in their restroom is a fragrance dispenser. I thought it was a hidden camera, although I wasn't really sure what it was supposed to be hidden as, just that it looked like it had a lens in there. I get paranoid about these things, I've had nightmares like this before, and so I turned the dispenser to the wall so that I'd be out of its line of sight. The staff only fixed the costumer bathrooms at the end of the day I'm pretty sure, so when I did this, it'd stay in that position for 5 hours I think. I did this multiple times. I forgot why, but one day I noticed that there was an bright orange growth behind the dispenser. It was distorting the wall behind it, to match its folds and lines; it looked like veins. There wasn't much tbf, but I felt like a fool, like a traitor. Maybe it was the same day or after that I actually saw it dispense perfume right in front of me. It's great that wasn't a camera, but the fact I was unknowingly harboring rot in my favorite game store doesn't sit right with me lol. I'M SORRY! The staff there are great they didn't deserve this at all. Still, I don't have the balls to tell them it was me, that I'm the mold girl.

is this really even statement worthy? Probably not lol. Something something web deceiving me into nursing seedlings of the corruption into this world.

Maybe that mold will come back home with you to show its gratitude:)

[artforsimps]

Head canons for rescue bots(tw homophobia, old people (died bitter <3))

Chief burns(Charlie):Demisexual, asexual. adopted everyone as they were abandoned in the firehouse but fell in love one time, when he met Cody’s mother. He thinks about her a lot and has never considered moving on because he’s happy with having had that love of his life at least once. Even so, he can’t help but be the sexiest man alive and has to beat them off with a stick. Has gone on only two dates since but is at peace with never bribing kid kids a mother figure again.

Kade: talks like a slut but is actually a huge romantic that wants to settle down with a big family like his dad. Fully expects his siblings to stay close to home. Still maturing but Hailey isn’t gonna be the woman he marries. hate to say it but it’s true. Sometimes when something happens with Cody and he’s rushing to pick him up or help he rants to Heatwave. “When I’m a dad this will NEVER happen I’m keeping them at an arms length!” Heatwave talks about it too since he’s found that kids like him. Kade has definitely included heatwave in his web of family for his kids will know and love. Heatwave is already considered the uncle of his unborn kids.

Graham:huge nerd not only for science but also dnd and startrek. He likes the thought of a relationship but he hasn’t figured out his type yet and all the factors overwhelm him. Never gets past the talking phase. He’s kind of hoping the right person will just find him though it’s not plausible. Secretly hopes he can move away to find himself for a few years or even visit Cybertron to study, though he thinks it’s unrealistic. But boulder would love hosting him and showing him around especially the libraries.

Dani: everyone loves her, she gets a lot of compliments but her brothers always intervene to keep her safe. She could walk down the street covered in cash and not a single finger would be laid on her. She only argues for fun but also puts her brothers in their place when they have their head up their ass or stuck in their head. She helps couch blades through speaking up more with his stresses. Blades helps her mellow out by being a shoulder to cry on and vent. It’s been hard for Dani being the only girl in the family and not feeling like she has anyone to talk to with how hard she works between jobs.

Cody:the towns golden child. Best in his troupe, always willing to help and likes to feel needed but somehow finds himself alone a lot and feels like his friends are outgrowing him. He didnt learn his siblings were adopted until someone let it slip right before the bots arrived. He had absolutely no clue. He did not catch that none of his siblings looked like him he just thought he was built different. He struggles with homework but Francine makes him pass the classes at any cost. Cody feels like the third wheel a lot as the introvert of the family. He’s jealous of how outgoing Francine is sometimes.

Heatwave: dilf self explanatory.

Blades:the most openly affectionate of the group. Hugging, talking freely about literally anything. The second he learns a new thing about humans he tells Sigma-17, the second he learns gossip he tells Dani. Dani helps him a lot through his anxiety since blades helped her grow into a more caring person. Blades collects little trinkets and his fan club are his ride or die. There’s a few letters heatwave intercepted out of either jealousy, or to protect blades feelings. The towns folk just really like blades. Sometimes to an unhealthy extent.

Boulder:always curious and willing to read anything, he’s gone through every book in the firehouse. The second they got the dog he trained them to get books from upstairs and found some of Dani’s romance books. Would not admit he finished them after what happened the first time he let it slip to blades who is now obsessed. Not what he was hoping he’d read but at least blade had a book in his hand. He’s not as innocent as he looks but Went to pride with Graham. Closest to the dog. Elated that he has a pet he can play with.

Chase:obviously he read all of the law books available to him but he’s also read some relationship books to see what he could do to be a better partner. It took a week of Charlie being as red as a tomato before he asked chase if he knew the subtext. Chase decided to slow down. Charlie has had no complaints since. Though there was one time Chase was closing in too slowly with his eyes shut and Charlie asked if he was buffering. He hasn’t tried since. He thinks Charlie wanted to maintain professionalism but Charlie thought he was malfunctioning for a week since sigma17 cracked a few jokes about it being a glitch.

Doc Greene use to date Charlie in high school but they broke up before college and police academy. Grandpa burns made them break up, just so Charlie would carry on the name and become chief. Grandpa can eat my boot. I love Francine and Cody like a daughter and son but Charlie should have been able to be in love. Alternately If it weren’t grandpa it would have been Charlie not experiencing a lot of sexual attraction. Doc greens just very open minded and there’s no shame in enjoying sex. There’s a reason he has two kids. though I hate to say it I’m talking from experience. It’s a sad thing for aces. That’s part of why Mrs.Burns was so special she was kind patient, and also ace and Demi. Cody just happened and they couldn’t be happier. Charlie sometimes experiences this underlying shame for being ace. Something his own mother wasn’t just confused but frustrated with because the “grands” put their blood over loving their own kids. Charlie kept the kids at an arms length from his parents until the grands passed for the kids own sake. It makes him feel bad but he’s glad his parents never knew his wife or Cody. He’s apologized to his kids for his parents before and knew he could never do that again to them. He’s a good parent in spite of his blood.

Uncle Woodrow rarely visits because the firehouse is too much for him. Being a bi man, he got the brunt of his parents opinions. While the kids over wrote most of Charlie’s past in the house Woodrow doesn’t have that luxury of fresh happy memories. He didn’t have kids because of his parents. But Charlie gives him hope he could be a good dad. Just not now. Charlie feels bad he couldn’t protect him. I think Woodrow would have struggled with substances with how much he traveled. He got sober after his parents died to be there for Charlie and reconnect with his brother. That’s why he eats so much outlandish food to try and stave off cravings. Brothers day is the anniversary of Woodrow getting clean.

[neverforgetyouremyfavorite]

Turned a dnd OC of mine into a gym leader for funsies, I wanted to try and make a team based around the concept of an ecosystem/food web using as much canon pokedex info as possible :3 Thought process notes under the cut!

Pose referenced from @albanenechi check out their stuff it’s great :)

Okay so in terms of the team the sunkern to spearow to ekans chain is basically canon from pokedex entries. Zangoose eating ekans isn’t but they do have a rivalry with seviper and their abilities are all about resisting poison (plus they’re a mongoose) so it isn’t too much of a stretch to say they’d eat another poison snake. Do I think this would be a great team in battle for real? No lmao probably not, but I’m not a team building expert I’m a use whatever I catch that I like kinda player

The badge was inspired by trophic pyramids, the diagrams that show how energy moves up through an ecosystem as well as honeycomb patterns because of her Combee and the original version of the characters connection to bees. It’s called the web badge because well… food webs.

In terms of the character design I was shooting for like a scientist researching out in the field vibe? I wanted her to wear a camouflage gilly suit thing to help in her research on Pokemon ecology without influencing the Pokemon she’s observing.

She’s kind of a grump who’s far better with Pokemon than people, and I like to think her goal is to teach kids going through the gym challenge about the complexities of the natural world. She’d start off scaring them a little bit about how nature can be savage and dangerous, eat or be eaten kind of world but eventually end with the idea that it’s possible for any Pokemon/person to grow through friendships with others. After all, her Pokemon would normally be at each other’s throats but because of the bonds she’s built with them they can coexist as friends. (She leaves out that her team is frequently squabbling)

Bonus second team if you fought her later in the game again like in scarlet/violet that’s maybe a little better in terms of real utility. This one I didn’t worry about canon and went for more of a jungle ecosystem. In this team the main chain would be tropius, primeape, seviper, liepard. Swoobat fills the pollinator role in this team, and instead of decomposer there’s Mandibuzz to be a scavenger.

This was a very nerdy passion project, I hope someone gets some value out of my thoughts here I think it’s fun to talk through 👉👈 thanks so much if you bothered reading this!!!

[anonym-potato]

Nein Again - 2x10 "Waste and Webs"

Last we left off, the Mighty Nein got to know each other a little better, and accepted probably the single official Dwendalian Job they will ever perform. Spoilers Ahoy!

I rate this Sam Riegel DnD Beyond Ad 8/10 I really like this one and the spectators cowering in the foreground really adds to it.

"Is that hard for him, cause he's not technically...recognized?" Sure Fjord that's the r word you were going to describe the Traveler as.

Canonically they have PO Boxes in Felderwin. I mean it is pretty rural.

WEIRD SHIT REPORT (A): Nott has the Ring of Water Walking now! I'm sure she'll give it back.

Sam is determined to torment everyone this episode

Eeeeeewww even the magic smells down here

Wow I forgot how gross the Sewer Rats are

Poor Beau Monks don't get their poison resistance for like 6 more levels.

Molly sounds weirdly delighted at the thought of a spider-rat

I'm kinda sad we didn't see much more of Schmidt. Unseen Servant is such a fun spell.

Boy this spider's lair is really creepy.

Travis is so proud of himself for remembering Relentless Endurance

Honestly I'm surprised they don't use an actual lollipop for Jester's Spiritual Weapon I think it would be to scale.

I do love all the gross descriptions of Molly's blood magic. Wonder how much they'll be able to get away with in the cartoon

I like Matt's little risk-reward gambit with that attack from Beau. I'm stealing that.

Molly mocking the spider to death will never not be funny

OH GOD FUCK THE BABY SPIDERS EW EW EW

"I don't need to roll an insight check to know that's bullshit." Yessss Beau

Also I believe thieves' cant is a coded language so Nott and Neck Tats were talking about like...a flower shop right then

"Does anything about his tattoo irritate me?" It took me an embarrasingly long moment to realize what that was about

And the money fight apology! Oh it's so sweet.

The only good part about Molly getting up in Caleb's face is Laura's giggling

At this point I'm kinda surprised Jester never sought out taxidermy lessons it would've come in handy with Sprinkle

This poor Crownsguard and his terrible name

Liam actually dropping the accent to explain Keen Mind to Marisha is weirdly funny.

WEIRD SHIT REPORT (B): Caleb has also stolen a set of Mariner's Armor. After some negotiation, he trades it to Fjord to for the Glove of Scorching Ray.

This is the first time Caleb and Fjord do something Real Homoerotic and Marisha just sits there like 😏

Everyone say thank you Matt for explaining the bathing infrastructure of his D&D setting.

Nott and Molly's dynamic is. So deeply underrated. "What is this?" "It's a blank piece of paper." "Oh, fuck you!"

Ulog shows up like "Alright bitches playtime's over the DM has plot for you to do"

I hope the Cat Kicker is the Obligatory Mercer Town Guard. Also did Jester canonically pick the wings off flies because that explains a lot.

In Conclusion: I hate spiders.

[strangersteddierthings]

What's Eight Plus Seven?

Part One🦇Part Two🦇Part Three🦇Part Four🦇Part Five

"Did you ask about my sandwich?" is the first thing Robin asks him when he falls through her window. Only after the question has been asked does Robin turn on the lamp beside her bed.

"Ow," he replies, because he's landed on her shoes. One is digging into the center of his back and the other his buttcheek.

"I'll take that as a no," she swings her legs off the side of the bed, sitting up to look down at him. "You know, with the amount of noise you just made, you might as well have used the front door."

"We both know your parent's know I'm here, anyway. The use of your window is to avoid conversation with your mom. She always asks if I'm planning to propose before you go to college, or after you graduate."

Robin gags. "Don't remind me. Now get off the floor and tell me when I'm to expect lunch delivered by Eddie to Family Video?"

Steve does haul himself off the floor, then, because the shoes are painful. He joins Robin on the bed, shoulder to shoulder, and leans against her. "Sorry. I forgot to ask about your sandwich."

"I forgive you. Now, to the secondary issue of the night. Show me your knuckles."

"What!?" Steve usually prides himself at being able to keep up with Robin and her random thoughts, but this is so out of left field.

Robin just grabs the hand closest to her for inspection. It doesn't take her long to drop it and reach across him to grab his other hand. "Hmm. No signs of physical damage. Did you smother him to death with a pillow instead?"

Ah. "Har har. No. There was no violence of any kind. There was some yelling, at first, and I got the last word in-" "the most important part of any argument." "-because I screamed fuck you and then ran to my room but then... then he looked so sad about it. I even tried to a pick a fight, twice!-" "Yes, yes, your self-destructive tendencies." "-but Eddie really seemed upset by it all, which, he should. If he hadn't been a dick then I wouldn't be holding a grudge. But..."

"But you were also a dick back the rest of high school, so maybe the hurts can like... even out and go away?"

"Well, we didn't word it like that but that was the, like, ending we came to, yeah. Dustin was right. He's a dick, but like, in the same way I am, I guess."

Robin leans away from him so she can sway her body back, bumping her shoulder against his. "So, to summarize...?"

Steve shrugs. "We talked it out, I told him about Christopher and like, glossed over my parents leaving me alone all the time but I think he picked up on it. Especially after I told him your theory about why I was so attached to a cousin I saw for three to four weeks once a year."

"Hey, don't do that. Don't downplay how you're feeling or smack talk your own emotions. Those are my jobs and I'll not have you leaving me unemployed. Now come on. Let's lay down, and you can be the little spoon, and tell me all about it."

"You just don't want to see my ugly cry face."

"I don't want to see your ugly cry face," Robin parrots back as she clicks off the lamp before they lay down and do exactly as promised. Steve retells the whole night in as much detail as he can remember and Robin does spoon him, patting at his head and giving his stomach a little squeeze every time his voice goes watery.

Eddie left Steve's house with his entire worldview shifted. He hasn't felt this rocked about events since learning monsters were real. And the thing that has rocked him the most isn't learning that Steve had essentially been abandoned by his parents when he was fourteen, or even learning about the tangled web inside Steve that consists of his love for fantasy, curiosity for DnD, and grief for the loss of his cousin.

No, what has rocked Eddie, what worldview has shifted, is his perception of himself and how he has been viewing the world. Him and his fucking Munson Doctrine.

It had served him well, back when he'd first learned the word 'doctrine' in sixth grade and made his own then and there. It let him draw clean and clear lines between what hurts and what doesn't, what keeps him safe and what didn't. Befriend the lost sheep, avoid the jocks. Flight was the superior fight or flight response.

And he had made changes over the years; as a rule, don't tell the cops shit about anything, ever. Make yourself the target to help the little guy (if you're the weirdest kid in school, the others might get overlooked). Slash the tires of everyone who dunks your head in a toilet.

Those kinds of changes.

Around junior year, Eddie started selling because they needed a second income. He'd put in application around town, first, but hadn't received a single call back. Hell, four the places he applied straight up told him they wouldn't hire him so he could quit checking in on his application. He knew Reefer Rick wouldn't turn him away. Not when Eddie could get to the high-schoolers Rick knew would pay too much for too little a hell of a lot easier than Rick could.

It came with the added bonus of bullying ending for him, when the same people who used to shove him around or knock things out of his hands ended up wanting to buy some drug or another, and instead of finding Reefer Rick waiting at the picnic table in the trees out of view, they found Eddie.

This added a new point to the doctrine: charge jocks double. He'd held to that until Chrissy, who had seemed so much more like one of his sheep than a jock.

And, well, everything after Chrissy should have ended the Munson Doctrine completely. Because he'd used it to put people in nice, little boxes that made sense in his mind and that was fucking blown to pieces.

Nancy Wheeler, badass gun-owner who he watched make a sawed-off shotgun? She'd in a box labeled 'Priss, Prim, and Proper' and wasn't that a fucking lie.

Robin Buckley, who he knew withstood Russian torture and willing walked into Hell to save the world? He hadn't ever even given her a second thought. She wasn't a jock, a nerd, or a customer, so she just didn't really exist. Which is so shitty of him to realize.

And Steve. Steve fucking Harrington, who ripped a goddamn giant bat demon apart with his bare hands after biting it and then spit the blood out like every horror movie fans wet dream? Like Eddie's wet dream. Well, he'd been a real dick most of high school. That was a fair box to place him in, at the time.

But because of that goddamned Munson Doctrine, he'd been a dick to Steve first. He'd ruined any chance at even being Steve's friend.

Or he had, before tonight.

It's a really fucking humbling thing, to have your own biases thrown in your face. Don't get him wrong, at first it absolutely made him livid. It hurt, and made him defensive, when Steve didn't just accept his apology. He'd instead shot back, something about him not being wrong about who Steve turned out to be and then Steve... Steve had said 'lashing out at me first, at my reading ability, and mocking me for not being quick at math' and Eddie had felt his stomach drop.

He hadn't remembered that day, not nearly as clearly as Steve did, but Steve's words had brought the moment back to him. He couldn't recall exactly what he'd said but he remembered the feeling of satisfaction at humiliating Steve some random jock that day. Satisfaction at flipping the script and getting to be the one who wasn't hurt. He'd laughed at Steve with the other people who had gathered to watch Steve struggle to do simple addition. He'd retold the story to everyone in Hellfire after school and they'd all cheered about it, told Eddie he was right to do what he'd done.

What he remembers even more, though, is coming home to Wayne and bragging about it. Thinking of the responses he got from his friends. But Wayne didn't congratulate him. Wayne had nodded softly along with the story and then said, 'you can't be the one to hit first, Edward. You throw one to many punches and soon enough yer knuckles don't feel the pain anymore.'

Eddie had puffed up, defended himself, yelled at his uncle for defending a jock and Wayne had interrupted him there.

"He mighta been the jock, but you were the bully."

That had hurt almost as much as every punch his father had ever thrown at him. And did Eddie even learn from it?

No. He doesn't think so.

Eddie had a shit life until his Uncle stepped in, stepped up, and showed him that love was unconditional.

And he's just spent the whole evening learning about Steve, and how the love of his parents had always been conditional. (And never in a way Steve could achieve. Not that Steve had said their love was conditional, but you don't abandon a kid you love at fourteen.)

Steve's every decision until the Upside Down had happened was based on what his parents would think or want. Trying to earn his dad's respect or some shit.

Steve's dad might not have hit him, but Eddie knows an unloving father.

Jesus, all this thinking makes Eddie want a cigarette. He drags himself off his bed and to the window, which he yanks open and leans half out to smoke because this is a new trailer and Wayne asked him to smoke outside when they moved into it.

He left Steve's house feeling like they could be friends, which is great. Way more than Eddie expected. It was just also... a lot to process. A lot to take in.

Jesus. He'd never expected Steve to really be willing to play 20 questions to get to know him, either; that he was willing to set his grudge aside and try, even with his anger at Eddie wrapped up in grief for Christopher. Eddie wouldn't have been able to do it.

Not with his Doctrine in the way.

He doesn't need to change everything about himself, but he definitely needs a deep dive into who he is verses who he wants to be, or has thought himself to be. Steve admitted to bettering himself and Eddie wants to be a person worthy of being around Steve.

And being honest with himself in the quiet of his room, Eddie wants be a person worthy of being with Steve.

He's allowed to be a little delusional about it all, he thinks.

[omamorens]

SUMMARY: A wizard duel.

TAGS: Canon-Typical Violence, Body Gore, Toxic Relationships

RELATIONSHIP: Adaine Abernant/Oisin Hakinvar

🗡️ my dnd combat experience is based on watching a show and playing a computer game dont boo at me. also please please please mind the tags and the content warning at the start of the chapter. ok that is all goodbye enjoy flame me in the comments (dont i will cry)

[frankensteins-mt-dew]

10 years of Critical Role

Content warning: talks of medical issues/ procedures

i started this journey in Summer 2019 when I was surfing through YouTube videos on my lunch break and found one that said "Nott steals from the party" and I watch it and think "oh cool, someone recorded their DND game and then animated it." I kept finding more animatics and realized it was a web series. I tried starting campaign one but the ADHD meds I was on at the time would make me hyperfocus on one things and my brain decided it would be the chat in the bottom corner. So I started Campaign 2 and fell in love. I was watching one or two episodes a day in between work. I had caught up by the late 80s early 90s of Mighty Nein. I learned so much more about DND and voice acting and decided I wanted to start voice acting. I found a class at my local university for May of 2020.

As I'm sure you're aware, very few things scheduled for May of 2020 actually happened. I started the Briarwood Arc via podcast during my nightshift at the hospital doing housekeeping, and tried to catch the live stream of Mighty Nein when I could.

End of August 2020 I discovered I am asexual. It felt so right yet so confusing all at the same time. I was quickly learning as I was coming out to friends who I could trust with this and who I could not. And with my very first ace week also came my very first ace character: Cadeuces.

I'm not exaggerating when I tell you that I wept in the break room at work when I watched Cadeuces come out. I got my first bit of representation I didn't know I needed. I cried learning Essek was demi and Dariax is on the ace spectrum. I will forever be grateful to both Taliesin and Matt for giving me even just a little bit of representation 💜

Skip ahead to last summer. Sam seems to be really commiting to the bit after FCG died and had his big entrance as Braius at the Live show, which felt very on brand for him. And then one Monday morning not too long after Sam revealed he's been gone undergoing cancer treatment, and that if any of us noticed anything weird with our bodies to go get it checked out, cuz it was worth it.

Welp. Very next day I had what I now know was an endometriosis flare up, and it was bad, like not able to move,barley able to see, probably should have gone to the ER bad. But I am the worst at taking care of myself like that and told myself to push through the pain. And then I was watching Sams video again and thought " fine I'll go get this checked out" several appointments, ultrasounds and blood draws later, and I'm scheduled for a laporscopy. The day happened to be a Thursday, and I had both Legend of Vox Machina and Bells Hells to comfort me though that day.

I will forever be grateful for both the cast and crew of Critical Role over the past 10 years to make this happen. Thank you for inspiring, comforting, entertaining, and yes, even for ripping my heart out sometimes. May you have another successful ten years. Bidet!!

Also here is that animatic got me into this show

[miki-13]

Revolutionary girl Utena Characters with DND Classes

Beware: personal opinions and slight RGU spoilers below

Utena is Oath of Devotion/Heroism Paladin.

The easiest class for me to decide. How Utena and her relationship with others clashing with her ideals, and how she defined being a "prince" vs. what a "prince" really was.

In the end, she truly embodies being a Paladin outside the constructs of patriarchy and the manipulation of others.

Anthy is either Trickery Domain Cleric, Circle of the Shepard Druid, Alchemist Artificer, Swarm Keeper Ranger, or a blend of all four.

The fact Anthy could fit so many builds is a testament of her multi-layered character. Frankly, I can see her multiclassing all four and somehow getting beyond level 20.

Dios is Path of Devotion/Heroism-> Oathbreaker Paladin, and Akio is Hexblade Patron.

Self-explanatory here and drawing parallels between Dios and Utena. Paladins and Warlocks are often seen as foils and opposites, so Dios the Paladin becoming Akio the Warlock Patron makes for delicious irony and symbolism.

Everyone who has the Rose Seal is part Warlock Hexblade.

Student Council:

Touga is Mastermind Rogue.

Sneaky and manipulative, with high charisma and underhanded sneak attacks, Touga definitely embodies the rogue archtype.

Saiyonji is Samurai Fighter.

This is mainly from him using Kendo, but Saiyonji would eventually prove himself more honorable than the asshole he started the series out as.

Juri is Battle Master Fighter.

The strongest of the Duelists with a background of fencing, it was a no brainer for Juri. Especially considering Utena never truly defeated her in-series.

Miki is College of Glamor Bard.

While Miki does fit Wizard as well, bards having half-proficiency in everything both shows his studious nature and prodigal mindset.

But the main reason I chose Bard of Glamor is Miki's obsession with re-finding his inspiration AKA his "shinning thing" his tendency towards projection+ Nostalgia Filter+ Madonna Whore Complexing girls.

Nanami is Swashbuckler Rogue+ Path of the Berserker Barbarian.

Barbarian and Rogue have... interesting synergy, while also contradicting one another. Same as Nanami.

Her fighting style and devious nature made me consider Swashbuckler for her first, as well as being something she shared with Touga.

Add in her over-the-top nature and I quickly realized she gives Barbarian vibes as well. Both synergize well in some ways, while clashing in others.

Much like Nanami herself!

Ruka is Echo Knight Fighter.

Originally, he was going to be a Battle Master Fighter like Juri. Then I got an idea: Ruka using his echo to go in his place to Ohtori due to his illness.

Black Rose Duelists:

Everyone who was given a Black Rose becomes part Order of the Profane Soul Blood Hunterincluding Mikage.

Originally, Mikage was going to be a Hexblade Warlock Patron like Akio. But going over his motivations being to kill Anthy and replace her, along with making duelists in his past, I realized he also fit the Blood Hunter Archtype.

Wakaba is Way of Open Hand Monk.

This is mainly from her and Utena's fight (which she all but ripped her friend apart with her bare hands), but Wakaba is a very physical person. Glomping, hugging, piggy-back riding, and she gets in a Get A Hold Of Yourself, Man! Slap on Utena even before their fight.

Kanae is Champion Fighter.

This might seem a strange choice, but hear me out.

I recently read upon a fic (https://archiveofourown.org/works/34018852) and attached meta (http://web.archive.org/web/20200218193829/https://palaceperspective.tumblr.com/post/177107626881/part-three-deer-in-the-works)

that gave the idea and implication of Kanae being the previous Champion Duelist who reached Revolution. She put down her sword and chose to be Akio's Princess... which is why she has her own sword when dueling Utena, and why her strained relationship with Anthy grated on her so badly.

Kozue is College of Satire/Tragedy Bard.

We know Kozue is not as good at piano as Miki, but most of her aspects fit the bard archtype to a t, including the sleeping around.

Both possible colleges are on how she was affected by her brother loving her shadow rather than herself and projecting the person he thought she used to be on others. Her whole situation can be read as satire and/or tragedy.

Shiori is Abberant Mind Sorcerer.

Shiori's sticking point is her massive inferiority complex+ self-loathing which causes her to lash out at others she perceives as pitying her, which is why she is the way she is around Juri.

Sorcerers are born with innate magic, and this represents (to me at least) Shiori's own potential if she were to not define herself by comparison to others, or look down on herself.

Her mind is what is keeping her down... but it could be what eventually frees her.

Keiko is Genie Warlock.

Keiko has the desire to be with Touga and free of Nanami. Two wishes that she wants to be granted, and she can potentially get by being one of Nanami's lackies.

Tsuwabuki is Bladesong Wizard.

Wizards are characterized by studying, and Tsuwabuki spends most of his time studying the "adult" world and Nanami.

If I missed any characters you'd be interested in seeing a dnd class with, let me know!

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Random questions about Tobiou (bc why not?! I'm a curious gurl 👉👈):

1 - she's more a silver or gold kinda girl? 2 - what's her favorite color? 3 - she has a family? Pets? 4 - if she needed to eat any devil fruit, which one would she prefer? 5 - cold or hot? 6 - what was her favorite game when she was a child? 7 - what's her favorite hobby? 8 - what would be her alignment in DND? 9 - favorite food? Drink? 10 - favorite thing about themselves?

And that's it. When I create a new oc I like thinking in different questions about them. It's my way to get to know them better :D

Thank you for asking questions about her, Sunny! Tobiuo is so much fun to think about, and I would love the opportunity to show off some art my beautiful, talented baby sister made for her. I love how many interpretations there are of her so far! @since-im-already-here is a wonderful artist, and I love her.

I'll answer them below a page break just in case I go on too much! Again, I really really appreciate the opportunity of getting into her headspace, and I love the prompts!

1. Gold or Silver: she'll take what she's given

Tobiuo wears surgical steel in her webbed ears, dark onyx in colour. They were a gift from her captain, along with being the one she asked to pierce them for her. She hasn't been convinced to change them since he gave them to her.

2. Favourite Color: luminescent purple

Living in the lower depths exposed her to varying degrees of color The Above aren't regularly exposed to. She has vague memories of her past, but the purple is what she truly remembers.

3. Family and Pets: the Heart Pirates

She is not aware of any living relatives. Her lapse in memory from surviving the shipwreck carrying her to Sabaody Archipelago wiped all history from her mind. She does remember having petulant spats in her youth, but can't put a face to the memory. Her found family is her crew. She sees Jean-Bart as a grumpy uncle, Shachi and Penguin as younger brothers, Ikkaku as a close cousin, and Bepo as her baby brother.

Law is her Captain, and she respects him with every fiber of her being. At the smallest click of his tongue, and the phrase: "Show me something," or "Time to go to work," she'll immediately smile darkly and ready herself for combat for him.

When she thinks too hard on it, she may come to realise the purple color correlates with fins where feet should linger. A sibling, a cousin, a friend: she knows not, but they're lingering just below the surface.

4. A Devil Fruit: absolutely not

Her job is to protect her captain. Who would retrieve him if he's pulled into deep water? As a Fishman, she enjoys the ability to swim. There is no way she'd allow the ocean to take that from her.

5. Cold or Hot: Hot

Tobiuo is cold-blooded, enjoying warmth when it pricks at her skin. She doesn't really sweat, something Shachi and Bepo are greatly jealous of in warmer weather.

6. Favourite childhood game: grappling

She really enjoys expressing herself physically. Her friendship comes from a trial by fire: demonstrating her strength by wrestling with her polar-bear mink crewmate. Jean-Bart can keep up with her going fist to fist, but he has no real desire to engage with her like this. When she meets up with the Kid-Pirates, she thoroughly enjoys how physical they are with one another. Arm-wrestling is her love language, one that Kid and Killer greatly enjoy testing in her.

Notes: her strength comes from being a Fishman and originating at the ocean floor. The pressure difference adds to her already heightened strength in the air - which is the reason behind her and her people's mutism. Her lungs can't handle it, but her physical abilities enjoy the pressure change.

7. Hobbies: Dance

Coming with expressing herself physically is the need to make her body move. She makes a point of learning a local style of dance at the ports the Tang docks at. The most receptive crewmates to join with her is Shachi and Penguin. Shachi is often called to act as translator for her sign, a task he enjoys doing. Where the rest of the crew enjoy letting off steam with karaoke, Tobiuo enjoys dancing.

8. Alignment: complicated

While I would say she is more chaotic-good leaning, her loyalty towards captain is almost in line with Lawfulness (oh my gosh, what a horrible pun). She would cast aside her own desires to do "good" if Law asked her to. She is not fond of hurting people, but will at the bequest of her captain.

9. Favourite Food: texture-focussed

She has a barbed tongue and jagged teeth, her sense of taste not really in line with what her warm-blooded crewmates experience. She enjoys spice and texture. Sichuan pepper corns are one of her favorites, specifically for the herbal tingles it leaves on each of the divots and ridges of her tongue. She also prefers her meat as close to raw as she can get it.

10. Favourite Thing: her webbing

Ears, fingers, toes and shoulders. She enjoys their functionality for swimming in her natural environment, but also enjoys wearing clothes outside her boiler suit to accentuate them. Dressing in civilian attire, she will often dress to expose them more.

Thank you for letting me talk about her. I think about her often, not just for her romantic interest in Heat. I adore her!

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Chapters: 1/2 Fandom: High Rollers DnD (Web Series) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Xantheus Auregan/Obsiddias Ignarum Characters: Xantheus Auregan, Obsiddias Ignarum Additional Tags: First Kiss, Unresolved Sexual Tension, Obsiddias can't figure out if Xantheus is trying to antagonize him or flirt with him, Post-Adelphi Live Show

Because the live show put the image of Xantheus riding Obsiddias in my mind and I couldn't rest until I wrote this...

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Obsiddias taps his talons against the wood of his desk. How much longer until the adventurers will make it back? Only half an hour has passed. From what he knows of this strange, ragtag group that has made its home in Ashen Rest, they’ll make full use of the time they have. Which gives him perhaps another hour or two before he’ll know if Xantheus survived this particular adventure.

Displeased by the way his thoughts keep lingering on Xantheus, he summons one of his books and stretches out on his bed instead. His time is far too valuable to waste on a random dragonborn.

For an hour, Obsiddias reads, a summoned quill scribbling notes for him. He keeps an eye on the time, wondering when a messenger will come, for surely his father will want him there to inspect whatever treasures or magic the adventurers find in the vault.

The time is almost up when, instead of a summons, all he receives in warning is a tingle of magic before a body materializes out of thin air and lands right on top of him, the air escaping its lungs with an audible gasp.

Instinct takes over, and Obsiddias’ talons glow as he channels a spell. In the heartbeat before he releases the magic to tear his attacker to shreds, he recognizes Xantheus.

The magic fades from Obsiddias’ hands. This time, instinct makes him grab Xantheus’ shoulders—and then he freezes. The fabric feels wet and sticky. He can smell the iron tang of blood in the air.

“What do you think you’re doing?” he furiously demands, only to immediately follow up with, “You’re wounded!”

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