#knight-commander

Hello fellow crusaders! Here's a little ask game that is specifically aimed at your Knight Commander from Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous. Have fun!

Do they think they're going to make it out alive?

How do they feel about Areelu Vorlesh?

Who is/are their best friend(s) among companions and why?

What did they do before they became a crusader? Did they have a job, an occupation?

Do they have a family? If so, what kind? Do they miss them? Do they still have hope to see them again?

Which mythic path did they choose and why? Do they regret it?

Is your KC religious? If yes, which deity do they follow? If not, what is their view on religion?

What do they desire the most?

Do they have hobbies beside the crusade? Any passions or skills they have?

What would be the meal that give them a little ability bonus?

For martial KCs, favorite weapon? For spellcasters, favorite spell?

What is their alignment, and why? How do they feel about it? Do they change alignment at one point?

What is their biggest regret regarding their time as the KC?

Which companion is their closest friend?

Which companion do they hate/really don't like?

If applicable, who did they romance and why? If no one, why?

Which non-companion NPC do they really like?

If they survived, what is their life post crusade?

How did they feel during their time in the Abyss?

Which event of the crusade traumatized them?

Did they actually like something about being the KC?

Who was their favorite advisor during crusade council?

Where did they get their name from? Family, themselves? Does their name have a particular meaning?

Where do they come from in Golarion? Do they miss their homeland? How do they feel about their homeland, its politics and current state?

How did they welcome the physical change that came with their mythic powers? Did they embrace it/reject it?

Did they separate from any companions? Why? (Consider killing a companion too for this question)

Favorite animal companion?

Would they be a companion instead of the KC? What would their storyline and personal quest be?

What would their domains be after a potential ascension?

Knight-Commanders, what is the story told by those numbers on your character sheet? Here is an ask game list with some questions themed around that:

What led the future Knight-Commander to take their base class?

What led to the Knight-Commander picking their archetype, or staying the standard class?

If they chose to multiclass, what does it reflect about them? If they did not, why? Story or player reasons.

What prestige classes did they go for, and why? If not, would one fit them or did they qualify for one?

Which class features would particularly stand out with them - Rage, Channel Positive/Negative Energy, Animal Companions, etc.?

What about their skills and feats - what story is told by their skill selection, or was it pure gameplay?

Is there an alternative class or archetype that is in-game that may fit them better, and if so why did they not take that path?

Is a respec part of their story, and if so why? If not, if they had to respec into something else what would it be?

How does their Background choice reflect their character, and how does it play into their build?

How does their ancestry (race) play into their class and mythic path - do they overlap, or what dynamic is created from that combination?

How does their mythic path synergize with their build?

How does their mythic path synergize with their personality - does it augment it, or is it in contrast? Something in-between?

Which mythic abilities/spells would be iconic to them, and was it their preference or did they prefer something less iconic?

What about another mythic path that they did not take? Is there one that would fit them, build or personality wise, and what might that have looked like?

In your story, does the Knight-Commander consciously choose their mythic path at Drezen, or was it thrust upon them by their actions or some other outside force?

How well do they play mechanically with their romance, if any? If not, which party member do they synchronize best with?

Do they overlap with a party member in role or narrative presence, and if so how do they contrast from said party member?

Did any of their companions multiclass or take a PRC they do not start with, and if so what is the story behind this?

What is their favored weapon(s) or spell(s), and why?

Is there an item in-game that you felt became iconic to the Knight-Commander?

If the Knight-Commander could get a unique item, what would it be and what would it do?

What is the Commander’s opinion of their mythic patrons/advisors - the Hand of the Inheritor, Aivu or the Desnan Adepts, Zacharias, the Aeon in the mirror, Hal, Yozz and Noticula, etc.?

What units did they pick in the Military Council (Infantry, Archers, Cavalry, Spellcasters, Grand Tier), and why?

Emery "Ilya" Daškievič

Lipstick, chemtrails, red flags, pink nails With one eye on the door, other eye on a rail Other, other eye following a scarlet trail And the last few drops from the Holy Grail, now Rose gold chains, ripped lace, cut glass Blood stains on the collar, please, just don't ask Be the first to the feast, let's choke on the past And take to the broken skies at last

Some memes I made about the WOTR characters, based on some meme formats.

Based on the aeon run I did with my cool, calm and collected™ KC.

Sketch and line versions of two of my favorite templars, because I love the way they turned out.

More Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous art.

I was tagged by @earlgreyer1. Here we go!

Total number of completed stories: This is surprisingly hard to pin down. Do I count stories started in 2015 but finished in 2016? What about tumblr ficlets? And when I do prompt fills, I actually don't track them separately, I just lump them all together in my spreadsheet, like "Tumblr bits: fluffy 2017." That's eight stories but one entry on my spreadsheet. Urk.

Let's go with 35, because it's somewhere in the middle of all the various numbers.

Total word count: 320,196 (wow, that seems way too high, but I'm pretty careful about tracking words written...and it was 453,064 in 2015...so I guess it's right...)

Fandoms written in: almost exclusively Dragon Age, with a tiny bit of original fiction and an equally tiny bit of MCU

Looking back, did you expect to write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you’d expected?

Given that I'm completely floored by my own word count, I'd say I wrote way more than I expected. For a shitty year, and given that I barely wrote anything for almost two months, I actually did better than I thought.

What’s your own favorite story of the year? 

It doesn't have a title, because it was a prompt fill on tumblr that never made it to AO3, but it's here. The prompt was for Bull x Cullen, "things you said while we were driving."

Did you take any writing risks this year?

I participated in the Black Emporium Rare Pair Exchange (you should totally go check it out if you haven’t already), and there were times when that made me stretch. Writing pairings I'd never considered at all, let alone considered writing, was hard at times, but I'm glad I did it. By default, I tend to write the characters that I feel are most like me, so learning to write from other perspectives was great.

Do you have any fanfic or profit goals for the new year?

Fanfic goals? FINISH POWER OF TWO. Oh god do I need to finish it, for my own sanity if nothing else.

As for profit goals...I guess I do, sort of? I've been thinking about revising some stories to make them less obviously fanfic and then making them available for anyone who wants to download them. Then I would steal an idea I've seen used a couple places, where people can pay whatever they want (or can afford). I keep hesitating, though, because it feels weird to ask for money for something I'm making available for free. I dunno. Still thinking about it.

Best story of the year?

Not sure what defines best, especially since "my favorite" and "most popular" are covered elsewhere. Anybody want to vote?

Most popular story of the year?

Omitting Power of Two, since it isn't finished, because otherwise it would be the top on all of these...

By hits: "Talk is Cheap"

By kudos: same

By comment threads: "Jump In" (aka the tumblr WIP)

By bookmarks: "Jump In," though "Talk is Cheap" and "A Favor for a Friend" are very close behind

Story of mine most under-appreciated by the universe, in my opinion:

Probably "All Hawke's Fault." It's femslash and about obscure characters, so I understand why it doesn't appeal to most people, but it was interesting to explore what Kirkwall would have been like in the first few weeks after Hawke disappears. And of course the Jennies!

Most fun story to write:

That's easy: "Something That's Good For Me." Complete and utter crack-fic (and NSFW). I kept giggling to myself as I wrote it.

Story with the single sexiest moment:

Hmmm.

Hmmmmmm.

This one's so subjective. Sexy is in the eye of the beholder, and I'd probably answer this differently if you asked me again in a week, but for today, I'm going with "Names", which is part of the Off Label series (NSFW link, in case that needs to be said).

Most sweet story:

Really anything I wrote for the Fluffy New Year thing. That was kind of the point. :)

“Holy crap, that’s wrong, even for you!” story:

I feel like this question treads the line on kink-shaming, but I guess "Knight-Commander" (NSFW)? It's not the kind of story I normally write, but it was fun to explore the idea. And it prompted an idea for a longer story that I'm now toying with. We'll see if anything happens there.

Most unintentionally telling story:

Another one I never posted to AO3, though oddly enough, it actually has a title: "Tomorrow."

Hardest story to write:

Hard in terms of what? Most emotionally demanding? Farthest outside my comfort zone?

Honestly, I think the hardest ones are the ones that aren't done yet, and that will probably always be my answer. Another question where I'd have a different answer if you asked me again in a couple weeks. They're always harder when they're not done.

In terms of stories y'all have seen...Power of Two is probably the hardest, just because I can't wrap it up. I've also been working on a new Off Label story called "Drifting Roads" that just won't cooperate. A piece of it is here, which will give you a clue how cheerful it is.

The Fairy Tales Christmas epilogue is also kicking my ass. Been working on that for over a year now, so it's almost as bad as P2.

Oh, and how could I forget "Dance with Me"? The plotless smut that missed the memo on plotless. That's coming up on the one-year mark, god help me.

Biggest disappointment:

Not finishing more stuff, particularly Power of Two. I want to finish it so much, but it just keeps getting longer and longer. Zeno's paradox for writers...

Biggest surprise:

The way the story ideas just keep coming. I mean, I've written more than 750,000 words of Dragon Age fanfic in two years, and I keep waiting to run out of ideas. That's a lot of words, all in one fandom. But the ideas aren't stopping, so I guess I'll keep writing!