thegmsighs:

Context: Our party returns to a fishing village after exploring a cave hideout to find the village under attack from a demon (that we just freed from said cave) setting it on fire. We end up battling him to help get the citizens evacuated. Down the line we do enough damage to where he’s fairly injured but we were at a disadvantage.

Two of our members got seperated and our barbarian had no means to hit a flying enemy. Our two rangers couldn’t hit him due to disadvantages from smoke and (the best part) our wizard Schmeckle had only one spell slot left.

Barbarian: Schmeckle we have to stop him now! Do something!

Schmeckle: I can’t! I have NO spell slots left to use.

DM: Actually you have one left.

Schmeckle: Yeah but there’s nothing that I can use to damage him… Wait… okay you guys are gonna hate me for this but –

Ranger: But what?

Schmeckle: Alright. I will cast SLEEP on the demon.

DM: Alright, roll 5d8 to see if it takes effect.

Schmeckle: (Rolls a successful spell)

DM: Holy shit, okay. With desperation you cast sleep and effectively cause the demon to lose consciousness and falls heavily to the earth, (rolls damage upon impact), and dies on impact.

Everyone in the party: Holy shit.

matthewonart:

Non-Boring Environments that need Fantasy Representation

Tropical Rainforests

Scrubland/Dry Forests. For extra effect make them the sort that burn very often; some native plants never germinate until after a fire, and some animals not only rely on fire to smoke out prey, but may even start them themselves.

Savannas/Tropical Grasslands

Temperate Rainforests. I almost didn’t include this bc New Zealand is covered in them, and that’s where they filmed Lord of the Rings. But tbh, no one really knows about them, so it belongs here

Taiga Forests

Barren Tundra, perfect for some extreme seasonal dichotomy

Polar Ice Sheets

Desert-Grasslands (arguably the same as Scrubland but Australia’s good at adding its own twists)

Barren Desert

If you like Cacti, look at American Deserts like the Sonoran

Salt Flats

Soda Lakes and Alkaline Lakes

Madagascar’s Karst Limestone Formations

Madagascar’s Spiny Forests

Madagascar’s Baobab Forests

Madagascar’s Subhumid Forests (Madagascar is cool as hell ok)

Danxia Landforms

Badlands/Mountainous Deserts

Steppes and Highland Prairies

Flood Basalts

Newly-Formed Islands, still rife with Volcanic activity

Now for Underwater Environments, sure Coral Reefs are cool.

But there are SO MANY other kinds of environments for aquatic settings, it’s unbelievable:

Seaside Cliffs

Archipelagos. Not just Tropical Island chains like Polynesia (Moana anyone?) but also Coldwater Archipelagos like the Aleutians.

Tidal Flats

Bayous/Cypress Swamps

Tropical River Basins, AKA Seasonally Flooded Rainforests

Mangrove Swamps/Deltas/Beaches

Kelp Forests

The Open Ocean

Coastal Seabeds

Rocky Beaches with Tidepools

And there are a LOT more I could name but this post is already obscenely long as is, if you’d like to toss in your own go right ahead, but my point is if you limit yourself to European Deciduous Forests you’re a wimp.

orriculum:

packetofcrackers:

taiey:

sarah531:

I just realised where Kylo got his name from:

Ky = sKYwalker

Lo = soLO

Ren = literally just his birth name with an R

which means that when he was choosing his super scary Dark Lord name, he just mashed up the surnames of the most positive figures in his life. poor sod can’t even evil right

literally a ‘what is your star wars name’ meme

2nd two letters of your mother’s last name
Last two letters of your father’s last name

1st three letters of your name but with an R

Anon Rat

Not sure if this emotion is hate or love

raan Rlice