#fist of the ruby phoenix

[drjerrybean]

My students told me I should make this account to "blog" my adventures in The Ruby Phoenix Tournament. So far, I've recruited the beings I met in the Dreamscape. While the theory (posited by one of my fellows at the academy, of course from a Diviner. 🤮) that there is some significance attached to this group may hold water, we will see if there's any holes in this boat.

[pandoras-proxy]

New arc means a new look. ✨️

[jellyjimjam]

Pathfinder second mark Firebrand Luth Deepstrider.

Inexorable iron magus for fist of the ruby phoenix who we all quickly decided was madly in love with the first real npc they met (Tino). Ships navigator and the only intelligence modifier in the party, 36 and super over the whole “I have to win things to prove I’m better than people” mantra. Oldest adopted child of dwarf mom, older adopted sister to the nerdiest orc and a kobold with a death wish.

[jellyfishlegion]

My commission from @thesamssketchbook! The above is our party, the Immortal Suns, ready to fight for the greater good, aka. earning money!

I am so in love with my girl Jaya though. She came out so good TT.TT

[lucdrawsthings]

The Radiant Winds!

[rhiflux]

I made some fanart of Masami Takahara, from Dice Will Roll's Fists of the Ruby Phoenix campaign.

[dreadfutures]

NOOOOOOO NOT THEM NOT OUR FRIENDS

this level 19 arc is heartbreaking ;-;

[dreadfutures]

The winners of the Ruby Phoenix Tournament!!!! And saviors of Hao Jin herself! This was the best way to celebrate finishing another AP with my gaming group. They really could be an animated series!

This is the second time I commissioned Crunchy for an ensemble, and I'm so glad I did! Please check out their comms for more info, you won't be disappointed 💕

It was such a fun and wonderful opportunity working on @dreadfutures 's crew of peeps here (top left- bottom right: Gilgamesh, Goose, Huu Zhen, Kai Gi, Lex, and Sadao). Really a blast to have this super awesome cast to be exploring and designing :D. Thank you again @dreadfutures for entrusting me with this! :DD And if you ever feel like making this an animated series let me know ;D)))))

[coloursfalllikesnow]

really fast doodle of my latest Pathfinder character, Neema the nagaji monk. we're doing Fist of the Ruby Phoenix and its fun!

didn't feel like colouring it proper, though. she's based on a gaboon viper.

[silversiren1101]

I want to run Prey for Death I want to run Curtain Call I want to run Fists of the Ruby Phoenix I want to run Stolen Fate--

[thryth-gaming]

Characters played in TTRPGs since 2000

I'm reposting this to my gaming blog. I'm updating it and I'm also going to mark which ones I've got Hero Forge minis of. I probably won't catch them all, there've been a few games in the last 23 years.

Definitely didn't catch all of them, but here's quite a few.

Campaign

D&D 3.5

Angwiel - snake-person (elf mechanically) Sorcerer/Cleric

Jhessail Crackstone - wererat (hengeyokai mechanically) Paladin/Rogue

Kya'Rei L'Di'Shinabon - Drow Ranger/Cleric

Yroling Xian'ri - hengeyokai cleric

Teryna - human (reincarnated fox familiar) ranger

Medora - human sorcerer/disciple of Medusa (homebrew prestige class)

Lheru - hengeyokai (spider) druid

D&D 5e

Shui Baenre - half-drow Lore Bard acolyte (child of Liriel Baenre and Fyodor of Rasheman) - Phandelver

Aisha Yethtai - tiefling knight in silver battlemaster - Storm Giant's Thunder/Dragon Heist (Hero Forge mini exists)

Weary - tiefling monster slayer - Curse of Strahd (Hero Forge mini exists)

Zihu - Yuan-ti Celestial Warlock (ancient couatl) Acolyte - homebrew (Hero Forge mini exists)

Zohuital - Yuan-ti Celestial Warlock (lillend sisters) Hermit - homebrew

Ranveig - scourge aasimar soldier valor bard - homebrew (Hero Forge mini exists)

Kanti Messner - Changeling Lore Bard/Celestial Warlock (Book of Exalted Deeds) - homebrew (Hero Forge mini exists)

Aramis Hopps - Harengon Drunken Master/Mastermind Charlatan - homebrew

Caress Melani - Yuan-ti Ancients Paladin, Courtesan of Sharess - Phandelver/Hoard of Dragon Queen (Hero Forge mini exists)

Proper Ruin - Yuan-ti Battlesmith, Lyceum Scholar - Netherdeep, (Hero Forge mini exists)

Mariah the Blue - Variant Human Draconic Sorcerer city investigator

Nesali - yuan-ti archaeologist Beast Barbarian, full of anxiety and self-esteem issues - Candlekeep (Hero Forge mini exists)

Nishan Domine - yuan-ti mercenary Totem Barbarian, tranquil fury, battlefield redecoration

Teena Valle - halfling Inquisitive rogue... died to a vampire in one session

Karen Essakye - Seattle resident githyanki law student turned scout rogue stuck in Ravenloft

Pathfinder 1e

Ide Shika - Human Fighter/Chevalier - Rise of the Runelands (Hero Forge mini exists)

Ahriah - Tiefling Witch - Homebrew

Pathfinder 2e

Sevic Rasitoria - Fetchling Beastkin (Bat) - Swashbuckler (Gymnast), Anathema Vaults

Vihra of Charity - Vishkanya Scalekeeper, Witch (Faith's Flamekeeper), Season of Phoenix - Urban Fantasy merger of Season of Ghosts and Fist of the Ruby Phoenix

Fabula Ultima

Only - Rogue/Tinkerer/Wayfarer - An uplifted harpy trying to uplift her species.

Scion 1e

Sang-Yoon Koga - The Trickster Fox, Las Vegas magician, daughter of Susano'o.

Juri Como - Daughter of Benzaitan, The Great Mangaka, "Social Ninja", Expert at Obfuscating Stupidity (Hero Forge mini exists)

Delilah Samson - Child of Loki, shapeshifter, illusionist, ex-cop, private eye, assistant to Hel (in her guise as a mortal lawyer)

Sa - Dark avenger, brutal slayer of criminals. [redacted]

Scion 2e

Lily Watson - Child of Inari, brat, tomb raider, reckless and selfish

Hilde Sifgard - Child of Sif, youtube daredevil

City of Mist

Patricia Althius - war vet, PTSD, vampire vigilante, daughter to a family of war profiteers and generations of shady dealings. Rift of Count of Monte Cristo/Lamashtu (Hero Forge mini exists)

Random - lab rat, feral teen, Rift of the Movie Monster, non-binary and ace AF (Hero Forge mini exists)

Indira Yi - Rift of Arthur Dent, streaming journalist, improbably lucky.

Fate

Katrina Stnad/Voivode Valeria Draculesti/The Wallachian - doctor, martial artist, ex-terrorist. Steampunk/Dieselpunk game.

Irene Breholm - Divine Blood game, dhampir, sidhe, born to the Breholm Sorcerer family... kinda a big civilian dork in over her head.

Jocasta - Sorceress, librarian, daughter of a Greco-Japanese crime family who just wants out. Constantly getting kidnapped. (Hero Forge mini exists)

Hero System

Megumi Morisato, aka "Greyskin" - dimensional phaser, tank, really damn hard to bring down, geeky fangirl with lots of superhero historical knowledge and trivia. (Hero Forge mini exists)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Cadynce Baker / Nya'd'cebrac - demon of blessings and protection, one sister of a paired set of demons, her sister being the spear to her shield. Professional game designer. (Hero Forge mini exists)

BESM 3rd

The Wallachian - see Fate, that campaign started in BESM and moved to Strands of Fate later.

Himura Tai-Wen - NSFW campaign, oni lady with lots of girlfirends ended up ascending to higher plane of existence.

Water Tribe Swordsman whose name I forget in Avatar game

Shadowrun

Keina Isawa - Oni shinto magician, wanted to be an idol singer, ended up a shadowrunner instead. (Hero Forge mini exists)

Lacey Chambers - human adept (social/pistol) spy, burned (Hero Forge mini exists)

Leyti - Finnish Changeling (foxlady) mystic adept, bar owner, fixer. uncertain on the name

Legend of Five Rings - 4th Edition

Moto Hotaru - born a scorpion, trained a shinobi, married a unicorn, became a diplomat, died to the Kargat, but tricked them into doing things that scuttled their operations in the area.

Chronicles of Darkness

Emma Terreal - Sin-Eater/Geist, bank accountant suffocated in a bank vault during a robbery. (Hero Forge mini exists)

Suzume Armitage - A young woman unknowingly a creation of magic.

Annika Walsh - engineer working on the space elevator

Key 13 - (Shadowrun setting with CofD rules) street samurai with experimental soul-active implants.

Monster of the Week

Niamh Miller - The Searcher, a teenager on the swim team who experienced a cosmic insight and is now eager to explore the supernatural.

One-Shots/Short-Runs

Monster of the Week

Whisp, The Libram of Whispered Prayers - The Talisman, a sentient magical book who can take human form.

Persia Mason - The Changeling, a teenaged gorgon living at a secret agency for monitoring supernatural things. (Hero Forge mini exists)

D&D 5e

Meesha Canidae - Shifter Merchant Diviner, socially awkward but unaware of it. (Hero Forge mini exists)

Valaine the Morbid - Shifter Swarmkeeper Entertainer, a bat shifter with a swarm of bats she performs shows with

Yuina Kendrick - a bitchy jurogumo (custom lineage) from Urban Arcana who got stuck in Ravenloft... and deserved it.

Kori the Storyteller - dhampir Spirit Bard, a dreaming soul animating her comatose body.

Erased - Variant Human Sage Undying Warlock (angel of death), absent-minded scholar who accidentaly got her name erased from reality.

Eve Niah - Halfling Undying Warlock (amused lich) with a bone whip, weirdly very cheerful

Cael - wood elf gorgon sorceress, former servant with memory problems.

Mutants and Masterminds

Queen Snake - doctor, martial artist, ritual mage, awakened snake-like powers when an experimental treatment mixing magic and medicine was injected into her during a hostage event. (Hero Forge mini exists)

Masks

Serpent Princess - The Beacon, daughter of Queen Snake, very eager to be a great hero and huge flirt.

One-Ring

High elf sorceress pre-gen character, forget the name

Apocalypse World

Nameless - doctor and gunfighter with snake-like mutations, seeking revenge on the one who changed and maimed her.

Fight with Spirit

Maeve Dumas - born to a martial arts family, secretly part of a competitive dance team

[pandoras-proxy]

When a short king tells you you're cute. 😳

[crimsonxe]

Spoilers under the cut (9x07) and a rant:

Y’know I’d thought I heard all the disgusting bullshit names aimed at Blake, but now after clicking a particular vid I’ve got another to add to the list. Some dumbass calling her “Yang’s chew toy”, like wtaf? And this moron actually proceeds to think he has any ground to comment about Yang daring to move in-between Blake and Ruby. How awful that is and launching into how if anyone does that their scum of the earth. And trying to sell the idea of himself being pro-BB till that made him hate it (cause yeah, I believe that like a believe I can hurl a truck into the atmosphere). And ofc the comments (which thankfully there’s only 2 of) have some of the dumbest shitlords saying how BB ruined Yang and/or that they hate Yang now. Once again all Yang did was move in-between Blake and Ruby; and likely for BOTH of their sakes; these dumbasses acting like she raised a fist against her.

That’s even diving into the attacks on Blake cause how dare she cower or show any uncomfortability at having someone raising their voice and being confrontational. “Wasn’t she part of a radical group? Blake has degraded so much”; or she’s hearing this from someone she’s close to and wouldn’t have expected to hear it from. Or that she’s y’know AN ABUSE SURVIVOR whose mind reacted to something in that gave off vibes. inb4 anyone misconstrues this, it’s NOT saying Ruby was being abusive or like Adam (there’s a whole ass list against that bullshit). It IS saying that like nostalgic things that trigger responses based on happy imprints in the brain, there’s things that do the same for trauma. Ruby is valid in having her reaction to the pressures put on her, so is Blake for having her reaction towards stressful situations that hit certain veins psychologically. Then again these types of morons would fail to grasp that as they have been doing for years now.

Then again the whole thing is just that an act, cause the reality is that it’s just them using it as a front to mask their homophobia and issue with BB. Fuck that bullshit, Yang was fine in her reaction and fuck any-damn-body trying to vilify her. As an older sibling myself, I’ll easily say that if my bro started going after my partner that I’d tell him to back the fuck off and move between them.

Just to be clear cause I saw that Phoenix/Night also put up a vid today about Ruby’s breakdown and whatnot; he isn’t the one this post is about.

[lucdrawsthings]

The Witch-Prince of the Sea!

[rhiflux]

I have drawn every day for the past week and I intend on doing so for the next three weeks.

I drew the player characters from campaign 3 of Dice Will Roll using the official art as reference.

It's very very early on, but I think I'm slowly improving.

[dreadfutures]

our stolen fate campaign is coming to a close... and I am facing the daunting fact that between all members of our group we have played a majority of Adventure Paths in both 1e and 2e.

I'm in an Extinction Curse game alongside this one, and we did a Fists of the Ruby Phoenix, and we did Night of the Gray Death and a 2e converted Reign of Winter, and we did Tyrants Grasp, and all of us have played Wrath of the Righteous, and they've done Kingmaker/Agents of Edgewatch/Age of Ashes/Strength of Thousands/all the Runelords games... none of us really want to do the Blood Lords campaign........