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Merely Matt

Creator/writer of I Need A Miracle, host of Merely Roleplayers. (Those are podcasts.) He/him.

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I Do Love The Unsleeping City But The Grit In The Oyster For Me Is The Umbral Arcana - Because What Exactly

I do love the Unsleeping City but the grit in the oyster for me is the umbral arcana - because what exactly is the governing principle behind what it does and doesn't hide?

So in @merelyroleplayers: Vigil I did my own version called the omission effect, which

a) doesn't stop anyone seeing anything, just makes you incapable of transferring certain events, beings and phenomena from short- to long-term memory

b) was recently revealed as being governed by a repressed Regency-era lady, who sits in a dead end dimension reading transcripts of reality written by abducted and brainwashed clairvoyant stenographers and censoring anything she considers improper

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merely vigil merely roleplayers omission effect umbral arcana the unsleeping city anything that veils whole orders of beings from mortal sight is censorship and we should not stand for it!!!

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merelymatt
8 months ago
Panel 1: Wizard woman with dark bobbed hair, loose long sleeved shirt, and round glasses reads an open book on a table in front of her. Panel 2: She looks up and yellow light is reflected in her lenses. Panel 3: The room is awash in darkness, mostly blue and navy tone. There are bookshelves holding books and contraptions, a curtain, the desk is short as the wizard sits on the floor in front of it. Scattered around her are various items for magic, scrolls, teapots, a globe… etc. The source of light comes from a bumblebee shaped spirit trapped within a magic circle. The Wizard Sorrow: Do you speak Imperial? Panel 4-5: long thin panels for spacing. Boshi: Yes
Boshi: Yes, little wizard… Panel 1-3: View closes in on Boshi as it glows brightly. The details become clearer that it is the shape of a brightly glowing bumblebee, leaving trails of light behind as it approaches the edge of the magic circle. Boshi: Will you give me your name?
Panel 1: Sorrow and Boshi look at each other from opposite sides of the blue barrier. Sorrow: I’m not that stupid. Panel 2: Sorrow flips through the book in front of her. Sorrow: What kind of spirit are you? Panel 3: The yellow light from Boshi shines brighter on her face and she puts a hand over her eyes, irritated. Panel 4: Close-up on Boshi’s legs, they are birdlike rather than insect legs. Boshi: The sun that never sleeps, I am light against your skin, Panel 5: Close-up of Boshi’s flapping wings. Boshi: Twelve cups of coffee, Panel 6: Close-up of Boshi’s fluffy striped body. Boshi: A death march across the desert,
Panel 1: Close-up of Boshi’s insect face with large compound eyes and drooping antennae. Boshi: And all the world to overcome Panel 2: Sorrow stares back, unimpressed. Sorrow: Right. Panel 3: Sorrow frowns at the open book in their hands. Sorrow: You’re smart enough to know coffee. Panel 4: Sorrow squints and frowns at something she’s found and flips through the book. Boshi: Little wizard, humans make coffee
Boshi flies through the page over an orange background, leaving yellow light trails behind. Boshi: Humans understand me Animals can play But they only go full tilt to survive Humans run for fun
Panel 1: Boshi coming to a stop, hovering with a bright glow. Boshi: I want someone to run with me Panel 2: Sorrow frowning down at her book. Sorrow: Well, I hate exercise. So. Panel 3: Sorrow holds up the book towards Boshi so it can see inside. Sorrow: What can you tell me about this guy? Panel 4: Close-up of the page the book is on. There is a humanoid figure cloaked in darkness with a wide brimmed hat. His face is obscured in darkness but two eyes like pinprick stars can be seen. Boshi: Stranger! Pilgrim! King!
PAGE 7 Page is a dark forest under a starry sky, with a winding road going down. There are footprints on the road. Panel 1: Close-up on Boshi’s face, it’s eyes reflecting the silhouette of the stranger. Boshi: He walks in the night and I run where it’s bright! Human titles! Human titles! Panel 2: Sorrow frowning skeptically. Sorrow: Right, but none of those is his name. Boshi: hee hee hee hee hee PAGE 8 Panel 1: Sorrow scowling. Sorrow: What’s so funny? Panel 2: Close-up of a letter on Sorrow’s desk marked “SORROW” Boshi: Your name that is not your name Panel 3: Sorrow slamming her hand down to cover the name. Panel 4: Sorrow standing up, leaning over her desk and scowling with her hand still over the letter. Sorrow: You’re in a fucking planar binding, you can’t do shit to me. PAGE 9 Panel 1: Boshi hovers above Sorrow, glowing so bright it’s light fills the panel. Boshi: What is “Sorrow,” little wisard? Panel 2: Close-up on Boshi’s face as human fingers start to stretch and emerge from it’s mouth. Panel 3: The fingers emerge into a hand with a mouth on the palm that talks. Boshi: With what do you cloak your name? Panel 4-5: The hand twists and reaches out to touch the edge of the barrier. It has eyes and mouths along its skin and all the mouths speak. Boshi: How much of it is you?
Panel 1: Sorrow scowling. Sorrow: What’s so funny? Panel 2: Close-up of a letter on Sorrow’s desk marked “SORROW” Boshi: Your name that is not your name Panel 3: Sorrow slamming her hand down to cover the name. Panel 4: Sorrow standing up, leaning over her desk and scowling with her hand still over the letter. Sorrow: You’re in a fucking planar binding, you can’t do shit to me.
Panel 1: Boshi hovers above Sorrow, glowing so bright it’s light fills the panel. Boshi: What is “Sorrow,” little wisard? Panel 2: Close-up on Boshi’s face as human fingers start to stretch and emerge from it’s mouth. Panel 3: The fingers emerge into a hand with a mouth on the palm that talks. Boshi: With what do you cloak your name? Panel 4-5: The hand twists and reaches out to touch the edge of the barrier. It has eyes and mouths along its skin and all the mouths speak. Boshi: How much of it is you?
Panel 1: Boshi’s insect body is now obscured by the mass of twisted humanoid arms, though it still glows from within the center mass. The limbs press up against the barrier. Panel 2: Close-up of Sorrow’s feet in socks, standing up. There is a smashed teacup on the ground and upended books. Sorrow: You know what coffee is but not sorrow?
Sorrow stands with her hands in front of her in the casting position, a spell glowing blue at her hands. She has an almost resigned and disdainful expression. Sorrow: Maybe you aren’t one of the smart ones after all. Watermark: art by @ribbittrobbit writing & layout by @yeehawpim

The adventures of the Wizard Sorrow & Boshi (working title): a WBN Umora OC comics collab with @yeehawpim!!!!!

Pim did the story + layout and then let me run wild (and pop in at odd hours with questions about Boshi's design) See Pim's mad composition genius + OC lore over here Sorrow lore here & here

👀 more to come perhaps 👀

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GIVE THIS MORE NOTES worlds beyond number the wizard the witch and the wild one
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merelymatt
8 months ago

The business shaman's business suit without a single flaw

His PHD in business ghosts, as well as business law

See him hunt for business seeds oer hill and business dale

Licking ash from cigarettes like business oyster shells

Beneath the burning business stars, he dreams of business things,

of wise and elder business ghosts, of ancient business kings.

So hail the business shaman! May your business berries fruit!

May never loss of profit stain your flawless business suit

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merelymatt
8 months ago

reblog if you wear glasses. too many mutuals don't know they have glasses wearers in their midsts

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merelymatt
8 months ago

podcast character body pillow

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merelymatt
8 months ago

We technically only played half this game (you're supposed to write 24 lines, we wrote 12), and that's the only reason none of the original band members got pissed off enough to flip the table, smash the bass and leave the band – at least 2 of us were right on the edge at the end there

This'd be a fun one to play on stream some time!

And that's it for the microgames! Back to the main Monster of the Week campaign next time.

Now playing in the (recording) Studio

It’s only going to take one song to get everyone to stand up and take notice, and then your career will open wide in front of you. You all work so perfectly together. How hard can it be?

This season, we're playing a selection of individual micro-roleplaying games from The Ultimate Micro-RPG Book, edited by James D'Amato!

Follow us on your usual podcast app - search Merely Roleplayers or head to www.merelyroleplayers.com

CREDITS

FACILITATOR: Matt Boothman

STARRING:

- On vocals, Matt Boothman as Skinny Steve

- On lead guitar, Strat as Jimmy Danger

- On the keys, Ellie Pitkin as Pixie Dust

- On rhythm guitar, Josh Yard as Sludge

- On the bass, Natalie Winter as Spacy Stacy

ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Wonders by Alex Flanigan, published in The Ultimate Micro-RPG Book, edited by James D’Amato

MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst, inspired by Horse Elevator

SEASON PLANNED BY: Strat

EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman

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