#woundrous

[ominouspositivity-or-else]

A CHILD IS BORN, A SON IS GIVEN! GOD HAS SO LOVED THE WORLD!

[philaet0s]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written then pass it on to at least five other writers (except me because obvs I have done it). Spread the self love ❤

Ehe thanks for that! I wouldn't know who to send it to and I get embarrased about asks so let's say I'm sending it to anyone who wants to do it lol

Now my 5 fav fics I've written...

The first one is, UNDOUBTEDLY,

1. Live and Die For Moments That We Stole 

My baby (literally, it took me 9 months to write it), my masterpiece. I love what I've done with this fic, I love the characters and the trajectories their lives take, I'm really, truly satisfied with this fic. Which is rare. Obviously if I rewrote it now I might change a few scenes, but as a whole, I love the fic and I'm very proud of it. It was a huge challenge because of the time period I set it in and because of the sheer lenght of that fic, but I did, I wrote it :)

2. Second Chance

I have a weird emotional attachement to this fic, I couldn't explain why but I reread it so often (because yes, I reread my own stuff, what's the point of writing stories I want to read if I don't read them?), and it always puts me in a good mood. I love the idea of a second chance, and of characters GROWING as people before they get that second chance

3. Woundrous and Mystical

I have to put it in the top three. Before I wrote Live and Die it was my favourite fic of mine, I'm just so proud of that story. Baz is my favourite character in this universe and the way that his trauma -psychological and physical- from the coffin is dealt with in canon is something that genuinely upsets me so for the longest time I wanted to write my own version of that, a version of the story where Baz gets to be affected by the fact that he was, you know, locked in a dark box for weeks without food. That story is very dear to me because of that, because it's centered around Baz and his trauma, but also because when I look at my fics as a whole, it's really with this one that I started to get a sense of how I wanted to write the characters and their relationships. The most striking example of that is Niall, the way I wrote Niall in Wondrous and Mystical is the way I've been writing Niall in my other fics since (except Live and Die, funnily enough), like Woundrous and Mystical really shaped my writing

4. The Ephemeral Nature of Flowers

Probably the fic of mine I've reread the most after Second Chance. I just love the vibes of that fic, I like the bittersweet ending, and I especially love the idea that a strong connection can be born in a very short time. Not in a 'love at first sight' kind of way because I don't really like that trope but in a 'we've had one real conversation and I feel like you and I connect in a very special way' kind of way

5. Thirteen Days to Fall in Love With Your Worst Enemy 

That fic was soooo much fun to write. Putting our Simon with a Baz that considers him their best friend, and our Baz with a Simon that considers him his best friend + non!binary Baz my beloved <3

Simon getting to see Baz for the person that he truly is and not this evil mastermind he imagines him to be is always my favourite thing to write in fics where they start out disliking each other, and this fic is literally just that, so

[dailycharacteroption]

Lightsplayer (Starfinder Archetype)

(art by PhaseRunner on DeviantArt)

They say that sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, and while most of the time this is merely a statement on how technological feats can seem fantastical and wondrous to those that do not understand them, it is perhaps nowhere more literal than with the idea of the technomage.

Now, Starfinder’s technomage class is more about blurring these lines by blending the two disciplines more than anything else, but I’m not necessarily talking about that class specifically, but rather, the the idea of the technomage as “someone using advanced tech to emulate the idea of magic”.

They may be couching real or fake attacks behind fancy illusions to make them seem different, concealing flamethrowers and other energy emitters in their clothing to emulate projecting the elements or other such feats, but as fantastical as what they are doing, it’s all technology in the end.

It is that sort of technomancer that today’s subject, the lightsplayer, seeks to emulate, specifically those that couch things in illusions and hardlight.

Lightsplayers, like their names suggest, use holograms to achieve woundrous effects that can seem outright magical, both on their own and by concealing their other actions within them.

They might be special effects experts for concerts or movies, con artists seeking to bilk rubes that mistake them for real mages, or even criminals using holograms to conceal their crimes or distract from pursuit, the possibilities being as endless as the class combinations and their own imagination.

Being a lightsplayer means having holographic tech on hand whenever they need it, so they build their own device similar to the custom rig of a mechanic (or integrating the hologram tech into the existing one). If they already had a rig, they gain a free charlatan’s wand, which is an electromagnetic device that can levitate small metal object, discharge minor bolts of electricity, or be used as a strong taser in an emergency, albeit cat the cost of overheating the device for a bit.

However, the holographic rig itself is capable of recreating technological versions of various cantrips and spells on it’s own, namely creating glowing balls of light, walls of light, holographic interfaces for nearby computers, and even creating a hardlight wisp to aid them once a dayl

Later on, by expending a bit of resolve, these holographic artists can use their emitter to create holograms, the complexity and capabilities of which scale with their mastery, letting them create all sorts of illusions and tricks.

Of course, not every trick of theirs is entirely fake, and lightsplayers also enjoy the simplicity of homemade glitter bombs, which coat foes in clinging glitter that potentially blinds them and ruining invisibility both mundane and magical.

By it’s core premise, this archetype is well-suited for non-magical classes seeking to add a little bit of illusionary trickery to their arsenal. Mechanic is the most obvious choice given their love of technology, but biohackers, envoys, and operatives also can enjoy the various forms of trickery it offers, especially since biohackers might combine it with psychotropic injections to make the illusions more believable to their victims. More combat-oriented classes, from evolutionists, nanocytes, solarians, soldiers, and vanguards may also enjoy it as a way to provide cover or distractions. Meanwhile spellcasters, particularly technomancers, may enjoy it for the additional abilities. Additionally, the various feats that grant the character minor spellcasting can be a great way to either add more illusion spells to your arsenal, or provide some very real attacks and utility to blend into your deceptions.

With how few actual abilities the archetype gets, I can be easy to imagine them either just making it a part of their arsenal, or going full in and make it the founding premise of the character. The former might simply be a technician with a penchant for holographic tech, while the latter may go buck wild with it, couching their attacks in holographic disguises and illusions to go full Mysterio and leave foes utterly befuddled.

Located on the surface of an asteroid, Biuss Dome is an awe-inspiring venue that promises every show under it’s dome will be accompanied by an unparalleled view of the stars, and it’s manager has a knack for holograms to enhance every show. However, all the metal and electronic equipment has attracted the attention of one of the belt’s denizens, the armored electromagnetic cephalopods known as kaions!

Fed up with the justice on his homeworld, the half-elf Jura has a plan to take down the ruler that ordered his father on the mission the claimed his life. Using his mastery of holograms, he plans on driving the ruler into a trap of his design.

Mengnoss the Magnificent is a self-proclaimed master of the arcane, but in truth is a charlatan bilking frontier yokels out of their coin. However, when a demonic invasion opens up on the world hosting his current show, people begin looking to him for advice.

[apesoformythoughts]

“Not only was there the shroud, intact and collapsed flatter than a cheese soufflé. There was also the face-cloth, set aside. Some exegetes read this verse to mean that the sudarium, or sweat-cloth, that covered the Holy Face was not folded and set aside, outside the strips of cloth, but that it remained inside the shroud, at face level. It seems to me that this interpretation, like some very lofty symbolic interpretations, serves to provide an excellent excuse for not helping with the household chores. It leaves us at the wondrous disappearance, without thinking of what is even still more woundrous, namely, that the first thing the Risen Lord did was to fold and carefully arrange his face-cloth like a napkin after dinner […]

You will probably say that I'm exaggerating. Some want everything to amount to the coarseness of grand spectacle, or a demonstration of power. This is because they probably have not advanced far enough into the mysticism of housekeeping. For what is more in the image of God, along the lines that we have just seen, than keeping house? I will sweep away the house of Jeroboam, as a man sweeps away dung until it is all gone, says the Lord through the mouth of the prophet Ahijah (1 Kgs 14:10). And Jesus clears his threshing floor (cf. Mt 3:12), drives the merchants out of the Temple, and washes the feet of his disciples.”

— Fabrice Hadjadj: The Resurrection [Résurrection, mode d’emploi; transl. Michael J. Miller]

[majestativa]

His chimeric eyes hold in In the depth of darkest seas, Woundrous and large, two passions twin, Consumed without surcease.

— Mihai Eminescu, Eternal Longing, Impossible Love, transl by Adrian George Sahlean, (2006)

[timothylawrence]

Ok, this is a long one so I couldn't reply (again) on your post about Wyll getting his old body back but I ran here after talking to my parter (whose first proper BG3 playthrough was a Wyll Origin) (He's also a DM for a lot of games) about it and he hypothisized that either

A. A wizard with access to Polymorph (a 4th level Transmutation spell) could use it on Wyll and turn him into a human. My partner's pretty sure that's just the spell Mizora used on Wyll in the first place, just with more hellish theatrics.

OR B. should Wyll die before getting his old body back, you can use the reincarnate spell (which can come as either a 5th level Transmutation spell or even a Woundrous Item) that will revive a dead person but as a different race, unfortunately you don't get to chose the race the dead person reincarnate into (In meta, the DM rolls a d100 and you get a human if the roll a 77-96) but for the sake of fanfiction/plot convinience, "faking" Wyll's death to spite Mizora/some Upper City twat looking to do some shady shizz against the Ravengards and then reincarnating Wyll could work? Just my partner's suggestions.

OOOh....!!! this is super duper well thought out and it makes sense...!!!!! thank you for taking the time to send this my way. I'm not super versed in DND stuff but this is rlly interesting to consider and plot in fic + future stuff....!!!! Thank you :)! 💕

[woundrous-thing]

inismor -> woundrous-thing

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[draco-the-voiddragon]

You know a lot about DnD.

How would I make a cult of the lamb sidequest, or even a one shot based on it? Like, I had the idea, but my IQ is in the negatives, and I have writers block, so please help

Hmm, the Cult of the Lamb? Some research was in order but...

I don't mind helping with that:

A Necromancer subboss with abilities around your players' levels assuming they're all lvl 3, but the necromancer is about level 4-5 depending on the number of players/npcs. Likely could throw in a few stray zombie beastkin depending on how long the side quest is supposed to take or number of rests allowed.

Any Undead being to my knowledge can only be beat by crits or radiant damage, or if the summoner is killed/loses for brevity's sake. I'd say that at lower levels, there can be exceptions since not everyone will have radiant damaging attacks. Fire damage can be a substitute if needed, but give cold resistance in that scenario.

Base plot ideas:

A Lamb Beastfolk is having trouble sleeping because of zombies terrorizing the town at night. It turns out that this lamb is the evil one raising them. Setting for the battle could be a church/graveyard.

It could also be a clue gathering mission/special item sidequest. I would think given the death theme, the woundrous item known as the ghost lantern as a potential possession of the Lamb could work too. It's both a lighting source, and with attunement the attuned can use mage hand with it. The Lamb could not have attuned properly and been possessed by the spirit inhabiting the lantern.

Lemme know your thoughts, I wrote a lotta my own campaign from scratch and have a couple WIP books with a few chapters each at least.

I adore the endless creation that flows in ones' mind stronger than riptide currents. I always could use a reason to write or draw.

[askcocky]

Susanne just whined as she felt herself go weightless and closed her eyes tightly, clinging to her son for dear life.

It all suddenly ended as her feet touched the floor again and she opened her eyes to the woundrous environment of The Impetus, also known as The PBJ Sandwich. Her eyes were huge as she looked around.

Cocky scratched his ear. "Maybe... if Guybrush doesn't need me around," Cocky said, looking at the pirate.

Guybrush looked over reassuringly. “It’s fine.”

[adrieanespiritu]

Reaction to a Personal Narrative

Ace's Journey in the World of Learning

Ace Andrie Abarabar is the person who are in favor to learn any kind of knowledge; he is like a trend that tends to grow wider and makes big impact on our society. He illustrate in his personal narrative the journey in learning on different kind of aspect in his life and discusses the wonder of his learning. Viewing the world through learning is difficult because it is looks like going upstairs with the use of hand.

I realized that his writing helps me realize what was the importance of learning and it motivates me to not get scared in discovering something peculiar. I was like won in mega lottery after reading his personal narrative, because I acquire something that cannot be exchanged or paid. Furthermore, the way he tell the story of his voyages is brilliant. The emotions that he want to express is very well and the tone of it is giving me the feeling of happiness.

Being apart of people who read his personal narrative is woundrous. This may become one of the list of my motivation that will contribute to my knowledge. Bringing myself to the point that I confidently express my word like him is engaging. In closing, while reading hid work, it put me in the situation that wanted to be learn more especially in writing like this, because he was speaking books that can express what is in mind in a precise way.

[umbralaether]

20 & 31 ;D

Already answered 20 (link later, on mobile sry)

here’s 31. Doing a pinky swear

Idyllshire was a place of perseverance, of tinkering and crafting and forging a way forward. It was for dreamers, thinkers, and doers. She loved the energy every time she came here, a little community built from those who never give up, who thrive when given the chance. Who face the brands of scrutiny with a shining tenacity.

It was also a place that held a little Miqo’te girl named Khloe, who already dreamed harder than most and was filled with wonder. A little girl whom Eisha had been bringing countless stories to for years now, who shrilled with glee every time she came to visit.

A little girl Eisha cared for dearly, and made an effort to visit as much as she could. She rounds the corner and makes her way to the girl’s stand.

“Miss Eisha! You’re back!” Khloe sings gleefully.

Eisha crouches down to meet the girls height, “Little Miss Khloe, indeed I am.”

As always, Khloe’s mind was on one thing, and one thing only, “You have stories for me right? You always have the bestest stories!”

Eisha laughs, pulling the journal out of her bag, “I think you’ll like these ones, there’s a dragon or two this time.”

“Really? I love the dragons cause they can fly! I wish I could fly. Those stories are the coolest!” Khloe takes the journal happily, admiring the worn cover with joy.

This was always the best part, the happiness Khloe had for stories and adventure. Even modified to suit a child’s whims, it was something she enjoyed recording. The novelty of battle, recalling her foes. Things she didn’t want to always carry with her, heavy and dark, but easier to carry when she wrote them in books.

“Miss Eisha?” Khloe’s voice brings her back to the present, “You’re going to bring me more stories, right?”

“Of course I will, why do you ask?”

“Well… I heard Zhloe and the other grown ups saying you were leaving, where are you going?” Her eyes are wide, pure innocence.

“Oh. Well, you see… I have to go oversea and help some people. It’s really important that I go, so that no one gets hurt.” It’s not a lie, it’s as gentle as she can deliver.

“Just like in your stories! There will be monsters there too, right? And you’ll fight them and win!” The girl jumps up and down in excitement.

“That’s the plan, Little Miss.” If there’s anything she’ll be sure to do, it’s give Khloe something to remember, “I have something for you to do while I’m gone.”

She hands her a small light purple journal, and matching quill, “I know you’ve been practicing your writing. I want to give you this, so you can write me stories too.”

Khloe takes the gifts, hands gripping the leather tightly as she admires it, “For me? Really? I can’t believe it! You want to read my stories too?”

“I sure do. You’ve been listening to all of mine, and I’m sure you’ve got plenty of stories I haven’t heard yet.”

Khloe ponders this a moment before saying, “You pinky swear you’ll be back soon? I might fill up this book before you’re back!” She holds out her pinky.

Eisha laughs, locking her pinky with the girl’s, “I pinky swear I’ll be back very soon. You’d better be ready with stories then!”

She keeps Khloe in mind as she recalls her memories of walking to the end of the universe, of trying and giving your all for the sake of mankind. The thoughts will need to be polished, refined for younger ears. But Khloe would know of the day they faced the end of days and won.

[ambersock]

Ask game: 8, 11

8. Which fic or hc do you feel most proud of?

Man-in-the-middle. The blood imagery just worked and the transitions and progression of Sam's thoughts had a really nice flow. I don’t think I’ve been able to duplicate either of those since.

Runner-up is Convergence because it’s a weird, experimental style that I never tried before. I was terrified of posting it but I did it anyway.

11. Post something from a current wip or concept

What he had just dismissed as background noise, the distant, mournful cawing of a single crow, grows unmistakably louder. It’s definitely closer, and one voice becomes two, and then five, and then twenty or more and it escalates to a cacophony. Shadows dance across the wall opposite the window, growing more numerous until they blot out the daylight entirely; the drumming of dozens, then hundreds, of wingbeats intensifying like a gentle rain becoming a thundering tempest, punctuated by the thudding of bodies against the panes of glass.  Minutes pass as the auditory assault intensifies into a deafening howl, until an abrupt silence falls.

Sam and Dean and Castiel exchange alarmed looks, and then outright panic seizes Dean.

“Baby.”

[keanoris]

Hello again, _____ and Jerry. I would like to purchase three of those mystery cards with the woundrous effects please.

“Shop is open”

1 - Tinted glass - 10 currency

2 - Heart - 25 currency

3 - Elf Shoe - 25 currency

4 - Hungering ghost - 34 currency

5 - Drougnor-Dagger - 25 currency

6 -Ticket to the Sorcery Olympics - 10 currency per ticket

7 - Bio-Arm - 28 currency

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"Wizard Essentials"

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Staff - blade staff - 10 currency

Orb - Turkey - 10 currency

Robes - Infra-Oculum leather robe - 4 currency per robe

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"Consumables"

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1 - Health potion - 5 currency

2 - Health Potion - 5 currency

3 - Mana Potion - 5 currency

4 - Light Potion - 15 currency

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"Salt"

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[the-pinkopaque]

Trent Reznor, 2005

[youhavethetools]

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