The Hunt (Shery, Tallys, Halek's Story)
[Content warning: discussions of animal death, non-explicit and non-gory discussions of animal sacrifice, mentions of blood and violence]
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Alpha Preview Update (September)
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Author Answers (September)
General
Aside from the stuff that weakens Diminished power (I forgot the term) does Blest have any other ✨special✨ materials? Like vibrainium or mithril.
Hiya, great question!! (The anti-Diminished material is called thoret btw!) 😄
There are actually lots of special materials throughout Blest, so I'll only outline a few of them here. There's obviously the thoret, and there's actually something somewhat similar to it, referred to as "cold iron....
2023-09-20 00:46:47 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Q&A (September)
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2023-09-17 19:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostWeapon Codex Entry (Poll)
Hey everyone, I hope you all enjoyed checking out Ayla's wind-staff! Which weapon would you want to see illustrated next?
2023-09-11 23:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostWeapon Codex Entry (Ayla's Wind-Staff)
Hi everybody, here it is, Ayla's famous wind-staff! It may not get name-checked as much as Gonturan or Anguriel, but the staff has just as much personality and is as much Ayla's constant companion as anything else! I hope you enjoy getting to take a closer look at it, and don't forget to vote on which weapon you'd like to see next! :)
Other codex entries here:
Commissioned Art Poll #12
Hi everyone! I hope you enjoyed Lavinet's character sheet--the last of the main companions has been done! 🙌
And now we get to do the whole thing over again! If you're new to this, continually voting on art commissions is a special reward that Patrons of the game have unlocked here on this Patreon! Thank you so much again for your support: we couldn't be creating these amazing pieces without you!!! 🎉
This series of polls moves in three stages or rounds, culmi...
2023-09-05 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostCredits List (September)
Hi everyone, welcome to the first day of September! (I guess it's technically fall now? In my state it's still 110F+ most days, so it doesn't feel like it... 🥲)
Anyway, if you haven't done so already, please message me or comment below if you'd like to have your name added to the Shepherds of Haven credits! Names like John S. or John Smith are preferred (over usernames like hottie69_420), but you can send in whatever you're most comfortable with! Tha...
2023-09-01 19:36:54 +0000 UTC View PostThe Hunt (Halek, Shery, Tallys's Story)
[Content warning: discussions of animal death, non-explicit and non-gory discussions of animal sacrifice]
Part III: The Wolf Within
Halek swam to conscious...
2023-08-31 00:13:53 +0000 UTC View PostCommissioned Art #12 - Lavinet's Reference Sheet
And that's all of the major companions (excluding Mimir, Prihine, and Croelle), done and dusted!!! 🙌 And who best to end on than the queen, the icon, Lavinet Naveen herself?!
On the left is Lavinet's "cavalier" look, and on the right is her "courtier" look! She looks so gorgeous either way... I'm obsessed with how the artist (cutetanuki) does colors and ombre hues!!! Can't you jus...
2023-08-20 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Answers (August)
General
All the BG3 talk gave me a stupid question, which of the Shepherds+Croelle & Chandry would have the funniest underwear description?
I'll let you decide!
2023-08-19 00:39:47 +0000 UTC
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Author Q&A (August)
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2023-08-17 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostMusic Poll #9 - Character Theme Song
Also! It's been a long while since we last voted on music, but the incredibly talented Ivan Duch has been hard at work composing an original soundtrack for the game! Loads of lush, amazing songs has been produced so far, including a main theme song, battle music, Chandry's shop music, day off music, gambling music, and much more...
He's also wrapping up work on Trouble and Chase's theme songs (which had previously been ...
2023-08-11 23:05:17 +0000 UTC View PostWeapon Codex Entry (Poll)
I hope you all enjoy getting a closer look at Chase's weapons! Whose weapons should we design next?
2023-08-11 01:30:41 +0000 UTC View PostWeapon Codex Entry (Rhapsody and Ragnarok)
Here they are, possibly the flashiest (and prettiest) weapons of the bunch: Chase's gun and dagger, Rhapsody and Ragnarok! I think the weapon descriptions for these items give a lot of insight into Chase's personality and fighting style that most people wouldn't know at first glance... I hope you enjoy this peek into his mind! 🐈⬛🗡️
Other codex entries here:
Credits List (August)
Hi everyone, welcome to August! (Is summer over yet? 🥵)
If you haven't done so already, please message me or comment below if you'd like to have your name added to the Shepherds of Haven credits! Names like John S. or John Smith are preferred (over usernames like hottie69_420), but you can send in whatever you're most comfortable with! Thank you so much for your support, and I hope you're having a great start to your week!
2023-08-01 15:59:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe Hunt (Tallys, Halek, Shery's Story)
[Content warning: implied animal death, non-explicit and non-gory discussions of animal sacrifice]
Part II: In the Crosshairs
The Elves introduced themselves as the Sae Becha tribe, yet another foreign name that didn’t strike a bell in Tallys’s long memory. She and Halek followed them back t...
2023-07-30 02:37:05 +0000 UTC View PostAlpha Preview Update (July)
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Author Answers (July)
General
Hi Lena, hope you're doing well, and as a fellow desert dweller I hope the heat hasn't gotten to you yet! My question is regarding single cutting edged blades, and how common they are within Blest. I noticed that Anguriel is double edged, and I was curious as to how common a saber or katana style weapon would be within the Ket or the Hunters. I shamelessly follow the wandering ronin trope (Yojimbo) and usually put myself down as Ket, but I'm curious as to what yo...
2023-07-21 01:39:08 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Q&A (July)
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2023-07-19 00:58:19 +0000 UTC View PostWeapon Codex Entry (Poll)
Hi everyone, I hope you enjoyed getting a peek at Trouble's guns! (It always sounds like I'm talking about his 💪💪 but I promise that's not a thing in Blest.) What weapon would you like to see an entry on next?!
2023-07-10 23:59:06 +0000 UTC View PostWeapon Codex Entry (Trouble's Guns)
Here we go, just two of Trouble's many guns for your viewing pleasure! 🔫 He actually switches through at least three rifles in the story: Widowmaker is mentioned in his short story with Riel ("The Bridge of Bones"), the Wolf accompanied him during the Equalist mission and through Wallmire, and the Bolt was with him on patrol during the Black Sun chapter!
I hope you enjoy!! And don't forget to vote on which weapon you'd like to see next! :)
Lavinet's Character Card (New)
*heavy breathing* IT'S HAPPENING, PEOPLE... Lavinet's card is here!!!
I absolutely love the rose garden that the artist (leyrey) depicted, and how your attention is initially drawn to Lavinet's fan, leading you to potentially miss that her other hand is on her concealed saber, just like a beautiful rose concealing a thorn... I just think that's so cool and she's so stunning and amazing and gfdlgjdflg !!!!
This means that there's only ONE single character card left to make, Riel's,...
2023-07-07 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostCredits List (July)
Hi everyone, welcome to July! 😎 Is it getting hot where you are? My city's going to be 115F this week, so... 🥹 I'm staying adamantly indoors!
If you haven't done so already, please message me or comment below if you'd like to have your name added to the Shepherds of Haven credits! Names like John S. or John Smith are preferred (over usernames like hottie69_420), but you can send in whatever you're most comfortable with! Thank you so much for...
2023-07-03 18:21:30 +0000 UTC View PostThe Hunt (Tallys, Halek, Shery's Story)
[No content warnings this time; this entry is a bit short because I spent so long stewing over Shery's involvement and how I could feasibly have her on a mission like this that I ran out of time to actually write the damn thing! So for now I'm labelling this entry sub-canonical or canon-adjacent because I don't believe Shery would be able to go so far from Haven with so little fuss, at least not on t...
2023-06-30 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Answers (June)
General
how willing would the ro’s be to watch David Attenborough documentaries with their so?
Blade: he'd be happy to watch David Attenborough documentaries with his SO, but then I think he'd be happy doing anything with them, particularly solitary, quiet, calm activities like this! I think he'd quietly be fascinated by a lot of things in nature, though he'd probably be more interested in things to do with animals than in things like plants or fungi!
Tr...
2023-06-20 02:04:35 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Q&A (June)
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2023-06-18 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostWeapon Codex Entry (Flamehammer)
Here we are, Red's trusty old warhammer! It's actually quite a formidable and terrifying weapon, and yet he just long-sufferingly lets everyone make phallic jokes about it because he doesn't go around cracking heads open with it 🥹 Give Flamehammer the respect it deserves!!!
I hope you enjoy! It looks like Trouble's gun(s) won the poll for the next weapon entry, so that's what we'll be focusing on next!