#Encounter Ruins
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wickedzeevyln · 1 year ago
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Frailty
Grounded in contemplation, Tethered to fragility,At odds with uncertainty,Indeed, the experience of mortalityIn confrontation with Earth’s formidable forces.Against the resilience of the wind,Emerging from its lair, stirred by storms,To upheave even the mightiest oaks,To sculpt the mountains,Dispersing dust across the lands to deter hubris from ourspecies Against the relentless assault of…
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rexecutioner · 5 months ago
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Mystreet au but it’s just the comfort no hurt mcd spin off where everyone isn’t a descendent or reincarnation of their mcd selves and are just happy and content with their lives, and Minecraft Diaries is a dnd campaign that Garroth runs for his friends (main party consisting of Aphmau, Vylad, Laurance and Nicole, and eventually Dante, Travis, kinda Zane, and Katelyn join them)
“Ok Vylad, roll to shoot Zenix.”
“…nat 1.”
“Vylad shoots Brendan in the chest. Roll damage.”
”Aphmau, roll to hit with disadvantage.”
“WHY DISADVANTAGE!?”
“You are trying to kill a demon warlock. THE Demon Warlock. The guy keeping you trapped on this island. Alone. By yourself.”
“Okay, I guess that makes sense. *rolls* NAT 20!!”
“…..you got him. Roll damage :( ”
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2minutetabletop · 1 month ago
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The Haunted Mansion Map by Windsock
Windsock's custom rendition of the Argynvostholt from Curse of Strahd, built with 2MT assets and a wagon-load of skill – yours to download!
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notbecauseofvictories · 15 days ago
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I watched the 1973 film The Slipper and the Rose last night, and it was a largely charming, if slightly anemic, adaptation of Cinderella---right up until you get to the song sung by the many servants hanging around the castle. I won't bore you with details, but can be summarized as basically: "We accept our lot in society/ all of us are born into the role we were always intended for/ there are no exceptions/ la dee dah folderol etc."
(The fact that the prince listens to this elaborate number and "fixes" the situation by knighting his man-at-arms, then leaning back in his chair like he has solved monarchy is....well, it's a choice.)
Anyway, this was enough to immediately poison the rest of the movie for me, and the only excuse I could come up with is that prince's man-at-arms has realized that a) his boss is unhinged, and b) will only learn a lesson if there's a literal song-and-dance number involved. Therefore, I think you could fix the whole movie by throwing in some scenes where the man-at-arms figures this out, and convinces the whole palace staff to join him in this insanity.
"Listen, people!'' he could bellow into his makeshift megaphone after the juggling servants drop yet another platter. ''I know this is absurd. I know you all have actual jobs to do. But our noble prince dragged me out to the royal crypt so he could complain about his family and we could literally dance on their tombs. That's who we're dealing with here! If we do not get this choreo right he will never give us health insurance. Do you want that? No? Okay then---and FIVE SIX SEVEN EIGHT---"
(Afterwards, when the newly promoted man-at-arms gets back to the castle, he finds the entire staff standing in the kitchen. They were waiting for him. They do not look amused.)
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besotted-with-austen · 6 months ago
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Eomer: weird that we didn't see you coming-what are you, Elves?
Aragorn: we do have an Elf with us, but I suppose it might be because of the gifts the Dame of Lothlorien gave us.
Eomer: *surprised* The Dame of Lothlorien! So the stories about a witch that lives there are true! If you are that familiar with such a creature it must mean that you are sorcerers or-why is that guy looking at me like that?
Aragorn: oh no
Gimli, Galadriel #1 SuperFan: UNBELIEVER DETECTED. KILLER-BOT ACTIVATED.
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tabletopresources · 5 months ago
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Snowy Ruins by Francois Hurtubise
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taz-writes · 1 year ago
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here's a hot take for today
the narrative function of sex is the same as the narrative function of fight scenes is the same as the narrative function of songs in a musical
no i will not explain
#taz talks#writing#actually i WILL explain but i'll do it in the tags#these each serve the same function within their respective appropriate genres#each one is a kind of revelation#they heighten the connection between 2+ characters and highlight relationships and feelings and needs#they are out of place in genres where they do not belong and/or as curveballs when the narrative did not provoke them from the start#but they have the same sort of emotional/dramatic build-up#talk -> sing -> dance (talk -> yell -> stab) ((talk -> flirt -> You Know))#and they are all expressions of intense physicality and intimacy through physical gesture and interaction#they are fundamentally empty and boring if there is not a deeper purpose or drive behind them#although they can still occasionally be entertaining on their own if your audience is specifically seeking that experience out#people who do not like them will be very unhappy to encounter one where it isn't supposed to be#it is very easy to ruin the mood with poor word choice#many people have an inherent sense for terrible ones but it's often difficult or complicated to explain precisely why a bad one fails#when executed properly they are a very raw and intimate expression of a character's most fundamental needs and desires#the fluff is stripped away and there is nothing left but a series of needs. conflicting or cooperating.#and even when you're lying during one it's still a form of truth#none of these things are remotely necessary to tell a powerful or compelling story but if you're going to use them you need to do it right#also all 3 of these things are difficult if not impossible to write if you are not both interested in them and personally invested#this post brought to you by me trying to write smut about my dnd characters and failing because i generally hate /reading/ smut#so i have none of the vocabulary or instinct for it that i do for. say. graphic violence (or lyrical poetry)
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liyazaki · 1 year ago
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it’s Christmas spirit week at work & today’s theme is sparkle/glitter- do I pass?
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hzdtrees · 1 day ago
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Devil's Thirst, pt. 2
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merakiui · 2 years ago
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thinking about scaramouche who, after being defeated by the traveler and nahida, never regains consciousness in teyvat and instead wakes in another world entirely (a world from one of yae publishing house's light novels LOL). at first it seems fine because surely, even if he's reborn, he can still claw his way to the top and attain unfathomable power, yes?
wrong. very wrong.
scaramouche finds that in this particular world he is a nobody peasant working as a measly servant for an all-powerful monarch (you). given his position as a harbinger, he rarely had time to entertain such foolish pastimes as reading silly light novels, so he has no idea what sort of plot this world follows and whether you're a kind-hearted monarch or a tyrant. he supposes he should lie low for now until he learns more about this place and the people in it.
if only it were that easy.
some of the servants are rather cruel to him, and because scaramouche has never truly had to serve others before (rather it was the other way around) he's unaccustomed to the fast-paced lifestyle of a servant. the others like to tease and bully him, making him seem inept by slyly tripping him in the halls when important figures are around or by conveniently forgetting to notify him of his duties for the day so he's left to wander the palace aimlessly. he's scolded nearly every day and he hates feeling beneath everyone. scaramouche is one more "harmless mistake" away from committing the worst atrocity in all of history when he realizes that, if he really wants power, he shouldn't wait around like a fool! he's lord scaramouche, after all! how dare they make a mighty figure such as he get on his hands and knees and scrub mud from the floor tiles?!
his plan is rather simple: if he can work his way up through the ranks of servants and earn your trust, he will have his chance at assassinating you and taking the throne for himself. all he needs to do is become your personal butler and then he'll have far more access to you than he does now. currently, he's only caught glimpses of you or listened in on conversations in which you were the subject. your staff speak so highly of you. perhaps this will be easier than he thought.
but then, on the night of your birthday gala, someone tries to kill you. scaramouche, infuriated that there's someone else who might try to steal his spot at everlasting glory and kingship, is quick to defend you. he's only thinking of his own selfish goals when he does this, but everyone else sees his potential. tonight, he's proven to everyone that he is highly adept in combat. your would-be assassin flees and scaramouche attempts to pursue them, only to lose sight of them as they blend into the inky vastness of the night. he's so frustrated. if he had his power and strength from his original world, that person would have been dead the moment they stepped into his line of sight. he's silently fuming as he stands on the balcony overlooking the forest and town beyond the palace, assessing his next move.
he doesn't get too far into his thoughts before a cheerful round of applause is thundering through the ballroom, and he whirls on his heel, stupefied. they're...cheering for him. for him. because he's saved your life. because he's proven not only loyalty but strength.
scaramouche goes from a nobody servant to a hero in the span of one evening and you, so touched by his quickness to protect, appoint him as a knight. tomorrow morning, bright and early, he'll begin honing his skills alongside the rest of the royal military. this may not have been part of his original plan, but it's a solid start. even if he doesn't become your personal butler, he can work towards becoming one of your few most trusted personal attendants. and now that he has access to weaponry with this newfound position (and has memorized the layout of the palace) he will be unstoppable in his pursuits!
if scaramouche had read the light novel, he would know that it's a romance between monarch and knight. but with his murderous scheme, it's going to quickly become a different genre...
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wildfairies · 8 months ago
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i don't understand the urge to write hate think pieces about video game characters/their writing on here like at all
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2minutetabletop · 1 year ago
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The Buried Temple Battle Map
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jaggedjot · 6 months ago
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psychologically preparing myself for the next episode by predicting the most upsetting things that could happen
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glorious-blackout · 1 year ago
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Keep seeing posts about people having bad experiences with the crowd at the Käärijä gig tonight and all I can think about is this 😅:
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synthient · 4 months ago
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Which fits very neatly with the idea that the tardis "went mad" during the coffee incident, and started perception filter-ing sutekh etc into being from that point onward 👀
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starlit-mansion · 1 year ago
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I actually really hope that vanessa and gregory are still protagonists in a later game, the fact that they set up the mxes thing to contain the mimic is so interesting.
Like vanessa having had access to this "security" system (that is entirely geared towards deactivating the security. Hmm.) and once she's broken free of the control, turning aroumd and using it to trap him in a maze and line the way with obstacles that the average person going in to vandalize and stay the night as a dare wouldn't be able to pass... implies a very interesting character imo
Just thinking about a ragtag tech squad of vanessa, gregory and fredhead monitering and containing fazbear anomalies, in a combination of penance and the fact that they're the only ones who can... it's giving the energy that people assign to frightguard mike. It's very good.
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