#Mercy Monk

[jellisdraws]

She gives you this look as you roll initiative, what do you do?

Frisk, saving me from art block with incredible style as always :D

[couchtaro]

Izen

Third D&D floriograph is Izen, drider Way of Mercy monk and Undying (I think) warlock belonging to @justabitscrewy! DM is @bacoj8

Flowers

Rye: apostasy, condemnation, disgust, mockery

Barley: grain of life, false justice. The ancient Greeks sometimes determined guilt through a method of divination called alphitomancy: when someone in a group was suspected of a crime, the members of the group would be fed barley cakes or slices of barley bread. Supposedly, the guilty party would get indigestion, while all others would feel well.

Calathea: beginning anew

Begonia: Repaying a favor. While begonias most often carry a message of warning, a 17th century botanist named them after a plant collector (Michel Begon) who had done him a favor, lending them the additional meaning of grateful repayment.

Heather (Calluna vulgaris): healing from within, the inner self. Purple heather specifically means solitude.

Cockscomb Amaranth (Celosia): affection, fashion, partnerships, silliness

Bengal fig (Ficus benghalensis): meditation, reflection, self-awareness

Elderberry (Sambucus): death, rebirth, transformation, kindness

Durian (Durio): Night, misleading appearances. Durian flowers are nocturnal; they close during the day and open at night so they can be pollinated by fruit bats. In some places, durians are banned in public places because of their powerfully unpleasant smell. However, those willing to look past first impressions can enjoy the delicious fruit.

Check out the rest of the Pringles Party!

Theseus | Yancy | Phaela | “Red”

[nocturnalityrpg]

My human monk Sophia came a long way from just being the tavern owner's daughter. She's gone through loss, grief, injury. Scars both physically and mentally. She's also seen miracles happen, fallen in love and gotten engaged. I don't know what the future will hold for her, but I'm excited to play again. Once our friend is back from his vacation, that is!

She got some new clothing from her (sorta rich) soon to be in-laws. Perfect excuse to draw her while we can't play!

[wavles]

Horsing around

Nimela and the gang needed horses, and they could NOT afford the 72 gold pieces to rent a horse guys,

She rolled SO well and convinced the guy selling and renting them out that the stable next door was undercutting prices, and then she called out to the rest of the customers that they were having a sale next door too which left the stable empty except for her and her buddies

Wobi (the plasmoid) who belongs to @missus-seals shifted to look like a horse to convince it to come with them with no hassle

(Seal did this)

And Zorral our mercy monk straight up coaxed a horse w/ an apple and some animal handling Hehahhs,

[zephyrbug]

Amnesty, the way of mercy monk 🪷🎍🔔

IM BACK FOR REAL THIS TIME!!! I’m finally free from university properly so I can get back into making art!! Getting back into the swing of things is hard so i’d figure i’d start with a one-shot character I might be playing soon!

Also I’ve been meaning to make a hobgoblin character for a while now so she was a treat for me! (time to work on artfight refs now) >:D

[artofshinga]

after hiding some shading layers on a finished piece I realized I actually REALLY like the look of my art with flat colors and colored linework - I'll still shade/light whenever I feel the desire to because it's fun but damn this will be great for quicker and more fun pieces, like all these ones of my monk Kiri that stayed as sketches for ages because I didn't have the spoons to do a full color job. And, now, I do! (all the speech bubbles and such in the art are actual quotes/moments from our game lol)

[chernobog13]

Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, pledges to serve the monk, Tang Sanzang, to atone for his many sins of the past, under the watchful eye of Guanyin, goddess of mercy.

[brainrotdungeons]

Say hello to a new pc of mine, Ra'kan :D

She's a way of mercy monk and just a tad off her rockers

I'm thinking that she's intersex so we'll see if that sticks

[pharawee]

Maybe it's because I don't mind unhappy or open endings, or maybe it's because I had no expectations whatsoever beyond being entertained, or maybe it's because I enjoy detective fiction a lot...

But I genuinely liked Spare Me Your Mercy beginning to end. I enjoyed the characters and the presentations of their struggles, flaws and convictions, and I also don't think that it's a mark of bad writing or narrative structuring when characters are unbending and stand by said convictions. I like how the outcome was inevitable pretty much from the beginning because every character was on a set trajectory. And I also liked how the "big bad" was unveiled/dealt with way before the show was over because Boss was never the real obstacle anyway.

Spare Me Your Mercy was never going to be a romantic thriller driven by character development, and personally I feel it's a bit unfair to judge the show by the standards of a completely different genre. To me it was a morality tale/crime thriller and imo it did a very good job in that regard. Plus, if you take Thai censorship laws/conventions into account it was never going to openly support Kan's approach to euthanasia. It was always going to end with the status quo being upheld. They went about as far as they could, given that this is a mainstream production aired nationally on television. I actually find it very refreshing that they tackled this topic at all, and I really appreciate that they were incredibly nuanced throughout all of it, from the inclusion of a living will (which is indeed a topic that surprisingly few people even know about) to the monk's approach, but also how it showed that loved ones too have every right and the room to disagree.

Because euthanasia shouldn't ever an easy topic. It should be discussed, always, even in countries like Switzerland and the Netherlands where it's already legal.

(This is also ultimately why I sided with Tiu/Wasan instead of Kan because, yeah, Kan did consensually ease the suffering of a lot of people and we as the audience know that he has the highest of moral standards - which is exactly why it's better to channel all of this into starting the democratic process of legalising it. Kan meant well, and maybe Kan was right, but you only need to look to Orn and Boss to see how easy these things go off the rails. Hell, even Kan slipped when he shot Boss in the back, and you can't justify that one at all.)

Plus, in the end I do think that Kan manipulated Wasan as much (or imo even more) as it was the other way around. To me a relationship based on so many fundamental lies was never going to be possible - which also explains the dissonance in their (romantic) behaviour. Attraction is easy (which is why I don't think it's far-fetched at all that they fell for each other) but sometimes love alone just isn't enough.

I won't begrudge anyone their dislike of the show or its characters. I think it's very valid especially given the sensitive nature of what euthanasia should and shouldn't be. It's just that I read so many disappointed and negative takes on the ending of the show in the past 24 hours that I wanted to add my own - and like I said, personally I enjoyed myself a lot (even if it's of course not a perfect show and there certainly are some details that feel very hamfisted and even harmful and stereotypical). To me, it's a well-made and narratively sound piece of television with interesting characters and an entertaining story, and I'm glad we finally got a good genre BL offering in the form of queer detective fiction.

[snorkwiz]

new dnd character she sucks <3

[celestea113]

I think Ella and Celeste would be very good at cheering each other up.

I think our family is severely in need of some therapy.

[sneetysnarty]

gerndreas <3333

from @wiresaws' sacrosantc

its cut in half so it wont get flagged

[rqm-000]

ARLYMINN, THE WAY OF MERCY MONK

“Her paws with either be an aid or your end”

Final sketch vs Initial sketch. My little meow meow, she’s my baby (first and only DnD character) and she can do no wrong in my eyes-

Shoutout to my DM for helping out with her Pre-Vanishing design/look. Swiftstrides mature pretty quickly (age 10) so in this, Arlyminn (Cat before amnesia) is around 7 or 8 years old. In the campaign I play her when she’s at the age of 13/14,,, pookie going through it Frfr

[wavles]

DND Gang Lineup (headshots)

The girlies !! , from left to right, (and alphabetised !-)

Nimela, Wobi and Zorral !!

(Wobi belongs to @missus-seals )

[stolenfingerbones]

While Fear of Dark is in the works, you guys get some OC art!!

This was my character I played in a Curse of Strahd Campaign. Her name is Orideon (Ori-don) Nimmek. She is a copper Dragonborn, Way of Mercy Monk! She’s probably one of my favorite characters, even though that campaign has been finished for almost a year now.

[blackvelvetcorvid]

lil gif i made of my ocs for my artfight banner