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“I’m gonna look sickening, okay?”
delloso de la rue in their hottest outfit.
somebody in the tags of a previous post of mine said they loved how I drew rue in their true form, and I’m so honoured by that so of course I have to deliver more rue!! this one is not based off any particular painting, I just wanted to imagine what outfit rue might have worn to the meeting with hob and andhera.
also I have a ko-fi now!! if you want a digital commission or if you just wanna support my art then here’s the link to support:
https://ko-fi.com/thislifewasneverours
captain K.P hob and delloso de la rue as lamia and the soldier by john william waterhouse.
if hob has dreamt of rue, I think the dreams may look something like this; haunted by peonies. another beautiful painting by waterhouse this time that I felt the need to fit these two into. I cannot wait for episode 6.
"He smells like... an oncoming storm, and dark water, and eroded stone. You know exactly who pressed this into your hand."
Binx Choppley and Andhera during the exchange of the crystal heart.
This time this painting is entirely original and not based off of anything! This moment got me in the gut and I absolutely had to make some art of it (and include the darcy hand flex, of course)
captain K.P hob and delloso de la rue as frederic william burton’s the meeting on the turret stairs.
since my klimt rendition of these two is now outdated due to episode four I decided to make another battlemaster of ceremonies work, this time with rue in their beautiful true form!!! the meeting on the turret stairs is so so beautiful and suits them quite well I think. thank you for all the love on my previous the kiss fanart, this community is so lovely <3
captain K.P hob and delloso de la rue as gustav klimt’s the kiss.
I haven’t even seen episode 3 yet but I’ve been thinking so much about these two. I’m getting dropout again soon so I can tune back into acofaf and soothe my soul.
edit: I don’t know if editing a post is a weird thing to do on tumblr but I have to say I’ve been so flattered and bowled over by the amount of love on this post!!! I got this tumblr account to further my dnd obsession as a lurker and never planned to post that much, but I’ll try to post some more dimension 20 art in the future, maybe inspired by different paintings if anyone has any suggestions!!! thank you again very much <3 <3 <3
@dimension20official Burrow's End Fan Art, Inspired by HBO's Chernobyl series
Misfits and Magic
This was such a fun season! I really love Aabria's style of dming. Brennan's dming always has me hanging off of every word in the way of stunning me like I can't look away or react without missing something. While Aabria's has me reacting and even pausing to have my own little moments. It's so different and I hope to see more of her in future seasons.
I liked that this was through a different system of ttrpg. I've only seen one other game system before so it was nice to see even more. Plus it was fun that they had those advisory tokens. It was a nice touch.
I grew up watching Harry Potter and so this was a fun way of poking fun at the absurdity of that entire world. The touch of the wands! I thought that was so cool and another great way of immersive storytelling/playing.
I really loved the characters and just how they wanted to prove that they could be just as good and even better because they were mixing modern/common sense with magic. It was again poking fun at what was already put into place.
I thought the players were having so much fun. Between kicking some ass at magic and learning all of their specific forms of magic. Which I think was a really nice touch, it brought those characters more to life.
Overall. I thought it was so nice and even thought it was a short campaign it was definitely one of the most fun. I hope to find more of these shorter campaigns just as fun.
A Court of Fey and Flowers
I finished watching ACOFAF a couple of weeks ago and I wanted to just write about my experience watching it.
First of all, I had never really watched anything regency before. I have read Jane Austin before so there were themes I was able to recognize. However, I quickly fell in love with this campaign. It was the first campaign I've watched for D20 that Brennan wasn't the DM for. All of the different campaign mechanics were so cool and caused such fun little stirs in the stories. From the rumors and secret lives of all the characters were so fun to watch unfold. Binx very quickly became my favorite character and this idea of her court being of craft and lost things really tugged at some heartstrings of mine.
I was also practically crying over Rue and Hob. I was cheering for them from the moment between them in the hunt. I've seen all of the different fanart across the tag and they all just make my little heart sing.
Aabria's DMing was so fun and she really set up this beautiful world full of wonder and whimsy. Along with how she had the other players also bring in their voices into the story, it gave such a wonderful feeling of trust and further developed these stories.
It quickly became one of my favorite campaigns thus far. I can't wait to watch the others.
EVERY EQUATION
I C A N S E E E V E R Y
E Q U A T I O N
I C A N S E E E V E R Y
E Q U A T I O N
I love how Brennan channels some of Aabria’s energy when playing Antiope’s older sister.
It continues!
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Bonus:
They finally got her there! 🥺💖💞
They finally got her there! 🥺💖💞
Why stop at fire, water, earth and air? We’ve got 14 other para-elemental, quasi-elemental, and energy planes floating around in the ether.
Start an Eiselcross-based EXU miniseries with “Ice.” Start some gothic western D20 side quest with “Salt.” because the first scene opens on spooky salt flats. Use your imagination, people!
Am I only saying this because I want to see a professional DM start a campaign with “Ooze.”? No, why do you ask?
If we ever get another D&D movie and have some actual play peeps cameo in it, I would want Brennan, Aabria, and Matt cast as “trio/quartet (if we could get Jasmine too) of arguing wizards”, and anyone who’s seen the Game Masters of Exandria Roundtable immediately understands what I mean.
Brennan would probably be interrogating some nonsensical illogic surrounding the behavior of a person and/or organization, which, on a Doylist level would be him examining the worldbuilding.
Aabria would be starting BEEF.
Matt would be exasperatedly trying to mediate and deescalate.
We tell stories to understand, and in some small way to make sure that someone knows. The stories matter because they happened.
Thank you to everyone at critical role for such an amazing story of hope and love ❤️
Oh, and now that y’all know I’m here you should know that I read ALL the fanfic. All of it.
“The one who has dared Name me again. Please.” Got me fucked up all weekend 🥵
MAGIC & MISFITS SEASON 2! MAGIC AND MISFITS SEASON 2! I REPEAT THIS IS NOT A DRILL MAGIC & MISFITS SEASON 2!
A flower, clutched and crushing in her hands, the blue-white staining and eating her fingertips— a cyanotype. She gazes across the battlefield. She sneaks into the bedchambers of a beloved she kept too close, kept too far.
Karna stands in replaced positions. A Colin sized position. An Ariana sized position.
Her heart skips a beat as she skims over Deli’s haphazardly hidden notes. She finds motes of anger, of resentment, of despair and heartbreak at the corners of rapid heartbeats. She pulls and tugs at them, rearranging herself. Presentable. Useful. Disposable.
She slides her note underneath the pillows of Delissandro Katzon’s bed. A quiet confession. A hopeful confession. She must survive.
She is dying, she is a child, she is in love. She hopes and she fears as tears crawl down her face and the rot eats her body. She knows the ways of war and the smell of murder better than the scent of a well prepared meal in the comforts of home. She knows the quick breath of death and the slow of a pulse better than the warmth of a family and the embrace of a lover. “She died nine years ago”.
At the bottom of the earth, in the embrace of Heart of the World, her story ends in a realm unknown to the rest. All the fighting to survive, the lies and the murder, the whispering of secret secrets and the blood dripping from the end of a blade. It all comes to a rest. Karna gives in to her exhaustion with an exhale (exhale, exhale). Eyes closed and a prayer to no god. A Hunger greets this tired warrior.
Cold steel rips apart her torn body. She dies and no one will mourn her. She dies and no mother, no sister, no lover will leave flowers by her gravestone, no eulogies sung, an insignificant name.
She dies and she looks at the face of her lover. A letter remains underneath his pillows. Will he mourn for her?
“The only secret I have left, is that I love you” and in a title that was never made for her— “Signed, Sklad Karna Solara of Scoville”.
The Pawn resigns.
Sometimes I think about how Aabria has a Tumblr account and can therefore see all of us going absolutely crazy over her. I hope she sees. She deserves all the good things
It’s called DropOut because I have two tests today but I stayed up until 1am watching Burrows end. Even now, with my test in 20 minutes, I sit here on dimension 20 tumblr
I had such high expectations for the finale and they were still all surpassed. The drama of Tula almost killing Jaysohn only for Viola to crit twice and completely wreck everyone. An absolutely insane last battle followed by an even crazier epilogue. Jaysohn deserves his airbud moment. I can’t wait for Lila to solve climate change. Thorn really was a prophet. I still need an update on the status of hats. What an amazing story the whole way through.
“Violent in their impassiveness” is such a good line
The way that Aabria has perfectly crafted the progression of this story is so good. The slow reveals and character development. The set pieces and projections on the dome. It’s all so fucking good and I can’t wait for the last episode
Lou works fast. That is impressive.
Mr Police
We gave you all the clues
Join our fireside already
Some Worlds Beyond Number sketches I wanted to share as this show feeds my imagination quicker than it can digest
Arc 3: The Witch and her retinue
I simply must know whether Aabria and Erika shared the Vaporeon copypasta with Brennan and Lou after they stopped recording.
*Spoilers for Burrow's End Ep. 5 & 6*
So I think everyone immediately knew that the Blue/the Light was a direct result of some fucked-up nuclear shit when the word "reactor" was uttered once (and I'm willing to bet a lot of people knew before that but I either didn't or have forgotten), but also my dumb ass just put two and two together and finally caught on to the connection to Cherenkov radiation. Like duh, maybe the blue light coming from the nuclear reactor is a reference to THE blue light which comes from nuclear reactors.
Anyway, it made this little physics lad happy, and I would like to thank Aabria for this gift.