Lashunta Inspirational Memory - 2 years ago
Artist is Alexei Alparin

One of Paizo’s first & few Pathfinder depictions of a Lashunta & a Shotalashu, Appeared in the 2010 edition of the Pathfinder Game Mastery Guide.

This was the first Lashunta pic I ever posted. Yet to be honest, my thoughts on this image have grown highly complicated. I admit that this pic was one of the first things that piqued my interest in the Lashunta & Castrovel. The “Barsoomian cultural influence” is strong, which continues to have an influence on my worldbuilding. That said, I’ve tried in these last years to inject more depth and verisimilitude into my vision of Lashunta than just bangle-clad babes riding through the jungle. So here’s a critique of the questions, or even obvious weaknesses, I find in this image, hopefully to illustrate how my vision is evolving.

First, other than the shield, let’s agree that SHE’S NOT WEARING ANY ARMOR. I’m not even sure the thing on her head should count as a helmet, although maybe it provides defensive protection for her antennae?

Next, the pasties make no sense. In my concept for Lashunta clothing, Shota-riders (especially female) wear a top similar either to an Indian-style choli or a Thai/Cambodian bandeau-wrap, which certainly offers more support than these bangles. Enough said.

The axe is a little chunky for this rider’s build, and certainly for a one-handed wield. I decline any comment on the magical glow.

I have nothing to offer on the ridge-spikes on the shield’s front. I have no idea what function they would serve, but worry they add needless weight. As someone who has personal experience fighting with a shield, the weight tires out the arm swiftly.

It’s fortuitous this pic was taken during Heaventide, the Castrovellian version of winter, the only time of year when the otherwise perpetual cloud-cover has a chance of breaking.

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I'm thinking about my next #Pathfinder1e #Ustalav session.

The party sent missives to four nearby thorps and/or hamlets to recruit people to stand with them against the fire #skeleton champions and their allied #wights. The #skeletons agreed to meet at sundown to collect tribute from the local village.

I'm trying to decide how many NPCs would respond to the request for aid. Also, should the village #vampire faction lend aid?

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In #P1e #Ustalav session of 17 January:

Party, NPC body in tow, encountered 3 fire #skeletons and a #wight on road between the village and the inn. #Skeleton requested parley.

Skelly said they already suffered a loss so it would grant a reprieve from demands of tribute until after the new moon (two days). Party disingenuously agreed to meet at sundown in 3 days to pay tribute.

Party had NPC resurrected by a secret high level witch.

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I updated the #HouseRules for my #P1e #Ustalav campaign to add Cure Deadly Wounds and Inflict Deadly Wounds to the witch spell list as level 6 spells.

Witch class normally doesn't have Breath of Life spell (Cure Deadly Wounds is a renamed Breath of Life spell) on their spell list but they do have all the normal Cure and Inflict spells, and Raise Dead. Adding Cure/Inflict Deadly so they have the full set.
So they're getting a small boost.

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So #P1e #Ustalav session on 10 January:

Party beat two #ghasts and freed an elven woman trapped in an iron maiden in the #ghoul warren. She was the presumed-dead fiancee of the PC rogue. They left the warren and questioned her. That led to suspicion she was undead passing as alive. (She was.) She tried to flee and was prevented, then destroyed. She did not at any point attack them or lie to them.

Tragic session.

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We missed our last two fortnightly #P1e #Ustalav games (20 Dec and 03 Jan) so my group have scheduled back-to-back weekends on 10 and 17 January to get back into the swing of things.

The party are still deep in a #ghoul warren. I'm hoping to introduce two NPCs this coming session (in the warren), both of whom have been name-dropped in the past. One may not make it through the session in one piece, but we'll see how that goes.

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In regards to my #P1e #Ustalav campaign, it took me a bit more than month, but I did "fancy-up" my #ghoul warren map today so it's more readable. I basically colored in all the wall areas with black ink so it's easier to differentiate tunnels from the space between tunnels. In hindsight I should have used thinned black paint, as the ink I used was drying very fast, but hindsight is 20/20, and it looks a lot better than it did.

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More #newyearresolution stuff:

I'm going to do a "fantasy thing of the week" and "scifi thing of the week" thing from now on. You know, deliberately looking for some Cool Stuff each week.

This week's #fantasy thing: Started reading the giant tome of #ConanTheBarbarian shorts by RE Howard. It's been on my shelf for years dammit. Also reading up on #PathfinderRPG rules

This week's #scifi thing: Um dunno yet but I'll figure it out. Will probably continue the #MassEffect re-play

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I finished reading Master of Devils by Dave Gross. It's the second novel of Count Varian Jeggare and his fiend-blooded bodyguard Radovan. (The first in the series is Prince of Wolves.)

Master of Devils is 399 pages and I read the last 200 pages in one session, so I was very into it. Haven't read a novel that fast in many years.

I look forward to the next #Jeggare / #Radovan book but it's not next in my queue.

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Got #PathfinderRPG stuff from Humble Bundle.

Initial thoughts, as someone who's mostly focused on #dungeonsanddragons:

1) While I like the fact that the absolute core of the game is the usual player/DM/monster books, the idea of having a Beginner Box (with abridged rules, pre-rolled characters, intro adventure stuff) is actually pretty neat. Reminds me of the BECMI D&D's Basic Set.

2) Oooh yeah you can see this game's heritage from D&D 3.5 (*). If the idea was to start from there and keep fixing the stuff for the better, well, yeah, it shows. I have seen a lot of stuff I like so far!

(*) D&D 3e is actually the D&D edition I spent most time poring over because Neverwinter Nights was based on that and I dabbled on creating stuff for that back in the day!

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Hope your holidays are magical!

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I had a #P1e #Ustalav session scheduled for today (20 December) but it was canceled yesterday evening. These things happen around the holidays so it is what it is.

The campaign is delayed until 03 January now. The party are deep in a ghoul warren. They're facing off with a pair of ghasts. Someone is yelling to be released from a stone sarcophagus in the chamber. They're avoiding a golem in another chamber.

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I just finished reading the novel Worldwound Gambit by @robindlaws.

I hit a bit of a slow part in the middle but I think this was because I had a gap in my reading and I may have re-read the bulk of a chapter to get back on track. It picked up after that and kept going. I read the last quarter of the book in two sessions over three days, which is a good pace for me. I found the ending quite satisfying.

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Lashunta Weekend Inspiration, Part ~Zhoa~
Artist: Thomas Haller Buchanan

Just some examples from this artist of good, representative art examples that might fit well for Lashunta Damaya, coming from a variety of sources that provide inspiration for the Lashunta of Castrovel. ~O'Vosi!~ - Enjoy!

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Lashunta Inspirational Memory - 5 years ago
Artist: Vanessa Palmer

What does it mean to be heir to a culture twelve thousand years old? And not twelve thousand years in Elven lifetimes, but in spans closer to Humans?

The Lashunta were building their civilization when the Azlanti first stumbled onto the Castrovel in their first experiments with planar gateways and spaceflight. The Azlanti civilization fell, lost under cataclysm and leaving Humans under hundreds of years of ash and darkness following. The Lashunta endured and throve.

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OK, so I'm back on my #P1e #Ustalav train. Next scheduled session is Saturday (06 Dec).

Last session had the party fighting through my hand-drawn #ghoul warren under the graveyard.

I've since made a stat block for the ghoul bat swarm. Last time I winged it (pun intended) with a ghoul raven swarm stat block. Ghoul bat swarm is a little weaker.

Next I want to fancy-up my warren map a bit so it is easier on the eyes.

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I have another scheduled #P1e #Ustalav game tomorrow, Saturday (14 Nov).

Last session the party fought ghouls in a small crypt. They crispied one ghoul with burning hands as it fled down a narrow escape tunnel hidden under a sarcophagus.

The cleric PC said they would explore that escape tunnel next session.

!!! I did not have that tunnel prepared !!!

I do now.
Ghoul warrens here we come.
I should make loot.

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November is a 3rd level Occult caster...

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