#micefolk

[re-whump]

What would you think of a giant getting emergency surgery from tinies? The little doctors having to actually /go/ into the chest to do the operation. Hopefully they have enough anesthetic.

I think it sounds like a great idea honestly, there's some excellent body horror in having a little guy running around inside you with sharp objects, even if they claim to be helping you.

I love when there's a significant power imbalance that's usually inherent but gets undercut or confused, which is definitely going on here. The giant's probably too injured to actually throw much weight around intentionally, but their sheer size and unpredictable movements are still a major hazard. The doctors have an unusual amount of power for tinies here, since they have command of the operation that can be ~life or death~ but are also out of their element and risking injury/death by being around an injured and potentially panicky giant.

and man, even with plentiful anesthesia, you've got to get that giant into a position that allows access to whatever you're operating on without stressing other parts of the body. And get them up later without injuring anyone or breakings things!

bit of a tangent, but here's a method for waking a horse up from surgery because I think it's hilarious. anyway, how equipped is the tiny hospital to deal with a giant?

Is it even normal for a giant to show up around these parts? or are they forced to operate somewhere less than sterile just to have room?

Do the two races have equivalent medical advancements? Are you getting a victorian giant to trust that all your creepy little toys are for healing? Do these kindly forest micefolk know about the word sterile as they start to cut the giant open?

Wartime? Do the tiny folk usually even consider giants people or is there one very passionate doctor insisting that they must treat what everyone else perceives as a living weapon? how can the giant trust the operating team at that point?

anyway I think I'm getting rambley. uh I don't really write medical stuff because I'm real squeamish about the details, but definitely love the concept

[deepestnightmarebeard]

Well i officially have a pile of shame now. Between the 4 models i bought that i don't want to paint until i'm better, my in progress chaos knights, the last bits of my leviathan box, the box of anvil minature micefolk, and now the age of sigmar arcane cataclysm box that just showed up. I officially have way to many fucking models to work on.

I have something like 75-100 waiting to be assembled.

[brushtailsandfairytales]

Species and Cultures of Gaialon Pt. 1

The Kingdom Of Alarai The Kingdom Of Alarai is home to a variety of what is known as woodland folk. Large clans of rabbits live in the countryside while micefolk have famously built small, winding, enclosed cities. Kinships of squirrels and pine martens made homes among the trees in the forests, and tribes of river otters claim dominion of the waterways. Foxes and catfolk can be commonly seen among all communities, with badgers being a rarer sight. Before the kingdom was formed these communities lived peaceably but separate from one another, and their unification led to a blending of cultures that has shaped the lives of its citizens to this day.

[taosnipple]

Creatures and critters, mushrooms and micefolk, acorns of all ages, here we are gathered today in these woods to celebrate the crunchies of the leaves

[hollowgourd]

Height Charts!

Meet (most of) the cast of Hollow Gourd! Hollow Gourd Academy is the most prestigious Nippin (micefolk) academy in the universe, and accepts only the best of the best in their fields while remaining a successful Nippin Colony.

[cobble-stone]

okay so like consider. we all know that minecraft villagers are lowkey kinda just. straight up antisemetic. the whole big nose and greedy thing- not great.

what if they were just. furries and other similar creatures instead. there’s probably texture packs with this idea already but like. in the plains you have micefolk and sheep hybrids. swamp villagers become frogfolk. taiga villagers become wolves or foxes. you get my idea

[queencryo]

heeho! work sucked today, i could barelu keep it tovether

but after work i watched assassination classroom with E and some of my other roommates. it was really fun c::

played dnd with new group. initially, we were gonna be a micefolk family robbing a fantasy bank. but. now we're... in a scifi campaign? and balf of ghese people arent my family? but i built my char as Everyones Grandma, so i just declare people as my family sometimes. i insisted that a new char was in my family 'no, no, ive seen ywr name in the family book!' 'what family book??? huh???' and insisted on this (over the protestation of my granddaughter that hmphmphm shea the family librarian why doesnt *she* get he family book) until our dm was like '. guys. queens char is insane. cmon.' and yeah thats what i was playin but now that its been put into words? god yes thats so true

anyway sp basically im plahing a monty python character.

then watched more assassination classroom with roommates. yayyyy c::::::

[ladyanaconda]

I couldn’t help it after reading PowerOptix’s Ratja/Mausinger shipping list. Since there's not much fan art about Mausinger, who by now is amongst my favorite Ni No Kuni 2 characters, I decided to make some fanart myself. I share the headcanon that Ratja might have eventually ended up together with him, seeing as to how they seem to be quite... close in the game, particularly the DLC give hints that Mausinger trusts Ratja very much.

Anyway, I'll explain a bit about these doodles. In the left corner, they're having some intimacy. I drew them both with tails (though Ratja's isn't very noticeable). They must have tails underneath that long clothing, right? all micefolk have. Mausinger's tail is thicker, though, since he's a rat. In the bottom left corner, I drew them both when they were younger. I headcanon they must have known each other from way before their jobs at the castle; mice had to stick together, after all, especially considering the grimalkin constantly abused them. In the middle above they are embracing; I don't exactly know the circumstances myself, but I'd like to think it's the reconciliation after the whole issue with Doloran. As some saw in the DLC, she wasn't aware of the coup (probably Mausinger didn't want her to get involved should it fail, or maybe he wanted to surprise her), and she clearly was not happy about Evan getting almost killed. I added two drawings of Ratja during pregnancy. My favorite is the one with Mausinger as he's feeling the baby kicking. He's happy about being a father, but at the same time, he's... uncertain about it and fears he might not be a good dad. I mean, since some of us agree (looking at you, Poweroptix) he's a workaholic and takes his duty seriously, he wouldn't have much time to spend with his kids. And last but not least, the drawing shortly after the twins, Lilly and Leon, was born. What can I say? Mice in real life are known to have LOTS of offspring due to their status as a prey animal. Mausinger decided to name his son after Leonhard as a way to honor his memory, while Lilly was named after Ratja's mother. The reason I drew different clothing on Ratja in the last three drawings was that I don't think she'd wear the same maid dress after she and Mausinger got married. I mean, the Queen must look nice, right? I like how she looks like with loose hair. P.S: How does Ratjinger sound as shipping name?

[kaneowldust]

Report 19: Down Came the Shadow and Washed the Spider Out

And so after two months on a fantasy treatise (seriously how the hell did it get that long) we are finally going to take the fight to Morganthe herself. Unfortunately her stronghold is across a violent ocean and is still protected by the Shadow drenched Alcazar and Solar Arcs which are temples to the Star and Sun magics akin to what the Eclipse Tower was. Of course getting past the sea was not going to be an easy task. Our first job was to make allies with the Hoppers-a kangaroo variant of the mouse races. From there we learn only one rodent has ever gotten across the maelstrom-a rat who recites a lot of passages from Moby Dick.

Getting across the sea is basically baiting a sea monster and riding on it through the sea. I will admit this is kinda one of my more hated dungeon instances. It’s not long, but it can be brutal as you are dealing with several waves of increasingly harder enemies until you deal with Cthulhu monsters that are a real pain to deal with especially if you’re a class that doesn’t do a lot of damage. Once you get to the ruined Alcazar flooded with flying squirrel ghosts you have to fight to free the Celestial Beasts to bring back a new school of Star Magic. It is also here where you are taken to the past, or rather a colored version of the past, of Morganthe.

 Essentially you could say that Morganthe is a shadow of the player. Someone who possesses capable skill with magic and is ambitious, but lacks patience and restraint. So her, magic should be pushed as far as it can go without thinking about meager things such as consequences and everyone else who tried to steer her from this path is just holding her back out of jealousy and spite. Heck, the fact she drags Malistaire from his eternal rest and pump him full of Shadow Magic just because he was instrumental in her expulsion from Ravenwood just shows the length of her personal biases. Playing her avatar can be a bit tricky as your spells are limited and you have to act fast enough or be wiped out.

Once passing the ocean and the Alcazar you delve into the city of the mantises, Sardonyx. Though notably more lively than Bastion, Lost Wood, and Bumbler Town largely due to the preferences given by Morganthe. In return, mantises get sent as tributes to be reformed into Spider Weavers. Also bees get turned into the numerous Goliaths that you have been fighting against for some time. A bit of a twisted thing isn’t it? Basically Morganthe has no qualm twisting others to suit her needs. Sure, Malistaire turned his wife into a Wraith at one point, but as far as we knew that would be as far as he would have gone. Inside Sardonyx you also learn more about the insectoid rebellion forces known as the Fifth Column. Which is strange because those loyal to the Shadow Queen are called the Second Column so…what happened to the First, Third, and Fourth. Or did I miss something? Bees? Moths, Scorpions, Spiders, Centipedes? I’m so confused. You also fight against other creatures who have high standing with the witch from places such as Avalon and Zafaria. This is also where you learn further with Shadow Magic.

Our first tasks deal with treading through the desert and making treaties with both the Hoppers and Barbarians-more vicious micefolk that roam the desert. The Solar Arc tests you against every element of magic from Balance to Shadow. Once the beasts are free from Morganthe’s spell you are given one free Shadow Spell and for a low hitting class such as Ice-the Dark Nova is a boon plus your small bonuses gained from the Malistiare set. But if you don’t put up enough traps and blades up fast enough the backlash will hurt.

And finally we get into the Hive where we see the machines that convert the Bees and Mantises to “higher” forms. I will admit the environment of the Hive is rather lackluster especially when compared to the other areas. It’s just a greenish stone cave with a few webs and ladders here and there. The rat who has lead you to this place also guides you to a mysterious dark hole where sectors tell you to go back as the rat as a liar. This is where we meet Old Cob. A mysterious hooded figure who seems to know a lot about Shadow magic and how the Hive works. He assists you in returning converted into their original forms and seems just fine with trashing Spider Magi. In fact, they seem quite scared of Old Cob. I wonder why…

Granted I did get lucky to get in with a high level party to make the Morganthe battle easy. I might go back again and see how her fight fares on even level parties so I can see the full scope of her move sets. Just luck of the queue I guess. That being said, this feel like a lot more focus and getting to the point than Azteca though I’d argue that Aztec dinosaur land had a lot more variety and detail to its landscapes and world building than Khrysalis does, but at least the story doesn’t drag. 

Sure you are doing a lot of repeat fights but the story is actually moving on. What you are doing is weakening the barriers into the Shadow Palace. Even minute main and side quests do actually feel like things are going forward and aren’t as repetitive as Azteca. I do find it humorous that there has not been a real graduation in like forever according to Mr. Lincoln which makes me wonder about Ravenwood’s teaching capabilities. Like do people just give up and do other occupations? Why so low a graduation rate? There is much to know.

 Oh and Old Cob might be the Spider God or something I dunno. He just sent evil spider creatures to sew havoc and make the World Tree worried. I’m sure there is nothing to worry about. Take to the Sky, my friends!