#big boss doing the work!!

[lunarcrown]

When grian wants to be carried around like a Princess by skizz but he has the attitude of a ornery cat SMH

[gomzdrawfr]

Getting creative with recognition

uh not so cute/funny random drabble of the AU:

warning: not proofread and just me rambling, bad writing LMAO

[plutonious]

experimenting with colors. again. for the billionth time. trips and dies

[submasbrainrot]

separate ways

[saturnaous]

I don’t like ingo and emmet at all. does anybody wanna hit them with trains together

[sea-buns]

He says he's unemployed now but I think this was his true calling all along

[sholmeser]

ary scheffer / justus knetch / snake & ocelot

[justanotherhh]

blitzø: refuses to believe in stolas' words, vies for a fight as a fallback to try and get some kind of control of the situation, uses the worst words he can think of to hurt him "back" dug from the deepest recesses of his own insecurities and inadequacies

stolas: refuses to hear what's beneath blitzø's words, too conflict averse to allow blitzø the time to process before he gives up and first walks away and then sends him away, doesn't give up control of the situation so that blitzø can actually understand him on his own terms

[danwhobrowses]

5 Underrated Things or Tactics That May Aid Bell's Hells to Victory

Spoilers up to Campaign 3 Episode 116 below

Well Critters, it all comes down to this.

Vox Machina dismantled the Malleus Keep, killed Ozo (the Bozo) Kruft, and freed the Champion of Ravens which removed the tidal lock on Ruidus, and now the Mighty Nein have disintegrated the Weave Mind, completing essentially a full dismantling of the Kreviris Imperium, all of which quicker than I anticipated. All that's left is the Hallowed Cage, where Ludinus Da'leth and his inner circle are using his harness to try and fully destroy Liliana Temult. Bell's Hells begin a race against time to save her, but also a race to defeat Ludinus before he unleashes his intentions unto Exandria and its Pantheon with Predathos, and then decide for themselves what they do with the God Eater.

Suffice to say, and I dunno about everyone else but, I am terrified. I believe they can win but Ludinus is not to be underestimated, this second harness means he may be stronger - and he was already the strongest wizard alive - and have access to more powers compared to his simulacra, plus Predathos may come during or after this battle, which can put the Hells in a weakened state. Matt has likely prepared his best and worst for this final battle too, but the Hells aren't Lv. 20 combatants like the other groups; there's no 9th level spells, no Divine Intervention, and the group lost their cleric ~20 episodes back, so even though VM and the Nein were ultimately successful within 1-2 episodes having to use both of their auto-succeed Divine Interventions from their two clerics in the process, this is the battle. And with that is a ridiculous amount of tension for Ludinus and for what comes after. For all we know, the cast may've already recorded ahead enough to have finished the final fight, maybe even finished the campaign (though I hope not, partly because I don't want it to end yet but also I feel like the dawn of the new era should be explored regardless of what choice the Hells make, plus some characters could use a bit more resolution after the big fight and the pressure of stakes and time sensitivity have been alleviated) but for us it's a nervous wait, and a wonder of what can be done to win and what choice will be made to determine the future of Exandria, Ruidus, their faith and their people. So, this is my indulging into that first part, 5 lower-key things or tactics that might not have been initially thought of that could make things easier to defeat Ludinus.

Liliana, the Inner Circle, and the Arcane Battery Provided that the Hells make it in time to stop Liliana from being totally destroyed by the harness (which is very possible since Laudna does have that tracking spell on him since Aeor, it's all about speed and not running into enemies) she will still be without her magic to fight. Ludinus' inner circle holding her down is comprised of Reilorans but also other Ruidusborns, and that's something the Hells can expose. Liliana cannot fight, but Ruidusborns can take spell slots from each other, so Liliana and any KO'd Ruidusborns from the inner circle can be used as spell slot fuel for Imogen and Fearne. Ludinus also gave a 9-slot fully-charged Arcane Battery to the Hells in order to trigger Delilah within Laudna for his escape, the battery can help recharge Laudna's slots too which makes this tactic handy for the witches of the group.

Dunamancy One of Ludinus' most important tools for his plan has been Luxon Beacons, a device able to unravel even divine magic, but much like the Harness it can prove his undoing. Dunamancy hasn't been touched upon as much as early C3 hinted it could have, but for lack of a better phrase, the possibilities are still endless. The Hells have multiple Potions of Possibility at their disposal to aid with rolls, but they also were given a Sphere of Dunamantic Restoration by the Kryn, which will trigger the effects of a Short Rest and a health and spell slot recharge - which can be handy in a pinch and to reuse some once per short rest abilities. Ashton is the key factor though, I've mentioned it a few times already but we don't know if these items will behave differently with them, via their own internal dunamancy abilities. Given the unknown factor, that's why it's not deemed as much of a tactic as it is a Hail Mary, but it is one that could lead to Ludinus' own magic unraveling, and maybe even Predathos' too

The Whirling Dervish & Conditional Advantages In Vassalheim, Dorian received his family sword: Gambolcleft, the Vortex Blade. One of its yet to be used abilities involves a once a day repetitive use of striking an enemy, similar to how Ozo killed Vex, provided that they attack with Disadvantage. Dorian is already looking at a high attack roll given Gambolcleft's +3 to attack and hit rolls, and Master's Flourish means he doesn't have to use a Bardic Inspiration to stack a Blade Flourish (Defensive Flourish is probably best, the damage is also doubled by Gambolcleft), the only quibble is the disadvantage. Fortunately, most of the Hells have skills that can force Ludinus into conditions where attacks would do advantage on him: stunning and rendering him prone being most likely, but paralysis is possible if a Hold Person is successful. It would of course require his Legendary Resistances to be used up first, but if Ludinus gets stunned or knocked prone within Dorian's range, Gambolcleft could easily carve its way through him with continual hits, stacked potentially by Bless and Mark of the Messy End, for perpetual damage and make Dorian himself impossible to hit on his next turn. Stunning or Proning Ludinus also leaves Ludinus at the vicious mercy of the martial players, especially for conditions that auto-crit when hit.

The Hole (or the Bag of Holding) Occam's Razor. An old but gold tactic of the Hells could very easily be used against Ludinus too. The portable hole or the bag of holding are devoid of air, left in one long enough with it sealed would mean suffocation as have been the fate of many of the Hells' past opponents that they didn't have time to deal with. The Hole's downside is that a Strength check can lead to a creature forcing their way out, but the Hells do have plenty of skills that can impose disadvantage on Strength rolls and the aforementioned conditions could help that, Ashton's Hammer may also make it more difficult to unfold the Hole if its Immovable Rod is propped atop of it - but that'd be down to Matt's discretion. The Bag of Holding doesn't have the strength save, but it is smaller so it may not be able to fit him in it. I'm not sure if Ludinus can use Gate to escape either, dunno if that leads to the whole extradimensional rip thing that happens if you open one while in the other, but if he does it's a concentration spell so the Hells could just keep knocking him back from the other side, a bigger group of enemies in either also reduces the time needed before they suffocate.

The Harness and the One-Chance Polymorph Right now Ludinus is using a harness to destroy Liliana, comparing it to the one in Moleasmyr it'll potentially take about an hour to finish the process providing that this factor wasn't improved upon. However, removing magic within a being for a whole day only required a minute of contact in the Hells' one and maybe Ludinus', thus his creation and reason for long life and power can also be the key to his downfall. Holding Ludinus down for a minute is of course not as easy as it sounds but that's where Polymorph can come in. Polymorph lasts at most an hour, so as long as Ludinus is changed into a creature that can easily be restrained they can use the harness on it and remove Ludinus of his entire arsenal in order to finish him off without the risk of his high level spells. The tricky part is getting Polymorph to succeed; Wisdom is after all a Wizard's bread and butter, but there is a single gambit that could make it work. It requires all Legendary Resistances to be gone of course, and for Laudna and Braius to be conscious; Braius has a once per long rest ability to change a Wisdom saving throw to a Charisma one, which he used to allow Dorian to succeed in making the Dominox dance in the live show, Laudna's Void Puppet can force disadvantage on saves to those within 5ft of it, which will negate his magical resistance to just a clean roll. Orym can also use Hex to impose a disadvantage, which may be able to stack, but this would also hinge on Ludinus' charisma not being super high and if the Polymorph fails once it will likely not be able to be tried again.

The fight won't be easy, but there are avenues that can make it less dangerous, a strategy is very much required for such a foe. All the while my strategy remains keeping up the prayer circle. Deep breaths everyone.

[technicontrastron]

Life is plastic 🎵 It's fantastic 🎵

Bonus

[princeofuchiha]

Me, every time I think about Inabi, Yashino, and Tekka rolling up to talk shit to twelve year old Itachi and call him names for not folding under their threats: Are you not embarrassed. Are you not ashamed of yourselves. Bullying a child at your grown age.

[poprockspillage]

just to watch it glow

Image description under the cut

A 3 page black and white comic in a gritty style using some halftones.

Page 1: the lyrics “I’m sorry I can’t take your touch… there’s a hole that you fill, you fill, you fill” from A Pearl are overlaid on the empty spaces of the comic. The first panel is Big Boss’s hand reaching out and touching Kaz’s back, which has scratch marks on it. The next two are BB choking Kaz and running his hand down his chest. In the bottom left, BB’s hands are flat on an unknown surface, with a small glowing orb between his hands. The last panel is Kaz holding BB’s face with a glowing orb between their open mouths. There is light coming from behind BB’s back as well as the orb.

Page 2: the lyrics “it’s just that I fell in love with a war… and nobody told me it ended” from A Pearl are overlaid on the page. Kaz, nude, stands on the left side of the page taking up most of the space, reaching out his hands around a glowing ball that is lighting him up. The first part of the lyrics are forming part of the circle of light around the ball. The back of his right hand that faces the camera is in shadow. From the darkness, a hand reaches out to hold his torso. In the bottom right corner, he sits with his shirt on, covering his face with one hand as if distressed. There is a glowing circle in the back of his head.

Page 3: the lyrics “and it left a pearl in my head and I roll it around, every night just to watch it glow, every night, baby, that’s where I go” from A Pearl are overlaid on the comic. There are two bright circles of light at the top of the page. The first has Kaz’s left eye visible, looking at a glowing pearl in front of it that seems to be the source of the light. In the second, Kaz’s eyeball is floating in space and the pearl has started to go inside of his eye. The veins of his eyeball are visible. In the center of the page, Kaz stands with his back turned to the camera, using a forearm crutch with his left arm. The right sleeve of his jacket is empty. He is looking at a white bird flying through halftone clouds. There is a pearl in the back of his head. At the very bottom of the page, the top of his head as an older person is visible. His hair is long and pulled back into a ponytail. There is a bright red bullet hole in the middle of his head, and blood erupts from in front of him, reaching up the canvas to almost touch the pearl in his head in the above illustration.

[cerbreus]

surgery leave finally okayed!!!!

[tetzoro]

good morning and happy wednesday friendz !!! spotify wrapped is out today .. who else cheered hehe things are already off to a good start ^_^ enjoy your day ! 🤍

[atopvisenyashill]

podcast makes a point that the iron throne is completely at odds with the concept of the valyrian freehold, and kinda dooms the targs from the start because the freehold being a large group of families reminds them that their power is completely tied to the living and very killable dragons whereas the throne demands only one person on top, so you HAVE to reconcile the branches on your family tree or they WILL start getting massacre happy about being The One On Top.

it’s a really great point. anyways i think this could be fixed by aegon giving every single lord paramount a dragon. there’s no way this goes wrong it’s full proof i’m a genius.

[sugar-autumn]

STOLITZ AMV WHILE WE WAIT FOR FULL MOON TO DROP

(it's also on youtube if anyone wants to watch it there)