#Adventure Log

[kodyharting]

my photo. Found this beauty on a morning hike! :)

[geeklywhimsical]

The art vs the stuff I made! Get ready for an adventure with this lil cat friend 🌿

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[dune-ecology]

A Wood thrush sings amongst the maples, poplars and birches. A house wren can also be heard in the distance

[emcapi-gaming]

so I have to share how the Cazador fight went in Tactician mode because hoooo boy.

I know I was talking about trying out some barrelmancy but also I wanted to kick his ass fair and square, especially in preparation for doing it in honour mode (where I'll be saving all the explosives for the final fight).

My only previous experience with the Cazador fight, from my first run, went as follows:

Run in there like a bunch of idiots at level 10 because that fucker just tried to kidnap our boy and immediately get our asses kicked so so bad.

Look up fight strategies, go back in, hit the fucker with a sunbeam scroll and have Karlach punt him off a cliff (this was before that tactic got patched out)

Take forever struggling to mop up the rest of his truly ridiculous number of minions

Elf Emotional Breakdown x2 Combo (on account of Tezalin was literally Too Paladin To Paladin and broke their oath by freeing the spawn)

All of this to say that I did not have any Actual Experience with the full fight, so I was going in mostly blind.

As such, my first attempt on Tactician went... very poorly. I went in with Ardwin (Warrior of Light and Darkness of FFXIV fame, and currently throw-build barbarian), Gale, Jaheira with Daylight on her weapon, and obviously Astarion, along with a very good supply of sunbeam scrolls, one Otto's Irresistible Dance mostly just for shits and giggles, and a few Globes of Invulnerability.

Plan pretty much immediately went to shit because mist form Cazador has a necrotic aura that does a stupid amount of damage and the ghouls were stankin' up the place. Gale and Jaheira got downed really fast and things were not looking great. And for SOME FUCKING REASON, throwing health potions bugged out and did litereally nothing except break the potion. Still no idea what went wrong there.

But I went "okay, how can I turn this around." The answer was reviving Gale and Jaheira, casting one of the Globes of Invuln, and having everyone just camp out inside there and take potshots at the bastard between healing back up. It was really, really silly. I was literally just sitting there laughing because this whole fight was such a ridiculous trainwreck and the current strategy felt so incredibly stupid.

Key word, WAS. It very promptly stopped being funny when something SHOVED ASTARION out of the invuln globe and, because we were all camped out in there and thus only blocking one of the ritual sources, Cazador immediately murderized the hell out of him in one turn. To my absolute fucking horror.

"...First of all fuck this sunbeam scroll, Ardwin is going back to rage mode because she is MAD. Astarion, oh my god, I'm so fucking sorry, you just hang on for a second, I'll get you back up after he's done, it's gonna be okay." (Cazador was almost dead at this point thankfully.)

Back to Invuln Globe Potshots to wrap things up, and then once we had mopped up the last of the minions I revived my poor boy and then had Jaheira use up all her remaining spell slots to heal him because I literally felt SO BAD.

(not quite bad enough to let him ascend though lol)

I wound up redoing the fight because obviously I needed the extra practice (and also still felt terrible about the death-by-Cazador). Second time went a lot smoother. I started the fight by having Astarion sneak-attack with Arrow of Shut The Fuck Up (aka Arrow of Arcane Interference which if it hits, guaranteed silence effect for a round with no saving throw!) instead of starting the conversation. He still dragged us into the dialogue at the start of the next round, but after getting Astarion freed, it turned out that Astarion continuing to hit him with Arrow of Shut The Fuck Up every round was really effective and also very satisfying. We also actually did the mechanics and stood on the ritual spots, which, shocker of shockers, helped quite a bit. (Ascension still denied. Sorry buddy. Not gonna happen.)

[vivid-mandrake]

adventure log 2/13/XX24

visited the icirrus pokemon fan club

the people there were really nice! i got some good tips on raising pepper and one lady started teaching me how to sew

got mailed a flabebe egg from professor elm of johto. i will be cherishing her <3

[firewolf2611]

Some people only see what they want to see.

I’ve seen someone say “you want to save her as fast as you can so you can see her smile one more time” is reasonable than “I want to save her as fast as I can so I can see her smile one more time” just to protect the ridiculous Adventure logs English version.

Seriously, who can say that line like that? Ever?

[formlessvoidbeast]

I have discovered the most strange and marvelous of creatures! Or should I say that it has discovered me?

As I write this entry by lamplight before retiring, the sound of rain falls quietly upon the thatched roof of my little bamboo shack, and the little vine creature sits sweetly in my lap, hugging my legs and around my middle and crooning sleepy sounds.

It is a fascinating thing, and I cannot wait to discover more about its habits!

The tentacle-focused exchange is finally off anon, and I can share my fics! I am absurdly proud of this one. I had way too much fun with the narrative voice of this fic, writing an epistolary story from the log of an old-timey jungle explorer.

This fic fulfills my giftee’s requests for adorable tentacle monster, tentacle vines, falling in love with the tentacle monster, and enthusiastic consentacles. I also threw in a dash of homoerotic tension between jungle explorer and his local guide, because it’s delicious.

Please enjoy!

[krystalwuzhere]

Adventure Log - October 13, 2023

It turns out, when Luna's mind isn't full of sadness or stress, processing her memories into logs like these becomes much faster. New Adventure Log is complete. If you have questions, please ask us. We might be able to answer them. - ALAIS

[dogiechik]

@pmdzine i got it! THE SCARF IS SO SOFT TvT i love it its amazing!

[wowshane]

Every single quest from Tears of the Kingdom in order, how they appear in game. Use this to help you achieve 100%

Click here for the video

[kodyharting]

my photo. found these stairs in the woods. I wonder where they lead..

[dune-ecology]

A spring peeper calls in a swamp, spring 2023

[geeklywhimsical]

A new addition to the shop today! A great little journal for your summer adventuring ❤️

[vivid-mandrake]

adventure log 2/10/XX24

happy one month anniversary to me starting my adventure!

made a poll to see which name i should give the eevee kit. pepper seems to be in the lead, so i’ve tentatively started calling her that, and she’s taking to it pretty well

pepper is a thief. she steals my things. but she’s adorable while she does it!

uhh yeah i just hung out in the pokemon center all day but it was nice