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My Transformers phase is coming back up, and I finally catch up with the Skybound comics. I feel like I would just be parroting what everyone has been saying, it has been great so far, great art and very interesting direction. Optimus and Sparkplug moments made me reminiscence over them as a ship, from the appeal being old man chilling out to scarred veterans that deal with tragedy in different ways, where one may be more healing to the other.

The only thing that doesn't bother me much, but I wonder if other people would agree: They did a bit of a 'twist' when revealing the characters to make it be Cliffjumper instead of Bumblebee, but the way he pops up in storytelling feels very Bumblebee-esque more so than I would imagine for Cliff, the "we're the small guys" thing mostly, but also just the interpretation of the character. But it's a very whatever thing, I do like his and Carly's interactions so far. Obviously, excited for Shockwave.

I'll get to Void Rivals also, I was enjoying it too. I just wish I could get either physically, I'm reading Dungeon Mushi by getting it physically monthly since it's just being sold here in Brasil, and thought it would be nice to follow something like this. And you know what, I also want to do a re-read of IDW at some point, it's been so long since I read it, I was getting into the fandom around when it started, but never truly read the very last issues of it.

I think I'll catch up to Earthspark soon too, I'm a bit worried it doesn't have what I tend to enjoy from TF, but I won't know until I watch.

Anyway, uhm.... annoyed with myself for doing absolutely nothing this weekend (meh), got some pizza, messed up really badly this month BUT college been going good :), tests will start soon but at least there is a holiday Thursday and Friday.

⌬ - good
♬ - The Dead Milkmen Bitchin' Camaro

I started my Transformers solo play this week, And thought I would log in with some brief talk about how it went because, eh... My blog?

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♬ - Perpetuum soundtrack

I was looking, earlier, for places to RP because I had the sudden urge to, just to leave frustrated that BR-TF-RP spaces are all dead. And this somehow made me brainstorm an RP server of my own... and that somehow made me create a 1d10 tabletop mini-system based on Transformers Tech-Spec.

I wrote everything today and in Portuguese, it's not finished anyway, but the current rundown is that you have the Attributes and your Function.

The attributes go from 1 to 9 // the original Transformers Tech-Specs are 1 to 10, but since the way you roll die on this is by rolling a 1d10 with the objective being rolling equal or under your attribute number, leaving the 10 open lets you have a fair chance to fail// and you roll 8d10s to distribute through them. While your Function gives you an advantage of -2 to rolls that you would think are related to your function.

Since the skills chosen for the Tech-Specs are not made to be seriously used in an RPG, it can happen that there will be rolls you can't roll using the more obvious Attributes like strength or Speed. Skill is somewhat the fix. Skill in itself is a very broad definition, and you need to roll on it differently, instead of simply rolling on it and succeeding by rolling on your attribute reach, you also will have to deal with modifiers that fit your function. If you're trying to roll in Stealth, but your function has nothing on stealth, you will be left with a +2 penalty.

(At least... that's the current idea. I'm afraid it will come off as too nonsensical. after all, Function is supposed to be very loose so you can be as specific as you wish for fun, so I wonder if this will make people afraid to choose something like Water Rescue and instead go to something broader.)

Another change is to use Rank to mean overall charisma/deception like checks instead to mean your character standing, it's a bit of a leap, but the connection is just that better social standing (Rank) more likely for people to listen to you.)

Then there is combat. Since this was born for the idea of an RP server, and people seem to like to roleplay their characters fighting one another in those servers, I wanted to make PvP just as easy to do as PvE. I took inspiration from Essense20 system Dispute rules.... sort of.

It's simply players deciding what they are attacking and what they are defending, with a mutual agreement that it's a defense that makes sense // again, like Essence20//, instead of needing to meet their Attribute reach, they instead would roll 1d10 plus their attribute score with the goal of rolling the highest.

Then there is health... which... I don't know. I wanted it to be also like Essence20, and be health that is between 2 to 5 (in the first levels, since this system will not have Level-up) Probably based on Strength and Endurance somehow. With Damage also being around 1 to 3 at max, so it always feels heavy hitting and quick.

And idk, it's supposed to be just a fun thing to make and be something that you would have in your back pocket with a dice-roller app on your phone. Or to use in a silly Discord RP server that will never exist lol. It's probably a mess from more experienced eyes... but it's been fun to write. I was also making some homebrew rules to add to my Essence20 Transformers game, so no wonder the Essece20 was in my mind together with EngineHears. I have some other ideas I could implement, like adding more -2 ADV and +2 DADV based on character sizes since... we're talking about Transformers.

Just wanted to share!

⌬ - tired
♬ - Transformers The Battle for Planet Earth Part 4 Espionage!!!!!

Here to make one of my "posts and disappears to lurk for a month" entries! I don't have anything interesting to share, so thought I would share some fandom playlists! I'm not that great at it but there was a recent discussion of the late 8Tracks, and they are fun to occasionally make.

If anybody wants to share their own or rec plz do it, would be fun to see!
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just some doodling from a while agoo. (+recent unfinished) Just to post some art.
BW + TFP Arcee.

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⌬ - working
⍝ - I'm by Bike but it's raining outside, help, I'm stranded!
♬ - Deceptacon by Le Tigre

Outside of the Transforming robots news:

I and my sister are sharing an office space now! It's mostly for her (she gets the bigger part for her stock) but my dad was never fond of the fact that I stay home too much so he convinced me to take the smaller side. At first, I thought it was a waste of money, but it's working pretty well, I'm trying to go there every day, and my progress has been way better! Hopefully, I'll keep it up, even went yesterday very early with lunch to stay the day. My only transport is an electric bike though, so can't go today because of the rain.

I'm falling into the pet-spiders youtube videos blackhole. It started sometime back with a random recommendation for how to take care of a jumping spider and yesterday I got recommended "Giant Japanese Funnel Web Pairing" and someone feeding his Tarantulas. It's hypnotizing to watch, especially with the commentary he gives, they are just really pretty animals to me.

Now on Transforming robots news:

Talking about Tarantulas, I've finally got to the new IDW comics, both the G1 and BW, I enjoy them a lot! Slow-moving compared to most Transformers media. I like the slow escalation but I see why some would complain. Everything is going in an interesting direction with characters, story, and lore. Still reading Galaxies, just finished Gauge's part, but my favorite was definitely Cliffjunper's, Nice use of Deathsaurus too [fucked up ship, anyone?].

I've been double enjoying Beast Wars, it gives me a TFA feel, probably because of the most stylized art and the direction they are going with Optimus Primal. I'm glad they kept the Beast Wars style of humor and story instead of an edgier storyline. I don't mind edgy, but I love the original BW way too much. I saw some people complain about the art style, but personally, I really like it, I think it's great for BW of all things. The beast forms can look a little weird, but it fits very well with what they want.

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⍝ - Feels like a weekend
♬ - Na Na Na by My Chemical Romance

I got bored during weekend class and posed some of my TF figures. I painted the faces for expressions, this was fun! I'll try to look for a better place to take pictures than my table next time.

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♬ - I'm Gone by Oliver Tree

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⌬ - good
⍝ - 2 Joors 4 Kliks and 3 Orns later
♬ - Catch Me if You Can by BabyMetal

Some messy TF stuff not yet posted, lots of Waspinator and some Wasp/Tarantulas.

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♬ - Psycho by Muse

I have been doodling to de-stress! I wish they are more done, but I've been tired and have other stuff to get through. Enjoy!

Waspinator/Tarantulas rarepair stuff too!

First Template by @gibslythe and second by @Cammerel.

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⌬ - [Sweaty]
⍝ - God, It's been so hot I h8 it
♬ - Eletric Twist by A Fine Franzy

Just some Waspinator doodling. you forget that he was supposed to be scary before getting his role in the cartoon. Anyway love the guy.

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⌬ - chipper
♬ - Bone Digger by Bear Hands

I actually wasted time on this so may as well post about it.

[Link on image, but also here if you need ➟ https://perchance.org/transformerscharaters]

A Transformers character Randomizer, I just made it because sometimes I'm like "I want to draw transformers but who?" . Then I found one on this site but it was only IDW1 characters. So decided to waste my time, make my own, and add every character I could find.

Pretty sure this is not every single one, but all I had was characters list on Wikipedia and Tfwiki, Wanted to add more obscure ones that only show up in toys retools too, but I'm tired and didn't really find a good list for it lol. (also, BotsBots ARE on the list, but I lowered their probability.) It's insane the names out there for tfs, I feel like some people will think some of them are jokes I put there, but nope, that is their name. Believe me.

If you're actually interested in this silly thing, tell me if you think I spelled a name wrong or one you think could be added! some are trick like Breakdown vs Brakedown, who apparently are two different characters, so remember to check it out on the wiki or something ll.

I'll post more interesting things soon, I have doodled around a lot so. When I decide to share I'll let you know.

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♬ - Alien Alien ♥ English Cover【rachie】エイリアンエイリアン

got caught up to Cyberverse's season 2 to 3/ep 4! Random thoughts for fun!

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⌬ - geeky
♬ - Psycho - Muse

This wip was for a challenge that I chicken out + never really got to finish, I also don't really feel like finishing it-- I keep getting stuck at the coloring part. The drawing is actually bigger, I cut a good part of it, still like the line-art enough!

A Elita-1/Moonracer (G1 inspired designs) A small ship that would be very sweet//but I keep imagining it not ending 100% happy for some reason// They are enjoying earths view somewhere.
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