Songs we sing

[Adept]

> Spear: Break

[GenTrigger]

Zhev & Twain Goddess of Beasts


Tried using Sai for this, but it kind of herped, but still a nice sprite regardless.

This is for a real good irl friend of mine and this is her character in the setting of Eskero, who *Gasp* isn't an Orator.

Enjoy~

On a slightly related note:

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[Anthano Zasalla]

ENJOYING

[Aleisha]

Is a pretty.

By the way, I love this adventure and will stalk you it forever :>

[TerminalArtiste]

Why don't I have moneyyyyyyyyyyyyy?

On an update note:
>Cirrus: Compose yourself. Find a way out.

[epoxy]

> Cirrus: stop, look, and listen. There might be big Trouble coming your way.

or

> Cirrus: weep in shame and impotent rage. Stop when you notice that your tears seem to be doing something unusual.

[Dalmationer]

> Cirrus: stop, look, and listen. There might be big Trouble coming your way.

Big trouble in little china?

[TheRealSolitair]

Cirrus: Take your aggression out on the walls. If they are walls, that is.

(Just caught up with everything! Looking good so far!)

[Milksweet]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


I HAVE REACHED THE END. THIS IS SO DISHEARTENING.

This is so beautiful. So, so beautiful.

Please continue.

Sonnet, please continue with your tale.

[epoxy]

Sonnet, please continue with your tale.

But this story-within-the-tale is being told by the lesbocumulus clouds. I suspect they know it because some of them were personally involved. The type of story that's most fun to tell is the type where you're the hero who beats the bad guy in the end!

So let's have Cirrus keep an eye out for them. I suspect that the only way he'll win a few as allies is to seduce a cloud that's pansexual or at least bi-curious.

[GenTrigger]

Actually it's being told by Sonnet, the clouds are using themselves as a medium for the tale.

Why?

Because Eskero

[NoobOfLore]

Eskero is an excellent place, I think that in the light of all the events we've witnessed, most everyone would agree.
> Sonnet: Continue your tale.

> Cirrus: Disregard asexual clouds, aquire knowledge regarding walls. Check them for structural weaknesses, or maybe handholds.
Or
> Cirrus: LEVEL 17 EXAMINETECH: SURVEILLANCE OF THE SCRUPULOUS ARCHITECT
With a move name like that, there's no way he can not find a fault in those walls.

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> GenTrigger: Continue unrivaled excellence in combined storytelling and artistry.

[epoxy]

Actually it's being told by Sonnet, the clouds are using themselves as a medium for the tale.

Oh, ok. Sonnet's kind of like the director, then. The clouds are her interpretive dance body-paint actors.

I'm imagining a vital profession or social class in Eskero: a Geometer is someone whose job it is to understand how wibbly-wobbly spacey-wacey stuff fits together. You might hire one to inspect the site on which you're building a house, to make sure it's not secretly inside a strand of a god's hair, or to make sure it won't be bisected by a dimensional rift in ten years' time. And, if she really needs to, a geometer could patch up a minor problem; she could put space back in order using a combination of mathematics, magic, and duct tape.

Our adventuring party might want to keep an eye out for someone like this. A person with skills like these wouldn't fall for an unsophisticated trap like Cirrus just did.

[GenTrigger]

Oh, ok. Sonnet's kind of like the director, then. The clouds are her interpretive dance body-paint actors.

I'm imagining a vital profession or social class in Eskero: a Geometer is someone whose job it is to understand how wibbly-wobbly spacey-wacey stuff fits together. You might hire one to inspect the site on which you're building a house, to make sure it's not secretly inside a strand of a god's hair, or to make sure it won't be bisected by a dimensional rift in ten years' time. And, if she really needs to, a geometer could patch up a minor problem; she could put space back in order using a combination of mathematics, magic, and duct tape.

Our adventuring party might want to keep an eye out for someone like this. A person with skills like these wouldn't fall for an unsophisticated trap like Cirrus just did.

*Casually scribbles this idea down*

[GenTrigger]

>Cirrus: Compose yourself. Find a way out.


Cirrus admits his rage would go to waste at this wall, which seemed to be more than a match against a lunging pierce of his trusty spear. His people nurse such feuds by fanning a soft ember of contempt, waiting for the most opportune time to fan it into a full inferno of fury.

His stomach churns not with anger but with another odd sensation, no doubt the vial of mysteriously imbued water. The trouble had previously mentioned that Maelstrom used this ancient place to feed his storms with his will distilled in the waters. Right now though, it felt less like power in Cirrus's stomach, and more like a small angry storm, growing in intensity the deeper he delved into the ruins like an uncomfortable dowsing rod drawing closer to its target. Perhaps he could at least trust the word of the Trouble that he was closer to Maelstrom.

>Bonnie: Dig! Your master is in trouble!


Meanwhile Bonneville, a sun dog belonging to our protagonist, perks up. He is quite a handsome sun dog, perhaps the most handsome as Cirrus would claim. The only admirable quality that transcends his marvelous sheen is his loyalty. He knows better than to attempt to cramp his master's style when his master is fighting an obviously weaker foe. Bonnie was very aware of how excellent of a hunter his master was. A chill runs down his spine though as he can tell when his master might very well be threatened by a foe much stronger than he.

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He may not be a good digger but dammit he'll sure try!

[GenTrigger]

(Moved from spoiler tag to a post because it's sort of important I guess~~)

The work on Eskero's PnP game continues on, and will probably be posted as a huge blast of lore. This means a lot about the setting will be spread out before you all and I'm wondering how I can instigate a large amount of fan work and display it all proudly. It's always been my goal to create a setting that was meant to be touched and fiddled with by fans since that's the great part of a setting, it's a whole world of possibility and when you share it, it becomes a canvas to paint your own stories and characters upon.

I'm thinking making an Eskero Tumblr would be a great way to bring together ideas and archive them. I don't know too much about Wikis and quite frankly enjoy the simplicity of a blog.

Any other ideas you guys can think of? Any positive support? Other odd ideas was running a bit of something like Pixiv Fantasia since that's another sort of exercise in settings that really gets my blood pumping.

SO YEAH HOW DO WE GET TOGETHER AND MAKE SHIT FOR ESKERO?

ME

YOU GUYS

LET'S DO THIS

[Malrone]

YES. LETS.
WE'RE DOING THIS.
WE'RE MAKING THIS HAPPEN!

[RPGeesus]

I'm totally up for this.
maybe a tumblr and a wiki?
A wiki is great for archiving the info, but a tumblr would make it much simpler for people to post ideas.

Regardless this sounds like a ton of fun.

[GenTrigger]

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Cirrus, though, was much too deep.

>_

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Double update combo.

Glad to hear some interest in this endeavor. Yeah, I'd like to do the whole wiki portion but I'm just totally awful at setting those up. It might be something I put together when things start to get done with the system, so the wiki is a guide and tome of Eskero itself for new adventurers.

[Adept]

>That is some serious Trouble.

[TerminalArtiste]

>Eh, abscond?

Also Eskero development aaaaaaaaaaa!

[RPGeesus]

> Fan the shit out of that ember of contempt. An inferno of fury would be useful right about now...

[Malrone]

Yes, target your contempt into ITS EYE

[Dalmationer]

>Stab it in the eye, like it's a zelda boss and you are a small boy in tights.

[Lieutenant Fish]

>Give it a hug