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some doodles from trick’s childhood! featuring their two mamas (😭❤), some auntie and uncle types, and best friend barn

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periodical reminder that i’m on other social medias as well! especially considering tumblr’s ban on adult content, i’m going to be focusing more on other medias, since, as a lot of you know, a considerable part of what i do is adult content. SO if you’d like to follow me elsewhere, here’s where i am!

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EDIT IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2023:

i am also on bluesky! combined sfw+nsfw acc here!

(i will absolutely still be updating tumblr but... less actively, shall we say) i did not fucking do this, i am a liar

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Session 7: A deadly web | Played Sept 2nd, 2018

The group is quickly closing in on the notorious Arthur Werlin, with the help of cabaret playwright Elation the tiefling. It’s no surprise that chasing down leads at the La Deuxième Sonnerie is a mix of business and pleasure… but when a surprise seduction goes awry, the group finds themselves in Werlin’s trap…

…and it’s closing fast.

Read the latest session write-up now!

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1-4, 12, 14, 18 and 19 (or just some of them) for your favourite OC?

Favourite OC - I’ll do Trick, then!

1. What was the first element of your OC that you remember considering (name, appearance, backstory, etc.)? 

I think their look came about pretty quickly, as well as the base idea of their character. I wanted to play a tiefling, and a pirate. I was considering making them a rogue and a swashbuckler too, but I really wanted to play a flirty bard, SOOO…. here we go.

2. Did you design them with any other characters/OCs from their universe in mind?

Nope, not at all!

3. How did you choose their name?

Ok, so, their name is a straight ripoff from Critical Role. ‘Trick’ fit their clever and cunning personality I was originally going for, and tiefling names just Are Like That, and I love them… and then I thought of Pike Trickfoot from CR and just stole the other half of her last name as well lol

4. In developing their backstory, what elements of the world they live in played the most influential parts?

That there were pirates…. Oh, and a coup that happened in the world a few years before our game, that pushed a big event in Trick’s life that’s pretty much set in motion all their growth right now

(but that wasn’t as much me developing their backstory, as my DM going “ok how will you deal with this” and me still trying to figure that out lmao)

12. What have you found to be most difficult about creating art for your OC (any form of art: writing, drawing, edits, etc.)?

Consistency, I think! Writing-wise, mostly, keeping their character consistent and logical, especially when RPing. Art-wise, I think showing how varied they are in terms or presentation and gender! I need to draw them playing around w gender more bc that’s what they DO.

14. If you had to narrow it down to 2 things that you MUST keep in mind while working with your OC, what would those things be?

oh boy! I guess… That they’re afraid of being alone, and a bleeding heart, but trying to cover both of those things up. (I guess that’s three things, lol) 

18. What is the most recent thing you’ve discovered about your OC?

I discover a lot of new shit about Trick constantly, but maybe the most recent one is…. They have something in their past that has left some very deep marks on them, and they do not realize that - or are just now starting to realize that. Another one is that they have got to do a thing that makes me as a player a little uncomfortable, but it’s something that’s good for them, and for me, so they’ll do it. But that’s spoiler territory! x)

19. What is your favorite fact about your OC?

That they’re growing ❤

Anonymous said: 8 for trick! :D 

8. What (if anything) do you relate to within their character/story?

SO MUCH… Trick is actually just made up of parts I find attractive and parts I’ve projected onto them without noticing. Being young and feeling that very hard at times, the sort of emotional immaturity that comes from lack of experience, feeling inadequate, feeling lonely even when they’ve got an amazing family and good friends, craving for things they don’t know if they deserve… I mean, A LOT.

cottagegay said: 14, 15, 16 for Trick ✌

15. What is something about your OC can make you laugh?

They’re truly a dumb fuck and not as suave as they pretend to be, and their party brings out the dork in them, so whenever it’s not all doom and gloom and serious character drama, some pretty fun interactions happen and I laugh a lot.

16. What is something about your OC can make you cry?

That a lot of their flaws and insecurities are my flaws, and when those come up in game or in conversations about Trick, it makes me cry a little every time, and especially when they have people treat them with kindness despite those flaws.

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hey hey hey! some of yall have been asking me about trick and this campaign that they’re from (since a lot of us have been posting art and writing of the characters) and if you’d like to look into it more, we’re collecting everything on this blog and sharing session writeups too! :0 exciting! 

We’ve had a lot of requests from folks for a way to keep up with our adventures, and today we’re giving you one!

Our session write-ups have been private up to this point, but we’re editing them, adding session art and making them publicly available starting now!

We plan to post roughly one a week in chronological order, in Google Docs format.

Here’s the first one!

Session One: A curious blueprint

In which a particular blueprint goes up for auction, a transaction is brokered, a fight breaks out, and an audience with the King leads to a peculiar alliance of four strangers!

Enjoy!

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my baby is the prettiest in pastel colours

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magical tattoos are my favourite fantasy thing so of course trick has a magical, moving tattoo (it’s their ship’s crest, of a sort, and a symbol of their dedication to the ship and crew)

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i’m moving to glasgow next week, and hoo boy! that sure is exciting and stressful!! but i’m also looking forward to it SO much! i have gone on exchange before, but it was years ago, and i was much younger and much more anxious, and i got dropped on the other side of the world with no one i knew near me! this time i’m moving inside europe, and i have more responsibility, more freedom, more experience and most importantly, more confidence in myself. so i’m hopeful!

i hope scotland treats me well, and if any of you have any glasgow tips, let me know ✌💖

wish me luck!

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the gang got to talking about a 20s-mobster-noire AU and i fell for it harder than i’ve ever fallen for anything in my life and it took over my life briefly

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LOOK AT MY BABY!! I can't thank you enough..... this is so gorgeous....aaahh ;__;❤❤❤ Ashley did a FANTASTIC job and you should all go commission them RIGHT NOW

Commission for @dreadelion‘s dnd character Trick!

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it is a CRIME i hadn’t drawn trick in shorts OR a sailor outfit yet, so here i am, making amends

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last session was a rollercoaster... (+ some additional beach vibes, bc this crew desperately needs a beach ep)

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some Shit From The Campaign from a while back, interactions both imagined and some that actually happened, and one NPC!

(feat. @wehavekookies‘s Otho, @theoldaeroplane‘s Piksel and @asparrowsfall‘s Merron, and also Vaiva who is our DM @con-affetto-kiko‘s)

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a bunch of Trick things i realized i hadn’t posted! they are a babe and a baby

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i love your art style and how you simplify forms!! do you have any more speed draws/tips/tutorials up, perhaps for ko-fi donors?

thank you!! i sadly don’t have anything right now, simply because i’m bad at remembering to record my progress, but i could definitely take prompts on stuff to draw and record for donors, in case you have any! 

i don’t have ko-fi gold so it’s is a bit unwieldy taking prompts directly from donors, but if people want to reply to this with some, feel free! i’ll try to have something new recorded for donors eventually! ✨

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the good good caduceus clay! bless taliesin for this big boy

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LOOK AT THEM..... 😭😭💖💕💘💓💕💖 i still can't BELIEVE how gorgeous this is!!!

Trick Fleetfoot, this beautiful tiefling from our Party <3

Character belongs to @dreadelion