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Kazimiera's baby Dracolich, Little Monster. Loves treats, cuddles, and shiny things. Art by Nildecanter.

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do i make you feel like christmas time?

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Dragonfable was a big influence, but would you recommend playing it now?

Yes, absolutely, positively, 100%.

The game is constantly getting updates. Like. Once a week. It's got a really neat world and story and just about everything if I'm being perfectly honest. ESPECIALLY for what you would expect from what started as a 2006 free-to-play flash game. Like. Leagues better. Hell, it's better then a lot of games out there.

And unlike other Artix entertainment titles, it focuses a lot on actually staying a good game, and not just chunking out new content meaninglessly. (Looks at AQW. I love you Elegy of Madness but you are trapped in such a shit game)

Fuck, I gotta rant about it a bit.

Okay, for starters, the devs clearly CARE about the game being nice to play. I mentioned it has weekly updates, but not all of those are new quests or stuff, but quality of life or balance changes to keep the game interesting and fun. Like, they are even going back and revamping the original questlines just to add a bit more polish, like adding music to stuff from before music was even in the engine, or cleaning up dialogue. They make nice interfaces to help you find your way around the story, they give exploration, they ease the player into the complexities of the battle system, ect.

And it's also very friendly in other ways. LGTBQ+ friendly, and they mean it. Pride stuff up always, gender changes easily accessible and including NB options (not body types YET but considering they would have to make a new variation for every single armor type in the game to do so I don't blame them). Very accepting, nice community from what I've seen, both in and out of studio.

And the story. GODS I love the story. And the world. You start out as a fairly classic hero, saving the world from the evil bad guy, with prophecy on your side (Kind of?), things are a lovely mix of serious and silly that hits just right.... And then, after you've won? It keeps going. Because the world wasn't magically fixed. Because the battle has consequences, on both you and the world. What was once a playground becomes obviously more serious BECAUSE you won. The world is fleshed out, always HAS been, but your character never payed attention to it before things fall apart and running along with prophecy and skill no longer cuts it.

And god that's not even going into the absolute JOY of how it handles it's tie in's with other games. You don't NEED to play the other games but... Short answer is that the game is technically a form of post apocalypse from the Sci-fi spacefaring game, because you RESET REALITY and you start Dragonfable technically thousands of years after that one, in a whole other reality, and THE INSTANT AFTER IT ENDED. All at once. And it's not entirely gone. It's kinda still there. And you... you were the hero of that one too, and you don't remember. (Or do you? some things feel... familiar...)

Also it's art SLAPS. Both it's visuals (a 2-d sidescrolling game on a small crew is normally hard to pull off but Dragonfable is fucking beautiful) and it's music. I use dragonfable music for Symphony in Crimson for a REASON. There's SO MUCH OF It, and it's a lovely music of royalty free stuff from good artists, and in house music made across the entire Artix entertainment studio. And 90% of the time, Dragonfable uses it the best, across the various games.

Now, it IS technically a free to play game. and that comes with some connotations. But uh. I've really never seen a game handle it better then them? Free version covers the entire story and 83% of the gameplay, the 'full' version is a one time $20 purchase, and it's paid currency is mostly for cosmetics. Honestly? I wouldn't be surprised if the game is barely kept afloat with how generous it is. You can beat endgame bosses without paying a penny.

Overall, Dragonfable is one of those games that... feels like it would have died out years ago. Or wouldn't be able to exist in the modern market. But it's not, it's still here, and better, and gives me just... that little bit of hope? for stories and games and everything.

And again. It's story and world is wonderful. I cannot recommend it enough.

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HEEHEHE DID AN ELYSIA GENDERBEND NOT TOO LONG AGO! Pink haired characters are genuinely such a fave. I need to draw Cyrene soon nnn

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happy pride

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MOST MAJESTIC CRK ART I HAVE EVER SEEN I LOVE THIS

Everything shall return to the flour.

im back

another version:

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people don’t talk about kissmessitude anymore. because of woke

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:p

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every show dragonfable has one

(i couldn’t pick just one for the hot one dfghjk)

(the uncrunched image of all the df women is the one that dove posted several years ago on twitter for international women’s day)

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Majored in Necromancy with a minor in Gender studies and sociology from the Necropolis, as one does.

Thinking about how Zorbak, a moglin necromancer, inexplicably knows bunch of spells of transing your gender

Zorbak why do you have a pronouns spell

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Omg I'd say that Jack definitely has a spare room in Falconreach's Inn that's always available for him. Falconreach is the place he likely feels most at home with anyways. I also think that he'll often sleepover at Aegis' place in ravenloss when he's feeling a bit lonely and he's always welcome there. Since book 3 and onwards everyone else in lore is rather busy so I believe Aegis always being able to support Jack makes his house a comfort place that he can dump extra clothing and equipment during down time. I like to think that both places also have a nest pet bed for Draco but he just sleeps in the main bed with Jack anyways lol.

Hero appreciation questions again! Let's talk about housing! Does your hero have a permanent place to return to? Maybe they've bought or inherited a house, or have a room in the inn or someone else's home that's just for them? Where do they usually lay their head, or spend their downtime? How would they maintain or decorate their space- clean and neat, cluttered and chaotic? How do they view the space- as just a place to sleep and dump their things, or as a meaningful home? Do they prefer to live somewhere quiet and out of the way, or do they like to be in town near others? Who, if anyone, would have a spare key to their space?

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[comm for @lucennia] from their fic: thread noose

ft. the hero of falconreach and df's favorite babydoll <3

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Happy pridefable everyone

Big thanks to @theloverofdragons for the idea

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Stella could recruit people to Alfea with her looks only ✨