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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 20/02/2024

People like to talk about being radicalized politically but honestly not wanting people to die of poverty and be able to get insulin and not bombing innocent children seems like pretty normal boring morality, all those other fucking weirdos are the radical ones

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 07/02/2024

forreal, or also turning off in-feed replies for specific people. its just one of those qol things that i think will be added eventually but.

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 07/02/2024

oh dude this fucks i am so excited to see the final!

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 05/12/2023

a better snarky response would be "babe its a creepypasta, typing them is how we read it"

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 05/12/2023

medium (which again, is people telling scary stories pretending they are real), while the other person is ignoring this SAME EXACT POINT but in the opposite direction.

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 05/12/2023

both people are wrong to me LMAO. people today don't engage with creepypastas thinking they are real, the way early-net horror stories kinda had the setup that the author was telling a real story. neither person is suspending their disbelief. the first one for pointing out a flaw inherent to the-

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 05/12/2023

i definitely get that side of it all for sure. i think (and this is something 12tone states too) that hbomb's success with long format is that at the end of the day. it's good stuff. the roblox video was entertaining and fascinating the entire runtime. so was this most recent one.

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 05/12/2023

its funny, i had never seen his other stuff (had heard abt the sherlock one in passing but wasn't interested in what i thought was just Some Dude's opinion on the show) before his last video on the roblox oof noise, but the memeification of its runtime made me genuinely curious. that def primed me.

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 05/12/2023

when any reason given for why their solution would have worked has just as much logic/lore behind it as any rebuttal that says it wouldn't. the parts that should be "realistic" are the parts that aren't fantastical, imo. you can have "unrealistic" aliens, but balanced with realistic characterization

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 05/12/2023

-absurd, and it's this absence i have personally found people pointing out, and then the "not everything has to be realistic" pedants emerge. and i feel like also tandem with this is the taint of cinemasins-style "hey this is a plot hole! they have x magic/tech, why can't they do z?"

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 05/12/2023

i feel like people conflate "realism" with a "suspension of disbelief" which ARE different. no dragons are "realistic" because dragons arent real. but suspension of disbelief allows an audience to understand they are real in that setting. however, there ARE things that are real whose absence becomes

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 04/12/2023

if it weren't like. incredibly bigoted, it would almost be comical how blatantly and unabashedly antisemitic hp goblins are. like, dnd goblins aren't immune to people being Weird™️ about it, but at least the canon lore doesn't have them owning all the banks. its so ridiculously forward in its bs.

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 04/12/2023

-which is made more jarring (and telling) when there aren't non-orcs with these features depicted. obviously dnd is different than lotr because different tables tell different stories, and its not just One Guy doing all the writing forever. but the community in dnd def has this problem.

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 04/12/2023

yeah, and so i think the crits for lotr orcs preside entirely within how they are physically described in the books. though its been a while since i have seen the content detailing the exact wording and descriptions. but both dnd and lotr tend to default giving black features to these people-

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 04/12/2023

the goblins in HP. another race i find sometimes left out of these discussions is the yuanti, and the like. bizarre sexual dimorphism and blatant orientalism of the species.

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 04/12/2023

fair enough on the second point, i just assumed you were wanting views on in-game treatment and not the meta-depiction discussion at large. they're obvi correlated. funny enough, in my 10+ years on the internet, i'd seen criticism for tolkien orcs before i had ever even gotten into dnd. same with-

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 04/12/2023

-getting into the ways you can read meta-level racism into how these "evil" dnd species/races are depicted visually and culturally, which is a whole other bag of worms not really tied to your question.

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 04/12/2023

-groups of these peoples who exist outside of those oppressive or violent cultures. no one is born "evil", an evil or exploitative culture molds them into that cruelty. non-evil races are allowed to have evil beings, why should the evil races be barred from having good ones? this also isn't even--

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 04/12/2023

this is actually the issue that was the catalyst for me completely writing my own lore for a lot of the canon dnd races/species. i am of the opinion that the desire to have entities that are "evil" should be a cultural thing, and not something inherent to the species. and then writing instances of--

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✺ 𝕸𝖔𝖙𝖍 ✺ @mothsprout.bsky.social · 28/11/2023

Little unicorn pen doodle

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 29/11/2023

i am so glad i have found a way to return to my enjoyment of drawing after my career (and studies!!) in graphic arts completely burnt me out on creating anything at all. there's obvi worse jobs out there, but just in the context of "motivation-sucking careers" i was def creating more when in retail.

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 28/11/2023

The Kiril adapted from the Celestial beasts, Ki-rin, these beings are ambassadors for the Celestial Plane within the Material. They possess divination powers, the ability to walk on water, and radiant unarmed strikes. They were really fun to design. #dndhomebrew #ttrpg #dndart #anthro

A species sheet for Kiril, who are bipedal, anthropomorphic Ki-rin. They have a combination of features from deer and dragons. The sheet includes guidance on their colors and features, and shows they can walk on water.
More accessible detail can be viewed at www.wyndestia.wikidot.com/kiril

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 27/11/2023

The semi-nomadic Lepiderae people resemble moths and butterflies. A Lepidera’s appearance and abilities are determined by the height of the sun and moon during hatching, and are aptly dubbed Solarborn (butterfly-like) or Lunarborn (moth-like). #dndhomebrew #ttrpg #dndart #specbio #anthro

A species sheet of anthropomorphic butterflies/moths. It shows a colored front view, and lineart sketches of different details like a back view, closeup of the mouth, and a depiction of the caterpillar-like offspring.

Text describes their height, the colors, and biological functions of their mouths. More detail is provided in accessible text at wyndestia.wikidot.com/lepidera

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 27/11/2023

finally happy with my rough elevation map for my personal #worldbuilding project. with this and precip done, i can finally move on to climate prediction, which is the concept that really kickstarted all of this. #ttrpg #fantasymap #dnd

a fantasy world map with the elevations of the landmasses depicted as a gradiation of color from greens, to yellow, to red.

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VETIVER 🦌🩷 @deergirlegodeath.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

Zail, middle aged aarakocra paladin blacksmith with an eldritch secret Featuring @solardrake.bsky.social's Whisp! #furry #furryart #dnd #dungeonsanddragons

Zail, an aarakocra resembling a shrike, is wearing heavy armor and holding up a short black tabaxi wearing a mask and an outfit with a cape

A fullbody drawing of Zail's starter armor design with a chest spike with golden wings jutting out, and a long black pike that shimmers red.

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

dnd sometimes means not rlly having permanent "ocs" to tell stories about in a traditional sense. these two belong to a group of 12 heroes from a turning point in my worldbuilding history who all worked together to drive back a great evil army. eventually i want to write a short story abt them all.

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

two heroes, a hobgoblin ranger and a goliath monk, from opposite sides of the world united under divine purpose. #ttrpg #dndart #dnd5e

two pencil sketches of character busts. on the left is a hobgoblin woman facing to the side, with short fangs, small horns, and a messy topknot. on the right is a goliath woman facing forward with a tight braid, shaved hair on the sides, and dark angular markings on her face.

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 15/10/2023

i literally have started an entire wiki site for it bc my google docs were becoming unmanageable... working on this, though, is making me really happy, and scratching the urge to Create when my career as a graphic designer saps me of all will to make art when i get home.

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 15/10/2023

YEAH that sounds cool! and now that i have developed better as an author & dm, there are definitely changes i am making to my original lore, but alas the texas (jexta) and florida (kingsmarsh) will remain, albeit mostly in geography. borders are different. my great lakes have a dragon-shaped one :)

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 15/10/2023

lmaooo sometimes i feel so goofy that my fantasy america probably makes it seems like i have usa brainrot, but the whole point of my worldbuilding project is that all of my dnd campaigns are canon within it, including my very first one from 2017, which was set in fantasy texas and was cowboy themed

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 15/10/2023

rough average precipitation map for my #worldbuilding project! its so fun and satisfying to build up the layers. next is climate zones. #ttrpg #fantasymap

an equirectangular map of a fantasy world, with arrows for ocean currents, and 5 shades of color representing levels of precipitation. the key at the bottom shows dry, low, mod, wet, and v wet.

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Jasmine 🦊 📡 @radarindicated.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

Something I'm still really proud of -- a redesign for my D&D character, Whisp; a Tabaxi ranger who uses a magic sword as a long weapon! #furry #furryart #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #ttrpg

3 Digital illustrations of a lanky black Tabaxi wielding an enchanted sword that has been altered to function as a long-rifle. Near the top, a bulleted list below their name: "Whisper of a Storm."
Transcription: More of a "Wild West feel. Taller, Almost Unnaturally lanky. Longer, tattered cloak (tassles optional). New mask only worn to conceal identity. Cloudstrike remains unchanged

Digital Illustration of a black Tabaxi aiming an enchanted greatsword which has been fashioned to function as a long-rifle, with a dramatic perspective. Styled text which floats behind the cloak says "GOT YOU"

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

this is a good way to phrase it! i am a pretty experienced DM at this point, but have wanted to explore being less scared of imposing pretty serious or lasting consequences on my players, like my aforementioned warlock situation. i like the idea of adding this question to my s0 topics.

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

can you expand on what you mean by "buy-in"? i agree that it should still be fun, but every table is different; some players want to have their pc's be challenged, but there are also players who don't know how to (or want to) rp their pc being challenged or changed at all. i wouldnt do this to them.

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

@ other dm's: what are some philosophies/approaches you take as a dm when it comes to forcing changes or altering effects onto your players' characters? do you give them warning? surprise them? things like limb loss or scarring, or magical ageing, or even requiring a level in warlock? #ttrpg #dnd5e

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

spent today's worldbuilding energy on crafting my own vampire lore and mechanics, and then hurting my own feelings thinking about all the tragic stories that could be told with all that lmfao

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VETIVER 🦌🩷 @deergirlegodeath.bsky.social · 08/10/2023

DnD character concept - A retired old lady is brought back into action by a quest, in which she is forced to face consequences for mistakes she made decades ago #furry #furryart #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #ttrpg

A half orc half bronze dragonborn old lady is shown wearing an adventurer's outfit. She has a thick striped tail, tusks, large black claws, a reddish-brown beard and chest hair, and a messy tan mane that's partially tied up in a bun.

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 09/10/2023

most recent endeavor has been revisiting (again, for an undisclosed amt of times) my landmasses for my world map, so that i can use my speculative geography learned from various videos to (roughly) project ocean currents, to then (roughly) project climate zones #worldbuilding #ttrpg

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 30/09/2023

love the droplet effect in these. really makes em look slimey lol

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 30/09/2023

does the potential for trade with another region mean that the two collaborate on inventing better ways to traverse the hazard? does an isolated kingdom use the terrain as a way to keep people in, or out? is the land crossable, but the wildlife (dragons, etc) dangerous? gives a lot of cool prompts

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 30/09/2023

worldbuilding adventure tonight has been thinking about the different ways, both real and fantasy, that regions are physically and ecologically divided! and then following that with "is what is on the other side of this division worth crossing to the people here? and if so, how do they cross it?"

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 29/09/2023

i might start posting worldbuilding updates here, just to talk about them without bothering people in the discords i am in

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 29/09/2023

i am not, but i have a long-time player who is, and its actually helped me become a better and more-prepared dm by having handouts of npc pics, locations, etc on-hand for him. roll20/vtt's are also a blessing, even for non-combat arrangements.

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 23/09/2023

like, florida has pumpkin patches but i am not gonna be able to wear long sleeves outside until at least mid-december

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 23/09/2023

i miss having autumn, man. a bitch just wants to frolic in a pumpkin patch in a flannel with a handful of other gay ppl

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 20/09/2023

i wish i got any payoff beyond player engagement. sometimes i wish i were just writing a novel. but i have tried recently to sit down and like. write narrated stories, and i find that something that felt natural to me when i was a teenager no longer comes so easily, and that also sucks

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scarlett ❤️🧡🩷 @pterosounds.bsky.social · 20/09/2023

my biggest personal creative endeavor over the past 2yrs is creating an entire worldbuilding planet setting for my dnd games, and lately i have found myself caught up in worrying that all of this creative energy is being focused on something too inherently derivative to have merit, and that sucks

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