#ravnica tag

[forlornhound]

drawings of one of my player’s dnd characters and also tails is here

[proudheron]

ALSO i feel like a bag of diamonds fell in my lap, because this game has exactly the same tone as my urban fantasy d&d campaign and i have to hide its existence from my players so that i can shamelessly crib from it

[marella-moon]

check out my new totally original character for dnd not based on anyone at all

[hyde-the-toad-bard]

Was talking with a friend and realized that Kellan is taking Eldraines storybook vibes with him. In Wilds of Eldraine, we see Kellan and pals journey through a bunch of well trodden fairytales to, say it with me folks, save the kingdom under a terrible spell.

He then goes to Ixalan and goes on a cave diving treasure hunt.

He then goes to Ravnica and runs smack dab into a murder mystery.

Now he's going to Thunder Junction to pull off a heist.

Even in planes without Kellans involvement, he is indicative of the new tone. Bloomburrow is just the secret of nimh but with a lightning otter(Ral Zarek my beloved)

Kellan is the centerpiece of a bunch of stock episodes wherever he goes, and honestly, I kinda vibe with the interdimensional tourism angle mtg is going for after the phyrexian invasion.

It's a weird shift in tone after all this time with the phyrexian invasion, but I like goofy shit like this so I'm cool with it.

[serotoninny]

WINONA SWEETPITCHER REF JUST DROPPED !! SHE IS MY WORLD !!!!!

love her lame ass ❤❤❤

[a2zillustration-archive]

Raza was like, REALLY into the whole fighting-to-the-death part of the arena sidequest.

[redhandedsuggestions]

yes, in light of the current previews and reveals, my RP group is working on determining what happens to who depending on how the Phyrexian invasion hits Ravnica

[handmedownpocketpussy]

The way this would spawn an unhinged 6hr Spice8rack video.....

yo what the fuck

[vorthosjay]

In old arts of Dark Confidant and Lurking Informant, there's big lipped blob people with two fingers, scryfall doesnt tag them, what are they?

That is a great question! The answer is: I have no idea.

It's possible this was a figure in the original Ravnica World Guide, but I have no way of verifying that. In some cases these one-offs are elements from early world guides that end up not being used later, and in others it was just something the artist invented for the piece. Early Ravnica was not nearly as well defined in its worldbuilding back then as it is today.

[mowu-moment]

for funsies put in the tags the best guild/realm/family/sect/etc

[fellwar-finch]

Why does Yarus not have a tag on here? Man’s amazing! He dedicated himself to waking the old gods*, succeeds, possibly puts into motion the pale bear prophecy on ravnica**, was kind and thankful that team detective didn’t kill the rampage mole, then proceeded to almost stab oba in her own world tree with just a random rafter he grabbed.

"I dare for the Clans!" shouted Yarus. "I dare for Ravnica! You are not the world, you're a gardener, and I have never accepted your authority over me." He spat at Oba.

Like how’s this not the coolest character?

Courteous, honest (straight-up admitted on multiple occasions to detectives that he would’ve released anzrag from custody if he could’ve), willing to attend a meeting of the guild leaders as the gruul representative without claiming to be its leader, he was even bitten by massacre girl! I just think he’s neat! Not sure if he’s on the level of kitt kanto my favourite, but he’s pretty close!

I know I say it a lot, about so many different cards, but after getting me my first prerelease victory, being one of the best characters this story, and finally giving me a playable historic brawl deck on arena, I think yarus has earned his place as my newest commander.

* A member of the Zhur-Taa Clan and a druid of the Old Ways, Yarus witnessed the awakening of Ilharg, the Raze-Boar, a moment that filled him with awe and has stayed with him. Since then, he's been attempting to summon the rest of the ancient Gruul gods into existence. So far most of his attempts have failed, but after months of trial and error, he finally succeeded in summoning one other member of the Utmungr: Anzrag, the Quake-Mole.

** First spotted roaming the Rubblebelt after a failed summoning rite by Yarus, Duskana is clearly not a normal bear. Rumors abound of her ability to appear out of seemingly nowhere, and those who see her often find themselves filled with a bestial rage that prompts them to go on destructive rampages. Some have speculated that she might be the "pale bear" of Gruul prophecy that will herald the rise of old gods. She is invariably seen with her three cubs, whom she guards fiercely.

[exiledtroll]

... you know it'd make a lot of sense for there to be a slimegirl planeswalker in the simic combine ...

Ooze Cruise - Starting Hand

[mk-writes-stuff]

WIP Bingo

Rules: create a bingo for your WIP here and fill out the tagger’s bingo

Thanks @kaylinalexanderbooks for the tag! I’ve already done my main WIPs for this, so let’s do my hiatus WIP, To Kill a Dead Thing

Here’s your bingo filled out for To Kill a Dead Thing

Bingo!

There are goblins but they aren’t really relevant. And I guess the world is kind of controlled by the Guildpact? It’s complicated. Ravnica’s just Like That. And now that I think about it, the ghostknife might count as a MacGuffin

Also does out count as originally a fanfic if it’s still a fanfic?

Anyway here’s To Kill a Dead Thing’s bingo

@spitefulbull @vyuntspakhkite-l-darling @elsie-writes want to play?

[beholdingslut]

WHO are d + g??? from going through your tag i am obsessed with them

🥰 it stands for dekkos and gaius, they're two PCs from our latest ravnica campaign (gaius is mine, dekkos is nick's) and they were lawyers* from rival guilds who got dragged into saving the world together and then got really obsessed with each other. well. gaius was obsessed with dekkos, cast warding bond on him to save his life in session 2 while dekkos later cast dominate person on him to force him to give over debt to his guild which made gaius ha— well. anyway. they have something wrong with them and they're insane and i love their dynamic a lot. also we realised the other day that if you broke them down to bare essentials they would be angel boyfriend x monster boyfriend because of their class/race which was entirely unintentional but kinda fun.

[shardssystem]

WIP Ask Game

We got tagged in an ask game! Joy! Thanks for the tag, @brasideios! Always love having a chance to ramble, but feels weird to do it unprompted.

At the moment, I’m caught in a three-way dance, to use the wrestling parlance. In one corner: the long-awaited (I hope!) 5th chapter of A Planeswalker Story, the MTG/OC fanfic that’s been nearly 10 years in the creation (oof) In another corner: part 8 of Holiday In Eorzea, our MTG/OC/FFXIV crossover… thing. Look, it’s a bit tricky to describe. 😅

And in the third corner: that dastardly heel tag team of Mental Health & Writer’s Block. (boo, hiss).

But despite that, I still do my best in writing whenever I get the chance.

So first, we have A Tale Of Two In The City, which is the next part of APS. In the last chapter, we follow Liya’s travel to the plane of Ravnica, as she escapes imprisonment on Innistrad. This rewinds time a bit to introduce a couple of important characters, and tell some events from their point of view. Here’s a snippet of the latest part written:

“Boy, girl, whatever! It’s all made up anyway. You want to be a boy? Bam! Magic; you’re a boy now, it’s as easy as that.” He waggled his fingers in a dramatic flourish.

Zoe looked at herself; nothing had changed. She was still a girl.

“Nothing happened?”

“Exactly!”

It’s a careful line to walk, because it shows a character grappling with dysphoria and what it means to be transgender as they age. Especially because it’s a transmasc narrative, and it’s not an experience I share, so I’m trying my best to be faithful and respectful. Hopefully it’s a good piece!

Next, we have Holiday. Given that it’s a retelling of the main storyline (MSQ) of the game, it’s easier to source the material. The challenge is to personify a typically mute/blank slate player character in a way that still works with the existing work. Another issue is that although a different story, it’s still tied into the main APS “canon”. So there’s chapters and chapters of character development that lives only in my head, but is supposed to be already known at the point shown. The next chapter tentatively has the title of Back In The Saddle, and continues with Liya recovering from a shattered ankle from a fight to the death. Here’s a piece from that:

Try as I might, my musical ability was lacking, so trying to memorise one particular song I had fallen in love with, a sad flute piece named "My Home, Sweet Home" was a challenge by itself. I had also discovered a fictional tale within the collection entitled "Refraction", where a man has to face up to different versions of himself to solve some kind of mystery; I hadn't finished it yet. And, true enough, T'sutu's promotion of the chocobo races was indeed as exciting as her claim. A little overwhelming to the senses, but exciting nonetheless. Just before a midday meal was delivered, I watched a Miqo'te woman by the name of Rin Chalko bully her way to victory with a chocobo as black as night named Optimal Shield. Her tactics were normally something I would be against, but for some reason I felt myself cheering her on.

References are fun to sneak in, but it’s not something you can do too often without it being disruptive. Still, managing 3 in a paragraph is pretty good!

But that’s what I’ve got in the tank at the moment, thanks for following along! You can follow the written works on AO3, or here on Tumblr. And to finish off, I’ll tag (with no pressure to participate!) @writer-raven, @kosmosxipo, @cyndakip, and @leafdrake-haven! Yay, games!

[benchwarmerxp]

Please reblog, this is for science.