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[hakogyi]

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[devonico]

(  ★  ) FREE CONTENT.

In the source you’ll find a payhip link ( PAY WHAT YOU WANT ) to #142 medium size gifs of GABRIEL LEONE ( 1993, brazilian ) as ayrton senna in SENNA ( 2024, eps. 4 )  

A reblog would be much appreciated.

This is a continuation of THIS PACK. TOTAL: 314.

[mavuitano]

Miraculous AU introduction

This AU has two generations: the previous holders (Mavuika & Thrain) and the current holders (Mualani & Kinich)

Mavuika and Mualani use(d) the Ladybug, while Thrain and Kinich use(d) the Black Cat

Mavuika and Thrain serve as mentors to Mualani and Kinich, having had experience in their time with the Miraculous

The identities are still unknown to everybody

And the love squares still exist

Dumbassery ensues

Mualani's hero name is Umoja, while Kinich's is Malipo (very original)

In the same vein, Mavuika's was Kiongozi, and Thrain's was Sentinel Knight

Kiongozi and Sentinel Knight haven't seen each other in ~15 years, ever since the final fight against their enemy

During the fight, Sentinel Knight was injured and, effectively, cursed with Cataclysm, causing his body to deteriorate

Mavuika has avoided him ever since out of guilt, taking his Miraculous for safekeeping and giving both Miraculous back to the Guardian

Never speaking again, much less say goodbye

A generation later, the two are mentors to the much younger holders

The love squares are still very much stupid, where Mualani/Umoja is crushing on Malipo, and Kinich/Malipo is crushing on Mualani ("He's just a friend!" to everybody's dismay)

And on the flip side, Mavuika/Kiongozi still has affection for Thrain, while Thrain/Sentinel Knight misses Kiongozi dearly

The kwamis are still the same, adorable Tikki and mischievous Plagg

Tikki tries giving helpful advice to Mualani, but does tease Mavuika from time to time with her (failed) romance with Thrain, way back then

On the flip side, Plagg only gives destructive advice on romance and all but threatens Thrain with his short lived romantic past

"Oh you'll be alright, Kinich, there have been worse attempts in history. Giving your lady some cheese is a great attempt, you gave her a gift and you at least TRIED to court her!" "For once, Plagg speaks truth. You will be alright, Kinich. As long as you try, it can never go wrong." "Oh you are one to talk-" "Plagg, you would not dare" "Hey, Kinich, kitty cat, did this scruffy old cat ever tell you he basically had a shrine dedicated to Kion-" "No more cheese for you for the next week." "Or the time he tripped himself over the flowers he placed on the rooftops-" "A. MONTH."

Mavuika and Thrain are, out of pure coincidence, neighbours in the same apartment building, living next door of each other

Their mentorships started out as basic combat training and teaching hero principles, but it has (d)evolved into the kids climbing through their windows, detransforming, and ranting about their various romantic mishaps, while their mentor is preparing snacks

The new generation still faces the Abyss in a new form, but these holders are not alone now

Kinich's family situation is still very much uhhh... bad. Non-existent, one might say, which he keeps hidden from everybody

As Malipo, he slipped up once, and was chewed out by Umoja by it

"Did your parents never teach you manners?" "Jokes on you I don't have parents" "..." "...that's not a laughing matter, is it?" "nO-"

Mualani is very open about her independence from her parents, still supported by them and extended family, her own home neatly maintained and thriving, even

Due to the lack of guardians, Mavuika and Thrain are asked to show up to school for various matters

"Sir, we are here to discuss your son's lacking school attendance-" "He is not my son" "...really?" "I am only watching over him, he is my responsibility, that is all" "Other than that, there is no relation between the two of you?" "He spends a generous amount of time at my apartment after school, often staying for dinner. When he is bored he cleans the apartment and goes grocery shopping, and he does whatever chore I ask him to. He is a bright kid, and his companionship is highly valued. In return, I teach him about various matters" "...????? are you SURE you're not his father-"

Mavuika and Mualani get along swimmingly, with some... bumps on the road

"Show me your war face!" ":D" "I said, SHOW ME YOUR WAR FACE!" ">:D"

The moment the kids learn that something is up with Mavuika and Thrain, then it's all hands on deck to set the two up- which may or may not involve property damage and cheesy romcom meet-cutes forced into existence, very often met with disaster

[fraternum-momentum]

apartment hunting lead me to a job interview tomorrow, wish me luck 🙏😭

[poomphuripan]

Week 5 - My Stand-In News from YYDS Entertainment

Police arrest a skilled man who secretly zoomed in and took photos of a luxury condo. He confessed that he made a profit from auctioning off images on illegal websites.

The blockbuster movie "9 Swords" has an auspicious time to start filming the second part. Hoping to continue success Starting with the original team, complete set. Shooting in the same location brings back memories of legendary fencing scenes. Starring Tong-Tinkarn Lead actor Tong-Tinkarn revealed that he has been exercising his body to prepare for filming the second part. By attending a heavy action workshop with a team of professionals. Even though many years have passed, I still remember the precise fencing moves. Don't worry you won't be able to compete with the first part. Because everyone gave their best to the best.

Mike-Methiyuth Chairman of the Board of Directors of Akara Yothar Group revealed that the subsidiary is developing light filter products for buildings, houses, condos, and offices using new technology imported from the United States. It is believed that it is beneficial to business expansion for the Akaryothar Group. Because the group has estate market according to the latest ranking. If they become the leader in the region, glass film will be installed on every glass of the building that the group has developed. It will be a good result, especially in terms of privacy.

The villagers shouted loudly. The filming crew of an unidentified fighting movie burned all day long. Excessive release of black smoke causes air pollution. Moreover, the filming was taken beyond the time allowed by pemission. Because the filming didn't go according to schedule. Create noise and chaos for residents near the filming area. They have requested officials to investigate. An extra from the filming set revealed the reason. It is assumed that the actor's care team released the wrong queue, causing a special guest actor to walk into the scene at the wrong time. It caused reshoot on the scene. Therefore, the entire scene had to be reshot.

[donnyclaws]

Main thing stopping me from starting blog essays about films like this, or even posting more Tiger crawl home snippets is that I need to wrestle with Javascript to set my site up better. And I'm a caveman. But once that's figured out it'll be so over for you guys. I have a list

[oceandiagonale]

I love them, they haven't seen each other in 3/4 of a year and they're still so full of spite for each other <3

[jedisupernova]

if youre curious as to how long my next fic is thus far click below bc im terrified 😀

and the gag is that im not even done yet. and every single word is needed because this shit is good as fuck

[doyourequirefirstaid]

@unicronnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnom said:

YOU HAVE A MOUTH?

“Sure do!”

First Aid retracts his mask and smiles very, very sweetly.

[sleepiestoken]

[miyamoratsumuu]

I woke up at 3am again and I'm not able to get back to sleep for the life of me 🙏🏼 SO!!! I have a proposal in mind hihi

how would we feel about an mha actor!au smau?? 🙋🏻‍♀️

"being a romance movie director meant you knew all about the clichés, plot twists, and narratives that could happen in them. you knew how to handle and execute them in films, so why were you clueless on what to do when anonymous love letters were constantly scattered around set and addressed to you?"

and yk all the stuff about "actor x actor relationships are a pain to manage by their pr teams, but what if it was an actor x director relationship?" OK???

if ever I do this, I think it'd be clear who the character I do this with will be hihi

[tarn-ati0n]

OK long story short me and the rest of a server I'm in have been debating about this for - and I shit you not - at least 3 hours so in a desperate attempt to resolve the situation peacefully and without victims I'm now asking for your input because you're the only splatoon fan I know on here who is versed well enough in Kink culture to answer me this:

Between Pearl and Marina, who is the dom?

Marina is a power bottom.

[yutamayo]

Started reading Solo Lev

[oliveclan]

hello, everyone! updates are going to be looking a little different from now on, as they will be mainly in english! this is due to having some difficulty formatting hebrew into the comic in a way that i'd like to do cleanly, and also because i'm starting to see the point of having to scroll all the way down for the EN tranlsation ToT

the original hebrew updates will still be available to view, but they will be replacing the EN tranlsations under the cuts! thank you all for your patience, and i hope you can continue to enjoy this blog and give your support to the people of palestine! <3

[tales-from-the-aether-ttrpg]

Tales from the Aether: Monster Design

Part 1 - pre play testing

So I've got a bit of energy and inspiration from a previous post so I'll give a quick run down of how monsters work in this system.

Monsters in this system have a total of 10 Levels and are broken into 5 Ranks within each Level: Minion, Grunt, Boss, Spawn, and Swarm. Level 1 creatures are balanced around a party of level 1-3 adventurers. Level 2 creatures are balanced around level 3-6 adventurers, so on and so forth. However, I will go in depth on different kinds of encounter design based on the party's composition and give GM's the tools to tweak a monster's Level or Rank as needed.

All Monsters of each Rank, regardless of Level, share similar surface level characteristics, allowing them to be scaled to player levels easily. A Level 10 Minion servers the same purpose in an encounter as a Level 1 Minion. How to create your own monsters is clearly laid out with templates and damage ranges, stat ranges, and health ranges compared to various party levels.

Additionally, a significant focus is put on every monster's gimmick and motivations. Every monster has a unique ability or special circumstances where they thrive such as favoring dark environments to gain additional Defense and Ambush capabilities. Every creature also has a number of points distributed between the following motivations: protection, hunger, greed, survival, and blood lust. This will help guide the GM in determining how the monsters act in and out of combat and is easily adjustable for every monster.

Lastly, every monster has damage vulnerabilities and weak spots the players can exploit during combat. This encourages the players to seek out information about their potential enemies as well as giving monsters more diversity in how they are defeated.

Below the cut I'll go into a bit more detail on what all this means ;P

This is a peak at some design elements of my TTRGP Tales from the Aether. This is not dnd. If you think some of these ideas are interesting, check out my Masterpost linked here and follow for more updates :D

Creature Ranks

Minions are death fodder and go down in one hit. Their purpose is to distract the players, chip their health down, and waste their resources. Minions are incredibly simple with one attack a turn and have two actions at most. In small numbers Minions are a nuance but they can become a problem in groups or when paired with a Grunt or Boss.

Grunts can go toe to toe with individual party members and have a healthy choice of actions and abilities but aren’t too complicated. They have a max of 5 abilities and can occasionally use magic. They often come in equal numbers to the party and are often minor antagonists, potential allies, or mini bosses in fights leading up to the main Boss.

Bosses can tank whole parties by themselves as solo encounters or work with lower Ranked monsters in a Commander capacity. Alternatively, a Boss itself might not be very strong but plays a support roll that increases the difficulty of every Grunt or Minion they command. In some cases, defeating the Boss may cause all other enemies to scatter, potentially ending the encounter. Bosses have a plethora of abilities to choose from with significant health and occasionally magic. These are usually the final confrontation in dungeon crawls, the main antagonists for story arcs, or particularly rare and deadly random encounters.

Spawns are nests, portals, or other things that bring new waves of enemies into the battlefield. They must be destroyed to stop the onslaught of enemies but will often be highly protected and can even be alive to defend itself. Any encounter with a Spawn usually has the main objective of the encounter being to destroy it. Like Bosses, destroying a Spawn may cause all other enemies to abandon the fight - or fight even harder if the Spawn was a type of nest.

Swarms are a collection of tiny or smaller creatures that are essentially harmless on their own, but can be deadly in groups. A Swarm acts as a single creature and disperses if enough of the swarm is killed. Because it is a mass of small creatures working together, striking the swarm with weapons or targeted abilities can be incredibly difficult. Fighting multiple swarms may lead to defeated swarms joining together instead of dispersing to create new swarms or even combining to create Mega Swarms aka Boss level swarms. Regular swarms are generally on par with Grunts or Minions.

Motivations:

Protection: The creature is holding its ground and trying to scare you off. It makes a big display of aggression to try and convince you to leave. It will die to protect whatever it is defending but will let you leave if you don’t get too close or are not a threat. 

Hunger: The creature needs to kill you to eat and depending on how desperate it is, it may be willing to die in the attempt. The creature will try to remain hidden to ambush its prey in hopes of ending the fight as quickly as possible. No show or warning here, this creature means business and isn’t about to let a meal escape.

Greed: The creature wants something from you be it wealth, magic items, or your life to satisfy a contract. This creature could potentially be bought off but if you aren’t willing to give them what they want or are incapable, they have no problem with killing you. If it becomes more trouble than it is worth, the creature will try to escape the moment they realize they are going to lose.

Survival: The creature is driven by pure desperation to survive. If you are able to convince it you are no threat to its survival, it may stop attacking and it will try to escape if it thinks it will die. 

Blood Lust: The creature wants to kill you and there is nothing you can do about it. This could be out of enjoyment of the hunt or a mindless need to destroy. There is no parlaying with these creatures. They may flee if they realize they can’t win but they will return and finish what they started, perhaps with friends.

Weak Spots

All creatures have Weak Points, areas of their body that could cripple the creature or fatally wound it. These spots are usually very well protected and may not be obvious to the naked eye. All Weak Points are unique and require a specific damage type to exploit. Let's explore the three Weak Points all Humanoids share.

Throat. Slashing damage. The Strike’s damage is doubled. The target takes 4d4 points of Bleed damage (1 heart) for 5 rounds and cannot speak.

Head. Bludgeoning damage. The Strike’s damage is doubled. The target is Stunned for 1 Minute. At the start of its turn, the creature can attempt a Willpower Reflex check against the DC 15 to remove the Stunned Condition. On a success, it remains Disoriented for the rest of the minute.

Chest. Piercing damage. The Strike’s damage is doubled. The target takes 2d4 points of Bleed damage (0.5 heart) for 1 minute.

In order to successfully attack a creature’s Weak Spots, you must make a Called Shot. A Called Shot is when you declare a specific part of the target you want to hit before you roll to Strike. All Called Shots take a -5 Penalty to the Attack Roll but certain creature’s Weak Spots may be protected and can increase this Penalty, as seen in the Weak Spot’s description.

You may take a Called Shot to target a specific part of a creature that is not a Weak Spot in an attempt to disable it in some way. This could mean attempting to damage a creature’s wings to reduce its fly speed or chop a creature’s arm off so it can’t wield a weapon, etc. Declare your intention before making your roll and the GM will determine the Damage Threshold you must reach in order for the effect to take place. 

The Damage Threshold is how much punishment a creature must take to a specific part of its body in order for that part of its body to become disabled. Only half of the damage dealt during a Called Shot in this manner counts towards the Target’s total Health. 

Monster Health

Monsters count health differently than Player Characters. Instead of a number, monsters have Hearts. One heart equals 10 points of damage. All damage a monster takes is rounded to multiples of 5 and when a creature takes damage, there is no math that needs to be done. The GM simply fills in a heart on the monster's character sheet. I explain explicitly how to round damage when I talk about this in the monster section.

During the first play test we did, this was such an incredible weight off my shoulders it was incredible lololol No maths required i just fill in bubble XD (ok minor maths to round the number but rounding to multiples of 5 is way easier than subtraction in my opinion)

If you read this far thank you <3 I'm always open to feedback and things will definitely be tweaked as we continue play testing. If you are interested in exploring the system then stick around, send me a message or comment as I'm probably gonna start asking for volunteers to help beta test the Character Creator and Combat soon ;)

[kopw]

happy new year from gunma-chan and naito