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ninewheels · 3 years ago

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X-MEN in other media (TV, films, video game cinematics) Characters By Screen Time

James “Logan” Howlett / Wolverine - 996:30 Scott Summers / Cyclops - 517:15 Professor Charles Xavier / Professor X - 514:45 David Haller / Legion - 443:30 Dr. Henry “Hank” McCoy / Beast - 361:30 Jean Grey / Phoenix - 350 Anna Marie / Rogue - 305:15 Ororo Munroe / Storm - 276:45

Sydney Barrett - 269 Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto - 261 Reed Strucker - 199:15 Kitty Pryde / Shadowcat - 198:15 Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler - 195:30 Dr. Caitlin Strucker - 194:45 Lorna Dane / Polaris - 193:15 Marcos Diaz / Eclipse - 183:15 John Proudstar / Thunderbird - 175 Raven Darkholme / Mystique - 174:15 Emma Frost / White Queen - 172 Lauren Strucker - 166:15 Wade Wilson / Deadpool - 156:30 Andy Strucker - 148 Clarice Ferguson / Blink - 144:15 Jubilation Lee / Jubilee - 138:45 Remy LeBeau / Gambit - 133:30 Amahl Farouk / Shadow King - 125:30 Jace Turner - 103:15 Cary Loudermilk - 98 Dr. Melanie Bird - 96 Piotr Rasputin / Colossus - 83:15 Kerry Loudermilk - 80 Ptonomy Wallace - 75:45 Bobby Drake / Iceman - 73:30 The Stepford Cuckoos* - 71:15 Evan Daniels / Spyke - 69:30 Victor Creed / Sabretooth - 69:15 Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver - 68:45 Lenny Busker - 68:30 Dr. Oliver Bird - 66:15 Dr. Moira MacTaggert** - 65:45 Hisako Ichiki / Armor - 65:45 Yukio - 61:15 En Sabah Nur / Apocalypse - 55:45 Mortimer Toynbee / Toad - 55:15 Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch - 53:45 Warren Worthington III / Angel - 54 Lucas Bishop - 53:30 Clark DeBussy - 52:15 Dominic Petros / Avalanche - 51:30 Switch - 49:30 Mariko Yashida - 47:30 Fred J. Dukes / Blob - 47:15 Nathan Summers / Cable - 47 Laura Kinney / X-23 - 45 Gabrielle Haller - 44 Dani Moonstar / Mirage - 43 Reeva Payge - 40 Samuel Guthrie / Cannonball - 38:45 Amy Haller - 38:15 Alex Summers / Havok - 37:15 Forge - 34 Sean Cassidy / Banshee - 32:30 Cain Marko / Juggernaut - 32:30 Nathaniel Essex / Mr. Sinister - 31:30 William Stryker - 31:15 Arkady Rossovitch / Omega Red - 30:30 Sebastian Shaw / Black King - 30:15*** Senator Robert Kelly - 30 Rahne Sinclair / Wolfsbane - 28:30 Sonia Simonson / Dreamer - 28:15 Tabitha Smith / Boom Boom - 27:45 Erg - 27:45 Amara Aquilla / Magma - 27:15 St. John Allerdyce / Pyro - 25:45 Angelo Espinosa / Skin - 25:15 Roberto Da Costa / Sunspot - 25 Shingen Yashida - 25 Abigail Brand - 24:45 Illyana Rasputin / Magik - 23:15 Jason Wyngarde / Mastermind - 23:15 Dr. Roderick Campbell - 23 Kevin Sydney / Changeling/Morph - 22:30 Neena Thurmon / Domino - 21:15 Kevin MacTaggert / Proteus - 21:15** Hideki Kurohagi - 20:45 Bolivar Trask - 20:15 Russell Tresh - 20 Danger - 19:15 Koh - 17:45 Caliban - 17:30 Tessa / Sage - 17:15 Yuriko Oyama / Lady Deathstrike - 17 Walter - 16:30 Donald Pierce - 15:15 Mojo - 15 Ichiro Yashida - 14:45 Kikyo Mikage - 14:45 Empress Lilandra Neramani - 14:30 Fabian Cortez - 14:30 Dr. Cecilia Reyes - 14:30 Silver Fox - 14 Christopher Summers / Corsair - 14 Sauron - 14 Betsy Braddock / Psylocke - 13:45 Jamie Madrox / Multiple Man - 13:30 Min - 13:30 Sarah / Marrow - 12:45 Ray Crisp / Berzerker - 12:45 Kenuichio Harada / Silver Samurai - 12:30 Vuk - 12 Ord of the Breakworld - 11:45 Ellie Phemister / Negasonic Teenage Warhead - 11:30*** Warlock - 11:30 Callisto - 11 Christoph Nord / Maverick/Agent Zero - 11 Shard - 11 Glow Worm - 10:45 Warren Worthington II - 10:30 Nick Fury - 10:15 Spiral - 10:15 Graydon Creed - 10:15 Vadhaka - 10:15 Longshot - 10 Ka-Zar - 10 Arkon - 10 Jimmy / Leech - 9 Steve Rogers / Captain America - 8:15 Vincent / Mesmero - 8:15 Lockheed - 8 Peter Gyrich - 8 Amelia Voght - 7:30 Dr. Kavita Rao - 7:30 Kruun - 7:30 Kallark / Gladiator - 7:15 Shakari - 7:15 Shatter - 7 Mondo - 7 Dr. Abraham Cornelius - 6:45 Cameron Hodge - 6:45 The Phalanx - 6:15 Aghanne - 6:15 Philippa Sontag / Arclight - 6 D’Ken - 6 Vertigo - 5:45 Julian Keller / Hellion - 5:45 Cassandra Nova - 5:30 Fade - 5:30 Edward Tancredi / Wing - 5:15 Solar - 5:15 Monet St. Croix / M - 5 John Grey - 4:45 Samuel Paré / Squidboy - 4:45 Selene Gallio - 4:30 Alison Blair / Dazzler - 4:15 Nimrod - 4:15 Zaladane - 4:15 Heather Hudson - 4:15 John Wraith - 4:15 Black Tom Cassidy - 4 Zebediah Killgrave - 4 Harry Leland - 3:45 James Hudson / Vindicator - 3:45 Immortus / “Bender” - 3:45 Arcade - 3:45 Annalee - 3:45 Megan Gwynne / Pixie - 3:30 High Evolutionary - 3:30 Master Mold - 3:30 Trevor Fitzroy - 3:30 Gorgeous George - 3:30 Shiro Yoshida / Sunfire - 3:15 Vanisher - 3:15 Ape - 3:15 Mark Hallett / Sunder - 3 Zabu - 3 Ruckus - 3 Hairbag - 3 Slab - 3 Tildie Soames - 3 Ruth Aldine / Blindfold - 2:45 Bella Donna Boudreaux - 2:45 Bantam - 2:45 Irene Adler / Destiny - 2:30 Sebastion Gilberti / Bastion - 2:30 Dr. Carol Hines - 2:15 Garrok - 2 Hepzibah - 2 Agatha Harkness - 2 Cal’syee Neramani / Deathbird - 1:45 James Proudstar / Warpath - 1:30 Sooraya Qadir / Dust - 1:30 Guido Carosella / Strong Guy - 1:30 Elaine Grey - 1:15 Jean-Paul Beaubier / Northstar - 1:15 Dr. Michael Twoyoungmen / Shaman - 1:15 Jeanne-Marie Beaubier / Aurora - 1 Walter Langkowski / Sasquatch - 1

* Sometimes it’s not possible to tell which of the sisters are on screen in any given shot, so I’m just making one calculation for when any of them are on screen. I don’t like it, but it’s the best accurate option I have. ** Includes the Sasaki characters from the anime. Yui is just Moira with a different name, and Takeo is somewhat David but more Kevin, so I’m counting him towards Kevin. *** Includes their appearances as illusions in Emma’s mind in Astonishing X-Men.

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effectingsomedragons · 3 years ago

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Mass Effect Trilogy Tag

Tagged by: @nicolasadrabbles

I actually got into the game just after ME2 came out in 2010, when I'd bought a 360 for a much anticipated G1-based Transformers game I'd preordered. I wanted a game to play while I waited and a friend recommended Mass Effect. From that point on, I was hooked.

Favorite game of the series: Mass Effect 2. It's more character driven, sure, but I really like being able to build up relationships and the focus on learning more about the truth of what happened to the Protheans.

MaleShep or FemShep?: I've always played with femShep, and I'll always play femShep in the future.

Earthborn, Colonist or Spacer?: My two main Shepards are Spacer and Colonist respectively, and I like them both for entirely different reasons, and for entirely different levels of angst.

Paragon or Renegade?: I am physically incapable of being intentionally mean to a character in a video game, so most of my playthroughs are overwhelmingly Paragon. Desi leans a little more Paragade but still overall pretty blue.

Biotics or Tech?: Hilariously, for my main Shepard, neither. She's a soldier and she is totally fine with shooting and/or punching a problem she can't talk down until it stops being a problem. But if I had to personally pick, biotics.

Favorite class: Soldier. I know it's the stock Basic Bitch class but it's honestly really fun, and it's just hilarious that this Just A Guy soldier would become the savior of the galaxy when surrounded by space wizards and tech geniuses.

Favorite companion: Garrus is definitely top of the list, followed immediately after by Tali and Kasumi, depending on the mission. They all had some of the best dialogue, and I am terrible at balancing a party.

Least favorite companion: Vega. I love him as a character, but I really was just generally frustrated that he took up the tank slot normally filled by a krogan, and we were denied Baby Boy Grunt. Still love him though.

My squad selection: ME1 - Garrus and Wrex or Garrus and Tali, sometimes Wrex and Tali, ME2 - Garrus and Tali, usually, but occasionally Zaeed and Kasumi for shits and giggles, ME3 - I weirdly never had a set squad but I did usually have Garrus with me.

Favorite in-game romance: Garrus, with Thane a close second despite his treatment by Bioware.

Other pairings I like: Tali/Kal, Sam/Gabby, Joker/Edi

Favorite NPC: Nyreen, Kal'Reegar, Zaal'Koris, and Niftu Cal

Favorite antagonist: I am again a basic bitch and really like Saren. His history fascinates me, and he's honestly a great mirror to hold up of what Shepard could become if they aren't careful.

Favorite mission: Priority: Rannoch. There's just something really heartbreaking but at the same time really sweet about it, depending on how you play it, though I always make peace between the quarians and the geth... which I think lends to the poignancy I feel. Their war ends in peace in the very place it began.

Favorite loyalty mission: Easily Tali's loyalty mission. My heart breaks for her every single time I play through it, especially when she breaks down after finding her father's body. And being able to rally the crowd if you helped Veetor and save Kal is easily my favorite way to solve that mission... unorthodox AND fun.

Favorite DLC: Lair of the Shadow Broker. It has some of the best dialogue in the entire game, including my favorite exchange between Liara and Shepard (see below).

Control, Synthesis or Destroy?: Destroy. The whole twist "but the Reapers aren't really bad they really just want to prove organics and synthetics will never get along" bs never sits well with me when I just made peace between the quarians and the geth and taught an AI to love. I usually use one of the happy ending mods just to clear it out further.

Favorite weapon: M-7 Lancer and M-5 Phalanx, my beloveds.

Favorite place: The Migrant Fleet, for what little time we get to spend there. But part of that is a wish of what could have been- I'd have loved to have seen more of it.

A quote I like:

Shepard: What kind of weapons does this thing have? Liara: It's a taxi; it has a fare meter!

Tagging... anyone who wants to do it!

#meme time

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toposopos · 4 years ago

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Ancient Greek names of kings of Macedon and Diadochi

1. ALEXANDROS m Ancient Greek (ALEXANDER Latinized) Pronounced: al-eg-ZAN-dur From the Greek name Alexandros, which meant ‘defending men’ from Greek alexein ‘to defend, protect, help’ and aner ‘man’ (genitive andros). Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, is the most famous bearer of this name. In the 4th century BC he built a huge empire out of Greece, Egypt, Persia, and parts of India. The name was borne by five kings of Macedon.

2. PHILIPPOS m Ancient Greek (PHILIP Latinized) Pronounced: FIL-ip From the Greek name Philippos which means ‘friend of horses’, composed of the elements philos ‘friend’ and hippos ‘horse’. The name was borne by five kings of Macedon, including Philip II the father of Alexander the Great.

3. AEROPOS m Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology Male form of Aerope who in Greek mythology was the wife of King Atreus of Mycenae. Aeropos was also the son of Aerope, daughter of Kepheus: ‘Ares, the Tegeans say, mated with Aerope, daughter of Kepheus (king of Tegea), the son of Aleos. She died in giving birth to a child, Aeropos, who clung to his mother even when she was dead, and sucked great abundance of milk from her breasts. Now this took place by the will of Ares.’ (Pausanias 8.44.) The name was borne by two kings of Macedon.

4. ALKETAS m Ancient Greek (ALCAEUS Latinized) Pronounced: al-SEE-us Derived from Greek alke meaning ‘strength’. This was the name of a 7th-century BC lyric poet from the island of Lesbos.

5. AMYNTAS m Ancient Greek Derived from Greek amyntor meaning ‘defender’. The name was borne by three kings of Macedon.

6. ANTIGONOS m Ancient Greek (ANTIGONUS Latinized) Pronounced: an-TIG-o-nus Means ‘like the ancestor’ from Greek anti ‘like’ and goneus ‘ancestor’. This was the name of one of Alexander the Great’s generals. After Alexander died, he took control of most of Asia Minor. He was known as Antigonus ‘Monophthalmos’ (‘the One-Eyed’). Antigonos II (ruled 277-239 BC) was known as ‘Gonatos’ (‘knee, kneel’).

7. ANTIPATROS m Ancient Greek (ANTIPATER Latinized) Pronounced: an-TI-pa-tur From the Greek name Antipatros, which meant ‘like the father’ from Greek anti ‘like’ and pater ‘father’. This was the name of an officer of Alexander the Great, who became the regent of Macedon during Alexander’s absence.

8. ARCHELAOS m Ancient Greek (ARCHELAUS Latinized) Pronounced: ar-kee-LAY-us Latinized form of the Greek name Archelaos, which meant ‘master of the people’ from arche ‘master’ and laos ‘people’. It was also the name of the 7th Spartan king who came in the throne of Sparti in 886 BC, long before the establishment of the Macedonian state.

9. ARGAIOS m Greek Mythology (ARGUS Latinized) Derived from Greek argos meaning ‘glistening, shining’. In Greek myth this name belongs to both the man who built the Argo and a man with a hundred eyes. The name was borne by three kings of Macedon.

10. DEMETRIOS m Ancient Greek (DEMETRIUS Latinized) Latin form of the Greek name Demetrios, which was derived from the name of the Greek goddess Demeter. Kings of Macedon and the Seleucid kingdom have had this name. Demetrios I (ruled 309-301 BC) was known as ‘Poliorketes’ (the ‘Beseiger’).

11. KARANOS m Ancient Greek (CARANUS Latinized) Derived from the archaic Greek word ‘koiranos’ or ‘karanon”, meaning ‘ruler’, ‘leader’ or ‘king’. Both words stem from the same archaic Doric root ‘kara’ meaning head, hence leader, royal master. The word ‘koiranos’ already had the meaning of ruler or king in Homer. Karanos is the name of the founder of the Argead dynasty of the Kings of Macedon.

12. KASSANDROS m Greek Mythology (CASSANDER Latinized) Pronounced: ka-SAN-dros Possibly means ‘shining upon man’, derived from Greek kekasmai ‘to shine’ and aner ‘man’ (genitive andros). In Greek myth Cassandra was a Trojan princess, the daughter of Priam and Hecuba. She was given the gift of prophecy by Apollo, but when she spurned his advances he cursed her so nobody would believe her prophecies. The name of a king of Macedon.

13. KOINOS m Ancient Greek Derived from Greek koinos meaning ‘usual, common’. An Argead king of Macedon in the 8th century BC.

14. LYSIMACHOS m Ancient Greek (LYSIMACHUS Latinized) Means ‘a loosening of battle’ from Greek lysis ‘a release, loosening’ and mache ‘battle’. This was the name of one of Alexander the Great’s generals. After Alexander’s death Lysimachus took control of Thrace.

15. SELEUKOS m Ancient Greek (SELEUCUS Latinized) Means ‘to be light’, ‘to be white’, derived from the Greek word leukos meaning ‘white, bright’. This was the name of one of Alexander’s generals that claimed most of Asia and founded the Seleucid dynasty after the death of Alexander in Babylon.

16. ARRIDHAIOS m Ancient Greek Son of Philip II and later king of Macedon. The greek etymology is Ari (= much) + adj Daios (= terrifying). Its full meaning is “too terrifying”. Its Aeolian type is Arribaeos.

17. ORESTES m Greek Mythology Pronounced: o-RES-teez Derived from Greek orestais meaning ‘of the mountains’. In Greek myth he was the son of Agamemnon. He killed his mother Clytemnestra after she killed his father. The name of a king of Macedon (ruled 399-396 BC).

18. PAUSANIAS m Ancient Greek King of Macedon in 393 BC. Pausanias was also the name of the Spartan king at the Battle of Plataea in 479 BC, and the name of the Greek traveller, geographer and writer whose most famous work is ‘Description of Greece’, and also the name of the man who assassinated Philip II of Macedon in 336 BC.

19. PERDIKKAS m Ancient Greek (PERDICCAS Latinized) Derived from Greek perdika meaning ‘partridge’. Perdikkas I is presented as founder of the kingdom of Macedon in Herodotus 8.137. The name was borne by three kings of Macedon.

20. PERSEUS m Greek Mythology Pronounced: PUR-see-us It derives from Greek verb pertho meaning ‘to destroy, conquer’. Its full meaning is the “conqueror”. Perseus was a hero in Greek legend. He killed Medusa, who was so ugly that anyone who gazed upon her was turned to stone, by looking at her in the reflection of his shield and slaying her in her sleep. The name of a king of Macedon (ruled 179-168 BC).

21. PTOLEMEOS m Ancient Greek (PTOLEMY Latinized) Pronounced: TAWL-e-mee Derived from Greek polemeios meaning ‘aggressive’ or ‘warlike’. Ptolemy was the name of several Greco-Egyptian rulers of Egypt, all descendents of Ptolemy I, one of Alexander the Great’s generals. This was also the name of a Greek astronomer. Ptolemy ‘Keraunos’ (ruled 281-279 BC) is named after the lighting bolt thrown by Zeus.

22. TYRIMMAS m Greek Mythology Tyrimmas, an Argead king of Macedon and son of Coenus. Also known as Temenus. In Greek mythology, Temenus was the son of Aristomaches and a great-great grandson of Herakles. He became king of Argos. Tyrimmas was also a man from Epirus and father of Evippe, who consorted with Odysseus (Parthenius of Nicaea, Love Romances, 3.1). Its full meaning is “the one who loves cheese”.

QUEENS AND ROYAL FAMILY

23. EURYDIKE f Greek Mythology (EURYDICE Latinized) Means ‘wide justice’ from Greek eurys ‘wide’ and dike ‘justice’. In Greek myth she was the wife of Orpheus. Her husband tried to rescue her from Hades, but he failed when he disobeyed the condition that he not look back upon her on their way out. Name of the mother of Philip II of Macedon.

24. BERENIKE f Ancient Greek (BERENICE Latinized) Pronounced: ber-e-NIE-see Means ‘bringing victory’ from pherein ‘to bring’ and nike ‘victory’. This name was common among the Ptolemy ruling family of Egypt.

25. KLEOPATRA f Ancient Greek (CLEOPATRA Latinized), English Pronounced: klee-o-PAT-ra Means ‘glory of the father’ from Greek kleos ‘glory’ combined with patros ‘of the father’. In the Iliad, the name of the wife of Meleager of Aetolia. This was also the name of queens of Egypt from the Ptolemaic royal family, including Cleopatra VII, the mistress of both Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. After being defeated by Augustus she committed suicide by allowing herself to be bitten by an asp. Also the name of a bride of Philip II of Macedon.

26. CYNNA f Ancient Greek Half-sister of Alexander the great. Her name derives from the adj. of doric dialect Cyna (= tough).

27. THESSALONIKI f Ancient Greek Means ‘victory over the Thessalians’, from the name of the region of Thessaly and niki, meaning ‘victory’. Name of Alexander the Great’s step sister and of the city of Thessaloniki which was named after her in 315 BC.

GENERALS, SOLDIERS, PHILOSOPHERS AND OTHERS

28. PARMENION m ancient Greek The most famous General of Philip and Alexander the great. Another famous bearer of this name was the olympic winner Parmenion of Mitiline. His name derives from the name Parmenon + the ending -ion used to note descendancy. It means the “descedant of Parmenon”.

29. PEUKESTAS m Ancient Greek He saved Alexander the Great in India. One of the most known Macedonians. His name derives from Πευκής (= sharp) + the Doric ending -tas. Its full meaning is the “one who is sharp”.

30. ARISTOPHANES m Ancient Greek Derived from the Greek elements aristos ‘best’ and phanes ‘appearing’. The name of one of Alexander the Great’s personal body guard who was present during the murder of Cleitus. (Plutarch, Alexander, ‘The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans’). This was also the name of a 5th-century BC Athenian playwright.

31. KORRAGOS m Ancient Greek The Macedonian who challenged into a fight the Olympic winner Dioxippos and lost. His name derives from Koira (= army) + ago (= lead). Korragos has the meaning of “the leader of the army”.

32. ARISTON m Ancient Greek Derived from Greek aristos meaning ‘the best’. The name of a Macedonian officer on campaign with Alexander the Great (Arrian, Anabasis, Book II, 9 and Book III, 11, 14).

33. KLEITUS m Ancient Greek (CLEITUS Latinized) Means ‘calling forth’ or ‘summoned’ in Greek. A phalanx battalion commander in Alexander the Great’s army at the Battle of Hydaspes. Also the name of Alexander’s nurse’s brother, who severed the arm of the Persian Spithridates at the Battle of the Granicus.

34. HEPHAISTION m Greek Mythology Derived from Hephaistos (‘Hephaestus’ Latinized) who in Greek mythology was the god of fire and forging and one of the twelve Olympian deities. Hephaistos in Greek denotes a ‘furnace’ or ‘volcano’. Hephaistion was the companion and closest friend of Alexander the Great. He was also known as ‘Philalexandros’ (‘friend of Alexander’).

35. HERAKLEIDES m Ancient Greek (HERACLEIDES Latinized) Perhaps means ‘key of Hera’ from the name of the goddess Hera combined with Greek kleis ‘key’ or kleidon ‘little key’. The name of two Macedonian soldiers on campaign with Alexander the Great (Arrian, Anabasis, Book I, 2; Book III, 11 and Book VII, 16).

36. KRATEROS m Ancient Greek (CRATERUS Latinized) Derived from Greek adj. Κρατερός (= Powerful). This was the name of one of Alexander the Great’s generals. A friend of Alexander the Great, he was also known as ‘Philobasileus’ (‘friend of the King’).

37. NEOPTOLEMOS m Greek Mythology (NEOPTOLEMUS Latinized) Means ‘new war’, derived from Greek neos ‘new’ and polemos ‘war’. In Greek legend this was the name of the son of Achilles, brought into the Trojan War because it was prophesied the Greeks could not win it unless he was present. After the war he was slain by Orestes because of his marriage to Hermione. Neoptolemos was believed to be the ancestor of Alexander the Great on his mother’s (Olympias’) side (Plutarch). The name of two Macedonian soldiers during Alexander’s campaigns (Arrian, Anabasis, Book I, 6 and Book II, 27).

38. PHILOTAS m Ancient Greek From Greek philotes meaning ‘friendship’. Son of Parmenion and a commander of Alexander the Great’s Companion cavalry.

39. PHILOXENOS m Ancient Greek Meaning ‘friend of strangers’ derived from Greek philos meaning friend and xenos meaning ‘stranger, foreigner’. The name of a Macedonian soldier on campaign with Alexander the Great (Arrian, Anabasis, Book III, 6).

40. MENELAOS m Greek Mythology (MENELAUS Latinized) Means ‘withstanding the people’ from Greek meno ‘to last, to withstand’ and laos ‘the people’. In Greek legend he was a king of Sparta and the husband of Helen. When his wife was taken by Paris, the Greeks besieged the city of Troy in an effort to get her back. After the war Menelaus and Helen settled down to a happy life. Macedonian naval commander during the wars of the Diadochi and brother of Ptolemy Lagos.

41. LAOMEDON m ancient greek Friend from boyhood of Alexander and later Satrap. His names derives from the greek noun laos (λαός = “people” + medon (μέδω = “the one who governs”)

42. POLYPERCHON Ancient Greek Macedonian, Son of Simmias His name derives from the greek word ‘Πολύ’ (=much) + σπέρχω (= rush).

43. HEGELOCHOS m (HEGELOCHUS Latinized) Known as the conspirator. His name derives from the greek verb (ηγέομαι = “walking ahead” + greek noun λόχος = “set up ambush”).

44. POLEMON m ancient Greek From the house of Andromenes. Brother of Attalos. Means in greek “the one who is fighting in war”.

45. AUTODIKOS m ancient greek Somatophylax of Philip III. His name in greek means “the one who takes the law into his (own) hands”

46. BALAKROS m ancient Greek Son of Nicanor. We already know Macedonians usually used a “beta” instead of a “phi” which was used by Atheneans (eg. “belekys” instead of “pelekys”, “balakros” instead of “falakros”). “Falakros” has the meaning of “bald”.

47. NIKANOR (Nικάνωρ m ancient Greek; Latin: Nicanor) means “victor” – from Nike (Νικη) meaning “victory”. Nicanor was the name of the father of Balakras. He was a distinguished Macedonian during the reign of Phillip II. Another Nicanor was the son of Parmenion and brother of Philotas. He was a distinguished officer (commander of the Hypaspists) in the service of Alexander the Great. He died of disease in Bactria in 330 BC.

48. LEONNATOS m ancient Greek One of the somatophylakes of Alexander. His name derives from Leon (= Lion) + the root Nat of noun Nator (= dashing). The full meaning is “Dashing like the lion”.

49. KRITOLAOS m ancient Hellinic He was a potter from Pella. His name was discovered in amphoras in Pella during 1980-87. His name derives from Κρίτος (= the chosen) + Λαός (= the people). Its full meaning is “the chosen of the people”.

50. ZOILOS m ancient Hellinic Father of Myleas from Beroia – From zo-e (ΖΩΗ) indicating ‘lively’, ‘vivacious’. Hence the Italian ‘Zoilo’

51. ZEUXIS m ancient Hellinic Name of a Macedonian commander of Lydia in the time of Antigonos III and also the name of a Painter from Heraclea – from ‘zeugnumi’ = ‘to bind’, ‘join together’

52. LEOCHARIS m ancient Hellinic Sculptor – Deriving from ‘Leon’ = ‘lion’ and ‘charis’ = ‘grace’. Literally meaning the ‘lion’s grace’.

53. DEINOKRATIS m ancient Hellinic Helped Alexander to create Alexandria in Egypt. From ‘deinow’ = ‘to make terrible’ and ‘kratein’ = “to rule” Obviously indicating a ‘terrible ruler’

54. ADMETOS (Άδμητος) m Ancient Greek derive from the word a+damaw(damazw) and mean tameless,obstreperous.Damazw mean chasten, prevail

55. ANDROTIMOS (Ανδρότιμος) m Ancient Greek derive from the words andreios (brave, courageous) and timitis(honest, upright )

56. PEITHON m Ancient Greek Means “the one who persuades”. It was a common name among Macedonians and the most famous holders of that names were Peithon, son of Sosicles, responsible for the royal pages and Peithon, son of Krateuas, a marshal of Alexander the Great.

57. SOSTRATOS m Ancient Greek Derives from the Greek words “Σως (=safe) +Στρατος (=army)”. He was son of Amyntas and was executed as a conspirator.

58. DIMNOS m Ancient Greek Derives from the greek verb “δειμαίνω (= i have fear). One of the conspirators.

59. TIMANDROS m Ancient Greek Meaning “Man’s honour”. It derives from the greek words “Τιμή (=honour) + Άνδρας (=man). One of the commanders of regular Hypaspistes.

60. TLEPOLEMOS ,(τληπόλεμος) m Ancient Greek Derives from greek words “τλήμων (=brave) + πόλεμος (=war)”. In greek mythology Tlepolemos was a son of Heracles. In alexanders era, Tlepolemos was appointed Satrap of Carmania from Alexander the Great.

61. AXIOS (Άξιος) m ancient Greek Meaning “capable”. His name was found on one inscription along with his patronymic “Άξιος Αντιγόνου Μακεδών”.

62. THEOXENOS (Θεόξενος) ancient Greek Derives from greek words “θεός (=god) + ξένος (=foreigner).His name appears as a donator of the Apollo temple along with his patronymic and city of origin(Θεόξενος Αισχρίωνος Κασσανδρεύς).

63. MITRON (Μήτρων) m ancient Greek Derives from the greek word “Μήτηρ (=Mother)”. Mitron of Macedon appears in a inscription as a donator

64. KLEOCHARIS (Κλεοχάρης) M ancient greek Derives from greek words “Κλέος (=fame) + “Χάρις (=Grace). Kleocharis, son of Pytheas from Amphipoli was a Macedonian honoured in the city of Eretria at the time of Demetrius son of Antigonus.

65. PREPELAOS (Πρεπέλαος) m, ancient Greek Derives from greek words “πρέπω (=be distinguished) + λαος (=people). He was a general of Kassander.

66. HIPPOLOCHOS (Ιππόλοχος) m, ancient Greek Derives from the greek words “Ίππος” (= horse) + “Λόχος”(=set up ambush). Hippolochos was a Macedonian historian (ca. 300 B.C.)

67. ALEXARCHOS (Αλέξαρχος) m, ancient Greek Derives from Greek “Αλέξω” (=defend, protect, help) + “Αρχος ” (= master). Alexarchos was brother of Cassandros.

68. ASCLEPIODOROS (Ασκληπιοδορος) m Ancient Greek Derives from the greek words Asclepios (= cut up) + Doro (=Gift). Asclepios was the name of the god of healing and medicine in Greek mythology. Asclepiodoros was a prominent Macedonian, son of Eunikos from Pella. Another Asclepiodoros in Alexander’s army was son of Timandros.

69. KALLINES (Καλλινης) m Ancient Greek Derives from greek words kalli + nao (=stream beautifully). He was a Macedonian, officer of companions.

70. PLEISTARHOS (Πλείσταρχος) m ancient Greek Derives from the greek words Pleistos (=too much) + Arhos ((= master). He was younger brother of Cassander.

71. POLYKLES (Πολυκλής) m ancient Greek Derives from the words Poli (=city) + Kleos (glory). Macedonian who served as Strategos of Antipater.

72. POLYDAMAS (Πολυδάμας) m ancient Greek The translation of his name means “the one who subordinates a city”. One Hetairos.

73. APOLLOPHANES (Απολλοφάνης) m ancient greek. His name derives from the greek verb “απολλυμι” (=to destroy) and φαίνομαι (= appear to be). Apollophanes was a prominent Macedonian who was appointed Satrap of Oreitae.

74. ARCHIAS (Αρχίας) m ancient Greek His name derive from greek verb Άρχω (=head or be in command). Archias was one of the Macedonian trierarchs in Hydaspes river.

75. ARCHESILAOS (Αρχεσίλαος) m ancient Greek His name derive from greek verb Άρχω (=head or be in command) + Λαος (= people). Archesilaos was a Macedonian that received the satrapy of Mesopotamia in the settlement of 323.

76. ARETAS (Αρετας) m ancient Greek Derives from the greek word Areti (=virtue). He was commander of Sarissoforoi at Gaugamela.

77. KLEANDROS (Κλέανδρος) m ancient Greek Derives from greek verb Κλέος (=fame) + Ανδρος (=man). He was commander of Archers and was killed in Hallicarnasus in 334 BC.

78. AGESISTRATOS (Αγησίστρατος) m ancient greek Father of Paramonos, a general of Antigonos Doson. His name derives from verb ηγήσομαι ( = lead in command) + στρατος (= army). “Hgisomai” in Doric dialect is “Agisomai”. Its full meaning is “the one who leads the army”

79. AGERROS (Αγερρος) M ancient Greek He was father of Andronikos, general of Alexander. His name derives from the verb αγέρρω (= the one who makes gatherings)

80. AVREAS (Αβρέας) m ancient Greek Officer of Alexander the great. His name derives from the adj. αβρός (=polite)

81. AGATHANOR (Αγαθάνωρ) m ancient Greek Som of Thrasycles. He was priest of Asklepios for about 5 years. His origin was from Beroia as is attested from an inscription. His name derives from the adj. αγαθός (= virtuous) + ανήρ (= man). The full meaning of his name is “Virtuous man”

82. AGAKLES (Αγακλής) m ancient Greek He was son of Simmihos and was from Pella. He is known from a resolution of Aetolians. His name derives from the adj. Αγακλεής (= too glorious)

83. AGASIKLES (Αγασικλής) m ancient Greek Son of Mentor, from Dion of Macedonia. It derives from the verb άγαμαι (= admire) + Κλέος (=fame). Its full meaning is “the one who admires fame”

84. AGGAREOS (Αγγάρεος) m ancient Greek Son of Dalon from Amphipolis. He is known from an inscription of Amphipolis (S.E.G vol 31. ins. 616) It derives from the noun Αγγ��ρεία (= news)

85. AGELAS (Αγέλας) m ancient Greek Son of Alexander. He was born during the mid-5th BCE and was an ambassador of Macedonians during the treaty between Macedonians and Atheneans. This treaty exists in inscription 89.vol1 Fasc.1 Ed.3″Attic inscrip.” His name was common among Heraclides and Bacchiades. One Agelas was king of Corinth during the first quarter of 5 BCE. His name derives from the verb άγω (= lead) and the noun Λαός (= people or even soldiers (Homeric)). The full meaning is the “one who leads the people/soldiers”.

86. AGIPPOS (Άγιππος) m ancient Greek He was from Beroia of Macedonia and lived during middle 3rd BCE. He is known from an inscription found in Beroia where his name appears as the witness in a slave-freeing. Another case bearing the name Agippos in the Greek world was the father of Timokratos from Zakynthos. The name Agippos derives from the verb άγω (= lead) + the word ίππος (= Horse). Its full meaning is “the one who leads the horse/calvary”.

87. AGLAIANOS (Αγλαϊάνος) m ancient Greek He was from Amphipolis of Macedonia (c. 4th BC) and he is known from an inscription S.E.G vol41., insc. 556 His name consists of aglai- from the verb αγλαϊζω (= honour) and the ending -anos.

88. AGNOTHEOS (Αγνόθεος) m ancient Greek Macedonian, possibly from Pella. His name survived from an inscription found in Pella between 300-250 BCE. (SEG vol46.insc.799) His name derives from Αγνός ( = pure) + Θεός (=God). The full meaning is “the one who has inside a pure god”

89. ATHENAGORAS (Αθηναγόρας) m ancient Greek General of Philip V. He was the general who stopped Dardanian invasion in 199 BC. His name derives from the verb αγορά-ομαι (=deliver a speech) + the name Αθηνά (= Athena).

90. PERIANDROS (Περίανδρος) m ancient Greek Son of the Macedonian historian Marsyas. His name derives from Περί (= too much) + άνηρ (man, brave). Its full meaning is “too brave/man”.

91. LEODISKOS (Λεοντίσκος) m ancient Greek He was son of Ptolemy A’ and Thais, His name derives from Λέων (= lion) + the ending -iskos (=little). His name’s full etymology is “Little Lion”

92. EPHRANOR (Ευφράνωρ) m ancient Greek He was General of Perseas. It derives from the verb Ευφραίνω (= delight). Its full meaning is “the one who delights”.

93. DIONYSOPHON m Ancient Greek It has the meaning “Voice of Dionysos”. The ending -phon is typical among ancient greek names.

MACEDONIAN WOMEN

94. ANTIGONE f ancient Greek Usage: Greek Mythology Pronounced: an-TIG-o-nee Means ‘against birth’ from Greek anti ‘against’ and gone ‘birth’. In Greek legend Antigone was the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta. King Creon of Thebes declared that her slain brother Polynices was to remain unburied, a great dishonour. She disobeyed and gave him a proper burial, and for this she was sealed alive in a cave. Antigone of Pydna was the mistress of Philotas, the son of Parmenion and commander of Alexander the Great’s Companion cavalry (Plutarch, Alexander, ‘The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans’).

95. VOULOMAGA (Βουλομάγα) f ancient greek Derives from greek words “Βούλομαι (=desire) + άγαν (=too much)”. Her name is found among donators.

96. ATALANTE (Αταλαντη) f ancient Greek Her name means in Greek “without talent”. She was daughter of Orontes, and sister of Perdiccas.

97. AGELAEIA (Αγελαεία) f ancient Greek Wife of Amyntas, from the city of Beroia (S.E.G vol 48. insc. 738) It derives from the adj. Αγέλα-ος ( = the one who belongs to a herd)

98. ATHENAIS (Αθηναϊς) f ancient Greek The name was found on an altar of Heracles Kigagidas in Beroia. It derives from the name Athena and the ending -is meaning “small”. Its whole meaning is “little Athena”.

99. STRATONIKE f Ancient Greek (STRATONICE Latinized) Means ‘victorious army’ from stratos ‘army’ and nike ‘victory’. Sister of King Perdiccas II. “…and Perdiccas afterwards gave his sister Stratonice to Seuthes as he had promised.” (Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War, Chapter VIII)

100. THETIMA f Ancient Greek A name from Pella Katadesmos. It has the meaning “she who honors the gods”; the standard Attic form would be Theotimē.

Bibliography:

“Who’s who in the age of Alexander the Great: Prosopography of Alexander’s Empire” by Waldemar Heckel“The Marshals of Alexander’s empire” by Waldemar Heckel

#alexander the great #ancient greece #europe #macedonian #greek

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noblecrumpet-dorkvision · 4 years ago

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5e Homebrew: Guardian Spells

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Here are a bunch of new 5e spells that summon temporary or permanent guardians! Inspired by one of our sessions where I jokingly cast “wall of bandits” on a player as a whole line of bandits advanced on them. Well, now you can actually cast it (and it can be any generic humanoid)! Some of these spells added ways to create guardians that are mentioned to be created by magic, but no spell existed for players to create them: flameskulls, scarecrows, spectators, and shield guardians.

If you want the PDF, you can find it over on my Patreon.

Create Flameskull

8th-level necromancy

Casting Time: 1 day

Range: 30 feet

Components: V, S, M (two rubies worth 1000 gp each, consumed by the spell)

Duration: Permanent

When you cast this spell, you target a humanoid skull of a creature that could cast spells of at least 3rd level. The corpse's skull animates and gains the statistics of a flameskull. As the spell is cast, you determine a set of instructions, which the creature carries out to the best of its ability. The instructions must be precise, as the flameskull takes its instructions literally. Once given its initial instructions, it cannot be given new commands nor can its instructions be amended, even if commanded to do so.

Create Shield Guardian

5th-level transmutation

Casting Time: 30 days

Range: Touch

Components: V, S, M (50,000 gp of arcane material, wood, and metal, consumed by the spell)

Duration: Permanent

You must spend 8 hours each day towards the casting of this spell, crafting a Large humanoid construct and preparing magical reagents. When the spell is complete, you animate the construct which gains the properties of a shield guardian with a 4th level spell stored within it which you must be able to cast each day during the spell's casting.

The material cost of the spell includes a control amulet with AC 10, 10 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. If the control amulet is destroyed, a new one can be created using 1,000 gp of resources and 1 week of work. Creating a new amulet while the previous one still exists has no effect.

The guardian acts on its own initiative. It defends any creature holding its control amulet, and follows that creature's orders to the best of its ability. It is friendly towards creatures designated by the amulet's wearer.

Conjure Guardians

3rd-level conjuration

Casting Time: 1 action

Range: 5 feet

Components: V, S, M (a pair of tiny steel shields)

Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

You conjure 2 humanoid guardians with the statistics of a phalanx guard (statistics below). The creatures appear occupying 5-foot square spaces on the ground that you designate within range. Their attacks are magical. The conjured creatures cannot use items or wield weapons other than the ones already on their person, as part of the magic of the spell.

During each of your turns, you can use a bonus action to command the creatures. The creatures act immediately after each of your turns. If given no commands, the creatures take the Dodge action.

Each creature disappears when reduced to 0 hit points or when the spell ends.

Conjure Phalanx

6th-level conjuration

Casting Time: 1 action

Range: 90 feet

Components: V, S, M (a handful of tiny steel shields)

Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

You conjure up to 8 magical humanoid guardians to protect you, each with the statistics and equipment of a phalanx guard (statistics below). Their movement speed is 0, they are immune to the charmed and frightened conditions, and their attacks are magical. The conjured creatures cannot use items or wield weapons other than the ones already on their person, as part of the magic of the spell.

Each creature appears on the ground, occupying a 5-foot square space either two rows of five, or one row of ten and all facing the direction of your choice.

During each of your turns, you can use a bonus action to move the creatures and also command them to attack.

You can move the creatures up to 30 feet in any direction along the ground or else you may rotate their formation 90 degrees to the left or right. If they hit an obstacle, the entire formation stops moving.

The creatures act simultaneously, immediately after each of your turns. The creatures attack any targets you commanded them to attack during your turn. If given no commands, the creatures take the Dodge action. The creatures cannot take actions other than those described.

At the start of each of your turns, any creatures forced out of formation are teleported back into their place in the formation, and then the creatures move inward to close any gaps. Each creature disappears when reduced to 0 hit points or when the spell ends.

Conjure Scarecrow

2nd-level conjuration

Casting Time: 1 minute

Range: 5 feet

Components: V, S, M (a doll of straw)

Duration: 8 hours

You summon a creature with the statistics of a scarecrow in an unoccupied space on the ground within range. The creature remains motionless until a creature comes within 30 feet of it, whereupon it attacks that creature. When there are no creatures within 30 feet of it, the scarecrow returns to its post and stops moving.

When you cast the spell, you can designate any number of creatures that the scarecrow will ignore and allow to pass through the area.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher and use 500 gp of rare magical components for the material components of the spell, the duration becomes permanent. Casting the spell in this way consumes the material components.

Summon Skeletal Archers

4th-level necromancy

Casting Time: 1 action

Range: 90 feet

Components: V, S, M (six tiny sharpened bones)

Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

Up to 6 undead rise from the earth to protect you, each with the statistics of a skeletal archer (statistics below). Their movement speed is 0 and their attacks are magical. The conjured creatures cannot use items or wield weapons other than the ones already on their person, as part of the magic of the spell.

Each creature appears along a 30-foot line you designate, 5 feet apart from one another. The creatures act simultaneously, immediately after each of your turns.

During each of your turns, you can use a bonus action to command the creatures to attack targets of your choice. If given no commands, the creatures take the Dodge action. The creatures cannot take actions other than those described.

At the start of each of your turns, any creatures forced out of formation are teleported back into their place in the line, and then the creatures move inward to close any gaps. Each creature crumbles to dust when reduced to 0 hit points or when the spell ends.

Summon Spectator

5th-level conjuration

Casting Time: 1 hour

Range: 30 feet

Components: V, S, M (four beholder eyestalks, usually worth 800 gp)

Duration: 24 hours

You summon a spectator from another dimension to guard a location or object you designate. It unrelentingly attacks any creatures that enter the location, or attempt to harm or steal the object. However, it will not attack you or any creatures you designate when you cast the spell.

The creature does not stray further than 60 feet from the object or place it is protecting. The spell ends early if the creature ends its turn more than 60 feet away from the location or object it is protecting.

When the spell ends, the creature disappears.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 8th level or higher, the duration becomes 101 years and the spell consumes its material components. The creature also remains in this dimension when the spell ends, but it is free to move about and act as it pleases. If an object the creature is protecting is destroyed or stolen, it disappears and the spell ends.

Summon Posse

2nd-level conjuration

Casting Time: 1 action

Range: 30 feet

Components: V, S, M (a money pouch)

Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

You summon 3 humanoids with statistics of bandits which appear in unoccupied spaces of your choice within range. Each bandit disappears when it drops to 0 hit points or the spell ends.

The summoned creatures are friendly to you and your companions. Roll initiative for the summoned creatures as a group, which has its own turns. They obey any verbal commands that you issue to them (no action required by you). If you don’t issue any commands to them, they defend themselves from hostile creatures, but otherwise take no actions.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, you summon additional creatures based on the table below.

2nd Level : 3 creatures

3rd Level : 4 creatures

4th Level : 5 creatures

5th Level : 6 creatures

6th Level : 8 creatures

7th Level : 10 creatures

8th Level : 13 creatures

9th Level : 16 creatures

Wall of Mercenaries

3rd-level conjuration

Casting Time: 1 action

Range: 90 feet

Components: V, S, M (a money pouch)

Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

You conjure up to 6 magical humanoid creatures to protect you, each with the statistics and equipment of a humanoid creature of CR 1/8 or less. Their movement speed is 0, they are immune to the charmed and frightened conditions, and their attacks are magical. The conjured creatures cannot cast spells or use poison, and cannot use items or wield weapons other than the ones already on their person, as part of the magic of the spell.

Each creature appears along a 30-foot line you designate, 5 feet apart from one another. The creatures act simultaneously, immediately after each of your turns.

During each of your turns, you can use a bonus action to command the creatures to attack targets of your choice. Each creature can be directed to make Shove or Grapple attempts in place of their normal attacks. If given no commands, the creatures take the Dodge action. The creatures cannot take actions other than attacks or the Dodge action.

At the start of each of your turns, any creatures forced out of formation are teleported back into their place in the line, and then the creatures move inward to close any gaps. Each creature disappears when reduced to 0 hit points or when the spell ends.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the creatures you summon can be of a higher maximum challenge rating, as shown in the table below (with examples in parentheses)

3rd Level : Max CR 1/8 (Bandit, Guard, Kobold, Tribal Warrior)

4th Level : Max CR 1/4 (Bullywug, Drow, Goblin, Troglodyte)

5th Level : Max CR 1/2 (Hobgoblin, Orc, Scout, Thug)

6th Level : Max CR 1 (Bugbear, Duergar, Spy)

7th Level : Max CR 2 (Berserker, Orog)

8th-9th Level : Max CR 3 (Archer, Knight, Veteran)

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New Creatures

Some of these spells summon new creatures. Their statistics are below.

Skeletal Archer

Medium undead, lawful evil

Armor Class 16 (breastplate) Hit Points 26 (4d8 + 8) Speed 30 ft.

STR 10 (+0) || DEX 14 (+2) || CON 15 (+2) INT 6 (-2) || WIS 8 (-1) || CHA 5 (-3)

Damage Vulnerabilities bludgeoning Damage Immunities poison Condition Immunities exhaustion, poisoned Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 9 Languages understands any one language (usually Common), but cannot speak Challenge 1 (200 XP)

Actions

Longbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, range 150/600 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2) piercing damage.

Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (2d4+2) slashing damage.

Phalanx Guard

Medium humanoid (any), lawful neutral

Armor Class 18 (chain mail, shield)

Hit Points 32 (5d8 + 10)

Speed 30 ft.

STR 16 (+3) || DEX 14 (+2) || CON 14 (+2) INT 10 (+0) || WIS 12 (+1) || CHA 10 (+0)

Skills Athletics +5, Perception +3

Senses passive Perception 13

Languages any one language (usually Common)

Challenge 1 (200 XP)

Shield Tower. While wearing a shield, the guard grants half cover (+5 AC) to creatures behind them. Line effects originating from in front of the guard are halted by the guard's shield and end in their space.

Actions

Multiattack. The guard makes one spear and one shield bash attack.

Spear. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) piercing damage, or 7 (1d8 + 3) piercing damage if used with two hands to make a melee attack.

Shield Bash. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3) bludgeoning damage and the target is knocked prone or pushed 5 feet away from the guard (guard's choice) if the target is Medium or smaller.

#dungeons & dragons #DnD #homebrew #spells #guardian #D&D #5e

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mitsususu · 4 years ago

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This author is beloved for good reason. Their stories encompass chaotic hilarity for perfect emotional pick-me-ups. They collaborate a lot with other writers, but the below Top 5 Favorite stories are pure silentwalrus:

“If They Haven’t Learned Your Name” (M, 237k)

Steve gets out of the hospital in two days, but just barely. “I’m fine,” he tells Sam, Nurse Eunjung and the phalanx of doctors assigned to make sure Captain America didn’t bleed out and die and get bad PR all over their nice clean hospital. “I have an advanced healing factor. It’s fine. See? I’m standing.”

“That is not standing,” Sam tells him.

“You’re bending the IV stand,” Nurse Eunjung adds pointedly. “Let go and sit down, they don’t grow on trees.”

+ Post WS. The Big One in terms of fame and word count. Bucky discovers iPods and the alien spaceship USS Motherfucker

-☆-

“buachaill sciobail” (NR, 5k)

“Okay,” Sam says. “Okay. Alright. O-kay. I just, I gotta say, man, when you told me ‘Bucky is a selkie’ this is not... really…. what I... imagined.” “What did you imagine?” Steve says. Across his lap - or rather covering his entire body from the waist down - the eight hundred pound tube of blubber that is J.B. Barnes blows a snot bubble.

+ Post WS. Part 1 of the barnacle boy series. If you haven’t read this yet, you are really missing out on the best of silentwalrus.

-☆-

“undersell, overcommit” (NR, 3k)

Steve goes so hard for Bucky that he becomes a licensed, practicing massage therapist.

+ Post WS. Steve’s enthusiastic foray to learn Everything for the sake of Bucky’s comfort

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“ain’t really quaint” (M, 44k)

Natasha stops by on a Tuesday, early enough in the morning that it would have been late by Steve’s old standards. Now, though, it takes him nearly three minutes just to limp to the door, yawning, and when he opens it he has to lean heavily on the doorframe.

“Hi,” Natasha says, over the beginnings of birdsong. She’s not alone. “Can we come in?”

+ Shrunkyclunks. Part 1 of the Farm Hell series. Bucky is sent to recover at Steve’s farm. Absolutely hysterical

-☆-

“sneeze disease” (M, 2k)

Bucky starts to believe in a vengeful god on May the twelfth, year of our Lord two thousand and fucking eighteen, because that’s the day he makes fun of Clint Barton for carrying around a dainty little packetful of tissues in his pocket and honking into them like a congested donkey every fifteen minutes. “Fucking polleb,” Clint swears, wiping at his watering eyes. “Fucking claritin. Fucking zyrtec. Fucking bastards, all of dem.”

“What’s happened to your pokeymen now?” Bucky asks distractedly, not looking away from where Natasha is very slowly setting the last Joker on her vast, exquisitely balanced house of cards.

“Dat’s not - dey’re not pokémon,” Clint says, aggrieved. “Dey’re drugs. And dey don’t work for me.”

+ Post WS. Bucky develops an allergy to Steve’s semen and refuses to accept it

-☆-

*More silent walrus stories in the Seasonal Sampler, Hairwashing, Barbershop Quartet, Halloween, and Magic lists

#stucky #stucky fic #silentwalrus #Writer Spotlight #fic rec #Top 5 Favs

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kingsroad · 4 years ago

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[ oneshot ] i’m listening —

fandom: mass effect. ship: shepard (delilah) × hackett. warnings: a medium amount of sauciness. words: 2,184.

“Huh.”

There was something different about Delilah Shepard's quarters. One single detail stuck out like a sore thumb after months aboard the Normandy SR-2 with nothing but her organized mess to keep her company after lights out. Sitting between a datapad, her M-5 Phalanx pistol, and a carefully sealed bag of jerky was the imposter.

Unfolding her arms and taking the two steps down into her bedroom, she settled down onto the still-stiff couch cushions and turned the ice bucket towards her.

It was minimalist in design, with a matte finish and no handles, full to the brim with chunks of ice she recognized from the mess. And resting upon that familiar ice was a bottle of wine—an old one, from the look of the printed label.

Delilah chuckled, imagining the look she might find on Steven's face if he caught her calling a bottle of fine wine old rather than aged.

Sinking back against the rarely used couch, she shut her eyes and let the warmth of recognition swim over her skin. No one wanted to celebrate a birthday on their way towards a potentially deadly mission, stuck out in the vacuum of space, too far away from loved ones to even consider dropping by for lunch, even with the Mass Relays at their disposal.

But she'd woken up that morning to a voice call from her mother, who was also out on a mission and unable to send anything apart from her slightly frigid love.

Kelly Chambers surprised her with a new model ship set that looked exactly like the Destiny Ascension on the box. Mess Sargent Gardner did his mess sergeant thing and presented her with a slightly dilapidated cake made with the best ingredients he could muster between ports.

There were other gifts, too. Most of them were practical—a pair of leather gloves from Thane, a voucher for a “free omnitool upgrade” from Tali, a visor from Miranda to replace the one she'd lost during their escape from the Collector vessel.

Some gifts were silly.

Joker gifted her with a haphazardly wrapped sweater, simple and black and relatively smart-looking until you reached the Blasto buttons at the wrists. Garrus and Jacob, surprisingly enough, gave her the same gift—a promise to get a drink with her on the Citadel or Omega, wherever they ended up docking first.

“May I do anything for you Shepard?” EDI's voice was warm in a way you never expected it to sound warm. “I would like to give you something... as a gift.”

Delilah couldn't help but smile to herself, eyes still closed, her bare feet kicked up casually on the edge of the coffee table.

“There's something,” she said, her whisper sounding like a sigh. She didn't even know if it was possible. Her timing could be off. He could be asleep or busy or otherwise occupied. But there was a small chance, and it was her birthday... so maybe the universe would give her a break. “Can you get Hackett on the line?”

The flickering globe of EDI's projected self shifted from solid blue to blue with a tremor of orange running upwards through her middle. It took a minute to make a connection, which she expected. She didn't know how far apart they were. Must have been far.

But the connection was made.

And a familiar voice came in over the line, low and rough from sleep. “Happy birthday, sweetheart.”

Delilah felt a pang in her chest, sharp and unforgiving and perfect. Her cheeks ached as a too-wide smile spread across her mouth. She could picture him perfectly, sprawled out in bed, his face aglow with the orange of his omnitool, wearing the slow, sleepy grin he always wore when she woke him up.

“Thank you for the gift,” she said in the place of a 'thank you.' Leaning forward, she turned the ice bucket around to face her head on. “Can't wait to give it a try.”

“Mm... you haven't cracked into it, then?”

Her smile softened. “Not yet.”

Quiet settled over Shepard's living quarters, save for the hum of the fish tank and the slightly louder hum of the ship. Hackett sighed and shifted, cleared his throat, took another moment before asking, “Is there a reason you initiated a voice call rather than a video conference?” His chuckle melted something inside of her. “I know it isn't exactly a gift, but... I don't remember you ever taking umbrage with having to look at me.”

Delilah's laugh began with a snort. “I don't have to see you to know exactly what you look like right now.”

“Oh?” Hackett sounded like someone weighing a threat. Or a challenge. It was typical of him. So much of their call was typical of him, and that familiarity was a gift in and of itself. “Well, consider me curious. What do I look like right now?”

Shepard made a thoughtful noise as she pushed herself to her feet. “Well, for starters, you're horizontal.”

“Mhm.”

She moved over to her locker, crossing the cold floor in her chilly bedroom and feeling none of it. As she spoke, she removed the crisp layers of her uniform. “You're not wearing a shirt, and you haven't showered yet, so that cute cowlick on the left side of your head is in full effect.” She folded each item as she stripped down to her underwear, placing them in their predetermined spots. “You probably have crust in your eyes, too.”

Hackett paused. For a while.

Delilah felt the rush of imminent victory.

“You know me too well,” he sighed, voice muffled as he scrubbed a hand over his face. “It's impressive.”

“Sleep with a man for almost ten years, and you'll figure him out.” Delilah moved around the foot of her bed, stripped of every stitch that wasn't comfortable black cotton, and snatched the bottle of wine up out of the bucket by its long, elegant throat. “Imagine that.”

Saying ten years like that felt wrong. They'd been apart for most of their near-decade together, sleeping on opposite sides of the galaxy rather than opposite sides of the same bed. Calls were short, but close calls were plentiful and always frightening. And then, she died. He mourned her, encouraged others to rally behind her name, and fought as hard as he could to salvage what was left.

And now they were on a call together, celebrating her birthday.

It felt ridiculous to call it luck, but he always made her feel lucky.

“What time is it there?” Hackett asked her. She could hear him squinting rather than putting on his glasses. Accepting blurry eyed defeat wasn't an option. “God, it's three.”

Delilah glanced upwards at the thick panel of glass above her bed. Rather than finding painted skies, she saw only the blink of faraway stars and the diaphanous blue glow of FTL travel. “I am currently anywhere between three in the morning and... two fifty-eight AM.”

Again, Hackett laughed, and again, she felt her heart thump painfully hard in her chest.

“I miss you.”

His laugh quieted, and Delilah was left with the sound of a smiling sigh. She could damn near hear his crow's feet when he spoke, whispering a throaty echo of, “I miss you,” into the ambient hum of her quarters.

Climbing up from the foot of her bed to turn around against the stack of pillows at the head, Delilah let the warmth of his voice sink into her, let herself relax with the chilled wine bottle still in her hand. Her omnitool didn't have a corkscrew exactly, but that didn't mean she couldn't get something to work.

“We should take a weekend sometime soon to celebrate my birthday” The cork popped, and Shepard sucked in a deep breath as the scent of the wine poured out from around it. She licked over her bottom lip. “In earnest.”

“In earnest,” Hackett repeated with great emphasis. He sounded much more awake than he had in the beginning, but there was still an element of sleepy boyishness in his tone. “I understand the implication.”

Delilah chuckled. “Do you?”

“It's why I sent the wine.”

Pressing the mouth of the bottle to her lips, Delilah tipped it back with both hands and took a mouthful. She savored it as much as she could without a glass, sucking on her bottom lip to get that last drop of flavor. Hackett was being vague. She liked vague Hackett; he was playful. And honest.

“Explain...”

“Shepard,” he murmured, his voice quietly stern and almost chiding in a way that sent fireworks all over her skin.

Delilah took another sip of wine. “It's my birthday. You're obligated to tell me.”

“I've only seen you wine drunk once or twice before,” Hackett relented. As she listened to him, she squirmed down into the mattress, finding a comfortable divot to stretch out. “Whiskey drunk, often. Tequila drunk, once. I remember very clearly how it effected you.”

“Mm?”

He hated having words dragged out of him on a hook, but she knew he had a weakness for being challenged. She knew how weak it made him to have her push and tease and prod. He liked her bratty, just as much as he liked being strict with her. Their push and pull was comfortable. It was how they loved.

“You melt,” Hackett said, continuing on in the same whisper he'd begun in. “Your cheeks flush, and you slur your words, and you get... clingy. I wanted you to enjoy the night of your birthday as you would have with me.”

“So, the wine's for you?” Delilah smirked, even though he couldn't see her face. She hoped he heard it in her voice when she asked him, “You want me all red-faced and horny?”

“Yes.”

The word shook near the end, but not from uncertainty. Delilah's knees pinched together as the warmth spread swiftly downward from her heart to between her legs. How he managed that so easily, she'd never know. She hadn't learned a single one of his tricks in seven years.

“I figured as much.” She stared up at the square of stars above her bed. The blankets were soft, but cool where they didn't touch her skin. Being alone with the sound of her husband's voice in her ears was torture. She wanted him there, sleepy-voiced and next to her with smooth and eager hands. “If it was just a gift for me, it'd be a freshly imported bottle of Pikesville.”

Hackett made a quiet, thoughtful noise that coaxed Delilah into shifting her hips, squirming deeper into the tower of pillows at her back.

“It was... selfish of me, I know,” he mused. “But you're enjoying yourself. I can hear it.”

Delilah bit down on the soft interior of her cheek.

“What else do you want to hear?” she asked, forcing herself to sound cordial. Cherry, even, more receptionist than unrepentant vixen. “I live to accommodate you, Admiral.”

“Shit.”

She tried—and failed—to bite back a giggle, but it was entirely his fault, in the end. He was weak for her, and she knew the buttons to press.

“Drink your wine,” Hackett said, the rough edge of his voice returning with a vengeance. There was ground to recover, time to make up, teasing to make her regret. She loved hearing him double down. It was thrilling. “And stay on the call with me. I have two hours before I'm expected.”

Delilah's toes curled into the bedding beneath her feet. “Two hours? I wonder...”

“What do you wonder?”

Fire spilled down her spine, loosening every muscle on the way down. She took another long sip of her gift and let what little tension remained in her body to lift.

“I wonder how long you can keep me going,” she purred, smiling, her flush already creeping down her throat. “I could squeeze so much into...” Delilah paused. She heard Hackett's breath hitch. “... two hours.”

“There we go.”

He was all around her. The sound of his voice brought along with it the gentle weight of his presence, a warm hand sliding up her bare thigh, the whisper of scruff on the delicate skin of her shoulder. Her chest rose and fell with an unsteady breath of her own. She felt his lips on the shell of her ear, the press of his hips against her stomach. His nails, sliding down the soft curve of her waist.

“We may be regrettably far apart,” Hackett murmured, and he carried with him the same husky tone as he had since she mentioned the wine, “but that doesn't mean I can't give you another birthday gift.”

Setting the bottle of wine on her bedside table, Delilah hooked her thumbs on the waist of her panties. They hit the floor beside her locker with a single, pointed toss.

She grinned.

This was the most relaxed she'd been in months.

“I'm listening...”

#mass effect #mass effect fic #steven hackett #type: fic #game: mass effect #ch: steven hackett #oc: delilah shepard #ship: steven x delilah #mine: writing

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magewardensurana · 4 years ago

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Mass Effect Tag Meme

Tagged by @horsyunicorn

I am a fan since: 2011ish. It was after I played Dragon Age and Dragon Age 2 and before Mass Effect 3 came out.

Favourite game of the series: I have a soft spot for ME1. It’s so broken

Mshep or Fshep?: You can play as a man?

Earthborn, Colonist, or Spacer?: Earthborn!

Biotics or Tech?: Biotics all the way. I first played as a vangaurd, got half way through and restarted as an adept. Haven’t looked back since.

Paragon or Renegade?: Mostly paragon.

Favourite class: Adept.

Favourite companion: Liara and Katsumi

Least favourite companion: Jacob, probably. He’s... really badly written.

My squad selection:

ME1: Liara and Garrus or Liara and Wrex,

ME2: Garrus and Jack

ME3: Liara and Garrus

Favourite in-game romance: Liara

Favourite NPC: The guy who says ‘Sir Issac Newton is the deadliest son-of-a-bitch in space’ OR the turian janitor OR the krogan who wants to eat the fish in the citadel ponds OR that person who Shepard can say ‘I’m dancing here, you can pretend you’re dancing with me’ to in Samara’s loyality mission but if you fail the Paragon check she looks disgusted and walks away OR that one Turian who gets really into the dancing in Thane’s loyality mission.

Favourite Antagonist: The Mass Effect writers.

Favourite loyalty mission: Is it cheating to say ‘Lair of the Shadow Broker’. Probably Samara’s otherwise.

Favourite mission: Uhhh, Lair of the Shadow Broker. Honestly, it’s been so long since I played any ME I can’t remember.

Favourite DLC: FINALLY I get to say Lair of the Shadow Broker.

Control, Synthesis or Destroy: Destory if I’m going with the ingame choice, MEHEM otherwise.

Favourite weapon: I do enjoy the Scorpian and M-5 Phalanx. And the M-6 Carnifex, of course. It was given as a sign of friendship. But mostly I just use a slam/warp combo.

Favourite place: Ontarom. 1) I think it’s pretty. 2) Shifty Looking Cow

Favourite Quote: Pretty much everything the Biotic God says.

Not tagging anyone. If you want to do this feel free.

#surana rambles #tag meme

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expatimes · 4 years ago

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LEGO won't make modern war machines, but others are picking up the pieces This is a story about a multibillion-dollar international conglomerate, arms manufacturers, a German peace group and renegades who make miniaturized weapons systems out of small shops.Not that those tiny weapons could actually hurt anyone. Well, not unless you stepped on one.The conglomerate is LEGO, with worldwide revenues of $6.2 billion in 2019 from its toys, retail stores, theme parks and even movie rights. Its toy sets -- which are intended to "inspire the builders of tomorrow," according to the company's mission statement -- run the gamut, from skyscrapers to boats, police stations to castles. There's even a kit to make Rome's famous Colosseum. Nothing from the real world, it seems, is off limits. That is, except for anything modeled on today's military. "We have a long-standing policy of not creating sets which feature real military vehicles that are currently in use," Ryan Greenwood, a spokesman for the company, said in an email to CNN.But during the summer, the Danish company released a set for the V-22 Osprey, a tiltrotor aircraft manufactured by Boeing and Bell Helicopter Textron that is only used by the American and Japanese militaries.LEGO pulled its V-22 Osprey amid protests from a German anti-war group. Credit: LEGOThe kit, set to launch under LEGO's vehicle-focused Technic brand, depicted a search and rescue version of the Osprey. But it drew a quick, harsh protest from the German Peace Society -- United War Resisters (DFG-VK in German), an almost 130-year-old anti-war group.The V-22 Osprey, the group said, has been involved in conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Mali, Yemen and Syria. In a press release criticizing LEGO over the model, the DFG-VK then threw the toymaker's own words from a decade earlier right back at it:"The basic aim is to avoid realistic weapons and military equipment that children may recognize from hot spots around the world and to refrain from showing violent or frightening situations when communicating about LEGO products. At the same time, the purpose is for the LEGO brand not to be associated with issues that glorify conflicts and unethical or harmful behavior," the peace group quoted from a 2010 LEGO report.LEGO quickly pulled the motorized aircraft model from its inventory in late July. The few sets that had already hit store shelves made their way into the hands LEGO enthusiasts and onto internet trading sites at prices as high as $1,000 for a set that would've retailed at around $120.US Air Force V-22 Ospreys take off from a base in New Mexico. Credit: U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Markus MaierThe V-22 Osprey LEGO set. Credit: LEGOGreenwood, the company spokesperson, refused to comment further on why LEGO changed its mind on the Osprey model or why it was produced in the first place.But LEGO canceling its Osprey set hasn't stopped fans from creating their own versions. In a video interview from Minneapolis, Minnesota, Dan Siskind pulled up a large model of the aircraft to the camera. Although built from LEGO pieces, this one is bigger and, arguably, even more elaborate and life-like. He spun its tiltrotor propellers in a hand-held simulated flight.Siskind is a former "master builder," the top LEGO designers who assemble the models you find displayed in stores. He is now part of a subculture that unites adult fans of LEGO (or AFOLs as they are known) and military buffs. Through his company, Brickmania Toyworks, the 51-year-old takes the iconic bricks and turns them into custom military building kits spanning eras and multiple wars. An arms bazaar for AFOLs, his inventory includes a US F-16 fighter ($425), a Russian T-80BVM main battle tank ($340) and even a Phalanx close-in weapon system, the rapid-fire Gatling gun the US Navy puts on its warships to knock out incoming threats like missiles or speedboats ($175).There are also historical options, such as a Vietnam War-era Soviet MiG-21 fighter, a World War II Japanese A6M2 Zero or British Spitfire Mk I fighter plane, a US M4A3 Sherman or German Panzer IV Ausf G tank, or a World War I British biplane, all priced around $200.For those with lower budgets, micro military vehicle sets are sold for around $20.The parts are almost all genuine, made with new-condition LEGO bricks. But while the Danish company does not endorse its products being used for these purposes, it tolerates the practice, Siskind said."They've given us some guidelines -- here's how to stay out of trouble."He's nonetheless blunt in describing his job. "It's just stuff we've taken that weren't supposed to be made into military things, (that) we've made into military things," Siskind explained. "Ordinary LEGO bricks just used in a way they were never intended to be used." Because he isn't allowed to purchase bricks directly from LEGO for his military sets, sourcing is "one big, continuous scavenger hunt" that requires his staff to comb through Walmarts, Targets and toy stores for discounts on original sets. The company also uses the website Bricklink, a kind of eBay for LEGO parts, where specific bricks can be bought and sold. The AC-130 Spooky II gunship model, made using LEGO bricks and other aftermarket parts, from Brickmania Toyworks in Minneapolis. Credit: Courtesy Brickmania ToyworksAll the parts are brought to Brickmania's Minneapolis headquarters, where they are broken down and reallocated to the new kits, including its most expensive design: a Lockheed Martin AC-130 "Spooky II" gunship that contains more than 5,200 pieces and sells for $3,755.In real life, an AC-130 gunship is one of the most terrifying aircraft imaginable. Armed with 40mm and 105mm cannons and a 25mm Gatling gun, it can devastate an area in seconds, earning it the nickname the "Angel of Death" in military circles. When the company made the first 25 models available, they sold out in five hours. A second batch then went in the same amount of time, Siskind said. "We have more demand than we can keep up with."While Siskind will sell you a military kit, his company also encourages AFOLs to produce their own creations, sponsoring regular contests at Brickmania's flagship store in Minneapolis. Among the rules: They must be military or war-themed, bear no Nazi symbols, display no excessive gore and are not of the sci-fi or fantasy genres. Global communityPeople entering the competitions should probably be thankful that Ralph Savelsberg lives thousands of miles away in the Netherlands -- because the 45-year-old Dutch builder's portfolio of LEGO-based military creations would likely be easy winners.There's a Vietnam-era US Navy patrol boat, a Cold War-era intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), an Iranian F-14 fighter, an M-21 reconnaissance jet and a massive and stunning recreation of a B-52 bomber, the mainstay of the US Air Force's bomber fleet for more than six decades.Dutch LEGO builder Ralph Savelsberg shows off a model he made of a US Air Force B-52 bomber with a 5-foot wingspan. Credit: Courtesy Ralph SavelsbergSavelsberg, a physicist and assistant professor, said he builds LEGO for love, not money."This is just a hobby. I do get a lot of requests, but I always disappoint them; I have no interest whatsoever in having to deal with customers."Furthermore, making plans or instructions is no fun, so I don't actually have any plans for most of my models," he said in an email.What he does enjoy is getting together with LEGO military builders from around the world at various conventions, where they share creations and even make custom ones to commemorate anniversaries.For this year's Brickfair Virginia, Savelsberg and a few dozen military builders planned a display themed on the Cold War, including his ICBM. The event was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but Savelsberg plans to return next year.LEGO-style military models on display at Brickfest Japan 2019 in Kobe. Credit: Courtesy The Brothers Brick / Edwinder SinghIn 2019, he attended Japan Brickfest, Asia's largest AFOL gathering, which featured a section for military items by some of the 270 builders displaying their work.Those builders, who came from places like Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan as well as Japan, likely represent just a fraction of those pursuing the hobby, Savelsberg said."I suspect that the people who come to events represent the tip of the iceberg. For every builder who is willing and able to travel to events, there might be two dozen teenagers who rarely get out of their bedrooms and share their builds with a group of friends via social media," he said. Justin Chua, who runs LEGO aftermarket store Lioncity Mocs in Singapore, says this 1:100-scale model of a Singaporean littoral mission ship took him more than two months to plan, source parts and assemble. It has more than 2,000 pieces. Credit: Courtesy Justin ChuaA company for kidsIn a way, Savelsberg, Siskind and the other builders of LEGO-based military models are doing what LEGO has always encouraged -- "only the imagination sets the limit to what you can build," the company's profile says."There's nothing that stops me from using dark green elements I get from, say, a LEGO Mini Cooper for a US Navy patrol boat," like this one from the Vietnam era, Dutch builder Ralph Savelsberg said. Credit: Courtesy Ralph SavelsbergLEGO traces its roots back to Denmark in the 1930s, when carpenter Ole Kirk Kristiansen abbreviated the Danish words "Leg Godt," meaning "play well" in English, to brand the wooden toys he was producing. It turned to plastic bricks in 1949.In 1955, Kristiansen's son Godtfred launched LEGO bricks as a system, embracing the idea that the more you have, the more things you can make. "Our idea has been to create a toy that prepares the child for life -- appealing to its imagination and developing the creative urge and joy of creation that are the driving forces in every human being," he said.Over the years, wheels and human figures were introduced in 1962 and 1978 respectively. And in 1989, miniature human figures sporting more facial expressions than the usual slight smile also emerged.LEGO has also been determined to put smiles on the faces of children."As a family-owned company with a long-term mission, the LEGO Group is uniquely placed to deliver a positive impact on children, society and the planet," the company profile says. The 25-page company document mentions the words "child" or "children" nearly 100 times. Still, as LEGO grew over the years, so did the presence of weapons.A 2016 report analyzing the company's products, published on the peer-reviewed scientific investigation journal PLOS One, argues that LEGO sets "are not as innocent as they used to be" and have become increasingly violent over time. Since 1978, when the first weapon bricks -- a sword, a halberd and a lance -- were added to castle-themed LEGO sets, there the amount of weaponry has increased each year, according to the study. It found that by 2014, nearly 30% of sets contained at least one weapon brick.A LEGO James Bond Aston Martin set on the shelf of a Hong Kong store. Credit: Brad Lendon/CNNSome of this increase can be attributed to movie-themed sets. For example, the company's summer 2020 catalog features a model of the Aston Martin, the famous car driven by British spy James Bond. It comes complete with "a wealth of sophisticated details and 007 gadgetry, including rotating license plates, ejector seat, tire scythes and front-wing machine guns."There's also "Star Wars" X-wing fighters and Imperial star destroyers, and sets depicting "Minecraft" battles, with axes, bludgeons and cases of TNT.When it comes to the LEGO's ethical red lines, Siskind sees a disconnect in the company's logic. Is there really a difference between the Death Star or the violence of a galaxy far, far away and the machines that kill people here on Earth?"There's very direct historical connections between the 'Star Wars' world and World War II," he added. Following LEGO's rulesFrom his office in Atlanta, Andrew Roberts, co-owner of Battle Brick Customs, another aftermarket retailer, expresses what he sees as the LEGO dilemma."LEGO has always kind of struggled with filling boys' desires for action and adventure (while) staying true to themselves (by) not doing realistic military things," he said.For a long time, the company even went so far as to avoid gray-colored bricks (the obvious color choice for building military weapons and vehicles), Roberts claimed, saying early castle sets were made from yellow ones. (Siskind, too, recalled some rather colorful medieval builds, saying: "When I was a kid all my castles were red because I had the most of that color.") LEGO's avoidance of modern military themes provided an opening, Roberts added. He turned his college pastime -- messing with his old LEGO sets -- into a full-time job, churning out best-sellers like World War II M4 Sherman tanks and modern Gulf War M1 Abrahms tanks."I don't think they like what I do but at the same time ... They tolerate me because I obey the rules." A US Special Forces team in LEGO-style figures from Battle Brick Customs. Credit: Courtesy Battle Brick CustomsFor instance, Roberts buys minifigures from LEGO, strips them of their paint and markings, and turns them into soldiers, sailors and airmen to stand watch in the military-themed sets he sells. He likens it to how a custom car shop takes a showroom model and turns it into a street racer."If you're a shop selling custom Ford Mustangs, you can do that -- people have to know that this is a Ford Mustang, but it's not an official Ford product," Roberts said. "I took a Ford and I did a bunch of stuff to it."In the case of LEGO parts, he added, "It's a genuine LEGO minifigure that has had a bunch of aftermarket stuff done to it. I bought it, and it's mine. And I'm customizing it, and I'm not pretending they did it."A figure stylized as a US soldier from Battle Brick Customs. Credit: Courtesy Battle Brick CustomsFor much of the fanatic LEGO-building community, the "it's mine" mentality -- a personal stake in what they make -- is what's fun and what fills them with pride. And they're not going to let the company's ethos get in the way of their creations.After the company pulled the Osprey in the summer, The Brothers Brick, an independent, reader-funded website for LEGO enthusiasts, carried several posts about the set's demise. One showed a futuristic olive green vision of an Osprey with orange highlights, created by builder Simon Liu, using LEGO bricks.Brothers Brick contributor, Lino -- a Washington state-based artist and humorist, according to his biography -- drew inspiration from Liu's creation."The point of showing you this is, while LEGO occasionally makes doofus decisions, they provide the pieces so that you can build anything you want. Who needs directions and an official set?" Lino wrote."With LEGO bricks and a bit of imagination, the world is your oyster. Or Osprey."Top image caption: A figurine from Battle Brick Customs of a US soldier emerging from an armored personnel carrier. #lifestyle Read full article: https://expatimes.com/?p=15448&feed_id=22672

#butothersarepickingupthepieces-CNN #design #LEGOwonx27tmakemodernwarmachines

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kibagib · 4 years ago

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Mass Effect asks, 1, 34, 47, 59!

How did you get into Mass Effect?

I don’t remember. At all. I'm like Dory from Finding Nemo... But I think it was when I was working in a video game store, a lot of people were talking about the trilogy at the time, but I didn't play them until much later. Then I started looking for fanarts, fanfics... and I said "I have to play this". And here I am.

Favorite weapon overall?

M-98 Widow/Black Widow, I think it's because I always play as Infiltrator, it's my headcanon for Shepard, but I really like the M-5 Phalanx.

Something you do in EVERY playthrough, no matter what?

Hm, decisions, decisions... I think I've never been able to play as a full Renegade, and I always choose the same romance for MShep and FemShep. But as for game decisions, I always save the Rachni queen, or both Geth and Quarians, or I never accept Dalatrass deal. Ugh nope.

Favorite NPC?

From the Normandy? Kaidan, of course! Ok, ok... I always like to bump into Conrad Verner, and I love Ann Bryson. From MEA, I really like Avitus. I can't choose just one!

#mass effect #swaps55 #thank you for asking!#ask #meme

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ariesgamesandminis · 4 years ago

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Massive Restock for BattleTech!

MASSIVE restock for BattleTech from Iron Wind Metals...and this isn't even ALL of it!

PLEASE REMEMBER...I'm out with my kids this weekend for some fun before they go back to school, so there will possibly be a delay in shipping depending on order volume.

20-209 Rifleman RFL-8D 20-217 Crusader CDR-5K 20-223 Saladin Hover Tank (2) 20-235 Partisan Heavy Tank 20-264 Marauder MAD-9S / MAD-5R 20-279 Clint IIC 20-290 Ajax Assault Tank Prime 20-305 Scorpion Light Tank (2) 20-346 Crimson Hawk 20-382 Heavy LRM Carrier 20-397 Orion ON1-M 20-424 Bombardier BMB-12D 20-450 Hiryo Armored Infantry Transport 20-451 Copper SecurityMech CBK-6 20-482 Xanthos XNT-30 20-496 Thunderbird TRB-D36 Aero Fighter 20-497 Moltke M1 Main Battle Tank 20-5007 Turhan Wheeled Vehicle (2) 20-5016 Apollo APL-1M 20-5021 Deimos 20-5023 Hyena Salvage Mech HYN-4A 20-5025 Mad Cat IV "Savage Wolf" 20-5041 Nyx NX-80 / NX-90 20-5049 Carnivore Assault Tank (Standard) (2) 20-5074 Dola DOL-1A1 20-5082 Gyrfalcon (Standard) 20-5088 Hollander III BZK-D1 20-5093 Lament LMT-2R 20-5096 Dragon II DRG-11K 20-5098 Black Knight BLK-NT-5H 20-5106 Tiburon 20-5110 Carronade CRN-7M 20-5114 Zeus-X ZEU-X4 20-5121 Lu Wei Bing LN-4B 20-5122 Tenshi TN-10-O Prime 20-5123 Wendigo Prime 20-5126 Gun GN-2O Prime 20-5127 Flashman FLS-8K Resculpt 20-5131 Centurion CN11-O Prime 20-5132 Templar III TLR2-O Prime 20-5133 Gotterdammerung GTD-20S 20-5134 Juliano JLN-5A 20-5148 Flea FLE-14 20-5151 Avalanche AVL-1O 20-5155 Cougar Prime / B Resculpt 20-5163 Mongoose Gunslinger MON-66GX 20-5167 Raven II RVN-5X 20-5169 Shadow Hawk SHD-2Hb 20-5170 Ryoken III-XP (Skinwalker) Prime 20-5173 Scourge SCG-WF1 20-5182 Catapult CPLT-C1 / K2 20-5183 Locust LCT-1V / 1E / 1Vb Royal 20-5184 Griffin GRF-1N 20-600RE Vulture "Mad Dog" Prime 20-603RE Mad Cat "Timber Wolf" Prime 20-695 Fire Falcon Prime 20-706 CHIPPEWA FIGHTER CHP-W5 20-723 Warrior Helicopter H-7 20-739 Ontos Heavy Tank (2) 20-741 J-27 Tow Vehicle 20-747 Zhukov Heavy Tank (2) 20-774 Black Knight BL-6-KNT 20-777 Falcon FLC-4N 20-779 Manticore Heavy Tank (2) 20-798 Hammer HMR-3M 20-800 Hex Bases (4) 20-800 Hex Bases (4) 20-802 Mongoose MON-66 20-803 Hoplite HOP-4D 20-806 Hunter Missile Tank (2) 20-822 Demolisher Tank 20-865 Commando COM-2D 20-869 Jenner JR7-D 20-876 Dervish DV-6M 20-879 Clint CLNT-2-3T 20-898 Imp IMP-3E 20-899 King Crab KGC-000 20-932 Vindicator VND-1R 20-976 Hellion Prime 20-983 Mad Cat Mk II 20-991 Shadow Cat Prime AR20-246 EAGLE EGL-2M AR20-248 DONAR ASSAULT VTOL AR20-249 CRONUS CNS-5M AR20-294 MAGI INFANTRY SUPPORT VEHICLE AR20-325 Morpheus MRP-3S AR20-344 Flashfire FLS-P5 AR20-349 HACHIWARA AR20-363 Koto KTO-2A AR20-367 SPIDER SDR-7K / SDR-7K2 AR20-405 Great Turtle GTR-1 AR20-418 Huron Warrior HUR-WO-R4L AR20-421 Ronin SA-RN7 AR20-429 Mantis MTS-S AR20-445 Longshot LNG-2 AR20-466 Neptune Submarine (full and waterline) AR20-637 MANTIS LIGHT ATTACK VTOL (2) AR20-655 Fire Scorpion AR20-720 THRUSH AR20-745 SKULKER WHEELED SCOUT VEHICLE AR20-785 DEMOLISHER II HEAVY TANK AR20-790 SALAMANDER PPR-5S AR20-931 URBAN MECH IIC AR20-943 ARCTIC WOLF AR20-957 LAO HU LHU-2B AR20-977 CESTUS CTS-6Y AR20-985 ARCAS 20-9122 Battleforce Hex Base 99-201 Large Flat Top Hex Base #1 99-202 Large Flat Top Hex Base #2 99-203 Extra Large Flat Top Hex Base ATLASLTD-12 Limited Edition Jumping Atlas BT-004 Afreet Battle Armor BT-005 Grenadier Battle Armor BT-006 Phalanx Battle Armor BT-008 Void Battle Armor BT-011 Thor "Summoner" B BT-019 Leopard BT-026 Union BT-028 Cavalier Battle Armor BT-031 Infiltrator MK 2 BT-064 Trike BT-065 Minigun Cycle BT-067 Golem Battle Armor BT-129 Infiltrator Mk I Battle Armor BT-130 Hauberk Battle Armor BT-132 Clan Medium Battle Armor BT-133 Corona Battle Armor BT-160 Elemental Battle Armor Point BT-172 Prowler Tank BT-178 Jade Hawk JHK-03 BT-187 Djinn Battle Armor BT-192 Purifier BA C (2 pc) (advancing) BT-197 Aerie Battle Armor BT-198 Tengu Battle Armor BT-199 Asura Md. Battle Armor BT-200 Shedu Assault Battle Armor BT-201 Nephilim Assault Battle Armor BT-202 Rogue Bear Heavy Battle Armor BT-207 Delphyne ProtoMech BT-209 Se'irim Medium Battle Armor BT-210 Armorcast 28mm Elemental Battle Armor BT-217 Dragon's Breath BT-224 Heavy Jump Infantry BT-230 Kopis Battle Armor BT-231 Ironhold Battle Armor BT-232 Warg Battle Armor BT-234 Davion Firefighter ATV BT-239 Jump Support Infantry BT-243 XTC Marine BT-245 Heavy Infantry - Firing BT-250 Ignis Infantry Support Tank BT-251 Blood Asp A BT-252 Blood Asp E BT-253 Cauldron-Born "Ebon Jaguar" Prime BT-257 Concordat Frigate BT-260 Sprint Scout VTOL BT-269 Sling SL-1G BT-270 New Sytris Carrier BT-271 Conqueror Battle Cruiser BT-272 Davion Destroyer BT-273 Osteon D BT-276 Maxim Hover Tank (3058) BT-278 Panther PNT-9R BT-282 Pandion Combat WiGE BT-283 Svartalfa Ultra ProtoMech (Standard) BT-291 Super-Griffin GRF-2N-X BT-292 Shiro SH-2P BT-294 Hatamoto-Suna HTM-30S BT-303 Vulture Mk III Prime BT-305 Thor II Prime BT-306 Thor II B BT-311 Savior Repair Vehicle BT-312 Gun Trailers (2) BT-319 Wheeled APC BT-320 Tracked APC BT-321 Hover APC BT-322 Rifleman RFL-1N BT-326 Stinger LAM MK I STG-A1 (Air Mech) BT-335 PWWKA S-PW-1LAM (Air Mech) BT-343 Tomahawk II A BT-346 Griffin GRF-1A BT-348 Centurion CN9-D / CN9-AL Resculpt BT-349 Lament LMT-4RC BT-351 Mad Cat MK II 5 BT-363 Swiftwind Scout Car BT-364 Gabriel Hovercraft BT-369 Elemental Battle Armor (3) BT-370 Kurita Infantry (3) BT-371 Davion Infantry (3) BT-372 Savannah Master Hovercraft BT-381 Basic Inner Sphere Battle Armor (3) BT-385 Grey Death Legion Battle Armor (3) BT-387 Gnome Battle Armor (3) BT-388 Salamander Battle Armor (3) BT-390 Fa-Shih Battle Armor (3) BT-391 Fenrir Battle Armor (1) BT-393 Kage Battle Armor Squad (4) BT-395 Centurion CN9-YLW / CN9-YLW2 "Yen Lo Wang" BT-397 Gùn GN-2O A BT-399 Shadow Hawk SHD-2K BT-403 Highlander HGN-738 BT-407C Orion ON1-H Arm Sprue BT-408 Loki II A BT-411 Archer ARC-1A BT-413 Marauder Battle Armor BT-416 Testudo Siege Tank (Standard) BT-418 Saladin MK II HCV BT-419 Wolverine WVR-1R BT-425 Uziel UZL-8S BT-427 Balac Strike VTOL (Standard) & (LRM) BT-429 Catapult CPLT-C2 (Dark Age) BT-430 Wulfen H BT-434 Leonidas Battle Armor BT-437 Regulator Hovertank (Arrow IV) BT-438 Von Rohrs (Hebis) VON-4RH-5 BT-439 Black Wolf Battle Armor BT-440 Bellerophon BEL-1X BT-442 Wulfen A BT-444 Flatbed Truck (2) - Cargo & Wpn options CE-001 Primitive Shadow Hawk FT-002 Boomerang Spotter Plane FT-003 Sea Skimmer FT-005 Monitor Naval Vessel FT-008 Avatar AV1-OB FT-012 Nightsky NGS-5T FT-025 Samurai Mech Scale Fighter FT-026 Sabre Mech Scale Fighter FT-027 Gotha Mech Scale Fighter MS-001 Union Dropship OP-005 Thor B Arms (2) (from BT-11) OP-007 Thor C Left Arm (from 20-320) OP-029 Gladiator C Left Arm OP-030 Gladiator C Right Arm OP-033 Gladiator E Left Arm OP-034 Gladiator E ATM 9 OP-040 Gladiator E Torso OP-045 Black Hawk C SRM4 OP-084 Masakari Torso OP-097 Generic Missile Launcher (3) OP-098 Missile Launcher Front Panel (3) OP-099 Gauss Rifles OP-100 Ultra Autocannons OP-101 Hyper-Assult Gauss Rifles OP-102 Inner Sphere PPC's OP-103 LB-X Autocannons OP-104 Extended Range Lasers and PPC OP-105 Pulse Lasers OP-106 Small Launcher Plates OP-107 Medium Launcher Plates OP-108 Large Launcher Plates OP-109 XL Launcher Plates OP-110 XXL Launcher Plates OP-111 Inner Sphere Small, Medium, and Large Launchers OP-112 Inner Sphere XL and XXL Launchers OP-113 Clan Small, Medium, and Large Launchers OP-114 Clan XL and XXL Launchers SFB-016 Upper Stackable Steel Building 20-220C Longbow Missile Pod Sprue 20-233C Warhammer IIC Missile Sprue I 20-233D Warhammer IIC Missile Sprue II 20-317D Ostroc 4C Arms Sprue 20-325C Morpheus Left Arm 20-325D Morpheus Shoulder Pad 20-326D Loki Anti-Personal Pod Sprue (From 20-326) 20-360C Paladin Arms Sprue 20-412E Grigori Weapon Pod Sprue II 20-413B Archangel Spikes/Arm Sprue 20-432B Valiant DA Mech Legs 20-432C Valiant DA Mech Arm Sprue 20-432D Valiant DA Mech Shield Sprue 20-442B Copperhead Arm Sprue 20-453G Pariah Jump Jet Sprue (from 20-453) 20-5136 Hound HD-2F Weapon Sprue 20-603E Mad Cat (Omni) Missile Pack 20-605E Masakari (Omni) Right Arm 20-605F Masakari (Omni) Left Arm 20-610D Black Hawk (Omni) Arms 20-613C Koshi (Omni) Arm Sprue 20-616B Grand Titan TIT-N10M Right Arm 20-616C Grand Titan TIT-N10M Left Arm 20-616GN Grand Titan TIT-N10M Small Gun 20-617B Tempest TMP-3M Right Arm 20-617C Tempest TMP-3M Left Arm 20-627BTUR LRM Carrier Turret 20-699AMG Emperor EMP-6A Arm / Gun 20-779TRT Manticore Heavy Tank Turret 20-780AGN Hussar HSR-200D Arm / Gun Sprue 20-793GN Hollander BZK-F3 Gun 20-802ARM Mongoose MON-66 Arm Sprue 20-810B Hatamoto-Chi Fin / PPC Sprue 20-864ARM Hatchetman Arm Sprue 20-873FNS Spider Fins 20-888ARM Grasshopper Arm Sprue 20-969B Banshee Arm Sprue 20-987A/WP Locust Arm / Weapon Sprue 20-988ARM Phoenix Hawk Arm Sprue 20-993D Thunderbolt Arm Sprue

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