Yeah, like the bird.

A few of the incredible collections at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. 

See also: The Feather Lady

why does it feel so good when people like food that was my idea lmao

like whether i cooked it, or i just suggested a restaurant for us to go to, or i picked some up from a takeaway place while i was getting something for myself, or like my brothers hungry at 11pm and im like here have this tub of pringles

just like. whenever im like “here eat this” and the person is gently content and enjoys it. that feels really fucking good

the two replies to this that say “grandma instinct” and “support caster” have directly inspired my next d&d character

A tree trunk throne in Kendall, England.

Doesn’t look safe for a mortal.

I’m gonna sit in it. I’ve read all the stories, I know all the tropes. But you know what? I’m gonna sit in it anyway.

Persian lion’s head ornament

From Hammadan (Iran), 600-500 B.C.

portugal

I just wrote “Trained Growth” trees into my story yesterday, and then I see some in my dash! In The Carbon Coast, there are entire villages built into natural areas like forests, and there are a lot of trained growth trees and plants carefully grown and cared for to help them serve as architecture, furniture, and beyond.

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Warlock who insists on referring to their supernatural patron as their sugardaddy.

Cindrel, Romania Adrian Borda

Alchemist Journals by António Soares on Etsy

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My super advanced mapmaking technique - a handful of dice makes the map nice

interesting method

My question is do the die affect topography any or just set the borders?

I imagine it’s up to the person making the map. But maybe the more dice in a single spot, the more mountainous or forested the area. Maybe choose a few dice to be deemed cities, and some dice for ruins.

Maybe let the dice choose, like a nat 20 would be the world capital, and 10’s would be mountains or something like that.

1-5: Plains and fields

6-8: Forests

9-11: Mountains

12-14: Tundras and snow covered lands

15-17: Farms and towns

18-19: Larger cities

20: Capitals and castles

what would happing if all the dice landed on a 20?

then you have a very busy continent

not all of those are d20s though, so you’d have to come up with another method for the other ones

Adjusted for all dice you might have

D20

1-5: Plains and fields

6-8: Forests

9-11: Mountains

12-14: Tundras and snow covered lands

15-17: Farms and towns

18-19: Larger cities

20: Capitals and castles

D12

1-3: Plains and fields

4-6: Forests

7-8: Mountains

9-10: Tundras and snow covered lands

11: Farms and towns

12: Larger cities

D10

1-3: Plains and fields

4-6: Forests

7-8: Mountains

9: Tundras and snow covered lands

10: Farms and towns

D8

1-4: Plains and fields

5-6: Forests

7: Mountains

8: Tundras and snow covered lands

D6

1-3: Plains and fields

4: Forests

5-6: Mountains

D4

1-2: Plains and fields

3: Forests

4: Mountains

Holy shit. Definitely using this.

I swore at how simple this motherfucking thing is. You’re all bastards and i love you.

((This is genius, seriously))

things that make every video game better

The weirdest town name in every state

I love all of these for names of characters and towns in D&D and fantasy writing

Day 25 Favorite Monster Girl. Nagas. Who knew they’d be so fun to draw? Especially with their colors. Also I really like doing the henna designs.

Robes are stupid. My sorcerer dresses like Petyr Baelish.

To expand: if you are a mage, dress like a noble. Do not dress like a wizard. Pointy conical hat and sky-blue robes is medieval semaphore for “kill first and with extreme prejudice.” Tailored black silk over cloth-of-gold and studded with rubies says “Harmless, but valuable; ransom if possible or kill last.” 

If you dress like a noble, they’re not going to pay attention as you take a turn or two to back away from the melee and prepare yourself. The ruse is only broken when you reveal yourself, at which point 8d6 fire damage is screaming toward them at Mach Fuck anyway, so no big.

counterpoint: if you don’t get to dress like someone ran a magical thrift shop through a rototiller and frankensteined the pieces back together what’s the god-damned point of being a wizard

Rebuttal: have you seen the way the nobility dressed, historically? there’s nothing stopping you from being eccentric as all fuck, just be strategic about it.

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A pair of daggers with impala antler hilts, India, 19th century.

from Hermann Historica