#lore legacy 1.5

[mip-dev-center]

Arts I made for a spontaneous conversation log between LOF and PU. I still quite like these. The original post has an outdated draft of it, so I'm posting these separately. I ought to write more of these conversations from different points in the Timeline...

You can read an updated version here.

[starlit-mansion]

I've been rewatching a couple older hbomb videos and hey

halcyon dreams: the legacy of dragon's lair watches a lot more like a dry run of the oof noise video than i remember. it is a deep dive into an obscure section of video game history, complete with its own misattribution to a famous studio head. it's fun, both on its own terms as a spectacular technological failure that was a bit too ahead of its time, and as a running thread within harry's ouvre.

outsiders: how to adapt h.p. lovecraft in the 21st century is. well, it feels very weird because in a way. it reads a lot more like somerton's work than i would have expected, while predating it entirely (i think. it's a five year old video and well. i can't check somerton's timestamps cause he did the dirty delete). harry is darkly and thematically lit, addressing the camera straight on without the high-energy that his other videos tended to have, speaking thoughtfully about how queer and marginalized fans of Lovecraft relate to his work despite being hated and feared by the author himself, and that his understanding of the mythos was upturned by a quiet adaptation that centered around a gay man's alienation from his home town loosely based on the shadow over innsmouth. it engaged thoroughly with queerness as a place of vulnerability and strength without inventing some infinitely weak yet unfathomably strong queer agenda. there's no real hint from the thumbnail that it's about queer themes, but that's because harry is doing the same thing that happened to him, creating a piece of overt lovecraft media that might shock the viewer that was here for cosmic horror as a lore element.

i'm genuinely not trying to say that somerton ripped off harry's one video specifically or anything, but it does make if feel more personal, to be reminded that harry did this once, when he had something incredibly personal to say on the subject and years of genuine passion and systematic research to back it up, with intent to reach out to other people who loved and were repulsed by lovecraft the same way he was. and at 1.5 million views, it's not like the video was languishing in complete obscurity or anything, but it's not culturally significant in the way that sherlock or some of the later videos are. people keep making a bit of a joke of harry reminding everyone that he's bi to dodge the homophobia allegations, but people genuinely do not really talk about hbomb as a queer creator, to the point where a good chunk of posters just. genuinely did not know about it. i'm not really sure what to say about it either way, other than... yeah, this happens a lot to bisexuals who don't make their entire brand pink purple and blue, and it's not like. THAT funny to keep using the sonic fandub screencap about a real person who's been out for half a decade, even if it was news to you.

[doom-nerdo-666]

Imagine if you could go back in time to add more to Quake 1 or even if Nightdive were allowed to do a "Legacy of Rust" treatment on Quake except it's an alt mode where new stuff is added to the base campaign (And the MachineGames episodes).

Like what would you add to Quake in terms of more content just because of how limited the game came out, even if as an optional mode?

Like an official equivalent to mods like Quake 1.5 or something

Bosses

An easy one in concept: After getting the runes in the 2nd/3rd/4th episodes, you go to the portal and suddenly there's this extra room/level where you fight some monsters and then the text shows up as usual.

Maybe these bosses could be based on some of the big gods or whatever introduced in Quake Champions lore, i dunno.

Weapons

One thing is buffing the axe a bit, but i also had the idea of bringing the Mjolnir from Scourge of Armagon and making it so it's still useable even without the cells: Just a strong hammer.

What if you want to use it underwater or fear wasting cell ammo?

Maybe we could make the Mjolnir as an upgrade to the axe and the other "alt melee" is a chainsaw type weapon: Make it the Q3 gauntlet because it technically is more unique as a Quake equivalent to the chainsaw.

Other than that, i think we could go without the Rail-gun or BFG.

Enemies

There's a lot we can go with in terms of inspiration:

Looking into Quake 1's unused concepts

Quake 2 enemies

Quake 1 mission packs

Certain enemy concepts in Doom

Specially Doom The Dark Ages' Cosmic enemies

Maybe mods like Arcane Dimensions

To me, a priority is what could be the Arch-vile of Quake?

Because imagine if there's an enemy that directly supports the others.

Like a resurrector or healer or something and then they could also have an attack that other Quake monsters don't have.

I guess you could also give Quake an Arachnotron style turret enemy (Because the Centroid has nails which can be harder to see compared to some slow plasma orbs), a flamethrower enemy or a Cybermanc style pool of acid enemy.

Resources?

I think what Quake is missing is armor/health bonus pickups or just small ones you can place on the map and they get to go beyond the 100 limit.

But then you have the Megahealth which gives temporary 100 health, so how do you work around that?

Maybe make it a challenge to make players avoid it, like how Doom players avoid green armor after having the blue one.

Also create an inverse to Megahealth: Something that regenerates health and can reach 200 but is placed in areas where things get rough, for a good reason.

[owly-sims]

The lights were beautiful, and Sirena stood in awe of them even after almost a dozen sightings.

It was a familiar dance. They would whir above, the creatures in Their strange, metal ship. A hatch would open underneath, and a light would beam down. Within that light would be her gift, one that rarely disappointed.

And this moon’s specimen was perfect: broad, tall, with a full beard and a disheveled outfit.

She caught the stranger as he collapsed forward and lowered him to the ground. “I got you,” she murmured, “you’re fine. I got you.”

“Where–where am I?” His voice rumbled from his chest, but despite the depth it was boyish–innocent even.

“You’re home,” Sirena smiled. Her teeth gleamed, and he shuddered.

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[moongurl95]

Hogwarts Legacy: Read the Unwritten

This is a story we've all heard before��� a Hero's Journey— one where it was all supposedly uneventful on the surface, until we meet our mentor, before we're then called on an adventure of a lifetime. But there isn’t really just one perspective to a story, and a single good deed doesn’t instantly make one a Hero. So here’s a different take on the side quests that molded us as our characters, along with a rather sentient Field Guide, and an expectedly sad past that forged a young student to stomach the trials she had to endure.

Disclaimer: This is a work of fan fiction, though some dialogue is taken from the story set in Hogwarts Legacy. I’m just adding a personal sense of coherence to parts that may have been expanded on or scenes that could have personally been added to the storyline. No copyright infringement is intended.

Trigger warnings: implied human and animal trafficking during the late 1800s and mentions of death and the heavy sadness that comes with it. (trauma babies. you can’t expect some of these kids to brush their fifth-year happenings off, right?)

What to expect:

-Words. Lots of it. I have a terrible habit to nitpick certain movements and actions, which can turn this into a really looong run (and ambitious project). There’s still a chance to stop reading now if you want your social life back.

-Speaking about that, Hogwarts Legacy has me in a chokehold and is the reason why my brain can’t stop making up certain scenarios. (all the wonderful HCs in this fandom helps in keeping the voices at

bay… for now.) Might also skip the parts that are pretty self-explanatory, and/or feels redundant.

-F!MC who I like to mainly focus on story building around the Wizarding world's fantastic lore, though there will be a touch of slow burn romance in a way but all I can see is some hand holding and hugging appropriate for their ages-- although one can’t discount dirty language, naughty jokes and teenage hormones (no matter the era). Always saw this ending as a polyamory or none at all (ride or die), will see how this pulls off in the end.

Chapter 1

1.5

Chapter 2

2.5 ¦ ᴺᴼᵂ ᴾᴸᴬᵞᴵᴺᴳ : In the Shadow of Reception 🔊

Chapter 3

3.1 ¦ 3.5

Chapter 4

4.1 ¦ ᴺᴼᵂ ᴾᴸᴬᵞᴵᴺᴳ : The New Student 🔊 ¦ 4.5

Chapter 5

ᴺᴼᵂ ᴾᴸᴬᵞᴵᴺᴳ : Defense Against the Dark Arts Class 🔊 ¦ 5.5

Chapter 6

6.1 ¦ ᴺᴼᵂ ᴾᴸᴬᵞᴵᴺᴳ : In The Shadow of Yesterdays 🔊 ¦ 6.3 ¦ 6.5 ¦ 6.7 ¦ ᴺᴼᵂ ᴾᴸᴬᵞᴵᴺᴳ : In The Shadow of a Stroll 🔊

Chapter 7

7.1 ¦ ᴺᴼᵂ ᴾᴸᴬᵞᴵᴺᴳ : In The Shadow of Danger 🔊 ¦ 7.3 ¦ 7.5 ¦ ᴺᴼᵂ ᴾᴸᴬᵞᴵᴺᴳ : In Light of Recent Happenings 🔊 ¦ 7.7

Chapter 8

8.5 ¦ ᴺᴼᵂ ᴾᴸᴬᵞᴵᴺᴳ : In The Shadow of the Aftermath 🔊

Chapter 9

ᴺᴼᵂ ᴾᴸᴬᵞᴵᴺᴳ : Secrets of the Restricted Section 🔊

Chapter 10

10.1 ¦ ᴺᴼᵂ ᴾᴸᴬᵞᴵᴺᴳ : In Light of Brewing Incidents 🔊 ¦ 10.5 ¦ ᴺᴼᵂ ᴾᴸᴬᵞᴵᴺᴳ : The Girl from Uagadou 🔊

Chapter 11

ᴺᴼᵂ ᴾᴸᴬᵞᴵᴺᴳ : In The Shadow of Detention 🔊 ¦ 11.1 ¦ 11.3 ¦ 11.5 ¦ 11.7

Headers and Dividers I've discovered from this amazing account here on Tumblr, you are a gift OP! 💕

[cosmic-navel-gazin]

I just now realized that both Adam and Raziel are the small boys of their own duo. And by small I mean the other two are just insanely tall. This is just the second half of Part 4 of these ramblings that had to be split in two. Also, I really want Kain’s pants.

In which I chronicle my Legacy of Kain journey and bridge it with your boy Adam Warlock, and Thanos too for a bit! (Part 4.5 of many, not many SPOILERS for Soul Reaver 1 and 2)

Part 1

Part 1.5

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

I ended Part 4 talking about how both Raziel and Adam can’t stay dead for long.

 In Adam’s case, whenever he is killed / is mortally wonded / just needs a bit of solitude and peace and quiet, this gross ass cocoon forms around him and keeps him safe (similar to the one that gave him birth).

He stays there dissolving and reforming, metamorphosing for an uncertain amount of time (could be an instant, could be years), and coming out a little bit changed every time.

He’s had other methods of resurrection but this is the main “normal” one.

And I want to follow that with a bit of a tangent on how this “undying business” translates into gameplay with Raziel. I think the devs made it into a very interesting mechanic in my opinion, present in both Soul Reaver 1 and 2.

 Basically, if you lose all your health, you are transported to the Spiritual Realm  - a more spooky and eerie version of the Material Realm, where architecture bends, passages open and everything gains a bluish tint. I let myself be killed here as an example:

If you get killed while in the Spectral Realm, you are transported back to the last checkpoint (in Soul Reaver 1, you would be transported to the bottom of the Abyss and have to make your way up to where you were killed). Another example:

In Soul Reaver 2, even the checkpoints have an in-lore explanation, which I think is awesome, Raziel says:

"These ancient obelisks were mysteriously attuned to my spiritual essence. By simply touching the symbol, I could safely preserve an imprint of my soul, and thus create a milestone to which I could return when weary, and from which I could resume my journey."

You can also just shift to the Spiritual Realm whenever you please without having to die. Useful to gain access to previously inaccessible places:

Yey stairs!

Here's a few examples of this mechanic in Soul Reaver 1 I found online:

But, even though you can go spiritual at will, to return to the Material Realm you need to be at specific marked points, and be at full health (done by consuming a few wandering souls):

I don't know if it is technically impressive or not for the PS1, Dreamcast and PS2 to pull this off, but I personally marvel at it every time. And I think it's an interesting way to represent immortality through gameplay, not just storywise.

I do wonder now how you would translate Adam’s resurrections into gameplay if Marvel had a game where he’s playable. I think some notes and ideas could be taken from Soul Reaver. Maybe while his body is being recreated in his cocoon, you take control of his soul, hanging out on Mistress Death’s domain, since he’s no stranger to that place. I don’t know, I guess I just want an excuse to see him and Death interact more:

Anyway... oh yeah! I spent so much time gushing all over the soul devouring mechanic in Soul Reaver 1 in my first post, that I forgot to show how it looks in Soul Reaver 2 in both Realms:

I'll be honest, I think I prefer the green flame look from the first game (probably because that was my first exposure to it), but I do like the Spiritual Realm version of the souls here with the little skulls flying about.

Ok, back to that scene between Raziel and Kain I started talking about in Part 4 when they’re at The Ruined Aerie .

I mentioned in Part 3, how it started to look like we might get a similar development for them to that of Thanos and Adam, in the sense of them going from sworn enemies to friends. And the tone of this meeting shows a nice little change in their relationship in that direction (yey! because I'm a huge unrepentant sucker for this kind of thing).

Whereas before their encounters were wholly antagonistic from Raziel's part, now it is much more ammicable. It's not sudenly smiles and hugs or anything, quite the opposite. Raziel does say that he will try and kill Kain if he even suspects that doing so will make things better. But it is noticeably different.  Instead of it being all like "face me and die monster!", like usual, we get this exchange:

Raziel:

"Oh no. Every time you turn up something monumental and terrible happens. I don't think I have the stomach for it."

Kain: (laughs softly):

"No drama this time, Raziel."

Nice.

In the last couple of scenes Raziel even openly defends Kain when talking to others, which would be unthinkable during Soul Reaver 1. Our greatest enemy in the previous game is now an ally of sorts, or the closest we have to that. And our previous benefactor, The Elder God, who rescued me form the Abyss and tasked me with destroying Kain and the vampire race, may not be as benevolant as he showed. 

Just awesome stuff here with your allies turning into foes and vice-versa the more we dig into this land's History. In fact, I'll just throw this out there, but the whole seemingly betrayal of Raziel, of Kain ripping his wings and throwing him into the Abyss...

I'm beginning to think that it may have been a necessary evil in Kain’s attempt to restore Nosgoth, and not so much a fit of jealousy as it was shown. But I'll reserve judgement. It kinda depends on when exactly did Kain stumble upon Moebius' secret lair and peered into the future. Like, if he knew that Raziel had to burn and become a wraith to help create the paradoxes. So for now it's just a random thought.

But yeah maybe Raziel's starting to see that Kain has been as much of a pawn as he is. Both forced to play out some part in a grand scheme, and both forced down a path of bad decision after bad decision. Just how Adam and Thanos get closer as they realise they’re more alike than they care to admit, especially in their flaws and shortcomings, and that each is the only person the other can really relate to on a deeper level.

I mean don't get me wrong, Kain is undeniably monstruous, but he seems to be genuinly trying to fix things and the raw deal he was given in life. So maybe we can get something like Thanos’ “redemption” years for Kain by the end of this cosmic drama:

Would like to see Kain getting out of this wiser (and Raziel too). Things seem to be pointing that way at least.

So once we do manage to travel to the distant past as we intended, to the big Vampire Purge Era (because Raziel wants to talk with this ancient vampire who supposedly knows about the Soul Reaver Sword, and is the only person who might tell me the whole truth), Soul Reaver 2 takes advantage of me and impales me through the heart:

I'll elaborate. On the next post. Where things will get very real again.

See you until then.

[leblanclegacythesims4]

My Merit Laws.

There is a lot to do in The Sims 4, and by extension a lot of ways to show your worth. The way the Legacy Challenge judges a sims Merit is based off of how many aspirations they have completed at the time that the founder dies, or the current heir brings in a child. I believe that this is flawed, there are many ways to have Merit, many more than just completing your aspirations. So, I devised a new way for an heir to be chosen. Big Change #1 - When the Heir is locked in. Originally, the Heir was "Locked in" once the previous Heir Dies. Or. the one most eligible at the time brings in a child. I thought that this was too grim, and it lowered the odds for a large upset, like a younger sim usurping the throne from their older sibling, so I changed the rules. Once the current Heir dies, the next Heir will be chosen. I made it simpler. With the usage of potions of youth, this may become a bit fuzzy, However, I have faith that it will work out. Big Change #2 - How the "Merit" is counted. I've never liked how the Merit was calculated in the Sims 4 Legacy Challenge, I always thought that it was a waste of all the objective stats the game gives you. I also never liked the negligence of the in game Skills. Like … its the MERIT category. So! I devised a little equation to figure out who the most deserving sim is! Skills - Each skill category will be calculated such that each level of the skill gets you that many points, plus the number of each level prior. I realize that seems kind of convoluted, so here is an example. Say Rachele has a level seven in the Violin skill. The points she would recieve would be 7+6+5+4+3+2+1 = 28 points. This way of counting rewards focusing on certain skills over flipping between many. I thought specialization was important for the heir to a legacy. Maxing a skill gives you 5 extra points. Points earned from maxing a skill Level 5 1+2+3+4+5 + 5 = 20 points Level 10 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10 + 5 = 60 points And for the Vampiric lore, that goes up to 15 … for some reason, I decided to cut each level's point gain in half. Otherwise it would net you 125 points. That's TWO ten level skills, plus change! 0.5+1+1.5+2+2.5+3+3.5+4+4.5+5+5.5+6+6.5+7+7.5 + 5 = 65 points. Aspirations - Ah yes, the aspirations, what once controlled the merit of a legacy, has now fallen, so … very … far. Each level of an aspiration is worth five points more than the last, starting at five points. Finishing an aspiration nets you a fifteen point bonus. For example Bodybuilder - 65 points total Basic Trainer: 5 points Exercise Demon: 10 points Fit to a T: 15 points Bodybuilder: 35 points School - Finishing, or being in school with an "A" is worth 10 Points. Favorites - This isn't exactly … "Merit" However, I thought it would be funny if the previous heir's least and most favorite would get more/less points because of their status. Most favorite - +1 point Least Favorite - -1 point That is all the Ideas I had! Any suggestions would be appreciated!

[hufflpuffin]

Haven’t seen this posted yet, so here is Matt Mercer’s full comment on r/dnd addressing the community. (Image transcript below!)

“Hey there! Longtime lurker, situational commenter!

Well now, it certainly looks like the cat’s out of the bag (and seemed to sneak out a LITTLE early, hehe)! I can’t express just how excited and honored I am to have been given the opportunity to bring my world to you all via the Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount. D&D has been such an influential element of my life, of who I am, and to have contributed to it in this way is beyond words.

I’ve spent the better part of 1.5 years working on this project, along with some incredible contributors, to make this something we could all be extremely proud of. I set out to create this book not as a tome specifically for fans of Critical Role, but as a love letter to the D&D community as a whole. Those who follow our adventures will find many familiar and enjoyable elements that tie into what they’ve experienced within our campaign. However, I want this book to not only be a vibrant, unique setting for non-critter players and Dungeon Masters young and old, experienced or new, but also a resource of inspiration for DMs to pull from regardless of what setting they are running their game in. I’ve done my very best to make it a dynamic, breathing world full of deep lore, detailed factions and societies, a sprawling gazetteer, heaps of plot hooks, and numerous mechanical options/items/monsters to perhaps introduce into your own sessions, or draw inspiration from to cobble together your own variations. I wanted this to be a book for any D&D player, regardless of their knowledge of (or appreciation of, for that matter) Critical Role. I made this for ALL of you.

I am also well-aware of how much negativity can permeate these spaces regarding myself and the games we play, and that’s ok! One could never expect our form of storytelling and gaming to be everyone’s cup of tea, and it could very well be that this just isn’t the book for you. I don’t begrudge you that, and I only hope one day we get a chance to roll some dice at a convention and swap stories about our love of the game. I know for some folks this isn't necessarily what they were hoping for the announcement to be, and for that I'm sorry.

As a person excited and clamoring for new settings to be brought into the D&D multiverse, I also understand the frustrations from some that this isn’t one of the “classics”. Believe you me, I’m one of the those who is ever-shouting “I want my Planescape/Dark Sun”, and said so loudly… multiple times while in the WotC offices. Know that my setting doesn’t eliminate, delay, or consume any such plans they may have for any future-such projects! I’m not stepping on such wonderful legacy properties, these same ones that inspired me growing up. This is just the new-kid stepping into that area and hoping one of the older kids will sit and have lunch with them. ;) If Wizards has any plans to release any of their much-demanded settings, they’ll come whether or not Wildemount showed up.

I also wanted to comment on the occasionally-invoked negative opinions on my homebrew designs I’ve seen here… and they aren’t wrong! I don’t have the lengthy design history and experience that many of you within this community do have. Outside of small, home-game stuff I messed with through the 2000’s, my journey on the path of public homebrew began as a reaction to online community demand and throwing out my inexperienced ideas in a very public space. Much of my early homebrew was myself learning as I went (as all of us begin), only with a large portion of the internet screaming at me for my mistakes and lack of knowledge. Even my Tal’Dorei Guide homebrew was rushed due to demands being made of me, and I continue to learn so many lessons since. The occasional unwarranted intensity aside, there is much appreciated constructive criticism I’ve received over the years (from reddit included) that has helped me grow and improve. Anyway, what I mention all this for is to express my thanks for all the wonderful feedback, the chances to learn from all of you as time has gone on, and the many elements of this book reflect that improvement as I took those lessons and collaborated with the official WotC team to make this as good as it could be.

Anyway, that’s enough rambling from an insecure nerd. I’m extremely proud of what we’ve done with this book. I hope you give it a shot and enjoy it. I really do. If you choose to pass on it, that’s totally cool and am just happy we find joy in the same pastime. Either way, be kind to each other, and keep on forging amazing stories together. <3

-Mercer”

[nyctospoilers]

I was waiting for that anon to ask but since it appears they left for real I'm gonna ask it Land of departure and Destiny Islands :what are your ideas for DLCs ??

LOL YES carry on their legacy!!

Land of Departure I honest to god want to know if it’s just like a KH1 Hollow Bastion situation where its like- is there a town below and we just never see it?? Or is it all on it’s own?

If we do see more of the castle, I would like to more of the personal living areas. Visiting any bedrooms, communal areas, idk. But I know that having any DLC for the Land of Departure will have to reveal more actual information, so I think that perhaps if we explore or even specifically see Eraqus’s chambers (calling it a bedroom sounds too fucking casual to me lmao) that there are chests (or battle portals) we can collect that have Report style journal entries. I really do think that Young Eraqus will continue to play a role in the next saga, so I think it would be cool to read more about his thoughts, secrets, or private adventures that reveal more about his role.

And maybe even about how Eraqus arrived there in the first place, moving away from Scala ad Caelum. Which I think would, in turn, reveal more about Scala and tell us if something bad happened to it– as it’s just weird to me that Nomura was like “eh let’s make this a thing all of a sudden even though I never mentioned it before except super duper vague references in BbS reports”. Even land of Departure has an explanation on it’s later absence as it turned into Castle Oblivion.

And I’m not sure how, but Land of Departure just seems like a ‘secret boss’ place to me, but I’m not sure if that’s just BbS Mysterious Figure and Mirage Arena speaking to me lmao. Still, I wouldn’t mind of returning to the main room of the Land of Departure where we woke ven up triggered a secret boss in KH3 (a rematch with No Heart using No Name would be a big fucking red flag for lore imo).

——

Destiny islands? Just let us explore like anything again please. When was the last game we got to explore Destiny Islands?? I stopped playing CoM on 1.5 (though of course I have seen all it’s cutscenes like a million times) and I never got to play Coded on mobile or the DS. And those games I’m just assuming you can play on Destiny Islands, maybe you can’t? Either way, It’s a been a hot minute for me in terms of exploring them lmao. Just let me look at the cave again.. let me take selfies with the cave drawing…. please…

But also really just going back and being able to explore the town, which i think would look fantastic in the new engine. I would love to see links to Kairi’s life, maybe walking by NPC school girls that mention her absence. 

But I think the main goal of this DLC would be to either show us connections to Xehanort’s childhood, or to show us the connection of the Dark Margin. With Xehanort, it would be interesting to see if any of Sora’s home life was similar to his. Did they go to the same school, live in the same neighborhood, have the same free time activities? I’m not sure how they would connect Xehanort specifically other then like, maybe a photo of him on a school wall for his perfect GPA or something lmao. Or perhaps Sora knowing older citizens who “knew a Xehanort once, but i think he died- he went missing long ago”.

And with connections to the Dark Margin, maybe somehow explain better why we see Aqua’s Defender now instead of closer to the time of KH1 lmao. Maybe I missed something but from what I remember it was kind of a strange, loose explanation that she lost it during the end of 0.2/KH1 when the worlds are restored. But maybe reusing the door the Sora created in KH3 to cross back over into the Dark Margin to fight another secret boss? Though I imagine that one would just be a heartless and not necessarily something that connects to the next Saga. 

[bestcrossbows2018-blog]

Legendary Skyrim Crossbows At Skyrim Nexus

This mod adds in crossbows as a full DLC style growth to Skyrim. There are crossbows for each materials type, artifact crossbows, faction crossbows and they have been added seamlessly into the whole of Skyrim. Enemies will now have an opportunity of utilizing crossbows and you'll find them similar to you would another type of weapon. - DLC necessities Nexus necessities Off-site requirements Mods requiring this file Author's instructions Because of the property that had been graciously allowed for use this mod has to stay Nexus only. Translations are welcome only if they're posted as simply the .esp file and have this file as a required download for the .bsa. When you make a translation please notify me so I can add a hyperlink here. File credits -DJjojo for Crossbows Basic Collection, Nightingale Crossbow, and Carved Nordic Crossbow -scot for Crossbows -Elsys656 for Stalhrim Crossbow Joolander for Torch Bolts and Arrows Jokerine for brand new Iron Crossbow Looks madcat221 for Dawnguard Crossbow Explosive Bolts Visualized Daiyus for An NPO Module - Crossbows bigdeano89 for better quiver meshes Faction Crossbows SE by Deserter X Ghosu - Auriels Crossbow and Swords Ghosu - Horker Bow and Crossbow nsk13 for the Nightingale bow and crossbow property Assassins Crossbow by HyPNOS Wooden Crossbow by gutris1 Bolts and Arrows of Dagon by giggity12345 Enhanced Crossbows Enhancement by MadCat221 Steel Crossbow and Crossbow Bolt Recolor by Mythos214 Silver Crossbow Bolts by Aegis Runestone HD Steel Crossbows by Cat_Woman1989 GratuitousLurking for testing MisterB1969 for leveled checklist recommendation Donation Points system This mod is opted-in to receive Donation Points - Portuguese - Italian - French - Chinese - Mandarin Translations accessible on the Nexus - Version 2.5 - Removed the Daedric bow and crossbow from the assassins chest. Added an Assassins crossbow to the assassins chest. Removed any tint and agro edits from the npc's. Removed the random edit to the faction of generic Dawnguard missile enemies. Changed to Dawnguard Crossbow and Dawnguard Bolts for the Dawnguard crossbow using members. Changed the wording of the Assassins word. Generic Dawnguard missile enemies now have silver crossbows and silver bolts. Generic Dawnguard Hunters now have a typical hunter crossbow, hunters bolts and a handful of hunters hearth bolts. Reworked the Torch arrows leveled lists. Added a Bound Crossbow. Bound Crossbow can make use of all included bolts. http://bestratedcrossbow.com - Fixed all the meshes. Version 2.Four - Fixed the missing images for the nightingale crossbow. Changed the leveled lists for bandits torch arrows. Typo fixes. All crossbows now have there attain changed to .5 for punching. Removed all breakdown recipes through widespread complaint... Regenerated bash tags with a greater script. All nif recordsdata have had updates performed to tangents and bitangents. USKP is now a requirement. Version 2.Three - Fixed all crucial values. Checked the bsa file and file paths. Re-added the lacking ini file. Version 2.2.2 - 2.2 acquired all corrupted and messed up. Same fixes and double checked. Version 2.2 - Fixed forsworn missile weapon leveled lists. Version 2.1 - Added some better textures for a couple of the extra normal xbows (Iron, Dwarven, Steel) Added matching meshes/textures for Auriels bow and quiver to match the xbow and bolts. Changed Auriels bow and crossbow to greater Daedric style damages. Some cleaning. Version 2.Zero - Complete overhaul of the whole nif's and textures. This resulted find a handful of points and fixing them. A few crossbows did not have the intended texture. Some bolts were made much prettier. Another bolts have been made extra constant in selection seems to be. Some small recreation play points discovered and fastened (More bolts are retrievable now) Moved the crossbow in the Palace of the Kings. (Cloaks of Skyrim used that spot) Added better crossbow shoot sounds and bolt impression sounds. Personally examined the depth of each bolt. (No I cannot change them ever again! Period...) They are a bit deep however they are approach an excessive amount of of a pain to vary always. Thanks Gr3YFoX Version 1.5 - Removed redundant scripts. Tweaked leveled lists for imperials and stormcloaks. "Should" be more balanced now. Tweaked leveled lists for Stalhrim, Stalneisti and Staledur. The variants will now present at the identical time as the original. SSE modifications - meshes ought to be higher placed now. Version 1.4.6 - All Enhanced variations have key phrases redone to work higher in crafting. Assassins Soul Trap Bolts Damage fixed. Auriels Legacy Chest has a spare Ancient Falmer armor set in it. Changed Auriels Crossbow magical enchantments it ought to behave higher now. Minor Changes to a handful of damages, weights, supplies for continuity. Version 1.4.5 - Added a alternate Nightingale Crossbow. Fixed the smithing requirements of the Stahlrim variants. Fixed the stats on the Stahlrim variants. Added bolt depth to all bolts. Moved the hunters bolts closer to the physique. Tweaked the Horker Crossbow it was too powerful. Fixed the silver bows leveled list now they are going to only get one or the other. Removed description from all weapons now enchantments will present. Version 1.4 - Fixed meshes\textures for silver bolts, horker bolts Changed Silver bow to now have a mild and heavy version: Light Silver Bow .85spd 12 Heavy Silver Bow .7spd sixteen Added Stalneisti and Staledur variants to Bows\Crossbows and Arrows\Bolts Ore is added to a barrel at Baldur's forge and Solsthiem smith will promote the ore at later ranges. Tweaked leveled lists some also. Version 1.3.1 - Assassin Paralysis Bolts and Nightingale Poison Bolts had each others elements swapped. - 3 of the Assassin special Bolts required steel bolts for ingredient been Assassin Bolts as an alternative. - Auriel's Legacy chest is now locked. Get the important thing from the Arch-Curate Vyrthur. Version 1.3 - Changed the meshes and textures of - Dwarven, Steel, Silver, Hunter and Iron for matching and better seems to be between regular and enhanced version. Added Dragonscale Bolts\Arrows (Slightly weaker Dragon ammo) + Dragonhoned Botls\arrows (Think arrows and bolts made with solely Dargon Bones and Scales, slightly stronger) Now you might have extra makes use of for Dragonscale. Fixed the incorrect cubemap of Dwarven Crossbow. Nerfed Hunters Fire bolts they had been approach too powerful for whats alleged to be a fundamental hearth bolt. Fixed recipes for Assassin and Nightingale ammo for continuity with different enchanted bolt recipes. Changed among the substances around for better lore. Changed the realm of impact for the paralysis bolts. (You could super simply paralyze your self with them) Fixed the leveled checklist entry for elven bolts. Because of the1yunico for good bug reviews. Fixed the recipes for items having the improper condition and not showing up. More Typo corrections. Complete housework on editor id's (Renamed them all for consistency) More balance tweaks applied. Horker Bow collision fixed (Thanks icecreamassassin!) Most of the arrows and bolts now spin in flight. Tested drop-means of all the things in each oldrim and SSE. Removed the CroAxe. Completely new model for the Stalhrim Crossbow. Hunters, Dark Brotherhood, Thieves, Assassins and Nightingales weapons are all silent. All different crossbows make normal noise. Silver bolts and arrows ignore weapon resistance. Some values were modified for higher stability. Version 1.2.2 - Removed the whole customized crafting class concept. Version 1.2 - Completely reworked the whole Assassins Crossbow (Read the reference part!) - All enhanced crossbows had the improper condition and were exhibiting earlier than the best time. - Fixed some key phrases. - More typo fixes. - Retested all objects and menus all of them show high-quality in my sport. Version 1.1.1 - Typo fixes. - Reworked the Nightingale handbook. - Added the lacking texture units for explosive bolts visualized. - Fixed the dwarven bolts not showing up and being retrievable. Version 1.1 - Added Hunters Crossbow, Hunters Crossbow Enhanced and Hunters Bolts with a hearth version. Hunters Crossbow and Bolts added to leveled lists. Added Assassins Crossbow and 5 Custom Assassins Bolts. Flames, Paralysis, Soul Trap and Sub-Zero. Nightingale craft-able crossbow\bow now have the added requirement of "Trinity Restored" being full. Books have had values lowered are not talent books and typos fixed. Placed a chest in High Hrothgar that comprises all manuals as a backup. There is now a faction crossbow of the appropriate sort near each manual. Went over the CCOR and WAF key phrases again. Re balanced the Crossbow damage, they know d0 25% more harm than regular bows. Lowered the stagger likelihood to 25% from 50%. Re balanced the values of the crossbows. Added our first distinctive merchandise! (Bleakfalls Barrow) Speeds, gravity, and a pair of knowledge flags needed mounted in the projectile knowledge area.

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Resident Evil DASH: Canceled Sequel or Urban Legend?

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As the upcoming Resident Evil Village looks to terrify some with its classic monsters and excite others with its giant vampire ladies, fans everywhere find reasons to reflect on the greatest franchise in horror game history. Yet, I’m willing to bet that even some of the biggest Resident Evil fans haven’t heard about the “missing” game in the franchise: Resident Evil: DASH.

For over twenty years, rumors of a canceled project known simply as Resident Evil: DASH have divided the Resident Evil fanbase. For some, it’s the ultimate missing part of Resident Evil‘s legacy. To others, it’s one of the longest-lasting urban legends in video game history and a rumor that, much like a Resident Evil zombie, never seems to die.

What’s the true story of Resident Evil: DASH, though? That’s what we’ll try to uncover today as we dive into the fascinating history of this nearly mythical game.

Resident Evil: DASH – The Other (Other) Resident Evil 2

There’s very little about the Resident Evil: DASH story that’s “simple,” but the simplest place to start is with the long-standing rumor that Resident Evil: DASH was essentially supposed to be the first follow-up to 1996’s Resident Evil.

Now, here is where things start to get complicated. You may recall that Resident Evil 2 started off as an almost entirely different game that was about 70% complete before Capcom decided to essentially start from scratch on what we now know as 1998’s Resident Evil 2. That scrapped version of the sequel is regularly referred to as Resident Evil 1.5, which is indeed something of a lost Resident Evil game. 

You may also recall that Capcom started working on Resident Evil Zero not long after Resident Evil’s release. That game was supposed to debut on the Nintendo 64DD (and later the N64), but Capcom struggled to fit the project on an N64 cartridge, so they eventually just released it for the GameCube in 2002.

So where does Resident Evil: DASH fit into that timeline? The most popular version of the game’s development story suggests that it either would have been the direct sequel to Resident Evil or a kind of “spin-off” meant to fill in the release date gap between Resident Evil and Resident 2 (which would place its likely intended release sometime in 1997). In some ways, you could almost consider it another Resident Evil 1.5. There were also rumors it would be released on the Sega Saturn as a replacement for (or extension of) the Resident Evil port eventually released on that console. 

Where does all this information come from? Well, most of the DASH talk seems to originate from an old magazine interview with Capcom’s Yoshiki Okamoto. I believe that the interview initially ran in a publication called Dengeki PlayStation, but there has been some dispute about the publication that originally ran the interview.

A translation of that interview that was passed around a few English language websites at the time included a reference to a game called Biohazard: DASH (sometimes translated to Resident Evil: DASH). In the coming years, various pieces of concept art were thrown around that reportedly showcased what DASH looked like during its early development stages before the whole thing was quietly canceled by Capcom. 

So what did DASH look like at that time? Funny you should ask…

Resident Evil: DASH Would Have Seen Jill and Chris Return to Spencer Mansion 

While reports suggest that an early version of Resident Evil: DASH featured entirely new characters, most rumors argue that Capcom decided fairly early on that the project should star Resident Evil protagonists Jill Valentine and Chris Redfield. 

In any case, most reports about Resident Evil: DASH’s story seem to agree that the game would have taken place about three years after the events of the original and was always designed to take players back to Spencer Mansion. In fact, it’s been said that the game’s world would have essentially served as a “greatest hits” tour of some of the original title’s most memorable locations, which really does seem to support the idea that DASH was meant as a side project rather than a fully-fledged sequel. 

You might be wondering how DASH would have brought us back to Spencer Mansion considering that the mansion was seemingly destroyed at the end of the first game. Well, it turns out that the DASH team reportedly accounted for that little problem and were working on a story that would have made DASH one of the strangest (and most fascinating) pieces of horror in the Resident Evil canon. 

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Resident Evil: DASH Was a Horror Game About Plants (and At Least One Spider)

Even though there have been a lot of conflicting reports about DASH over the years, one thing that everyone seems to agree on is that the project would have been a rare video game entry into the “natural” horror genre. Yes, Resident Evil: DASH would have gone full The Happening by telling a horror story starring plants. 

According to DASH’s rumored plot, the explosion at Spencer Mansion left the place in ruins but didn’t entirely wipe it off the map. Actually, the explosion would have unearthed a secret underground lab not seen in the first game where Umbrella reportedly experimented on plants. Remember the Plant 42 boss fight in the original game? Apparently, that plant was just the tip of the iceberg in regards to what Umbrella was working on in the deepest parts of the mansion. 

Now free from the lab, the mutated plants would have taken over the remains of Spencer Mansion, spawned new mutations, and would have even resurrected some creatures as plant/zombie hybrids. In fact, one piece of concept art suggests that the plan was to end Resident Evil: DASH with a fight against a giant plant with the face and features of Albert Wesker. Needless to say, the idea that Wesker had died and was resurrected as a plant hybrid would have drastically impacted Resident Evil lore had that story come to pass. 

I should also mention the giant spider. Early Resident Evil: DASH art featured a version of the Spencer Mansion lobby completely overrun with spider webs. There has been some speculation the webs were constructed by multiple spiders, but there is a more popular version of that story that suggests a giant spider would have served as one of the game’s main antagonists and may have even played a role similar to Mr. X in Resident Evil 2 or the Nemesis in Resident Evil 3. 

Honestly, all of that sounds amazing. I love the idea of a Resident Evil game starring plant-like monsters, and I really love the idea of a Resident Evil game that lets us explore the monster-inhabited ruins of Spencer Mansion. Indeed, the potential of that premise is a big part of the reason the Resident Evil: DASH rumors have stayed so strong over the years. 

Sadly, here’s where I’ve got to throw some cold water on this story. 

Resident Evil: DASH Rumors Are Based On a Major Mistranslation

Remember that Yoshiki Okamoto interview I mentioned earlier that many say is the only known official reference to a game called Biohazard: DASH? As it turns out, even that interview doesn’t include any references to such a game. In fact, there’s never been any official reference to such a project made by any member of the Capcom team (except for, perhaps, references to these rumors). 

See, Okamoto was actually talking about two separate projects in that interview: the Sega Saturn port of Biohazard and Rockman: DASH (which we know as Mega Man Legends in the West). A widespread mistranslation of the interview essentially combined those two games, and people became convinced that Capcom was working on a Resident Evil game we just never heard about again. 

From there, those who believed the story and those who were just happy to troll the rest of us joined forces to bolster the idea that there was this very convincing Resident Evil project canceled under mysterious circumstances. 

So all of that concept art for DASH was also created by fans, right? Well, no, actually. Most of that concept art came from Capcom and the Resident Evil team. In fact, the origins of those drawings are a big part of the reason why the DASH rumors have flourished after all these years. 

The “Real” Resident Evil: DASH Was a Scrapped Idea for a Resident Evil 2 Scenario

While it seems that some of the concept art for Resident Evil: DASH that has been circulated over the years may have been manufactured by fans, most of it comes from a combination of sources that were simply misrepresented when they were shared online. 

Resident Evil Zero is actually one of the biggest early contributors to the Resident Evil: DASH myth. A lot of concept art from that game has been attributed to DASH over the years. It’s easy enough to see why people would buy into the idea that art was associated with DASH at a time when most fans didn’t even know Zero existed, but even in the years that followed Zero‘s 2002 release, vague pieces of that title’s concept art have convincingly been misattributed to DASH.

While early art of Resident Evil Zero’s protagonists could help explain why some people felt that Resident Evil: DASH once starred new characters, it’s much more likely that particular rumor can be traced back to some leaked Resident Evil 1.5 character concepts. Again, a lot of people probably didn’t know the Resident Evil 1.5 development story back in the late ‘90s/early 2000s, so they may have assumed Resident Evil 2’s initial leading characters were somehow associated with Resident Evil: DASH. Even when people learned about Resident Evil Zero and Resident Evil 1.5, all the behind-the-scenes stuff from that time seemed to get lumped together. 

What about all of those drawings of Spencer Mansion covered with spider webs and wildlife, though? Interestingly, it seems some of those drawings originate from Resident Evil 2’s development. Actually, in a 1998 magazine interview, Resident Evil writer Noboru Sugimura mentions that the team originally intended to have players leave the police station in Resident Evil 2 and eventually work their way back to a version of Spencer Mansion inhabited by “a monster that was left alive in the blasted out ruins of the lobby and dining hall.”

While there’s no mention of any plant monsters in that interview, it really does seem that the Resident Evil team once seriously considered featuring a version of Spencer Mansion typically associated with Resident Evil: DASH in Resident Evil 2. Like so many other things about that game, though, plans changed along the way. 

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So while Resident Evil: DASH must be considered an urban legend, it’s fascinating to see how so many of the rumors that have kept the project alive over the years are based on games that were eventually released or ideas that Capcom had considered at some point. 

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A cool wind rolled over Palm Lake, providing a small reprieve from the late afternoon heat. But Carwin wasn’t in any space to enjoy it. His arches were killing him, he had a stitch in his side, and no matter how fast he ran his brain was outpacing him.

He slowed to a saunter, inhaling deeply. He felt for his phone in his pocket–still there, still on, still in service. So why hadn’t Nova texted him back?

He knew the answer: he had fucked up.

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Every time I think I can stop, I get dragged back into Skyrim.  I’d add more pics but my laptop hasn’t been working well lately due to actually unrelated reasons.

There is a list of every mod I have applied under the cut for those curious.

Mod List: Not counting Mod Organizer and SKSE (thank you Nexus for having such awesome people posting awesome things).

Core Stuff

FileAccess Interfacefor Skyrim Scripts

INI Settings

Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch

Cutting Room Floor

SkyUI

Static Mesh Improvement

Immersive HUD

Brawl Bugs

Graphical

HD Enhanced Terrain Pro

Wet and Cold, Craftable, Compatability Patch

Get Snowy

Purity 2018

Relighting Skyrim

True Storms - Thunder and Rain Redone, Purity Patch

Skyrim HD 2K Complete Lite

aMidianBorn book of silence - Creatures, Armors, Dragonborn, Unique Items, Content Addon

Joy of Ships, Joy of Parallax Ships

Skyrim Flora Overhaul, Billboards

Enhanced Vanilla Trees

Skyrim HD - Terrain Parallax Tribute 1K, Roads 1K

Realistic Water Two

Weapons and Armors Remade

Unique Shops and Stores, 1.5 update

Realistic Boat Bobbing

Skyland - Standing Stones

Ultimate HD Fire Effects - Medium

Ruins Clutter Improved

UNP Base Skinny Body

SkySight Skins HD with Real Feet Meshes (Performance)

SC Khajiit Improvement 2k

FAR Forgotten Argonian Roots 2k

Superior Lore-Friendly Hair

Beards - 2k

Brows - Standard

Eye Normal Map Fix, Beast Race Eye

Teeth Plus, Teeth Plus Redone

Painterly - High Res Vanilla Warpaint

Misc Stuff

Viewable Faction Ranks

SkyComplete

A Quality World Map

Atlas Map Markers

BorderSense

Unread Books Glow

The Kids Are Alright Episode Two, Cutting Room Floor Patch

Amazing Follower Tweaks

Achieve That

Crime Decay

Quiet Dungeons

Run for your Lives

TK Dodge

Massive Content Mods

Relics of Hyrule, 6.5.15c

Legac of the Dragonborn, 19.3.06

Starting Mods

Alternative Start - Live Another Life

Death Alternative - Your Money or your Life, Captured, Live Another Life Addon

Disparity

Imperious, Disparity Compatability

Immersion Stuff and Clothing

Appropriately Attired Jarls

Prince and the Pauper

Lanterns of Skyrim, Purity Patch

Opulent Outfits 2017 - Replacer

Clothing and Clutter Fixes, Opulent Outfits patch

Rustic Clothing - Complete - 2K-1K

Royal Armory

Bandolier - Bags and Pouches, Dawnguard

Cloaks of Skyrim, Dawnguard

Hoods and Circlets

Tail Armors

Winter is Coming, Cloaks of Skyrim Patch

Tribunal Masks, Robes

Equipable Map

Take Notes - Journal of the Dragonborn

Replace your Criminal Face

Lantern Caretakers

Understandable Draugrs

Guard Dialogue Overhaul

Immersive Patrols II

Point the Way

Hold Border Banners

Signs of Skyrim

Waterbreathing Breathless Emerge

Dawnguard Rewritten - Arvak

Milk Drinker

Helpful

Shoutcraft

Train and Study

Smelting - A Way to Recycle

Wearable Lanterns

Isharas Key Ring

Functional Bags

Exchange Currency

Spell - Levitate

Soul Gems Differ

Blacksmith Chests Complete

A Matter of Time

Mounts and Companions

Blaze of Eventide

Cerwiden

Hoth

Inigo, MCM

Dwarven Luggage - True Dwarven Chest Version

Houses (and a memorial)

FX Kagrenac’s Instant Fortress

Thornrock

Ravenholm

Tirashan

The Warlock’s Rest

Lurking in the Shadows - Mortal Castle Version

Treasure and Easter Eggs

Als Treasure Map Reward - The Frozen Hoard

Als Treasure Vault

Als Paragon Reward Chest

Fossil Mining

Jebbalons Treasure

Treasure Hunt

Skyshards 1.5

Dungeons and Quests

Als Vault of the Old Slayer

BigBizkit’s G.R.E.E.D.

Kruziik

Legacy of the Tyrants

Orvar’s Tomb

Undeath

Path of the DIvine

Apotheosis - Lifeless Vaults

A Feathered Friend

An Endless Tail

Clockwork

Hanging Gardens

It Beats for Her

Moon and Star, Undeath Compatability Patch

The Azure Tree

The Gray Cowl of Nocturnal

The Forgotten City

The Lost Legend of Captain Sharphook

The Tools of Kagrenac

Cursed Camelot

Other

Paladin Artifacts and Armor, 1k

Legacy of the Dragonborn patches

Relic Hunter

Legacy of the Dragonborn Patch Collection, Moon and Star Patch

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Audiobook Reading List 2017

Another year gone by, Another Reading list completed. Not as many as last year, but quite empressive all the same in my opinion.

 Here goes!

  Michael Phillip Cash Monsterland

Larry Correia Grunge

Larry Correia Sinners

Carrie Fisher Postcards From The Edge

Melinda DuChamp Fifty Shades of Alice in Wonderland

Terry Goodkind Nest

Mark Cain Hell's Super

Mark Cain A Cold Day in Hell

Mark Cain Deal with the Devil

Mark Cain The Reluctant Demon

Kevin J. Anderson Resurrection, Inc

Joseph John The Eighth Day

Jonathan Ryan 3 Gates of the Dead

Andr Alexis Fifteen Dogs

Michael McDowel The Elementals

Clayton Smith Apocalypticon

Luke Smitherd Kill Someone

Luke Smitherd In The Darkness, That's Where I'll Know You

Jonathan Mayberry Beneath the Skin

John K. Addis The Eaton

Jeremiah Knight Hunger

Jeremiah Knight Feast

Jeff Strand Pressure

Jason Arnopp The Last Days of Jack Sparks

James Patterson Zoo

James Patterson Zoo 1.5

James Hankins Drawn

Mary Roach Stiff

John G. Hartness Demon Hunter collection 1-4

John G. Hartness Heaven Sent

John G. Hartness Heaven’s Door

John G. Hartness Night at the Museum

John Cleese So, Anyway

Jack Ketchum The Girl Next Door

Ilsa J. Bick Draw the Dark

Paul Tremblay Disappearance at Devil's Rock

Mark Tufo Immortalitys Touchstone

Mark Tufo Marks Merry Mayhem

Neil Gaiman The View from the Cheap Seats

Misha Burnett Book of lost doors 1

Misha Burnett Book of lost doors 2

L. X. Cain Bloodwalker

Larry Correia Detroit Christmas

Larry Correia Hard Magic

Larry Correia spellbound

Larry Correia Warbound

Larry Correia Murder on the Orient Elite

Larry Correia Tokyo Raider

A. American Going Home

A. American Surviving Home

A. American Escaping Home

A. American Forsaking Home

A. American Resurrecting Home

A. American Enforcing Home

A. American Avenging Home

A. American Charlie's Requiem

Ania Ahlborn The Shuddering

Adam Vine Lurk

Alan Black Metal Boxes

Alan Black Trapped outside

Alan Black Rusty hinges

Alan Black At the edge

Ambrose Ibsen Transmission

Jenny Lawson Furiously Happy

Clifford D. Simak Way Station

Mark Tufo Those Left Behind

Mark Tufo Zombie fallout 0.5

A.R Wise Deadlocked 1

A.R Wise Deadlocked 2

A.R Wise Deadlocked 3

A.R Wise Deadlocked 4

A.R Wise Deadlocked 5

A.R Wise Deadlocked 6

A.R Wise Deadlocked 7

A.R Wise Deadlocked 8

Tony Vigorito Love and Other Pranks

Richard Kadrey Butcher Bird

Andrew Michael Hurley The Loney

John G. Hartness Midsummer

John G. Hartness Moon over Bourbon street

John G. Hartness Oh Bubba, where art thou

Richard Roberts I Did NOT Give That Spider Superhuman Intelligence

Jim McDoniel An Unattractive Vampire

Jake Bible Stone Cold Bastards

David Rhodes Written in Stone

Neil Gaiman Norse Mythology

Alexander McCall Smith The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs

Chris Bucholz Severance

Barry J Hutchison Space Team

David M. Salkin Forever Hunger

Drew Hayes Going Rogue book 3

JM Guillen The Herald of Autumn

Craig Spector The Light at the End

Ted Dekker Eyes Wide Open

Ted Dekker Water Walker

Robert Bevan Critical Failures IV

Richard Kadrey Dead Set

Richard Kadrey The Wrong Dead Guy

Thomas Olde Heuvelt Hex

Glenn Bullion Jack Kursed

Drew Hayes Super Powereds 01 - Year 1

Drew Hayes Super Powereds 02 - Year 2

Drew Hayes Super Powereds 03 - Year 3

Brett J. Talley That Which Should Not Be

Richard Kadrey The Everything Box

Jane Harper The Dry

Emma Geen The Many Selves Of Katherine North

Alan Dean Foster For Love of Mother Not

Alan Dean Foster The Tar Aiym Krang

Alan Dean Foster Orphan Star

Alan Dean Foster The End of the Matter

Alan Dean Foster Flinx in Flux

Alan Dean Foster Mid-Flinx

Alan Dean Foster Reunion

Alan Dean Foster Flinx's Folly

Alan Dean Foster Sliding Scales

Alan Dean Foster Running from the Deity

Alan Dean Foster Bloodhype

Alan Dean Foster Trouble Magnet

Alan Dean Foster Patrimony

Alan Dean Foster Flinx Transcendent

Stephen Kozeniewski Billy and the Cloneasaurus

Robert Jackson Bennett Mr Shivers

Richard Kadrey Sandman Slim

Richard Kadrey Kill the Dead

Richard Kadrey Aloha from Hell

Richard Kadrey Devil in the Dollhouse

Richard Kadrey Devil Said Bang

Richard Kadrey Kill City Blues

Richard Kadrey The Getaway God

Richard Kadrey Killing Pretty

Richard Kadrey The Perdition Score

Joe Haldeman Buying Time

D. M. Pulley The Buried Book

M. R. Carey; The Boy on the Bridge

Sally Slater Paladin

J.R. Rain The Dead Detective

J.R. Rain Deadbeat Dad

Eric Padilla Unfurled Heroing Is a Tough Gig

Claire North The End of the Day

Alan Dean Foster Spellsinger

Alan Dean Foster The Hour of the Gate

Stephen King Gwendy's Button Box

Ron Ripley Berkley Street

Ron Ripley The Lighthouse

Ron Ripley The Town of Griswold

Ron Ripley Sanford Hospital

Ron Ripley Kurkow Prison

Ron Ripley Lake Nutaq

Ron Ripley Slater Mill

Tim Lebbon Predator Incursion

Tim Lebbon Alien Invasion

Tim Lebbon Armageddon

Emma Geen The Many Selves Of Katherine North

Jen Calonita Flunked

Will McIntosh Faller

Lincoln Child Deep Storm

Lincoln Child Terminal Freeze

Lincoln Child The Third Gate

Lincoln Child The Forgotten Room

Lincoln Child Full Wolf Moon

Diana Rowland Mark Of The Demon

Diana Rowland Blood Of The Demon

Diana Rowland Secrets Of The Demon

Diana Rowland Sins Of The Demon

Diana Rowland Touch Of The Demon

Diana Rowland Fury of the Demon

Diana Rowland Vengeance of the Demon

Richard Laymon Flesh

Elizabeth Anne Hull Gateways

The yellow wallpaper

Garth Nix A Confusion Of Princes

Diana Rowland Legacy of the Demon

Christopher Moore Bloodsucking Fiends

Christopher Moore A dirty job

Rick Gualtieri Bill the Vampire

Rick Gualtieri Scary Dead Things

Rick Gualtieri The Mourning Woods

Rick Gualtieri Holier Than Thou

Rick Gualtieri Sunset Strip

Rick Gualtieri Goddamned Freaky Monsters

Rick Gualtieri Half a Prayer

Rick Gualtieri The Wicked Dead

Rick Gualtieri Shining Fury

Rick Gualtieri The Last Coven

Ron Ripley Borgin Keep

Nick Cutter Litlte Heaven

Steve Alten The Loch

Steve Alten Vostok

Richard Kadrey The Kill Society

Dean Koontz The Silent Corner

Christopher Moore A Dirty Job

Joseph Fink Welcome to Nightvale 1-110

Peter Meredith The Apocalypse Revenge

Scott Meyer Run Program

A. G. Riddle Pandemic

Seanan McGuire Down Among the Sticks and Bones

Scott Sigler Earthcore

Peter Clines Dead Men Can't Complain

Keith C. Blackmore Breeds 3

Jeff Strand Cyclops Road

Eleanor Lerman Radiomen

Christina Raines Claimed by the Elven King

Jeff Strand Blister

Jeff Strand WolfHunt

Fanny Merkin Fifty Shames of Earl Grey

Angela Marsons DEAD SOULS

Tad Williams The Burning Man

Tad Williams The Dragonbone Chair

Tad Williams Stone of Farewell

Tad Williams To Green Angel Tower

Tad Williams The Heart of What Was Lost

Iain McKinnon Demise of the living

Eddie Izzard Believe Me

Brad Magnarella Demon Moon

Brad Magnarella Blood Deal

Brad Magnarella Purge City

Larry Correia Siege

Tom Perrotta The Leftovers

Al K. Line Black Spark

Al K. Line Evil Spark

Al K. Line New Spark

Al K. Line Guilty Spark

Al K. Line Neon Spark

Barry J. Hutchison The Wrath of Vajazzle

Charles Stross The Delirium Brief

Matthew Iden The Winter Over

John Langan The Fisherman

Mo Daviau Every Anxious Wave

Marcus Sakey Afterlife

Lou Cadle Gray

Gary McMahon Pretty Little Dead Things

Gary McMahon Dead Bad Things

Mark Tufo Victorys Defeat

Tess Gerritsen The Surgeon

Tess Gerritsen The Apprentice

Tess Gerritsen The Sinner

Tess Gerritsen Body Double

Tess Gerritsen Vanish

Tess Gerritsen The Mephisto Club

Tess Gerritsen The Keepsake

Tess Gerritsen Ice Cold

Tess Gerritsen The Silent Girl

Tess Gerritsen Last to Die

Tess Gerritsen Die Again

Tess Gerritsen I Know a Secret

Tess Gerritsen The Bone Garden#

Robert Bevan 4d6 Caverns and Creatures

James Acaster Classic Scrapes

Nicholas Sansbury Smith Trackers

Mike Evans Civil War

Nightingale

John Cleaver I am not a Serial Killer

John Cleaver Mr Monster

John Cleaver I Don't Want to Kill You

John Cleaver The Devil's Only Friend

John Cleaver Over Your Dead Body

John Cleaver Nothing Left to Lose

Ezekiel Boone Skitter

Barry J. Hutchison The Search for Splurt

Stephen King Sleeping Beauties

Stephen King It

Kevin Hearne Grimoire of the Lamb

Kevin Hearne Clan Rathskeller

Kevin Hearne Kaibab Unbound

Kevin Hearne Hounded

Kevin Hearne Hexed

Kevin Hearne Hammered

Kevin Hearne A Test of Mettle

Kevin Hearne Tricked

Kevin Hearne Two Ravens and One Crow

Kevin Hearne The Demon Barker of Wheat Street

Kevin Hearne Trapped

Kevin Hearne Hunted

Kevin Hearne Shattered

Kevin Hearne A Prelude to War

Kevin Hearne Staked

Kevin Hearne The Purloined Poodle

Stephen King The dark half

Stephen King Desperation

Larry Correia The Monster Hunter Files

Greig Beck The first bird

Greig Beck Book of the dead

Greig Bird The immortality curse

Sean Thomas Fisher Floodwater

Ryan Lockwood What Lurks Beneath

Stephen King The Regulators

S L Grey Mall

S L Grey Ward

S L Grey New Girl

Peter Clines Paradox Bound

Diana Rowland Unchained

David Wong John Dies at the End

David Wong This Book Is Full of Spiders

David Wong What the Hell Did I Just Read

David Wong Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits

Aaron Mahnke The World of Lore

Brad Magnarella Book of Souls

Brad Magnarella Death Mage

A.I. Nasser Children to the Slaughter

A.I. Nasser Shadows Embrace

A.I. Nasser Copper's Keeper

Jon Hollins Fools Gold

Jon Hollins False Idols

Colin Dickey Ghostland

C.T. Phipps The Rules of Supervillainy

C.T. Phipps The Games of Supervillainy

C.T. Phipps The Secrets of Supervillainy

C.T. Phipps The Science of Supervillainy

Joseph Fink Welcome to Nightvale 111-116

Peter Brannen The Ends of the World

Anthologi Nights of the Living Dead

Jonathan Mayberry Joe Ledger Unstoppable

Alexander C. Kane Andrea Vernon

Josef Fink It Devours!

Joe Hill Strange Weather

Christopher Gray When the Dead Wake

Ron Ripley Amherst Burial Ground

Derek Landy Demon Road

Derek Landy Desolation

Derek Landy American Monsters

Joseph Fink Nightvale 117-118

Bentley Little The Handyman

David A. Simpson Zombie Road

Peter Meredith War of the Undead Day One

Peter Meredith War of the Undead Day Two

Peter Meredith War of the Undead Three

Peter Meredith War of the Undead Day Four

James Alan Gardner All Those Explosions Were Someone Elses Fault

Andy Weir Artemis

Bentley Little The Association

Kevin Hearne The Squirrel on the Train

John C. McCrae Worm 1-298

Chris Fox Deathless 1

Chris Fox Deathless 2

Chris Fox Deathless 3

rachel manija brown stranger

Peter Meredith The Apocalypse Sacrifice

J-F. Dubeau A God in the Shed

Drew Hayes The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales

Drew Hayes Undeath and Taxes

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Sims 4 Queens of Mewni Legacy Challenge

This Challenge if based of svtfoe and a sims 3 challenge made by Eroskigala on Wattpad (do check theirs out if you have the full game). I don’t own Laundry day, StrangerVille and realm of magic but i tried to put them in as much as i can from what i know so if you are unable to do something in the challenge cause you don't have the pack for it, just ignore it

Link to the original sims 3 legacy: https://www.wattpad.com/671666095-my-sims-3-challenges-svtfoe-queens-of-mewni-legacy

Rules:

⦁ Can use cheats to build a castle but don’t go too over board

⦁ Can use cheat if a sim is stuck and unable to move not matter what you do (and only if that reason)

⦁ Use the normal lifespan

⦁ Although in the show all the queens/rulers where female (except one, well kind of) you can choose if you want only male or female heirs or even both.

⦁ If you do have Realm of magic, I do recommend making them all witches

⦁ Have someone in the household paint the queen's portrait and name them painting of there royal alias and one with there family (spouse and kid/s)

⦁ Must complete everything for the queens unless you don't have a pack for e.g; can't do karaoke or be a a 5 star celebrity cause you don't own city living or get famous, sounds fair right?

⦁ Can use mods like royalty mod and MCCC for things like picking the gender of the child, etc.

⦁ Optional: if you can somehow find them or can make them, try giving them cheekmarks (only find one but it's only has the main for but will link if needed

⦁ Last thing: I posted this hours ago on the svtfoe Animo so can check it there

Gen 0 (Optional): 🎵Lyric Butterfly🎵

⦁ Must have the music lover and/or neat trait

⦁ May pick either the entertainer/musician and the style influencer career

⦁ Must have at least one child

⦁ Attend Karaoke at least once a week

⦁ Move out of the house/castle with your Spouse once your child is a teen

⦁ Find a crystal to use as the royal wand if you don't have realm of magic

⦁ If own get together, make a club with the magic high commission (may want to use MCCC to make them immortal)

Gen 1: ⌛️Skywynne Butterfly⌛️

⦁ Must master logic, writing

⦁ May complete the style influencer career

⦁ Complete the Bestselling Author aspiration

⦁ Must marry someone who has the detective, military or secret agent career (if you can find a knight career mod, you can you that)

⦁ Have one child

⦁ Wait until your child becomes a teen, then have a second child

⦁ The second child will become your heir

⦁ Have a good relationship with both of your kids

⦁ Own a clock

⦁ Buy a journal to use as the book of spells

Gen 1.5: 🍀Jushtin Butterfly🍀

⦁ Must have either the outgoing or insider trait

⦁ Must master the logic skill

⦁ Must Complete the party animal aspiration

⦁ Must attend every party they are invited to

⦁ Have four close friends they always invite to parties

⦁ Get an A in high School

⦁ Get married

⦁ Must have a university degree

⦁ Must became a 3-5 star celebrity

Gen 2: ⚡️Solaria Butterfly⚡️

⦁ Must have the Athletic trait

⦁ Must Complete the athlete (bodybuilder branch) or the Military (any branch) career

⦁ Must have only one child

⦁ Must never get married

⦁ Hate every supernatural creature, have at least 5 enemies with them (vampires, Aliens, mermaids, not witches) and don't let them in the castle

⦁ Have a good relationship with their child

⦁ Much be the one to introduce a future spouse to their child

⦁ Must die when their child is a teen (half way done the teen life stage would be the best)

Gen 3: ♠️Eclipsa Butterfly♠️

⦁ Must master the vampire lore and writing Skill

⦁ Must married someone their parent introduced to them

⦁ Never have any biological kids with the human spouse

⦁ Fall in love with either a vampire or Alien

⦁ Divorce your spouse and run away with your new supernatural spouse

⦁ Have a child with the new partner

⦁ Have the human spouse adopt a child and their will become the new heir

⦁ If there are other grown ups in the household you may kill the ex while the child is still young (Optional if you want to act more like the show)

Gen 4: ✨Festiva Butterfly✨

⦁ Must have the outgoing and insider traits

⦁ Must Complete the party animal aspiration

⦁ Must Complete the Social Media Career (any branch)

⦁ If the 'great-uncle/aunt' if still around, have them be close friends until they die

⦁ Must throw a party at least once a week

⦁ Must attend every party there are invited to

⦁ Get gold in all party types

⦁ Have one child then when the oldest is a toddler, try for a baby one last time

⦁ The second child will become the next heir

Gen 4.5: ⚫️Dirhhennia Butterfly⚫️

⦁ Must have the gloomy trait

⦁ Barely do anything, don’t get a job or go to school

⦁ Never shower, only get baths

⦁ Get into a relationship with someone who is also gloomy

⦁ Stay with the partner until death

⦁ Both must sleep in a tent outside

Gen 5: 🐰Crescenta Butterfly🐰

⦁ Must have the cheerful and Erratic

⦁ Must drink coffee at least once per day

⦁ Must be a leader of a club with other princesses in it (either make some up or make the canon ones)

⦁ Do volunteer work at least once a week

⦁ Must complete the Politician Career (either branch)

⦁ Must master the witting and dancing skills

⦁ Must complete the Bestselling Author aspiration

⦁ Must have a best friend with a mermaid until death (if you don't own island living, make a green sims that lives the outdoors)

⦁ Now I don't know if this is true or not but I hear somewhere that Crescenta and Emily where once dating so if you can make then spouses and even have the next heir with then or have a different bio parent (Optional, also if you do that Emily, make her a doctor)

⦁ Have only one child

Gen 6: ♾Rhina Butterfly♾

⦁ Must master both logic and writing skill

⦁ Must have the genius and/or creative trait

⦁ Must complete either the the writing (author branch) or the Freelancer (Writer)career

⦁ Must have a best friend till death

⦁ Marry and have a child with a vampire,

⦁ Have the vampire spouse die either before the baby is born or while the child is still young

⦁ Have only one child

⦁ Own five cats or dogs

Gen 7: 🌙Celena Butterfly🌙

⦁ Must have the loner and clumsy trait

⦁ May have any career

⦁ Must master writing, vampire lore, logic and herbalism skills

⦁ Don’t leave the house other than school or work

⦁ Be close to their living parent and child

⦁ Have one child

⦁ If they a vampire, cure it once they are able to or turn aging for vampires on if using MCCC

Gen 8: 🌸Estrella Butterfly🌸

⦁ Must the art lover trait

⦁ Must master the art skill

⦁ Must complete the painter career (any branch)

⦁ Must not ever sing or write (this also means homework)

⦁ Must marry a music lover/ someone who is in the Entertainer career

⦁ Have only one child

Gen 9: 🦋Comet Butterfly🦋

⦁ Must have foodie and Family-oriented trait

⦁ Must master the cooking, baking skills (can also master the gourmet cooking if you don't have GTW or want to make it a bit harder)

⦁ Must complete the Culinary (Chef Branch) career

⦁ Marry a co-worker or another foodie

⦁ Must have only one child and have a good relationship with the child

⦁ Once the heir is born or is at least very young, get divorced

⦁ Die once the heir is a teen (half way done the teen life stage would be the best)

Gen 10: ♦️moon butterfly♦️

⦁ Must have snob trait

⦁ Must be enemies with Vampires and Aliens as a teen (only after Comet's death)

⦁ Wear black though all of the grieving period and only wear other colours once it's ended

⦁ After the grieving period, may start being friends with your future spouse

⦁ Keep the enemyship until death

⦁ Must complete the politician career

⦁ Must have one child

gen 11: ❤️Star Butterfly❤️

⦁ Must have the Erratic trait

⦁ Must master the fitness and writing skills

⦁ Must be enemies with parent's main enemies until death

⦁ Must marry a high school sweetheart

⦁ Have a best friend

⦁ May also be in the politician career

I'm sorry if this is rude or silly to ask since this is a new legacy but if you do this challenge please give a thought to either post your family on to anywhere or make a plum tree cause if even one person uses this I really want to see how others make their Butterfly family and again if you have the sims 3 and most or all the packs please check out the challenge it’s based off of and it's really fun