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Subventure — Knight of AiguelombreAiguelombre (“Shadowater“) is...

Mon, 11 Feb 2019 14:24:07 +0100

Subventure — Knight of Aiguelombre

Aiguelombre (“Shadowater“) is the biggest city in the Canals, the deep, forgotten sewers system of Subventure’s setting. This port is the spiritual capital of the Revenant, the entity of cycle, change, life and death.

Knights of Aiguelombre are her paladins, her parangons, some fanatical cultists sporting diving-suit armors, rare weapons and unworldly powers. Technically, a player character can become one… but to face one is an equally big ordeal.

Subventure is an upcoming RPG I have been working on for quite some times, refining it at my own lonely pace. Follow me for more on this urban fantasy universe!

A new batch of player’s characters in Subventure, my urban...

Mon, 11 Feb 2019 14:06:40 +0100

A new batch of player’s characters in Subventure, my urban fantasy rpg.

Hal Kâlin is a Vodian, an amphibian humanoid from the sewers, and a smuggler with his friend Ped. Hal is also an obedient of the Kleptocrat, the Entity of Materialism, making him the negotiator of the group. But he is also the tank, as a vodian descending from the Polgoïd tribe, he can briefly regress to a more savage body, supernaturally buffing his muscles and skin.

Ped Ru-K’dik is a Vestigian, a race of protohumans from the underground, with random mutations, his being a third arm and a face you won’t forget. Friend and smuggling partner of Hal, he is the brain of the group and the supportive fire, being a sharpshooter. Ped also has access to weird and mysterious powers over dreams and minds which doesn’t seem to come from any cult…

The Old Clock is a mystery. Their race, age and gender are unknown. They are an original and somewhat crazy crypto-anthropologist, wearing a strange clock-helmet, stuck into a mechanical chair and gifted with telekinesis. A bizarre, flamboyant character of absurd background…

THE NEW TEAMMATES FOR SUBVENTURE: CAMPAIGN 2A wonderful RPG I...

Thu, 17 Jan 2019 19:53:19 +0100

THE NEW TEAMMATES FOR SUBVENTURE: CAMPAIGN 2
A wonderful RPG I have been creating.

I am so proud to present this new player characters for the new large-scale campaign of Subventure, named “the Face of the Frogs”. After the disappearance of a subway full of people, a bunch of subventurers is tasked to retrieve a mysterious object which disappeared with it…

From left to right:

- Abraham is the sole returning character from the first campaign. A young and naive beginner at occult investigations, he uses the telepathic powers of his late girlfriend via a phone, whose brain is in its backpack (this character…). He has recently discovered that he is also a psychic, one that can summon and manipulate ectoplasm, thus reuniting him with melinda… Also, he has a giant “otter-dragon” from the deep sewers as a semi-wild pet.

- Zélie la Volte is a beggar and an assassin. Devoted to the Glow, the Entity of Hope and Promesses, she tracks and kills those who threaten the feeble lie that is hope. She uses illusion and low healing via her fireflies, and is very talented at throwing knives and carving people’s faces.

- Samuel, who nicknamed himself Baron Samedi after the myth from the Surface, is a Troglodyte doctor, wandering the sewers to deliver its services to the ones that cannot pay for a hospital, coming to the surface at night to heal the beggars and the losts. Beside being a cultist of the Revenant, the Entity of Renewal and Cycles, making him the primary healer, he has a sword in its cane and its tentacles can manipulate his medicine tools to fight.

- Naah Maah is a Vodian, an amphibian humanoid from the Depths of the sewers, plagued with a strong desire to be recognized as a strong member of the Troglodyte’s civilization. She is an archeologist and holds the Museum of Vodian’s History, and also a cultist of the Kleptocrat, the Entity of Materialism and Vanity. While physically weak, she has strong occult powers for manipulation and destruction, and a Vespal, a monstrous summoned wasp.

- Badiane Longwander is another Troglodyte, and a hitwoman working for the Mother of Oblivion, the Entity of Nothingness and Emptiness, and guardian of the Secret. She protects the statu quo between occult and innocents by tracking those who abuse of their powers on the unknowing people. She is a ridiculously gifted sniper, with abilities to track those she remembers, negate gravity to walk on walls, or make her presence harder to be mentally perceived.

Subventure — Player Character: Naah MaahThis is the new...

Mon, 17 Dec 2018 19:02:35 +0100

Subventure — Player Character: Naah Maah

This is the new character of one of my friends and a player of Subventure’s beta game. Naah Maah is a Vodian. This race of humanoid amphibians are descendants from the Russalkas, monsters from the Underground Swamps, a toxic region from the Deeper Sewers.

As the curator of the Russalkan Museum, Naah Maah is obsessed by their ancestry, the clay sculpture, the stone tablets and its strange writing, the tales of horrors and the different clans. But she is also a perfect citizen of the Troglodyte society, adopting their customs and wishing to access high social recognition. She went as far as having surgery on her webbed feet, in order to wear shoes and look more “human”, losing her advantage in water.

On the other hand, her obsession for glory, power and objects has made her a powerful cultist of the Kleptocrat, the Entity of Materialism. Her body is old, but one should be careful not to underestimate her…

Subventure — Vestigian chieftain (Fey D'way B'lovar D'Gar-Lan...

Tue, 30 Oct 2018 17:14:34 +0100

Subventure — Vestigian chieftain (Fey D'way B'lovar D'Gar-Lan Po)

Vestigians are a race of proto-humans living in the Vestiges, an underground network of ruins and sunken streets of mysterious origin. They benefit from random and unpredictable mutations, generally manifesting at birth or in their first years.

Concept: Hero 29 - Maximilian

Thu, 25 Oct 2018 15:04:25 +0200

Role: DPS — Difficulty: hard

Maximilian relies on tactical thinking, strategic elimination and a quantic technology allowing him to virtually alter probabilities. He is a player, he likes to bet, take his chances and test his luck, but never without a back up plan, or more. He considers the battlefield like a game of chess, and wants to move around the pieces. He isn’t particularly fit to stand in the center of the battle, but he is a master at disorganizing his ennemies and capitalizing on chaos…

Passive: Roulette Dodge - there’s a 15 percent chance that hits won’t register on Maximilian, except for Symmetra’s turret, Dva Bomb and ally Ana healing shots. When it happens it shows a shimmering effect around him (like holographic after-images) and has a 2 seconds cooldown before it can activate again.

Weapon: Deck of Cards - above his hand, a deck of 52 holographic cards which can be shot like an automatic weapon. They are fast travelling projectile. When he reloads, he appears to shuffle them. They make almost no noise. Each cards deals 10 damage for 120 dps total if they all hit. Which is not as easy as hitscans. One out of the cards randomly deals triple damage, another one deals none.

Left click: Ace of Spade - a slightly slower pace attack which deals a hundred damage if it is shot in the back (only 50 from the front) and uses 5 ammo, for a total of 250 dps from the back and 125 from the front. It is possible to one shot a 200 hp with a headshot from the back (which makes it way less useful against some tanks like Winston, whose head wouldn’t be visible).

Ability one: Shuffle - Maximilien throws a special card to a target, and then activate it again to swap places with them. Works on friend or foe. It cannot work through enemy barriers and it is possible to avoid the card. A card appears above the head of the target for 6 seconds, after which it disappears and you cannot swap places anymore. Once used, the card disappear and you cannot swap anymore. The cooldown starts as soon as the card hits something, be it an object or a character. If you don’t miss your shot, you can have a Shuffle target at almost anytime. — 6 seconds cooldown.

Ability two: Jester’s Luck - Maximilien augments the effect of his passive to 50% without cooldown for 3 seconds — 13 seconds cooldown.

Ultimate: Shambles - Maximilien creates 5 holographic clones of himself who disperse and attacks ennemies with half his damage. His shuffle cooldown is reduced to one second and activate just by selecting a target, hallowing him to zap around the battlefield while the enemy is unsure which one is the real one, and catch them by surprise with his Spade. His clones never swap places on their own, they don’t benefit from his passive and last for 15 seconds. Since they shoot projectiles, it is possible to evade their shots, unlike the turrets.

Gameplay: Maximilien would be a strategic assassin type hero. While he could deal medium damage with his regular attack, he would shine by disorganizing its ennemies and dealing critical damage before escaping. His Shuffle ability would be the core of its build. It can serve for many purposes. The most obvious one is swapping places with one of the enemy supports, teleporting it among your allies to be killed, while you attack the enemy backline from behind. Then, once they turn to attack you, you can mitigate the damage with your Jester’s Luck long enough to swap places again, with an enemy or an ally. On the other hand, Shuffle can be used to save allies, for example relocating an enemy Mei before she freezes your Ana, or a charging Reinhardt / Dommfist. But used in the wrong way, it can also put one of your allies in jeopardy just to save your skin. I also love the idea of jumping off a cliff second before swapping places with an enemy, sending them to their fall (if you don’t miss the shot…). The only problem I see is that if you can do that to your allies… that’s hardcore troll potential…

Maximilien’s ultimate would be countered by Reaper death blossom, by Dva bomb, Sombra EMP and potentially Zaria graviton surge. But it would counter Genji’s blade or Soldier’s tactical visor by multiplying their targets. It would work very well with Mercy or Orisa ultimates, boosting all the clones to overrun the enemy team. Its Jester’s Luck works against tactical visor, making it even more difficult.

Heroes with movement ability would be less affected by its Shuffle, unless timed correctly, because they could relocate themselves anyway. Also, his Ace of Spade is akin to a Widow headshot in power, but also in difficulty. This makes him a difficult hero, but one who can completely cancel an enemy engagement.

I dreamed the next anime short of Overwatch

Wed, 24 Oct 2018 09:59:04 +0200

And I need to share it (I have removed all the absurd shitty details that made it a dream though…)

it starts at an airport. A man with long hair is anxiously waiting in the hall. All of a sudden, his face bares a tender smile as Fareeha arrives (Pharah) with two huge luggage. They share a hug and they start walking and talking in Montreal.

In a cab, they start talking about her job, and while proud, the father shows worries for her daughter. He expresses how he already lost his wife to a hero’s lifestyle, and the tone start being more angry. While Pharah starts to express frustration by raising her voice, a huge explosion is heard in the background. She looks at him worried, but after a small hesitation, he gives her a nod and she goes out of the car in a rush, opening the trunk and one of her big luggage. As she gazes down on its content, a determined look shows on her face.

In the streets of Montreal, a huge tank-like mech is attacking the buildings. We see the Ghost (a masked Ana Amari) evading its shots and trying to do damage to it to no avail. The citizens runs in fear. As the tank approaches a young man hurt at the leg, we hear “move back !” and the tank is repelled back by a shockwave rocket as Pharah arrives from the sky. Without losing a second, Ana shoots a syringe in the boy’s leg and yells “you’re fine now, get out of here”, and the young man realizes his leg is healed and start fleeing.

Pharah is fighting the mech to almost no avail, avoiding its attack while flying around him, using her flight rocket and at some point propelling herself from a building with her shockwave. But she’s having trouble, and as she gets hit by its cannon, a dextrous syringe hit her in between her armor’s weak spot, healing her. With the help of what she doesn’t know is her mother, she keeps fighting, but the tank goes awry. Hiding for a second with the masked sniper, they exchange some hints on strategy, Pharah saying that even her strongest move wouldn’t defeat this opponent. Ana tells her that she can help, with a practical, non-emotional tone.

As the tank is searching, he spots the sniper and goes after her. Avoiding its attacks, she leads him in a spot where Pharah is waiting. In an evading roll, she gives Pharah her Nano-Boost, and Pharah launches her rocket barrage just before he can shoot Ana. The tank is destroyed. As Pharah lands and remove her helmet, she turns to thank her unknown ally, only to find she has disappeared. The crowd gathers in the ruins of the battle, Pharah’s father rushing to her. As he hugs her full of pride, Ana, hidden in the distance, watch them through her sniper lense. She turns, sitting on the floor, and removes her mask, her eyes full of tears as she gets out a holograms of her family years before, all hugging together. As she cries, she mutters, her tone being very emotional for the first time: “I am so proud too”.

my brain: heyme: no.my brain: what do we call a panicking Tracer?me: don’tmy brain: a…...

Thu, 11 Oct 2018 19:53:48 +0200

my brain: hey

me: no.

my brain: what do we call a panicking Tracer?

me: don’t

my brain: a… hyster-recall !!!

me: fuck.

Fairy-powered hammer.I’m really doing whatever the fuck I want...

Wed, 10 Oct 2018 17:06:11 +0200

Fairy-powered hammer.

I’m really doing whatever the fuck I want for Inktober, and haters gonna hate, but at least I’m doing it.

Inktober day 9

Tue, 09 Oct 2018 16:34:00 +0200

Inktober day 9

Inktober #7 & #8

Tue, 09 Oct 2018 14:32:46 +0200

Inktober #7 & #8

Quick one for Inktober. Just a random doodle. I’ve missed 2...

Mon, 08 Oct 2018 18:34:15 +0200

Quick one for Inktober. Just a random doodle. I’ve missed 2 days. I gotta catch up. The sketches are done though.

mosqa:Subventure — the Russalka’s tribes (recap)Russalkas, the...

Mon, 08 Oct 2018 12:00:58 +0200

mosqa:

Subventure — the Russalka’s tribes (recap)

Russalkas, the “Sewer’s Mermaids”, are a matriarcal race of proto-human amphibians from the underground. They have four tribe, each for one of the Frog-Mothers. From left to right [click on the names for a more detailed description]:

- the poisonous Green-Teeth, sneaky and vicious.
- the savage Polgoïdes, strong and powerful.
- the agile Nymuans, with their aquatic pets.
- the mysterious Bâabyâags and their psychic powers.

Subventure is an upcoming tabletop rpg, based in an urban contemporary fantasy.

Just linking the ask, for more optional lore: here

Is there a post talking about the playable races in Subventure, or will you post them as you feel they’re fully explored?

Mon, 08 Oct 2018 10:58:09 +0200

Well I can do a short recap here:

- Surfaceans: you and me. Actual humans. Living on the surface. 7 billions of them, out of which very few know of the supernatural. You don’t have much malus as a character (notably you cannot break the Secret just by being seen on the Surface, which is more than the other races).

- Troglodytes: not very different from us, except that they are leucistic (“albino“), can see in the dark and have a low-level echolocation which helps them in the tunnels. On the other hand, they are easily blinded and can experience sensitive overload and vertigo in open spaces. They have a more refined link to the supernatural and lots of them are psychics.

- Vodians: a race of humanoid amphibians plagued by a monstrous past, they have night vision, swim faster, jump higher, can stay longer underwater, and have various beneficial quirks depending of the tribe they descend from.

- Vestigians: a race of proto-humans, they all looks very different, as they are born with random “mutations“: partial hypertrophy or atrophy, gigantism, dwarfism, elongated limbs, distorted faces, additional limbs or organs, siamese twins, etc. This mutations are, however, bonuses in most cases, and helped them survive.

- Fongoïds: fongoïds are the weirdest, some kind of mushroom-resurrected people. You can find more here.

Hey so for your Russalkas tribes, you said that each one kills their male heirs, or at least makes them infertile. Im just curious how they continue to carry on their species, without any males to create new babies.

Mon, 08 Oct 2018 10:08:21 +0200

Hello. Well that’s the “mermaid” part. I didn’t put the lore because I didn’t want it to be too long of a post, but here it comes:

“Russalkas are known for not having any adult male counterparts. They kill their male tadpoles or render them nothing more than infertile slaves. To reproduce, they hunt males from of other humanoid races through varying means. Their genes completely take over the other race’s DNA, always birthing Russalkas (no hybrid). They don’t hunt much. One man is enough for a mother to birth several dozens of eggs, out of which only 4 or 5 tadpoles will survive to become adults, but enough to keep the species alive and well.

But Russalkas are not inherently evil malicious monsters, they’re just predators who considers other humanoid species as necessary preys. They have a complex culture, and they experience love, care and other feelings for their mothers, sisters and daughters.

Some Russalkas also loved their male children, and refusing to kill them, fled. They created the Vodian race. Vodians are less monstrous, more humanoid in their proportions, and live among the other “civilized“ races of the Underground. It has been theorized that the Vodians became less monstrous because they reproduced among themselves, and that the males (who are naturally human-sized, even born in the wild) carry a degenerative gene pattern which cannot be taken over by the female DNA, making the newborns somewhat more human if they are “pure-blooded”. A paradoxal theory not yet proven true. On the other hand, this would explain why Russalkas kill their male children and forbid reproduction among their own race: in order to protect themselves from what they perceive as the degenerescence of their race.

As a side note, while female vodians always birth vodians whoever they reproduce with, male vodian can create hybrid offsprings if they reproduce with other humanoid races. The “Froglodytes” for example are the product of a vodian father and a troglodyte or surfacean mother, and are slightly less amphibian-looking and have human or albino skin-tones. additionnaly the ones born from a Vestigian mother display the random mutations of this race (hypertrophia, atrophia, additional limbs, etc).

All of this seems to prove the theory that Anurs (the designation for both Russalkas and Vodians as a species) were formerly humans or proto-humans, and although nobody knows how their mutation came to be, their biology tends to naturally and slowly bring them back closer to their initial DNA…“

A post on Vodians will come soon, but you can read a bit more here

Subventure — the Russalka’s tribes (recap)Russalkas, the...

Fri, 05 Oct 2018 17:06:12 +0200

Subventure — the Russalka’s tribes (recap)

Russalkas, the “Sewer’s Mermaids”, are a matriarcal race of proto-human amphibians from the underground. They have four tribe, each for one of the Frog-Mothers. From left to right [click on the names for a more detailed description]:

- the poisonous Green-Teeth, sneaky and vicious.
- the savage Polgoïdes, strong and powerful.
- the agile Nymuans, with their aquatic pets.
- the mysterious Bâabyâags and their psychic powers.

Subventure is an upcoming tabletop rpg, based in an urban contemporary fantasy.

Subventure — Bâabyâagite (Russalka’s tribe)Russalkas, the...

Fri, 05 Oct 2018 11:44:53 +0200

Subventure — Bâabyâagite (Russalka’s tribe)

Russalkas, the “Sewer’s Mermaids”, are a matriarcal race of proto-human amphibians from the underground. They have four tribe, each for one of the Frog-Mothers.

Bâabyâagites descend from the Frog-Mother Bâabyâag. They are tall, thin and pale, and haunts the most secluded parts of the Underground Swamp, crawling in nomadic houseboats made of wood, clay and rubbish. Bâabyâagites are not the strongest, nor the fastest or the stealthiest. But they have a strong connexion to the supernatural, and have a genetic predilection to be psychics. Their matriarchs have shown telekinetic and telepathic abilities, but also the means to bend souls or even time and space. This makes them particularly dangerous, and they have a reputation akin to witches (although “magic” as a ritualistic practice doesn’t exist in Subventure).

Bâabyâagites carry their tadpoles on their backs, in small clay houses. Contrarily to the other tribes, their society doesn’t outright eliminate male children. They contain them in different “clayhouse”, which is filled with poisoned water. This poison render the male tadpoles infertile and alter the growth of their nervous system, basically making them braindead. Those who survive this treatment (approximatively 20%) grow to be mindless slaves to their own mothers, acting as drones and minions. Allegedly, this is the reason that made one of their tribe, Vaziliza the Kind, leave the Swamps with a dozen of stolen “clayhouses” to save the kids. This was the origin of the Vodians…

In the game, players can incarnate a Vodian, a civilized cousin race of the Russalkas. This characters can choose a lineage to one of the tribes and inherit some special traits. Vodian of Bâabyâagite’s descent have an affinity for Supernatural, they gain +5 in this stat, and can choose an additional psychic proficiency.

Subventure — Nymuans (Russalka’s tribe)Russalkas, the “Sewer’s...

Tue, 02 Oct 2018 16:46:19 +0200

Subventure — Nymuans (Russalka’s tribe)

Russalkas, the “Sewer’s Mermaids”, are a matriarcal race of proto-human amphibians from the underground. They have four tribe, each for one of the Frog-Mothers.

Nymuans descend from the Frog-Mother Nymue. They are the smallest of all tribes, but they are as fierce and dangerous. Of all the tribes, they are the most agile, their strong legs giving them a speed advantage on land or in water. Talking about water, they also are the more aquatic of their amphibian sisters. Their faculty to appear and disappear from various parts of the canals without explanation has raised the theory that they use a web of flooded tunnels connecting different areas of the underground. In addition to that, their croak uses frequencies that hypnotize those who hear them. While useful on humanoids, it is even more dangerous because as a sound, it travels faster underwater, and allow them to control aquatic creatures. They live in stilted villages, in the parts of the Underground Swamps where the water is the deepest. Their eggs are laid around the stilts, below the house of their mother, who can watch over them at any instant. Like all the tribes, they kill their male newborns.

In the game, players can incarnate a Vodian, a civilized cousin race of the Russalkas. This characters can choose a lineage to one of the tribes and inherit some special traits. Vodian of Nymuan’s descent have a better “Frog Jump”, can travel more distance in one turn, swim faster, stay longer underwater and can buy an aquatic pet during the creation of the character.

Subventure — Polgoïdes (Russalka’s tribe)Russalkas, the “Sewer’s...

Mon, 01 Oct 2018 18:52:12 +0200

Subventure — Polgoïdes (Russalka’s tribe)

Russalkas, the “Sewer’s Mermaids”, are a matriarcal race of proto-human amphibians from the underground. They have four tribe, each for one of the Frog-Mothers.

Polgoïdes descend from the Frog-Mother “Fat Polga“. They are huge, towering most men at a height reaching up to 3 meters. Some legendary russalkas, like Gründilova and Nelly “Long-Arms” were Polgoïdes said to be even more gigantic than the average, hinting that a Polgoïde might never stop growing… Unlike the other tribes, Polgoïdes rely on sheer force. They don’t have the agility of their peers, but they are still incredibly fast for their size, and their strength is uncanny. Their croak isn’t hypnotic, it is akin to a shockwave, causing internal damages to those who are too close. Polgoïdes live near the border of the canals, where the Underground Swamps still have a urban aspect. They use the reliefs and / or carve their houses in the walls. They eat their male children and abandon their tadpoles as soon as they hatches. Only the strongest will survive, which regulates the population of Polgoïdes. Their tadpoles are so fierce that they are as feared as their mothers. Before they reach adolescence, they travel in groups and act as sewer’s piranhas…

In the game, players can incarnate a Vodian, a civilized cousin race of the Russalkas. This characters can choose a lineage to one of the tribes and inherit some special traits. Vodian of Grendelite descent can momentarily boost their strength, natural armor, hitpoints and physical damage at the cost of their stamina, and the risk to cause panic.

Subventure — Green-Teeth (Russalka’s tribe)Russalkas,...

Mon, 01 Oct 2018 16:20:24 +0200

Subventure — Green-Teeth (Russalka’s tribe)

Russalkas, the “Sewer’s Mermaids”, are a matriarcal race of proto-human amphibians from the underground. They have four tribe, each for one of the Frog-Mothers.

Lore: Green-Teeth is the tribe from the Frog-Mother J’nyi Green-Teeth. They have more fins than the other tribes, are generally greenish (duh) and hunchbacks. They hunt by using their hypnotic croak to hijack their prey’s balance, then strike with their venomous mucus or claws. They are known for using poisoned weapons and gaz grenade made out of bloated frog cadavers. They are neither the strongest fighters nor the fastest swimmers, they rely on stealth and the blinding speed of their tongue. They live in the most toxic part of the Underground Swamp, where they build their houses from clay which they “hang” from the ceiling like bulbous stalactites. They lay their eggs in the biggest of this houses, half filled with water, so that the tadpoles can grow away from the swamp’s dangerous waters.

In the game, players can incarnate a Vodian, a civilized cousin race of the Russalkas. This characters can choose a lineage to one of the tribes and inherit some special traits. Vodian of Green-Teeth descent have a poisonous blood and saliva, +5 chance to succeed their “Echoing Croak” and a tongue which can elongate up to 2 meters.