straightpeoplereceipts:

holmesarchetype:

Hey! So we’re two good ol’ Jewish gay people who are disabled, penniless, and stuck in a filthy apartment complex with a roach problem. I’m on the left, my fiance @watsonarchetype is on the right.

A little under a year ago, my mother kicked us out of my family home. She left nothing of my recently deceased fathers’ money to me, despite knowing I would struggle. You may have seen us around before talking about this same situation; there’s a post from a few months ago where we’re asking for help with the same issue, but the longer these things are around, the slower things get.

Both of us are disabled and while I have been able to work a part-time retail job, it has mentally and physically taken a severe toll on me. Both of us are in constant pain of varying degrees; with my fiance’s declining mobility, the flight of stairs up to our apartment is becoming a serious problem. 

I have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and cannot currently afford my medications, the cost of gas to get to and from doctor’s appointments, or even the cost of gas to get to work. 

We have not been able to grocery shop in several months. We are required to choose between paying rent and eating food.

We can’t afford our rent if we plan on continuing to live. Our only chance is to move out, and we desperately need help to fund that.

The apartment complex has a systemic roach problem. The contracted pest control company has been unable to eradicate them because they live in the walls. There are sexual predators living very close to us who have threatened us more than once. Management is only sporadically available and has zero interest in the quality of life of their tenants. (More on the garbage apartment here.) We have no outside help and cannot seem to raise the money to get out of this place. The situation is becoming desperate.

If you can, please donate at:

paypal: paypal.me/alexandriarain
cashapp: $runefire
venmo: @niarkos 

I also have poetry for purchase at payhip.com/raccoon and I take writing commissions here at @holmesarchetype.

Thank you so much for reading & sharing. We appreciate it beyond all words. Love & light. x

hey guys we’ve managed to pay rent this month but we’ve been left with almost nothing for stuff like food & gas. we’re not sure how we’re going to recover from the combined cost of rent + medical bills this month. please please help if you can

thank you so much for enjoying our content & sticking by us through this difficult time. we adore you. ❤ stay safe and please share or donate if you can!

Architectural Nomenclature for D&D and Authors

noblecrumpet-dorkvision:

Here is a series of diagrams I made while I was making the D&D 5e Masonry profession stuff. It’s basically a helpful guide to help describe parts of buildings, windows, and doors for us non-architects out there. Use these to narrate your dungeon using accurate descriptors, or be inspired to decorate the dungeon with these new terms! You could make corbels that are shaped like owlbears, or socles carved like dragon’s claws. Especially useful to describe where secrets can be hidden, like the lintel of a door or pilaster of a wall. I recall needing to look up the term “lintel” when there was a secret lever built into one in the Shrine of Tamoachan, so there’s definitely a use for it.

Keep in mind that some of these parts can be used for other objects, particularly furniture. For instance, a table can have an entablature and cornice, just like a roof can. A pediment can exist above a door or window. A reliquary can have crockets and pinnacles like a cathedral.

I learned a lot about architecture while researching stuff for Mason’s Tools, and wanted to share it with you guys! Remember that a wide breadth of knowledge can help you become a better overall DM!

Gothic Cathedral

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Hellenistic Temple

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Crenellated Wall

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Interior Wall

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Doors and Windows

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Roofs and Domes

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Arches and Vaults

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Architectural Patterns

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Other Decorative Terms:

Urn: Yes they put them on buildings, not just in dungeons.

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Festoon: A wreath or garland hanging from two points. If it depicts cloth it is known as a swag. So yea.

Dentils: Originating as the ends of rafters, these became decoration that is repeated below a roof’s cornice. Their name means “teeth.”

Acanthus: This is the leaf that you find in a lot of architecture, especially as the capitals of Corinthian columns.

Diapering: Weird name, but basically anything that is a repeated pattern usually based on a grid that breaks up an otherwise flat space. Apparently the name comes from the Greek dia (cross/diagonal) and aspros (white)

Fleur-de-lis: If you weren’t familiar with it already, that’s what this is called:

Well that about wraps it up for today. Hope everyone was able to learn something today!