#nyxi wizard

[kfcdoubledown]

NYXI Wizard came in the mail today

Pros:

>Gamecube shape

>good d-pad and excellent sticks

>almost fully-featured, has wireless and wake-up support

>back paddles, bindable to macros and individual buttons

>comes with its own plastic brick to attach to for a Pro Controller like the dog head for joycons

>very easily replaceable stick caps and has optional smooth or octagonal stick wells

Cons:

>clicky shoulder buttons, no analog L/R (this isn’t a reasonable expectation for a Switch controller though)

>A button sits pretty shallow in the shell, not a problem but it’s not quite Gamecube

>the lighting on the A/B/X/Y buttons is dumb (can be turned off)

>the d-pad feels good but the d-pad button itself feels cheap

>Turbo functionality keeps it from being Smash tourney legal, if you care about that

>the more typical stick designs instead of Gamecube style rumbles my jimblies, especially when the Retroflag controller uses stick caps pretty close to OEM Gamecube

Overall I’m very pleased with this but the controller looks too busy because of all the shit they slapped onto it for additional functions, it ends up looking like that MadCatz controller parody from Billy & Mandy. I don’t really have any complaints that aren’t nitpicks and personal preferences. I could’ve done without turbo and I would have put the settings buttons on each joycon in a different spot, but I like that it affects the shape of a Wavebird controller.

8/10 and I’ll probably bump this up to a 9/10 after replacing the stick caps with OEM Gamecube ones, and see if I can’t replace the d-pad rocker with a better one and replace the face buttons with OEMs too.

[lewisibarra1512]

To Ninendo Switch and Nintendo GameCube owners, have you ever wanted to play Rivals of Aether anytime, anywhere? Then I've got something that'll blow you right at the edge of your seat: the NYXI Wizard!

https://nyxigame.com/product/nyxi-wizard-wireless-joy-pad/

[ryanmoody]

NYXI Wizard Wireless Joy-pad - https://nyxigame.com/product/nyxi-wizard-wireless-joy-pad/

I really don't need another controller......BUT

[cyberianlife]

Nyxi releases drift-less GameCube controller for Switch

[kurogalaxy14]

Been too lazy to keep up with posting but have some portraits of my characters that I did yesterday!

The first is Nyxis Enel, topaz dragonborn, phantom rogue. She's a grumpy but semi-friendly kleptomaniac who is stuck sending a majority of her earnings to the wizard that nearly killed and then spared her after she tried to steal from him.

The second is one you've seen before if you follow me, Hibana Nokoribi; avariel elf, drakewarden ranger. He is the last of his people and lives to further their memory, and he has a drake companion named Pyrr.

[rosietrace]

Idol AU- So The Gang's thoughts (Not Koral and her Manager) on Runako and their reaction to see her acting like sass mom to Aguri and additional slander at them?

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO >:)))

Note: Aguri will be referred to as Y/N by Vic and Yuuta

Victoria Shard, Shōri 💎

The first time she witnessed Runako sassing Y/N as though she were their mother, she was.... Perplexed.

She doesn't exactly know how to properly describe the feeling she had when she first saw that. She was definitely amused, but also incredibly confused.

Once Y/N properly explained to her about their relationship with Runako, she'll be more understanding of it.

Victoria doesn't joke about it, to be completely honest. She's not one to crack jokes with anyone about anything unless it's Zen, so she wouldn't really talk with Y/N and joke about their relationship with Runako all that much. If at all.

TLDR; She doesn't think much of it, she was just confused and amused by it at first

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Zenith Devi, (?)carus 💚

He cackled. Imagine the the kind of witch-like laugh you'd hear from like the wicked witch of the west from The Wizard Of Oz or something. That's how Zen laughed.

He didn't bother to ask about it at first, Aguri didn't interest him that much. The only thing that he was interested in about Aguri was his relationship with Victoria.

Zen does find it funny though. Even if he doesn't talk with Aguri or Runako that much.

TLDR; He finds it really funny but isn't interested in learning the actual reason

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Nyx Leech, Nyxie 🌊

She was shocked, but not surprised. She's seen a couple of interviews with the two of them together, so for the most part, she knows what their dynamic is like.

She's more worried about her own idol career to wonder about why Runako does that to Aguri, so she isn't all that concerned.

As funny as it may be for her, Nyx just- Doesn't have enough time to care?

TLDR; She finds it funny but she knew a little about their dynamic before and doesn't care much for it

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Freyah De La Rose, Valentina 🌹

She finds it really funny. She doesn't know much about Aguri, but she's seen some of Runako's work as an actress, so she's a bit surprised by her acting like that around Aguri.

Freyah's definitely curious about why Runako does that to Aguri, but she's somewhat patient enough to wait for a proper explanation despite her curiosity.

When she gets a proper explanation, it'll definitely make a little more sense for her. And it makes the dynamic a little funnier for Freyah.

She always manages to get a laugh out of herself whenever she witnesses Runako sassing Aguri.

TLDR; Freyah really likes their dynamic

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Sumeragi Yuuta, Aijin 👑

Much like Zen, he cackled. And it was less like a witch and more like a dying pig. Scratch that, he was on the ground, wheezing.

He didn't even have to ask Runako or Y/N about the reason behind their dynamic. Chizuko just gave him the details Runako gave her about their relationship with Y/N.

Either way, it gets a laugh out of Yuuta. Which he greatly appreciates. Annoying Carol may be entertaining, but it can get repetitive if he over does it.

So he'll happily indulge himself in witnessing these wheeze-worthy interactions between his group-mate's younger sister and an actor who hates his group.

TLDR; He finds it hilarious asf

[davidcarlton]

Luckily, the issue of stick drift was more or less solved decades ago in console controllers. Instead of using potentiometers, which will inevitably drift, Sega used what are called Hall effect sensors first in the Sega Saturn 3D controller and then in the Dreamcast controller. Hall effect sensors use magnets, meaning they are not prone to the same physical wear that is plaguing the last five or six joy-cons you have purchased in a three-year span. Nothing lasts forever, but Hall effect sensors will last you far, far longer. Flight sticks use them for a reason! On top of that, Hall effect sensors have the benefit of having next to no dead zone, which can make a massive difference for some players.

The NYXI Wizard is a retro Switch controller without stick drift - The Verge

Huh, I didn’t know about that.  Would be nice if Hall sensors were used more...

[biglisbonnews]

This GameCube controller for Nintendo Switch is basically drift-proof The Nyxi Wizard Wireless Joy-pad combines the beloved Wavebird controller look with an improved Joy-Con design. https://www.inverse.com/gear/nyxi-gamecube-controller-nintendo-switch-joycon-drift

[news2023]

NYXI Wizard, GameCube-style controller without drift, released for Switch

NYXI Wizard, GameCube-style controller without drift, released for Switch

A number of third-parties have created their own controllers for Switch over the years, and NYXI has now come out with its own product: the NYXI Wizard. Other than the GameCube-style design, the NYXI Wizard is unique in that it aims to eliminate drift that has become prominent with Joy-Con in particular. This is done with the Hall Effect joystick…. The post appeared first on Nintendo…

[nyxicnymph]

Oh, I do love writing magic teacher Douxie...

(featuring a self-insert. read with caution, mentions of self harm scars. Douxie fluff tho. self insert can also be read as an x reader if so desired.)

Nyx sighed and returned to her chair, pouting a bit that Krel didn't look like an alien. Her left ear started ringing as she opened her book again. Then a flash of blue light flashed through the bookstore.

"Oh, great Gaylen!" Krel's frustrated voice followed.

Nyx ran to the corner, and stopped in awe. Her head twinged a bit, but she paid it no mind.

Now that's an alien.

Krel was frowning at his extra arms. Nyx wasn't sure where all the extra mass came from, but he was bigger now that he was blue and glowy than when he'd been disguised as a human. Douxie pushed past her to check on Krel.

"Everything cool?" Douxie asked.

"No! My transductor just broke! It's not supposed to ever break!" Krel grumbled, fiddling with something small.

"Hm. Can I see?" Douxie asked, motioning to the transductor. Krel handed it over, still frowning. Douxie looked it over, brows knit together. "Hmm. This might be a good time for a lesson. Nyx, please come here."

Nyx did so, guilt twinging in her stomach. Did I break it somehow?

Douxie showed her the transductor, and pointed to the center of the damage. "Look right here. There's a rune there. Do you see it?" Nyx looked closely, and nodded when she saw it. "Good, good. Now note the color, how it's different from the base color of the transductor."

Nyx saw the color, and looked at her hands guiltily. Douxie gently patted her shoulder. "Here's what happened. Claire told you the whole story yesterday, so you knew Krel was an extra-terrestrial. You were hoping to get proof of that, right?" When Nyx nodded sheepishly, Douxie continued, his voice still kind. "But he came in disguised. Your magic then responded to your disappointment and curiosity, causing the transductor to break and reveal what he actually looks like."

Douxie looked at her when she sniffed. "Oh, Nyx, lovely, don't cry! You only just unlocked your magic, this is normal! This is why we're learning control over it. No one's mad at you, darling."

"I don't know, I'm a little mad," Krel muttered.

Douxie shot Krel a glare as Nyx started sobbing silently into his sweater. He floated the transductor back to the other male, a rune glowing as both the machine and Krel returned to their previous states.

"Take your time with your book," Douxie said as he picked Nyx up. He carried her to the chair she'd been occupying earlier, and sat her down, speaking as he did so. "Listen to me, Nyx. Magic is emotion. When you're feeling strong emotions, magic can happen. Now, I am not going to tell you to bottle yourself up-" here, he gently tapped the scars on her left arm- "but I need you to breathe in. And breathe out. There you go. Two more times. Now, look at me."

Nyx did as he asked, wiping her face as best as she could. "There is a way for you to notice if you're doing unintentional magic. It's different for every wizard, but if you figure it out, you can catch yourself and stop the spell. Personally, my pinky finger aches." Douxie laughed, making Nyx smile a little bit. She let out a half a giggle.

Douxie summoned a box of tissues, and handed it to her. "I'm going back to the counter. Cheer up. We'll grab coffee at my midday break."

[kfcdoubledown]

Some dielectric grease on the analog stick later (mysteriously the C stick didn’t need any and fit just fine) and OEM Gamecube sticks fit on the NYXI Wizard!

[tinydragondreamer]

DAMN YOU TUMBLR. I WROTE DOWN SO MUCH AND IT'S ALL LOST NOW.

anyways oc doodles because they've taken over the brainhole. Walters and Malphas!! DnD Characters that I'll never play!!

Walters (they/them) is a Dragonborn Ranger who used to work as an undercover agent for Bahamut infiltrating the Cult of Tiamat, but whoops they got caught trying to rescue a kid they presumed was kidnapped to be trained as a child soldier for the cult and now they're on the run!!!

Malphas (he/him) is an asshole a Tiefling Sorcerer/Wizard and self-proclaimed "necromancy savant." Had a partnership with the CoT to research and develop an undead abomination to be created using the corpses of the cult's enemies. They were both planning to eventually betray each other once the other lost their usefulness.

They're both backstory characters to 2 different dnd characters that I have played (Elyorinn the Dragonborn Druid and Nyxie Yardsard the Gnome Wizard) but I decided to torment these two by making an AU where they're forced to work together due to a Soul Contract. Mostly it's tormenting Malphas by dragging him kicking and screaming into becoming a somewhat better person.

The doodles also feature a baby Elyorinn and Malphas's Arch Nemesis (the unicorn I have yet to name)!!

[samsbastardzone]

Hey, you know that 35 d&d questions ask meme? I answered all of them.

This is a long ass post. Be warned. It took up seven and a half pages in google docs. Original post here.

1. A favorite character you have played.

Would have to be Zize Fortier, dragonborn gunslinger. Their tag on this blog is #zize and you can find their bio and info on my character page. Love that bastard!! He’s sweet and bratty and a total delight to play (we are such an OP party, y’all).

2. Your favorite character that someone else has played.

UM UM gonna talk about a few here. To be fair to people I play a *lot* of games with, I’m only gonna  talk about one PC per person.

- The bastard trio in my Wildemount game– @toomanyorphans ’s Nakoria, @overplannedbutunnamednpc ‘s Zier (also an NPC in the campaign Zize is in), and @glasyasbutch ‘s Nissy. They all really suck so bad but in SUCH funny ways. They’re varying degrees of self centered and awful, but we trust each other in this campaign, and those 3 players are SO funny in their RP.

- (RIP) Avri in my Wildemount game. They and Bly named each other,,,,  they were parent and child…… VERY sweet. huge goliath with tiny bird in backpack.

- @bekahdoesnershit ‘s Raini. Zize’s BFF, and her tag on that blog is rich. She’s SUCH a bitch but we love her.

- @bhissar ‘s Saela. She is a dream character for me to DM for– very little fleshed out backstory with room to explore, with still-concrete events in it. Consistent character choices and personality, to the point I can sometimes predict what she’ll do. Very cool aesthetically. And overall? EXTREMELY sweet. Baby, baby bird.

3. Your favorite side quest.

Either the one going on right now in amnesia, where we have to collect brain matter from big powerful elementals, or the stop we made at a family of vampires in Acarnya (the one I played Osfyr in).

4. Your current campaign.

There are five of those, with two on hold. 

-Wildemount, aka the Frozen Sick module from Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount (we’re almost done with that, my PC is Bly). 

-Amnesia campaign aka high level campaign: we woke up in hell with no memories! PC is Zize. 

-Hoard of the Dragon Queen module, near the beginning of that, PC is Pointy. 

-Horror campaign, only two sessions so far, but we’re trapped in an alternate dimension carrying out tasks for a creepy dude. PC is Vinny. 

-Kithan, where we’re high level monster hunting guild members searching  out ancient artifacts of the gods (campaign based on the Monster Hunter games), PC is Topaz.

-Silas, party is currently trying to help dragons free themselves and stop a… dude? No spoilers! I DM. On hold because I had too many campaigns going at once.

-Silas v2: extremely vaguely based on the plot of season one of the web series Carmilla. A tweaked version of the first arc the Silas party went through. On hold because it was played in person at school.

5. Favorite NPC.

I don’t really have any NPCs in my campaigns that I’m super attached to, except– Nikeo, a goliath rogue PC in Silas 1, had many adopted children. Three of them– kobolds– sometimes stand on each others’ shoulders, put on a long coat, and help out around their parent’s store. They’ve named themselves Koby.

As for favorite NPCs in campaigns I’ve played, I can think of… a lot. The first is Laurel, a blue dragonborn loner type who followed Osfyr and friends in Acarnya. They were kind of broody and dark, but they really drew me in. They were the first NPC we really talked to– they were sitting on top of the post office laughing at the mob scene of people protesting not getting their mail delivered.

I’d also pick Osfyr’s partners in that campaign– Yelkian, a backstory love interest I came up with, a flamboyant soft sorcerer. Jupiter, politician’s niece, who took pity on Osfyr’s attempts to seduce information out of her and let them succeed on both counts (seduction and information). Xerxes, extra AF rogue with a big loving family, who swept in after a fight on the back of an eagle-wildshaped Brysth (npc druid). 

There’s a blue dragon in the HOTDQ campaign that we don’t know much about. I really enjoyed the way @dungeonsanddraconicqueer played him. He’s just a dude! Lex’s warlock made a Deal with him to leave the town alone. We still don’t know the implications of that. It’s fine, guys.

And then, there’s Stewart the Skin Steward, a servant of False Mystra. Fun dude.  Very cavalier– nigh, enthusiastic!– about the fact that his entire city was made of skin. Something of a skin connoisseur, in fact!

6. Favorite death (monster, player character, NPC, etc).

Saela, hands down. She got breathed on by a dragon, yo. We then had to stop playing for 4-5 months because a player lost access to the Internet. I wrote a vision/speech from her warlock patron, the Raven Queen, the night she died, and basically didn’t touch it until I read it out in game. It involved a confession that the Queen was  tired of being a god, and showing Saela all the lives she’d touched. Then we used Matt Mercer’s rez rules for her. She came back– but it was her choice.

7. Your favorite downtime activity.

Fucking tinkering dude!!! I don’t get to do it enough as Zize and that is entirely my fault. @ morgan, eyes emoji

8. Your favorite fight/encounter.

I LOVE creepy shit. There was a train car with people dancing in it, and party members got enchanted to dance along and eat the food,  and the revelers were clearly in pain, and snuffing out a candle caused a reveler to disappear. Creepy shit!

In Kithan, we had to climb a staircase, and we timed it with produce flame which is a 10 minute duration cantrip, and we were climbing for 50 minutes. We started to see things in the edges of our vision. Then someone realized it was an illusion, and it all vanished. It freaked me out so bad.

In amnesia campaign, at level 19, we were traversing a cave, and our shadows started dripping the same black goop we were there to investigate. We killed one and it took down the max hp of the person whose shadow it was, and then they straight up didn’t have a shadow until they long rested. It really freaked us out, realizing the shadows were actually creatures, but they were like CR 1. Really effective use of a low level monster.

9. Your favorite thing about D&D.

The way it has something for everyone… the way it’s brought me so many friends… the way it’s inspired my OC creation like nothing else.

10. Your favorite enemy and the enemy you hate the most.

I’m not sure if this is asking about NPCs I’ve had as enemies, or any monster in D&D canon? The longest campaign I played in didn’t have long term enemies  per se. I’d say I was frustrated with the cultists that ambushed us last session in HOTDQ,  but I didn’t hate them! I just couldn’t seem to hit or dodge them. As for a favorite… probably False Mystra: the demon lord Orcus who’d taken over  the position, and therefore the duties, of Mystra, the god of arcane magic.  We killed it,  but then whoopso!! Our wizard lost her powers.

11. How often do you play and how often would you ideally like to play?

I play an ideal amount, honestly: four times a week, for about 2.5-3 hours a session. HOTDQ Tuesdays, Kithan and horror campaign switching off Wednesdays, Wildemount Thursdays cause we miss CR, Amnesia Sundays.

12. Your in game inside jokes/memes/catchphrases and where they came from.

Amnesia: Yocheved, the party barbarian/full time fish, has a secret third arm and/or a prosthetic ass. Cylthia, the druid, does arson (but actually). Relentless is a Crown paladin, so she puts her fingers in her ears when we do crime/lie. She also has a rod of lordly might that, immediately post amnesia, she made into a 32 foot climbing pole. Yocheved eats pounds and pounds of raw fish for every meal.

Wildemount: just the shenanigans and sabotaging each other that the Bastard Trio get into. Example: Nissy was tasked with buying Zier a cloak for cold weather and purposely got him an  ugly one. Zier then prestidigitated it to be a nicer color.

13. Introduce your current party.

Oh boy, I have 6 of those. Here goes. Keep in mind many of these characters are played and games are DMed by my friends who have OC blogs of their own: Raini and Ayen are bekahdoesnerdshit, Ezra, Nissy, and Roona are glasyasbutch, Horror DM, Lent, Eve, and Nakoria are toomanyorphans, Wildemount DM, Saela, Daecyne, and Cylthia are bhissar, HOTDQ DM is dungeonsanddraconicqueer, and Amnesia DM, Zier, Nyxi, and Sarril are overplannedbutunnamednpc. Not an OC blog, but Yocheved, Avri, Arbor, Thraf, Nikeo, and Whisper are mickgoesabsolutelyhamforbarbie.

Amnesia (Zize): Lent, tiefling paladin, former crownsguard who “fell” (became an oathbreaker), then un-fell when we lost our memories. Cylthia, tiefling/elf druid who can shift between tiefling and elf forms and loves setting things on fire. Yocheved, 14 foot tall nereid (fishfolk) barbarian with a dry sense of humor, is the party parent. And Raini, aasimar wizard, sass machine and Zize’s bff.

HOTDQ. My PC is Pointy. Ezra, quiet human paladin. Theata, moon elf rogue. Freya, sweet (human?) light cleric who sometimes misreads situations. Eve, 13 year old (!!) human warlock who kinda sucks, but like, she’s 13. Nyxi, motherly gnome bard who Is going to adopt Pointy. 

Wildemount (Bly): Alene, human barbarian. Quiet and with somewhat of a parent instinct. Some sort of Mysterious Backstory. Delta, aasimar rogue, similarly shady backstory? Unclear. Sticks with Alene. Nissy, drow rune knight, sucks. Zier, drow sorcerer, also sucks. Nakoria, dragonborn warlock, ALSO sucks. (Those three make up the Bastard Trio.) Avri (F for them), goliath bard and Avri’s guardian, died last session by falling on a floor full of knives. 

Horror campaign (Vinny): Roona, halfling bard, very impulsive, eats exclusively with her spoon that says ASS, and chills in Vinny’s fanny pack. Ayen, elven teenage warlock with a dark backstory. Sarril, Ayen’s not-dad, half elf beast barbarian who got it from his wife. Arbor, dryad  monk, who wears an all white plague doctor outfit at all times.

Silas v1 (DM), Original party before 1 left and 1 died: Hacka (RIP), human luchador-styled drunken monk. Nikeo (left), goliath rogue with so many adopted children. Inferno, fire genasi paladin/phoenix sorcerer with anger and impulse control issues. Saela, babiest aarakocra warlock of the Raven Queen. Hacka’s player now plays Voda, a stoic water genasi tempest cleric who cast Raise Dead successfully on Saela. Nikeo’s player now plays Whisper, a tabaxi astral soul monk.

Kithan (Topaz): Thraf, monsterborn (universe-compliant dragonborn) barbarian. Very social, very outgoing, very stupid, and very traumatized. Fucks majorly. Daecyne, sweet tiefling druid and Topaz’s good friend. Viosa, aasimar homebrew class I forget the name of, uses her small stature and allure to her advantage. Damur, half-orc eldritch knight, the party’s only braincell.

14. Introduce any other parties you have played in or DM-ed.

Acarnya. My PC was Osfyr. Soraphine, traumatized halfling bard. Azalea, human fighter. Durzuell, haughty high elf sorcerer. James, nerdy half elf wizard. Drago, erratic Russian dragonborn monk. Kairon, slightly edgy ranger/paladin (but we love him). 

Nordenheim. My PC was Cap. I will admit: we only played 2 or 3 sessions, so I don’t really remember  most of the other party members except Rory, a fire genasi ranger who almost burned to death.

Silas v2 (hopefully will continue; I DMed): Kysseris IV. Half-elf paladin, uptight. Tower 1-6, warforged wizard who crawled out of the desert and is looking for info on how he was made. Mae “Pock”, gnome rogue, very small and  sweet. Josh, human trickery cleric, kind of an asshole, but in a way that’s funny and hasn’t bled over into IRL annoying.

[school] West Marches campaign (Ner): by the nature of West Marches, there was never a consistent party, but a few stood out to me. Red Foot, a hyperactive kobold sorcerer who’s level 8 against all West Marches odds. Lyra, Great Old One warlock of Tzee’Mhor, an abomination goat that a party I was in accidentally created. Fildo Baggins, divination wizard who can only affect allies whose toenail clippings he has in his vial.

15. Do you have snacks during game times?

Hell yeah babey!!! I mostly play digitally, especially during COVID, and I need something to munch after DMing for a while. Shit’s exhausting.

16. Do you play online or in person? Which do you prefer?

Welp! Online mostly, since everyone I want to play with has the audacity to live far away, and now exclusively online because of COVID.

17. What are some house rules that your group has?

Our Amnesia party is so rich that we just don’t keep track of money. In Kithan, a lot of rules that make characters less powerful are just… abolished (like the bonus action spell rule). (The DM likes super OP characters so she can throw SUPER OP monsters at us.  My character has a necklace that gives 5 additional uses of channel divinity.)

18. Does your party keep any pets?

Nope. No opportunities for them. Zize’s party has a little water snake on the druid’s arm but I doubt that will last very long.

19. Do you or your party have any dice superstitions?

Absolutely. Cursed dice get j a i l.

20. How did you get into D&D? How long have you been playing?

Acarnya got me into d&d, it was my first campaign, and it was happening at the place I lived. I’ve been playing almost 2 years. (Critical Role inspired me to DM)

21. Have you ever regretted something your character has done?

Not sent a fucking letter to say goodbye to their boyfriend before the world-fate-deciding bullshit that was gonna happen and possibly destroy shit. It was fine in the end though!

22. What color was your first dragon?

Red. Man, that guy sucked, he almost killed Osfyr. We were investigating a monastery secretly run by dragons disguised as humans.

23. Do you use premade modules or original campaigns?

Original campaigns. I’ve never run a module before! I’m not opposed, but most of my campaigns came from ideas  that I had. I’ve never been short on ideas for a game.

24. How much planning/preparation do you do for a game?

As a player, I just open my character sheet and get out dice. As a DM, I try and think about what material I want to get through this session, and write some narration and/or stat things out if I feel like it.

For DMs

25. What have your players done that you never could have planned for?

A lot of times, Inferno has rushed into battle from what I’d built as a stealth mission, and gotten her ass and sometimes the party’s asses kicked. I should really have learned by now.

26. What was your favorite scene to write and show your characters?

Definitely Saela’s resurrection ritual and vision.

27. Do you allow homebrew content?

Yes! I’ll check it first,  but I’m all for expanding the boundaries. I homebrew items and monsters all the time, why shouldn’t my payers get to homebrew their shit?

28. How often do you use NPCs in a party?

Too often in my first arc. I had like 7 NPCs running around at all times (they were Carmilla characters). Super not recommended. I have 0 right now.

29. Do you prefer RP heavy sessions or combat sessions?

I’m still finding my groove with RP as a DM. I like encouraging my players to RP amongst themselves. I consider myself fairly good at combat on both sides of the equation, DM and player, so that’s always fun to me, especially when my players enjoy it too.

30. Are your players diplomatic or murder hobos?

I have one actively reforming murder hobo player, the rest are diplomatic. (The character, Inferno, is having a great growth arc. I’m super proud.)

For Players

31. What is your favorite class? Favorite race?

I fucking love genasi as a concept. Favorite class would have to be rogue or cleric, but gunslinger’s up there too.

32. What role do you like to play the most? (Tank/healer/etc?)

I  honestly don't have the patience to not play DPS. I love doing lots of damage. Healing is satisfying, support is satisfying, but there’s a reason I picked rogue twice and tempest cleric over other domains.

33. How do you write your backstory, or do you even write a backstory?

Sometimes the backstory is part of the character concept– especially for Pointy, because I had the name first, then went hmm why would she have this name. Almost always, though, more backstory gets written during the campaign when I have an idea. Sometimes a character will act in a way I don’t expect, and it’s fun thinking of a justification to fill backstory gaps.

34. Do you tend to pick weapons/spells for being useful or for flavor?

Mostly  usefulness honestly. I’ll make choices among several for flavor, but I’m a big proponent of using mechanics to build character. What I mean is, think about Magnus in TAZ Balance– his protection fighting style contributed a lot to the way Travis played him as a protective person. I love that shit.

35. How much roleplay do you like to do?

I like to do a lot, but unfortunately my  energy is pretty down lately so I haven’t been doing as much.

[parasection]

DND OC’s. -- No colouring for M/E/I we post our sketches at 3AM like men.

Myrille - Wizard Windsoul Genasi (He/Him) 

Ellorale - Paladin Firesoul Genasi (He/Him)

Ilmadiia - Rogue Star Elf (He/She/They) 

Nyxie - Ranger Tiefling (They/Them) 

[kfcdoubledown]

About three weeks late I now have Doyoky Gamecube joycons and can compare them directly against the NYXI Wizard! I've also disassembled them to attempt to modify them and failed, and can complain about its internals.

Doyoky Retro uses rubber membrane connections on ALL game buttons except for the paddles and context buttons; +, -, Home, Capture, macro/paddle assign, and L4/R4 paddles are the only buttons that use micro-switches. Improvement over NYXI Wizard which uses micro-switches on the d-pad and shoulder buttons.

Macro and Paddle Assign buttons are the only buttons on the entire controller that rattle when shaken.

Doyoky Retro has that kind of cheap-feeling lightness to it that third-party controllers usually do. It doesn't have the weight of traditional rumble motors, so it doesn't feel as premium as NYXI Wizard does.

All the face buttons and sticks feel almost spot-on compared to a Gamecube OEM! Insane upgrade from NYXI Wizard which feels more like a third-party controller.

The joycon rail piece attached to it out of the box is also a USB-C charging station for joycons and works with pretty much anything that can be put on a joycon rail!

Like the NYXI Wizard, the stick caps are again completely custom. This time, sadly, they're pretty purpose-built for the Doyoky Retro, and OEM Gamecube stick caps (as well as the Gamecube-themed Retroflag drop-in controller) do not fit the Doyoky Retro without severe modification. I'm still working on some way of mounting an OEM's C-stick nub to one of the replacement caps.

The Doyoky Retro has replacement caps! The stick caps' actual thumbsticks are mounted on a hexagonal friction-fit bracket and can be removed. You get a gray C-stick style nub, replacements for both to feel more like a Dualshock 4 or Dualsense controllers' sticks, or a ringed rubber C-stick like the analog.

The interior of the Doyoky Retro is pretty convoluted and stupid on a couple of its controls. A plunger on a spring is mounted to the PCB in a well to hit the micro-switch that controls the paddles, and the plunger itself hits a long post attached to the paddle button. This also makes it a total bitch to close the controller back up without anything falling out.

The joycon rail is custom, and none of its functions are actually on the rail itself, they're on micro-switches on the PCB. This includes the SL and SR buttons. The only piece of electronics on the rail itself is the charge/hard connection rail to a Switch or other charger, and the Bluetooth antenna.

The battery is a small (~1 inch long and wide?) pouch battery that is only held in place by the friction of a foam cushion glued to it, and resting on the interior of the controller and occupying some of the space in the handles. Like the paddle mechanisms, this also has a bad tendency to just flop around and fall out; they should have used double-sided tape to secure it inside the well it occupies on the plastic mold.

Doyoky Retro uses a little button motor for vibration instead of fuller sized motors as in a typical controller. Downgrade from NYXI Wizard.

The controller only tries to connect to Switch when pressing Home on the right joycon and Capture on the left. This is really annoying when every other controller on the market, even other third-parties, will try to connect on any button press!

In summation these are worth the money if you want a Gamecube controller, especially one with accurate buttons and sticks. I think, though, that the perfect Gamecube joycon lies somewhere between here and the NYXI Wizard. Either the Doyoky one needs to be heavier and needs more OEM-accurate sticks (the C-stick nub likely doesn't have a C embossed because they're using the same mold for the optional left-stick nub), or the NYXI Wizard needs to drop the button backlight in favor of OEM-style buttons and adopt the rubber membrane button improvements. The Wizard has better paddles, weight and rumble, the Retro has better buttons, bundle-ins, and d-pad. I can't really recommend one over the other, since in direct comparison both have their caveats that make the other more desirable. Maybe a third company will try their hand at a Gamecube joycon, or one of the two will make improvements?

Additionally, Doyoky made me wait an extra three weeks on my order because they ran into quality-control problems that required an entire batch be taken back to the factory. The order almost made it to fulfillment, and was hurriedly taken back; it required asking customer-support what was going on to actually get any reason on why my order stopped moving, and even then they weren't entirely sure why themselves until some days after I first sent an email. The whole while, it was still listed as an in-stock product. Not a good move.

[kfcdoubledown]

Doyoky Gamecube joycons are available on their website now! They say they’re gonna set up fast US shipping in May so I’ll wait a week or two before ordering. I’m attracted to it coming with a charge-capable joycon dock and having more accurate face buttons than the NYXI Wizard. I’ll probably pry the right one open and replace its C-stick like I did with the NYXI.