#wrath of the righteous spoilers

[ariannadi]

CMON YOU CAN'T TELL ME THIS SHIT AIN'T CUTE

HE'S SUCH A SWEETIE WITH HER ToT

[depresanesfreetime]

Camellia, you're in the team literally because you can pick locks. I know already that you're Chaotic Evil, although it's not that difficult to guess, considering your voice lines.

SHUT YOUR FUCKING MAW.

You're all level seven. Ember can cast Scorching Ray and Snowball. She can break bones. She lifts up everyone's spirits. She's the Ray of Sunshine. She's amazing. UNLIKE YOU.

"She can't even hold a weapon" EXCEPT SHE CAN, YOU GASLIGHTING ABLEIST.

And right after that dialogue, Ember cast Cure Serious Wounds, even though she hasn't learned that yet. Just to spite your fucking ass.

I have to admit, I didn't expect Wendu to defend Ember. But I love it. And she hates Camellia for all the right reasons.

What an event...

[grimvestige]

B) What inspired you to create them? (Tiarnan) ; C) Did you have trouble figuring out where they fit in their own story? (Draper) ; What memory do they revisit the most often? (Wrath!Caedrinn) :3

Triple threat!!! :O

What inspired you to create them? (Tiarnan)

Tiarnan is actually an AU of an NPC I really love RPing from my own D&D setting, The Folly of Helios! (That NPC is just called 'The Owl'!) I ended up playing Tiarnan after talking over a few character ideas with the GM for Hadreon and deciding he would fit the best.

As far as how I changed him for the setting I basically went "What if his wife wasn't dead lol" (and also changed wife to spouse bc we need more big strong nonbinary sword wielders), and from there it was lots of putting puzzle pieces together with things I liked about Hadreon! He's an enchantment wizard because it's a great specialist school mechanically and I wanted to engage with the ethical conundrum of enchantment magic + diplomacy. He ended up a rebel sidhe because I liked Leon a bunch and just wanted my character to be friends with him, and his aspect ended up getting picked based around the choice of specialty magic school & profession!

Did you have trouble figuring out where they fit in their own story? (Draper)

A lot actually! I really love Draper now, but I very much was frustrated with her at one point because the party didn't end up relying on her for the two things she was good at: healing & poisoning stuff. Plus, anything else she was okay at, there was already somebody who specialized in it.

BUT by the end of the campaign, she ended up basically brute forcing her way in lmao - she got a level in magus so she could actually hit things herself, not to mention that it was her adoptive family that played key roles in helping the party.

She's the sort of character who's a completely unwilling adventurer but is unfortunately good at it and gets roped into things because of that, which is fun to play!

What memory do they revisit the most often? (Wrath!Caedrinn)

OOOO I GET TO TALK ABOUT MY KNIGHT COMMANDER! It's fun to talk about his internal feelings since there aren't a lot of methods to explore that in-game!

The memory that Caedrinn revisits most is confronting his own reflection in the mirror and the Aeons. He feels really conflicted about having these powers thrust upon him - on one hand, they give him the ability to undo horrific curses and rituals with the snap of his fingers. On the other, they urge him to force people to repent for understandable crimes like stealing supplies because they weren't getting enough.

Being calloused and lawful isn't in his nature, but the path set out before him demands it - both in terms of mythic power and in leading the fifth crusade. After some recent happenings involving companion quests (To not spoil things and to keep it brief, Regill's first quest, and a part of Sosiel's that involves interrogating a Hellknight), he's having a bit of an existential crisis. Is he the carefree drunken wanderer turned hero? Or is he becoming the heartless authority he despises?

(Bonus art of Caedrinn's reflection I wasn't sure I was gonna post but since it's relevant here ya go!)

Thank you for the asks!!! these were very fun to think about!!

If you want to throw more OC asks at me here ya go!

[rangedreign]

[blighted-elf]

Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Zephyrus and Daeran 2/?

[dujour13]

Woljif: my abusive family lining up to kick my ass 😭

Regill: can I be next

[minathered]

Been replaying Wrath of the Righteous lately

And man, its refreshing to play an RPG with companions who aren't just "Quirky Found Family!" Vibes. Its nice to have companions who are fucking Bastards. Interesting bastards, complicated bastards (Well apart from Cam) but bastards nonetheless.

And companions who actually have friction. Companions who can straight up try to kill you!

Companions who have conflicts deeper than "You don't have to drink coffee if you don't like it!" or "You brought too many books on our camping trip!"

Companions who seem pretty one dimensional at first and then leave you in bits when you finish their arc (Wenduag. I am talking about Wenduag.)

Rogue Trader does this very well too. I'm not saying stuff needs to be dark or edgy to be good, but I am kinda tired of this mainstream trend towards everything feeling so...sugary.

Been watching a friend stream Veilguard and it just feels so...Saturday Morning Cartoon.

Again, if people are liking Veilguard, more power to you. Love what you love, just felt the need to vent a little.

Also just as an edit and a clarification. Veilguard being "Woke" isn't a problem. Hell Rogue Trader has something more woke than Bioware has ever done. A Queerplatonic/Ace Coded romance with Yrliet.

[generalgrievoussummerbod]

Another Inktober piece 😃

11 - Snack(s)

Kenabres, 4175 AR. Approximately one day before cultists attack the Defender's Heart.

(Best to click for better image quality, tumblr’s mangling the preview)

My KC, Dornik, distinctly remembers waking up in agony a few days ago and hearing Some Fucking Blond telling everyone to throw their mortally wounded body in an accommodating ditch, so now they're choosing violence~

Might be easier to read the panels individually on mobile, so I've included them along with some ramblings about characters and designs under the cut 😊.

Panels!

I love writing and drawing these characters so much aaaa, they're all DISASTERS and their designs are so fun. Everything about Wenduag's design is just chef's kiss I've never not had fun making art of her! Those eyes! Those adorable cheeks! Those damn spider leggies! She's so expressive and awful I love herrrrr.

Dornik and Daeran are both great for challenging myself. I'm not imagining Wenduag is tiny, Dornik's just a pretty strong orc who's nearly 7ft tall, and learning to capture that built-like-a-mountain vibe is so rewarding. (Because orc. More orc so good yesssss.) This picture is taken seconds before disaster (Dornik in all their 8 wis glory has yet to twig that Wenduag might take their hilarious joke as an endorsement) because what are beloved OCs for if not taking Ls?

With Daeran, one of my favourite things about his portrait is how vaguely unsettling it is, especially with his eyes, and I really want to capture that when I'm drawing him. His unhinged energy is so important to me 😍, and the idea of that rhythm of high energy-sudden stop (the first mask drops, revealing a second, equally beautifully crafted mask which is also but not entirely more true)-high energy dance is what inspired me to make this in the first place. That, and the escalating-curveballs dynamic you can have between him and your Commander 😍 just an absolute pair of menaces 😍.

And Cami's just always a delight to draw, she's trying hard (well. sometimes) to be so proper but underneath there is everything So Wrong With Her (Cami romancers if you're reading this you're strong and fearless and have all my support). There's such a threatening aura to play with and the contrast between her self and the facade she's trying to maintain is marvelous enrichment for the art brain.

[m3rricat]

So I just have to wax poetical about this note you find from Daeran during his pre-romance. You find it in a hidden spot he's given you the key to, and at this point you'd expect any note from him to be sarcastic or raunchy (probably both). I had spoiled myself that there was a note, but not the contents, so I was floored to see this. It's just... so purely sincere. Daeran, who is fully expecting to be devoured at any moment and can't ask anyone to save him, simply asks that you remember him. It's just so vulnerable and heartbreaking like I screeched so softly you don't even know

[roorenart]

My wife

Commissions | Etsy

[depresanesfreetime]

Completely unnecessary Staunton's brother who exists only to be killed, even though apparently he could be spared in order to upgrade a sword or something. I don't care, I was speedrunning there.

[vagrant-muffin]

Started Wrath of the Righteous. It’s going well!

[grimvestige]

More silly memes, but this time it's more Wrath stuff ^.^

[rangedreign]

Vorlesh Family Tree

some observations:

- on second thought, rt#1 resembles areelu way more than wotr#1, to the point that i think its meant to represent a younger areelu rather than her child.

[rt#1 scaled down so it's the same width as rt#7]

- who tf is wotr#11? he has all the Vorlesh Features, but we don't know of anyone else in areelu's family. lmk if you've seen this face on any characters ingame 🤔

- a playthrough of wotr where kc is areelu's doppelganger would actually be hilarious. Send That Bitch (me, re-wombing my child's soul) Through The Horrors

- you could read the exclusion of areelu's possible kids from rogue trader's character creation as a kind of metatextual reference to their death

- areelu appearing twice in rogue trader's character creation is kind of funny considering how... long she'd last in 40k's universe (i suppose blood right to power would be the only thing capable of protecting her from her own incredible hubris)

[lexsnotdead]

A TATTOO ?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[blighted-elf]

Daeran and his 7 Strength pushing down a wooden door is crazy actually