Avatar

The Sword and Snail

@theswordandsnail / theswordandsnail.tumblr.com

Just a Snail that likes Swords!

THE WARDEN

Cover art I did for 'The Warden' written by Daniel M. Ford and published by Tor Books. This is the first book in the swords and sorcery series following Aelis De Lenti, recently graduated necromancer, assigned to her first job as Warden of Lone Pine, a remote village on the farthest border of the kingdom where she meets her elf companion Maurenia, a mercenary that she may or may not be crushing on. This was an interesting job because I didn't have detailed visual assets of the characters, so I had to read the book and compile all the descriptions of them to piece together what they look like. With a short sword and wand for casting ward magic and necromancy, I read Aelis as INT/DEX. I figured she's not 100% magic so she should still have armor, but lighter armor, so I landed on a gambeson and cloak. And with a rapier and crossbow I read Maurenia as STR/DEX. Her description said classy studded leather armor, so I gave her the full pauldron, bracer, grieves ensemble. This was a fun one. Thanks to AD Esther Kim!

No copypasta has ever ruined my life as comprehensively as Hell Fuck Castle. I write tabletop RPGs, and now every time I read a lore blurb about an ancient ruined kingdom where everything was cool until the last ruler fucked it up, my brain whispers "King Big Sad Guy, who did the Flame Thing".

This one?

Switch 2: Duskblood Bosses Announced!

The the announcement of Nintendo exclusive "The Duskbloods," FIJMU Games is proud to offer a first look at the bosses from their next masterpiece!

Fiorello La Guardia

The first boss seen in the trailer is the notorious Fiorello, a winged orb capable of summoning lightning, spikey clouds, and a mean stare worthy of Termina's falling moon. His only weak points are his chin whiskers, which you must yank with the Tweezers of Hatred.

Zombilord von Angryguy

According to the lore written on his broken hair pin (found behind the corpse in the second sewer well past the colossal stone elbow) Zombilord is upset because he has 93 teeth and all of them ache. His bite attack causes gangrene, a new status effect you'll also see in the gangrenous swamp that takes up 80% of the map.

Big Naturals Salamander King

In the salamander pit there is no enemy more fearsome than the salamander lord and his giant floppy bosoms. It's impossible to kill this gimmick boss by conventional means, instead one must trap him in the Doom Bra Of Malumbarsaport.

Quatropus: Goddess of Miscalculation

Octopi usually have 8 tentacles, but ever since Squidward, an octopus named for a squid, who has six tentacles like a squid and is yet apparently an octopus anyway, tentacle numbers have been in flux across all media. Quatropus is angry about this and will kill you in one shot as a result. Be sure to target her Shield-o-Fanservice hidden in a nearby refrigerator or you will do no damage to the actual boss.

Vanillar, Queen of Duskbloods

The final boss of the game is Vanillar, who betrayed the Neapolitan Council, killing Lady Strawburi and Master Chooclaude to vomit forth the vampire plague on the City-State of Dusque. You can only defeat her by buying some other game and shooting her a lot.

Only 47 notes I am officially no longer funny :(

Kait Rokowsky || Mary Shelley, Frankenstein || @hopepunk-humanity || Jenny Slate, Little Weirds || Intricate Explorer || Melissa Broder, Problem Area || Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Wicked || Louise Eldritch, The King of the Owls || Stephanie Foo, What My Bones Know || Damir Omerović || David Leviathan, How They Met and Other Stories || Ariana Reines, The Cow || Anaís C., Am I Good? || Okechukwu Nzelu, Here Again Now || Max Muselmann || Fernando Pessoa, I See Boats Moving || Mary Maclane, I Await the Devil's Coming || Jhumpa Lahiri, Whereabouts || Mary Oliver, Spring || Jordan Steranka Tathlyn Auvrynval: On Endurance, Defending, and Being Made A Weapon

You are using an unsupported browser and things might not work as intended. Please make sure you're using the latest version of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Edge.