#campaign posting

[bedlam-in-beleriand]

A proper pinned post and campaign explanation will come soon, but in the meantime, the link to our ao3 collection!

[spell-fox]

I will never recover from Eli last session having his heart actually broken (stabbed with his own ribs by a Tzimisce) while avenging his husband.

Then his husband walking him to the neighbourhood Tzimisce who fixed it and hardened it (or the ribs, who knows) along with dwindling humanity. I'm so normal about this

[smudgefawn]

i wonder if my players ever think ‘huh kastor really loves r/oyai, i wonder where ri/za is in our game’ and the answer is i love r/oyai but i also love angst and we are living in the worst timeline for… pretty much everyone :)

[nemesis-is-my-middle-name]

that article going around abt firefox's new ad program is annoying bc it's phrased as though "mozilla has finally TURNED on its people and is SELLING YOU OUT for cold hard cash!!" when. that's not what's happening. it is specifically being implemented to discourage tracking behavior, and literally all the data they are giving to advertisers is aggregate and anonymized, which is like, the opposite of what that post wants you to worry about, lol

[badolmen]

People against piracy fail to realize that no, I can’t just ‘buy it.’ They stopped making DVDs and Blu-Rays. They’re barely offering digital copies for download. I am not spending money I could use for food or bills to pay for a subscription service just so I can always have access to a beloved piece of media. Especially not when the service will remove media on a whim without concern for how the loss of access to that piece will make its artistic conservation nigh impossible.

For example, I recently learned that Disney+ had an original film called Crater. It’s scifi, family friendly, and seems cool - I would love to buy it as a holiday gift for my little brother! But: it’s exclusive to D+ and THEY REMOVED IT LITERALLY MONTHS AFTER ITS RELEASE.

The ONLY way I can directly access this film is through piracy. The ONLY available ‘copies’ of this film are hosted on piracy websites. Disney will NEVER release it in theaters, or as something to buy, and it may NEVER return to the streaming service. It will be LOST because we aren’t allowed to purchase it for personal viewing. If I can’t pay to own it, I won’t pay for the privilege of losing it when corporate decides to put it in a vault.

So yes, I’m going to pirate and support piracy.

Edit: if you are able, use $5 you would otherwise use for a streaming subscription to donate to a GazaFunds campaign.

[heritageposts]

I'm writing this post to bring attention to the GFM campaign of @salahmanarfamily / @salahahmed90, a father of two in Gaza.

Salah has been working hard to promote his family's campaign every day for almost a month now, and yet, despite all the effort he's put in, they've only received a little over 70 donations.

If you have money to spare, please consider donating!

This is a campaign that is very low on funds.

-> GFM Link

The campaign has been verified by @/90-ghost.

€1,572 / €70,000

[lunanheartache]

kythiri: the thing the bad guys are looking for is just abbreviated "SC" on their inventory records

jgar: ok so we will have to look for things that look like they start with an s and a c

queue: hey jgar how the fuck does something look like it starts with a letter

jgar: you look at it

[afloweroutofstone]

Heavy into the transgender world. Heavy into lots of different worlds.

[riverofrainbows]

It becomes clear that the last covid wave (brought on by spring festivals and carnevals and such where I live) has left people with both a stubborn cough (classical) and/or with thoroughly stubborn mucus in their sinuses. So stubborn that most medication that normally clears that up has not worked more than partially or temporarily.

So, if you had a ""cold"" and now have issues with mucus in your sinuses:

Consider wearing a mask in public. You probably had covid, and now have a compromised immune system for at least the next 6 months and probably longer. Consider avoiding super spreader events (EM, concerts, bars, conventions) or at least wear a mask so you're less likely to both get and spread covid at those events. Consider also getting the new covid vaccine come fall, or now if you hadn't before. It's not just a booster, it's based on the omicron variant instead. You should get it, because you now have a higher chance of getting disabled by long covid with your next covid infection, and any protection from getting infected helps lower that risk, as well as vaccination lowering the risk for developing long covid.

And if you're scared of social repercussions: At least wear it when you're sick or anyone close to you is sick. I'm begging actually.

I remember all the people during lockdown who said they would definitely wear a mask even for the regular cold after the pandemic has ended, because they now have the knowledge and means to not breath germs onto other people while actively infectious.

Where are y'all now? The pandemic hasn't even ended yet and almost no one is wearing a mask when sick.

Where is everyone who said that masks while sick should become the new normal?

Please don't even bother to feel guilty for not doing it so far, you fell for worldwide misinformation campaigns. Just start wearing a mask again and get all your covid vaccines.

Your actions are more important and way more impactful than your moral purity. Please just make wearing FFP2/N95 masks when sick and/or in high risk situations your new normal.

PS: (Edit to add my tags)

The worldwide misinformation campaigns are by capitalism. If anyone adds anything antisemitic on my post you're getting reported.

[irhabiya]

regarding the attempts to take down mohammed ayesh's campaign by zionists on the false claim that his campaign is fraudulent, i've spoken to him directly over the past few months. we've exchanged voice notes, i've heard the sound of drones in the background in his notes, he's sent me videos from where he'd been taking shelter explaining his situation in real time, he's shown me his process of verifying campaigns and has explained to me how hesitant he felt about making a campaign for to support his younger brother when he feels that there are many more gazans in need of all the support that they can get. he's been nothing but respectful and understanding since i've started talking to him.

if any of you zionist pigs really gave a fuck about supposed scams, i have ample evidence via our text and voice messages with him to prove he's really been working on the ground in gaza to verify countless campaigns. but obviously that's not what you racist pieces of shit are actually trying to do here, as if proudly endorsing a genocide isn't enough for you repulsive cunts, you're actively trying to murder palestinians in any way that you can, be that by propagandizing on behalf of a fascist settler colonial state or literally trying to cut off any source of income palestinians can rely on. go to hell.

[bedlam-in-beleriand]

About the campaign

Our first session was January 13th, 2024. We meet once a month, in three groups. Each session is ran again with each group, and through magic and suspension of belief, we make it work quite well.

We have a collection on ao3 here!

We use components of 5e and Adventures in Middle Earth (a 5e branch). Now, onto the story!

It is 2986, and 9 adventurers have recived letters froma mysterious "G", asking to meet in Bree in the Prancing Pony to investigate some rumors in the North, near the ruins of Fornost. The adventurers convence, but the mysterious G can no longer come, and asks them to please still investigate, then to meet him in Rivendell to tell him what they found.

They investigate, and report to Rivendell, to the one and only Gandalf. They tell him of what they found, a group of orcs, wargs, and some nameless thing. And he tells them that it was a test, to see if they were ready... to time travel to the first age, to help the peoples there and save who they can. As they meet new friends in Rivendell, time travel back to First Age 456 and find their footing, the party grows to 15 adventurers.

They soon meet a hero of the first age, and begin their journey into the chaos and bedlam of Beleriand.

Now, we meet our party.

Characters:

Amriel

Elf - Lorinand

Scholar

2986

Packrat of tea & scrolls. Former follower of Amroth. Has packrat friend named Insil.

Baennor

Elf - Rivendell, Noldor

Wanderer

~2890

Smith

Brianna Hornbeam

Human - Breelander

Warden

33

Former Bounder of Bree, now voyager/diplomat in the Southlands. Enjoys a good campfire singalong.

Caranel

Elf - Rivendell, Noldor

Rogue

~500

Though very young by elf standards, knows a bit about the first age because both parents are (former) Feanorians. Is more than he seems.

Celemiril

Elf - Mirkwood

Scholar

~750

Young, frequently visits Rivendell, rather book-smart than street-smart, and due to her young age, her knowledge about the first age is purely theoretical (books/scrolls/discussions with the ones remembering the past)

Clover Cotton

Hobbit - Harfoot

Ranger

Mid 40's

Clover will always put priority on food and safety and will take no one’s BS. She gives great hugs in case of need.

Cormac

Dwarf - Iron Hills

Slayer

[age here]

Egil of Erebor

Dwarf - Erebor

Scholar

~60

Nerd about old stories and preserving historical documents, randomly plays music whenever he has nothing better to do, and likes to look good, might get grumpy if he has to go any more than three days without having the time to properly comb and braid his hair and beard.

Haethrun

Human - Beorning

Fighter

[age here]

Honey connoisseur.

Meledhel

Half elf, half orc - Avari

Druid

3000+

A kind and thoughtful crafter with a love of pink.

Mili

Dwarf - Erebor

Scholar

Early 50's

Is often mistaken for a young man of the bardings by people who don't know her.

Mirenilde, aka "Mirya"

Elf - Valinorian Feanorian

Wanderer

7172

Former follower of Maedhros

Odd

Dwarf - Grey Mountains

Wanderer

77

Would love to be a great craftsman and chemist, regrettably more suited to destroying things.

Trevadriel

Elf - Rivendell

Wanderer

541

Mommy issues. Was supposed to travel to the East. Philosophically confused.

Tirmalda Turkavarno Larpenasta, "Aewglin"

Elf - Valinorian Feanorian

Scholar

Older than Feanor, younger than Finwe

Ancient babysitter, now healer. always open to talk about embarrassing stories of the royal family as children. Helped raise Feanor and his sons, most of the Finweans.

The DM

Possibly Eru Iluvatar

Older than the universe

Has ultimate power, ultimately uses it to torture the players and characters

(joking aside, I'm the DM, and @curiouselleth is my main blog where I post a variety of Silmarillion stuff, fanfic, art, and nonsense 💖)

Guest characters - only present in single sessions

Halwyn

Human - people of Haleth

Slayer

27

Secret sister of Haleth who was hidden away. Loves embroidery.

Hithiel

Elf - Ossiriland

Scholar

[age here]

Diplomat of the Green elves.

[dumbgoonpup]

🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸

Boys whose voices get higher and whinier while ur fucking them I love you. Boys who speak in a lower register when they're around their friends but lose control when they're begging and whimpering for me I love youuuu

🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸

[smudgefawn]

i love my players and their stupid joke nat 20’s. roll for soup. roll for bones. i don’t think roll for sprite was a nat 20, i think it was just a regular persuasion check, but it may as well have been. roll for kiss. roll for kiss for we the one i was actually thinking of i am haunted by the image (positive)

[wtfforged]

my campaign hiatus has gone on for too long so to cope ive combined my interests at their maximum potency and had some dnd-strawhats thoughts

thoughts in depth under read more... :)!

this is SO self indulgent. their designs literally did not change. but i am a firm believer that dnd doesnt have to be european high fantasy. and also one piece literally IS fantasy. no changes are necessary to fit into dnd. ive already imagined plenty of campaign/oneshot ideas inspired by one piece. so this was basically just an exercise of trying to replicate their canon abilities in dnd 5e as much as possible without totally homebrewing everything. well. aside from luffy. you just cant take away or change his stretching.

LUFFY: (human monk. drunken master subclass. outlander)

the only plain human of the crew to balance out with the fact that he still has rubber powers. obviously a monk. but drunken master subclass specifically because i think the flavor(not the fact that its about being a drunkard) and abilities both fit him really well. this line in the subclass' flavortext especially fits him: "A drunken master often enjoys playing the fool to bring gladness to the despondent or to demonstrate humility to the arrogant, but when battle is joined, the drunken master can be a maddening, masterful foe."

ZORO: (tiefling fighter. samurai subclass. bounty hunter)

a fighter with the samurai subclass is so very incredibly obvious... but i actually had a lot of fun geeking out while comparing the abilities to what he can do in canon; Fighting Spirit, Rapid Strike, and Strength Before Death especially! tiefling is also pretty on the nose for his demon pirate hunter shtick and asura form, but i thought he'd be really human-passing for a tiefling and theorized about his tail getting cut off at some point or another before joining the strawhats. initially wasnt gonna give him a feat, but i gave sanji a feat so i thought itd be unfair to not give him one as well, so sentinel fits the bill pretty well i think!

NAMI: (tabaxi rogue. arcane trickster subclass. criminal)

cat burglar -> full grown literal humanoid cat. this one is INCREDIBLY self indulgent... i love... cats... theres nothing deeper to this and no other reasoning. i took cat burglar and ran with it. can you tell that i love izutsumi dungeon meshi? rogue for the aforementioned burglar-ing as well, and the arcane trickster subclass for when she picks up climatact! the mage hand will be very useful for her pickpocketing. in the future as she levels up with timeskip, i can totally see her multiclassing into wizard as well! weather wizard!

USOPP: (lightfoot halfling artificer. artillerist subclass. urchin)

I HAD SO MUCH FUN THINKING ABOUT HIS CHARACTER SHEET. halfling's Naturally Stealthy ability lets him hide behind his crewmates since theyre (almost) all bigger than him, so its perfect for hiding behind zoro or sanji all the time. Lucky is also perfect for him, and I think Brave fits pretty well too when he puts on the sogeking mask. artillerist artificer is also very fun! tinkering and making magic items for his crew, and i think Eldritch Canon or Arcane Firearm could both be easily reflavored as kabuto or any of his inventions. for emphasizing his sniper-ness, the spell sniper feat was also necessary. i think hes my favorite of all the concepts. big ears and long nose combo is so cute to me.

SANJI: (half-elf monk. drunken master subclass. guild artisan (cook!))

race was mostly based on vibes i wont lie. squints. and that vinsmoke balogna or whatever too ig. but mostly vibes. along with the idea that i think a dwarf zeff raising him would be really funny and cute. monk is also obvious, and same subclass as luffy for mostly the same reasons. though the flavor fits him much less, i think the abilities still fit him perfectly, and this blurb specifically; "Your martial arts technique mixes combat training with the precision of a dancer." i really wanted to give him a different subclass from luffy, but i dislike all the other monk subclasses a lot and i found none of them fit him as well anyways, so to try and give them SOME differences, i gave him the crusher feat.

CHOPPER: (awakened deer(shifter statblock) cleric. life subclass. hermit)

this ones definitely a mouthful im sorry. awakened deer for obvious reasons, but due to magic instead of devil fruit stuff. when i was struggling with his race, i looked a lot at shifter because of his forms, but it occurred to me that itd be super cool if he could shift between all of the different shifter options instead of being stuck with just one to replicate his rumble balls. something like heavy point/guard point=beasthide, horn point/arm point(?maybe?)=longtooth, walk point/jumping point=swiftstride, and brain point=wildhunt. hed definitely need some kind of nerf though to balance out that homebrew... and cleric for class. duh.

ROBIN: (high elf wizard. order of scribes subclass. criminal)

robin is definitely the one i struggled the most with just because of her class. elf came pretty easily- shes very elegant and i think shed look cute with super long ears- and i landed on high elf instead of wood elf for the int-based abilities. i was really on the fence between sorcerer and wizard for her because i knew shed be a full spellcaster, but i didnt feel that any of the subclasses really fit her. i ended up going with wizard for order of the scribes since it focuses on texts and knowing everything. but also because robin with a flying talking sentient book would be crazy cool. it could also be similar to how she spawns mouths and eyes places to talk to or watch people. my "fuck it, why not. this would be rad. its my house" mindset kicked in with her i will admit. also the One with the Word ability made me cackle out loud when i read it. thats the funniest ability ever. anyways, i cant really think of a way to replicate her powers, but maybe we could just reflavor a bunch of spells to be her limbs or clutch; hold person, maximillian's earthen grasp, or evard's black tentacles. thatd probably work okay, and theres a handful of spells to replicate her ability to spawn eyes or mouths. unrelated, but i imagine nico olvia to be a drow. why? her hair is white. i am a simple man!

[heritageposts]

I'm writing again to bring attention to the GFM campaign of @salahahmed90 (Salah) and @salahmanarfamily (Manar), the parents of two young children in Gaza.

Here's an updated Salah posted last night, after he and his family were displaced for the sixth time:

Please help us, we are being subjected to genocide in Gaza. Hours ago, a house was bombed next to the place where we are and escaped death miraculously. Help us get out of Gaza in order to preserve our children.

Though Salah and Manar started out with the hopes of rebuilding, they've now made the difficult choice to begin saving up for an evacuation. Their campaign, however, is still very low on funds, and its been stagnating completely for the last few days, leaving them with barely enough for their immediate survival.

-> GFM link

The campaign has been verified by @/90-ghost.

If you can, please consider donating. Even a small contribution can make a big difference for the family.

Currently: €3,650 / €70,000

[badolmen]

Five Dollar Fridays!

Can you spare $5 this week? If not, please reblog this post so it reaches someone who can!

Otherwise, please donate $5 to one of the following verified fundraisers for families in Palestine and then reblog this post:

(verification) Sohaip's Family (£1.110/£10.000) [11.1%]

(verification) Basel's Family (CHF 8.725/CHF 60.000) [14.5%]

(verification) Muhammad's Family (€22.060/€82.000) [26.9%]

(verification) Malak's Family (€7.596/€25.000) [30.4%]

(verification) Samer’s Family (kr 149.538/kr 450.000) [33.2%] *note $1 = kr 10 conversion rate; ie. goal is roughly $45.000

(verification) Nadaa's Family (£9.630/£25.000) [38.5%]

(verification) Mohammed's Family (€39.952/€80.000) [47.1%]

(verification) Laila's Family (€32.434/€55.000) [58.9%]

(verification) Asmaa's Family (€27.331/€45.000) [60.7%]

(verification) Abdelrahman's Family (€19.981/€30.000) [66.6%]

(verification) Youssef's Family (€16.123/€23.000) [70.1%]

(verification) Nabila's Family ($7.354/$10.000) [73.5%]

(verification) Mohammad's Family (€29.438/€37.000) [79.6%]

(verification) Wafaa's Family ($67.707/$85.000) [79.7%] *new goal and campaign, see here.

(verification) Amira's Family (€31.935/€39.000) [81.9%]

(verification) Yousef's Family (€26.040/€30.000) [86.8%] *new goal and campaign, see here.

(verification) Fadi's Family ($43.580/$50.000) [87.2%] *new goal, see here.

Time stamp: Nov. 1, 2024

More information and campaigns under the read more.

(Conversions: $5 = kr52.36, €4.66, £3.89, CHF4.30)

Daily Campaigns @writing-prompts-for-palestine

Match Me Monday

Ten Dollar Tuesdays

Do Something Saturdays

Completed Campaigns:

(verification) Nada’s Family (€16.040/€16.000) [100%]

*** the follow campaigns have been terminated by GFM/are no longer accepting donations. I am looking for an update from the vetters or organizers.

(verification) Tala’s Family (€13.967/€40.000) [34.9%]

(verification) Musab's Family (£6.613/£18.000) [36.7%] *new goal and campaign, see here.

(verification) Moamen's Family ($8.273/$30.000) [27.6%]