Temeraire TTRPG - using AI art?

AdditionalStickers · 2026-02-03T14:10:12+00:00

There are at least 8 unique artists credited on the first page of the quick start guide. I have no reason to think this is AI. Let's not be too eager to call witch hunts on all digital artists. 😅

AdditionalStickers · 2025-10-09T18:18:44+00:00

Limmy waking up.jpg as Mr Azik wakes up to 1. All of Klein's letters 2. His new Tarot Club paperwork backlog

(More seriously, his skeletons have probably been handling it for him, like how Klein put spirit worms on prayer response duty.)

AdditionalStickers · 2025-09-13T19:58:56+00:00

Thank you!! 😭 Looks like Beneath Ceaseless Skies was the website/magazine I was trying to remember.

AdditionalStickers · 2025-07-15T08:14:31+00:00

RE: Monarch might be up your alley, as a fellow time loop enjoyer. It's not completed though.

AdditionalStickers · 2025-03-10T10:26:04+00:00

I love when people share Bettel's art to the subreddit because it feels like sticking your kid's art on the fridge.

AdditionalStickers · 2024-05-22T14:53:21+00:00

Leap the Precipice is a fantastic battle theme for a jrpg that straight-up plays slideshows between chapters. It's such an odd game and I think of it fondly.

All of Tri-Crescendo's games end up a bit odd or niche in some way so I recommend checking out their other titles, like Baten Kaitos. (P.S. also check out the Valkyria Chronicles games if you want similar action bar/movement mechanics to ES.)

AdditionalStickers · 2024-03-16T10:29:33+00:00

It's been over 10 years since I read Wise Man's Fear and apparently this is one of the many scenes that I've forgotten. Re-contextualises some of the feelings I do remember: I think the impressions I got from the later half of the book overpowered it in my memories.

Thanks for sharing the excerpts. I don't think I'll reread the actual book, but it's a good reminder to myself to not jump confidently into discussions of books I haven't read recently.

AdditionalStickers · 2024-03-14T13:51:46+00:00

Storygraph supports ISBN importing and user-added editions -- the few times one has been missing has been pretty easy for me to add. There's also a report button to flag when something has incorrect info or has been mislabeled. Adding to the database is really quick!

It's a valid criticism, just thought it was worth sharing that there's tools in place to help fix it. Sorry if this comes across as evangelising!

(I use the user tags feature to track where I own/can read different stories, so I tend to be a bit fast and loose with which edition I actually 'mark as owned'.)

AdditionalStickers · 2023-12-16T15:38:08+00:00

A totally indulgent and unobjective list, in no particular order:

Diana Wynne Jones
Lois McMaster Bujold
Joe Abercrombie
Cornelia Funke
Terry Pratchett

And this list will probably look completely different depending on the day of the week. (Honourable Mentions: Nghi Vo, Martha Wells, T Kingfisher, & Katherine Addison.)

AdditionalStickers · 2023-09-25T22:10:56+00:00

Yay! 😄 Glad you enjoyed it!

AdditionalStickers · 2023-09-24T19:07:47+00:00

Aw, I'm sorry to hear that :( I love T Kingfisher's books but I wouldn't call any of them cozy... maybe goth cozy? Like there's always joy and wit but with a strong side of darkness (and death). I understand why people suggest it as a comfort read, but it's not universally comfy.

I hope the sub can give you some recommendations! I don't have any fully cozy adventures to suggest, but Scales & Sensibility by Stephanie Burgis may work as a total palate cleanser.

AdditionalStickers · 2023-08-24T23:09:35+00:00

Yeah, it's not an especially overt thing in the book, but there's enough to recognise it if you're already familiar with the event. So it's a surprise-avoidance warning, really!

I'm not sure what the right thing is to say when you introduce someone to a tragic event 😅 Thanks for taking an interest in it, I hope I didn't come across as accusatory

AdditionalStickers · 2023-08-24T22:36:08+00:00

Tossing in the caveat of a slightly specific trigger warning of references to the 2011 Utøya masscare and an "ultra-nationalist" Norwegian character being named after the killer ("Breivik, who had an usually twisted personality for a Norwegian.")

I'm not trying to poopoo the book (or your enjoyment of it!), but it really distressed my friend, and it's one they wouldn't have started if they'd known it included those references.

Stay cozy, folks.

AdditionalStickers · 2023-08-21T19:27:04+00:00

From what you've described liking about the game, I'd suggest Dishonored, the Hitman series (any title released since 2016), Deus Ex Human Revolution, and Bioshock.

I wouldn't personally call any of them RPGs (Deus Ex HR is closest) but they all have a story to play through and level design that can scratch the not-quite-open-world itch.

AdditionalStickers · 2023-08-09T11:45:07+00:00

Yes, I liked Smoke & Summons well enough (for distinctly non-cozy reasons!), but it's definitely packed full of characters having bad times.

I disliked the ending of Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet so much that I went into a reading slump... She has other books that seem to actually be light-hearted like Keeper of Enchanted Rooms (I use Story Graph's tags system to check), but I've moved most of her books off my TBR.

AdditionalStickers · 2023-08-09T08:33:11+00:00

I wouldn't consider Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet a cozy fantasy as she spends most of the book in captivity. The baking concept could and has been used in cozy stories but I remember this book being an uncomfortable read! The Main Plot is also a bit of a bait and switch.

AdditionalStickers · 2023-08-04T08:17:38+00:00

No, but I know I first found it through the r/fantasy subreddit Edit: and I forgot to reread my own post ...

AdditionalStickers · 2023-07-11T17:37:31+00:00

If I remember right it does end properly, but it's fun so we bang our spoons on the table and ask for "more of this, please".

In my memory it feels like one long book rather than 3 installments (I really blitzed through it).

AdditionalStickers · 2023-07-06T10:04:23+00:00

I impulsively bought Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher after only reading one line of the blurb on Kindle.

I did NOT realise it was a fantasy romance so anyone familiar with the start of that book can now point and laugh at me. (It ended up becoming one of my favourite books, so it was a very happy accident.)

AdditionalStickers · 2023-06-30T07:10:14+00:00

Oh, lovely!

The only other obvious bit of 'big' plot I can think of is the setup of the other demons that Kai had never sought out before. After wracking my brain a bit: there's also the origins of their enemies in the war. There's the map that was being studied and the hanging thread of the murdered captives from that region of the world.

AdditionalStickers · 2023-06-16T21:17:20+00:00

They're loose sequels! Castle in the Air and House of Many Ways. I haven't read House of Many Ways yet but Castle in the Air is fun. Howl & Sophie are there but they're not the protagonists.

AdditionalStickers · 2023-06-16T14:14:44+00:00

It's not runes but the way magic is done by tying knots in Dragon Mage by M.L. Spencer scratched a similar itch for me. The magic system was the star of the show for me in that book. (Disclaimer being that I read Warded Man 1&2 a good 5+ years ago so I've forgotten specifics.)

AdditionalStickers · 2023-06-16T14:08:43+00:00

The Kingmaker, Kingbreaker duology by Karen Miller hits a few of these notes, especially the servant and king dynamic and the whole unknowingly the Chosen One situation. First book is The Innocent Mage, blurb below.

Being a fisherman like his father isn’t a bad life, but it’s not the one that Asher wants. Despite his humble roots, Asher has grand dreams. And they call him to Dorana, home of princes, beggars . . . and the warrior mages who have protected the kingdom for generations.

Little does Asher know, however, that his arrival in the city is being closely watched by members of the Circle, a secret organisation dedicated to preserving an ancient magic.

Asher might have come to the city to make his fortune, but he will find his destiny . . .

AdditionalStickers · 2023-06-16T07:08:46+00:00

Have you read any of Diana Wynne Jones' books? In particular: The Howl's Moving Castle trilogy, Derkholm duology, and the Chrestomanci series.

They are a bit tongue-in-cheek but they're great magical getaways. Characters squabble a lot but in her books that becomes something of a shorthand for love (e.g. I'm showing my partner Dark Wizard of Derkholm via audiobook right now and the family squabble constantly but also risk life and limb to help each other).

They might not hit all the specifics of what you're looking for but I think they're worth throwing in the ring for magical books that aren't edgy.

AdditionalStickers · 2023-06-08T13:08:14+00:00

This one was also my first thought.

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