#FUCK I FORGOT SPEARMASTER

[sleepyc63]

post-midnight motivation hits different man,,, anyway anthro hunter!! the negative space in this one hurts my soul but idk what to fill it with so wtv

story + content warnings under cut!

CW ‼️ for child neglect and implied substance abuse ‼️

please don't read if these topics will trigger you!! nothing graphic is mentioned but better safe than sorry.

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Hunter was born into No Significant Harassment's family, and is the younger sister to Nightwatcher. She and Watcher were the result of a young and unstable relationship, and their mother is not a part of their lives. Hunter never knew her mother, and NSH, being young and not ready to raise pups, was never around to care for her.

Hunter was left with Watcher to babysit throughout her childhood, though even Watcher stopped bothering to care for her when he got a girlfriend. This lead to Hunter turning to unhealthy coping mechanisms, which included the eventual cause of her rot.

Hunter eventually grew tired of the neglect and ran away from home, and started working in retail to support herself. While there, she met Gourmand, and the two became friends quickly. Gourmand told Hunter about her dreams of opening her own bakery, and Hunter showed interest in her ideas. With Hunter's support, Gourmand started her business, and hired Hunter to work with her.

One of Hunter's childhood friends, Survivor, contacted her about how she was attending college in the area next school year, and Hunter agreed to meet over dinner to catch up. The pair hit it off immediately, and Hunter worked up the courage to ask Survivor on a date, and Survivor accepted (let's go lesbians!!!). When the school year started, Survivor and her brother Monk moved in with Hunter, and the trio has been inseparable since.

Nightwatcher has attempted to get in contact with Hunter again, and try to set their relationship right, but Hunter is reluctant to forgive him.

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aeugh here she is!! my beautiful daughter!! she has 4,403 diseases and is banned from most public spaces. i definitely left some important stuff out but thats okay. its almost 2am that's my excuse. i'll read through this tomorrow but for now i will sleep. thanks for reading if you did lol

[snailfen]

I think you have my favorite gourmand design they look like they give the best hugs

they do............

[flecks-of-stardust]

have you seen the pictures of these slugcat dolls i've made and thought wow, i'd love to have one of these myself? if you know how to crochet, you now can your own! you can access the pdf for the pattern here. this pattern is a little looser in some parts than my other pattern; if anything is confusing i am more than happy to clarify.

the current release of the pattern doesn't have sizing for gourmand, sorry! they are planned though and i will update the pattern with sizing recommendations for them as soon as i can.

[fishsfailureson]

Day 15- Kayava

Thanks, Andrew.

[shark-bytee]

another post!! have some scugs

[the-deathofall-magic]

CO OP !!!!!!!!! IS SO FU N

gay people playing rain world

[raethedragon]

chimney canopy is suffering

why do i go up that instead of the fucking leg

at least that doesn’t have five separate vultures on screen at once

[foxstens]

the more i listen to its ost the more i love garbage wastes

[sycamorality]

FULL RES HERE IN CASE TUMBLR FUCKS WITH IT

EVERY SLUGCAT. IN THE HISTORY OF RAIN WORLD. THAT WE KNOW OF. inspired by @hourglass-meadow's original post from ~9 months ago because haha. hah. theres SO MANY MORE. HERE'S ALL OF THEM BABY.

symbols next to the slugcats and what they mean:

slugcat sources under cut vvvv it gets a bit long!

first two are from runnMaze2.rar

next five are from kickstarter art:

first & second art, third art, fourth art

I DO NOT HAVE A SOURCE FOR THIS ONE IF SOMEONE HAS IT PLEASE LINK ME IT. i've heard its on the devlog but i never found it oops. these were original arena slugcat designs!

as for the slugcat pups...

from here

from here

the gang(tm) are from in-game. the green slugcat however was the original fourth arena slugcat!

image posted by james on the rain world discord!

the next five slugcats are from survivor's intro cutscene. interesting note that monk was not added at this time! monk and hunter were added ~4 months after rain world released, so assumedly these cutscenes weren't made in mind with monk.

the remaining slugcats in the second row are all from basegame projections that you can find in your own files, with the path

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Rain World\RainWorld_Data\StreamingAssets\projections

and we all know where the downpour slugcats are from ;) these are all from ingame. the slugpups next to gourmand are colorpicked from gourmand's non-food quest ending art!

the next few slugcats are from gourmand's ending, excluding gourmand themself, of course!

the next three are judge and the two beta spearmasters!

i do not have a source from where judge is from - but the beta spearmasters were posted by faeling :]

the next slugcats are from gourmand's scrapped ending, which you can find on the wiki!

the yellow and blue slugcats were two slugcats added in a projection with remix enabled. i didn't add the white slugcat from this one because... look do you see how many white slugcats there are already. also i forgot

the rest are all from the coop thumbnail, wip coop thumbnail, devtools [surv, monk and hunter also feature and this is nightcat but i included it due to the color difference from in-game] and remix thumbnail [probably survivor, but again, color difference! even if its stylistic i still think its neat to include :]] and the coop manual!

you can find the wip coop thumbnail on the wiki!

you. Could argue the white and yellow ones from the manual are surv and monk, But ! color difference. also the yellow pup that looks like monk actually matches perfectly with the yellow slugcat pup from alpha

[asrielwithans]

Slugcat lineup and some headcanons to go alongside them!

Survivor and Monk are the children of Gourmand!

Monk has a folded ear! For no reason!

The reason that Hunter, Spearmaster, Rivulet and Saint have pupils is because they were artificially created by their respective iterators.

Hunter has hair (fur) because No Significant Harassment thought it would be hilarious, no other reason. Spearmaster has fur because Seven Red Suns thought that NSH had a good reason for giving Hunter hair. This is why you shouldn't copy other people's work.

Enot was the first test version of the Saint, created by Sliver of Straw as a 'prototype'. The experiment was largely unsuccessful. What Sliver of Straw didn't know was that Enot could lay concerningly powerful eggs every cycle.

Nightcat got stuck with Enot after their cycles met, and they eventually formed a very wholesome, if not slightly cursed, sibling-ship.

If Gourmand and Saint were to meet, Saint would be about to ascend Gourmand before they see what a beautiful community he's built amongst the slugcats. Saint would find themselves learning to appreciate the deeper nuances of life rather than being on a quest to ascend everything. Gourmand and Saint would have a mentor/apprentice relationship.

(i forgot where i saw this headcanon, but i love it) Rivulet vibrates for no reason. They'll be standing in place shaking for no reason.

Looks to the Moon will find rubbish to throw for Rivulet so they can run after it and catch it. It's the only way to tire them out other than making them go on fetch quests for her.

Artificer has really sharp claws!! Like really really sharp!! Unlike the other slugcats, her claws literally cannot retract, but she uses them to maul scavengers.

Smoke comes out of Artificer's mouth when she's getting ready to attack.

Five Pebbles and Artificer have a very 'found family' type of relationship, two broken people (cough computer and a fucking slug) finding each other. Artificer has essentially adopted Pebbles and she treats him like her own slugpups.

[sleepyc63]

uhm heres a mini doodle dump of some guys i made but when i drew them i was nauseous so the proportions are a little wonky :') anyway rw human au revival. maybe i'll color these when i finish the anthro au,,? (so not for a bit)

i made all the vanilla characters but i’m leaving out monk's cause it pains me to look at, anyway expect more of this. in doodle format that is

[spearmaster-rw-totallyreal]

"..."

"HI HI"

(this blog includes Retsamreaps (Reversed/Inverted Spearmaster))

(RETSAMREAPS ONLY ANSWERS ASKS IF IT IS PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR SPEARMASTER TO BE PRESENT)

Erm yeah he doesn't speak you don't get a silly intro beginning or end

BLUE TEXT IS SPEARMASTER USING SIGNS AND SHIT LIKE THAT TO SPEAK

...So what were we doing here again?

Oh, right pinned post. Greaaat I have to write something looong.

Here's the rules, I suppose...:

DON'T SEND ME NSFW SHIT. SPEARMASTER IS A FERAL ANIMAL. YOU CAN SEND ROMANTICAL THINGS JUST FINE IF YOU'RE ALSO RPING AS A SCUG BUT ZERO NSFW. YOU CANNOT SEX SPEARMASTER, AND DNI IF YOU WISH TO DO SO. DON'T SEND NSFW DIRECTED AT ME EITHER I'M A MINOR. >:(

Gore is completely fine! I absolutely love blood violence and gore! :3 (if you kill him he'll just be fucking dead and be replaced by Retsamreaps until someone kills him aswell)

Almost forgot, DNI: ZOOS, PEDOS, INCEST SHIPPERS, NEO-NAZIS, RACISTS, AGEISTS, ETC., AND ANYONE WHO SUPPORTS THEM.

Send me art comissions you want! They'll all have to include Spearmaster in some way to fit the theme of this blog though, and I'm also not the best at art.

Spearmaster & Retsamreaps explanation under cut:

Spearmaster:

Actions/Silent Quotes = Purple text

"(¬ ¬)"

Sign language/Drawing = Blue Text

I will make all batflies go extinct if needed to satisfy hunger.

Of course just spear boi. I ship him with Enot.

Retsamreaps:

Speaking = Purple & White text

"HI I CAN SPEAKETH"

Literally just looks like Spearmaster but with a white body and purple eyes/needles

Still a slugpup (cause Retsamreaps is based on this one thing I'm doing in RW by playing jolly co-op in Survivor's campaign so I can play single player as a spearmaster pup)

He has a friend that didn't have a name so he named her Starbucks. (He heard iterators talking about something existing in another universe, and it was "Starbucks." He overheard that the logo was green and white, so since the friend of his had those excact colors, he named her Starbucks.)

[rwvau-repository]

Suns legit saw this and went 'sibling material'

this isn't a concrete design for Spearmaster I just wanted to draw them in its 'feral street rat' phase of life

I've said it before and I'll say it again: This is a humanized (kinda) AU

EDIT: FUCK I FORGOT THE POLL

I'll explain my shitposting later dw

[funkytrashsuperstructure]

Fuck I forgot about one more thing. Making this a separate post because it is an entire theory that I wouldn't mind writing a fic about in the future.

You know that one post describing how the golden pearl in Chimney Canopy doesn't make any sense to have been sent by Seven Red Suns?

Well, I have a solution. The pearl was brought to the facility by Seven Red Suns' 6th messenger, but the slugcat abandoned the mission for one reason or another after making it to Chimney Canopy. Perhaps this 6th messenger met a colony of slugcats on their travels, and, realizing that Seven Red Suns never gave them affection, decided to abandon the mission and go back to the colony to live out the rest of their days.

That is why Suns engineered Spearmaster to have no mouth, and put the pearl into their chest; it was, after all, to give "them an instinct of where to go, and to not simply revert to more animalistic behaviors."

[honks-n-stonks]

Hey which slugcat(s) would make the best monster hunters in your opinion

*cracks knuckles*

okay. okay okay. let's see here

this is assuming if they are/scaled up to be human size... I forgot how big the sluggies actually are in the grand scheme of things. Or how strong they actually are. But let's just assume they possess normal (Monster Hunter) human strength. To be honest, they could even be lynian (palico) size and STILL be effective. (See: MHGU Prowler mode)

Assuming they get appropriately geared up and know/learn how to use more complex weapons than spears (not to say monster-grade spears wouldn't be effective!) then here's my thought:

Artificer (explosives babyyy.), Hunter, and Spearmaster are the first ones that come to mind. I'd actually imagine Spearmaster to be a REALLY good fighter, since actively draining a monster's lifeforce could weaken and exhaust them, leading to an easier fight. Also: infinite spears!!! Artificer on the other hand. Well. 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

Arti would definitely be immune to blastblight, and being able to Explode on command (which can stun!!!!!) as well as produce bombs make them a VERY potent fighter, methinks. The hunger cost of making Bombs can easily be mitigated by quickly chowing down on rations and well-done steaks. It'd be funny, then, if in-game making a bomb would lower their maximum stamina until you eat something to replenish it... ALSO MAULING! in a worst case scenario I'd imagine them just launching themself onto a monster's head/weak point and just. Going ham. Though since monsters are usually heavily armored with their scales and whatnot, the effectiveness of this would highly vary.... DO NOT BRING THEM INTO UNDERWATER COMBAT OR AGAINST ELECTRIC ENEMIES THOUGH. what the fuck

DO bring Rivulet into underwater fights though! I don't exactly know how underwater combat fully works, but from what I gleamed there doesn't seem to be an air counter or whatever? So we could ignore that part...? But anyways! With their high agility and speed (especially on land) they'd also make a great fighter!

Gourmand would definitely be a powerhouse, but exhaustion could bite them in the ass (unfortunately literally) if they overexert themselves at a bad time... I'm not sure how that mechanic could transfer over in da Monsta Hunta style... though maybe dodge-rolling too much and charging up attacks could exhaust them? I'll have to mull over that 4 a bit... STILL! very strong.

Saint is. Well. Saint. sorry pal unless you do your freaky magic tricks i don't think we're taking this Yian Kut Ku down. BUT! toung :)))))) They could probably use it both for movement AND to bring items towards them? Their fragility and weakness, though.... They also wouldn't be a hunter at all, but hey! Fun hypothetical

Monk would probably be a Rider instead. Befriend and tame the monsters and fight alongside them..

And Survivor would just be Normal. I'm sorry little guy but you're the vanilla dude!!! the Wilson of the game!! Hunter would also be Normal but since they're stronger than Survivor they'd probably be a better fighter. I. I forgot if they have any other abilities to assist them in combat aside from carrying an extra spear. Honestly they just came into my mind first because of their name,,

sorry for kinda giving up near the end I realized this was getting Fucking Long and I haven't eaten at all. FUCK!!! So sorry if I got any details wrong or missed something in this not-so-quick-or-little thing. I tried to look at and read the wiki while writing this...

[melissa-titanium]

SCUG HEAD CANOSN jsutbecause iknow ill never draw them all

(warnijng. LONG ASS POST)

FOR 1. SIZE CHART BABY

monk < survivor < arti = rivulet < spearmaster = saint < hunter = gourmand!

survivor: a little on the skinny side, inbetween artificer and monk. albino i think :) if not then has sort of snow leopard patterning. small eyes, taking after their mama (i . headcanon gourmand is monk and survivors parent if this is dis proven by canon im So sorry i havent finished the game yet)) triangle shapes mostly. quiet and cautious (they used to be curious, but the world didnt allow that) and always tense, prepared for a fight. desperate to find monk :(. journey < destination. glass half empty

monk: takes more after gourmand! orange tabby coloration (+ karma flower marking on back) if that makes sense. big round eyes (sort of like how scavs with big eyes r usually friendlier) and significantly healtheri than survivor ! (i think slugcats r sort of like seals, they hv a ton of bodyweight. though they can vary, gourmand is like a little over average scug size) circular mostly (round ears, round eyes, round body etc) kind and curious, sees good in the world but above all wants to find survivor. journey > destination. glass half full.

hunter: very big slugcat, almost unnaturally so. a little skinny cause having the rot is no good for your health :( i dont have many headcanosn for hunter but ithink they have poor sight , completely blind in their canonically scarred eye which i think it was overtaken by the rot. the reason they can hold spears isbecause they have tendrils of the rot growing out of their back and wrap the spears around if that makes sense. square shapes mostly. a bit stocky, more muscle than fat. quiet, stern, and rarely takes risks. a bit lethargic from the rot eating away at them. journey < destination. glass half full

gourmand: THE best rainworld character *THE BEST* i think aboutthem alll the time ohohoo o RUBS CLAWS TOGETHER IGOT A TON OF SHIT. ok ok so basically they r THE ultimate slugcat . u guys know that one post about gourmand having the power to throw spears with the strength of a missile being shot. i cant remember if that was the exact wording but YEAH that was my exact idea of them they are incredibly inventive and smart and STRONG AS FUCK. they throw spears with *three times damage* than the average amount and that s FUCKING insane they kill so many creatures in literally one single hit man you cannot tell me that isnt Ridiculous. like no wonder they get exhausted after that?? god DAMN??? i straight up forgot what i was writing about in this post ilove gourmand too much OH RIGHT HEADCANONS . well for one they r surv and monks parent . due to ahving explored pretty much every corner of the region, they know a significant amount of rain world's history, just by piecing it together themself! very wise, emotionally. very strong morals and very strong will! they are surprisingly humble despite their incredible feats, but arent afraid to show confidence when needed. they are a friendleader forreal, they definitely know every slugcat in their colony by heart and are always there to cheer you up when u r feeling downl. good slug,best friend. knows a TON about fighting, very good at paw 2 paw combat i bet theyd spar with the little ones for fun sometimes :). already mentioned this but they r very kind and generous To a fault. a very competent leader but they do tend to take on too many responsibilities! i think they maybe stopped doing this when idk one day a scug in the colony saw them pass out from overexerting themself or some shit and then everyone started to pitch in after that. they are very grateful and a little embarazed. also when they lost monk and survivor i think the whole colony stepped up for a while to help while they were grieving (dunno if they were in the colony while losing monk and survivor, maybe losing them was what motivated them to keep pups safe IDK bare with me)) i think theyd be the eldest or second eldest of all the slugcats . they try to be fun with kids and are INCREDIBLY protective, letting no threat get within 100 feet of someone they wish to protect. they have been EVERYWHERE imean fucking everywhere. almost photographic memory, stores so much knowledge in that jineeeeeeourmos brain of theirs. boisterous/charismatic, welcoming, kind, and above all (despite the odds!), very happy with life :) mostly square shapes but theres some circles thrown in. . journey >>> destination. glass half full

love this thang. the spug.

*ok* holy shit i got off track. anyways

artificer: surprisingly, an incredibly small slugcat. just over the average juvenile size (a little bit bigger than survivor, and smaller than pretty much everyone else.) incredibly thin. before losing their pups, they were significantly healthier and just generally happier. i think they always had their xsplodey shit but it was more like a snail, a loud pop of noise used by detonating their explosion fluid stuff to startle predators if that makes sense? but then after losing their pups and doing nothing but KILLING KILLING KILLING KILLING scavengers for cycles upon cycles, they neglected caring for themself - including eating. eventually, they became near spearmaster in size & were able to propel themself into the air with the blasts due to their near-nothing weight. most scugs groom themselves as to not have their short fur become overgrown and tangle, but due to artificer's l;ack of nutrients they probably dont have their fur grow alot (does that correlate? idk if eating -> fur growth BARE WITH ME) BUT. they have it grown just enough to tie spears to their back with it. its matted and tangled and is rock solid when you touch it. OH ALSO before losing their pups, they had light brown fur! but then it stained permanently with scavenger blood :) atleast in my hc haha. ALSO their scar isnt just over their eye it covers about half of the left side of their body, renderng them entirely blind and deaf in their left eye and ear. partially deaf in their right ear from all the EXPLOSIONS they hear all the time. covered and imeanCOV;ERED in scars, moreso than hunter. unhinged fucking CRAZYYYY other slugcats are scared shitless of them bt they have a soft spot for slugpups so they would hypothetically always try to remain semi-not-deranged when around one But they havnt met any without guardians yet bc i know theyd drop everything and adopt them (or maybe not, in fear of having past events repeat?). square and triangle shapes. journey <<< destination. glass half empty.

rivulet: :) FISH . GUB GUB GBU i think out of all the slugcats i know the least about them BUT i love them all the same :) they r the MOST fun ever to play as! they strongly resemble a seal! their ears r almost nonexistent + they hv very short limbs and loooong whiskers. fat as FUCK (normal slug size) and incredibly fast they dart around like a bullet! actually pretty big, a little bit shorter than spearmaster (who is around saints size and a little shorter than gourman) big round fucking eyes and Surprisingly super quiet? usually just Stares......they radiate such a jittery energy youd think theyd talk alot (if scugs could talk) but no not really :) my cat is drooling on my arm thought id let you guys know . OK back to this ! very helpful and outgoing, a *little* nosy but out of genuine curiosity, always up to the task no matter how daunting. charming in their sillyfunny gooberific way. im sorry i dont have a whole lot here i wish i knew more about them :(( mostly circular shapes with some triangles. journey = destination. glass half full

spearmaster: very tall and VERY thin slugcat. pretty much all of their bodyweight is stored in their tail and you can. imagine how that i;s ! a bit lethargic from prety much having NO nutrients at all.. but to make up for it theyre pretty speedy and flexible as hell, they can bend their bones pretty much to fit into small spaces. also INSANE reflexes. pretty plain everywhere except their tail, you can very much tell they were Created. i think they are a bit irritable, but otherwise peaceful. tends to have tunnel vision when they are tasked with something to do, and are always wiling to help (i think most purposed creatures share this trait) they are pretty smart but have really bad memory i think. ALL triangles. journey < destination. glass is filled with water, what else are they supposed to think?

saint: second tallest (only a LITTLE taller than spearmaster). fluffy, curly, braided-in-some-parts fur. they have a faaaabulous mustache and FAAAABULOUS eye lashes. pretty thin, surviving as a vegan in a snow-covered world is difficult. their tongue works more like a chameleon tongue ithink ifthat makes sense? like they cant control it it just FWIP flashes out and sticks to stuff with barbs on the end. i do not know NEARLY enough about saint to say a single thing about them But ilove them theyre awesome. composed of pretty much all the shapes, maybe some diamonds in there too though. geometrical lookingikd ifthat maekssen8JURDTHJURDTIH. completely neutral on journey/destination and completely neutral on glass half full/empty.

also, . consi;der. ., arti <3< saint. if you know you KNo;W;98JRSEY9J8SH5E