#v: legend of the dragons

[puzzledmemories]

@zcdiaciisms asked: "do you wanna see the west with me?" T O Y U G I — F R O M L I B R A

"See the West?" Yugi couldn't say he knew exactly what that meant, but...

It had been a while since he went on an adventure, hadn't it? Not since he went to send Atem to the afterlife. There was the whole thing with Aigami afterwards, too, though he'd gotten to stay in Domino City for that.

As nice as it was to get back to just normal life, finishing high school and spending time with his friends, dueling once in a while without any real stakes... Normal life had its own challenges. Between customers at the shop and the difficulties of learning game design, Yugi could use a break.

Maybe it was a bit of a spontaneous decision, but...

"Sure! Sounds fun!"

[amiharana]

finished the dragon’s tears quest last night

[the-banished-one]

Dahlia

[puzzledmemories]

Rua gasped as he ran up to Winderider. "Hi! My name's Rua! Can we be friends?"

@puzzledmemories happy birthday rua! here's your own dragon! her name is windrider!

[kennydotpng]

"Super Mario RPG-ified": The Hero and Slime from "Dragon Quest V".

A new legendary quest begins for our brave heroes!

This render is dedicated in memory of a legendary hero fallen in battle. Rest in Peace Akira Toriyama.

[cassandraxiv]

[satoshi-mochida]

Some games that are currently stuck on older consoles that I hope get rereleased in some way, Part 3:

Part 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7

Yakuza/Like a Dragon: Black Panther 1 and 2/Kurohyo: Ryu ga Gotoku Shinsho and Kurohyo 2: Ryu ga Gotoku Ashura hen(both do have fan translations, though).

The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky 1-3(all three are on Steam, but it'd be good to have them on consoles, too).

Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand

Legend of Legaia

The Legend of Dragoon

Ape Escape 3(it was supposed to be part of the PS2onPS4 set of games, but never materialized)

Devil Survivor 1 and 2.

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers

Shin Megami Tensei IV/IV Apocalypse

Bravely Default/Bravely Second

Project X Zone 1 and 2

Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha Vs the Souless Army and Raidou Kuzunoha Vs King Abaddon(I think both are on the PS3 PSN)

Tail Concerto

Clash at Demonhead

Pokemon Ranger series

Golden Sun series

Viva Piñata series

Steambot Chronicles

Sakura Wars series

Ar Tonelico series

Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon

Tears to Tiara series

Sonic Heroes and Sonic Unleashed

Star Ocean: Blue Sphere

Devil May Cry 4(it is on Steam, but is otherwise stuck on the PS3/Xbox 360, I think).

Warhammer 40K: Space Marine(I don't know much about Warhammer 40K, but I watched someone play this and it looked pretty cool)

Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan! series(and Elite Beat Agents, too).

Whiplash

Shining series(both the Shining Force games and the post-Shining Force games that have Tony Taka or Noizi Ito as the artist)

[groundrunner100]

Going to be a VERY red week with this one. Go at it.

[dragondawdles]

crumplt piece of paper

[snazzycryptid]

Silly Nidhogg x Dragon Hunter doodles from March cuz I love my dragons so much & I wanna share them ❤️

🐉🎹x🐉🔫

[legends-and-savages]

@amarvelousmencgerie sent: i should have been there to help them. (For Ramsay from Kyra)

"it should have been me" PROMPTS| Accepting

Ramsay looked over to her. "And suffer the same fate?" He asked. "I think your family would much prefer you here with me."

[puzzledmemories]

@prcphecyborn asked: i'm such a failure. ~to Ryou from Bonerust

"It should have been me" prompts ((always accepting!))

Ryou looked up at the dragon. "'A failure'?" He repeated the words with a frown. "What makes you think that? How have you failed?"

[crystal-lillies]

a rambling retrospective on the last year as a new Critter

So, it's been about a year (a little over) since I fully dipped into the Critical Role fixation.

Last year around this time, we got the other Halloween episode in Whitestone, just before the Mighty Nein Reunited two-parter, and gee, we just got a Halloween episode in Whitestone and we're about to go into a Mighty Nein Reunion this week! And a LIVE show at that, the first one since pre-COVID!

And last year at this time, I was just starting into a work D&D group and I'd just gotten my first set of dice at a renaissance festival, and I'd just bounced around a bunch of compilation videos, several oneshots, and some out-of-context Campaign 2, along with The Legend of Vox Machina season 1. I was just barely dipping my toe into the wider CR + TTRPG world.

So much has happened since then.

Every Thursday since that Halloween in Whitestone last year with Bells Hells, I've been tuning into the stream (despite the ET time difference) and sometimes even making it through all the way (for some exhaustion points that are still worth it). I watched more of the oneshots (the Call of Cthulu one and Nautilus Ark being particular favorites I've seen in 2023). I've also watched a lot more of Campaign 2 and even went back into Campaign 1, bought myself some merch (I'm actually wearing the Hot Topic Ashton shirt, haha), and I got friends into The Legend of Vox Machina before and after Season 2 dropped on Amazon.

I even wrote a little fic when Matt slammed us all with the Apogee Solstice on the 8th anniversary session :)

And, as anyone who's been following me has noticed, I got the Exquisite Exandria cookbook and have been making the recipes from it whenever I can, and that's also been amazing.

Plus, I've watched some Dimension 20 (Mentopolis was incredible and Burrow's End rn is fascinating) and dipped into Worlds Beyond Number thanks to that.

My work D&D group has since dissolved, but I took a leap of faith and I joined a pickup oneshot game of D&D5e in April, and around late June/early July, the DM of that game invited me with a few others to a campaign set in that homebrew world the oneshot was based in.

We started playing at the end of July, and I've been having such a blast. Each session is so much fun and the highlight of any given week we play. I cannot believe I went so long in my life without having D&D until this point, honestly. But I'm so glad I have it now.

All of this to say, a lot has happened in the last year, and I'm so glad to have stumbled into the Critter community and gained knowledge of Critical Role and the wider TTRPG sphere as a whole. The fandom has been so welcoming and supportive in a way I haven't felt from many fandoms in my experience. It feels like it's been more than just a year of being invested in Critical Role, but I suppose that the fervent intensity of the story and the people involved and the genuine excitement in front of and behind the cameras.

I guess, just... thank you for everything. And here's to many more years of Critterdom to come :)

Love y'all very much, and is it Thursday yet?

[fluffykittyscientist]

Two-headed dragon, Tavo & Aati!

[puzzledmemories]

Ryou smiled as he watched the newly born creature. "Oh, a dragon... And you have an icy breath, too!" He held a hand out towards it. "My name's Ryou. It's nice to meet you!"

@puzzledmemories cont.

a silver head poked out from the now broken egg, a piece of eggshell resting on its snout.

the youngling was covered in white and silver scales, beady violet eyes staring up at ryou with interest. they were a quadruped with large, seven digit wings that seemed to be decorated in markings that began glow under a certain light.

the dragonet hissed softly, but not out of hostility, an icy breath fogging up the air in front of it.

he stared up at ryou, slick in embryonic fluid, curious. "rrerp?"

[phoenixwarpath]

What were your favorite video games as a child?