#shapeling arts

[thedeafprophet]

I was thinking before I went to sleep last night on how I have mixed feelings on the potential of using shapeling arts in place of surgical matters...

...because on one hand, there's a lot of really cool potential with using in universe capabilities for creative solutions to irl problems, and there's a lot of places where I'd imagine it being used.

on the other, many aspects of it could potentially hit that 'using magic to cure all things' trope that I don't personally enjoy as my own brand of chronically ill.... as someone with surgical scars and wanting to present characters with scars in the future, it doesnt hit quite right to occur to 'well it could just be avoided entierly with shapeling' [no one's said this to anything my brain just comes up with things]

so! idk. I think it's a balance and overlap with things. perhaps it would come down to an in universe characters choice too - I highly doubt every Londoner would trust shapeling with their body yknow

[world-of-advice]

[sleeplessoccultist]

So, can someone who knows the Rubbery lore, clarify to me: do Shapeling Arts always require use of molten Amber? Rubberies use it to transform bones into... other bones, but weirder, and we used vats with heated amber to transform volunteers during the Horticultural Invasion. However, I fail to see any mention of Amber use in Godfall pilgrimages and Moulin expeditions where PC can make some drastic changes to the body seemingly on a whim — like rubberizing the spine and limbs to go through a gravity anomaly or growing flesh over the eyes to ward off hordes of Sorrow-Spiders (and, presumably, returning that flesh back where it belongs afterwards)

[thegreatyin]

in a fascinating bit of accidental gameplay and story integration the scoundrel routinely sucks absolute balls at mithridacy checks. like every single time they run into one it's a fight for their life against a 40% basic check to lie effectively. they're so comically bad at it. and yes admittedly this is very much because i still haven't actually trained the skill properly but also at this point i think them sucking is kind of a feature?

[violant-apologia]

dislike for shapeling arts defeated by one (1) flattery

[peliginspeaks]

Ok I'm making this a different post than the disability month one so I can ramble because I don't think most players (and Failbetter tbh) appreciate how much kataleptic toxicology would fuck up your digestive system With A Vengeance. Like, if you're ingesting poisons on a regular basis that's wreaking havoc on your liver and kidneys of course, but I'd imagine it'd also damage your intestines and stomach lining in the same way Celiac or an inflammatory bowel disease would.

A character who specializes in KT would (barring healing in Parabola or Shapeling Arts intervention) probably end up with nutrient absorption problems long-term, if not chronic pain and/or bleeding from inflammation and scarring. The only reason Hallowrove's been getting away with their level of routine poison-chugging is that their Rubbery friend who likes to homoerotically vivisect them sometimes (Scaleflats) just replaces or repairs whatever's damaged and shores up whatever needs to work more efficiently. I am holding an invisible gun on this guy 24/7 and that gun is labeled Consequences Of Your Actions and the only thing stopping me from pulling the trigger (other than not wanting to project even more than I already am lol) is this squid.

[the-insouciant-scientist]

pros of having a tailor character: ough the potential for so many interesting and fancy outfits cons of having a tailor character: h. how do i. how do i figure out a "basic" outfit here

[lunieloon]

AAAA im so behind posting art on here. Anyways-

Petal and Adore art!! Gotta love the unhinged alien girls XD

Honestly, I do think that if they ever meet in canon they would be an unstoppable duo and while that would make life hell for thr main characters, it would be a really interesting route to explore. Hmmm i might be thinking about it more.

[theramblingvoid]

Number 6, for Hallowrove!

Okay this is the fun one I'd hoped someone would pick because the thing is it's happened so many times in canon already that there's just NO question about the answer

Hallowrove's List Of Who She'd Go To If Badly Injured, by preference:

- Fluorine Scaleflats, a Rubbery friend with a great skill and interest in Shapeling Arts who can be relied on to piece her back together in (mostly) (if asked nicely) the right order

- Haarsink, who also knows shapeling arts and can probably apply them in a much less biologically creative manner in a medical setting, but is second on the list because showing up bleeding at his place would stress him the hell out (ask me how I know lol)

- Oversol, who although being a deeply trusted safe place to go has no particular medical knowledge or skills and will probably just call a very expensive doctor and/or pick Hallowrove up and sprint her to a hospital, while being VERY stressed either way

Hallowrove's List Of Who He'd Go To If Badly Injured, by what inevitably actually ends up happening:

- Oversol

- Haarsink that one time

- But other than that it's always Oversol

- Good lord Hallowrove you are going to put this poor man into heart failure we have got to stop letting this happen so often -

[jokerlennon]

why is raising glasswork so absurdly easy compared to shapeling arts or kataleptic toxicology will i unlock further options for those in the future or...

[thedeafprophet]

also Alex is still like. vaguely nonbinary but in a way where he is not. fully aware of the concept.

he first start presenting as a guy back on the surface and just kinda. stuck with it. he knows he's not a girl and he feels comfortable as he is and never put much thought into it otherwise

but if you asked him if he's a man he'd probably shrug if you were a friend, and eye you sucpiciously otherwise.

he's just vibing

[bizarrebazaar13]

maybe shapeling arts would fix me

[the-dye-stained-socialite]

very excited to see what happens with the next expansion of hearts' game

[thegreatyin]

What is the Scoundrel thinking about as they go through in this ship? Did they get down to the lowest level yet.

...did they find the thing that is in the deck. Admist the wax?

it isn't thinking anything, really. it's just- moving. quickly. no it's not breathing frantically that's just how its chest works. no its hands aren't trembling they just happen to feel a bit chilly today. if they pick on the (now thoroughly blood-soaked) bandages on their arms, well, that's their business!! it doesn't mean they're scared. they're perfectly calm. look at them!!! they're smiling!!!!! they're having a Delightful time!!!!!!!!

now where was that pesky-

oh.

oh, they need to get the hell out of here.

[uniquezombiedestiny]

@anomaly-beans

[nanadogstudios]

Old concepts i have for SHAPELINGS PARK!

Tw: black and white pencil gore

Spoilers for my wip game concept, SHAPELINGS PARK!

A relationship chart! A little outdated due to medical mouse’s name still being become (and her still being considered a main) as well as boxy being related to jingle (that was replaced by jestie being jingles sister)

Do dog’s original tainted design! All the information and part of the sprite is still accurate however.

Jingles original design before becoming a main.

Outdated information back when tainteds where still called twisteds, as butters is WAY diffrent as a tainted now, as well as antony being redesigned later and W.I.R being lost to time, due to me reworking how status effects would be

The first image of Don’t Cat’s redesign! As well as giving her the ability to walk through specific walls of each map