#motw: ashes

[ashsktchm]

Switched to Monster of the Week for this campaign's arc! We're trying to solve a victorian haunted house mystery

[mo-ok]

Toku Summer Day 5 - Favourite Sun Themed Villain

So long, the person I was until today! Welcome, the person I'll become tomorrow! The High School Heroes: Sun Halo Majin

[gr00vyashley]

I have posted so little art on here and I forgot to make a version that had this username but here <3

[gr3y-plays-ttrpgs]

silly meme I made about all my ttrpg characters :D

where would your characters be on this chart?

[jessamakesart]

My MoTW characters

On the left is Ryleigh, a young man from Wisconsin who has no special powers or dramatic backstory but got involved with a mystery surrounding the local Piggily Wiggily.

In the middle is my current character, Ash. She is a woman in her 30s who has been a drifter ever since she discovered that having cool fire magic meant that monster hunters AND men-in-black style agents would want to kill and/or capture her. Really bad at staying on the DL.

On the right is Tisha, a mom in her 50s who traveled to the pacific northwest on the hunt for the monster that changed her life. Unseen are the cool tattoos she got from a unicorn that lets her summon a shotgun from hammer space.

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OK OK SINCE U ARE PRETTY FAR INTO PD NOW. I NEED TO ASK. DO U HAVE A FAVORITE CHARACTER. do u have a favorite moment. whos backstory are u the most interested in seeing. what are u excited to learn about the world . I AM PUTTING UR BRAIN UNDER A MICROSCOPE AND DISSECTING IT IVE GOTTA KNOW. what villains are u most afraid of. write me an essay on ur feelings about mark winters. etc etc etc etc WHATEVER U WANNA TALK ABT RN im standing in the middle of a field like a scarecrow and just SCREAMING at the sky

OHHHHHH MAN DUDE LITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO CHOOSE A FAVORITE OF ANYONE. FUCKK. GOD.

ok putting all of this under a cut because its so fucking long???

ok ok ok. lets see. they r all so so so good it's impossible 2 choose but also iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii really fucking like dakota dude..... i like him so much. so much. i will admit. i am a massive fucking fan of a character who stays silly. massive fucking fan of the emotional king dedede hammer that comes down when the silly guy drops the silliness. i love it when characters literally r incapable of processing their emotions. gebuinely i don't know what he put in that guy but it is cartoonish the way my neurons light up at him its not quite akechi from p5 levels of FUCKKK YEAH THIS GUY MY FUCKED UP LITTLE GUY!! but it is Getting Close!!!

whose backstory.... fuck. okay. Most interested in wiwi's backstory. of course. i AM really interested in vyncent's whole deal but i feel like his fucked up knife that possesses him (?????????) is slightly more of a specific thing than backstory. and i DO wanna know howww the jrpg protag isekai'd here but also like. consider... wiwi. also i wanna know if im right & ashe/ashes fucked up demon grimoire r responsible for his mom's death. ALSO I WANNA KNOW WHY MARK'S A LIZARD GUY.

FAVORITE MOMENTS SO FAR.... i LOVED the spirit world shit it was all so cinematic it was so lovely. usually im dogshit at like, visualizing descriptions in my head? but all of that was very much oh, yeah for sure, ive seen this cartoon! i know whats happening! that whole episode went hard as fuck. can't believe we got vyncent with a gun ashe going holy shit why am i fucking doing this imgonnadie william having a horrifying crisis over eating a fucking soul & dakota getting murked in one episode. & mal is just. on just. such a different level such a different world from Anything else they've experienced. its so good.

also i still really love the winding-down end of that amalgam island ep (5?) where they r exhausted & coming off so many huge emotions & stress & stuff & tide arrives.... that's really the scene that fucking hooked me i think. going ohhh yeah theyre just fucking kids and everyone at this table Knows theyre kids in a world where people will just fucking kill you. like,, yeah, it WOULD be fucked up if you were seventeen and ran into an island full of horrifying human and animal experimentation & abuse!! and theyre not playing it as a motw adventure where its just sillygoofy? ok. ok!! maybe these guys know where theyre taking it. like i can count on one hand maybe the amount of times ive been like "yeah im sure whatever the creators do will be good they've always done good & thoughtful work. i don't have to continually be delegating brain space to how im dissatisfied with this story." so i guess. i just like the show a lot!!

what am i most interested in about the world... ohhh man i love cape worldbuilding it's maybe like one of my favorite things. so i guess i'm interested in All of It?? in an overall probably-wont-be-answered-because-its-not-that-genre way i'd love 2 know what religion looks like in a world where JESUS IS A TRADEMARKED SUPERHERO & kids can come back from the dead. id love 2 know more ab the dynamic btwn politics & the cape world here thats always interesting? i really enjoy the approach they took 2 the kid heroes in the beginning, as in: these guys are literally still students they are not Supposed to be doing big hero shit. theyre not supposed to be doing teen titans or x-men shit & it is in fact a massive massive fuckup on their guardian's part when they Are in those positions. i'm a big fan of that i like it a lot more than the alternative. (unless yr like in a world like parahumans where there Is a narrative & in-universe reason why child & teen cape teams exist)

what villains am i most afraid of....... ok i kind of feel like being afraid of mal is like, being afraid of hurricanes or something. like sure i can be nervous about him but i can't fucking do anything if he's coming this way. so it's better i think to not think about it until it comes up & then pray. so i guess i AM really concerned about the overlord stuff. i dont know where it's gonna go but i know it'll be nowhere good & i know it'll end up getting people hurt. so.!!!!!!

[chestmouth]

Stories I'm Currently Working On:

Disclaimer: These all take place in the same setting. The stories will not be listed in chronological order, as I'm not the only person writing in this setting and there would be significant gaps for stories I haven't written. None of these are publicly available (yet). Most stories will fall under the genres of horror or modern fantasy.

- The Witch's Daughter: The story of a young girl growing up in a town that no longer exists. The story spans eight chapters and two acts, detailing the events that lead to the destruction of a small town on the shore of Lake Erie. One of the two acts is currently finished. Much of the plot is recycled from an old Monster of the Week campaign I used to run. MOTW will come up a lot further down this post.

- The Woman From Elsewhere: A direct prequel to The Witch's Daughter, detailing the events that set up for the town's destruction in TWD. Set in the 1800s. This is more of a short story than a massive writing project, but it's important worldbuilding.

- The Threshold Initiative: What was originally intended to be a novel-length sequel story to my girlfriend's MOTW campaign, and is now an entire sequel campaign featuring the same party, just a different GM (me). The story follows a party of supernaturally-inclined individuals escorting a team of researchers on an expedition into an extra-dimensional superstructure. Lots of fucked up nightmare fuel ensues. Think The Southern Reach Trilogy meets House of Leaves meets Monster Hunter.

- We Need to Talk About Audrey: A direct prequel to The Threshold Initiative. The CEO of the Blakewood Biomedical Corporation recruits a willing individual to check in on her only daughter at the university she attends. Disturbing truths about the family's history are unearthed.

- Your Back is Killing You: The only completed story on this list! A short twine game detailing a recurring nightmare had by one of the setting's most important characters. Set between Hymn For The Godless (the current MOTW campaign) and The Threshold Initiative. You can play it here! No prior experience with this setting or its lore required.

- Blood and Liquor: A side story set in 1920s Pennsylvania, during a war between two crime families; one of vampires and one of vampire hunters. Contains some setup for events from TTI and beyond, but is largely its own thing. If you like stories about bootleggers, vampires, The Italian Mafia, androgynous priests, and world class dental care, this one's for you

- Flesh in The Water: Set a decade after The Threshold Initiative, a team of marine biologists journey to a new depth of the ocean, uncovered by a recent earthquake. The team must wrestle with the consequences of their lead researcher's past, and uncover the true nature of a force long thought dead.

- Project Apostle - Prototype: Project Apostle, the magnum opus of former Blakewood Biomedical CEO Noah Blakewood, did not so much have humble beginnings as it did horrific ones. The consequences of Mr. Blakewood's actions have rippled out for decades, and much of that burden falls on one Jill Faulkner, who had her life ruined by the project and now sifts through its ashes to find some meaning in her suffering. The second twine game on this list.

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THE GIRLS

Ashes (my beloved Initiate Magical Girl) and her girlfriends Pandora (No, no that Pandora) and Hippolyta (yes, that Hippolyta) .

[weirdratblogs]

Rate That Number:

Right, so, I’m not the sort to karma whore or beg for interaction, but I’ve seen a couple of videos playing the game “Rate That Number”. I wanna play it.

Basically, a hypothetical person is offered on a scale from 1 to 10. There’s some additional information offered as well, with intent to possibly alter that rating based on the person being asked’s preferences. There can be more than on bit of info offered. Maybe a ‘positive’ and a ‘negative’, maybe multiple ‘negatives’, maybe multiple ‘positives.

So, for instance: 

“He’s a 9, but his bed is on the floor."

“She’s a 6, and she plays Fortnite.”

“He’s a 3, and he’s a well-loved, non-offensive comedian."

“She’s a 4, but her job’s really well-paying and you get to be a House-Spouse if you want to be.”

“He’s a 9, but he calls his mother mommy, and he’ll accidentally call you by his sibling’s names sometimes.”

“She’s a 10, but she chews her food really loudly - mouth open - and has really bad gas all the time. Not stanky, just really loud.”

Again, I’m not one to beg for interaction, but...

So, hit me up. I’m Male, he/him. No preference for the hypothetical’s gender.

Also, I have no preference in terms of this hypothetical person’s sex. Also, I’m Male, he/him.

[the-ipre]

what is an oc but a vessel for gender <3

[id: four full body digital drawings of Amaryllis, a brown skinned Indian person with hair a little longer than shoulder length, glowing freckles, pointed ears, and luna moth wings. In the first, he is wearing a floor length white dress with sheer puffy sleeves, gold boots and other costume jewelry, and a gold tiara. There is a phone in one hand, a gold star wand in the other, and an air pod in their visible ear. In the second, she is wearing a mint green sari over a mesh shirt, pink socks, and birkenstocks. They’re wearing small gold glasses and have a shopping basket over one arm while looking at a can. In the third, they’re wearing a white halter top, dark green shalwar pants, and pink socks. He’s drinking out of a disposable cup with his pinkie raised and her other hand is tucked into the waist of her pants. In the fourth, he’s wearing a white crop top, gold skirt, and white and gold knee high socks. She’s sitting with one knee up and her head resting on her hand, and theres an outline of the full moon behind them /end id]

[novacity-pod]

At the gala

(Art by Emily)

[james-fun-in-the-sunderland]

Hypochondriac.

[swiftwolf29]

I’m planning out a Monster of the Week game based on The City from ‘Ulysses Dies at Dawn’ by The Mechanisms! It takes place after the album, ignoring the epilogue (https://themechanisms.com/fiction/eskhatos/).

(Who knows though... Ashes might still have their fun a little later.)

[vulpixidoodles]

9 characters requested twitter followers meme that came out ages ago

[ultrainfinitepit]

Other OCs

Witchverse

Witchverse is a story by @wyrmzier​. I made a few angels for it:

Daniel, a guardian angel

Devorah, a watcher angel

Vulture, a young angel

A reaper, Veronica, and her friend:

And a demon! Who is called Dame Blanche.

Sailor Boys

I have two very normal sailor boys.

Destiny 2

I have some Destiny characters! And they were roommates. 

Sellsword

Belot is a scavenging merchant who follows a lady knight around on neat adventures. 

Tabletop RPGs

Voxel Reed is my beloved Monster of the Week spell-slinger.

Boris Baranovsky is a vampiric taxi driver living in a dieselpunk New York.