The Dabbling Warlock
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The Dabbling Warlock
@dabblingwarlock.bsky.social
Web Developer/Artist/Writer/TTRPG enjoyer
Loves Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Not a fan of generative AI.
Too many other interests to list.
Pinned
Writing an urban fantasy vampire story. Will be keeping a running tally of progress here. My hope is that people seeing this and commenting on it will help hold me accountable. Currently at 1312 words and 1 chapter in.
#novelwriting
#urbanfantasy
#vampire
#firstdrafts
#writingprogress
So not sure how much good this will do, but a couple of people I game with have a sister who, with her family, lost everything in a housefire. If you could, please consider donating. Link to the GoFundMe: gofund.me/2d7bf7e5
Donate to Help Anna's Family Recover from House Fire, organized by Ashlee plaugher
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December 15, 2024 at 11:10 PM
The +5 Staff of Bendy Straws, never again be without a drinking straw, or a drink! Base model connects to the Plane of Infinite Sodas. Other planes available on request. Must present valid ID for controlled substances. Plane of Infinite Smoothies only available from @rustyandco.bsky.social.
November 30, 2024 at 1:33 AM
#vss365 #complain say we are more enlightened than before. I say nay. What we complain about today is what they complained about when they were alive. Humans are humans, there is no unburdening of what has been to be had."
- [Redacted] Sentenced to life of hard labor by order of the PARTY.
November 27, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Running a character is a lot like writing a character. If you know your character's motives and personality, you might be surprised at what happens when you get into their head and let them run the show.
#dnd #ttrpg
November 27, 2024 at 4:51 PM
#vss365 #trolls
Under the bridge that rings the brook lives a jolly troll.
Cross it on horse or foot and he'll ask for a small toll.
A loaf of bread, a slice of mutton, that's all this fellow asks.
Refuse him rudely and you will find yourself turned to wine in his oaken casks.
November 22, 2024 at 2:04 AM
Normally I put the tags at the end of the story. Because I couldn't do this one in one post, I put them in the second part. I think a bunch of people may have missed the first part as a result. So lesson learned. Tags go first.
#vss365 #suitcase
If a fit board with a suitcase ever comes through your door, you're in for the long drop. That's what my mentor in this thankless line of work told me back in 1923 just before someone wrote out his eulogy on a Chicago Typewriter in 9 millimeter Luger.
(Cont.)
November 21, 2024 at 1:37 AM
#vss365 #sightseeing
They were going sightseeing, they said. I thought they went to see the sights that showed the beauty of nature and human creativity. They instead went to see the sights that revealed the depths of human depravity.
November 21, 2024 at 1:36 AM
If a fit board with a suitcase ever comes through your door, you're in for the long drop. That's what my mentor in this thankless line of work told me back in 1923 just before someone wrote out his eulogy on a Chicago Typewriter in 9 millimeter Luger.
(Cont.)
November 20, 2024 at 4:01 AM
"Is there any more magical place than a library," she asked. "Where else can you go and journey to a thousand worlds, see princesses and dragons one moment and the fantastic realms beyond our solar system?"
I pondered for a while and learned the answer.
#vss365 #journey
November 19, 2024 at 2:53 AM
They received a postcard from Cancun. So long and good riddance, it read. The don was pale, his lieutenants furious. The daughter was curious. She picked it up to see what it said. She was too young, too naive, to realize their doom.
#vss365 #postcard
November 18, 2024 at 1:53 AM
"I think I would like to travel," he said every year, but always stayed in that small town. It was not until he passed and they began going through his things that they learned the truth. Through his writing and his reading he traveled from shores unseen to the stars.
#vss365 #travel
November 17, 2024 at 3:58 AM
The hair on the back of his neck stood on end. He raised, risking all that he had worked for being razed. All that stood between him and victory or defeat was the turn of a single card. No one raised their voice above a whisper as they watched the dealer move.
#vss365 #raise
November 15, 2024 at 11:42 PM
Thank you everyone that's followed me here. Never really expected to get a 100 followers.
🥰
November 15, 2024 at 8:08 PM
From the forecastle to the binnacle, the first mate raced hither and thither. From stem to stern, from keel to pinnacle, he searched high and low. Alas, it was all for naught. The captain's favorite hat was lost.
#vss365 #pinnacle
November 14, 2024 at 11:34 PM
Writing an urban fantasy vampire story. Will be keeping a running tally of progress here. My hope is that people seeing this and commenting on it will help hold me accountable. Currently at 1312 words and 1 chapter in.
#novelwriting
#urbanfantasy
#vampire
#firstdrafts
#writingprogress
November 14, 2024 at 5:35 AM
Reposted by The Dabbling Warlock
Why does Deinocheirus lose at poker?

'Cause it has a terrible hand.
November 14, 2024 at 1:12 AM
Don Credulone went to the new lobster restaurant, eager to try their chef's cuisine. Little did the dim don know that it was not to be. For this restaurant did indeed serve lobsters. However, on the menu and to his horror was boiled mobster.
#vss365 #lobster
November 14, 2024 at 12:51 AM
He lures them in with a handsome visage and a honeyed tongue. He plies them with sweet whispers and fleeting glances. Only too late do they learn what fate he intends, to live forever encased in amber, beautiful art for his garden.
#vss365 #amber
November 13, 2024 at 1:54 AM
"Why hound me so? Why pursue me to the ends of the realm? Do you hate me so that you would seek me out, chase me from my homeland? Nay cur! I shall be harried no more! Have at thee!"
"Joe, we just need you to finish the training that's due on the 30th."
#vss365 #harried
November 12, 2024 at 12:38 AM
The dud hit the hatch with a ringing thud. All hearts stilled for a moment as the crew held their breath, waiting for the end that never came.
#vss365 #dud
November 10, 2024 at 4:32 PM
@megsyv.bsky.social
I saw where you'd left Hiveworks in the latest DotL update, and I was a bit curious as to what happened. I had heard there was some drama going on, but nothing specific. I've been following DotL since I first found it years ago, on DeviantArt, I think.
1/🧵
November 10, 2024 at 2:57 AM
I looked through the eyepiece and saw what lay beyond, a peek into the world I had never known yet is all around me. Humbled and awed I am to see what is normally unseen. My breath is stolen by that glimpse into the grand tapestry of creation.
#vss365 #peek
November 10, 2024 at 12:53 AM
Bob da Goffy Gob
November 9, 2024 at 2:15 AM
"The idea that orcs should be kind and caring or that we should admire beauty is a pervasive attitude among our youth. It's time to get back to traditional orcish values! Raiding! Pillaging! And putting hickeys on all the fair damsels!"
- Eric the Awful
#vss365 #pervasive
November 9, 2024 at 12:14 AM
Writers say their characters can surprise them. This happens with #DnD characters. Just realized that my lightning bug of a cleric, Raseri Whitescale, gets rather spiteful when she's frustrated and someone uses lightning magic on her.
November 8, 2024 at 9:34 PM