sockablock:

I’ve never actually played D&D before but I wanted to try my hand at creating some really dumb in-game items so here we go!

The Statue of General Unease: players who come within ten feet of this old, faded grey statue must make a DC 13 wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the player just gets sort of…creeped out. All wisdom, intelligence, and charisma-based skill checks are at a disadvantage, because it’s really hard to think properly, you guys, with that weird statue staring over my shoulder like that. You’re seeing this too, right?

The Tie of Persuasion: a nondescript black silk tie that once belonged to a used cart salesman. When worn this object grants the wearer +7 to all charisma checks involving the sale of vehicles. (Or: flip a coin. If heads, +7, if tails, -3)

The Wild Card: it looks like any regular six of diamonds. However, with a subtle tap it can change into any other card at any time. Additionally, once per day you can use this object to transform into a wild animal of the DM’s choice for the duration of one hour.

The Ring of Detection: glows faintly in the presence of humans.

The Wand of Indeterminate Magical Effect: this wand radiates immense magical power, but more often than not attempts to cast any kind of spell with it will fail. Once per day, you can roll percentage die. On any number from 2-99, nothing happens. On a 1 or 100, the user casts a Wish spell.

A very long list of linguistics YouTube channels and other free online videos about linguistics

allthingslinguistic:

Want to teach yourself linguistics on youtube? Looking for online courses about linguistics? Want to supplement the linguistics resources available for your linguistics class? Here’s an extensive list for you to pick from, with a few notes on style and content. 

General linguistics youtube channels: 

Groups of videos or short series on specific topics: 

Individual interesting videos: 

Cross-sections of the head or vocal tract while speaking: 

Structured series or online course, introduction to linguistics: 

Structured series or online courses on a specific topic (might be useful to follow some of the intro material first): 

Long videos (documentaries or lectures): 

A few linguistically-relevant TED and TEDx talks (NOT a complete list): 

See also my linguistics videos tag for an automatically-updated list of linguistics videos, often from sporadically-updated or smaller channels. 

For more documentaries and longer videos about linguistics, most of which aren’t online, see A very long list of linguistics movies, documentaries, and TV show episodes. 

For more resources to learn linguistics, including linguistics podcasts, blogs, books, and other advice, check out How to teach yourself linguistics online for free. 

Know of something that isn’t on one of these lists and should be? Feel free to let me know!

finalfantasyvii:

undertale is a real inspiration, like it was once a kickstarted indie project and now it has live orchestras and connections to huge names in the video game industry. it’s been years now and i STILL can’t listen to the ost without getting emotionally overwhelmed.