#she's only lvl 10

[that-foul-legacy-lover]

i need you all to take a moment and look at ✨her✨

[callilouv]

decided tk max out my lilya as far as i can 2dy :D

[lcpmon]

anyway time to fight with pixels and make this bitch into a tiny beast

[transurgender]

oh well . at least i got kaveh and baizhu to lvl 9 friendship today so i'll have their namecards soon. dies.

[apotelesmaa]

Like this is a death threat. That thing is a lethal weapon.

Rui programming robonene to scan for & protect against suspicious people is so cute but also I would love to know what robonene is programmed to do with suspicious ppl. Nene mentions feeling uncomfortable around a strange guest one time and rui’s like hm. Btw can I borrow robonene for maintenance (he is going to give robonene a gun).

[razorblade180]

Streamer AU 8

Part 7

Weiss:*concentrating*

Blake:Yooo. Another night, another stream. Where’s she at?

Jaune:Alice in Wonderland. She’s still getting used to the controls.

Blake: Chat should keep count of deaths.

Weiss:Chat, you’ll get timed out. Don’t listen to her.

Blake:Are you at least having fun?

Weiss:Oh definitely! I actually was in a play about Wonderland when I was little. Feels nostalgic.

Sunny Day: “We’re you Tweedle Dee or Dumb?”

Blake:Haha haaaa!

Weiss:Sun stop trying be funny now that Blake is here.

Sunny Day: “I’m always funny.”

Weiss:Wrong.

Ruby:*joins call* How’s our little gamer doing?

Weiss:I wish enemies have health bars.

Ruby:Oh, oh so you don’t know?

Weiss:…What?

Jaune:Remember how you chose a weapon and it affects your stats?

Weiss:Did I cheat myself out of a health bar!?

Ruby:You’ll get it, but you would have it already if you picked the sword. Chat, nobody tell her what level she needs.

Weiss:WHAT!?

xxxxxx

Yang:Sorry I’m late to the-

“DEEP FREEZE!”

Yang watches the Weiss run around enemies blasting blizzard and clearing areas rather proficiently.

Yang:Someone is gaming.

Weiss:Everything changed with this spell.

Yang:I am not surprised.

“Goooo!”

“The spamming begins”

“Literally in her element”

“How she fights in real life”

Jaune:Pfft, Weiss, can you actually shoot ice like this in a fight?

Weiss:Ummm, I don’t see why not.

Ruby:By the end of this game, Weiss is gonna change her entire fight style to be like Sora.

Yang:Honestly that would be a really cool IRL stream! Just a list of abilities that Weiss has to try to do! Weiss! How much money!?

Weiss:*shrugs* I gotta beat the game first.

Ruby:I’m starting a poll in chat.

Blake:For what?

“Who do you think is most worthy of a keyblade?”

Blake:No, don’t do that! I won’t win!

Weiss:This means a lot to you I guess.

Blake:Some people have their dreams of going to Hogwarts; I wanted a keyblade.

Jaune:I wanted to go to Hogwarts.

Lotus Chef: “Just sneak in 👍”

Jaune:Ren!!!!

Yang:Listen, he beat me to it.

Weiss:Ba- *clears throat* Hey how long is every world?

Jaune:Maybe an hour so? Generally speaking.

Weiss:Cool. Maybe we can get two done.

Ruby:Or get stuck on the worst boss in the game.

Weiss:…*looks at Jaune*

Jaune:It’s not the worst boss.

Weiss:*squints*

Jaune:It’s true!!!!

Combat Ready made a prediction poll. Will Weiss beat the boss in 10 or less tries?

Ruby:Oh yeah, betting time! Penny your brain is beautiful!

Weiss:My chat and call are full of enemies.

Sunny Day: “I’m here for you.”

Weiss:Fuck off, Tweedle Dumb.

Blake:Is Neptune Tweedle Dee?

Neptune: *joins call* Neptune has been minding his own business. Sunny Day is acting on his own. *leaves*

Ruby:Leaving your leader like that is crazy work.

Yang:I respect it.

Ruby:Hehe whaaat?

Weiss finally makes it back to the table in the game, spawning Trickmaster.

Weiss:Oh…

Ruby:God, it’s so ugly now. It used to red and black.

Blake:90% voted you’d lose by the way.

Weiss:And just like real life, 10% of people are gonna eat like kings.

xxxxx

5 attempts later, Weiss is staring at the game over screen deeply.

Jaune:…Need a break?

Weiss:I’m just processing.

“You’ll get it in the 11th try”

“Please, I need the points!”

“This is a fucked up boss to have in the beginning.”

“Cheat and use Jaune.”

Weiss:Guys I’m not even mad yet. Also he’s for hints and guiding, not cheating. I beat FFX alone! I can handle this!

Ruby:You’re only level 10, on proud mode. Kinda have to remember that.

Weiss:Yeah…is it cheating if I grind? *hits continue*

Everyone:It’s a JRPG

Weiss:Fair enough. I’ll get a few levels.

Jaune:No more than lvl 14.

Weiss:Oh trust me, I do not plan on being here forever. You guys might have to entertain chat a little bit while I zone out some.

xxxxxxx

Blake:You never did answer who you played as in Wonderland.

Weiss:Cheshire Cat.

Blake:Really!?

Weiss:I was the only one okay with wearing the ears.

Yang:Damn….

Ruby:Are you trying to tell me little kid Weiss was somehow the least racist in her class?

Weiss:Little kid Weiss wasn’t racist.

Cross Hare: “As supposed to grow up Weiss!?”

Weiss:No! I’m not- Velvet we had lunch together today! Look, all I’m going to say is young adolescent Weiss saw a lot of White Fang member incidents and formed opinions…

Blake:That’s fair.

“Sounds suspicious to me.”

Blake:Guys, my parents love Weiss. That might actually be the only approval that matters.

Jaune:Didn’t Weiss amaze all of Menagerie.

Blake:Uuuugghh, why’d you remind meeeeeee.

Weiss:Tell the story.

Blake:Chat? Chat, I love Weiss, but I fucking hate this woman. Historically speaking, she’s a bad cook.

Weiss:“Historically” is insane.

Yang:Blake invited us to Menagerie to meet her parents and take part in what’s essentially an island cookout feast.

Cross Hare: “I REMEMBER THIS DAY!”

Blake:Without telling anyone, Weiss decided she was going to practice cooking this seafood gumbo that’s well known m the island to try and make a good impression.

Ruby:In hindsight, you did invite a Schnee into essentially enemy territory.

Blake:All she had to do was be polite and wave! Instead she asks my own mother if she could use the kitchen and make a traditional cuisine! I was stressed for the first half hour until suddenly…a scent is in the air. Spices. The correct spices. Now there’s an entire community looking around as this petite woman in an apron is swaying to our music and cooking our food.

Yang:I’m going to fucking honest, it’s so easy to forget Weiss is musically trained. Meanwhile Blake has two left feet.

Blake:I could live with that. What I couldn’t live with was when the food- *breathes in mic* When the gumbo was ready, it tasted better than any I ever made. My own mother told me this, and I couldn’t disagree.

Ruby:It was sooooo good!

Blake: Weiss “I had a cake butler” Schnee, showed up to my home island, cooked a dish with my, and danced with my people better than me. She out Faunesed a Faunus and I have sworn I can never let this happen again!!

Weiss:Everyone said bye to me! They were so nice.

Ruby:Weiss I’m letting you know right now if I ever take you back home and I discover you practiced wrangling horses, we are fighting in the dirt.

Yang:You get one time to bake an apple pie for my dad and if it’s better, hands. You don’t see me learning opera.

Weiss:I am an over achiever.

Jaune:Keep in mind, she’s still weak with most dishes.

Weiss:Cooking is hard!

Obtained Ripple Drive

Weiss:Oh, new stuff. *opens menu*

Jaune: *looks*… Weiss? Why isn’t dodge roll equipped?

Weiss:….*covers face*

“Weiss….”

“Girl…..”

“How have you been living?”

“You are throwing!!!!”

Yang:*wheezing* It could be worse. You could’ve beaten the boss first.

Weiss:Alright everyone, back to the boss!

xxxxxx

Attempt number six was practically a joke. She beat the boss in four minutes flat.

Weiss:Are you kidding me!?

Ruby:Shake it off. Now you know to double check. Penny, please pay out the believers.

Ruby:That was half my channel points…

Weiss:YOU BET AGAINST ME!?

Ruby:I hate this boss! I thought it would cause trouble.

Jaune:Imagine if Weiss is better at this game than you?

Ruby:I’d cry.

[thepringlesofblood]

Ayda Aguefort character sheet!

I went through FHSY transcripts and wrote down every spell she used and figured out what level she was and made a full character sheet for my beautiful wife, Ayda Aguefort.

Actual character sheet and plaintext description below the cut: here's how I figured it out.

Ayda has one (1) 7th level spell slot, and presumably no 8th level spell slots, since she can only cast Teleport once per day. This puts her at either 13th or 14th level, the only difference being that at 14th level, Divination wizards get "Greater Portent", aka an extra Portent roll per long rest. Looking through the transcripts, she never uses more than 2 portent rolls per long rest, so we will assume she is 13th level.

In terms of background, "Sage" makes the most sense. Like, you roll to determine your “specialty” and one of the options is librarian. She’s gotta be a sage. This gives her proficiencies in arcana and history, two languages of choice, and the "Researcher" feat - “When you attempt to learn or recall a piece of lore, if you do not know that information, you often know where and from whom you can obtain it." Extremely in character

Wizards pick 2 proficiencies from Arcana, History, Insight, Investigation, Medicine, and Religion. I picked Investigation & Medicine, since she already gets Arcana and History from "Sage".

Spells are tricky - I included every spell she uses in the series, but wizard spellbooks are weird in that there's kind of no limit to the amount of spells you can know, the limit is just on how many you can prepare. You automatically learn two new spells per level, so I went through and added other spells (in italics) up to the minimum amount of spells she would know, and then made a list of other spells that seem likely for her to know, or that you could switch in if you like. she does fully live in a library so like. who knows what she could know?

Also, there's a spell she uses during the fight aboard the Goldenrod that sounds a lot like Steel Wind Strike, though it isn't 100% confirmed, so I put a question mark next to it. We also don't know what exact spell she was going to use to "flood hell" - I chose Tidal Wave because it seemed most likely, but it could also be a spell of her own invention.

Final product below the cut!

the reason these don't have image IDs is bc I'm putting the IDs after the images bc there's so much text. also sorry the resolution's shit i don't know why that happened it looks fine on my computer. also i don't know how passive wisdom works im sorry its probably just her normal wisdom (11)??

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Character Name: Ayda Aguefort

Class & level: Wizard (Divination) 13

Background: Sage

Player name: bleem

Race: half-phoenix

Alignment: Lawful neutral

Experience points: [blank]

Ability scores Str 18 (+4) Dex 15 (+2) Char 16 (+3) Int 20 (+5) Wis 11 (+0) Con 14 (+2)

AC 14

Proficiency bonus: +5

Inspiration: [blank]

Initiative: +2

Hit point total: 72

Hit dice: 13 d6 Speed 80

Saving throws:

Strength: +4

Dex: +2

Con: +2

Int: +10 (proficient)

Wis: +5 (proficient)

Cha: +3

Skills

Acrobatics: +2

Animal Handling: +0

Arcana: +10 (proficient)

Athletics: +4

Deception: +3

History: +10 (proficient)

Insight: +0

Intimidation: +3

Investigation: +10 (proficient)

Medicine: +5 (proficient)

Nature: +5

Perception: +0

Performance: +3

Persuasion: +3

Religion: +5

Sleight of Hand: +2

Stealth: +2

Survival: +0

Passive Wisdom: [blank]

Languages: Common, Phoenix, + two others of your choice from Sage background (I chose Infernal & Elvish)

Personality Traits: amazing

Ideals: [blank]

Bonds: Fig (paramour), Adaine (best friend), Kristen, Fabian, Riz, Gorgug (transitive best friends), Garthy (parental figure/guardian/adopted child of a previous incarnation of herself), Arthur Aguefort ("father")

Flaws: [blank]

Features & Traits:

Flight (see: Half-Phoenix)

Fly speed = 80

Fire Immunity (see: Half-Phoenix)

Ayda is immune to all fire damage

Portent (Div. lvl 2) - roll 2 d20 at the end of each long rest. You can replace any attack roll, saving throw, or ability check made by you or a creature that you can see with one of these rolls (once per turn)

Expert Divination (Div. lvl 6) - When you cast a divination spell of 2nd level or higher using a spell slot, you regain one expended spell slot. The slot you regain must be of a level lower than the spell you cast and can't be higher than 5th level

Third Eye (Div. lvl 10) - choose one of the following benefits, which lasts until you are incapacitated or you take a short or long rest. You can't use this feature again until you finish a short or long rest.

- Darkvision: You gain darkvision out to a range of 60 feet

- Ethereal Sight: You can see into the Ethereal Plane within 60 feet of you.

- Greater Comprehension: You can read any language

See Invisibility: You can see invisible creatures and objects within 10 feet of you that are within line of sight.

Attacks & Spellcasting

[formatted like] Name, ATK Bonus, Damage/Type

Fireball, +10, 8d6 fire (+1d6 per lvl)

Steel Wind Strike, +10, 6d10 force

Tidal Wave, dex save DC 18, 4d8 bludgeoning & prone if fail

Equipment: so many books

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Spellcasting Class: Wizard (Div.) 13

Spellcasting Ability: INT

Spell Save DC: 18

Spell Attack Bonus: +10

Prepared Spells Limit: 18

(spells in italics are speculative, based on the min # of wizard spells she would have at this level. the rest are canon. feel free to add or subtract as desired!)

Cantrips (lvl 0)

Prestidigitation

Message

Mage Hand

Mending

Control Flames

other potential cantrips: Lightning Lure, Dancing lights, Minor Illusion

Spell Level 1

slots total: 4

Find Familiar

Synod

Protection from Evil and Good

Detect Magic

Shield

Ayda's Comprehend Subtext

Comprehend languages

Identify

Illusory script

Snare

Spell Level 2

slots total: 3

Invisibility

Enlarge/Reduce

Misty Step

Hold Person

Spell Level 3

slots total: 3

Sending (pirate)

Counterspell

Dispel Magic

Clairvoyance

Remove Curse

Fireball

Tongues

Tidal Wave

Spell Level 4

slots total: 3

Greater Invisibility

Banishment

Scry

Arcane Eye

Spell Level 5

slots total: 2

Steel Wind Strike (?)

Legend Lore

Spell Level 6

slots total: 1

True Seeing

Spell Level 7

slots total: 1

Plane Shift

Teleport

Spell Level 8 [blank]

other good potential spells: Unseen servant, Thunder wave, Tasha's hideous laughter, Knock, Locate object, Scorching ray, Shatter, Web, Animate objects, Symbol, Bigby's hand, Storm sphere, Control Wind, Mordekainen's Private Sanctum, Conjure Elemental, Dimension Door

Spell Level 9 [blank]

Flood Hell [level & specifics unknown]

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Character name: Ayda Aguefort

Age: 17 (present), over 300 (total)

Height: 6-7 ft

Weight: [blank]

Eyes: fire

Skin: dark brown

Hair: fire

Character Appearance

“A Resplendent, Beautiful Woman”

Digitigrade ankles

bird feet

golden talons

orange runic tattoos

books in bandoliers like guns

undercut: fire

wings: fire

ear cuff (from Fig)

resembles Arthur Aguefort, her father

Character Backstory

perfect :)

Allies & Organizations

Compass Points Library

The Bad Kids

The Gold Gardens (Garthy)

Fig & The Sig Figs

[a screenshot of Ayda's official junior year character art (standing), taken from her wiki page]

Additional features & traits

“a resplendent beautiful woman who from the knees down has large talons, she also has digitigrade ankles, she has those ankles that kind of kick back like a lot of animal feet do. So from the knees on down become these almost like metallic golden talons. She bears a striking resemblance to Arthur Aguefort the moment you look at her”

“She looks kind of harpy-esque until you realize that she does have arms in addition to wings. So she has these incredibly, and as they spread, deep red wings that as they approach the tips of the feathers sort of change into orange, and by the time they get to yellow, flicker in a little edge of flame on the outside of the wings. She's dressed in sort of like white linen pants with a pirate's sash on them. No guns or anything you can see. Sort of vest, a lot of sort of orange runes tattooed on her arms, you see that she has a short shock of red hair, it seems to be not on the sides or back as much, almost like a plume of red fiery hair that comes off the top of her head. And her eyes have pupils in them but are otherwise clearly roiling balls of flame.”

“You see that she does have two scrolls at the side on her bandolier, and similarly to the guy downstairs, but sort of like she has it on those leather harnesses you would have for guns, but it's two small books strapped under each arm.”

Treasure: [blank]

[may-lutlone]

So, while I was playing Reload (great game 10/10), I was brainstorming about using the android that kills Shadows in P5. So, I came up with an AU where Akechi is an Anti-Shadow weapon. Well he is inspired by one.

Of course, there are fanarts (better than mine) or fics where he is that Anti-Shadow weapon, but I have never really seen anything dwelling into lore that much? I just saw the concept being thrown around or Phantom Thieves just being a part of Shadow Ops (feel free to correct me, I haven't been everywhere in Persona fandom ehsjskks) So here's my take, which contains spoilers for Persona 5 (obvs) and some angsty themes:

Spoilers obvs!!!!!!!!

-Wakaba killed Akechi during one of Metaverse's experiments (oops),

-she felt so guilty about it that she secretly retrieved his consciousness from there,

-using plans for an Anti-Shadow weapon

by the Kirijo Group that she somehow got hold of (maybe she stole it, maybe she just got it idc), she rebuilt him as an android and put his consciousness there (although it exists with the programming, because she wasn't that knowledgeable about robotics - she was a cognitive psicentist at heart, after all),

-was it a good decision? idk but Wakaba kinda strike me as a scientist who would think that was an excellent idea,

-Akechi disagrees, he hates her for that because now he is forever stuck as a thing that is forced to listen to orders (being forever stuck in one body also doesn't feel right I suppose),

-but they have a neutral and professional relationship that revolves around exploring the Metaverse (Akechi can still use Loki, just like Aigis can use Palladion),

-Conspiracy, learning about this, hacks Akechi-android to use him as a weapon in the Metaverse (so he still is a Black Mask, although everything is done completely without his input),

-Akechi then kills Wakaba, which she anticipated and before that she had given Futaba a copy of her research and Akechi’s plans - although she said to never use them without a really serious reasoning,

-yada, yada, yada we're in original game timeline,

-Akechi as a Detective Prince doesn't exist,

-but he does exist like a obstacle in Palaces/Mementos that hunts down the Thieves,

-let’s just say they would be able to fight him back around the time their lvl in Okumura's Palace,

-Morgana doesn't know wtf Akechi is,

-Joker has some suspicion that Akechi isn't just a machine, but he doesn't really voice it at that point,

-when they are in Futaba's palace, on one of the wall arts (the one where Wakaba works on something and Futaba is begging for her attention) they notice that Wakaba was working on one of Akechi's parts (probably his arm idk),

-so they ask Futaba (post-change of heart) what’s going on, but she has to do research,

-when Futaba joins the team, Akechi always targets her (due to his resent to Wakaba),

-they finally learn what Akechi is and that he is malfunctioning (y'know being a serial killer weapon) due to being hacked, so they decide to help him (bonus point if they can get him on their team),

-so in Okumura palace arc they set on changing the CEO heart and capturing Akechi (who is also there, because he has to get rid of Okumura),

-during the fight in that Palace, Futaba manages to free him from Conspiracy’s control (bonus point if he awakes to Robin Hood),

-when they get him back to Leblanc's attic, Futaba repairs him (because I feel like she would be into robotics just like her mom) and they learn that even if he is on their side now, he doesn't remember who he really was (even first his name, only Akechi).

So, my AU would revolve around Akechi re-learning about his past (he can bond over his amnesia with Morgana) and being as human as possible.

I have a few ideas that I probably will draw (or write, who knows), but that's all for now. Thanks for coming for my ted talk.

Bonus comic - very messy, sorry:

[unnaturaldecay]

My Earth Genasi makes a return for princes of apocalypse game! I got invited at lvl 8 tho, i've been reading that the 3rd part of the adventure feels disconnected from first two, and i suppose what's why the group decided to start over with new characters

I renamed her to Mika btw! There's her new artwork for the token, AND a quick design for her noble dao patron, Vishanti. Pls don't ask me how she goes thru doors, she can cast Wish and True polymorph, i promise it's not an issue lmao. She's secretly sort of a mom to Mika, indirectly. She had fallen in love with a mortal half elf woman once and had a passionate romance with her for like 10 years, but little by little her lover got fed up with Vishante's bullshit (as a neutral evil and extremely powerful inhuman being she mostly sees those below her, like normal people, as a source of entertainment and resources at best. She doesn't go out of her way to do evil, but she's, undeniably, an asshole) and dumped her. Vishante didn't take it well and is extremely salty about it to this day. Her ex remarried later and had kids with someone else, but, due to her spending so much time on elemental planes and with a genie, all children she had were born as Earth Genasi. i imagine that was quite the talk with her husband. Vishante was spitefully happy about it tho

I can only imagine how ironic it is for unimaginably powerful being to fall in love with a mortal so much and then get dumped by her years later cause you're somehow not good enough. She still doesn't get why that happened. This story is very melodramatic and is full of toxic yuri, i'm. I'm obsessed with them. Mika doesn't know shit about any of it tho

and a silly doodle of Mika that came to me in a vision

[peachi-blossom]

Aside from how she handled the Valentino situation, what else makes you hate Charlie?

That's just about it of how much I loathe Charlie Morningstar. She is the absolute worst female lead in animation history.

She's a grown woman who is actually a spineless crybaby, a delusional and inconsiderate friend, being overly positive all the time, and Vivienne Medrano's horrible self insert. Not to mention that she is literally the embodiment of a stereotypical woman who is passive, spineless, unintelligent, and emotionally irrational all because of Vivienne Medrano's massive misogyny towards other women who aren't like her.

EDIT 8/17/2024:

Also there are KIDS WATCHING HAZBIN HOTEL!

If little girls are watching the show, then they will learn from Charlie to act like spineless bratty crybabies who can't help their friends and family or stand up for themselves for the rest of their lives during childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.

I will say this again, Charlie Morningstar is an atrocious role model for kids, teens, and adults. Especially for girls and women because she is the definition of a stereotypical woman who is passive, spineless, unintelligent, and emotionally irrational.

She is the only female character that I loathe in existences.

[centrally-unplanned]

I played Needy Streamer Overload, which was a lot of fun, with an asterisk. NSO is a Lifesim Management game for a batshit up-and-coming streamer, where you as her 'boyfriend' allocate her time between streaming, resting, and content inspiration/development to hit 1 million followers. The writing is very on point for actual streams culture;the topics and comments and all that are very true-to-life, while its zany edgecore presentation is hilarious. And the UI is full kino:

Vibes - and also, spoilers, not just a cutesy aesthetic, as the player is not in fact a real person so the digital viewport is ludonarratively cohesive, +1 point.

However, it also pissed me off for specific me reasons!

So, these games tend to go into two buckets. One is the engine builder - managing the lifesim is both involved and The Point of the game. You work hard to optimize and achieve the goal. The second is narrative device - the lifesim elements are more about narrative choice than challenge, and either can't be failed or are trivially cleared. You approach playing those 2 game types differently.

NSO presents itself like the former - its mechanics are pretty involved. Managing Followers, Stress, Affection, & Mental Darkness, all on a clock, while unlocking ~10 different streaming content topic progression trees, its a lot to track. Not saying its crazy hard or anything, but its what you spend your time doing. You will be asking yourself questions like "yes I could have sex with her for the third time this week to lower stress and boost affection so I can burn that affect buildup on the Sexy Stream lvl 2 to sync my highest topic bonus with my streaming streak bonus before I need to end it for a rest cycle, but I can only play that card so many times, is day 13 too early?". That is fun, and where your focus lies. On my first playthrough I tried to hit the 1 million target, barely succeeded, but burned out Ame's stats so much I got a short, pretty-much-failed ending.

So on my second playthrough I tinkered around and stumbled on a soft infinity engine, where I could push Ame's stress to the limit in the opening days to get her follower count to the point where she would unlock "follower milestone celebration" streams that I could bank, that did not increase stress but would count towards a streaming-every-day streak bonus, and never take a rest day to get that bonus insanely high. I got several million followers with low stress, low darkness, I thought I did a good job.

And I got a short, pretty-much-failed ending.

Turns out this game has 30 endings, and the lions share of the long, involved ones are from you completely fucking up. You will get a way more interesting ending if you make Ame-chan overdose on LSD and she trips her way into breaking though the illusion of the internet. You want to raise her darkness high as hell for half of them. You can found a cult, you can induce all sorts of violence against her or others, whatever you want. But the game didn't tell me!!

It instead presented me with a solid optimization puzzle, which I spent like 10 hours doing. I shouldn't have bothered! It doesn't really tell this partially for surprise, but if we are being honest its because they expect you to google it, and they expect you to watch streamers unlock 25 of them after you do 5. Which is how modern games are made, but personally I don't love relying on that. I do think games are at their best when they self-teach a player the right way to engage with it.

But I respect that some people would see the discarded scraps of a tryhard faildaughter that is Ame-chan and immediately push her into doing conspiracy theory streams while smoking weed. I am just not someone you can plunk an engine in front of and expect me not to try to tinker with it. This is 50% on me.

[anxious-pisces]

it's more of a reminder for myself, but anyway... flower dance

easiest: Shane (talk and give him pizza on 19th, 20th, 21th, 22th)

easy: Harvey, Sam, Leah (loved gifts sold at the saloon) talk everyday since day 1 and give loved gifts until 4 hearts (don't know for how long, never tried, too lazy to calculate)

also kinda easy: Haley (talk everyday give all the daffodils esp on a birthday)

easy, but need everyday work (parsnip seduction): Alex, Sebastian, Emily, Maru, Penny

need to go to the mines, so it's a bother: Abigail parsnip won't work, rain

pray to Yoba for good luck: Elliott

parsnip seduction

4 hearts worth 1000 friendship points

focus on one person

talk with the target every single day (except during special animation, like when Seb is smoking) 24 days 20 pts each = 480 pts

plant 15 parsnips on day 1, get the recipe for basic fertilizer after the first harvest. then plant no less than 20 parsnips with it. you should get at least 3 gold quality parsnips

give your target two gifts every week. in total, you must give 8 gifts: 5 normal quality and 3 gold quality parsnips (5 normal 45 pts each; 3 gold 56 pts each. this is 393 pts. plus 10 pts every sunday for gifting 2 gifts last week, so it's an additional 30 pts)

complete the introduction quest 100 pts

so you get a total of 1003 points, which is enough for a dance. but each step is necessary cos it's the bare minimum

notes

if you didn't know, every day you don't talk to a villager will result in the loss of 2 friendship points

Maru loves cauliflower, so it would be a better gift than gold parsnips

Abigail stays at home during rainy days, and if it's on wednesday, you'll have to go to the mines (ugh) to get amethysts, and she dislikes all vegetables

Elliott... dunno where to start. it's pure luck, cos you can't talk to him when it's raining. I love fishing and I spend all my first week by the ocean. usually I reach lvl 3 in fishing on the third day of spring and buy crab pots on spring 4th. I usually have at least 9 crab pots by the seventh of spring and sometimes that's enough to catch lobsters in time. a lot of praying. it really helps to speak only to him in order to get a bulletin request.

Sebastian, loml, I get at least 8 good quality flounders in the first week, so no parsnip nessesary (but I do spend all my time by the ocean except when I run to talk to him). also if you tell him that you like reading comics in one of his dialogues you'll gain an additional 30 pts.

I guess you should still talk to Haley everyday and give her all the daffodils, since her loved gifts are kinda hard to get at the beginning but birthday helps like a lot

Haley, Abigail and Sam dislike parsnips. (and it will definitely rain, so Elliott will stay at home. this means parsnips will be good for everyone, except those four)

for me, it's easier to complete the introduction quest at the egg festival (talk to Pierre later) and before that I only met the bachelor(ette) for the bulletin requests also check saloon everyday for dish of the day and a travelling cart on friday and sunday

I'm sure there are easier ways to get it done, but this is what fits my gaming style (fishing, talking and no mining). treasure chests also provide a lot of useful items that make everything way easier

also english isn't my first language, I just wanted to practice. sorry for the mistakes

[hextehc]

baldur's gate iii, verse.

name jayce talis. age thirty - one at the start of the game. gender cis - man, he / him. race sun half elf. height 6'3, 191 cm.

class oath of vengeance paladin. the future classes vary depending on tav's choices. patron deity raphael. weapon of choice giant hammer he built and designed himself with a "power core" that gortash provided, no shield used. stats (lvl 1 / 12) strength, 17 » 22. intelligence, 14 » 20. wisdom, 10 » 16. charisma, 14 » 17. constitution, 12 » 20. dexerity, 8 » 11. armor class, 15 » 21. background, guild artisan. skills athletics, stealth, insight, intimidation, persuasion. location of recruitment waukeen's rest. starting quest name the golden boy.

various quest endings not all will be listed here and does not include if the player starts as an origin character.

if tav chooses not to recruit him, he will try to reach moonrise towers himself and succumb to the shadow - cursed lands.

if tav chooses to infiltrate the house of hope and kill raphael, jayce becomes an oathbreaker.

if tav chooses to give raphael the crown of karsus, jayce will forcefully retire from being his paladin and will be subjected to eternity in avernus, forever chained to the house of hope.

if tav chooses to infiltrate the house of hope and break jayce's contract, he loses his powers and opts into a barbarian.

if jayce finds viktor as a zombie, he will kill himself at the end of act 3 unless tav can convince him otherwise (dc 35).

if tav chooses to kill viktor without getting jayce's input, he will fight the party.

if jayce is romanced by tav and they turn into a mindflayer, he will choose to stay with them.

if jayce is romanced by the dark urge as "bhaal's champion", he will break up with them.

if jayce finds out the crystalized brain is viktor's and tav chooses to side with gortash, he will leave the party.

companions he would most get along with wyll, karlach (it'd be dislike at first but will eventually warm up to him upon realizing jayce was also manipulated by gortash), gale, halsin, jaheira.

companions he would least get along with astarion, lae'zel, shadowheart (unless she's guided by aylin in act 3), minsc, and minthara.

would indeed have sex with lae'zel during the tiefling party

does not fall for astarion's charms but may be slightly swayed

wyll and jayce knew each other previously due to their titles

heard about karlach but never met her due being put in avernus

keeps his deity a secret and uses corellon as a cover up

raphael hints that he knows jayce depending where you encounter him in act 1

upon visiting the house of hope in act 3 and tav encounters harleep, it's been said that they have tried to make moves on jayce, but he has denied every single advance being made

background coming from a lesser family that settled in only some years ago, the talis' are well known toolmakers from baldur's gate. it was a simple game of tug and pull for survival, but jayce wouldn't settle for just being a blacksmith for the rest of his life. loving his city and not liking how little care was being taken care of its citizens, he approaches the archduke of his solutions. along the way, he meets a man named viktor. they both have the same ambitions and same scientific mind, so they team up together to try and come up with theories and constructs to make this cities citizens lives easier, aiming for the common man. somewhere along the way, ravenguard endorsed gortash as its next newest archduke, which he immediately takes interest in jayce. he approaches jayce with an ultimatum, help design special weapons for his steel watch and the flaming fist, in return he will place these aids for the people. at first he declines, not wanting to make those that could easily harm others, wanting to talk to his partner of these discussions. however, with a threat to viktor's well being and the possibility of succumbing to his illness, he reluctantly accepts. he's even told of a great possible threat and a war that will eventually breach its walls of baldur's gate, having the blue prints of his mercury hammer and gauntlets, some that were originally made to help the fisher man, builders, and miners. for his prototypes, gortash had given him a "power core" to help given these items the damage boost they needed (which is later revealed in act 3 to be crystalized infected mindflayer brains). unfortunately, it was announced viktor had shortly passed before these things were permanently set in motion. distraught, gortash had recommend a being called raphael that resides somewhere in baldur's gate, that could help with jayce's situation, something gortash pitied him for and only because he liked him enough did he care. so he meets up with the devil, raphael immediately intrigued of the "golden boy" of baldur's gate and claims he had been watching him for some time. jayce offers up his soul for raphael in place to bring viktor back to the mortal realm, which he gleefully accepts. however, raphael sees this as an opportunity and allows jayce to be the first ever person to use powers given by him, in return he wants the crown of karsus. and so the story goes ...

[marcussour]

C3E116 random thoughts and bits

Love Laura's hair in this episode

What even is this ad, hahahaha

The deception check for running backwards shit was hilarious

"I don't want to bet, we're saving money, we're trying to adopt" *5 seconds later* "YOU OWE ME 100 DOLLARS"

This whole thing in the hallways of the Arx Creonum has been like an extended Scooby Doo gag, in the best way possible

"I was eating some candy, do you want some?", "Will I also sound sarcastic if I eat one?"

I can imagine Fjord just floating in the air and being split apart by both Caleb and the Weave Mind

Dope Monk Shit

It's hilarious tho that, from the perspective of the rest of the Nein, both Fjord and Beau just suddenly disappeared without a notice, and of course you might assume it was the work of the Weave Mind

Everything dies without mice

And bees

Fjord Fairie Fire Fizzles

Oh, that divine intervention was clutch af

"Tiny little spectral golden dicks" - Hope we get a C3 animated show one day to see that

Oh, divine intervention and then Time Stop, amazing

That whole 5 turns in 1 from Caleb was just *chef's kiss*

"This is where we'll begin the next graveyard" - Taliesin as always with the best one liners

"Which of you will be the first to be interred?"

I appreciate so much Taliesin's musical references (now to A Perfect Circle), and it's incredible how often they go through over both the rest of the cast and the fandom's heads

Dammit Sam, how on Earth do you manage to get 4 nat 1s, in 2 rolls with advantage, back to back

But is the wall 10 ft over the ground, 20 ft tall tho? can't believe that became a bit

That was a nice try for Caduceus to go down for trying to recover from blindness

I've said before how Tal's characters are always the one I connect the most, and not having seen C2 yet -just clips and bits-, I gotta say, I love Caduceus so much.

Now Caleb with the bad rolls streak, considering how bad they've rolled overall, its fascinating how things have turned out. I mean, it hasn't been abysmal or anything, but, well, it could've been a lot better.

4 hours in to notice your armor isn't equipped. We've all been there at some time.

Love how, while Yasha was killing the first of the Weave Mind to fall, Sam and Laura were talking about a realistic Moo Deng cake

The moment the ego hunter fell and how the Weave Mind felt it, it reminded me of the "IT'S AFRAID" moment with the Brain bug from Starship Troopers

"STAY DOWN BITCH, FUCK YOUR FUCKING TRIGONOMETRY"

Caleb using Disintegrate to just, completely obliterate the other 4 was just, beautiful

Ashley doing the "SHE'S BEEN HERE THE WHOLE TIME" when talking about Beau

Well, that was amazing. Also, both Vox Machina and The Mighty Nein completing their tasks in 2 episodes, it was a nice parallel.

Well, it's up to Bells Hells now. I'm stoked to see what Ludinus -and Matt by extension- throws at them, not only considering BH aren't entirely sure what to do with Predathos; but also, because they aren't lvl 20 like the other 2 groups, and how will Matt handle that scaling

[flutterflora]

so.....i have a very deep and tragic history with dragon city.....in 2015 (at about age 12/13) when dan and phil did their first dragon city sponsored video i ended up being influenced so i downloaded it and i got extremely EXTREMELY invested. every morning before school i would wake up and do all the daily tasks first thing. i battled everyday, i bred the dragons every day and i spent so much of my time watching ads every day just to have enough in game currency to look after my dragons. i was obviously only a kid back then so i couldn't spend any money on that micro-transaction hellscape but i had still gotten some good and rare-ish dragons just from the sheer amount that i played. i was so invested i even had a whole separate app on my phone that showed me all the dragon city breeding guides and how common they were. my whole life revolved around this silly little game for probably like a good 9-10 months, it was a DEEP hyperfixation. i played EVERY DAY for HOURS. then one day i realised that i could get extra food for my dragons if i sign in with a facebook account and bc i didn't have my own one i asked my mum if i could use hers, she said yes so i connected it and.....a pop up came up asking me if i wanna restart my game using the facebook account. i didn't read it and just clicked "YES" fast. because i hadn't been signed in with anything else i lost EVERYTHING, close to almost a full years worth of work and dedication, completely gone......i cried. hard. i'm fairly certain i had a full blown meltdown over it in fact. i still remember being in complete disbelief, staring at my once full and densely populated world, now being almost completely empty with nothing more than one single baby fire dragon and a lvl 1 flame habitat sitting in front of me. once i had calmed down i just decided to uninstall the app and try to forget about it. but i never did. 9 years later and i still think about it. my OP as hell viking dragon i miss you so dearly every day and i hope you're doing okay in the digital void.

[jazzytrait]

Mint woke up the morning after their wedding night and had some news to share with Simon! He was not as enthusiastic about it as she had hoped he might be...

✅Complete the Master Curator aspiration ❓Master the gardening skill (lvl 5) ❓Assign a voodoo doll to at least 1 sim ❓Have only 1 child ❓Invent all inventions and max upgrade all ❓Create all serums and test each on 1 sim (3/10) ❓Complete crystal collection (19/20) ✅Complete metals collection ❓Complete MySims Trophies collection (19/20) ❓Complete Microscope Prints collection (2/12)