#XEN

[wailmutt]

MORE XEN FAUNA!!! LOVE THESE FUCKING ABOMINATIONS

[alicedyers]

Moonward Teaser

[midstpodcast]

Oh, you thought we were done with the moon just because it exploded? 🌔 🛰️

MIDST creators Xen, Matt Roen and Sara Wile join Marisha Ray and Liam O'Brien in #MOONWARD: A Midst Roleplaying Story starting on August 7th!

➡️ https://critrole.com/moonward/

[internetskiff]

ok but xen fauna cuisine has got to be either strangely delicious or some of the most vile shit ever concocted by both human and vortikind.

I feel like an antlion grub fried up and coated in herbs and spices will be either the most rejuvenating or the most vile meal ever. The most healthy meal in the half life universe is eating an antlion grub whole and raw. This thing beats any earthly fruit or vegetable. Headcanoning now that this was Alyx's equivalent of "eat your greens" growing up. Mysterious antlion compounds will save you.

Go ahead and eat that whole globule of Larval Extract, Freeman. It does wonders for the integrity of your vortal tether. Cleanse your cords. Consume nothing but extract for a month and see the wonders it will do to the mind and the body. Blend it into a smoothie and chug it every day.

Sorry you can't see the creature he's frying on the spike but basically I think fast headcrabs are probably the shittiest fucking thing you could eat. I bet they're 90% like the soft fatty part of meat that's gross and stretchy. Gross! Instead Put A Xen Grenade Into Your Mouth

[alexisaelx]

Arca and Kelela, 2014

[ariariari-freehounreal]

Not my usual type of fanart but I wanted to draw a houndeye because I think they’re cute and I love them

[samuraiko]

THANK YOU, THIRD PERSON!

Just announced at the end of the MIDST round table with Marisha, Liam, Xen, Matt, and Sara... is a FOUR-PART SERIES THAT XEN IS RUNNING AND DOING THE LIVE MUSIC FOR, WITH THE OTHER FOUR AS PLAYERS!

[fluidstatick]

Moonward Rules So Hard.

Fiona's chill and caring but suitably skittish given her circumstances. Having listened to Midst, I'd assumed Jacob was a little person, but apparently he's average height, and Fiona's relationship with sitting is Extremely Complex Now. Dusty is quiet but kind, clearly going through it. Walden is gruff but centered, I love his bird and his no bullshit attitude. Vesta is awkward and clever and serious, and I really enjoy how Marisha's kind of reprising a little bit of Keyleth's energy.

Xen's body language in one character vs another is fascinating. Tomasi, a little sprawled out, fidgety, avoidant, excited, distracted. "No yeah don't wait up babe I'll be home late." Jacob, very still, alert but also deeply confused. "There's a lot to learn when you become someone's leg. I mean I'm new. I just got here." Goe, steady, taking up space with gestures but not invasive. "How ya doin', you doin' alright?"

The map kicks ass. I love the little model of how Midst rotates in and out of the fold. The lighting, the fog machines, everything. Excellent. No notes.

[follow-freeman]

"Entering Xen" Half Life (1998) vs Black Mesa (2015)

Half Life

Black Mesa

[deltoidlover]

A pack of ravenous wasteland dwellers caught on a trail camera. (made for an art contest)

[hor4ngshi]

nerfed version of xavier..... where's the spikes where's the fun... he's smooth ..

[bright-eyed-dizzy]

“wanna KISS?”

[alicedyers]

Moonward coming 08.07.24

[midstpodcast]

More from the Cosmos is coming as UNEND begins this October 9th…

Learn more before our voyage Un-Folds in Critical Role’s Fall Programming Update!

PLUS Tune-In September 25th for a special trailer drop! 🧡👀

[kythytil]

Vortigaunts watching Gordon run around unplugging and blowing up everything in the Xen factories:

[tubework]

for sure this stuff does NOT come off your shoes if you step in it