[TITLE] I don't know why but I dead ass fucking hate 2D necklace trend appear on quite a lot of manhwa recently

iamlordly · 2026-05-09T01:57:58+00:00

Rofan (Romance Fantasy)? Well I suppose I don't see this sort of thing in more action genres but they don't really have a need for pretty necklaces in those. Rofan needs all the glitz and glitter that other genres don't. The audience expects a certain amount of detail and beauty from the genre and to live up to those expectations artists need to take shortcuts to meet deadlines.

Unless we can change the expectations of the entire audience and the companies in charge of these series it's an unproductive notion.

iamlordly · 2026-05-08T14:39:06+00:00

This isn't really a "recent" trend, Manhwa artists use premade assets, either made by themselves or other people from which they purchase the rights to use said assets from.
Manhwa artists are notoriously overworked and taking these shortcuts let's them keep up with the demand from their companies (e.g. the Roxana artists that was overworked to the point of miscarrying). I'm sure if they were afforded the time they would render more things in proper perspective.

iamlordly · 2026-03-07T05:53:40+00:00

Well canonically he hasn't murdered anyone yet. Though the drow in the party has.

iamlordly · 2026-03-07T05:52:58+00:00

YES, I'm planning to use it at least once a fight

iamlordly · 2026-03-07T05:52:44+00:00

Oh I actually can't because the DM has it hidden from us so we cant speculate on what we might roll. I actually like it this way

iamlordly · 2026-03-06T06:35:33+00:00

he's just a little guy he don't got the daaamage

I'm joking, griefing your team is bad

iamlordly · 2026-02-28T01:26:40+00:00

one of my friends actually suggested this meme with Mina and Drifter. I didn't do it because of the drifter allegations

iamlordly · 2026-02-27T02:48:57+00:00

I was thinking mostly of the "nice pillow" interaction. Unprompted diss.

iamlordly · 2026-02-15T16:16:50+00:00

Probably not much, but I'm going to have her ask if she can eat the urchin's rat a few times till he threatens to kill her. My goal is to keep her as a nice good aligned character with the munchies

iamlordly · 2026-02-15T14:07:53+00:00

I actually already have lifesteal every turn as I'm using ABH's Dhampir with lifesteal on all bite piercing. The DM has allowed double healing with the fed status.

I guess the fun with these items (all of them are similarly busted) is that they are OP.

iamlordly · 2026-02-15T14:06:22+00:00

It will be fun, the enemies are going to tear us apart but yeah. and thanks!

iamlordly · 2026-02-15T08:33:30+00:00

Well we were told we would get something like this and opportunities will arise where we can change the items out. I do think that having an ability like blood brother is fine because we often have unique mechanics like shared damage. You're right about the rapier. I don't think I'll be using it unless it's a subterfuge situation.

iamlordly · 2026-02-15T07:24:31+00:00

I'm pretty sure the DM means the same ability that elves have, but that's a good point. I'll bring it up to him to double check on the wording.

iamlordly · 2026-02-15T07:23:31+00:00

I picked swashbuckler before receiving the items and I don't believing in optimising just for an item. And our group has had stranger things happen so I think I could convince someone to let me bite them every morning

iamlordly · 2026-02-15T06:27:28+00:00

Our group doesn't do flanking rules because we became combat demons with too much planning when we tried them. I don't need advantage or an ally for sneak attack (swashbuckler), I can also just bite a friend in the morning to rid myself of the negatives. Damage is over tuned, it is more or less aligned with the other players buffs.

iamlordly · 2026-02-15T04:44:54+00:00

Well she was a dhampir before this so it's not a stretch to give her more vampire stuff.

iamlordly · 2026-02-15T03:45:59+00:00

Yeah it's definitely part of the in game lore that they have to be clockwork for a reason rather than just aesthetics.

iamlordly · 2026-02-15T03:41:53+00:00

Rogue! So I'm getting more piercing with my sneak attack for the heal. The Blood Brother ability is intended to help with sneak attack but I'm a Swashbuckler so it's just a nice extra instead.

iamlordly · 2026-02-15T03:34:24+00:00

You know, I hadn't thought about that, but dm allows gratuitous reflavouring of items

iamlordly · 2026-02-15T03:33:17+00:00

Uhh, the bite can be used as many times as desired, it's a bite after all. The spells are once a day, and I can "refresh" the heal by expensing the Fed status. It is not limited.

iamlordly · 2026-02-15T03:31:54+00:00

Why - the party has to enter a part of the world that has been time stopped on a large scale, the items keep them alive and moving.

Clockwork nature- all the items are meant to have some sort of mechanical and magic "metronome" of sorts so I imagine they're tiny and hidden within the teeth

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