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Liam about Vax and Keyleth on ep 30 of 4sd: You know it’s like this orpheus and eurydice type of tragedy and we don’t know what will happen to them in the next 24 hours, all they have are each other.
Liam about Orym and Dorian on ep 30 of 4sd: so yeah Orym definitely had a ‘wish that were me’ moment when he saw Dariax and Dorian cuddled up together and now who knows what the next 24 hours bring he just knows they have each other.
Liam about Caleb and Essek on ep 30 of 4sd: yeah so they fuck in the tower’s anti-gravity funnel
Today my magnificent octopus magnum opus, a 126-page monograph on the genus Rhombophryne—Madagascar's diamond frogs, was published open access in the journal Vertebrate Zoology. In it, my colleagues and I have described seven new diamond frog species and provided detailed revised accounts of each of the now 27 species in the genus, compiling practically everything that is known about these curious and obscure frogs!
Allow me to introduce the new characters:
This piece of lint precious child is Rhombophryne maraorao, a little burrowing species from the northeast of Madagascar. It is very similar ecologically to R. coudreaui, a long-known species from further south. The name maraorao means ‘rough to the touch’ in Malagasy, referring to the rough skin of this species. They do a weird thing where they straighten all of their limbs and go stiff in self defence. Think pumpkin toadlet post-launch mid-air stiffness, but… in the hand?
This beautiful creature is Rhombophryne mavokely, a little leaflitter-dwelling species from the northeast of Madagascar. The name mavokely is the Malagasy word for ‘pink’ but literally translates as ‘small yellow’ (mavo = yellow, kely = small). I LOVE this bizarre etymology, and also this species is small and sometimes pink and sometimes yellowish, so the name seemed extremely apt. This species was the first Rhombophryne I ever saw alive—I caught the first ever specimen immediately underneath my hammock on Marojejy in 2016!
This shiny boy is Rhombophryne sonaliae, a rather well known species from eastern Madagascar that has previously been called R. alluaudi—until we showed in 2019 that the correct use of that name was for a Plethodontohyla alluaudi from southern Madagascar! We dedicated this species to Sonali Garg, in recognition of her fantastic work especially on Asian frogs.
This forbidden truffle is Rhombophryne anatiala, a very poorly known species very closely related to R. sonaliae but found further north and differing subtly. The name anatiala means ‘in the forest’ in Malagasy, referring to the forest habitat of these frogs.
This bumpy beanbag with his go-faster chevron is Rhombophryne kotrobaratra, an interesting species from northeastern Madagascar with rather unusual anatomy, especially its quite long and strong hindlimbs. The name kotrobaratra means ‘thunder and lightning’ in Malagasy, and refers to the inclement weather that seems to bring these frogs out (true for all Rhombophryne, really) .
This coffee bean is Rhombophryne quentini, an orange-thighed species from high-elevation forests in northern Madagascar that resembles R. ellae. Back in 2020 I named R. ellae after my partner, Ella, and I thus took particularly great pleasure in naming this new, closely related species after our four-and-a-half year-old son, Quentin. A little family of frogs. :3
This little pebble is Rhombophryne kilonjy, a small, poorly known and obscure species related to R. ellae and R. quentini but found in lowland forest close to the coast in northwestern Madagascar. The name kilonjy means ‘pebble’ in Malagasy because, well, just look at it.
Even way back in my tumblr posts from 2013 and 2014 I think you would find mentions of the work I had begun on this monograph. I had no notion that it would take more than twelve years to complete. But I cannot express my joy at finally being able to share these charming, round frogs with the world. I hope you approve of the names!
If you want to read a bit more about these frogs, you can do so on my website. I have even posted a couple short videos about them on TikTok and Instagram (which also will show you how to pronounce the names!). Basically, you can find me most places on the internet, and wherever you find me, you can be sure to find frogs and lizards and snakes and a good deal of enthusiasm.
Wait, is Orym's bananas high perception a trauma response to not spotting the assassins that killed his husband coming? Is it literally 'Nobody will ever be able to sneak up on the people I care about like that again?'
Like, in my head, I was going 'oh haha, this is Liam trying to make the perfect counter to someone like Vax, someone who can beat a high level rogue's minimum stealth role,' but like... in character? In character this is a man who has decided he'll never let anyone catch him unawares again.
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what we've learned from these two liveshows is that the mighty nein at this point have virtually no weak points whatsoever, save two: puzzles and parenthood
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It really is extremely funny how the Mighty Nein experienced nominative determinism for their fighting style. Two of them have evasion and maxed out dexterity. Two of them halve fire damage. Three of them are unaffected by difficult terrain. Two add +5 or +6 to literally all saving throws. Two of them have counterspell. The closest they have to a blaster caster is one of the two clerics. Their entire style is "I didn't fail that, you can't hit me, you can't move, I don't have to save against this in the first place, and even if you're immune to stun you're not immune to swords."
So I got sick and spent the day listening to the first episodes of c4
Also playing stardew valley, but that's less relevant. There's a bunch of stuff I had forgotten.
The big takeaway does seem to be Brennan throwing dozens of hooks out there for anyone he thought likely to take them (like there's a moment where Kattigan has a chance to investigate what we now know is almost certainly Mara), and being pretty gentle with them if they don't. But also moving things along. There's a real sense of branching ways this could have gone.
For example, there seems to be a real timeline on Casamir and Cyd, like they could conceivably have gotten there in time to just miss them if they'd rushed it.
A thing that didn't stand out to me on first listen but absolutely does NOW is that the older orc gentleman telling the story says the Lloys FOUND a way to make the pariah blades in the mountain. The first time I'd assumed it was made it up, but the emphasis seems to be on secrets still burried in the mountain from the giant wars.
I think Termina is undead. Brennan says Bolaire's little backbox theater is diminishing. I had forgotten about the bottomless mist as well, but I think that it's a doorway to the tenebral reaches that the players now control. Bolaire also guesses Termina immediately, and seems to have books that do reference the Panto. Also I hate to keep referencing the Bolaire debates of the moment but those first three episodes he's a very breezy "Oh I didn't really know Thjazi", that possibly fits somewhere into the question of "Bolaire lies/Bolaire tells the truth but misleads/Bolaire tells the truth and is honest". Is Bolaire being a tragedy mask related to how he tells his own story?
I suppose that's an interesting question- can Termina be undead or can she only be broken? Thematic.
There's also the question of why and when. It's a broken mask. Then it's the bottomless cold mist. Then it's a healed mask. Then it's nothing, empty and normal. Also was it safe to have it at the funeral? If Julien hadn't spit on Thjazi, was that also an escape hatch?
Also, I'm not 100% convinced we're not going to find out the trickster shaper is still "alive" in some form. 21 Macguffins, aside from sounding like a new wave Ska band, is a lot to do when it took us 31 episodes to knock out the first three.
Knowing that Brennan mentioned the Gray Tower hasn't been much investigated, it does feel pretty glaring now every time the revolutionary council does something "under the advisement of the chamber of Lords Advisory" and nobody says hold on, I'm going to go down to my local representative and complain. Because it's always phrased like that. "The first person ever executed under the sole authority of the chamber of the Lords Advisory". Now there is a question of if the revolutionary council doesn't stop or even slow this nonsense, were they ever worth protecting, but you do gotta put SOMETHING up as an alternative you know, not just complain about what's there and let it be dismantled by people who want to be kings.
I had completely forgotten how aggressively Murray says fuck you to Primus Tachonis. Holy shit.
I'm never not going to love the line "Yeah, Wicky, you're getting promoted."
We really don't talk enough about Wulfric having a magical prosthetic leg and clothes on.
It is INCREDIBLY FUNNY in retrospect that the first Julien/Teor interaction is Julien realizing the Halovars have sent Teor to get murdered in a tailor shop and going "*shrug* well that's not my business".
It feels like there's another world where the crowkeepers aren't a faction that gets knocked out early and hard, and our heroes have to contend with making bedfellows with a powerful, ruthless, connected bunch of scumbags who can nevertheless get some stuff done.
It feels like there's a world where Thaisha or Kattigan- or possibly even Azune- get in touch with Mara before she's caught, and she becomes one of those NPCs who can guide them.
Aranessa mentions a gala to go on the night after the massacre, and how they shouldn't cancel it because appearances are important- it feels like there was a chance the Tachonis massacre goes on there? (I do know this is the one the Tachonises fake later, but if the condition is "the first time Occtis and Aranessa are together," how far do they push that?)
I had forgotten how goddamn charming Thjazi is in his introduction. "What are you doing for lunch later?" His interactions with Azune don't lead me to believe he thought Azune would be killed for fucking up his execution- he's giving him instructions on what to do afterwards.
I think there's an expectation built into D&D- to varying degrees its built by the system and the rules- that the story being told will be one in which clear enemies are defeated with violence. I think that leads people to focus on some strategies over others. I think it leads you very much to make lonely, individualistic choices, or choices confined to those people who are at the table as player characters, and to focus on combat and enemies (including hostile social encounters) over things that are perhaps more cooperative. Though maybe that's also the world we live in. It's tricky. Who knows?
a cute little meta thing i really enjoy is when hal talks to his company, even though they're all NPCs, he is clearly addressing the other players(!!) at the table and they all respond in kind because they ARE his company they ARE his cast and they ARE putting this show together and setting their intentions together
“On the tail end of a guest lecture, because I don't have tenure here or anything. Astrid has been trying to coax me, Beauregard as well, to take a position, but I'm not quite ready for that. I've only been home for a few months, but here I am, speaking to these students, and I'm on the tail end. Caleb looks around the room and resorts to his notes, pausing.”-Liam/Caleb
Caleb’s lecture The Mighty Nein Reunited Part 1 | Unfinished Business
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listen. I need thimble to stay tiny-sized the majority of the time for a number of reasons (stealth, ease of travel, sheer cuteness) but the major one is because it’s objectively funny when the most dangerous party member with the highest kill count is four inches tall and murdering bitches with a sewing needle and a toy sword.
Hmmm.! Dragon Caleb. Gold dragon turned human Caleb. Dragon Caleb who forgot he was a dragon, or maybe never even knew to begin with.
Transforming back into his draconic shape the day he saw Mollymauk killed. They get Fjord, Jester, and Yasha back a lot sooner as he torches and rends the Iron Shepherds to ruin, standing over Mollymauk's body protectively.
Jester is in no condition to heal anyone, though, even once retrieved, and so they're forced to bury him and seek another cleric.
Caleb experimenting with transforming, learning to control it with the group's encouragement. The Nein having camp outs where they sleep against Caleb's warm belly, tucked safely between his claws or shielded from the rain beneath his wings.
(He can't carry anyone for very long though, because he's still scrawny as a dragon. But Jester gets lots of dragon rides, and when they're sailing he takes each of them out for a flight over the water.)
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