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@iodhadh.bsky.social

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Fey creature of many names. A machine that makes stories. Relentlessly Songxuexiao. The god of poets has two hands: the dextrous, the sinister. they/them // 🔞 // ao3.org/users/iodhadh // 🪦🕊️ // tchy.ca // art: svetlacreates

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Toby @ Exchange Madness @iodhadh.bsky.social · Dec 6

✨ Jared, Adelaide, Ariel, Victor, October.
✨ I use a lot of names, don’t worry about it.
✨ Problematic bisexual, aggressively nonbinary.
✨ Enabler, menace, international dick curser.
✨ This is my pinned thread to keep promos and important links!

Selfie of bsky user iodhadh, a nonbinary white person with a short reddish beard and long bleached blond hair. They have facial piercings and visible tattoos, and are wearing large round glasses and earrings shaped like lemon slices. Their expression is slightly smug.

A photo of bsky user iodhadh standing on the very large knot at the base of a large tree. The knot is at least as tall as they are. They are wearing sandals, shorts, a teal crop top, and heart-shapes sunglasses.

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Toby @ Exchange Madness @iodhadh.bsky.social · 48m

You’re so right for this!!!

Toby @ Exchange Madness @iodhadh.bsky.social · 7h

Everyone gets so hype for the prompts it's okay I promise. Also I've seen literally everything, you would not believe some of the weird shit people prompt and we have always been able to find someone to create something for everyone.

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Toby @ Exchange Madness @iodhadh.bsky.social · 12h

I don't really "do" "Thanksgiving" but I do love an excuse to make a fun little feast.

Toby @ Exchange Madness @iodhadh.bsky.social · 12h

I don't actually remember who I made for Cyprian's guardian. I guess I'll see when I get that far in their playthrough.

Toby @ Exchange Madness @iodhadh.bsky.social · 12h

For Rhylkah, an attractive man who is NOT a drow but has some drow-like features. For Asier, someone who looks like they could be an elder in his community. For Keshena, not an exact copy of either of two men she trusts, but someone reminiscent of them both.

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Toby @ Exchange Madness @iodhadh.bsky.social · 12h

I design my guardians based on who my PC would be inclined to give the benefit of the doubt. For Isabeau, their mentor. For Cynbel (deeply amnesiac), a gith to oppose the illithid. For Tyloch, a woman he finds attractive. For Alyonne, an authoritative older woman.

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Toby @ Exchange Madness @iodhadh.bsky.social · 12h

They would be soooo scary working together lmfao I really do think they’d be friends though.

Toby @ Exchange Madness @iodhadh.bsky.social · 12h

He’s the guy the Emperor pulled from their memories to impersonate! A paladin from their order who was in a leadership/training role when Isabeau started their training and who took them on as a kind of apprentice. His name is Tancred, he’s a half-orc.

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Toby @ Exchange Madness @iodhadh.bsky.social · 12h

It’s not A Skill (D&D definition) but something that emerged through their play style. They tend to trick or persuade their way into basically every enemy location and maintain that cover (for information and to save people) until the point where they go “actually I was here to stop you all along.”

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Toby @ Exchange Madness @iodhadh.bsky.social · 12h

Stats-wise it pulls more from native charisma than the bluff or performance skills. I think of it less as “they’ve been taught how to Lie, Specifically” and more as a honing of their natural diplomacy to identify what people want and meet them where they are so as to carry out their oath.

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Toby @ Exchange Madness @iodhadh.bsky.social · 12h

Training with their mentor, I think. They were identified pretty early within their order as someone who would be a good fit for a leadership role, so they were given some teaching in skills that would not normally be part of a standard paladin repertoire.

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Toby @ Exchange Madness @iodhadh.bsky.social · 12h

We lucked into some turkey legs on the grocery discount app so we decided to make a little Thanksgiving dinner and watch Superman. 🍽️ Pan-seared turkey finished in the oven, braised sweet potatoes, roasted broccoli, and dressing with a little red wine and cider pan sauce.

A plate containing pretty much exactly what it says in the post. The sauce is drizzled over everything and it looks delicious.

Close up of the beautiful colour and textures of the turkey and dressing, with broccoli and sweet potato in the background.

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Toby @ Exchange Madness @iodhadh.bsky.social · 12h

I told them I loved them and that we’d be back next year.

Toby @ Exchange Madness @iodhadh.bsky.social · 12h

Adventures in no longer being a locked account. They’re reposting my excursion photos.

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Toby @ Exchange Madness @iodhadh.bsky.social · 13h

I’m being perceived by the tourism office.

Reply to me from Destination Stratford reading “Love this!! We’re so glad you had a good time on the Savour & Sip Trail!! 🥰”

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Toby @ Exchange Madness @iodhadh.bsky.social · 13h

Also sorry I got the name wrong, I didn’t check before posting lmao.

Toby @ Exchange Madness @iodhadh.bsky.social · 13h

Love you!!! We’ll be back next year!

Toby @ Exchange Madness @iodhadh.bsky.social · 13h

Tyloch’s charisma is much more force of personality. He is NOT diplomatic but he is GREAT at getting what he wants. He lies, he acts, he manipulates, and he is VERY good at scaring people into compliance. He’s a warlock, a half-orc, a former freelance criminal, and his moral code is deeply suspect.

Toby @ Exchange Madness @iodhadh.bsky.social · 13h

Isabeau’s charisma is all warmth and insight, but there’s an edge to it. They know exactly what to say to get the result they want. 98% of the time they use that with scrupulous honesty to take care of people, which can make the remaining 2% where they’re lying perfectly to enemies a bit unnerving.

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Toby @ Exchange Madness @iodhadh.bsky.social · 15h

I used to be a squash hater but I have gotten VERY into delicata courtesy of my husband. And I do love a good squash soup. Fuck a spaghetti squash though I hate that bitch.

Toby @ Exchange Madness @iodhadh.bsky.social · 16h

We'll still be here next year!! And you can totally sign up as a pinch hitter or make treats for any prompts that catch your eye.

Toby @ Exchange Madness @iodhadh.bsky.social · 16h

It doesn't have to be long!! Leave a note in your offer for me that you'd prefer to write something short and low-key and I'll try to match you up with some chill prompts that could easily be filled by a short fic!

Toby @ Exchange Madness @iodhadh.bsky.social · 17h

Obviously I also love when cis women are styled like butches or men and cis men are styled like femmes or women, and every styling a queer, trans, or nonbinary celebrity has ever done, but there's something so fun about looking at a photo of Jenna Ortega and my instinct being "that's a drag queen."

Toby @ Exchange Madness @iodhadh.bsky.social · 17h

Yes, show me a cis woman who looks like a drag queen. Show me a cis man who has been styled like a drag king. Blur the lines of gender! Create chaos in the minds of those weirdos who transvestigate literally everyone! Every day I grow more powerful!!

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Toby @ Exchange Madness @iodhadh.bsky.social · 17h

I love celebrity photoshoots where a cis actor/etc. has been styled in such a way as to look like they're a differently-gendered cis person doing drag as their actual gender.

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