#lurker in light

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Junk Technomancy Technomancer (Technomancer Alternate Class Feature)

(art by David Bonilla on Artstation)

Perhaps one of my very, very favorite things about the Starfinder technomancer class and their spells is how well they integrated technology and magic together, (in the spells at least, the magical hacks are kinda hit and miss for me) and nowhere else is this clearer than in the “junk” spells. Junk spells include those that either transmute nearby junk into a form usable by the mage, conjure junk usable for the former as their primary function or as a side effect, or that utilize already transmuted junk in a new way.

It began in the core book with the various junkbot spells, which were a stand-in for summoning until they perfected that with Alien Archive, but as more books came out, we got junk armor, junk swords, barricades, grenades, extradimensional shelters, and even the ability to detonate junk or transmuted creations!

It only makes sense, then, that there would be technomancers that specialize in these sorts of spells. They might be self-taught mystical tinkerers using the most readily available resource they know of in low-income neighborhoods, or they might be enthusiasts that see the ruined beauty and functionality in what others deem worthless.

Regardless of where they come from or how they feel about these things, only a fool would underestimate a junk technomancer just because their arsenal is all secondhand. It may not look pretty or be as sturdy, but they can squeeze surprising amounts of power out of what others cast off.

In exchange for having a cache and cache capacitor, these techno-mages specialize in junk spells, learning junk armor and junksword immediately in addition to their normal spell allotment, as well as upgrading to higher level versions of junksword as they gain levels (the text suggests that junk armor upgrades as well, but that spell doesn’t have variable level. It’s just a first level spell. A mistake on the author’s part?) Additionally, they can cast either one of these spells once a day without expending any energy.

Their junk spells also prove just a little bit better, their armor becoming tougher, and their transmuted creations lasting longer.

Given their focus on cobbling together contraptions than programming, they also focus on engineering rather than computers.

Finally, they improve their junksword and junk armor to allow for upgrades, their armor gaining an armor slot which they can install an upgrade into, and their junkswords able to incorporate a fusion seal the technomancer has on hand into their design.

The junk spells of a technomancer are versatile, ranging from defense to attack to utility, but they all require scrap electronics to work, which is why spells that conjure junk, be it the junk shards attack spell or the fabricate junk cantrip are very important for when you venture beyond junkyards, broken-down slums, or easily-smashable tech labs. That being said, you also still have all your other spell slots to diversify for those times when junk is not available and conjuring some would waste precious seconds. In any case, the focus on junksword and junk armor does mean the build expects you to be at least partially a melee build, so your spell and feat selection could probably do with options that tilt melee combat in your favor, such as debuffs and battlefield control options, to say nothing of enhancing your own combat prowess.

The versatility of junk spells cannot be denied, but one must also remember that no only are these creations temporary, but they render the junk used in them inert to any more castings of the spell, valuable only for their use as scrap. As such, I imagine that many of these technomancers also enjoy making longer-lasting creations as well, possibly from the junk they’ve spent on previous castings of their magic, incorporating components harmlessly into the whole of a project.

Strange attacks have been happening in the upper city, with people being slain by beams of light from invisible foes. The culprits are a group of lurkers-in-light, led by a lightweaver. However, confronting the fey in the upper city will be nearly impossible without first causing a blackout. The simpler option would be to track them to their dark undercity lair, home to junkers of all descriptions.

Most would consider Visak’s Folly, a debris field of derelict ships left over from the last great war, to be a poor place to forge a community, but for the xulgaths that dwell there, it is a golden opportunity. So much salvage to recover and sell. Many of them take up technomancy as well, turning the scrap that surrounds them into tools and weapons, the latter especially one those that attempt to muscle in on their claim.

It wasn’t the plentiful resources or the verdant wildlife that attracted Polgan to the colony world of Pillar, it was the ancient superstructure that gave the planet its name. Attempts to explore or survey it have been met with disaster before, but the young technomancer is certain that with his junk magic and know-how he can make the attempt alone and self-sufficiently. Such is the foolishness of youth.

[krillvern-screenshots]

THEY ADDED BABY LURKERS INTO THIS GAME

THIS ISN'T A DRILL THEY'RE REA;L THEY'RE UNDERWATER HANGING AROUND THE DAILY DARKNESS POLLUTED AREA

I'M CRYING THEY'RE SO GOD DAMN PATHETIC I LOVE THEM I'M GONNA MELT I'M CRYING THEY MUST BE PROTECTED AUGH QEWNJBFVGSDHJMJNUHYJK BABYYYYYY LITTLE BABY MAN LITTLE BABY LITTLE BABY MAN JHUYJF

[krillvern]

Happy days of nature

here's leviathan giving birth (real)

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i miss the baby lurker so much :((( they grow up so fast.................

[claymorous]

── .✦ keeping warm

Unfinished / abandoned Tartaglia blurb from a while ago 💀 trying to get in the swing of things again <33

꒰📃︰tartaglia x gn reader

The wind against the window made a constant, knocking racket. Snezhaya was known for its cold, cruel nights, and even in the warmer days of spring, the chill seeped into the house.

You had agreed to visit Tartaglia's family home once the snow thawed. You had envisioned pine covered mountains with puddles of frost, not feet upon feet of ice. You pulled the blanket up to your chin. Tartaglia - Ajax, to his family - had given you his bed as an act of chivalry. As a continued courtesy, he also slept on the floor inside of a dorky pillow fort. Every so often, you could hear the Fatui Harbinger shuffle around.

The pillow fort was admittedly well constructed. He used chairs from their little dining room to hold up the "roof" blanket, which was a torn and old quit. Mix-matched pillows made up two of the walls. 

You glanced over to the fort every so often. It was too cold to sleep, and, admittedly, the blizzard outside was more than unsettling.

"Tartaglia?" you called in a voice softer than you intended.

A soft grunt was his immediate response. When you hesitated to respond, he said, "What's up?"

"It's really fucking cold."

He giggled to himself and you heard rustling within the fort. He crawled out of the "door" on his hands and knees - he was much too tall for this contraption. "Are you surprised?"

You frowned. "No. But I'm so cold."

"You sound wide awake, too." Tartaglia sat at the foot of your bed and tilted his head at you. His auburn hair fell across his forehead, and faint smile played on his lips.

"Is your fort warmer?"

"Who said you're allowed in my fortress?"

You blinked at him - mouth agape. "It's a pillow fort. You want me to give you a travel permit?"

Tartaglia was grinning ear to ear now and fighting to stifle a laugh. "Yes, actually. We keep our borders pretty tight."

You shook your head. Moments like these reminded you why Childe was not a candidate for the Akadamyia. "Forts and countries with closed borders are two different things."

"Okay. You don't have clearance," he retorted.

You sucked in your lips, a poor attempt to conceal your smile, "Asshole."

Tartaglia paused. "My body heat is probably going to keep you warmer than a pillow fort... Also, if we both tried to fit in there, it'd collapse on top of us."

"You're a shit architect, then."

He laughed and rolled over to the side of the bed you weren't laying on, a faint blush dusted his cheeks. If you didn't know him so well, you wouldn't have thought about how Tartaglia's ears flush bright red before his cheeks got rosy. That may be why he keeps his hair so shaggy...

[artemistorm]

Its in the ceiling now 0.0

[bassband]

dan and phil don't know that im out here purchasing a phdildo

[leaf-in-a-flower-garden]

The first of the Realm Children ...

The Dawn Child they/them

(click for better quality bc Tumblr sucks ass)

[ghostlystarwanderer]

Wait shouldn’t you be in the oceANNNNN

[stargazelasagna]

i lied on twitter i suddenly hate this LMAO ICANT BREATHE IHATE IT

[antiadvil]

Imo you’re actually phil who runs this account (and your ao3) and are undercover I just have a feeling you are phil

an easy mistake to make, i also have migraines and beautiful blue eyes and am in love with dan howell <3

[candlemouse]

I thought about Heir to Light recently and realized it's been like half a year since it finished! (Time flies. How is it almost 2025.) In light of this revelation I will ask: what was your favorite scene/chapter to write? What was the most challenging?

Hi!! I know, isn’t that crazy? It was such a constant for so long. And 2025 is such a big number…

Spoilers for my fic “Heir to Light” ahead <3

Thank you so much for the question!

I’m having trouble choosing! I think, as for the chapter I love to reread, it’s Chapter XVII because Garreth and Kendra finally kiss. I love reading that chapter because it’s such a nice catharsis to all their conflict. But, that’s not the question lol. As for writing…

Chapter III and V were my first favorites! I remember, early on, really enjoying writing those. See, I had a draft of Heir to Light up until the 2nd or 3rd chapter sitting in my docs for an about a year until I showed it to @carolinelikesdinner and they encouraged me to continue. She also gave me the idea for a treehouse! And writing Garreth and Kendra getting to know each other was so fun and adorable. Those chapters made me really excited to continue writing.

Also, I really loved writing Chapter XV when Ronodin enters not as a character of the past, but someone actively working with them. He’s absolutely hilarious. And not serious, which is so fun to contrast against Kendra who naturally is more poetic and moody about most things. It also was fun to write his and Garreth’s relationship considering how fraught Garreth and Kendra were at the time. Truthfully, Ronodin is fun to write in any fic, at any time.

Finally, the last chapter XX was so gratifying to write, and I had so much fun. I love the ending. I used seasons a lot in the story. They leave Fablehaven during fall, have the most hardship during winter, but the story leaves them in spring for their new beginning.

Plus, the chapter right before that, from Garreth’s point of view is such a sweet homecoming. I love that one so much. They’re like my babies and I had to let them go. I really liked the line “Their futures were bright and they would ride out the twilights together. “ because they will!!!

As for challenging chapters, anything that had a fight scene was always annoying to write for me. But, it’s funny because the most challenging chapters to write end up becoming my favorites to read. Like, the Chapter XVII above or Chapter XIX when Kendra faces the Sphinx and Garreth dies. You guys are lucky, though, that he came back to life, because in the original outline he was straight up supposed to die. But, I got too attached and couldn’t do it. Instead, I killed Muriel (sorry girl!).

Chapter IX when Garreth finds out about Kendra’s magic was also hard to write, but mostly so hard to decide how I wanted it to go! I had two main versions: the one in the fic and one where he saves her. But, I ended up wanting conflict between them (I had just broken up so this was also probably some projection), and I liked the idea of Garreth and Eve being different in their reaction to magic and that being directly related to their relationship with their father.

Anyway, thank you so much for the question! I loved writing this fic so much. They took up so much space in my head I could probably talk about it for hours.

I hope you have a good new year! 🫶🫶 It was nice to hear from you 🩷

[jellyfishscoop]

I don’t think I’m obsessed with her anymore. I can very much live without her. I think this is because I’ve accepted that we’ll never be together, and we’ll never be more than acquaintances.

This makes me sad because I really do love her. She was copy and paste my type, sweet and caring, silly and fun, and possessing a knowledge and appreciation for the same things I do. She was really pretty, and I could honestly stare into her eyes for hours. Whenever I’d talk to her I’d be fucking blinded by her lethal fucking face card, no joke.

And I think it’s because I realized that I’ve been seeing her less and less, and the number of times I do see her will sharply drop next year. I could likely never see her again after I graduate. We wouldn’t have been able to be together because the timing was all fucked up. I’m not even able to tell her any of this.

Had I been more lucky and been born in a time and space where things could have worked out, we would have been a stellar couple. I believe that I’m so compatible with her in a way that I’m not with most people. I’m not the type of person who gels easily with other people, and I know she probably thinks I’m too reserved because I don’t want to be obvious, but we would’ve complimented each other so nicely.

I wish wish wish wish I could have her, but I don’t think that’ll happen

I think I’ll enjoy the time left with her, and try to keep those memories as clear as possible in my head, and when I think of her my heart will get a little soft feeling.

She was, is, and soon will be, the one that got away

[pandoratelenor]

You can SWITCH the lightning in da:v character creator

Praised be the maker!

[brandwhorestarscream]

Wow, the xenomorph looks amazing!

Shame we never actually get to SEE IT 😩

ALIEN: ROMULUS behind the scenes •

[praisetheplatonicism]

Why did I do this to myself.

I kid. Here’s to my moots, my followers/followees, and anyone who’s ever interacted with me - I deeply appreciate y’all’s kindness, even when I disappear for months at a time and consistently forget to respond to things. The online world still scares the hell out of me, but you guys made it feel a little safer.

[skyauroka]

almost late buT HEYYY HAPPY VALENTINES

Here's a buncha sky AU's for you to spend valentine's with, just stop the video and see who you get kEKEK

dropping the full drawings on another post because they don't fit all here,,

except for fishsky

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Blue axolotl caus rare chance to get them in Minecraft :]

also aha axolotl pickup line cause she's an axolotl,,,, get it,,,,,

the full image of the other characters here

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