#soylent talks

[soylent-crocodile]

Are adventuring parties a known quality on Golarion? Do people see groups of four gay miscreants of various races and capabilities and think to themselves "well these goes the tyrannical mayor"?

[nonbinary-sticks-the-badger]

i keep thinking "its crazy how confident sega are in sxsg" and then new things come out and like. AAAA? AAAAA! HER SCALESONA IS HERE????

[unheavenlybody]

can i just rant abt how bad being broke all ur life fucks w ur relationship with food immensely. i dont think i have an ed necessarily i just feel like my relationship w food has been irreparably damaged cuz i either end up skipping meals to save money or when i finally have extra money to spend im not even that excited abt eating food anymore. cuz im just thinking abt how much money im "wasting" even when im trying to nourish my body :-) buying groceries, preparing and eating meals or even occasionally treating myself to takeout has become so unenjoyable for me i wish i just didnt have to eat at all haaaA

[shutinlear53]

I want to grind the powers that be into a nice tasty pate

[soylentmillions]

"Trigger warning for scars!" "Body horror warning: scars!"

What.

[polterpumpkin]

I am a very normal human person with normal yumeship thoughts. Muddy Buddy uses they/it pronouns and represent me!

you can pause to read everything if you want!

this was mostly to show off the amount of thought I have put into the lore implications of my persona being put into a specific series' universe

warning! mentions of science fiction , government organizations , human experimentation , bodily harm and dismemberment , cannibalism , toxic relationships (minor) , objectum thoughts (kinda it's a head in a jar) , torture , medical horror , vomiting

and finally spoilers for the entire series of Dorohedoro

i censored the display name of my bestie, nothing else

enjoy my ramblings of me and my Large Lizard Man

[fightthereality]

everyone talks about the hyperspecific-food part of being autistic but I never see anyone talking about the "food is food and food is necessary" side of being autistic that enables you to eat just the most atrocious combinations of food possible, because eating is just another thing you HAVE to do to keep this stupid corporeal form animated for another day.

[markerofthemidnight]

Shoutout to crack theories. Shout out to theories that go in absolutely insane directions but still somehow manage to make sense.

[emotional-moss]

does anyone else have the entirety of dev lemons’ Eminem impression rattling around their head at all times

[spookiifi]

I love that the Grimace Shake came out as a fun thing for kids

And now it’s just a gross meme

[machine-saint]

i think there's a lot of talk about "supporting people being weird" or whatever, but a lot of the time it just boils down to "supporting people being weird in ways i personally find acceptable". this is especially true when it comes to "techbros" being weird and e.g. drinking soylent instead of food, or having sparse living spaces, or whatever. because, you know, if they don't find pleasure in things I find pleasure in, they're just soulless, right?

[soylent-crocodile]

The state of things

So I haven't posted anything here for two months, and to be honest I don't have anything I'd want to post.

I recently lost my gaming group and tbh haven't played PF1 in about a year. The interest is waning, and I'll never say never but it's probably gonna be a while before I decide to return to this blog.

Additionally my sleep schedule is shot to shit and I've just been more and more exhausted these days- my creative output has sputtered to a halt not just in Pathfinder but in other projects. So I'm not likely to post anything out of obligation.

I hope you enjoy what's here, though! The archive will stay, and who knows what the future holds. I am a fickle creature.

[play-now-my-lord]

imagine being a bluesky poweruser. firefox, 5 tabs open (bluesky, twitter, ex-hentai, bitcoin wallet, browser discord instance), burner discord in 12 foot fetish servers with no friends added, extremely active slack window, default windows 11 desktop image, high-power electromagnet and battery-operated power drill hanging on hooks by your standing desk, litterbox but no cat. you receive fundraising emails from nancy pelosi written especially for you. your e-bike has a cupholder you measured to the centimeter for grip quality on bottles of soylent. imagine being why god doesn't talk to us anymore

[cromerholt]

dont never drink one of those limoncello bang energy drinks. my fucking god bro. shit tastes like straight research chemicals. im talking monsanto. thats that superfund slurp. this drink is not a place of honor. some drop and run drank. no fucking way bro. you do not want that exxon elixir. youll be sipping on some soylent green. told my children i love them. time for them to explore this galaxy alone. drink that makes you feel like its 25 or 6 to 4. feels like the enemy is spinning up the photon torpedoes and the ionic stellar dust is disabling our weapon systems. no sir. this shit tastes like fauci highball. he drank this shit in district 9. i just heard them play a sorrowful refrain on the mandachord. this shit tastes like a lexus dealership. not fit for man nor beast.

[thecreaturecodex]

Skelm, Palace

Image © Paizo Publishing, accessed at Archives of Nethys here

[Talking with me during the development of her red hag, @soylent-crocodile referred to it as "a species of Starscreams". Which is a great description, and also an accurate assessment of the palace skelm. Although it's obvious that Grima Wormtongue is also a major influence on this PF2e monster. The fact that palace skelms and red hags are the same CR and would absolutely hate each other is the icing on the cake for me.]

Palace Skelm CR 8 LE Monstrous Humanoid This humanoid figure is almost human, except for the pair of gleaming antlers growing from his skull. He is dressed in fine noble’s clothing.

Palace skelms are creatures that delight in the corruption of power. They often are found among military officers and politicians, some of whom transformed into skelms in that position. Palace skelms spend their time either jockeying for power or abusing the power that they do have, treating their subordinates with casual cruelty. A palace skelm is an excellent liar, and they can even insert their words into the mouths of others. They encourage competition, jealousy and paranoia in any court they find themselves in, turning functioning governments into a den of vipers to exploit. They are ostentatious by nature, and frequently flaunt their wealth and status with finery.

Most palace skelms prefer to exert power from behind the throne, ingratiating himself to a ruler and warping their perceptions so that they only trust the skelm. Coups and political upheavals are dangerous for palace skelms, as they simultaneously allow for more opportunities to inflict suffering while increasing the risk of the skelm’s true nature being exposed, or of the skelm losing their grasp on what power they have. Palace skelms have a tendency to self-sabotage, as their interlocking schemes can spiral out of their control, and their answer to being caught in the act is usually murder.

Palace Skelm     CR 8 XP 4,800 LE Medium monstrous humanoid Init +4; Senses Perception +16, scent

Defense AC 22, touch 14, flat-footed 18 (+4 Dex, +8 natural) hp 102 (12d10+36) Fort +7, Ref +12, Will +11; -2 vs. emotion effects DR 10/cold iron

Offense Speed 30 ft. Melee gore +18 (1d12+6 plus trip), slam +18 (1d6+6) Special Attacks incite violence Spell-like Abilities CL 8th, concentration +13 (+17 casting defensively) Constant—tongues At will—message, paranoia (DC 17) 3/day—clairaudience/clairvoyance, enthrall (DC 17), invisibility, suggestion (DC 18) 1/day—charm monster (DC 19), curse of the outcast (DC 21), private sanctum

Statistics Str 23, Dex 18, Con 17, Int 18, Wis 17, Cha 20 Base Atk +12; CMB +18 (+20 trip); CMD 32 (34 vs. trip) Feats Combat Casting,Combat Expertise, Deceitful, Improved Trip, Improved Vital Strike, Vital Strike Skills Bluff +21, Disguise +21, Diplomacy +14, Intimidate +21, Knowledge (local, nobility) +14, Perception +16, Sense Motive +13, Sleight of Hand +13, Stealth +16; Racial Modifiers +4 Intimidate Languages Aklo, Common, tongues SQ change shape (Small or Medium humanoid, alter self), corrupt speech, skelm traits

Ecology Environment urban Organization solitary Treasure standard

Special Abilities Corrupt Speech (Su) As an immediate action, a palace skelm can corrupt the speech of a creature within 30 feet. The skelm can say up to twelve words and makes a Bluff check as opposed to the Perception of other creatures that can hear the original speech. If the skelm succeeds, the perceiving creatures hear the palace skelm’s words come out of the speaker’s mouth. If the skelm fails, they hear the original speech. If the Perception check succeeds by more than 5, the perceiving creature hears both phrases, and knows that the skelm spoke the words. If the skelm’s Bluff check against a target succeeds by 5 or more, the skelm can cast suggestion or paranoia on that target as part of the same action. A skelm cannot use a spell-like ability on multiple targets in this way at a time, even if it successfully deceives multiple creatures. Incite Violence (Su) As a standard action once per day, a palace skelm can incite violence in all creatures that can hear it within 30 feet. If a creature fails a DC 21 Will save, it makes a melee attack against an adjacent creature of the skelm’s choosing, choosing its most powerful weapon or natural attack if it has multiple. If a skelm uses this ability and an affected creature has no creatures adjacent to it, the creature is instead stunned for 1 round. This is a mind-influencing, compulsion, sonic effect, and the save DC is Charisma based.  Skelm Traits (Ex) A skelm gains a +4 racial bonus on Intimidate checks and a -2 penalty on saving throws against emotion effects.

[alpaca-clouds]

Solarpunk and the "Hidden Dark Secret"

Let me talk about one thing in a lot of Solarpunk fiction, that I have a huge, huge issue with. A thing, that is best summarized by this short description for the Solarpunk TTRPG.

Specifically I am talking about this one:

Solarpunk presents a bright utopian future hiding a dark secret.

Really, in all the Solarpunk fiction I have consumed, this is something that came up again and again. The Dark Secret. Basically it goes like this: "Oh, yes, we have this Solarpunk utopian world, just that actually it isn't, because in reality the government is corrupt/a bunch of robots, and Soylent Green is people!"

Which... I have a big issue with. And it is kind of the core of why I in general have an issue with a lot of Solarpunk fiction I have consumed: Because in the end a lot of people really seem to be unable to actually imagine a truly better world. When asked to do so, they will instantly go: "Oh, but something needs to be really rotten at the core of things! Because things cannot be good!"

That does not mean that I want Solarpunk worlds, that are just perfect and without any conflict. When a lot of people live together, there will be conflict, duh. But I do expect Solarpunk stories to be more optimistic about humanity than Cyberpunk. I do want Solarpunk stories to be more than a Cyberpunk story with a green coat of paint, if you catch my drift.

If folks write a Solarpunk future, then humanity does not need to have everything figured out. But... Just stop creating Solarpunk worlds that at their core are build on some form of corruption.

I am sorry, but... That is just not Solarpunk to me. To say: "Oh, yeah, things can only be good if build on corruption" to me goes inherently against the core idea of Solarpunk.