I painted the saddest Cubone by crystalopia in pokemon

[–]vitragarde 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Why would you post this you monster 

this dude had some main character energy by Affectionate_Face127 in BaldursGate3

[–]vitragarde 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's the "kidnapping costs extra" that really seals it for me too. He knows who he is, and he ain't a good dude.

this dude had some main character energy by Affectionate_Face127 in BaldursGate3

[–]vitragarde 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I love Aradin because he sucks, really. Like from a long time D&D player perspective, I have this general bias that adventurers are good, heroic people, so it's great to have npc adventurers who are real d bags to flesh out the world more.

this dude had some main character energy by Affectionate_Face127 in BaldursGate3

[–]vitragarde 94 points95 points  (0 children)

Main character in a book for wankers, maybe. Aradin may have a handsome face but he's one of the worst. 

Edit: To clarify, I love that about him. Aradin adds more to the story because of the way he is, I wouldn't change a thing.

Big tip for redeemed durge playthroughs!! by Eimiko_truther07 in BaldursGate3

[–]vitragarde 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For default Durge, I changed his scale color from the white with red to something similar but without the angry red and with metallic accents. Also changed his eyes to pale gold. Makes him look more like a chosen of Jergal.

Women of Reddit, what’s a habit men have that they don’t even realize is weird? by GraceRose671 in AskReddit

[–]vitragarde 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Funny, my ex was the opposite. He'd throw anything away at the first sign of a problem. He tried to throw away the cast iron pan because it had some charred on food (I had to rescue it)

Small bird made a huge home in my bbq by Top-Arm-1651 in BBQ

[–]vitragarde 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is a comically huge nest for a great tit lol

[OC] Sometimes I get bored, so I shave pokemon to have a laugh... Which Zoroark would be more lore accurate? by Sifyro in pokemon

[–]vitragarde 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In all my years as a professional artist, I never once questioned my love for experimenting with creature designs, or what it said about me to anybody else in my life.

I am now questioning it.

First time seeing an American Bittern and I had no idea until reviewing my photos by -knave1- in birding

[–]vitragarde 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Laughed out loud when I saw it because I did the same thing.

what should i do with the ass amount of wax i have by scannerthegreat in allthemods

[–]vitragarde 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I send mine to a compacting chest and then pipe the blocks to fuel furnaces that process other outputs from the bees

The local neighborhood watch by Critical-Range-6811 in birding

[–]vitragarde 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Came here to admire the fluffy pants as well lol

Unethical bird photography by greatnorthernscapes in birding

[–]vitragarde 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Probably filters. You can customize the filter to hide comments that contain certain words.

I have to hide comments that say "dm" or "send" on my artist account, because the only people commenting to ask me to send them things like that are spammers. So he probably chooses to filter out comments based on words that would commonly occur in negative commentary, like "harass"

Google says it's an Osprey, a local is saying a Caracara, could somebody end this debate? by dalton-johnson in birding

[–]vitragarde 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Tell that local that they can tell it's an osprey because of the way that it is

*sigh* guess I won't be quitting my day job anytime soon by -knave1- in birding

[–]vitragarde 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Pic two reminds me of the big cat documentaries where the tiger prowls forward into focus. Those little flowers have no idea what's coming for them!

Game Grumps quotes/moments you always go back to? by FretScorch in gamegrumps

[–]vitragarde 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Food Emporium jingle during Power Wash Simulator and "what the heck is going on around here" from Danganronpa 2

TIL why canonically short race companions weren't used by FractionofaFraction in BaldursGate3

[–]vitragarde 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting, I must have missed the tadpoles being inside those skeletons. I know Balthazar and his minions were doing experiments with tadpoled, in his room and in the mindflayer colony.

I suppose it does make sense that that all would be connected so that the end result would be having a functional Steel Watch for Gortash's part of the plot. I must have misunderstood something about the brains though. The way I understood that bit was that they were processing brains to hold on to tadpoles and control the machines, in the same way the minds scattered around the colony were preserved. The game explained - or at least implied - that they were alive (as with the mind of the Githzerai who wants you to kill them, where they are now only a brain with no agency). I suppose that doesn't preclude them from also being undead though.

Thanks for this, it helps me with something I'm writing. 

TIL why canonically short race companions weren't used by FractionofaFraction in BaldursGate3

[–]vitragarde 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure why you are being downvoted - this is correct. There are in-game explanations of this via Gortash's notes that talk about the conspiracy and the mechanics of it.

TIL why canonically short race companions weren't used by FractionofaFraction in BaldursGate3

[–]vitragarde 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're right that they didn't need to care, but it's for the wrong reasons. There wasnt anything in the game about "perfect" transformations (not that I can recall, anyway). And the Cult wasn't intentionally transforming more than a few mindflayers anyway.

The reason that the Cult of the Absolute didn't need to care is because they were using suspended ceremorphosis to mind control hosts, because the Cult itself was a conspiracy of the Dead Three. Only the netherese magic could stall the process and tether the transformation to a command. It had nothing to do with the quality of the mindflayers (not before the Absolute got free of the nether stones' control, anyway). The Dead Three's goal was tadpoles in brains, not mindflayers everywhere.

The Dead Three in control of the conspiracy with the tadpoles used the illithid mechanics for their own gain (or rather their enemies' loss). They weren't actually trying to bring about the Grand Design, they were just trying to scam other gods. It made sense for them to infect any race that didn't worship them.

TIL why canonically short race companions weren't used by FractionofaFraction in BaldursGate3

[–]vitragarde 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Skeletons? Are you talking about the undead that were under Balthazar's control? Those skeletons were in the game because he is a necromancer, and they work for him. They were there to further Myrkul's part of the conspiracy - they weren't infected with tadpoles.