#chronostutter

[blindpapers]

who or what are your biggest inspirations for art direction?

oh gosh. lots of good picks. i feel like a lot of my sources of inspiration come from very odd niches LMAO

i think my biggest source of inspiration lately has been ggdg -- i read cucumber quest as it was releasing back in high school and i revisited it after finishing soul of sovereignty. gg's color direction and framing have always been big inspirations to me.

wrt aesthetic i feel like i've kind of frankensteined a few very strange sources of inspiration together LMAO

basin + stable ground (which. exists) both feature a lot of nature scenes + probably take a lot of inspiration from the ridiculous amount of late-70s-early-80s westerns i watched with family growing up? centennial comes to mind because that's the series i come back to for background studies but there are plenty of films that treat the environment as a character just as much as the human actors, which i enjoy a lot!

on the complete opposite hand i've also taken a lot of inspiration from album cover art and printmakers, especially jay ryan! he has a very specific style that i cant really put a name to other than a lot of repetitive detail that actually has the effect of drawing your eye to the quieter parts of the composition. his characters have a very distinct oddball-cuteness that contrasts well with his more realistic prop design that i kind of just want for myself LMAO

[sylvanus-cypher]

...Thinking about *this* bastard again

[kekiiro]

Fiammetta thinks Vagabond Red is pretty :)

[soylent-crocodile]

Time Spells

Time magic is a powerful but evocative storytelling device, and one the Pathfinder system does not delve into much; you more or less have Time Stop, Time Dragons, and nothing else. This is understandable, as playing with causality is hard to write and an order of magnitude harder to improv, but I do wish we had a little more of playing with time. So here's two of my spells that do just that!

(Stargazer by FrostAlexis on Deviantart)

Amalia’s Temporal Displacement

School: Transmutation Level: Occultist 3, Sorcerer/Wizard 3, Witch 3 Casting Time: 1 Standard Action Components: V, S Target: One creature within range Range: Medium (100ft+10ft/level) Duration: 1 hour/level Saving Throw: Will Negates Spell Resistance: Yes You push the creature a few seconds backwards in time. They cannot act on their next turn, and cannot act the first turn of any combat they enter under the effect of this spell. Additionally, they gain a -5 penalty to reflex saves and cannot take attacks of opportunity.

Chronostutter

School: Transmutation Level: Sorcerer/Wizard 5, Witch 5 Casting Time: 1 Standard Action Components: V, S Target: One creature within range Range: Medium (100ft+10ft//level) Duration: Instantaneous Saving Throw: Will Negates Spell Resistance: Yes You twist the creature’s relation to the time stream, causing it to frequently stutter in and out of time. At the start of its turn or when it would take an attack of opportunity, it has a 50% chance to be unable to take any action, freezing in place. Additionally, if it would make a reflex save or dexterity check or dexterity-based skill check, it has a 50% chance to immediately fail that save or check.

[znarikia]

I like how a few of the example burdens for NHP characters in the Legionnaire supplement would just be side effects of prolonged periods of Lich piloting, even for humans.

Chronosnarl is just. Something that you can normally do intentionally suddenly becoming unintentional. "Sorry, accidentally made a time loop again with soul vessel and chronostutter, lemme fix it."

Paracausality and infinite possibility are just. Requisites for piloting a Lich effectively, like with defender Lich builds. "Why are you getting into range of that enemy Balor? You're going to die." "Yeah, but then I won't be dead anymore and nobody else but the enemy will be, either."

Astride the veil and oneirognosis seem to literally just be the experience of piloting a Lich, if the flavor text of Stay of Execution is anything to go by.

And I like how this is more or less nodded to with the section on DIDYMOS-class NHP cascades.

"Yeah, even normal DIDYMOS-class NHPs are fucking bizarre. Pray they don't get weirder because you'll be playing 5D chess with them if they do."

[kytheon-hero-of-akros]

The Time Stone {7}

Legendary Artifact — Infinity Stone

{t}: Each opponent puts a cards from their hand on top of their library. Scry 2, then draw a card. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.

{X}, {t}: Put target nonland permanent into its owner’s library just beneath the top X cards of that library.

If The Time Stone would be put into a graveyard or exile from anywhere, reveal The Time Stone and shuffle it into its owner’s library instead.

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The fourth of six Infinity Stones. This one’s a bit less simple. Drawing from the flavor of Chronostutter, this card makes your opponent wait for their plans to occur, whether it’s delaying their permanents a few turns or making them wait to draw the cards in their hand one at a time. The scry ability also lets you look into the future. I’m really not confident this card is balanced so critiques are very welcome

[lordsoth42]

Hey Magic: The Gathering friends/followers, one of my favorite Magic artists, Seb McKinnon is offering exclusive playmats and prints on Kickstarter.  He’s trying to raise money for an independent film project, because he’s also a cinematographer and composer, basically the coolest guy ever.  

This is the guy who brought us insane stuff like Debt to the Deathless:

Chronostutter:

Grim Return:

As well as tons of other ethereal masterpieces.  Check it out.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/813866177/seb-mckinnon-magic-the-gathering-playmats-limited

[mikra-the-kobold]

What the fuck I didn’t know he was an antivaxxer. This is so sad chronostutter is my favorite piece of mtg art

just blocked seb mckinnon on twitter 💖

[mtgbracket]

Round of 8192 - Batch 128

You can now vote in Batch 128!

Currently open batches:

Batch 128 Batch 127 Batch 126 Batch 125 Batch 124 Batch 123 Batch 122

Batch 121 results will be up shortly.

Feature card: By chance, the very final card to debut in the Magic Bracket is Demonic Consultation.  It got a bye in Round 1, and ended up in the very final batch of Round 2, over a year since the Bracket began.  The card is a powerful tutor with a potentially disastrous drawback.

After today, there will be no new batches for a little while as the remaining batches finish up.  Round 3 will start on Monday 11th December.

Full list of matchups:

Clickslither vs Rhys the Exiled Glimpse of Nature vs Venom Sliver Army Ants vs Ezuri's Predation Grave Scrabbler vs Urza's Factory Dread Summons vs Mirror Strike Polymorph vs Deprive Culling Sun vs Roast Mizzium Skin vs Pathrazer of Ulamog Dirty Wererat vs Well of Ideas Chronostutter vs Azami, Lady of Scrolls Return to Dust vs Keldon Megaliths Dregs of Sorrow vs Retreat to Coralhelm Centaur Chieftain vs Warden of the Eye Eldrazi Monument vs Blade Sliver Urban Evolution vs Homarid Wildfire Emissary vs Bladetusk Boar Lord of Shatterskull Pass vs Bloodghast Brood Birthing vs Symbol of Unsummoning Time Ebb vs Join the Ranks All Hallow's Eve vs Geth's Grimoire Hornet Queen vs Nighthowler Breaching Leviathan vs Rafiq of the Many Wirewood Hivemaster vs Balshan Collaborator Befoul vs Argivian Restoration Mask of Riddles vs Graveborn Muse Munda, Ambush Leader vs Assassinate Magus of the Moon vs Miraculous Recovery Storm Cauldron vs Demonic Consultation Six-y Beast vs Olivia's Dragoon Gibbering Kami vs Pathbreaker Wurm Disenchant vs Sparkspitter Lush Growth vs Clockwork Hydra

[sylvanus-cypher]

I know I tagged “timecore” in a previous post as a bit of a joke, but honestly it would be rad if there was an aesthetic devoted to time travel and abstract time art and hourglass/spiral/clock iconography and shit, especially the overly complicated temporal shenanigans that can result

Like, Zero Escape meets 5d Chess with Multiverse Time Travel meets Doctor Who kinda logic, but with the abstract visual aesthetic of pieces like Chronostutter and stuff

Y’know?

[soylent-crocodile]

Swarm, Time Flies (Monster)

(art by DenisZhbankov on deviantart)

(This is a fun one- it started with the pun, but quickly I realized the potential for cosmic horror. Originally they were concieved as being inhumanoid, being intended as fat, spiky, botfly shaped creatures, but that was a bit hard to find art for. Feel free to use the original description if you like!)

CR17 LN Tiny Outsider Although they are called “time flies”, these creatures are far more humanoid than the small, harmless insects they’re named after. Enigmatic creatures native to the Plane of Time, they are almost always the first creatures to emerge when a rift to the plane is opened (most often through repeated uses of Time Stop). Many an unprepared wizard has been devoured by these deadly beasts after playing with forces beyond mortal ken.

Time flies' minds are completely alien, and evidently without mercy or compassion. Their primary focus is consumption of magical energy and temporal rifts, although time flies worked into a frenzy by particularly large rifts are generally a danger to any creature that draws near it.

Due to the enigmatic nature of the Plane of Time, the natural ecology of time flies (what they normally eat, how they behave in their natural habitat, and how they interact with other denizens of their plane) is a mystery. Some occultists suspect, however, that time flies are relatively weak within the Plane of Time- a terrifying prospect, as they are incredibly dangerous creatures.

Each creature that makes up this swarm is the size of a cat, with a blending of humanoid and insectile features. The beating of their wings produces a terrible thrumming noise. 

Misc- CR17 LN Tiny Outsider (Lawful, Swarm) HD22 Init:+15 Senses: Perception:+10, All-Around Vision, Blindsight 60ft Stats- Str:14(+2) Dex:40(+15) Con:24(+7) Int:- Wis:31(+10) Cha:16(+3) BAB:+22/+17/+12/+7 Space:20ft Reach:0ft Defense- HP:275(22d10+154) AC:28 (+15 Dexterity, +3 Size) Fort:+16 Ref+27 Will:+22 CMD:47 Immunity: Death effects Special Defenses: Immune to Magic, Swarm Traits Offense- Swarm (22d8 plus distraction and Curse of Time) CMB+22: Speed:40ft, 60ft Fly (Good) Special Attacks: Curse of Time Spell-like Abilities-  Slow (DC16), Dimensional Anchor /at-will Time Stop, Plane Shift (Self only, to Plane of Time only) 1/day Special Qualities- Outside Time, Swarm Traits, Thrumming Ecology- Environment- Extraplanar (Plane of Time) Languages- None Organization- Mistake (2-4 Swarms) Treasure- None Special Abilities- Curse of Time (Su)- A creature dealt damage by a time fly’s swarm attack must make a will save with DC25 or immediately be cursed. They are permanently staggered, and age at a rate of one age category per day. This is a curse effect that can be removed with remove curse. Immune to Magic (Su)- Time flies are immune to spells that allow spell resistance, except for the following;

Slow deals 1d8 damage per caster level (maximum 20d8), will save for half.

Chronostutter and Amalia’s Temporal Displacement heals 10d6 damage.

Spells with the electricity descriptor affect them as normal.

Outside Time (Ex)- Time flies can always act during a Time Stop or similar effects. Thrumming- (Ex) Time flies produce a horrible buzzing noise. Living creatures that can hear within 120ft of a time fly swarm are sickened. Spells with verbal components within that aura require a DC25 concentration check to be cast.

[sylvanus-cypher]

Oh damn look at this magnificent piece of art. Absolutely gorgeous, undoubtedly one of the best pieces in modern history. Oh? It’s for a Magic the Gathering card? That’s wonderful! Certainly, they won’t make that card absolute dogshit-

Mothefu-

[mtgbracket]

Round of 16384 - Batch 169

Batch 169 voting is now open. The following polls are currently open:

Batch 169 Batch 168 Batch 167 Batch 166 Batch 165 Batch 164 Batch 163

Batch 162 results will be up soon.

The full list of matchups for today is:

Mindlash Sliver vs Verdant Eidolon Incite War vs Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep Independent Troops vs Sea God's Revenge Hand of the Praetors vs Extricator of Sin Phyrexian Processor vs Teferi's Moat Viscid Lemures vs Tormod's Crypt Damping Field vs Cystbearer Tooth of Chiss-Goria vs Blessed Reversal Aspect of Wolf vs Wall of Wood Lady Evangela vs Ichor Wellspring Entreat the Angels vs Ivory Charm Wirewood Pride vs Circle of Protection: Red Timber Gorge vs Thalakos Deceiver Ob Nixilis, Unshackled vs Battlegrace Angel Soratami Mirror-Mage vs Chronostutter Swat vs Firespout Phantom Warrior vs Nephalia Drownyard Miner's Bane vs Warmonger Interdict vs Goblin Glory Chaser Emrakul, the Promised End vs Sandblast Spellbane Centaur vs Hyalopterous Lemure Downpour vs White Shield Crusader Farrel's Mantle vs Channel Titania, Protector of Argoth vs Kalastria Nightwatch Kraul Warrior vs Hasran Ogress Boldwyr Heavyweights vs Emberwilde Augur Containment Priest vs Thraben Inspector Telepathy vs Horned Turtle Spiderwig Boggart vs Impact Resonance Skyshroud Claim vs Dreg Reaver Tomb Hex vs Elvish Impersonators Eater of Hope vs Scourge of Numai