#Swarms

[randomencounters]

Encounter: dragon that is a mommy

[wonderful-emoji]

what are some emoji combos you have done that just creep you out or make you uncomfy? :O

[foxthebeekeeper]

Practicing for April~

[dartagnantt]

For the Swarm | Swarm templates and other fun rules for unusual swarms

PDFs of this and more can be found over on at my Patreon here! I release everything for free, so your support makes this possible. I've also started making a new system based off of 5e, 6th Dawn! Become a patron and join the playtest.

So, this month's new theme is 'Collective' so I wondered, what's the most collectivey collective that ever could collect? The answer is ants, but unfortunately, Zoolander build a school for them, so they're way out of my budget.

So instead I looked for other swarms and made things that shouldn't swarm do swarm. And you will note, that the three swarms I chose, in addition to my swarm template I used to make them are three of the four warlock familiars. So where's the pseudodragon? Well, that wasn't the basis upon which I did this, it's just there are only 7 non-beast tiny creatures in the base rules and pseudodragons, will-o-wisps, and homunculi don't make much sense to be in swarms, there's just never enough of them. Also the pixie is just a spellcaster which I deemed too horrifying to even attempt.

Also, do not fear the kobold swarm, they only want hugs… and all your cookies 0_0

And now to plug my stuff. I release homebrews weekly over on my Patreon. Anyone who pledges $1 or more per post don't have to wait a month to see them, and also help fund my being alive habit.

At the moment, they have exclusive access to the following:

The Swarm that Walks Template

Wolfen Ancestry (Pathfinder 2e)

Generic Magic Item Tables

Entropy Domain

I also have four classes, and a splatbook over on DriveThrueRPG to check out:

The Rift Binder. A class specialising in summoning monsters and controlling the battlefield.

The Witch Knight. A class that combines swords and sorcery in the most literal way.

The Werebeast. A class that turns you into a half beast to destroy your foes.

The Beguiler. A spellcaster dedicated to illusions, enchantments, and general fuckery.

d'Artagnan's Adventurer Almanac. A compendium of races, subclasses, feats, spells, monsters and more!

[dndcreaturesinfo]

Hive Hag by Critical Crafting

[unwelcome-ozian]

The military is on the cusp of a major technological revolution, in which warfare is conducted by unmanned and increasingly autonomous weapon systems. However, unlike the last “sea change,” during the Cold War, when advanced technologies were developed primarily by the Department of Defense (DoD), the key technology enablers today are being developed mostly in the commercial world. This study looks at the state-of-the-art of AI, machine-learning, and robot technologies, and their potential future military implications for autonomous (and semi autonomous) weapon systems. While no one can predict how AI will evolve or predict its impact on the development of military autonomous systems, it is possible to anticipate many of the conceptual, technical, and operational challenges that DoD will face as it increasingly turns to AI-based technologies. This study examines key issues, identifies analysis gaps, and provides a roadmap of opportunities and challenges. It concludes with a list of recommended future studies.

AI, Robots, and Swarms Issues, Questions, and Recommended Studies

[archivist-crow]

On this day:

MYSTERY SWARMS

On August 20, 1880, swarms of black flies, from points unknown, rained down on both sides of the Atlantic. At Le Havre, France, a boat sailed into the waterfront wrapped in insects, while millions of flies fell in the streets. The exhausted creatures couldn't move. Pilot boats navigating the English Channel became black with bugs. Days later another swarm poured down in Nova Scotia, Canada, flying close to the water; many of the flies went under. Back in Britain, "millions and millions of flies" covered a schooner, forcing the sailors below deck for five hours. Upon reemerging, they had to shovel the deluge overboard. On the Hudson River, in New York State, a cloud of flies, driven by the wind and resembling a black blizzard, cloaked a steamboat.

In August 1869, in Great Britain, the Lincolnshire coast saw a strip of "pea-soup" so colored by the bodies of dead aphids floating on the water. The strip was three yards wide and hundreds of yards long, and odor of the dead insects made breathing difficult. The Norfolk coast watched a ten-foot-wide, three-mile-long line of dead ladybugs float downriver. The Essex coast experienced a "fog" of aphids, which blocked sunlight for days. Up and down the Thames River, ladybugs poured down, forcing brickyard workers indoors, mesmerizing cats, soiling laundry hanging on clotheslines, and making umbrellas a necessity.

Later that autumn, a beelike insect swarmed down Britain's east coast. Spiders and their webs streamed down from the sky at Carlisle and Tiverton, 280 miles apart, all day long, cloaking everything in gossamer. The summer of 1921 was eerily barren of insects, yet that same year a swarm of large fireflies appeared in Wales. The same week in London a species of unknown stinging insects arrived in a swarm, and an overabundance of fireflies showed up in Caterham, Surrey.

Text from: Almanac of the Infamous, the Incredible, and the Ignored by Juanita Rose Violins, published by Weiser Books, 2009

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Anselm Kiefer, Die Sechste Posaune (The Sixth Trumpet), 1996

[riftclaw]

a revamp of the random bee design i made a couple years back now, potentially finalised-- on one hand, it IS just a bee right now but. most petsite bugs don't really look like bugs, so i can maybe lean on that for the originality thing?

[tombiwidgeon]

After having seen Vash and the gang appreciate the beauty of the worm swarm on the surface, I noticed when re watching ep. 1 how incredibly vast those worm clouds could be. No Man's Land is viewed as so desolate but life there is incredibly abundant!

How far across must those be!?

[randomencounters]

Encounter: thing made of a thousand crawling nightmares doing her best to look pretty

[wonderful-emoji]

Can you do a cockroach themed set plz and thank u

[foxthebeekeeper]

And like clockwork, another Easter comes, and another swarm lands!

It’s a small one, but it’s my first one since the poisoning so I’ll take it.

[36crypto]

Swarms (SWARMS) Price Prediction 2025-2029: Will SWARMS Price Hit $3.5 Soon?

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