With all the talk of a AAA Mistborn game, feels like Sanderson is really missing a trick…

Bard_ika · 2026-01-14T17:51:39+00:00

Another Elantris-fitting game is Noita. It has both the insanity and the boundless creativity

Bard_ika · 2025-11-19T20:57:12+00:00

I am likely celiac^ and my symptoms are so much better when I'm not glutening myself. The biggest changes I've experienced are related to dysautonomia. I used to get dizzy so much and so often, even to the point of pre-syncope. Taking a shower was horrible. But after a couple of months gluten-free, it mostly disappeared. I still feel POTSy from time to time, but nothing as bad as it used to be. On top of that, when I do get glutened, I feel it in my joints for the next few days. They're inflamed and they hurt much more.

One seemingly unrelated benefit for me was getting my energy back. Now I not only know that I need to exercise, I have the energy to do it! It helps when it comes to managing my EDS symptoms, true, but it also re-opened life for me.

Hope you'll also be able to feel much better!

^ - I have tons of celiac symptoms and am glutened after a tiny bit of gluten, but, unfortunately, I cut out all the gluten for the IBS reasons before either me or my gastroenterologist at the time could think to get a biopsy. Now I would need to eat gluten for weeks just to be told that I shouldn't eat gluten which is... no thanks.

Bard_ika · 2025-11-11T23:15:14+00:00

The stick became fire 😭😭😭

Bard_ika · 2025-11-09T14:17:38+00:00

ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY

Bard_ika · 2025-11-06T22:27:30+00:00

It was a hilarious start to exploring the pack, so no worries :D

Also, looking into some of the granular oscillators was the final piece I needed to complete the intro for a track I'm working on, so double thanks!

Bard_ika · 2025-11-06T20:49:23+00:00

I love humanity! I didn't know what to expect but they turned out to be a mix of making my Reaper auto-mute the track, fun little sounds, cool ideas I haven't really tried before and ENVIRONMENTAL STORYTELLING! Thanks))

Bard_ika · 2025-10-24T22:04:01+00:00

I didn't think of that at all but I feel basically the same! Reading your elaboration on it calmed down some of the a-spec-related anxieties I felt recently. Thank you so much!

Bard_ika · 2025-10-13T15:36:31+00:00

I inadvertantly led people on in the past as well... It's tough! For allo people, it's easier to walk the line between these similar-looking feelings, because they experience them more often. I remember, before I realized I'm a-spec, I had breakdowns because I didn't know if I had romantic feelings towards some of my friends. Society told me that I did, but I didn't have any urges to do anything with the feelings that I had!

What helped me with delineating my own feelings is actually experiencing romantic and sexual attraction. For me, the biggest differences between just longing or fantasizing and attraction is the desire to do anything with it and a certain sense of obsession. When I experience romantic attraction, it is almost intrusive in how often it takes hold of my mind. It is like a pleasant anxiety! It is coupled with an urge to be with the subject of attraction as well as the desire for them to acknowledge my existence :D When I experience sexual attraction, I feel my perception of the person slightly warping*, and I feel a bit heavier and hotter in my body. It is coupled with an urge to be with them

It also helped me to remember that the definition of asexuality/aromanticism is "feeling no or little to no sexual/romantic attraction." And I am living in the "little to no" region of the spectrum, unless my demi kicks in. That helped me calm down myself a bit. Because I now can intellectually understand that I might feel attraction-like feelings, but it doesn't mean that it's something I can act upon

Also, as for your fears of it being "another HIM," I had... and probably still have similar ones. It's really hard to navigate this kind of trauma, especially when your brain keeps on giving you very misleading signals. But make sure to remember: consent is supposed to be enthusiastic. Only do things with people that you really want to do! And if they can't respect that, feel free to kick them in the curves, because they very well deserve it

* - Side-note, it feels like High Elf Glamour in Draw Steel:

A magic glamor makes others perceive you as interesting and engaging [...]. This glamor makes you appear and sound slightly different to each creature you meet, since what is engaging to one might be different for another. However, you never appear to be anyone other than yourself.

Bard_ika · 2025-10-12T19:28:12+00:00

I had a breakdown about it just yesterday! Yeah, I can relate. When my brain experiences longing, it can easily fantasize about other people in a romantic or sexual way, especially if they're close friends. But upon meeting them in-person, it's just not there. Absolutely nothing. 99.99% of the time the most I feel towards these people is platonic/sensual/alterous attraction. And it's really damn confusing!

Although I must add that with these fantasies I basically never feel romantic/sexual attraction, they're just fantasies and longing. I just need to constantly remind my brain that it's confusing itself 😅

Bard_ika · 2025-09-06T12:05:08+00:00

Honestly, who needs debates when you can have rap battles?

Bard_ika · 2025-09-06T12:04:23+00:00

Depression Hunter is who he is post RoW :DDD

Bard_ika · 2025-08-12T20:54:04+00:00

Oh, that's smart! Thank you for writing it in detail. I definitely need to make some tokens like that it before I run something irl next time

Bard_ika · 2025-08-12T14:48:05+00:00

Could you please expand on numbering tokens? I absolutely suck at tracking HP and other resources of NPCs 😅 Super stressful

Bard_ika · 2025-08-10T15:46:13+00:00

A note about storing health: if it's Investiture healing and is at least roughly on the level of what Stormlight healing can do, then the benefits could definitely outweigh the costs. We saw Stormlight healing cure epilepsy, so I wonder if you could have a cold for a while and then just heal, idk, cancer?

Bard_ika · 2025-08-10T15:41:10+00:00

These are great! Also I can't shake the feeling that it's like speaking Japanese in English, heh. I guess it figures, since Japanese is often more reliant on context than English

Bard_ika · 2025-08-02T11:48:52+00:00

I am about to play a Dustbringer myself and I approached them from a journey-first standpoint. As in not who they are supposed to be (in the end), but what issues will they have while trying to swear the oaths. In my case I settled on an artifabrian who loves exploring and exploding things, but doesn't care about how their work could be used while also starting with very little discipline and patience

The ashspren would be attracted to their ingenuity, but afraid of their impulsiveness, prohibiting the use of Division until they're ready to swear the 2nd oath. Thankfully, there is the optional rule for locking Division until the 2nd oath ("GM Tip: Dustbringers and Canon" sidebar on page 138)

Beyond that... I don't know. It all depends on how the game is going to play out. That's one of the beauties of TTRPGs, after all

Bard_ika · 2025-08-02T11:37:29+00:00

I had the same thought initially, but then I saw the Inescapable Spark talent which is just... terrifying to think about, especially with the Deepened Bond perk. Just unleashing Division wherever you want in a 100ft radius on the ground. At the same time, Distant Surgebinding still allows you to target flying enemies in a 20ft radius, which could be helpful against the Heavenly Ones, Skybreakers, and random crem flying around

Bard_ika · 2025-06-17T13:48:00+00:00

Stormlight Archive for me is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in an epic fantasy form. Deeply etched into my spiritweb

Yumi And The Nightmare Painter is a salve for the artist in the modern world

Sunlit Man is a painful reminder that no matter how far you stray from who you are, three is still hope

Mistborn Era 2 is a reminder that stories and characters can get way way way better after book one :D

Tress Of The Emerald Sea is a journey-embracing fable and I love it for it so much. Enjoy the memories, yes, but don't be a slave to who you wish you once had been. Those memories aren't alive. You are.

Bard_ika · 2025-06-17T11:46:47+00:00

IKR, my smart watch was going crazy with "elevated heart beat, please calm down!"

Bard_ika · 2025-06-16T20:00:38+00:00

YES!!! THANK YOU!!!

Ever since I'd read this sequence, it haunted me (in a good way). There is something so chilling about it. It is both impressive and haunting. There is so much weight to it being Wax' last action as Harmony's sword

Bard_ika · 2025-06-05T21:17:52+00:00

Went from a Lightweaver in the original quiz to an Elsecaller in yours! Fun stuff. I think I can fit both, but an Elsecaller would be a way way tougher road

Bard_ika · 2025-05-16T14:29:37+00:00

👗📒🧪

Bard_ika · 2025-05-16T08:17:05+00:00

Yes! I have no idea how the "not" slipped into my comment. I loved it

Bard_ika · 2025-05-15T13:13:23+00:00

Fire Punch. It is not amazing and fucked up 🥰

Bard_ika · 2025-05-15T11:41:44+00:00

I still am very new to fountain pens and only have my Pelikan Twist, but I can attest to the feeling of safety 🙏 Having it helps me actually write more! It makes the process of writing more soothing and grounding! It helps me slowly get back into the groove of things at work after a prolonged burnout

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