#desert high temp

[fishrpg]

2025-01-05: Desert (Hot) Encounter Map Tactical Elements

Tactical elements are things that creatures in the encounter map can interact with and stack the odds in their favor. Generally they are most useful in combat situations, but creative individuals can find uses for them outside of combat. Hopefully these elements provide a reason to use the environment in a more intentional and experiential way. Every tactical element is influenced in part by a d6 that is rolled at the same time.

Desert (Hot) Tactical Elements (d20)

Salvageable part from a broken cart (1d6: 1-3, a single wheel; 4, axle dripping with grease; 5, ten feet of chain; 6, yoke)

Boulders (1d6, scattered around the map). Each boulder takes up a 10 foot square and provides full cover or high ground.

Natural stone arch (1d6 x 10 feet long and 10 feet wide). Easily traversed and provides high ground for people atop it. If there is a chasm or similar gap, the arch can be placed in a way to bridge the gap instead of being positioned where the die fell.

Dune (1d6 + 3 squares, arranged in a contiguous crescent shape). Provides 3/4 cover.

Dry Brush (1d6+2 squares clumped together). If exposed to a spark or flame, it catches fire instantly and burns for 1 minute. Flames spread to adjacent brush on Initiative 0.

Ley Line Focus (1d6 + 2 squares arranged in a straight line). Anyone standing in this area while casting a spell has advantage on both attack and damage rolls. Concentration is not affected.

Tar pit (1d6 squares, contiguous). Movement speed is reduced to 5 in these squares.

Precarious rock pillars (1d6, each one scattered at different points from the map though the first one is always as close as possible to where the die fell). Dealing any amount of damage (AC 17) to the stone at the top of the pillar will cause the stone to fall into an adjacent space and the stone functions as though it were a hill giant's attack.

Tumbleweeds (1d6 squares, scattered across the map). Dry, crinkly, and able to be rolled.

Lithophones (1d6 squares, scattered across the map). When struck with a stick or a fist, it produces a sound like a xylophone.

Hiding Spot (can hold up to 1d6 squares of creatures, though only the square with the entrance is visible).

Stone wall (1d6 x 2 squares in a line). Crumbling wall provides 1/2 cover.

Hungry herd animals (1d6+2). Cows, horses, or another creature appropriate to the environment are wandering here.

Mostly-dead trees (1d6+2, clumped together). These are 15-feet tall and barely clinging to life in the harsh environment.

Cactus patch (1d6 squares, clumped together). Anyone pushed into these squares takes 1d4 piercing damage.

Lightning stones (1d6, scattered). These ferrous rocks intercept lightning damage that is targeted at a creature in a space adjacent to the stone. Any damage that the creature would receive is diverted harmlessly into the ground.

Swarming insect nest (1d6 squares, clumped together). Dealing any damage to the nest (DC 10) releases a swarm of insects that emerge from the nest at Initiative 0.

Makeshift sled (can hold 1d6 X 50 pounds). It's something smooth and flat that can help transport stuff over sandy/snowy soils.

Drainage basin (1d6, each a 10x10 square and scattered). Natural depressions of hard packed earth retain puddles of dirty water.

Odiferous things (1d6 squares, scattered). Something with a strong smell (unpleasant or otherwise) is here and the overpowering scent can mask smells. Any checks that rely on smell automatically fail within 10 feet of one of these things.

[roylustang]

Everyday I wake up in the desert and it’s like in the upper 40s outside and every time I think “oh it’s going to be so cold” and then I go outside and it literally isnt (unless it’s cloudy….but it’s the desert so usually it isn’t)

[ardentguilt]

@plaguedocboi

Looked up a few more dangerous Aussie places both water, caves and other places so here’s a selection for perusal should you be interested.

Delta varient cave mount field national park Tasmania -Australia’s deepest cave. Yes it’s named after the covid varient.

Links to previous record holder Niggly Cave and Growling Swallet cave

Nullarbor caves - huge cave system under the desert

Tank cave - mount gambier. Massive underground network of flooded passages around 7010 metres long. At least 1 death

K’gari/fraser island - dingoes on land, feeding ground for young great white sharks, at least 2 species of dangerously toxic jellyfish and deadly riptides with no warning signs of lifeguards. I think it’s the largest sand island too.

Gunnamatta beach - dangerous riptides and large swells ~113 rescues a year

Mount Augustus Western Australia - warnings not to climb between November and February after a series of deaths where climbers literally cooked to death in the Aussie summer heat

Munga-thirri Simpson desert national park - takes on average 4 days to cross by vehicle. Extreme temperatures and winds kick up dust storms. Temperatures are so dangerous the whole area is off limits between 1st December and 15th March during which temps can reach 50+°C

Cahills crossing - a water crossing in the Northern Territory that is considered the most dangerous crossing in Australia due to its high water flow and the abundance of large saltwater crocodiles which have been known to attack people attempting to cross. Generally closed during the wet season as the water volume is far to dangerous the dry season allows for more opportunities to cross. Crossing at the wrong time can overturn vehicles and deaths have been recorded here.

Wittenoom Western Australia - a former mining town build to cater to a large Crocidolite mine. Crocidolite is what we know more commonly as Blue Asbestos and the fibres of this varient are very tiny making it widely considered the most dangerous asbestos varient and was found to be responsible for the most deaths and illnesses relating to asbestos exposure.

The contaminated zone is 50,000 hectares and is the largest contaminated zone in the southern hemisphere.

Mining for asbestos here began around the 1930’s and Wittenoom was established around 1950 to cater to the miners and their families.

The mine was later shut down in 1966 after rising awareness of the toxicity of asbestos though residents still remained.

In 2006 the official status of the town was removed and in 2007 it was removed from official maps and road signs. Again residents still remained. In 2013 the towns closure was finalised though again residents remained and refused to leave.

2015 had 6 residents remaining, 4 remained in 2017, 3 in 2018, 2 in 2021 and as of September 2022 nobody remained.

Even now a century after the closure this area is still massively contaminated and access is forbidden.

I….actually have a mineral specimen of Crocidolite with a bit of Tremolite (white asbestos) from this site but I keep it in a completely sealed display box well out of reach which I NEVER open. Short of finding someone selling off a piece from an old collection you can’t get specimens from this site anymore because nobody’s allowed anywhere near the place.

[jingyi-ma-boi]

Rule Nº1: Perform no unauthorised experiments

Alright, this is it.

Viktor steels himself with a deep breath, eyes closed for an instant, left hand moving before he second guesses himself as he uses his right hand to keep his leg in place. The metal of the injector has warmed with his own body heat, clammy with the nervous sweat from his hand. He doesn’t dwell on it, pulling the trigger and sinking the needle in a swift movement.

The high and the pain are instantaneous. All the muscles on his body becoming taught as if pulled by invisible strings, fire coursing through his veins, making his skin itch and prickle as if he was wearing the kind of wool that always made him want to tear his skin off. He wants to tear his skin off now too.

He’s curling in on himself, panting in an attempt to regain his breath— or at least, as much of it as he can, anyways. He doesn’t want to even think of how actual shimmer must feel like if this is the rush he gets from his own version of the medicinal kind.

Still out of breath, though not as much, Viktor can only lay his head down on his workstation. After the initial overwhelming sensation of the cold steel on his bare skin there’s sweet relief. He feels hot, underdressed down to his undergarments as he is. A couple of minutes come to pass, his breath evens out and he realizes that he needs to take note of everything.

Slight perceived increase in body temp. Mild exhaustion from the shock, rapidly decreasing.

It is with wide eyes and a sharp inhale that he notices the first, immediate effect.

Possible increased pulmonary capacity?

Viktor takes a deep breath. A really deep one and holds it in, before letting it out slowly. Nothing happens. Nothing happens.

Sweet Janna, breathing like that should immediately throw him into a coughing fit from the bronchitis he’s been battling these weeks. He hasn’t been able to breathe like this for years. He lets out a short, disbelieving laugh, looking around him into the lab. Just as deserted as it has been for the past six hours. Because it’s fucking two in the morning.

Frantic from the manic energy of what looks like his first breakthrough in months, and a rising hope that he tries and fails to tamp down for precaution’s sake, he takes two fingers to the pulse point under his jaw and begins counting under his breath. He reaches sixty without a hitch or skipped beat. He turns to look at the clock, waits for the second hand to reach the twelve and counts again.

Steady heart rate, 92bpm after 5” recovery period. Over 5% decrease from previous recordings of resting bpm. No apparent signs of previous arrythmias. Pending of further readings.

A few more seconds pass in the stillness of the night, waiting for the other shoe to drop. Nothing happens. There’s only the sound of Viktor’s even breath, a soft cadence accompanied by the soothing moderato tempo of his heartbeat in his chest. Hope continues to bloom next to organs that seem to work properly for the first time in years as his lips stretch in a relieved grin.

Keep reading on AO3

Pairing: Jayce/Viktor

Rating: E

4.2K words

[raychelsnr]

Flagstaff during monsoon season is a favorite of mine. I always like cleansing the palette after a trip to the low deserts with a couple of days in the high elevation with cooler temps and still gorgeous scenes.

[party-gilmore]

the way people are like “oh but such and such is a dry heat” when complaining about high temps from one part of the world to another except it’s like

Ardeth visiting in London in winter being all grumpy and Jonathan just like “…but desert nights are fucking freezing though” and Ardeth just like “yes but this is WET cold why is it a WET cold???!?”

[rgbfall]

heya! may i inquire about the mechanics of locating minecraft biomes? that enormous set of tables from your post has got me intrigued and it sounds fun to learn!

YES ok so. I just started looking into this today so. I don't entirely know the exact details? (Also when I went to try on the server I was doing this for I remembered. We have several worldgen data packs so it's not even relevant T_T so I haven't even tested these out) this is gonna get long so. It's gonna go under a cut

ANYWAY! basically! When deciding what biome to spawn in a certain location, minecraft has a set of parameters it looks at. These are temperature, humidity, continentalness, erosion, weirdness, depth and peaks & valleys (PV). Each of these have a value of -1 to 1 which puts them in one of several levels, and the levels of all of them combined determines the biome!

Temperature is, well, temperature. Higher levels (5/6) generate stuff like deserts and badlands, lower levels (1/2) generate stuff like taigas and tundras, and mid levels (3/4) are stuff like. plains, forest

Humidity is, again, humidity, so for hotter temps high humidity is wooded badlands over deserts, and colded temps has more ice spikes. Those are the big 2 parameters on the spreadsheet I posted! Oh also here's the spreadsheet again so ppl know what I'm talking about

Sorry I think. Tumblr might crunch it a ton, but if you want I can grab the link i got it from

Ok, next. Continentalness. This is how far inland it is! Higher levels are inland, 4 is for beaches/coast, 3 is for oceans and 2 is for deep oceans. Interestingly, 1 is exclusively for mushroom biomes!

Erosion is about how flat the biome is. Higher erosion = more flat. So if you want mountains you want low erosion

Weirdness is the chance of getting biome variants. Things like pale gardens, old growth forests, cherry groves etc.

Then depth and PV. Depth just determines whether it you're in a cave for cave biomes and I don't. Think I fully understand the PV stuff ahaha, I think it's more to do with terrain than biome?

Anyway! All this to say, hypothetically you could use this spreadsheet and the F3 menu ingame to search for biomes! Under biome there's a section for parameters (I think there's something between em but it looks like this!)

Each of these parameters is a gradient rather than having arbitrary cutoffs, and it's how they get biomes to blend together rather than having a desert next to a tundra, so if you follow a specific parameter, say temperature, you could use it to find a specific biome you want! e.g if you're looking for a badlands, and you come across a desert, follow that! But if you come across a taiga, you're going the wrong way!

Hell, you probably don't need to use F3, if you just follow the biomes. It would probably help fine tune it though!

Again, I haven't actually. Tested this, and i only started looking today, but hypothetically it should work to help find biomes!

[girlactionfigure]

🟡 Friday - ISRAEL REALTIME - Connecting to Israel in Realtime

Rosh Chodesh Sivan, have a good new month!

Erev Shabbat - Parshat Bamidbar - Numbers 1:1 - In the Sinai Desert, G‑d says to conduct a census of the twelve tribes of Israel.

🌡 HEAT WARNING.. high temperatures today and tomorrow, returning to normal summer temps Sunday.  Hydrate, check your elderly.  And there have already been several baby and toddler deaths from left-in-car overheating, be extra careful!

🔸DEAL.. Hamas leader Sinwar to mediators: "Hamas will not disarm”. (WSJ)

.. Qatar has threatened senior Hamas officials to be expelled from Doha if they oppose the deal.

.. Qatari Foreign Ministry: "Hamas has not yet responded to the proposal for a ceasefire; they are still studying the proposal and the efforts of the mediating countries continue.”  (Yes this is opposite from previous reports.)

▪️INFILTRATION FROM JORDAN.. overnight near Tirat Zvi.  Town alert squads activated, IDF searching area.

▪️HEZBOLLAH FIRED ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILES.. at Israeli jets over south Lebanon.  This is the first time they have fired at jets, but have previously shot down Israeli high flying observation drones.

▪️NETANYAHU TO SPEAK TO U.S. CONGRESS.. on July 24.

▪️US SEC STATE BLINKEN TO ISRAEL.. early in the coming week.

▪️ISRAEL ORDERS MORE F-35’s.. Israel signs a contract with the US to purchase 25 F-35 fighter jets for $3 billion.

▪️KIRYAT SHMONA SHOPPING MALL HIT.. by Hezbollah suicide drone.  Significant damage, no injuries.  (( As a precision weapon, someone want to comment about shooting at military vs civilian sites?  Israel is literally dropping leaflets warning civilians, Hezbollah is targeting civilians. ))

▪️MEDIA FEEDING THE ENEMY ENERGY.. The Lebanese Al Mayadeen channel quotes from the editorial of the Haaretz newspaper this morning:  “The countdown has begun and it is only a matter of time to the final collapse of Israel. A Lebanon war will push Israel into the abyss with a lack of international legitimacy and an exhausted army.”  This is from an Israeli newspaper during a war!

▪️HOUSING.. High Court decision on a long running case on who pays differences in some indexed payments on fixed price new apartments, the contractor, the State, or the buyer which was agreed between the contractors and State to be divided among the 3 - the court rules buyers aren’t party to the agreement and therefore can’t be charged.  Savings of NIS 8,000 per 1,000,000 of home price for buyers are expected. (Calcalist)

▪️MORE POLITICAL POLLING.. this time from right wing Ch. 14..

Likud - 25

National Unity - 17

Israel our Home - 14

Yesh Atid - 13

Shas - 10

Otzma Yehudit - 9

Labor - 9

United Torah Judaism - 8

Ra’am - 6

Religious Zionism - 5

Hadash-Ta’al - 4

Balad - below minimum at 3%

Meretz - below minimum at 2.2%

National Right - below minimum at 1.7%

Trends of note:  Labor significantly up with new leader, Israel our Home trending up.

⭕ HAMAS ROCKETS at Magen and Ein HaBsor near Gaza.

⭕ HEZBOLLAH ROCKETS at Beit Hillel, Ma'ayan Baruch, HaGoshrim, Zarit in the north.

SPECIAL REPORTS

❗️ON INFILTRATION from Gaza attack:

.. The tunnel shaft through which the terrorists reached 200 meters from the border is a shaft that is connected to a tunnel that has been known to Israel for 10 years, since Operation Protective Edge, and has not been destroyed.

.. When the terrorists reached the first fence, the old fence, they passed through an opening in the fence that remained breached and unprepared.  And while IDF forces are using it for entry to Gaza, not even a gate added.

❗️EMERGENCY PLANNING

Links to prepare for greater conflict.  Note many of the links work on in Israel, to view from outside use a VPN (special app or program that lets you appear somewhere else on the internet).

.. Preparing your home for an emergency.  https://www.oref.org.il/12490-15902-en/Pakar.aspx

.. Supplies and Equipment for Emergencies.  https://www.oref.org.il/12490-15903-en/pakar.aspx

.. Help Prep your Neighborhood and Family Elderly.  https://www.oref.org.il/12550-20999-en/pakar.aspx

.. Know the Emergency numbers

Police 100 emergency, 110 non-urgent situation

Ambulance 101

Medics 1221

Fire 102

Electric Company 103

Home Front Command 104

City Hotline 106

Senior Citizen Hotline *8840

Social Services Hotline 118

Cyber (hack) Hotline 119

[fishrpg]

2025-01-04: Desert (Hot) Encounter Map Hazards

Several of the items on this list might be reasonably included on other tables, but in general this table is for items that are generally stationary and will primarily cause adverse effects/damage to antagonize players. Unless otherwise specified, the hazard is located where the d12 falls on the map. Future revisions of this table will probably move some of these items to the setting description and modifiers table.

Hot Desert Hazards (d12)

Unstable terrain. If this 10 foot square area is traversed, make a DC 18 DEX save or move 10ft in random direction (or less if blocked by an object).

Chasm. A chasm approximately 10ft wide runs through this point and bisects some or all of the encounter area.

Rubble. Things hidden in the sand make this area into difficult terrain. The affected area is a square whose sides are 20 feet.

Dust Devil. 5ft wide and moves 20ft toward the nearest creature on initiative 0. CON save (DC 12) for anyone in its path or adjacent to avoid being blinded for 1 turn.

Pit. Whether it is a natural pit, an exposed cistern, or something else, this pit is 10 feet wide and 20 feet deep.

Sharp Terrain. The ground here is littered with sharp stones that function as natural caltrops. The affected area is 6 continuous squares.

Glare. Anyone not wearing protective gear has disadvantage on rolls that rely on sight while within this area.

Mirage. Shimmering reflections give -2 penalty for ranged attacks (including spells) to hit; damage is unaffected.

Dry. Fire burns hotter and faster here; add 1 Fire damage for each die of damage it does normally, and its light range is extended by 10 feet.

Exposure. For anyone not wearing proper protective clothing, take 1d2 damage on initiative 0. The damage type is Radiant during the day and Cold at night

Sandstorm. An ongoing sandstorm covers the whole map. Any rolls relying on sight or hearing are made at disadvantage.

Oncoming Storm. A storm will arrive after 2 rounds. 60% chance for sandstorm, 30% chance of lightning storm, 10% chance precipitation

[discordiansamba]

The town of Plaht City is peaceful.

Sure, it can be a little weird sometimes- but most of it Hunk doesn't even notice. The only reason he knows about half of the weird sightings and odd things going on out in the desert is because his friends and devoted loyal customers, Pidge and Matt are always eager to talk about the subject.

Hunk's not really interested. He's just content to run his bakery, the Lion's Den. It's a two man operation at the moment- it's just him and his part timer, a slightly odd college student named Romelle. He makes it work, but it's clear that he could probably use some extra help. Unfortunately for him, he's also kind of picky when it comes to his employees. It took him like, two months after he'd first opened to even hire Romelle.

At least he's built up a loyal customer base! It doesn't hurt that Plaht City's oddball mayor, Coran Smythe is apparently a huge fan of his danishes, a fact which he tells everyone at every chance he gets. His niece Allura and her nephew Lotor come in basically every day, the former stopping by after picking up the latter from school. There's Pidge and Matt, of course, but he already mentioned them. And Lance is always hanging around, but that's a given because he's pretty sure his best friend is addicted to the ungodly sweet coffee concoction that is on the menu entirely because of him.

So things are going pretty great, all told!

Still, when a customer shows up five minutes before closing, part of Hunk can't help but heave an irritated sigh. He doesn't mind, necessarily- but there's no way to tell if this last minute customer is the type who'll linger or not. At least he's kind of cute, in a vaguely mysterious way. It's the combination of his dark hair and pale skin, plus the leather jacket and biker gloves that does it.

His eyes are like nothing he's seen before. He didn't even know people could have purple eyes.

He takes a moment to consider the menu- his eyes lingering extra long on the prices. He finally settles on a black coffee and one of the day old cookies that Hunk sells for half price. He pulls out a crumpled five dollar bill, and it suddenly sort of hits him that this might be all the money this guy even has.

He asks if there's a good place to camp out around here. Hunk points him in the direction of the campground his uncle runs. Turns out he's new in town. He says his name is Keith, asks if there's any place around here that's looking for temp workers that doesn't mind if they don't have a full high school education.

He's not sure what prompts him to do so, but Hunk asks him if he'd like to work here. Keith blinks, stares at him for a long few seconds- and then slowly shrugs. Sure, but he doesn't know much about baked goods.

The Lion's Den has a new employee the following morning.

[skelevision]

heyyy 🎨 :-) i need to draw

polled my friends in the server too but i also wanna poll here.....

doodles for reference (some of these are really old) and some info on each under the cut........... (sorry if theyre underdeveloped or sound like a 16 yr old made them i have like 100-200 ocs and many of them Are from when i was a teen. not that my ocs are better now though LMAO)

auri: cloned pilot who relies heavily on the support system in his mech for emotional and mental stability (doesnt work). short description but i love this guy i could rant about him for hours (i wont, embarrassing)

calin: stole his mech (starstrider) and deserted in his teens. does whatever now trying to get by. he's uncomfortable outside of starstrider most of the time but when he's not stressed he doesn't mind being outside of it, so long as his harmonizer can still connect. he likes seeing new things. i gave him a big comfy coat thats as hot or cool as he needs it to be because thats my dream. he's in the magic world i have actually

EVE: lab grown pilot who is usually connected to giant genetically identical meat mech ADAM. therin isnt here but hes a biomechanic and hes trying to befriend EVE. i did make them A While Before i watched evangelion if anyones wondering

morgan/knife: idk these guys started as spiderverse ocs but then i remembered i dont rly care about spiderman. theyre on earth after an alien corpse drifted into orbit and the research trips to and from it brought all kinds of freaky diseases to earth and caused something like an apocalypse (altho it also kickstarted space travel). knife was a prototype soldier who escaped the lab in his preteens and met morgan on the road. theyve been travelling together for 8+ years idk knife pair-bonded with morgan so make of that wjhat you will

leo/jinx: work at private anomaly control company. that doodle is really bad. leo has a deal with a faustian anomaly for power and jinx (who i kinda wanna rename) basically just weakly shocks anything he touches. and they kiss. badly ‼️

nettle: (the doodle is from when these were ocs in the sims theyre like. a lot different now) host to parasitic anomalous plant. hes nervous all the time. adoptive brother of end and dating alora. his dad got a government job in the anomaly control sector after nettle was parasitized as a child and taken into govt custody

alora: shes very normal actually. supportive parents and loving household. no special abilities, joined wanting to help people, eventually becomes disillusioned to the reality of anomaly control, especially as a government agency

end: self-proclaimed demon of the void. can eradicate up to about 3 square feet of matter at a time. they dont get along well with people but hit it off with most animals immediately, except dogs. nettle's dad basically adopted them after they met

the homosword (other guy not pictured): ancient weapon with a kind of sentient computer in it (i really gotta redesign the sword i dont rly like it anymore). other dude is a type of human that can both endure very high temps and can get really hot with emotions (to the point of possibly burning to death when something like grief or rage is experienced), lives in what is essentially a country-sized junkyard pretty much constantly on fire with his nomadic people (avoiding the Great Firestorm). finds the sword and uhammmmmm ... adventure (and gay love.......)

daisy: anomalous humanoid creature. hes carnivorous and used by an organized crime group to dispose of bodies. not very well taken care of. he might end up as a side character but i like him a lot. older oc, new doodle so u can see him

[boondockerblog]

Day 2 (driving southwest)

Some years once we know what general direction we're going we know what roads we'll take to get to the warmth quickly. This year we have new things to consider:

- what will the low temp be while driving?

- where are there high winds?

- do we have a preference for our first non-driving-day stop?

Why are these things different this year?

- the switch to the 5th Wheel. It needs to be above freezing while we're driving as the water lines are on the outside and even if we turned the furnace way up the thermostat would keep turning it off as the thermometer inside reached temp (in the motorhome the lines were inside)

- "I'd love to drive an RV in the wind", said no one ever

- with a shorter number of days than usual this year we're going to skip areas that we'd listed to see, mostly in the far SE and SC of AZ

So this morning the final route (above freezing during the day, lowest wind possible, skip far SE AZ) was determined - we'll start in Quartzite for a few days and then go straight to the western edge of our trip. The rest of the time we'll move East in the public lands throughout the southern desert.

The drive today took us through cold and snow pile Kansas, which morphed into 60 degree, high winds, dust storm Kansas. No great pics there (unless you just want to see a brown blur). We saw many picturesque (minus the brown blur) small town squares but we took pics of those last year as we're on the same route so far (see 2024 Day 1).

After all day in the flat of Kansas and the Texas panhandle it was nice to start seeing some hills as we climbed in elevation in northern New Mexico. And then,

in central NM just in the last throws of the sunset, the mountain ranges started to show in the distance. And you know what that means! - we're arriving into the beautiful SW that we love!

[sunderedoldfriends]

what places do you think would excite hyth the most? do you think he can handle high temps ( thavnair/ul'dah ) or cold temps ( ishgard ) at all? what would be his favorite?

That is a very interesting question! Back in the ancient days Hythlodaeus was not like Azem, he didn’t get the chance to travel, he only knew the safety of Amaurot and what he saw in Elpis. So in a potential AU where Hythlodaeus gets to stay in the present world, he would like to travel. Let him go to a bustling city as Kugane, let him wear a kimono or hakama and examine all the foreign goods and foods. Let him experience things for the first time.

But to come back to your question, I think he is actually very sensitive to weather and temperature. Thanalan? Way too hot. Our mans is super pale and gets sunburned easily, also the desert is so bare of life, there is nothing to look at. Coerthas and Garlemald? You could put him in the thickest fur coat available and he would still freeze, though if he gets the chance he would always be the first to start a snowball fight.

As I have discussed with a friend, I think he would most likely settle down in a little hut just outside of Gridania. He likes the mild weather and the greens of the forest, he loves nature and all kinds of animals, so he would probably become a botanist. He would be a very open and friendly individual, but he has a very obvious aura of solitude when he is by himself. He doesn’t like to be alone, he had been separated from those he cared about for so long already.

[hidingupmysleeve]

Arizona Trip 🌵☀️ February 17-23, 2024

I’m a bit late on recapping this trip, but I wanted to document it as it was just so good. Kate @colorado-wildflowers and I planned a trip to Phoenix, AZ to escape the winter blues.

Day 1: We met up with Alex @flowers-justbecause who I had never met before. She was awesome and little did I know how supportive (literally and figuratively) she’d be. We hiked Picketpost Mountain in Superior, AZ. This hike is rated difficult and boy… was it. It wasn’t marked well and there was high elevation which I’ve dealt with pleanty of times before, but I was not prepared for the rock scrambling that ensued. Kate caught some gnarly pictures of Alex and I scaling the mountain and seeing it from her prospective was wild to me (pic #8). There was a point in the climb that I almost was in tears (a first for me), but with the help of Alex and Kate, I was able to move past that. Alex even let me use her shoe as a “rock peg” during some of the climb, and I had just met her! Overall it was such a fun day and I felt badass afterward.

Day 2: We did an awesome hike at Lost Dutchman State Park. This park was so cool with numerous rock formations. This was on Presidents’ Day, and there were many people here. This hike even had a baby waterfall, but due to the temps of the desert, we could barely see it. This hike just had a lot of variety and I loved the loop as we were able to trek downhill afterward. Much needed after the day prior’s tough hike. Afterward, I picked up a coffee mug and magnet at the gift shop. We then got vegan chorizo tacos and relaxed in the hot tub at a spa across the street from our airbnb. Our air bnb host comped us free day passes to the spa due to their condo’s tub being out of service.

Day 3: We went to Saguaro Lake and did paddle boarding! The lake was beautiful. Kate even saw a wild desert pig. I couldn’t get over being in 70s and sunshine in the middle of February. I was truly basking in all its glory. After paddle boarding, we went and saw the most gorgeous sunset at “Hole in the Rock”. Definitely a touristy area, but beautiful and worth doing, nonetheless.

Day 4: We met up with Alex again and did a small hike at White Tank Mountain Regional Park. This place was fully paved and just so well maintained. Kate and Alex did a sunrise hike at Camelback Mountain, so an “easier” hike was perfect. The views did not disappoint. We also saw a bunch of petroglyphs! After that, we had such a wholesome/cute Taylor Swift Eras tour movie night. Alex brought her bracelet-making kits, and we made friendship bracelets. I made a bracelet that said “glorious sunrise” from one of my favorite songs of hers, Happiness.

Day 5: Our last day consisted of a hike at South Mountain, which is a park 10 minutes from our airbnb! It was the perfect way to end our trip. There were some cool caves (Dead Man’s pass) and amazing views of Phoenix. We then went to the Desert Botanical Garden. I’ve never seen so many cool-looking cactus before. Speaking of which, I got hand-made cactus in their gift shop and added it to my bookshelf. I love picking up cool trinkets on my trips. I found the perfect place for it on my bookshelf.

This trip was seriously everything I wanted it to be and more. Kate did such a fabulous job planning it (she is the desert queen) and I had such a fun time spending the week with her in the sunshine blasting Bright Eyes and Taylor Swift with the windows down. Oh, it was a wonderful splash.

[candycryptids]

*evil boops you*

For any and all blorbs you can think of! Do they like BBQ? If so, what kind of sauce? What kind of meat? With or without slaw? Beans? Gimme the nitty gritty!! *grabby hands*

WAUGH IVE BEEN EVIL BOOPED…

😈😈😈 <- that’s me revving up the evil blorbo headcanons

Chuu likes buffet style barbecue so she can get a lil of everything but she favors brisket and anything off of Talia’s plate. Doesn’t super care for most slaw or any beans (would rather just have a dressed salad, Mayo isn’t her fave) isn’t super interested in eating meat off the bone, so Talia sometimes cuts her meat off the bone for her. (Exception for Ribs, which is like a built in handle, AND usually is cooked so it falls off the bone easily.) Gets 3 ice cream cones (each a different flavor) one after the other for desert lmfao

Tuesday (assuming he can eat XD) likes ribs 😤 hickory barbecue sauce. Smoked meats… sloppy sandwiches with pickles ….! Takes a heaping helping of slaw and politely eats pinto beans, crushes barbecue baked beans (they’re different…) gets the swirl option from the ice cream machine and makes an aesthetically stunning cone- eats only about half of it before it starts critically melting

Ishi is kinda take or leave it on barbecue- though they’re hard pressed to turn down fresh grilled meats, or ah. The name of it has suddenly escaped me. Japanese style restaurant with its own grill top where YOU grill your own meats. NOT hibachi….. damn…. Anyways. They’re not crazy on beans at all but coleslaw is decidedly ‘ok’, it’s just not their first pick!

Mochiie prefers dry rub/seasoned meats over sauces 🤔 Beef is great but goat and lamb are the best. Always gets slaw (cooling/neutralizing flavor!) is kinda neutral-positive on beans. He’ll have any kind it’s just not a selling point. Thinks about getting ice cream and then kinda nails. Has apple pie for desert instead, no ice cream

Tangy is getting everything. She’s not picky. Favorite is hot links with barbecue sauce and a big roll she can rip in half and stuff with cinnamon butter. Constantly bumps into Chuu at the ‘complimentary Ice Cream Dispenser’. They swap tricks to filling and piling high cones and chocolate sauces. Chuu once stopped talking to her for the time she saw Tangy stuff a pickle spear into her ice cream though (it was a dare and she didn’t do it again but she claims it quote ‘wasn’t actually that bad!’)

Colette crushes a rack of ribs. Or a tomahawk. Likes light sauce to savor the meat. Dominates her food (bones picked clean. And everyone else’s.) gets a polite amount of coleslaw and outright skips beans unless they’re black eyed peas n bacon. Also gets the peach cobbler if it’s available.

Levraut WANTS the big fancy steak but can never afford it and ends up with just a half rack of ribs instead. Gets beans and coleslaw cos it comes with it and kinda nibbles on both, dared Tangy to try a pickle in her ice cream just because they were both already kinda fuckin around. Gets a cup of barbecue sauce to dip stuff in rather than having his food smothered in it. Also dips his bread in it.

For fun; some side cast tidbits under the cut

Gemmini likes barbecue sandwiches- sloppy joes or brisket, but she’ll also sneak meat off someone else’s plate if they got sausage. She won’t admit out loud she likes em but. She does. Drowns things in barbecue sauce. Refuses coleslaw and beans outright. ONLY gets ice cream if they have strawberry (they never do). Will competitively eat if Skunk is there- he CANNOT be allowed to eat more than her. (This leads to some hilarious shenanigans)

Velivet would love barbecue but he’s got a lot of little ones to wrangle and make sure eat so he tends to get something that tastes good even if it gets a little soggy or room temp. Eats coleslaw to set an example for the kids to eat their greens…. Please.

Milos (Vel’s bio-son, 17’ish) enjoys brisket the best, with bbq sauce, doesn’t enjoy coleslaw but has been convinced to eat at least two bites. Likes baked beans. Gets a moderate ice cream cone of plain vanilla.

Elise (Vel’s adoptive kid, 8’ish) has to be coerced to eat something OTHER than the Coleslaw and Beans, actually. Frequently gets Milos’ leftover slaw. Will pick at plain sausage.

G’mifi (like 3, Vels adoptive kid) and gets no beans, a little bit of slaw, and a little bit of plain undressed brisket or sausage. She absolutely destroys her meats and somehow STILL ends up grubby with barbecue sauce.

Finnigin (Vel’s adoptive son, like 15) wants a barbecue sandwich, any kind, no pickles, is proud of the fact that he eats all his coleslaw even if he magically vanishes his beans onto someone else’s plate. Shares some of his ice cream cone with Mifi when Vel isn’t looking.

Chilala (9 3/4’s, adopted by Vel) is too busy trying to be ‘in charge’ of things to eat Barbecue. Vel would love it if she’d just. Sit. And eat her roll and shredded pork. Maybe even her mackedcheeze and coleslaw.

Ty for the distraction/break I gotta get back to cleaning now djdnddnsjsns

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💃🎃 Bellydance Practice and Halloween Ideas 🎃💃

Hello everybody! Still kinda debating what I’m gonna dress up for Halloween, but at the moment I’m leaning towards a desert gypsy or fortune teller with a tip jar, lol! Or, should I think outside the box? Any thoughts? 🎭

Today was a hot one, 100F, and it’s gonna be that way through the weekend. Kinda late in the season for this, but it looks like by Monday temps will be in the high 80s and lows in the 60s.

So, this just occurred to me…Oktoberfest has since passed, but is there an equivalent festival for wine lovers? If there is, let me know, would love to hear about it. 🍷🍇

Today I had a solid day of bellydance practice, and it felt really good! My goal for next year is to enter a competition, so I need all the practice I can get. Really focused on the basics, because they are the fundamentals to the art of the dance.

Anyway hope you all are having a wonderful evening, love and peace to all! 💜