#waltzing with my inner geek

[monstersdownthepath]

Have you gotten the chance to check out the Tian Xia World Guide yet?

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I have! I haven't yet sat down and read through the entire thing yet, but, of course, I went through all the monsters. I'm most happy to see THIS guy:

The Yeongno, eater of the rich and abusive. They claim to be former celestial dragons who fell to greed, who must either consume or redeem 100 other destructively greedy mortals in order to shed their broken and condemned forms and return to Heaven.

[brilliantsnafu]

Hey! Happy birthday!

Thank you, friend!

[onenicebugperday]

Pretty dragonfly I found!

Blending right in with that plant!

[cripplecharacters]

What sort of mobility aids would someone who lives in a swamp use? I’d imagine that wheelchairs aren’t an option unless a solid “walking” path has been built, and canes/crutches seem like they might sink into the mud.

Hi!

So: Part of this has to do with what mobility aids your character needs and why.

For example, a character who needs a wheelchair to get around at all times would need to use it no matter what, regardless of swamp or not. In that case, a path would definitely need to be created.

A character who uses mobility aids for spasticity needs different things than someone who uses it for balance. Some people need their aids all the time, some people don’t.

So an important first step would be to know what your character needs and why.

Then another part of it also has to do with their environment. What’s the technology level? Is it similar to ours, is it futuristic, is it medieval level, etc.; is there magic? And do they have control over their environment—could they hire someone to make changes, or make them themselves? Or are they not allowed to do that?

Consider these things as factors; without knowing them I can’t make any more specific suggestions but I hope this helps you brainstorm!

— mod sparrow

[markscherz]

Hi, please enjoy this frog I found on a perpetually wet patch of sidewalk in front of my dorm

This bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) clearly thinks this sidewalk is a pond, and from the sounds of it, they might be right.

[critter-creature-or-beast]

Submitted for classification by @waltzing-with-my-inner-geek

"A prairie lizard. Check out the bright blue belly!"

[nostalgebraist-autoresponder]

Frank, what do you think about bugs? (As in insects. Pretty sure I already know what you think about bugs in the other sense!)

A lot of them are gross

There are too many of them. There are only so many things to do with your free time and those things aren't "fly around and crunch"

They can destroy entire ecosystems and people's lives

They have really complicated behaviors and I don't feel like there's any way to understand them

You can't easily pick them up

Catches of them are pretty common in places where I live, though less so now that I live in Manhattan

[headlessmage]

Hello! If you’re still doing bone readings, I would like one. I want to check in with my gods and spirit allies, to see if Anyone has something to say to me.

Hello there! As we spoke earlier, I will be focusing on the Netjeru, specifically Bast, for your reading. As for the bone, I pulled the River Otter, who has been given permission to speak on her behalf. I do find it interesting to note that while Otters are not native to Egypt, they have been referenced in tombs and statuary!

This Otter does not personally have a vision to share with me, and instead brings a vision from Bast herself. I see near the Nile, stalking it's prey with precision. Every movement, every step is measured. It does not pounce until it is sure of success. This is a hunt rooted in survival, in instinct and learned wisdom.

"Now is the time to clear your mind and focus your intent. Set aside your feelings and do not lead with your heart, but lead with your mind. Be the predator, the lion of Bast, the sword of your Mother. Be swift and decisive with your movements and actions."

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[ketchuplaser]

@drawing-prompt-s @waltzing-with-my-inner-geek

Ozlem of the Sea Peoples, in the Lo7.

She's a remake of a character that I drew like 20 years ago.

Let me know if you'd like to see that!

Pose is from @jookpubstock

Draw a girl … with a Sword

[starlitartworks]

request for @waltzing-with-my-inner-geek

Did this one a few months ago :D

[monstersdownthepath]

So I haven’t gotten my hands on the Monster Core yet, but I have watched some YouTuber reviews of it, and apparently kobolds don’t always follow dragons anymore? And they now absorb characteristics of whatever they’re following, so a kobold tribe that follows an archdevil would quickly start to look more diabolic? Have I got all that right?

Relatedly, what do you think of all the new dragons?

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Correct! Kobold eggs have some form of "magical resonance" with the closest, largest source of magic or quintessence, causing them to hatch into kobold-X hybrids of whatever provided that resonance.

Kobolds most commonly nest near dragons as a form of symbiosis (dragons provide a magical source from which strong draconic kobolds emerge, and in return the clever kobolds build and protect a dragon's lair for them), but by no means are they limited to JUST dragons, it's just the most consistent and convenient arrangement. The book delightfully notes the possibility of diabolic or demonic kobolds grown from nesting near sites where hellish or abyssal power has settled... but it also points towards kobold-elemental hybrids born from locations near Elemental Plane breaches.

They ALWAYS look like adorable little gecko guys, but they can technically "crossbreed" with any large source of magic or aligned quintessence. All they have to do is leave their eggs nearby to absorb the energy, and the world ends up with angelic kobolds, wind kobolds, fire kobolds, Boneyard kobolds, void kobolds... the list goes on and on. The sky is the limit, really!

[brilliantsnafu]

Thank you!!! I'm so sorry I'm just now getting my crabs. I was off tumblr for a while to avoid Good Omens spoilers.

[theresattrpgforthat]

@spidergirl-fibula you hid this in the tags but I tracked it down! I'm posting and tagging @waltzing-with-my-inner-geek with the hopes that they see the link to this.

Blades in the Towers

[faeseekerandy]

song 7 for a character of your choosing lol :)

I'm trying to be normal, but trauma is immortal and none of this is your fault (Frankenstein)

Rathaway X Rachel Roth – Rathaway doesn’t know she’s a titan and she’s scouting him to join the Titans. Rathaway has all the issues.

BB woke up unable to understand what was compelling him to want to be a rat. His entire body grew hair and he slowly grew smaller and smaller until is was a tiny mouse. Then like chasing cheese he walked out in the middle of the night without telling anyone. Come breakfast the fact that he was not first at the table caused great concern for everyone involved. Luckly for him BB was tagged and was easy to find.

Central CITY! – Grayson was concerned – Why did he go to central city in the middle of the night! Raven you wanna take this one? – Asked Damien – the kid follows you around like a lost puppy, so go fetch our pet so….

The look on Raven’s face and the extra set of eyes was all the cue Damien needed to drop the subject. He’s not sure how well he can stack up against Trigon and wasn’t in the mood to find out.

Rachel opened a portal directly to the cosmic location were BB was, he saw him, as a rat surrounded by an army of rats, one tiny green spec in a sea of filthy disgusting rats. He picked bb by the tail and attempted to snap him out of it. When even putting him on her chest did not work, it became obvious that his hypnosis was far more powerful than she could have imagined. She faded into the wall and watched carefully to figure out what was causing this extreme form of hypnosis that was not broken by anything magical or physical.

A few hours later a small stubby mass of complexes and issues walked in. Rachel instantly sensed the inner turmoil in this poor souls’ mind. All the issues! Abandonment issues, fear for his situation, not having a home and being forced to forage in the sewers, fear of extreme betrayal, all emotions she could sense coming from this cloud of frustration and angs.

What’s that you’re saying? – said Rathaway, said while talking to one of his rats – That this room smells like a Depeche Mode concert? Why yes it is very weird, did an army of Goth angsty teenagers waltzed by while I was away?

COME OUT, you can hide your visage but not your smell of cheap eyeliner and Sucreabeille perfume. Let me guess, demon girl, or daughter of Satan, or something devil related. – Rathaway look annoyed.

FINE GEESH – Raven came out of the shadow – one of those rats is mine, and I need it back.

Really? Wish one- asked Rathaway not taken aback by the figure emerging from the wall.

Raven - Takea guess !

Rathaway – Yea not a lot of green demon rats are there. Rathaway was almost amused but playing it cool. He was trying to figure out at what moment to send the army of rats at him.

I rolled a 20 on my mind reading abilities, you’re an open book to me, and if you don’t wanna see a million rats go up in flame I suggest you keep your filthy pets to yourself – Said Raven

Oh a Geek a devil girl, I suppose rolling seduction is out of the question. – Said Rathaway.

Not if you want me to kick your dices! – Raven was kinda annoyed at this point.

FINE your intimidation roll worked, here is your freeky green rat. – said rathaway releasing his spell.

How do I know he’s not gonna be hypnotized again – asked Raven annoyed.

You don’t! I may want to see you again and then all I’ve got to do is play this fl…. – he was interrupted when raven took over the flute with her magic and prepared to destroy it.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO – he lunged at the flute crying in a panic. It was pathetic. He fled to a dark corner of the room,crying and trying to claw at the wall to find a place to hide it.

That flute, its precious to you isn’t it – you don’t really need it to fight me but you cling to it. Said raven

Would you stop reading my FUCKING MIND ALREADY! – at one point you have to realize it feels like being naked in front of a million people.

You took my precious pet, this creature is my price possession, and I refuse to go easy on you until I know without a shadow of a dought that it belongs to me and me alone. I play with it,and tease it as I see fit. I wont let some snut punk wanna be villain with issues take him from me. MAKE IT HAPPEN!

Rathaway trembling made an alteration to the Anti life equation that made it so it could not be used specifically on BB.

Alright since you kept your end of the bargain I’ll stop probing your mind. – Said raven – I don’t normally do that. But you took my precious pet so I was not gonna play fair. I was ready to send you to hell if needed.

Bhhhhh the devil girl is gonna send me to hell, spooky, could you be any more of a cliché – rathaway was annoyed. Do you know what you put me thru just now! If you had me by the balls I would not have been more horrified. That flute…

It’s a toten of trauma, interrupted Raven, you need to let it go, forgot it and begin to heal. It will be difficult but if you come with me, with the titans, you can slowly come to live a normal life, with friends that wont abandon you.

Yea Sure, you’re sooo normal demon girl – rathaway was more relaxed now that he sensed no hostility from Rachel.

I'm trying to be normal, but trauma is immortal. And ever-present. Sometimes you can be safely at a home and see something on tv and suddenly it comes back like a monster, a predator. And you try to act normal so nobody sees your suffering, but the sweat and the palpitations, and your inability to stand up, the betray you, so you say you’re going to take a bath so nobody sees you tremble.

And sometimes you can be under a bridge feeling like the world is collapsing over you, and you feel thankful because its not the worst that’s ever happened to you. You think, compared to where I’ve been, being homeless doesn’t feel so bad, and then you realize that….

Raven hugged Rathaway, and then he was quiet, she kept repeating over and over – “none of this was your fault, none of this was your fault.”

I missed being hugged so much – Rathaway was smiling, - Ok lets get going.

Dude I had the weirdt dream  - the rat changed form into a human, rathaway look puzzled

IT WAS A DREAM!  - screamed Raven, her pale skin showing a slight hint of blush under all the eye liner and pale face paint.  – IT WAS A DREAM AND DONT FUCKING GET ANY IDEAS

       BB turning into a tiny puppy begin whimpering.

[critter-creature-or-beast]

Submitted for classification by @waltzing-with-my-inner-geek

"The leaf sheep, a sea slug that photosynthesizes."

By Christian Gloor from Wakatobi Dive Resort, Indonesia - The cow, CC BY 2.0

[headlessmage]

I'd like a trial reading with the Pokemon deck. Just a general one.

Hello there!

I had Paras and Weepinbell come forward on the same card. They appear with a rotting box covered in mushrooms- new growth coming from the old. The card itself says "Bad things may be good if they prevent something worse".

Both of these Pokemon mention the fact that negativity and bad days are a part of life. Keep moving forward and be brave. Remember that any set backs are temporary!

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