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Arthur’s Note: Talofa everybody! I was having some thoughts about my Black Ops OC, named Koa Nikau. Ever since I was done watching the Black Ops 6 Campaign. I was SO hooked up that I wanted to see if I could add Koa in there somewhere. And I also wanted to thank Khushi for helping me to figure it out. Since she also planned for HER OC entering this Universe! (Her Bell OC of course!) And this shows (SPOILER ALERT) after Adler, Sims and Chase had caught and interrogated Gusev. Since they have the lead that the next location is in Vorkuta. So you guys may enjoy reading this! Thank you! Love ya, peles! 😘💖

“Marshall.”

“Woods?”

“I know that you, Sev and Case will handle this mission. To Vorkuta. But I’m having a bad feeling that Jane has something or someone ELSE up from her fucking sleeves.”

“How can you be so sure?”

“I…don’t know but I could feel it in my damn guts. I have someone in mind to help you and the others out. Just for backup.”

“Oh yeah? Who?”

“Heh. You’ll see. I just hope that he’ll agree to assist us.”

“...alright, Woods. I’ll accept this extra help.”

“Don’t worry buddy. He’s an old friend of mine. I’m sure he’ll listen to me.”

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Balmoral Military CampTekapo, New Zealand

The sun was rising high above the plains and the mountains. Where the sun had shone down at the plains were soldiers, jogging their way through the fields with big heavy backpacks on their backs. Sweating like crazy under the heat of the sun. Many of them were running together to reach the end of their destination.

And at the end of the line from that destination. Standing two higher officers. A female Lieutenant, named Rui Hehu, standing next to her boss. As she watched the soldiers running. Looking through her sunglasses. “Te ahua nei kua tino pai ta matou tamaiti koura i te arahi i tana kapa. He pai hoki te wa.” She said in their foreign language. Pointing at the man who was leading the group.

Her boss, who is a Commander, had shown a small smile. Commander Koa ‘Hunter’ Nikau. The man who everyone had heard about his mission that he had fought and succeeded. Had also watched them running in through the finish line through his own sunglasses. And saw one man walking towards the team and giving them high five. “Ae ra.” He said softly.

Soon the two walked over to meet up with the soldiers. Before Koa told the Lieutenant to call out their team.

“SOLDIERS! DROP YOUR BAGS AND FALL IN!” She yelled out to them. Making sure that they could hear her.

Seeing the soldiers pile their bags on one side before running up to form a line across. Standing straight as Koa started to walk over with his hands behind his back. Seeing his soldiers lining up and looking straight ahead. 

He passed by them. One by one, watching them from one eye to another. Seeing them not even glancing at him. Which is good. It goes to show him that they RESPECTED him. And that made him proud.

“Alright, listen up.” The Commander said as he continued to walk past them. “For those who are NEW into this camp. I am Commander Koa Nikau. You will address me as Commander Nikau or sir. I am here to train you to become a better soldier. A GOOD soldier.” He kept walking and started to turn his boots around as he stood straight and stared at them. “If you really want to survive through any battles that hit in front of you. You shall listen to me and pay every single detail of what I’m going to train you for. Is that CLEAR?”

“SIR! YES SIR!”

He smiled a bit before he saw one of the soldiers from afar had run up to his Lieutenant. Seeing them whispering something to her. Her expression seemed serious before she nodded and looked at Koa.

He was quiet for a moment when he looked at her eyes. Then he started to look at his soldiers. “Now, go take your bags and get yourself ready for training. In 20 minutes.”

After he dismissed them, he walked up to the Lieutenant before hearing someone calling up to him.

“Commander! Sir!” A young man called out to him.

Koa turned his head before smiling to see him. “Sergeant Haimona Eruera. How may I help you?”

The Sergeant, who is named Haimona, is one of Koa’s BEST soldiers in the team. He had met him after he came back from his mission from the Safe House. His Colonel had introduced this man to him. And he heard his story about joining the army. It was…the same fate that Koa used to be when he was young. And it gave him the heart to have this Sergeant under his wings.

Haimona saluted the Commander before responding. “If I may ask, sir. Do you think I could join you on the next mission?”

His eyebrows went up after hearing that. “Oh…uh…I don’t know, Sergeant. I don’t think you’re-”

“Sir, please.” The Sergeant said as he lowered his arm down. “I have been training for YEARS ever since you brought me under your wings. Which I do appreciate. But I want to prove more and expand my skills.” He respectfully asked his Commander to give him a chance. He heard about his mission from the Safe House and it inspired him so much that he wanted to be trained under him. And even wanted to go on a dangerous mission with him too.

Koa looked Haimona in the eyes. Seeing his eyes fills with determination and he could tell he has no fear to show. That is the kind of soldier that he’s looking for but…there are some missions that Koa went that he doesn’t want this boy to see. Not even wanting him to find out what he was actually doing in the safe house. Some images started to flash into his mind. Remembering some of those old friends of his and some foes as well.

“Haimona…I appreciate your enthusiasm but you’re not ready to go with me. Not yet.”

“But sir-”

“That is final, Sergeant.”

“I know that I’m-”

“SERGEANT.” Rui raised her voice at Haimona while giving him that serious look. “Listen to your Commander. If he said you’re not ready. Then you’re NOT ready. How about you lead the training for him? He has an important phone call with someone.”

Koa turned his gaze at Rui when she mentioned someone calling for him.

Is that what the soldier was telling her? Someone was calling for him? But who?

“Sir, they’re waiting.” The woman said to her boss.

Koa nodded at her before looking back at the Sergeant. “Make sure to go over the stretching routine and start. Alright?” He gently patted his shoulder and left with the Lieutenant and the other soldier.

Haimona watched them leave as he sighed and felt disappointed. But just did as he was ordered to do while being a bit upset.

Koa and Rui were walking side by side with the soldier walking next to the Commander.

“Who are they?” He asked while glancing at the soldier.

“H-He won’t even say his name unless it’s YOU, Commander.”

“He? Sounds suspicious. Don’t you think so?” Rui said as she gave that look of suspicion. Doesn’t even trust this man that the soldier had mentioned. “Do you really want to take this call? I can take over?”

“No. I got this. And I’ll talk with this man, Lieutenant.”

“You’re the boss, sir. I’ll wait out here for a bit while taking a smoke.”

“Thank you. And don’t smoke too much.”

Soon the three had made their way to a small cabin where their communication lines were stored. To contact other bases in New Zealand and in the state. 

The soldier opened the door for Koa and walked right through. While Rui stayed outside and lit up her cigarette. The sound of their boots on the ground had echoed around the hallway and hearing the door closed. He started to follow the trooper up to a machine with the phone handset on the side.

Koa started to sit down and grabbed it before nodding to the soldier to make the contact.

They nodded back at him before pressing some of the buttons. “All set. Contacting him now.”

He waited as he heard the phone start to ring. And once it stopped ringing, someone on the other line answered. So he put the phone against his ear. “Hello?”

“Koa? Is that you?”

The Commander paused for a moment once hearing that familiar voice. He tries to recognize so he continues to interrogate this person. “Who is this? How do you know my name?” Then he started to hear laughter on the other end of the line. A laugh that Koa had remembered from somewhere.

“Hahaha! I thought you might recognize my voice, you old Gorilla!”

That nickname ‘Gorilla’ had gotten his attention as he remembered only ONE person called him that. “Woods?”

“The one and only! And also still breathing!”

Koa started to sigh in relief before laughing a bit. “WOODS! Hahaha! How are you my friend?”

Frank still laughed along with the old friend as he started to clear his throat. “Still living and serving the country, buddy. How about you? How was your end?”

“Things are going good now. Taking care of my own team that I’ve been training with.”

“Oh right. I heard that you’re a COMMANDER now?”

“Yup.”

Frank chuckled softly. “Well, congrats. I should salute you when I see you.” He could hear Koa laughing softly on the other line. Which made him smile a bit. “Hey, Koa? Are you alone?”

Koa looked at the soldier who was standing only inches away from him. He nodded at them to let them know that they were dismissed. They nodded and marched their way out. And once Koa saw the door slowly shut. He went back on talking on the phone. “I am now. What’s wrong?”

Frank sighs softly as he tries to find some words that won’t get on Koa’s nerves. “Listen, I…I know you said to us before you left. To NEVER contact you. But…we really need your help.”

The Commander felt silenced for a moment when Frank had mentioned that. About him telling his ex-team to never contact him before he left that Safe House. He still remembers that anger inside of him when he found out about what Adler had done. Something that he did was UNFORGIVABLE and he would never want to be part of that.

Back at the safe house in 1981. The day after saving the United States from being blown up. That was under the attack of that Soviet Spy named Perseus. It was a winning victory for them since they had found out where Perseus had hid those missiles. And it’s all thanks to that one person who had helped them along the way. The person that Koa had called a close friend or make that…sibling.

But it was already too late as soon as he finally realized what happened to them. Of what Adler had done. It angered him but also saddened. So much trust that person had given to Koa. Has been shattered into millions of pieces.

He couldn’t take this pain and anger much longer. So he quit working at the safe house and came back to the Army. He also told them to NEVER contact him. For he doesn't want to do their dirty work any more.

But here he is. On the phone with an old friend who actually called him for help. 

“......does it have to do with Adler?”

And now it’s Frank’s turn to be silenced when Koa asked him that. The bearded man knows that he and Adler’s relationship wasn’t on good terms ever since that day. So he tried to answer his question CAREFULLY. “Yes. But we’re working together to stop someone before the whole state gets into a fucking WAR or WORSE!”

Koa started to listen to Frank about their mission of trying to stop this group called the Pantheons. For they are going to Vorkuta to collect an object called the Cradler.

“Vorkuta? That’s…pretty far away for me to go to.”

“I know. And that’s why I have to give you an early call. Hoping that you will take an early flight there. The team is setting up and leaving in an hour.”

“Okay. But I don’t get why you forget that I mention NEVER call me when it comes to those CIA bullshits missions. Even with Adler. What’s wrong with your team you have now?”

Frank sighed as he tried to explain. “They might need Manpower for this one in case the mission goes south.”

“What about Sims or Park?”

“Park is busy working with the SAS in Iraq at the moment. She’s not available. Even for Captain Sims who is in Kuwait. In the battle right now.”

“Wait…CAPTAIN Sims? Huh. I thought that he’s going to be more of a tech guy or something.” Koa smiled a bit to hear Frank laughed lightly from the line.

“Nah. He’s actually looking forward to being on the battlefield, Koa. And you may have inspired him to take the step out of the CIA ground. Hehehe.”

“Good for him. But what about Mason? Isn’t he there with you?” Koa then heard a long deep silence from the line. Not even one minute, Frank didn’t respond. Something was wrong. “Woods? Woods you there?”

“U-Uh- Sorry. I um…kinda lost track there.”

After hearing Franks’ unsteady response. Koa knew something was up when he brought up Mason. “Frank? What happened to Mason?”

Another full on silenced from the old tired soldier. Koa can hear him sighed as he could tell that he was rubbing his face on the other side.

“Mason and Hudson…they’re…they’re both KIA.”

This news had suddenly given the Commander a shocking expression. His eyes went wide as he could feel the world around him paused. “W-What? How, Frank?”

Woods had sadly started to explain the mission that he went to. Along with Mason and Hudson. To stop the man named Raul Menendez from pulling up a war that will destroy the world. They were supposed to take him ALIVE but because of Frank’s selfish act. It had causes Menendenz’s anger fueled more after of what he had done to the sister.

Koa kept listening and nodding at every sentence that his poor friend had gone through. It even made him feel pity towards Woods when he explained further.

He started to tell Koa that last mission he went with Mason to kill Menendez once and for all. Had backfired them. One of the men who was Menendez arm’s dealer had tricked Frank. Instead of shooting their main target dead. He shot Mason instead. Koa could feel Frank’s anger and sadness. He could also feel the guilt was rising up from the other line.

“Woods?”

“I should’ve known that the two-time face son of a bitch would trick us!”

“But you didn’t know.”

“Well I should HAVE! Mason was DEAD because of me! Not only that, he also captured his SON with him! And Hudson was there! And you know what happened to HIM?”

“Woods-”

“He got fucking SHOT! Right in front of my fucking FACE! And Dave…the kid…he just saw his dead dad laying there…”

Koa kept being silenced as he waited for Frank to calm down. But then he could hear a sniffle from the line. Is he…CRYING?

“The kid…he shouldn't have seen his own father dead laying there…he was too young to see all of that…”

Those sentences that Frank had said. Had gotten him by surprise. He never knew that Mason had a son. And after hearing that from Frank about the young boy seeing his own father laying dead on the ground. Reminded him of the memories that he used to experience. But it was the opposite. “...how old was that kid? When…When Mason passed?”

“...he was only 7.”

Koa took a deep breath through his nose as he closed his eyes. Feeling that small sharp pain in his chest as he felt so hurt. As a father himself. He couldn’t imagine if his own children would experience that kind of tragedy at that kind of age. Mason’s son was a young boy at that age. Witnessing his own father’s death that is right in front of him. It must’ve traumatized him.

“He’s in a safe place though. Hopefully Menendez won't get to him again.”

“That’s good.” Koa said as he slowly opened his eyes. Just staring at the machines that were working on the phone that he was on.

Soon the two were silenced. For it feels like an eternity between them. But Frank had finally broken that silence as he started to speak.

“Listen, Koa. I’m not telling you this to change your mind. And I know it won’t if it involves Adler. But…we really need your help. I need your help. You are the only person that I know who has the guts and strength to take these motherfuckers DOWN.”

Koa was still in his silenced area as he thought about it. Before he took something out of his pocket. And it shows it was a photo. A photo of a teenage girl with that brightest smile that he could ever see.

His daughter.

He kept looking at the photo while rubbing his thumb over it while Frank was still talking.

“So please. Koa. Can you help us?”

The Commander kept looking at the photo as if in his heart. He knows what to do. “I’ll bring my team to assist me to deal with these Pantheons.”

“Okay okay. Listen, I- Wait what? Really?” Frank was caught off guard after hearing Koa’s answer. “Are you fucking with me right now? Like, you’re actually agreeing to do this? No jokes or serious lectures about that?”

The Commander made a smirk on his lips when he heard Frank’s reaction. “No. I’m not fucking with you, Frank. I’m MARRIED.” He felt pretty pleased to hear him laughing at his humor.

“Hahaha! I KNOW you’re married, you sick bastard! You know what I’m talking about!”

“Yes yes. I know what you are talking about. And yes, I am serious about agreeing to this mission Frank. I’ll be getting my men right away.”

“Hehehe…thank you, Koa. I owe you one.”

Koa softly smiled after hearing that. “No need, Woods. I’m doing this for Mason’s sake. And Hudson. Even though I hate that bald headed bastard as well.”

Frank laughed again but a bit more loudly. “Ha! Yeah, I understand that. And uh…Koa?”

“Yeah?”

“I’m sure your dad is really proud of you. And your kid too.”

Those words had suddenly touched his heart as he chuckled softly. “Thank you, Frank. Now, I’ll go and get my boys. And we’ll be there in 22 hours. Will that be a problem?”

“Nope! Not at all! It’ll take a few hours for us to get there. So we’ll see you soon.”

“Alright then, see you there.” As soon as Koa hung up, he took a good look at the photo and smiled softly. “Ka hoki pai au ki te kainga, e tama.” He said in a soft voice before standing up and leaving the room. He opened the door and stepped outside before seeing his Lieutenant just finished smoking her cigarette as she flicked the leftover down to the ground.

“So, who was it?” Rui asked as she stepped on the butt of the cigarette. And looked at her boss while crossing her arms.

“An old friend. He’s asking for help so I accepted. Get our team ready. We’re heading to Vorkuta.” Koa said before starting to walk off. “I’m gonna get our ride.”

Rui’s eyebrows rose when she heard that. Quickly following Koa. She started to feel uneasy about that area. “Vorkuta? As in VORKUTA in RUSSIA?”

“Yes.”

“Sir. I didn’t mean to sound rude or anything about your friend’s request. But isn’t it a bit dangerous for our comrades to participate in this mission? To THAT place?”

“The new recruits will stay. But the one who I trained for. I know they are ready.”

“Even Sergeant Eruera?”

That had made Koa stop as he just remembered about that Sergeant.

Rui could see him hesitated as she sighed. “Sergeant Eruera came in the SAME time and day as the rest of those recruits. Ever since you’ve created this team, sir. And if you say that he’s not ready, then the team is not ready.” She stood firm as she continued reasoning with the Commander. “I’m not saying that they CAN’T do it. All I’m saying is that they are still learning how to defeat the toughest enemies. And THESE enemies that you are sending are much tougher AND stronger than the one that we have faced before.”

Koa slowly looked down to the ground as he listened to the Lieutenant’s words.

She was right. The men that he had trained only knew a few ways of fighting the enemies. And this mission that he’s going to. Is MUCH bigger than what they have experienced. He closed his eyes as he started to think for a few minutes.

“Sir?”

Koa opened his eyes again before glancing at the Lieutenant. Who was showing a concerning look.

“Listen, I never doubted your decisions when it comes to battle. But I also don’t want you to come back with regrets.” Rui said as she kept looking at her boss. Hoping he understands what's going to happen over there. “You have sacrificed SO much ever since you’ve come back from that mission in the state. It really hurts me to see you like that, Koa.”

The Commander sighed as he hated to feel like someone else was right. “I know, Rui. I know the consequences if we ever step into that area. But my friend was asking for help. And I want to help him. And I will make sure that our men will come back in ONE piece. I promise you that.”

Rui shook her head a bit after hearing that answer but smiled a bit. “You truly are a stubborn one, Nikau. And I admired that.”

Koa smiled back at her as he nodded. “Thank you, Hehu.”

“Alright then, I’ll get the boys and explain everything to them but I’m coming as well. Don’t you dare think that I want to miss these fun activities.”

Koa smiled to hear the Lieutenant wanting to join in the fun. “No doubt. I’ll meet you and the others at the plane area in 10 minutes.”

She saluted him and nodded. “Sir yes sir!” Then started to walk off to get their recruits.

While Koa went in the opposite direction, heading towards the building where the planes were at. As he started to think about his decisions.

Will they make it out alive or will they die in that area just to help a friend?

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Koa and the Five Pirates of Mara launches July 27

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Koa and the Five Pirates of Mara will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam on July 27, publisher and developer Chibig, and developers Talpa Games and Undercoders announced.

In Europe and Asia, physical editions are due out via distributors Tesura Games and Piiki between August and September. Pre-orders are available now.

Here is an overview of the game, via Chibig:

Join Koa and her best friend Napopo on an action-packed adventure through the islands of Mara! Outwit traps, maneuver dangerous environments, and explore a series of dazzlingly different landscapes on their quest to recover stolen pirate loot.

Unlock an archipelago piece by piece! From sandy beaches to bubbling volcanoes, there’s no shortage of charming and colorful places to visit, each one chock full of secrets and collectibles.

Eight worlds to discover and explore. Each level has its own theme, traps, and bits of story.

Sail through the ocean and upgrade your boat to reach every corner of Mara.

Full of memorable characters. Meet all kinds of characters and help them.

Discover all kinds of hidden secrets, challenges, and collectibles!

Upgrade and customize the city of Qalis and get a lot of new skins and backpacks for Koa.

Koa and the Five Pirates of Mara is an action adventure game where you will sail through a new Mara archipelago, divided into eight worlds.

Several levels with emblematic locations to enjoy in each world, where you will face different obstacles and traps with progressive difficulty to finally challenge the five most famous pirates of the Mara sea.

Fortunately, our dear Napopo, Koa’s best friend, will be with us always ready to help in our backpack. Thanks to Napopo we will have skills and special moves such as the bomb-jump, the jet-jump, the somersault, the ultra-speed, and diving.

The ocean of Mara connects the different islands that we will visit. Thanks to the pirates’ maps we will open new routes and the improvements of our ship will help us to reach every corner of the archipelago.

We will collect lots of seashells along our adventure that we can exchange in Qalis to acquire new items, clothing, or improvements to the city. Step by step we will return the peace and the stolen treasures where they belong.

Relax and unwind—or knuckle down and challenge yourself!

Koa and the Five Pirates of Mara offers a complete and varied experience for different types of players. From new players to speedrunners, everyone can enjoy the experience in their own way.

Watch the latest trailer from May 2023 below.

Kickstarter Campaign Trailer

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[georgiapeach30513]

I noticed the silver looked a nut faded on the collars. I go to broadway all the time and when silvermarkers are used on dabric like hats they look faded like that after a short time. Id bet it was from the fall campaign. And the dog they have in that video looks similar to dodger but coincidences do happen....

That dog has been in a few times with Jinx. His name is Koa. At this point, we can’t call it a fall campaign. It will be very very soon, but…it’s definitely not fall anymore. Wonder what the holdup was 🤔

[nerdiertides]

Chibig announces Kickstarter campaign for 'Koa and the Five Pirates of Mara' will launch on May 4th

(Featured Image Source: Chibig Studio) Indie game developer Chibig has announced that the Kickstarter for Koa and the Five Pirates of Mara, an upcoming project co-developed with Talpa Games and Undercoders, will launch next month. “Koa and the Five Pirates of Mara follows the success of Summer in Mara and Mail Mole as a colorful 3D platform adventure set in a new Mara archipelago. We will join…

[kathrynalicemc]

HPHM/HPMA/HPHL Roleplay DND Discord Server is now open!

It’s a free for all roleplay atm as we submit our characters for rp. Once I’m ready, I’ll see who is interested in the HPHL Knights of Arcanium story campaign. You do not have to join it if you join the server. You are welcome to just do the free for all rp on your own schedule and time. I’m always available for pings if you need help creating your character sheet or with rp rules uwu.

I’ll also be doing other story campaigns for the other eras but there will prob be one at a time. The campaign will only be played maybe once a week or month depending on players schedules.

Dm me for an invite! You don’t need dnd experience as we will teach you! 💕

[perilpetrol]

My newest hyper-fixation; creating a home brew dnd campaign based off of the little known rpg gem, kingdoms of Amular: reckoning.

[LONG POST, MOBILE]

It makes me unnecessarily angry that this game isn’t more popular. So I’m gonna rant about why it should be.

1. The Reckoning system is the most satisfying and unique combat mechanic in an open work rpg I’ve ever played

2. The combat in general is fluid and fun without being too easy and you can easily become overwhelmed in battle as enemies all have differing attack patterns and can swarm you from any angle, leading to fast, frantic fights that are challenging as well as so cool

3. The leveling and fate card systems are complex and work together to make each character build unique and personalized to your play style. And unlike other rpgs that were more widely acclaimed at the time (*cough* Skyrim *cough*) you are never stuck with any set path and can change your mind at any time in the game

4. The junk items system makes it easy to sort and mass sell any items you have that aren’t useful or are clogging up your inventory.

5. Quests are carried enough that even minor ones never feel like chores or busy work

6. “I’m real, you must be drunk”

“Oh I am”

7. The main villain is voiced by Winey the Pooh

8. Removable helmets

9. The armor and weapon designs are so cool, and the female armor is functional and I love it so much

10. Alyn Shir

11. The game is so pretty and the art style is so good, why would anyone want to look at Skyrim’s brown and grey and white when you can have this!!!

12. The lore of this game is so rich and interesting that you could write a full blown novel with just the lodestones, journals, and hidden stuff in this game

13. Alyn. Shir.

14. The siege of Mel Senshire is the best quest line I have ever played, I could never forget it, and it still makes me cry

15. Agarth is my dad and I would never let anything happen to him

16. The accents are so bad they somehow loop around and become perfect

17. Who needs dragons when you can become as god?

18. You can join ever faction in the game at once

19. You can betray every faction in the game and they will all try to kill you

20. You can betray the Warsworn and honestly, you really should

21. THE HOT ELF LADY WANTS TO B O N E

22. Alyn. Fucking. Shir.

23. Wolf trapped in a mans body

24. Hi, would you like to hurl disks of flaming metal at your opponents with great speed? Chakrams

25. This man has big himbo energy and I want to hug him

26. There is not romance but 2 out of the 3 characters you flirt with are girls and that seems pretty gay

27. Everyone else is dressed appropriately for battle except for Alyn Shir and that seems very in character

28. The expansions are 10/10 and you can have wolf pets in one

29. “You will fall before the night of the tuatha!

“Who are you again?”

30. Alyn Shir

She could murder me and I would thank her

All right that is all

[czepeku]

Many people are happy with two feet on land. They can be born, live, and die on the same simple farm and never think twice about the larger world around them. This is not the case for the people of Flotilla - the Floating Village. Nomads and sailors from lands far and wide stop at the quaint village to trade wares, stop for some much needed rest, and tell tales of the great beasts of the ocean. And the people of the waterbound village share in the splendor of the great seas. But perhaps there is more to this collection of friendly, sea-faring citzens.

Hey everyone! For our latest battlemap we felt it was ~high~ ~tide~ time to return to the sea theme and dive back in the water. Perfect for any fishing village, pirate village or coral village. Maybe inhabited by koa-toans, water genasi or aquatic elves. Or pirate sharks! This village comes with a total of 26 variants so you're bound to find one that's perfect for your campaign!

You can find the full map and see each of the variants here, on our Patreon!

Thank you all for the support and let us know what you think!

[islandtarochips]

Scrolling through Tumblr and it is FULL with Black Ops 6!

Like my GOSH! This given me the HYPE up!

I’m trying to find the time of when to see the trailer that everyone was talking about! And I am DYING inside of curiosity!

@alypink you are held responsible for my excitement here! Can’t wait to see of how the campaign work! And certainly Koa is coming back to save his ass AGAIN! HA!

LET’S GOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

[talesfromaurea]

I realized that I never talk much about how the Tales from Aurea characters are actually built/play in game so let’s change that!  For the curious and the folks who are also into DnD/Pathfinder...  All characters just turned level 11 in the campaign 😊

Kaja

Draconic sorcerer (white dragon)

Gets a debuff to her strength and constitution for being a child but a buff to her dexterity

Weirdly powerful??? Like guys she’s honestly one of the most powerful of the PCs I don’t understand it. She has literally shot dragons out of the sky with her spells

I only teach her spells that I think it would be lore-y for her to know (ends up being mostly cold element spells). This makes it even weirder that she’s so strong... but I guess she wields the secret “power of the protagonist” lmao

Jo

Barbarian (using Pathfinder Unchained rules because vanilla Barbarian rules in Pathfinder are flat-out unusable)

Easily the highest DPS of anyone, she wields a two-handed warhammer as a single-handed weapon because she’s Large size and does a bonkers amount of damage with it

We actually made custom rules for her sabercat beast form but she rarely shifts except in very specific circumstances.  But it’s, uh, really Scary when she does (she once charged and mauled an enemy - he went from full health to dead in one turn)

Sakrattars

Wizard (School of Divination)

While Kaja is the damage-dealing spellcaster, Sakrattars mostly has support spells or spells useful for solving puzzles/dungeon diving

But he does cast a mean lightning bolt

He gets a huge initiative bonus (the idea is that he can “foresee” the battle coming and is Ready) but he also just rolls really well.  He almost always goes first when combat starts

Leif

Fighter

Tank/damage sponge - he has great AC and high HP.  He usually fights side-by-side with Jo, absorbing attacks while she dishes them out

Utterly incapable of confirming a critical hit.  It’s such a meme at this point that my partner actually incorporated it into his character - in his backstory, Leif is confirmed to be a clumsy excuse for a soldier in his youth

Amale

Ranger

Doesn’t really... do much in combat... he mostly helps with non-combat related gameplay and chipping away at enemies with his bow from a distance

Has a pet hawk named Koa who is a very Brave Bird and a certified Good Boy.  Koa won’t appear in the story for several more sessions though

Sigrid

Paladin (I think she’s level 8?)

Technically Leif’s follower, she joins the party much, much later in the story

Sworn to the goddess Aegis, Demon’s Bane.  As such, she’s one of the few party members who can hold her own against Fallen.  Everything about her is specifically designed to hunt and kill demons

She also heals Jo a lot... because Jo gets hurt... often... and badly... *sigh*

[imorphemi]

happy end of huevember peeps! I managed to keep up for the whole month (almost slipped it off last night lmao) and I really enjoyed it! 

have some original pieces thrown in there, some among us too (her nickname is Screechy), the bird boi over in orange zone is a dnd character of a campaign that is run by some frends, his name is Koa :3, and one of these is a colored sketch, originally drawn by @living-the-sky-life :D

I did do other art pieces throughout no content november, so those will be posted day by day next month

(feel free to ask any questions about the characters drawn here too, id love to answer)

[jelleryart]

bust of my friend @flowerchild-wild 's tiefling monk for an upcoming campaign (: his name is koa and he's VERY cute

[landoflustfulladies]

Monday means D&D report! So, we’ve started a new campaign set in a world where the Material Plane has been completely flooded from some World Ending Bullshit, the entire game taking place underwater and all of us playing some aquatic race (so a bunch of homebrew). In my case, I’m a Sea Elf Rogue styled after a Pacific Black Dragon, and I’m having fun~

The session started with a rift from the Elemental Plane of Water ripping into the floatsam city we were currently in, and was largely about us going for cover and rescuing civilians. Highlights include our Koa-Toa Cleric (who has the most hilarious voice) concluding that this was an act of god, and declaring the leviathan we saw a god, and basically anything of any notable power registers to him as a god. Our Sahuagin Barbarian did a great job of rescuing civilians from rubble and sweeping currents, but then he saw the leviathan coming through the rift, he dropped everything to go try and fight it, at which point our Sea Slug Wizard used Hold Person to make sure he didn’t get himself killed. And all of this ended with us fighting off a mob of parasites that had been feeding on the Leviathan, now aided by a Skeleton Warlock who is still getting used to all this water.

It was great~

[shir-ai]

MSfavarules: tag 9 people you’d like to get to know better

tagged by @thegrumpyjournalist​, peace sign my friend!

Top Three Ships:

i mean? shipping is fun and all but i don’t feel that strongly for most ships. i like most of them anyways

1. akechi / akiren, from persona 5

2. camilla valerius / someone better that her pursuers, skyrim

3.  everyone in nge / therapy

Lipstick vs Chapstick: lipstick makes my lips super dry, so chapstick

Last Song: i have been, and still am, listening to circus music for a few hours now

Last Movie: the shooter (1997). it was recorded from start to finish on my cd player and 1. i was bored 2. cowboys are cool 3. it was the worst movie i have watched this year, but it was great

Reading: hnn i got invited to a new d&d campaign, so i’m on page 160 of the player’s handbook. no skipping chapters. i made a character sheet but it’s definitely wrong i seek help please-

 tagging: @anonymouslyunreal @vinkaa @mercy-here @snailsnart @tellmeemoar @na--koa @imadhatt3r @madziksart @gluptas

[pastelperiwinkley]

I made a sim for my D&D tiefling character, Koa Hargrave, after my friend first decided to start a D&D campaign. I was trying to picture how she’d look so this helped. This is my first attempt at Editing something besides something for my own personal CC in a long time. I must say, I know I’m crap at it…but idk I’m scared I might have the Jenna Marbles “too much” gene. I’m not sure I know when to stop lmao, but …I mean it could be a lot worse. Anywho I’d love suggestions for my editing…I’m still learning how to use gimp and photoscape and I’m not sure what all would look better or not or what everything does.