#this is actually a dnd oc hahah

[rainia]

HAPPY U ARE ON THE MEND I'm also doing well, just coming off being sick myself so I feel that fr fr

omg Omg if u wanna 👀 I'd love to hear about ur dnd oc grabby hands

ALSO HELL YEAH JRWI FANART!!! Hyped hyped hyped if u wanna tag me in it whenever it's down I'd love to see it ^_^ I need to catch up fr fr

As for me I've been on the fanwork grind for another kinda dnd/ttrpg podcast called thrilling intent about this one blorbo called Gregor. I've even got like- a sorta fic in the works which is big for me since I've never properly written smth for a fandom before and I'm eeee!! Been well been well.

Hehehe oh dont worry, as soon as I start an actual campaign you bet I won’t shut up about my oc >:D

YEAAAHH I will def tag youuu!! Its super rough but Ive been having so much fun with it so aaayyy. Will absolutely post it when I’m happy with it! :D

OOHHHHH a fic??? Dude that’s awesome, I’m so glad you’re enjoying another podcast 👀 I’ve had so many recommendations lately hahah, it’s almost overwhelming! But hopefully I can get to try that one at some point too :O

[blujaydoodles]

what are some of the inspirations for your dnd ocs?

OH interesting question!! Although I think my answers are mostly not very interesting, ahaha ^^;; Elyss was my first 5e character-- I'd always wanted to play a ranger! It's hard to draw a straight line to any specific inspiration there tbh; being interested in animals and the outdoors, wilderness survival, and archery all just happen to be things that have been a part of what I'm like as a person for nearly as long as I can remember, so playing a very classic flavored ranger was a natural extension of all of that. A somewhat more superficial but much more specific detail is that I was inspired to make her a water genasi by the way light creates patterns through ripples underwater: when I found out what a genasi was, I thought it'd be really cool if a water genasi had skin that looked like that.

IDRI was inspired by me wondering about sleight of hand magic in a world with real literal magic-- what role would that play, how would the setting shape the staging and patter for the performance, what would the response be from laypeople and from legitimate practitioners? Then I realized that would be a great backstory for a rogue, and that 'performer in a circus' would give you access to nearly every single rogue feature without having to have a criminal background, and I got really excited by the concept and built it out immediately

Earlier in October I posted about Juniper being partly inspired by Milo Thatch from Atlantis: The Lost Empire :D Otherwise she came from me thinking about motivations for adventuring that aren't either trauma or treasure driven; I wanted her to be adventuring because she wants to, so I made a mapmaker who would be equally excited to travel anywhere the story or the other PCs' personal quests take us

Aubree was built entirely around 'what if... Small sized fighter riding a boar', hahah. Nyssa is mostly just inspired by-- and an outlet for-- my long-running love of satyrs, and my own culture/ worldbuilding for them; her voice and cadence are inspired by Evanna Lynch's performance of Luna Lovegood. Admittedly my halfling bard Kethri was mostly me going 'okay what's this party likely to need 🤔' because her campaign has a lot of first time players ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Ambrose and Melliwyk were both initially inspired more than anything by their campaign settings! In both cases I was sort of in a '... I really cannot be in another campaign,' and then the DM was like 'here's the overview for my rich and intriguing setting and where the plot might take you' and I was like WELP!! guess I have to design a character around how badly I wanna sink my teeth into all of that!!! On a slightly similar note, Tsakesh is my Skyrim boi and he was mostly inspired by the way that I like to play Skyrim ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Most of the inspiration for Felix is literally just 'what are all the things I like or that would make me happy to play' tbh lmao. Rogues are my favorite class, so he's a rogue! I love animals and love that dnd lets you talk to animals, so he's actually going to do that! I love lore and solving mysteries, so that's gonna be his whole thing! etc etc.

A tl;dr answer, which feels like a really boring one, is that a lot of the inspiration behind almost all of my OCs is just... my own thoughts on worldbuilding, or race/ culture, or some other thing specific to the character 😅 I'm very much more inspired by Aesthetics and Concepts and Ideas than anything specific I could say 'oh, yeah, This Character' or 'This Story' or whatever. Like, Mel is mad scientist flavored, but not in a way that's direct enough or intentional enough that I could say 'I was inspired By This Or That', you know?

Anyway, thank you for asking!!

[menemosa]

also 🔥 <33333

🔥 wild card: dealer's choice of quote from a wip

oooo you gave me so much power with this >:DD i’ll choose a different wip this time so we have some variety mwahaha

There were many stories. Many letters that spilled out in spindles and loose ends. Unwinding onto itself and loosening its tender grasp. The effort of a community trying to unravel a demon’s life. But for Shun —

For Shun, his story has always been a beginning to an end.

again, i can’t link the wip but you’re always welcome to pester about this!

[a-tired-birds-ramblings]

Interview Meme

Tagged by:

@madebyeternalwords

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Tagging: anyone who wants to do it!

1. Choose an OC

2. Answer the questions as them

3. Tag 5 others

SCADIA “SCORCHER” MORKU

(I’ll have her backstory up on my blog soon! Until then, here’s some tidbits on my newest DnD character~)

1. What is your name?

Scadia. 

2. Do you know why you’re named that?

It was apparently the name of my grandmother. I don’t know for sure.

3. Are you single or taken?

Single. Have been my whole life.

4. Have any abilities or powers?

Hell yeah! I can cast spells with the best of them, and my good friends upstairs have given me some interesting abilities.

5. Stop being a Mary Sue.

Oh, so because I’m a Drow Warlock I’m a Mary Sue? Fuck off. 

6. What’s your eye color?

Red, with black sclera. Pretty common for Drow.

7. How about your hair color?

Dark grey.

8. Have any family members?

None I’d care to speak to. Ever again. 

 9. Oh? How about pets?

Nope. My spells can get a little wild, so I haven’t gotten a familiar or anything similar.

10. That’s cool, I guess. Now tell me something you don’t like?

Ironically, most priests. A lot of them are in it for themselves, and would sooner take someone’s money and send them off with a prayer than actually help them.

11. Do you have any activities/hobbies that you like to do?

I love to read. The surface world’s literature is a far cry from the stuff I used to read in the Underdark. 

12. Have you ever hurt anyone in any way before?

Obviously. But never anyone who didn’t deserve it.

3. Ever… killed anyone before?

Second verse, same as the first.

14. What kind of animal are you?

Ah, probably a bat. Or a spider.

15. Name your worst habits?

I go a little... overboard, when an issue becomes personal.

16. Do you look up to anyone at all?

I read a story, once, about a Drow Ranger named Drizzt. He was regarded as a hero on the surface world. I hope I can be recognized like that someday.

17. Are you gay, straight or bisexual?

Gay.

18. Do you go to school?

Didn’t have anything like that back in the Underdark. Just my parents teaching me how to fight. I taught myself most everything else.

19. Ever want to marry and have kids one day?

Hell no. I would be an awful mother.

20. Do you have any fangirls/fanboys?

Hahah, not really. I do have my share of past lovers, though.

21. What are you most afraid of?

Probably... death. I’m no saint, mind you. I’m pretty sure I know what’s on the other side for me.

22. What do you usually wear?

My patron gifted me with some grey and white robes when I made my pact, they came reinforced with leather armor. 

23. What’s one food that tempts you?

Honestly? Anything sweet. Sugarcane doesn’t grow in the Underdark, so when I discovered it on the surface, I nearly lost it.

24. Am I annoying to you?

Nah, not really.

25. Well, it’s still not over!

Oh boy.

26. What class are you (low/middle/high)?

Not really sure what that means. I was part of a farm village back home, but now I just sort of live on my own. Day-to-day, you know?

27. How many friends do you have?

Only one, really. My patron, an emissary of Tymora. She saved my life, and gave me the power to fight for myself.

28. What are your thoughts on pie?

Ooh, don’t tempt me. I love it to death.

29. Favorite drink?

Honeyed mead. Once again, anything sweet!

30. What’s your favorite place?

Not really sure yet. I certainly didn’t have one back home, and I haven’t been on the surface too long either.

31. Are you interested in anyone?

In terms of a serious relationship? Only one. And she knows who she is~

32. That was a stupid question…

Hahah, don’t worry about it. You aren’t the first person to ask, and I certainly hope you won’t be the last!

33. Would you rather swim in a lake or the ocean?

Lake. The ocean is.... far too big and open. It creeps me out.

34. What’s your type?

Someone who has their own set of beliefs that they won’t give up on, no matter what. That dedication is really admirable. That, and... any woman who’s taller than me. Just... wow.

35. Any fetishes?

Woooah, I’m not telling you that.

36. Camping or outdoors?

Wait, I thought “camp” was a noun. You’re telling me it’s a verb too? What?!

[blujaydoodles]

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