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More TES conceptual drawings, here are their descriptions, in order from top to bottom and left to right: "Dunmer bandit brandishing a massive chitin blade.

Despite knowing little of swordplay, and barely being able to swing the massive sword, the size is often enough to scare the coin out of travelers without further confrontation."

"A few Colovian Imperial petitioners of noble blood. Their outfits are grand and intricate as a show of status."

"Veteran Orc showing the gifts Malacath has bequeathed him for his service.

The purple daedric armor is only given to those who most faithfully serve the prince. Its materials are unknown, but its theorized they come from the Madgod's Shivering Isles."

"Caius Avenicci, an Imperial reformist, showcasing that daedric artifacts are safe to handle with proper knowledge.

In the lecture, Caius goes as far as drawing blood from his finger on the blade. A more material view of the daedric world could greatly benefit Cyrodiil, he says."

(The original concept for the Orc's armor was done by Garrot)

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the Ikendra i drew on stream last night to have fun and relax 😌💖

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More vampire NPCs from our chronicle! Left to right, top to bottom: Cecylia Heller - Ventrue Primogen, mother-sire of twin Seneschals of the city and a trustworthy person without ulterior motives. Didn't get the memo that aristocracy was abolished a century ago Cybina - Nosferatu cleopatrad' before the war, sire of one of the players. Spends her nights lurking, swimming and childe- tormenting Mervyn of Tremere - mercy-sired his elderly mother (another player) on her deathbed and now has to plead for their life before the Pyramid. Wed and sad Eufemia - Torreador primogen, spends her eternity weaving majestic all-black giant tapestry, singular goal of her unlife. Propably most powerful vampire this side of the river, will support anyone who can promise leaving her alone. Giacomo Giovanni - came all the way north to look for his missing/runaway sister (another player) illegally embraced by 'someone' (spoiler: a Malkavian) Some kind of Tzimisce weird guy - I don't know what it's deal will be, just one of Tzi I drew to throw at my players someday. They're kind of big deal around here.

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Hey, Tumblr. You like non-stereotypical depictions of autism? What about ✨ neurodivergent protagonists ✨ ? Yes? What about asexual neurodivergent protagonists that go on chapters-long rants about their special interests? You want gay characters that are important to the plot too? Then I've got the book for you! The author is gay!!! American Psycho, by Bret Easton Ellis, is

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I've been running Werewolf the Apocalypse 5th edition for... God it must be a year? Longer? There was a several month break but we're back in the swing of it and I reckon we're probably done next Sunday.

So I'm getting all wistful about it. I've said before I'm not as fond of the new narrative position/lore, and that's definitely still true. I'm especially not vibing with the rules - I was already grinding against V5's ruleset and I think W5 wrestles harder against itself than even that.

My players have been great though - @the-art-block, @skaerdir, @klaciate, you've all been godsends - and we've all suffered as a team for sure. Our story kept us going where the rules and setting did not. Maybe I'll do a write up on the ideas I used that I think went well, it'd be nice to reflect!

But I think I really have come to terms with the thematically jumbled mess of V5 and W5. I love prodding the worldbuilding and magic system in my games, in any system with a prebuilt setting actually, but I think if I ran either of these systems again I'd have to do it very small scope, very street level, and go to town on homeruling mechanics.

Speaking of homeruling I'll also maybe have to talk about my hack of VTM for the PbtA engine sometime. It started as an impulse and now it's all gotten quite out of hand in the way of things.

I don't think I'd run W5 again though, really. Or at least maybe not for some time. But it's hard not to go 'oh I should have done THIS kind of plot' and keep the ideas tucked away in a little document just in case. It's all half-cannibalised from old lore though, the broad scope of pre-made and well-established settings are part of why you would play with one and W5 just doesn't have that foundation. But I still feel really proud of what I was able to cobble together, and what I was able to do!

I'm looking forward to trying new systems though for sure. I've found TTRPG design to be really satisfying and I really want to get more variety in me. Things like Ghost Lines, Eat the Reich, the Sprawl, and such 🥰

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Definitely not adding to my prep or anything 👀👀👀

Love and I are doing a few chores, will run to do a fitting and light grocery shopping, then back to play our final(???) Dungeon World session! And I shall be working on comms as well.... phew!

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Born on the streets and nearly died on the streets. Now a part time doll, part time chemist, full time menace only tempered by his Corpo best friend. Nyth Loken in Cyberpunk!

I attempted a holo coat! And what's beneath the shirt... <3

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instead of worrying abt whether or not yr scaring the hoes y dont u find some hoes that dont get scared, brave hoes. indomitable hoes

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Hello everyone! To welcome the month of May, I'm doing a quick flash sale on my commissions! I have a savings goal I'd like to meet and I'm puttin' in the work to make it! If you're interested in commissioning me, here is my KO-FI! Please be aware this sale only covers simple portraits + backgrounds! Also, I am a pretty fast artist, but if it takes a day or two to get back to you please do not fret! I am extremely good at keeping track of my responsibilities! I have limited slots for these prices which should be properly labelled in my commissions tab! For examples of my art, here is a link to my art tag on Tumblr! And to see my normal commission prices, please click here! My normal group portraits are currently NOT on sale, but I will have some slots for my quick sketch group portraits! Thank you everyone for your interest!

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Victor: 😡🔫🐕🙄❤️‍🔥

if you could describe your V:tM OC(s) with up to 5 emojis which ones would you choose for them?

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Hungarian swords, 14th century, at the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul. The middle sword is 8ft long