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[dsp2003]

Commissioned by BNW all the way back in 2021. Postponed due to COVID. Finalized today! Happy Halloween! ( 'w')/)

P.S. Contains Easter Eggs. Can you find all of them? :3c

Drawn in SAI at 2021/11/03 - 2023/10/30. Took ~50 hours.

[longveil]

[ Seraanna Longveil by AppleSin ]

[goodbyefarewellandamen]

my opinion is that beer #tasty if you mix it with orange soda okay

[maythray]

i need to order mandarin jarritos in bulk. only orange sods i can get in the states that doesnt make me feel sick

[dailycharacteroption]

Retrograde Revision 2: Arcane Bomber

(art by AppleSin on DeviantArt)

Ah yes, the Arcane Bomber, an archetype that grants the explosive power of bombs to traditional wizards. In retrospect with classes like arcanist having powerful non-spell blasting exploits, the drawbacks for this archetype seem a bit overly conservative, giving up a lot to give a wizard the ability to create explosive splash weapons and then enhance them by sacrificing spells, but it does do a decent job experimenting with how to combine features from one class to another in a unique way, paving the way for other “cross-class” archetypes in the future.

In any case, on to the archetype itself!

While many wizards consider the works of alchemy quaint compared to true magic, there are those, particularly those with a love of transmutation and evocation magic, that see the value in an alchemist’s more explosive arsenal.

They may be obsessed with expressing elemental power in every way possible, or perhaps lay alchemists eager to experiment with combining arcane magic with alchemical works, or perhaps even soldiers in a military perfecting all sorts of minor blasts in addition to those provided by their spells.

The bombs that these wizards create are very similar to alchemist’s bombs, though instead of being fiery by default, they instead choose what their initial element is. What’s more, if they cross-train into true alchemy, their bombing expertise stacks, albeit with limitations such as being unable to modify them with alchemical discoveries.

What truly sets them apart is their ability to sacrifice a prepared spell to improve both the accuracy and the yield of the bomb in question, turning a potentially unused spell into fuel for a potent blast. However, this is at the cost of learning the basics of cantrips, forcing them to expend spell energy to cast magical detection and read magic spells, leaving other useful cantrips unavailable to them.

What’s more, their focus on this hybrid style of study replaces a traditional arcane school, and is so intensive that they have twice as many opposition schools as most other wizards, highly limiting what they can cast without restrictions.

If your plan is to make a caster that blasts all day, this archetype may be appealing, but on the other hand, what you lose out of it may be too much to justify for many. Honestly the biggest point of contention is what four schools to keep. Evocation seems obvious with their focus on damage dealing, but there are arguments for keeping any of the others no matter how you slice it. In any case, any spells they learn in their opposition schools are likely downtime utility spells in order to not burn double the spell slots for the same benefit when it comes time to sacrifice a spell for a bomb. No matter what schools you choose to keep, I would recommend a healthy mix of blasting and a variety of other spells so you retain some use beyond combat, but can still burn them for bomb damage when needed. Also, definitely pick up the Extra Bombs feat at least once, if not more.

In the previous version of this entry from ten years ago, I did mention how military backgrounds are pretty common with this archetype, but that hardly needs to be the case, nor do you have to fall into mad-bomber stereotypes. These could be inventor types eager to test the limits of both chemistry and magic along a very narrow field, or stoic professionals working in a specialized area either above or below the board.

The Stormpitcher Brigade was once the premiere fighting force of the kingdom of Myrdich, specializing in invading enemy fortresses, softening them up with lightning and electrical bombs. However, with the pushes towards peace, the brigade is out of work, and the horror of their actions during the conflicts are beginning to catch up to them. Its only a matter of time before some of them snap.

Though other peoples look down on them, the ratfolk of Halbonden provide an invaluable service, clearing the city of is chronic giant vermin and swarm problems with arcane explosives and spells. When the exterminators go underground without explaining why, the city is placed in grave peril, as the winter thaw approaches, heralding the thickest plague of insects of any time of the year.

The bourgeoisie of Tvars Brund have held the practice of arcane magic, an import from their oread immigrants, to be illegal for decades. Tension boils over as the stony folk argue that their culture is being suppressed, and now militant cells have began popping up, armed with a payload of magical destruction. The situation needs to be handled carefully before the metaphorical and literal powder keg goes off.

[ewylana]

Portrait for @.applesin on blue skye of her bg3 character !

[amyknash]

Jealousy

She rarely wears greendespite what they say.No, she typically strutsdown city streets and alleysin black ribbed stockings and bootswith thick lug solesI would die for.In her zeal for competition,she wins over the oneI’ve lived for.He looks as if he mightdevour her whole.A lust (devotion?) I have not seensince he and I picked applesin a faraway orchardin early fall some other century.I covet her…

[crawlingalien]

Thank you @applesins and everyone who got me to 10 reblogs!

i love y'all!!!!! 😭

meow! pansexual space kitty has just appeared!!! make sure to say them nice words, because look at how cute are their kicks!

[daddy-laszlo]

36. what is the first meme you remember ever seeing? 61. favorite line you heard from a book/movie/tv show/etc.? 73. favorite weird flavor combo?

Thank you for the questions! c: 36. what is the first meme you remember ever seeing? I started being active on the web around 2012 and would use sites as 9gag so it was probably a rage comic, although I remember watching the Do you like waffles? video before I knew what a meme was 61. favorite line you heard from a book/movie/tv show/etc.? “Dwight, you ignorant slut” - Michael Scott (the Office) 73. favorite weird flavor combo? I think putting syrup on scrambled eggs or putting scrambled eggs, bacon and syrup in a pancake         

[goji-pilled]

If I had a euro for everytime I hyperfixiate on something thats basically "Gay traumatized teenagers use monsters to fight more monsters and try to prevent the end of the world" I'd have two euros...

Which isnt much but its strange it happend twice.

[1nce2wice3rice]

i’ve got another Weird Apple! The Dutch word for pine cone is ‘dennenappel’ (literally pine-apple)

also sinaasappel comes from ‘sina’ (originally meaning China’s) and ‘apple’ so sinaasappel essentially means ‘Chinese apple’. there are actually a couple other european languages that follow a similar translation (german: apfelsine, swiss: apelsin , norse: applesin) because the netherlands was the primary exporter of oranges from china during the 18th century. however, oranges had been exported to eastern european centuries before by portugal in the 16th century, hence why the arabic word for orange isn’t a variation of ‘chinese apple’ but instead ‘burtuqāl’ named after portugal. the romanian ‘portocale’, the turkish ‘portokal’, the greek ‘portokáli’, the bulgarian ‘portokal’ and the persian ‘porteqāl’ all follow similar translation.

that leaves us with the question though: why is the english word for orange, ‘orange’ and not ‘chinese apple’ or ‘portugal’? well, the english word comes from the identical french ‘orange’ which in turn comes from latin ‘pomen de orenge’ which actually can be traced back to the sanskrit word naranga THROUGH ARABIC!!! (there are two arabic words for two different kinds of oranges: burtuqāl for sweet oranges, and naranj for bitter oranges). and the sanskrit word ‘naranga’ meant not the color, nor the fruit, but instead was what the tree that bore the fruit was called. so technically, neither the fruit nor the color came first - the tree did

why are oranges called orange? but a apple is not called a red?

[roninki]

                             “Think you can handle me, ah, bakayaro?” Kotomi sketch done by the wonderful http://mistrieorange.tumblr.com/

[houseares]

Divine temptations💋👑❤🌳 -just a little more! -you could have gotten it flying, you know? #Meliodas #七つの大罪 #エリザベス #ゼルドリス #エスタロッサ #SevenDeadlySins #viñeta #fanart #amanoalzada #blackandwhite #deamon #goddess #love #applesin (en Colima, Mexico)

[pegassi-toreador]

the t22

[ishnualah]

Night Elf Hunter by Applesin on Deviantart

[angelicgarnet]

I believe last time you did this I asked about your favourite Norwegian words, so how about the inverse: what Norwegian words give you heartburn?

"Homofil”, which means gay. it has a 100% neutral and non-homophobic connotation in norwegian, but as an english speaker it sounds.... so... cursed. “Bifil” means bisexual and its even worse because it reminds me of bile 

“Øl“ is the word for beer. saying it sounds like you’re throwing up, which makes sense because beer is disgusting 

“Applesin”. you’d think it means apple, right? or maybe even pineapple? no. it means orange. im so angry!!!!!!