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Why was your spell that unsettling color?! (lemmy.world)
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[–] [S] 45 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I don't know if Eldritch Blast is actually a unique color, but in my head it has always been an eerie shade of purple or green.

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  • [–] 34 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Having recently started reading Discworld, I am now contractually obligated to inform you that the color word you're looking for is octarine.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    If I remember it's description right it's a blast of the power of your god

    So whatever color your god/you want it to be, I'd imagine. Had a friend do tentacles that burst forward and slapped the shit out of enemies for hers.

    I could check the sourcebook to confirm but that's a whole different app to switch to...

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    I only have the SRD available right now and that describes it as "a beam of crackling energy" but yeah, this is far too attractive a stylistic opportunity to not make use of it.

    Besides, "crackling energy" is pretty broad already and leaves room for a variety of colors, sounds, and particle effects. Going from there to "magical 120ft tentacle that disappears after a second" isn't that much to ask for.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    One time, I flavored my EB by throwing mystical coins to my targets. I was playing a failed merchand that sold his soul for an edge.

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    • [–] 38 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    If it's a celestial warlock they might be a sub-contractor for the paladin's deity of choice!

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    • [–] 26 points 2 years ago

    Behold, the Pact of the Tome warlock, you even get ritual casting!

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    [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    All my fire spells are violet and my lightning spells look like those plasma globes

    I am playing a purple dragon who got partly cursed into being human; so I use Dragonborn stats but look human.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Partly cursed? So there are upsides to it besides looking human with the stamina of a giant purple dragon?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Nah, it’s just that the curse didn’t entirely take; which is why she’s a draconic bloodline sorcerer. She’s still kind of a dragon, and tends to vastly overestimate her abilities (she is the tank, and has 16 health at level 2)

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    • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    By the pope, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE

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    [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    It's DEUS VULTing time.

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