#leveling challenge

[nicker44]

Aidrian the stealthy dwarf rogue

Aidrian finished up his journey in Dun Morogh by killing trogs and exploring the cave in Gol'bolar Quarry.

After this Aidrian decided to leave his home of Dun Morogh and venture to the human lands, specifically Elwynn forest via the tram that connects the two cities of Iron Forge and Stormwind.

When he arrived he went to to the SI:7 in old town to discuss plans with his fellow rogues. Upon his arrival he was informed that he needed to steal a shipping schedule from the a band of Defias just outside of the human town of Goldshire

So, he made his way to Jerod's Landing and found the dockmaster, a goblin, typical, goblins will do anything for a quick buck. Aidrian thinks to himself: "Fortunately, for him, I won't be slaying him today; I simply need what's in his pocket".

Swiftly, Aidrian grabs the shipping schedule and slips out unnoticed.

When he makes his way back to SI:7 Aidrian is rewarded with a new dagger. The blade of Cunning! it is much sharper and nimble than his previous blades. It'll be a welcomed addition to cut the throats of his enemies.

He equips it in his main hand

After achieving the respect of the rogue operatives in Stormwind city. Aidrian heads back to the dwarven district in Stormwind. He was told to make a delivery to Loch Modan.

So, he heads back onto the Tram and makes his way through the snowy fields of Dun Morogh to the much temperate climate of Loch Modan. After taking some brief respite in Thelsmar he makes his way south to the watch tower.

Upon the arrival to the tower he's told to go back to stormwind and make another delivery so the guard can get a new shield.

"I don't particularly like being an errand boy, but I did want to stay longer in the human lands to fight off the gnolls and defias bandits" Aidrian said aloud. So, he started to make his way back. On his route back, he was asked just on the other side of the tunnels in Dun Morgh to discover the fate of a dwarf that has gone missing. Using his expertise he discovers the grim fate of his fellow dwarf.

It was an infamous ice claw bear, Mangeclaw, that did him in. After reading his journal Aidrian vowed to avenge him. After tracking the bear down he does exactly that and is rewarded with yet another dagger, this one he puts in his off-hand.

Aidrian finishes making it back to the human lands he heard of an expert weapon's master that could teach him the basics of learning swords. Aidrian pays his fee of 10 silver and learns how to use swords. Aidrian thinks that this investment will certainly pay off later.

He leaves the safety of the grand city of Stormwind and heads on out to Elwynn Forest. Aidrian discovers a wanted poster for a gnoll named "Hogger" who has been terrorizing the area as of late and has overpowered all attempts to capture. "This is the perfect opportunity to try out my new blades" Aidrian thinks. Despite the reward being less than substantial, Aidrian wants to prove himself to the humans of this land that he is a worthy rogue to be hired and relied on.

So, he tracks down Hogger and slays him.

After reporting his demise and get his reward he grows stronger, he learns that he can move even stealthier and faster while being undetected.

There will be more to come on Aidrian's journey as well as the rest of the crew. If any of you are interested I have been ocassionally streaming their journey's on twitch. Come join me on the adventures! https://www.twitch.tv/slickynick44

[catmask]

when u go to write a mentally ill person in ur story you are presented two options. the first option is to write your mental illness realistically as you actually experience it with all the ups and downs and people who are like you will resonate with it and feel seen. except every person who reads instagram infographics on mental health that uses the phrase narcicisst for anyone who does anything that crosses them and unironically call themself a dark empath will call you scary and tell you that youre demonizing mentally ill people

the second option is to lie and write inspiration porn for those people to get hard to

[peachesofteal]

RASPBERRY GIRL / MASTERLIST

Simon Riley masterlist

(Captain) Simon Riley/female reader 18+ mdni, explicit sexual content, blurry lines of consent. Captain Riley in his forties. Heavy daddy kink. Age gap relationship. Reader is neurodivergent. Each part to have their own individual tags and warnings.

Raspberry sweet roll Lemon meringue pie Funfetti birthday cake Rosemary focaccia Boston cream pie Brown butter chocolate chip cookies Little berry girl Hot chocolate and whipped cream Chamomile tea and berry girl's no good very bad day Not ready Guilt first meeting Duchess Pancakes Rhubarb Robbery

Raspberry Girl's recipes Raspberry Girl art by @/rayven-dark-fire

Divider painting and credit

[rebelsafoot]

and then they did both

[drill-bits]

I made a custom font in procreate just for this baby

[elvearryn]

Has this been done yet for these two

[clumsypuppy]

who is your favorite AA character? 👁️👁️

ziska… I hope capcom brings her back someday

[bantersnatch]

very important people is so unhinged from the guest comedian's perspective. like you get an email from sam reich asking if you want to come play ??someone?? on a show. you don't know what you're getting into but you say yes because it's a gig and you've been promised some level of Fun. you get there and spend 2-3 hours in the makeup chair being actively lied to and gaslit by the costuming team. they spray shit in your mouth. they put shit in your eyes. you can't rotate your hips because of the prosthetics. then they give you a mirror and half an hour max to scramble for Something Funny before you are unceremoniously thrown into the waiting jaws of vic fucking michaelis, who is deep in character as the most haunted freak you've ever met and running on four shots of espresso three hours of sleep + a dream. and people still came back for season 2.

[cupcakeinat0r]

You've always known just how big Miguel is. No, not in that way; just big in general. There are short people, average people, tall people, and then there’s Miguel. Big and heavy. He’s reluctant when you ask him to be your “weighted blanket” because he always feels like he might seriously hurt you. Nonetheless, you always tell him how much you love the feeling. You love everything about his size and all the benefits it comes with. You wouldn’t change Miguel in the slightest. No way. . . But there’s this one thing.

 It’ll be super late into the night, and let’s say it’s Winter to make things worse. 

Well, you thought you started the night wrapped and bundled up in y’all’s down-feathered comforter, whipped out from the closet for frigid nights like these. You even wore your thermal pajamas, that’s how cold it was, so you definitely know you fell asleep extra cozy and toasty for the night. To go even further, Miguel always wraps an arm around you before drifting off, pulling the distinct aroma of your clothes and skin closer to his face. . . So why do still you feel cold? 

You remain asleep until your skin can no longer bear the invasive crisp of the air. Dejected, your eyes open, your gaze leading from the wall down to the bed around you.

You twist your head to see behind you, your eyes following along the bed until you find the culprit.

So that’s why I’m cold. Sucker took all of the blanket to his side. 

Your expression is a mix of reproach and borderline laughter. You hold it in so as to not wake him, of course. You did have to admit, despite it costing your comfort and warmth, the sight next to you was just too darn cute. You almost wanna take a picture of the precious crime scene. 

You reckon that, deep in his sleep, Miguel had turned over, and in doing so, brought all of the blanket with him. With tired eyes, you turn your whole body now to face him, his back facing you. You lay there, looking on with a soft smile. Your eyes scan all the shapes and edges; how the mountain of his figure rises and falls. You hold in a chuckle whenever he snores significantly louder. 

When you’ve had enough, you turn back around, and as quietly as possible, you get up to grab another blanket. The other move would’ve been to pull back your portion of the blanket, but there was the risk of waking him, so you settled for grabbing another one.

You come back, snuggled in your assigned spot on the mattress and allow sleep to take you for the second time that night. 

It’s not long before you feel shuffling in the bed. Your eyes crack open when you feel a different, more familiar warmth. You see that the throw blanket you grabbed from one of the lounge chairs is no longer on you, but on the floor. Instead, on your body is all of the comforter that had been stolen from you, in addition to the arm that initially took it. 

“Mmsorry, beba,” with eyes still closed, he mumbles through his half-awake state, ”I’ll buy us a bigger blanket”. 

Your lips curl in your slumber, the feeling of Miguel’s body cocooning yours conquering any blanket or comforter in the world.

<3

[nicker44]

Holyendowed's Turtle WoW journey pt. 1

Level 20 has been achieved!

Good news everyone! I got Holyendowed to level 20! The quest that brought me over the top had me killing murlocs to get their fins. The quest reward is one of my favorite items in the game (which I can't use) but I think it is funny nonetheless:

Spells:

Now that I'm level 20 that means I finally get the coveted Blessing of Kings!

For those that don't know, every 2 levels you get new spells to purchase from your trainer and every level after 10 you get to distribute talent points. As I stated in my first post I was going with the retribution spec. If you don't put any points into any other spec by level 20 you usually get a defining spell/talent that really separates you from the other specializations. Turtle WoW switched up things from the original classic WoW. In OG WoW Blessing of kings was the big level 20 thing you got for the protection spec. However, in Turtle WoW it is now the big thing for the ret spec. Blessing of kings is probably the best singular buff in the game. Everybody wants 10% more stats across the board, it's great! As stated before, every even level you get additional spells and usually at the big milestones of 10, 20, 30, etc. you tend to get more spells and more class defining spells. Unfortunately, I haven't been "working the auction house" that well and I'm a bit low on funds. So, I wasn't able to train all the spells However, I got the 2 most useful (in my opinion) spells right away:

A new spell that does great AOE damage; it used to be a spell dedicated to the holy spec in original classic but has since been moved to a general paladin spell (a move I definitely agree with) consecration:

2. It's not a new spell but it is a rank up of the bread and butter spell for the Turtle WoW ret paladin and will nearly double my damage output. The top portion is the old "Rank 1" whereas the bottom is the upgraded "Rank 2" spell. It is a significant increase in damage.

This left me with a decision on what to train next because I didn't have enough money for all of it. But depending how my time in Stormwind city ended up going I may be able to get one maybe two spells:

Exorcism is a solid spell. It's an instant cast damaging spell that hurts undead or demons. Great for pulling and increasing your DPS and I'm just about to head into a questing zone that's full of undead.

Flash of light, is the second healing spell you get (third if you count lay on hands); it is more mana efficient it takes less mana and less cast time but heals less per cast. Holy light heals (Rank 3) 167 - 196 whereas Flash of Light (Rank 1) heals 62 - 72

Holy Strike is a neat little spell, this would be a rank up, I have rank 2 right now. It deals holy damage on a short cool down and heals you and your allies for both health and mana. However, the catch here is that it shares the same cool down timer as crusader strike. So, I'll probably be getting this one last. It's great for tanking and niche scenarios but I will mostly be spamming crusader strike instead of holy strike:

Lastly, is Devotion Aura Rank 3. For those that don't know. Paladins get a variety of auras. A paladin may only have one aura active at any given time. At the moment I only have 2 auras (level 22 I get my third). So at the moment, when I'm out and about questing it is a decision between Devotion Aura or Retribution Aura. Now, usually I have Retribution Aura active but there are times I switch devotion aura if I need the extra survivability. My current level gives 160 armor and this rank 3 gives 275 which is a nice upgrade but not game changing. At any rate, I'll get this one eventually but it is not a high priority.

So order of priority is flash of light, exorcism, devotion aura, and holy strike. I only have enough money for 1 or two. So, let's switch gears to upgrading my equipment because we have a lot to do.

Equipment:

We're finally able to upgrade from the Heavy Copper Broadsword to the Bronze Warhammer, it'll be a little bummer to lose the extra hit points but it's a 2.6 DPS increase! We've been stuck with that sword for 6 levels, it served us well but it is time to ascend. We won't be with the Bronze Warhammer for long though. We'll be able to upgrade to new weaponry for level 21 and 22!:

Both of these will be marginally increases in DPS but every little bit counts! We didn't only get to upgrade our weapon but also we got to get new armor! New bracers:

New Pauldrons:

For the shoulder upgrade I had to scour the Auction House for that recipe but it was worth it. With all these new upgrades I am losing some defense and hit points but gaining damage and a bit of armor. I hope the new Blessing of Kings buff will compensate for the lost defense/hit points.

I had to spend some money to learn these new recipes but also while leveling up my blacksmithing I had to create some stuff. So, between vendoring my old equipment and the new creations for leveling I was able to squeak away and get two new spells. Both Exorcism and flash of light!

Class quest:

So with my newfound spells and upgraded equipment I was off to do my level 20 paladin quest! The quest was to go to some lady in Westfall named Daphne Stilwell and to defend her from mobs of Defias bandits. I couldn't do it on my own. As luck would have it though, I ran into another paladin who was doing the same quest. We were able to help each other out and get the quest done together! When all was said and done I got a new spell. Sense Undead and a nice shield; which I can't use, because I didn't make it but it did sell for a pretty penny! Sense undead can be useful once I make it to duskwood and start killing some undead. It allows me to see undead mobs on my minimap:

Thanks for joining Holyendowed on his journey! :)

[nakumra]

Noticed something.

[delinquentkru]

mel and langdon bringing out alllllll the people who are weird about autism and drug addiction is good actually because now i can kill them

[helmip]

✨🌟star light, star bright🌠✨

[lilo1o5]

Just got off my 30 hour flight so I’m going to go to sleep and never wake up but here are some stupid doodles I did on the plane😚😚

[rebelsafoot]

finished this just in time for halloween, i will never be over this campaign

[foreverrryourssss]