Ok, this is really hard to do. I haven't told anyone but feel like I need to share this with someone. I'm a 14 years old girl and about a month ago I developed a form of "self-harm". It all started during a lesson, when the teacher was complaining that there were no volunteers at the oral test and I felt terribly guilty. I was so angry at myself for not studying enough that I pressed my nail against my wrist, leaving different marks(no blood). The feeling of having marks on the skin was strangely satisfying. So much so that when the marks disappeared a few days later, I felt sad. A few days later I did my acrylic nails and was almost panicked that I had nothing left to harm myself with, so i tried with bits of plastic. When I was sad about something, I'd go to the bathroom and "scratch" the skin, with no blood and no deep wounds. The marks disappeared a few days later and I was making new ones. Since a few weeks, however, my scratches are always on the same point and I feel like the scar is gonna last longer. I haven't told anyone about it cause I feel like it's not even real self harm, I'm so scared to go deeper but at the same time I feel like going deeper would confirm this "self harm" thing and people would actually care about me. Since I was a child, I always daydreamed about being sick and having everyone's attention. I remember writing about it in my secret diary, feeling like I was strange to think about it but secretly liking it. Even now I feel like I'm doing it for attention so that people would notice them, but when I actually face the reality I really just try to hide it cause I'm too scared. I'm too scared they would see me in a different way, they would think I'm a freak and encourage me to ask for help. I want my life to be better, but I'm so scared of healing. I'm scared of my little superficial scars healing, I'm scared people would think of me of "an innocent happy soul who doesn't understand what real pain is" and all stuff like that. Please share me your thoughts cause I really need someone else opinion without it changing my life and ruining the idea that people have of me.

I want to start by crediting Tarnished Archaeologist, Hawkshaw, Sinclair Lore and SmoughTown for their video essays on Elden Ring lore. The credit is general, because I, to my shame, really can’t remember exactly where I first heard a particular notion brought up, and how it goaded me into my own further thoughts. Most of my thoughts on Elden Ring lore are like this, it all gets muddled and I forget if an idea was even my own initially. You can probably hear many of the below ideas in their work, and more fleshed out at that. But (in case anyone here actually needs to hear this) the point is that I warmly recommend them all and don’t really want to take any personal credit for what follows, it’s more or less just the conclusions I’ve reached based on all the Eternal City-related lore I’ve consumed.
Happy to hear any thoughts, further observations and counter-points on anything below as nailing down the timeline/nature of the Nox and their cities is one of the biggest conondrums I've had with the game's lore.
 

PART 1: FLOURISHING ON THE SURFACE

The Nox once lived above ground

Nox Monk Armor says:
“Long ago, the Nox invoked the ire of the Greater Will, and were banished deep underground. Now they live under a false night sky…”
They most likely lived above ground, and had their heyday, at least partially in pre-Erdtree times. Siofra River map says:
“This vast region is said to be the grave of civilizations that flourished before the Erdtree”.
There are only two civilizations in Siofra: the Uhl/Ancestral Worshippers, and the Nox.
Nokstella features statues matching the ones found on Divine Tower bridges (and lots of other places, like the Fortified Manor; basically early/pre-Erdtree statuary). It isn’t common imagery in the Eternal Cities, but it is there. This ties them to whatever civilization - be it pre- or early-Erdtree - that made those statues.
 

Reason for banishment

It was for invoking the “ire of the Greater Will” they were banished. But they were once, in some way, aligned/allied with the Greater Will.
The Fingerslayer Blade says that it is:
“...proof of the high treason committed by the Eternal City”
You can not commit high treason against something you’re not aligned with in the first place.
This could mean they were banished early on in the Age of the Erdtree, when the Greater Will is perceived to have become the “main god” in power, or that they themselves served the Greater Will directly in pre-Erdtree times.
The implication seems to be they were a faction/part of an alliance, but not necessarily the leading one - because someone had the power to determine their actions were to be considered treason, and banish them underground. This is all, of course, assuming the details haven’t all been lost to time to such an extent that it’s only believed at present they were banished for treason when the actual truth was something a bit different…
 

People of the day and of the night

The giant ever-shining Erdtree and the removal of Death from existence symbolizes a land out of natural balance. Life has won over death. Day has won over night. The Erdtree is like a perpetual sun that prevents the Lands Between from having any true night, coupled with the literal complete halting of the stars’ movements by the warrior, born of sorcerers, Radahn.
Like how Marika, the golden-eyed queen of life, claimed complete victory over the gloam-eyed queen of death, the stars- and night-worshipping Nox completely lost to the Erdtree and its everlasting day. But as we said before, they weren’t just conquered in war like the Fire Giants - they specifically committed high treason. Nox architecture also looks conspicuously modern and advanced, much more in line with modern Leyndell architecture (totally different style, but in terms of advancement) than any older civilizations like the giants or dragons.
I believe, therefore, the Nox most likely had their heyday right before and in the transition period to the Age of the Erdtree. It’s pretty well-supported that this was the civilization Marika herself actually arose from; early patches called the Nox “Empyrean Family”, the BK Assassins are said to both be Numen and descendants of the Eternal City to this day, so-called Numen Runes are found underground in the domain of the Eternal Cities. But the Nox’ original religious beliefs, cultural practices and ultimate desires became increasingly incompatible with the newly established Golden Order. They didn’t openly rebel and start a giant civil war or anything, but… we’ll get to the rest.
 

TERMINOLOGICAL INTERMISSION

Does the term “Eternal City” only refer to the cities underground? I think it’s worth considering. This was my initial assumption, but the Black Moon
“once hung above [Nokstella]” and was “the guide of countless stars” but is now “lost”
Its fragments are all found on the surface, collected by sorcerer-astrologers and kept in their towers all across the world. Not one is found underground, where Nokstella itself only has a talisman that “represents" their lost moon. So it seems likely that the moon hung above Nokstella when it/its people was on the SURFACE, and guided (pulled in with gravitation?) stars to them. This would imply the term “Eternal City” can refer interchangeably to the cities as they were on the surface or the rebuilt (?) ones underground. And that has at least one possible further implication.
 

PART 2: LIFE UNDERGROUND

How did the “banishment”/ruination of the cities come about?

Eternal Darkness is a sorcery originating from the Eternal City, and is said to be
“the despair that brought about its ruin made manifest”
The spell creates a black hole that draws in sorceries and incantations. One interpretation would be that this was considered heretical, and was part of why they were banished, but I do not think so due to the use of the word “despair”. Did the Eternal City conjure such a giant version of this black hole that it pulled in a deluge of stars, which smashed their black moon and wreaked havoc upon their cities? That would certainly be cause for despair, and ruin to follow.
But the Fingerslayer Blade is also
“proof of [the Eternal City’s]high treason … and symbolizes its downfall”
So it seems we have two items that function very differently yet both lay claim to symbolizing/closely relating to the ruin/downfall of the cities.
Personally, the most elegant way to square the two is to say that time has muddled the specificities of their downfall. They did turn against the Greater Will and either attempted to, or did, slay one of the Two Fingers. They ALSO fucked around with cosmic research and found out. They made themselves public enemy number one with their treason, and brought ruin on their own cities with their reckless starchasing. Thanks to the passage of time, the two events coalesced into one story about them “drawing down the ire of the Greater Will and being banished underground”. Or maybe was promoted as such by the powers that be.
 

How did the move underground actually happen?

There are no “Eternal City ruins” on the surface whatsoever. They’re all underground. There are the towns in the style of Sellia, Ordina and lower Leyndell, but these seem much less advanced, perhaps residencies for commoners and not the high clergy/researchers that make up their high society. This is actually pretty odd considering there are ruins of virtually EVERY type and from every time period for us to inspect and ponder on across the Lands Between.
So this raises the question of whether the Nox literally moved their stuff underground.
Spatial displacement is uncommon in Elden Ring, it’s not something you can just theorize someone did and leave it at that. But the few times it actually comes up can be at least tangentially tied to the Nox. Astel can teleport freely, and while he’s known for destroying, not helping them, his is still the kind of power the Nox were eagerly fucking around (also known as researching) with. And the teleporter gates - so omnipresent and mysterious - by their outward appearance at least, are, in fact, distinctly Noxian. The first time your average player is likely to run into one is probably in the Siofra River, bringing them from the lower Uhl ruins to the higher strata right below the Eternal City proper.
Personally, I also think the particular way the Nokron Eternal City buildings intersect with the older Uhl ones looks really odd and slapdash. There seems to be little rhyme or reason and you go from one to the other pretty spontaneously. Lastly, let me tie this back to those few conspicuous statues - why would they bring these with them, or rebuild them exactly, if they represent a tie to a civilization they have left behind, betrayed, and become hated by?
 

Astel's assault

This presumably had to happen before Radahn stopped the stars, or an Astel would not have been able to descend on the Lands Between.
The Nameless Eternal City is the only one missing its false night sky and so it’s assumed that it was also inhabited by Nox & friends before Astel’s assault killed every last one of them. Leyndell later hermit-crabbed in with their gargoyles, mausoleum and Godwyn burial.
HOWEVER,
an alternate take would be that Astel’s assault refers to the very same event that caused them to flee underground in the first place. The sky he took away was their true sky. This doesn’t really work with the item description as written though, because it specifically says “an Eternal City”, so it would require there to be some translation errors at play... I know plurals can sometimes be weird in japanese translations, but I'm otherwise totally ignorant and won't delve further into this here.
This would call into question what actually happened with the Nameless Eternal City, seeing how it's the only one without any actual Nox present and also completely wrecked. Tarnished Archeologist’s thesis is that it actually was part of Leyndell itself - the odd giant moat with its gates to nowhere between the main city and the outskirts which matches the location and shape of the underground Eternal City almost perfectly. We can perhaps attribute the ruination to lack of upkeep combined with the wild growth of Erdtree roots, and the Nox aren't there because Leyndell came down and chased them away (they probably wouldn’t want their hated enemies that want to destroy their order, right at the very roots of their golden tree that empowers said order).
 

Research into artificial life

I believe the Nox were screwing around with artificial life even before their downfall. It marks a clear symbolic opposition to the Greater Will, the Erdtree and its power of natural, organic life - true gold and false silver. I believe the Albinaurics were at one point, in cut content, outright said to be made by the Eternals; in the present game it seems more likely that the sorcerers of Raya Lucaria (likely with aid from Nokstella, though) are responsible but the tie still remains. This research seems to have accelerated underground, in any case, with them deprived of any access to the true life of the stars.

• Dragonkin Soldiers were made in imitation of the Ancient Dragons.
• Silver Tears are able to imitate any kind of life. They’re weak but incredibly numerous.
• Mimic Tears were intended to mimic a lord, but could only mimic appearance and power, not true strength of will.

One can see a force of counter-revolution take shape. A small number of immensely powerful shock (har har) troopers; a large and extremely flexible base force; and a lord to lead them, though all under the control of their masters, the clergy of alchemical savants.
 

PART 3: REMAINING THREADS TO THE SURFACE

Sellia

Sellians are, as per Gowry,
“descendants of the Eternal”
They use sorceries that originates from Nokron as per Night Maiden’s Mist and the aforementioned Eternal Darkness. Nox are also present in Sellia itself. Sellia is known as a shady town of treacherous sorcerers that competed violently for clout, which seems to have been spurred on by them acquiring powerful sorceries from the Nox, repeating the theme of an excessive yearning for power and knowledge leading to self-destruction. Its secretive nature and geographical distance from the center of power in Leyndell likely made this a convenient place for the Nox to scout the surface and begin to reestablish some connections.

Caria

The Carian-controlled Church of Vows features a statue of a Nox Nightmaiden. In its basin one can use a Celestial Dew, a hidden “Night Tear” originally from the Eternal City itself, to absolve oneself of sins.
This could be taken in multiple ways. The Nox statue is probably used because they are known to all as great sinners. But it may have served a different purpose originally, and to the Carians (just not to any Golden Order-friend who comes sightseeing), perhaps still?

The Black Knives & Ranni

The Black Knife Assassins were descendants (scions) of the Eternal City nobles. They were clad in silver, the cities’ metal of choice for their craftsmanship.
Liurnia lies above the Eternal City of Nokstella. Ranni has a portal to Nokstella in one of her towers. Iji says he presumes we have heard of Nokstella. But it is Nokron which contains the secret relic of betrayal, the Fingerslayer Blade.
The implication seems to be that the Carians communicated with Nokstella, which in turn had been separated from Nokron for a long time. After all, we find no teleporting devices connecting the two, and the Golden Order has placed its mighty full-grown gargoyles at the waterfall which could potentially connect them via Deeproot Depths.
Ranni’s compatriots were possibly a mix of ladies of the court, who had ostensibly stayed with Marika but secretly plotted a new betrayal, and sorcerous technology from Nokstella.

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I want to start by crediting Tarnished Archaeologist, Hawkshaw, Sinclair Lore and SmoughTown for their video essays on Elden Ring lore. The credit is general, because I, to my shame, really can’t remember exactly where I first heard a particular notion brought up, and how it goaded me into my own further thoughts. Most of my thoughts on Elden Ring lore are like this, it all gets muddled and I forget if an idea was even my own initially. You can probably hear many of the below ideas in their work, and more fleshed out at that. But (in case anyone here actually needs to hear this) the point is that I warmly recommend them all and don’t really want to take any personal credit for what follows, it’s more or less just the conclusions I’ve reached based on all the Eternal City-related lore I’ve consumed.
Happy to hear any thoughts, further observations and counter-points on anything below as nailing down the timeline/nature of the Nox and their cities is one of the biggest conondrums I've had with the game's lore.
 

PART 1: FLOURISHING ON THE SURFACE

The Nox once lived above ground

Nox Monk Armor says:
“Long ago, the Nox invoked the ire of the Greater Will, and were banished deep underground. Now they live under a false night sky…”
They most likely lived above ground, and had their heyday, at least partially in pre-Erdtree times. Siofra River map says:
“This vast region is said to be the grave of civilizations that flourished before the Erdtree”.
There are only two civilizations in Siofra: the Uhl/Ancestral Worshippers, and the Nox.
Nokstella features statues matching the ones found on Divine Tower bridges (and lots of other places, like the Fortified Manor; basically early/pre-Erdtree statuary). It isn’t common imagery in the Eternal Cities, but it is there. This ties them to whatever civilization - be it pre- or early-Erdtree - that made those statues.
 

Reason for banishment

It was for invoking the “ire of the Greater Will” they were banished. But they were once, in some way, aligned/allied with the Greater Will.
The Fingerslayer Blade says that it is:
“...proof of the high treason committed by the Eternal City”
You can not commit high treason against something you’re not aligned with in the first place.
This could mean they were banished early on in the Age of the Erdtree, when the Greater Will is perceived to have become the “main god” in power, or that they themselves served the Greater Will directly in pre-Erdtree times.
The implication seems to be they were a faction/part of an alliance, but not necessarily the leading one - because someone had the power to determine their actions were to be considered treason, and banish them underground. This is all, of course, assuming the details haven’t all been lost to time to such an extent that it’s only believed at present they were banished for treason when the actual truth was something a bit different…
 

People of the day and of the night

The giant ever-shining Erdtree and the removal of Death from existence symbolizes a land out of natural balance. Life has won over death. Day has won over night. The Erdtree is like a perpetual sun that prevents the Lands Between from having any true night, coupled with the literal complete halting of the stars’ movements by the warrior, born of sorcerers, Radahn.
Like how Marika, the golden-eyed queen of life, claimed complete victory over the gloam-eyed queen of death, the stars- and night-worshipping Nox completely lost to the Erdtree and its everlasting day. But as we said before, they weren’t just conquered in war like the Fire Giants - they specifically committed high treason. Nox architecture also looks conspicuously modern and advanced, much more in line with modern Leyndell architecture (totally different style, but in terms of advancement) than any older civilizations like the giants or dragons.
I believe, therefore, the Nox most likely had their heyday right before and in the transition period to the Age of the Erdtree. It’s pretty well-supported that this was the civilization Marika herself actually arose from; early patches called the Nox “Empyrean Family”, the BK Assassins are said to both be Numen and descendants of the Eternal City to this day, so-called Numen Runes are found underground in the domain of the Eternal Cities. But the Nox’ original religious beliefs, cultural practices and ultimate desires became increasingly incompatible with the newly established Golden Order. They didn’t openly rebel and start a giant civil war or anything, but… we’ll get to the rest.
 

TERMINOLOGICAL INTERMISSION

Does the term “Eternal City” only refer to the cities underground? I think it’s worth considering. This was my initial assumption, but the Black Moon
“once hung above [Nokstella]” and was “the guide of countless stars” but is now “lost”
Its fragments are all found on the surface, collected by sorcerer-astrologers and kept in their towers all across the world. Not one is found underground, where Nokstella itself only has a talisman that “represents" their lost moon. So it seems likely that the moon hung above Nokstella when it/its people was on the SURFACE, and guided (pulled in with gravitation?) stars to them. This would imply the term “Eternal City” can refer interchangeably to the cities as they were on the surface or the rebuilt (?) ones underground. And that has at least one possible further implication.
 

PART 2: LIFE UNDERGROUND

How did the “banishment”/ruination of the cities come about?

Eternal Darkness is a sorcery originating from the Eternal City, and is said to be “the despair that brought about its ruin made manifest”
The spell creates a black hole that draws in sorceries and incantations. One interpretation would be that this was considered heretical, and was part of why they were banished, but I do not think so due to the use of the word “despair”. Did the Eternal City conjure such a giant version of this black hole that it pulled in a deluge of stars, which smashed their black moon and wreaked havoc upon their cities? That would certainly be cause for despair, and ruin to follow.
But the Fingerslayer Blade is also
“proof of [the Eternal City’s]high treason … and symbolizes its downfall”
So it seems we have two items that function very differently yet both lay claim to symbolizing/closely relating to the ruin/downfall of the cities.
Personally, the most elegant way to square the two is to say that time has muddled the specificities of their downfall. They did turn against the Greater Will and either attempted to, or did, slay one of the Two Fingers. They ALSO fucked around with cosmic research and found out. They made themselves public enemy number one with their treason, and brought ruin on their own cities with their reckless starchasing. Thanks to the passage of time, the two events coalesced into one story about them “drawing down the ire of the Greater Will and being banished underground”. Or maybe was promoted as such by the powers that be.
 

How did the move underground actually happen?

There are no “Eternal City ruins” on the surface whatsoever. They’re all underground. There are the towns in the style of Sellia, Ordina and lower Leyndell, but these seem much less advanced, perhaps residencies for commoners and not the high clergy/researchers that make up their high society. This is actually pretty odd considering there are ruins of virtually EVERY type and from every time period for us to inspect and ponder on across the Lands Between.
So this raises the question of whether the Nox literally moved their stuff underground.
Spatial displacement is uncommon in Elden Ring, it’s not something you can just theorize someone did and leave it at that. But the few times it actually comes up can be at least tangentially tied to the Nox. Astel can teleport freely, and while he’s known for destroying, not helping them, his is still the kind of power the Nox were eagerly fucking around (also known as researching) with. And the teleporter gates - so omnipresent and mysterious - by their outward appearance at least, are, in fact, distinctly Noxian. The first time your average player is likely to run into one is probably in the Siofra River, bringing them from the lower Uhl ruins to the higher strata right below the Eternal City proper.
Personally, I also think the particular way the Nokron Eternal City buildings intersect with the older Uhl ones looks really odd and slapdash. There seems to be little rhyme or reason and you go from one to the other pretty spontaneously. Lastly, let me tie this back to those few conspicuous statues - why would they bring these with them, or rebuild them exactly, if they represent a tie to a civilization they have left behind, betrayed, and become hated by?
 

Astel's assault

This presumably had to happen before Radahn stopped the stars, or an Astel would not have been able to descend on the Lands Between.
The Nameless Eternal City is the only one missing its false night sky and so it’s assumed that it was also inhabited by Nox & friends before Astel’s assault killed every last one of them. Leyndell later hermit-crabbed in with their gargoyles, mausoleum and Godwyn burial.
HOWEVER,
an alternate take would be that Astel’s assault refers to the very same event that caused them to flee underground in the first place. The sky he took away was their true sky. This doesn’t really work with the item description as written though, because it specifically says “an Eternal City”, so it would require there to be some translation errors at play... I know plurals can sometimes be weird in japanese translations, but I'm otherwise totally ignorant and won't delve further into this here.
This would call into question what actually happende with the Nameless Eternal City, seeing how it's the only one without any actual Nox present and also completely wrecked. Tarnished Archeologist’s thesis is that it actually was part of Leyndell itself - the odd giant moat with its gates to nowhere between the main city and the outskirts which matches the location and shape of the underground Eternal City almost perfectly. We can perhaps attribute the ruination to lack of upkeep combined with the wild growth of Erdtree roots, and the Nox aren't there because with Leyndell came down and chased them away (they probably wouldn’t want their hated enemies that want to destroy their order, right at the very roots of their golden tree that empowers said order).
 

Research into artificial life

I believe the Nox were screwing around with artificial life even before their downfall. It marks a clear symbolic opposition to the Greater Will, the Erdtree and its power of natural, organic life - true gold and false silver. I believe the Albinaurics were at one point, in cut content, outright said to be made by the Eternals; in the present game it seems more likely that the sorcerers of Raya Lucaria (likely with aid from Nokstella, though) are responsible but the tie still remains. This research seems to have accelerated underground, in any case, with them deprived of any access to the true life of the stars.

• Dragonkin Soldiers were made in imitation of the Ancient Dragons.
• Silver Tears are able to imitate any kind of life. They’re weak but incredibly numerous.
• Mimic Tears were intended to mimic a lord, but could only mimic appearance and power, not true strength of will.

One can see a force of counter-revolution take shape. A small number of immensely powerful shock (har har) troopers; a large and extremely flexible base force; and a lord to lead them, though all under the control of their masters, the clergy of alchemical savants.
 

PART 3: REMAINING THREADS TO THE SURFACE

Sellia

Sellians are, as per Gowry,
“descendants of the Eternal”
They use sorceries that originates from Nokron as per Night Maiden’s Mist and the aforementioned Eternal Darkness. Nox are also present in Sellia itself. Sellia is known as a shady town of treacherous sorcerers that competed violently for clout, which seems to have been spurred on by them acquiring powerful sorceries from the Nox, repeating the theme of an excessive yearning for power and knowledge leading to self-destruction. Its secretive nature and geographical distance from the center of power in Leyndell likely made this a convenient place for the Nox to scout the surface and begin to reestablish some connections.

Caria

The Carian-controlled Church of Vows features a statue of a Nox Nightmaiden. In its basin one can use a Celestial Dew, a hidden “Night Tear” originally from the Eternal City itself, to absolve oneself of sins.
This could be taken in multiple ways. The Nox statue is probably used because they are known to all as great sinners. But it may have served a different purpose originally, and to the Carians (just not to any Golden Order-friend who comes sightseeing), perhaps still?

The Black Knives & Ranni

The Black Knife Assassins were descendants (scions) of the Eternal City nobles. They were clad in silver, the cities’ metal of choice for their craftsmanship.
Liurnia lies above the Eternal City of Nokstella. Ranni has a portal to Nokstella in one of her towers. Iji says he presumes we have heard of Nokstella. But it is Nokron which contains the secret relic of betrayal, the Fingerslayer Blade.
The implication seems to be that the Carians communicated with Nokstella, which in turn had been separated from Nokron for a long time. After all, we find no teleporting devices connecting the two, and the Golden Order has placed its mighty full-grown gargoyles at the waterfall which could potentially connect them via Deeproot Depths.
Ranni’s compatriots were possibly a mix of ladies of the court, who had ostensibly stayed with Marika but secretly plotted a new betrayal, and sorcerous technology from Nokstella.

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Great casual drip or a solid present to a friend.
45 + ship
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Nike Real Eyes Realize Shirt
size L (fits L-XL)
Great quality blank and print. New nike product has that a1 sauce that reps haven't gotten yet.
35 + ship
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ENF RCH DEPR (ERD) Blue Judgement Day Shirt
fits M-L
ERD is such a dope brand, but heavily overpriced. This shirt is super nice quality and feels amazing to the touch, it's the high-quality batch. Bought off a user from qReps. Don't sleep on the true drip.
100 + ship
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Palm Angels Mermaid Shirt
size XL (fits XL-XXL)
High quality blank and print. Feels like retail, dont sleep
75 + ship
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Palm Angels Butterfly Button Up
size XL (fits XL-XXL no problem)
This is basically retail. HQ palm angels reps have nailed the designs and material quality that retail uses. Fire piece for summer. Not cheap quality batch that has sizing/print wrong.
85 + ship
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Rhud3 Flamingos Floral Silk Shirt (Green)
size L (fits XL or oversized L)
another summer staple. Will confirm 1:1 gf 2-3 days friend. Was expensive because its a silk and viscose blend which feels phenomenal to touch and fits awesome
90 + ship---
Rhud3 Floral Silk Shirt (Black)
size L (fits XL or oversized L)
Brand new. same as prev quality
100 + ship---

PANTS

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YZY Season 6 Sweatpants
size XL
65 + ship
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SI Sweatpants
grey XL
65 + ship
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R!CK OWNS Berlin Pants
fits XL
Great pair of versatile pants that fit either for lounging around or for fits. Bought off a user who copped off the pink elephant seller or something from qReps. Haven't had a lot of wear on these, but tempted to keep them.
85 + ship
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Haider Perth Sweatpants (Brown)
fits 36-38 (maybe smaller depending on if an oversized fit is desired)
These are amazing. Love the details on the garment. Has a great feel to the touch.
70 + ship
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Cactus JOR Warm-Up Track Pants
size XL
Great pair of pants to wear on top of shorts to go hoop, or even dressed up. Love the attention to detail on this piece too, like the zippered pockets, the tags, as well as a Nike logo and adjustment facilities on the foot cuff.
70 + ship
---RETAIL Nike Tech Fleece Shorts
size XL
These are hella nice utility shorts. Some summer classics.
25 + ship
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[email protected] Colored Camo Shorts
- blue (XXL, fits 36-38)
- purple (XXL, fits 36-38)
Incredibly difficult to find Bape without shark prints, even if looking for just camo or colored camo--haven't seen these for sale ever. These are OG reps that are actually high quality, and that's communicated through details like the tags from the inside of the shorts to the front as well. Don't sleep, these are some of my favorites.
75 + ship each
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[email protected] Reversible Pink Shorts (swimming trunk)
size XL brand new
60 + ship
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RETAIL Bravest Studio LV Camo Shorts
size XXL (fit tts)
Would keep if they were an XL but just a lil too big on me. These are retail and are amazing quality for wearing out or flexing at the gym/while hooping
85 + ship each
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RETAIL Nike ACG Technical Cargo Shorts
- Orange
- Black
- dark grey (mesh pocket)
All size L (adjustable waist) brand new w/tags
Amazing quality shorts. Collect a lot of ACG and these are so good for spring/summer. Lots of pockets and selling for a steal
75 + ship each
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RETAIL Polo Boat Knots Boat Shorts
size L (tts)
40 + ship
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RETAIL Nike ACG Color Essential Shorts (Orange)
size XL brand new w/tags
45 + ship
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Rhud3 Green Shorts
size XL (fits L - XL depending on fit)
Heavy high quality details on this jawn
65 + ship
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Rhud3 Reflective Shorts (Green and Red)
- green
- maroon/red
size XL (fits L-XL)
60 + ship (each)
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GUCC! Lightweight Jersey Material Shorts
size XL
65 + ship
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GUCC! Cloth Stripes Shorts (Stripes on side)
size L
85 + ship
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HOODIE / LONGSLEEVES

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RETAIL Babylon x Off White Longlseeve
size XL
180 + ship
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SI Shadow Projects Crewneck
size XL (tts)
85 + ship
Great crewneck, basically brand new.
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RETAIL Supreme Nun Crewneck
size XL
A classic piece. Snag for a steal.
80 + ship
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Rare [email protected] Varsity Jacket
size L
Hard to find bape reps without the shark motif. But this jacket has it all, the details are phenomenal and the print is super unique.
150 + ship
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RETAIL Puma x Ader Anorak
fits XL
80 + ship
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RETAIL Nike ACG Vintage Pullover Anorak (new w/tags)
size XL
150 + ship
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SI Hooded Sweater
size XL (fits L-XL)
60 + ship
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BLCG Embroidery Black Hoodie
size L (fits XL)
100 + ship
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BLCG Maroon Logo Hoodie
size XL
27 in bust, 25 in shoulder and 30 in length
100 + ship
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BALENC!AGA Washed Hoodie
fits XL-XXL
Another amazing hoodie. Feels awesome and looks even better. Has an awesome fit, that layers well with jackets on top or can be worn by itself. I believe it's Amy batch iirc.
100 + ship
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K!TH x TOMMY H!LFIGER Reversible Jacket
size XL (tts)
150 + ship
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BURB3RRY Blue Anorak
size XL (tts)
150 + ship
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BLCG Elephant Windbreaker
fits XL - XXL
Nice color blocking with the grey, black and red highlights, this piece is of phenomenal quality. I believe the BTS user I bought off of said it was either reon or Amy batch, can't remember which, but it was one of the two as they were the one's making the high-quality reps of this. Haven't worn this at all, still brand new.
170 + ship
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SI 3M Hoodie
fits XL-XXL
Great hoodie, versatile and nice stone island detailing.
65 + ship
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BALENC!AGA ANORAK JACKET
size XL - XXL depending on desired fit
As worn by Travis Scott. Amazing older balenciaga piece, haven't seen around sub or anything for sale. Also very tempted to keep this.
200 + ship
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BALENC!AGA Padded Flannel
Size 52 (fits L-XL)
This is reon's 300$ batch, never worn by me. Just been posted in my closet. Details and feeling of materials are immaculate on this, the Koreans know what they are doing about reps fr.
300 + ship
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[email protected] G00SE Expedition Parka
size XXL (fits tts XL, or slimmer XXL depending on desired fit)
Amazing jacket. Get a lot of compliments on this piece. Tempted to keep it for this upcoming winter, but have too many jackets! Definitely a trooper of a jacket. Also, the attention to details on this replica parallels retail CG, from the fuzzy pockets to keep your hands warm when its cold as bricks
300 + ship
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GUCC! Tracksuit Jacket
size XL tts
80 + ship
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KAPITAL Sweater
size L (fits M-L)
Awesome knit pattern. Fits awesome
100 + ship
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Rhud3 Green Zip-up Hoodie
fits L
High quality zippers and quality of materials
85 + ship
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G!VENCHY Light Blue hoodie
size XL tts
100 + ship
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Human Mad3 x Lil Uzi Vert
size L (tts L - slim XL)
Brand new w/bag
75 + ship
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Arc'teryx Beta AR Jacket Maroon
size XL
85 + ship
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RETAIL Call me if You Get Lost Merch
- brown hoodie (100 + ship)
- brown workers jacket (150 + ship)
Brand new. Bought from Seattle tour
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Harley Davidson Zip Up Vintage hoodie
size L (fits L-XL)
65 + ship
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[email protected] Fleece Anorak
size L
75 + ship
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ACCESSORIES

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SUP x TNF Compass (new)
25 + ship
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SUP Dollar Chain (new, mainly trade)
75 + ship
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Chrom3 Hearts Wallet Chain
Brand new, never worn. Listed for what I paid.
200 + ship
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Chrom3 Hearts Bead Bracelet
Real silver in this jawn. Nice ass piece.
70 + ship
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GUCC! Ghost Thick Ring
size 9 or so iirc
Great quality silver ring. Feels very solid and features iconic Gucci ghost print.
50 + ship
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[email protected] x Jam Home Made Ring
RARE and super dope piece. Haven't seen this around in sooooo long, bought off taobao circa 2017. From the deep vaults of my personal collection
80 + ship
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CH Ring 1 (listed in order on google photos)
50 + ship
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CH Ring 2 (listed in order on google photos)
50 + ship
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CH Ring 3 (listed in order on google photos)
50 + ship
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CH Ring 4 (listed in order on google photos)
50 + ship
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CH Safety Pin
45 + ship
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GCCI Ghost Chain
Ah, a classic staple piece. In phenomenal condition and can go with any fit, whether dressing up or regularly wearing.
85 + ship
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LUIV x Virgil Silver Bracelet
Great bracelet, wore it to a few parties, defo gets attention, esp under proper lighting. Still got a lot of wear left in it.
45 + ship
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LUIV x SUP Belt (New Darcy batch)
size 38
150 + ship
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LUIV Bandana/Scarf
60 + ship
---HERM3S Blanket
Great quality piece. Never used, only kept in storage. Was planning to give it as a gift to my ex (lol). Rare piece, hard to find. The stitching is awesome, the material feels good, and no visible flaws in the pattern.
200 + ship
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SI 3M Reflective Tactical Vest (new)
150 + ship
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OW Backpack (new)
Brand new, never used. Details on this are phenomenal. Had retail off white backpack and the rep does an amazing job from the zippers to the pockets and different storage facilities in the bag.
200 + ship
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D!OR Backpack (new)
Brand new and never worn.
70 + ship
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AM!RI Bandana Silk Keychain
Super nice quality keychain. This thing feels amazing!!! Love the silk on this. Perfect to add to an outfit as an accessory or to a satchel or backpack.
60 + ship
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OW Rubber Belt
O/S
35 + ship
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D!OR Bookbag
O/S
85 + ship
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LV Mini Soft Trunk Monogram Eclipse Black
Brand new w/all accessories.
180 + ship
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RETAIL Bape Pink Side Bag
100 + ship
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LV Fragment Apollo backpack
200 + ship
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Arc'teryx Collab Maka Bag
brand new w/tags
Copped off grailed for a trip but it arrived too late.
100 + ship
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LV Keepall Duffle 55
250 + ship
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RETAIL OVO x Klean Kanteen
Brand new. Copped from vancouver store and never used. Super nice quality bottle, KK makes great bottles
40 + ship
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SHOES

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RETAIL AM97
size 13
120 + ship
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J0RDAN 1 Turbo Green
size 12
120 + ship
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[email protected] x NK LD Waffle (Grey)
size 13
130 + ship
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J0RDAN 6 Maroon
size 12
90 + ship
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[email protected] N!KE LD Waffle (Grey)
size 12
85 + ship
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N!KE Dunk Low - Medium Curry
size 12
Great pair of shoes, go with a lot of different outfits. Very versatile and dope pair of shoes.
75 + ship
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N!KE Blazer OW Wolf Grey Serena Queen
size 13
85 + ship
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FOG Oatmeal 1s
size 12
have accessories bag, basically new
170 + ship
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D!OR STUS B27 (white and black)
size 45 (fits 11-12)
80 + ship
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UB Creme 1.0
size 12
65 + ship
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HR Hindi Core White NMD
size 12
65 + ship
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OW AF1 Volt
size 12
65 + ship
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J1 Mocha
size 13
100 + ship
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D!OR B27 (red)
size 45 (fits 11-12)
120 + ship
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C0MM0N PROJECT Achilles Heel
size 46 (12-13)
80 + ship
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J0RDAN 4 Laser Black Gum
size 12
80 + ship
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Kanye West [email protected]
size 12
300 + ship
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N!keCraft Mars Yard Tom Sachs
size 12
150 + ship
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R!CK Owens Ramones
size 45 (fits 11-11.5)
120 + ship
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R!CK OWENS Dunks Daft Batch - Dust Colorway
size 47 (US 12 - 13 depending on the desired fit)
Daft's batch, enough said. Haven't worn these, have too many shoes. Bought for 400 + shipping fees off a user on BST.
350 + ship
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RETAIL New Balance 2002R
size 12
Brand new, grab for a steal
120 + ship
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IF YOU ARE A PART OF VALENWIN MANOR NO LOOKIE!!! YOU’LL GET YOUR PRESENTS SOON DON’T SPOIL CHRISTMAS!!!!!

First time trying to Homebrew magic items and would like some feedback on these.
For starters these items are made to reflect their backstory, with their class having little influence on my decisions. I don’t care if they’re OP compared to enemies, but I care if some are OP compared to each other. I want them all to have fun with these.
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Bard : One-Man Band

• At the start of the campaign player asked to have a shapeshifting instrument that can change into other instruments. I said I’ll work on it and I wanted to add on to the idea.
• Harmonica that can change into any instrument using a command word, making the user automatically proficient in that weapon.
• Passive : Spellcasting focus, +1 to spell attack and DC
• Active : Effect added to spells cast with this in hand, or effect created on its own. All areas originate from the user :
  • Percussion : 15ft cube WIS save or be stunned until end of user’s next turn.
  • Wind : 5ft by 30ft line DEX save or be knocked prone.
  • String : 60ft radius CHA save or be charmed/frightened (user’s choice) until end of user’s next turn.
  • Electronic : 15ft cone CON save or be pushed back 10ft and deafened until end of user’s next turn.
  • Hybrid : Roll to determine which effect is used.
• Charges : Equal to proficiency bonus and recharges at dawn.
• Comparisons:
  • Item compared to the All-Purpose Tool, changing the “cantrip” part to the various instrument modes.
  • Percussion effect not based on any preexisting spells or abilities. I’m concerned it may be too OP to have an area effect stunning, but wasn’t sure.
  • Wind effect made using Dragonborn’s Breath Weapon.
  • String effect compared to Calm Emotions spell, but increased distance to make up for “weaker” effect.
  • Electronic effect made using Thunderwave spell.
  • Hybrid is just used to explain any instruments that use multiple types (like electric guitar, lore reasons why that’s even an option).
• Concerns :
  • I don’t know the Bard spell list that well, nor how they typically play, so my concerns are that the effects are either already spells a Bard has access to to, they are redundant, or they’re useless. Would love input on that.
  • Also wasn’t sure on how balanced each effect was with one another and wanted input in that.

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Sorcerer : Alien Companion

• They are an aberrant mind sorcerer and gave me full reign over their backstory on how this came to be. They have no idea why a flumph is following them around all of a sudden. The flumph is resommoned by an “unknown person”.
• A flumph that seems attached to the user, following their instructions loyally. The flumph acts as both a familiar and as an Expert sidekick.
• Has its own initiative, free action to command it, CAN attack, cannot take on new forms, will respawn after one hour if killed.
• Charges : None applicable except constraints set by the sidekick class or the race limits. Considering adding a limit on respawns, maybe only allowing the flumph to reappear at the next dawn.
• Comparisons :
  • This flumph has a modified statblock to fit its own past and experience, but is otherwise still a flumph. Removed the prone thing flumph a have cause I didn’t wanna deal with it.
• Concerns :
  • I don’t know how powerful a familiar with the changes I made is too or less powerful, both compared to regular familiars and to the other magic items in the list.
  • Also not sure if there are any interactions with the sorcerer class I should be aware of.

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Barbarian : Organic Threads

• One of the more backstory related items that really doesn’t tie into the class at all, the player wanted more out of combat options, and she’s a granny PC who loves knitting so here we are!
• Box of various rare magical threads that has a variety of uses in and out of combat :
  • Unicorn Hair : Rope-like thread that is incredibly sturdy and laced with magic. Popular building and mending material.
  • Drider Silk : Sticky silk thread perfect for traps, nets, and powerful restraining; uses are up to user ideas.
  • Violet Fungus : While violet is the most common, there are other colors whose fibers invoke different magical effects when used.
    • Violet : Slightly poisonous sap leaks from it.
    • Blue : Waterbreath, permanent if mask made from the thread is worn over the face, 1 hour of thread is consumed
    • Green : Photosynthesizes and becomes capable of healing wounds.
    • Yellow : Emits light, I imagine like glow sticks.
    • Orange : Emits heat, capable of cooking and warming other stuff, but not enough to do serious damage.
    • Red : Able to move on its own and perform basic tasks if given proper stimuli.
  • Alchemist’s Thread : Tough wirey thread used for making protective gear. Able to provide temporary AC if armor pieces are made from it.
  • Dire Sheep Wool : Wool from dire sheep, self explanatory. Provides resistance to the following damage types : mundane (bludgeoning/piercing/slashing/fall/etc), cold, and thunder. Weak to fire damage.
• Charges : Equal to proficiency bonus and recharges at dawn. All threads use the same pool of uses.
• Comparisons :
  • Unicorn hair is like a beefed up mending, able to repair anything perfectly as long as most of the original is there and nothing vital is missing. Note that it can’t create something (like turning a pile of logs into a raft) but it could repair a raft that’s missing…. Idk nails? It’s also able to return magic to a repaired item. It also is not able to work as a healing spell, so HP won’t be recovered but it could technically patch up a wound and stabilize them?
  • Drider silk is compared to nets and other traps, with these stats DC 15 to escape, AC 15, and HP 20. The silk is strong and sticky enough to restraint creatures tiny to large and can trip prone tiny to gargantuan. Exceptions may vary depending on the monster or the type of trap used, but that’s the general idea.
  • The funguses are based on various little effects. Most are clear what their use is. Violet is like a “basic poison”, blue is water breathing, green is like a “potion of healing”, yellow is like a torch/lantern, orange is a natural heater, and red is like the mage hand/unseen servant spells.
  • Alchemists thread is given the explicit ability to act like a one use Shield spell. If the user had already used a charge of the box to make an accessory or something out of it, then it can be used to buff the AC. Other uses are available but that’s the explicit use I give.
  • Dire sheep wool is one of the few threads that can be used without being woven, but it’s less effective. In its unwoven form it only reduces the damage by half and is rendered useless after one hit, but woven together is more lasting and can completely nullify the damage.
• Concerns :
  • The biggest concern is that there are too many options and some are clearly more favorable than others. With the use limit so small, I’m worried about that.

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• Barbarian : Crown of the Kind
  • This barbarian is a lovable idiot, whose immense strength accidentally hurts people and it makes him sad. A crown that was owned by a pacifist king seems up his alley.
  • Crown made of lead and silver, both to protect from incoming magic and also to enhance its own magic.
  • Passive : Advantage on charisma skill checks, insight checks, and wisdom skill checks and saving throws.
  • Active : The user can charm someone into becoming basically a thrall for them until the next dawn. They gain the person as a loyal servant as long as the target is not forced to do anything that causes them or things they care about harm. Basically if you treat them good the effect lasts. If the charming is broken then the target cannot be affected by charm effects by the user anymore, even using other methods.
  • Charges : Equal to proficiency bonus and recharges at dawn. Limit to one thrall at a time.
  • Comparisons : The active ability is like an extended Suggestion spell.
  • Concerns : Might be too OP…. No real specific problems

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Rogue : Mimic Pouch

• Character is a changeling hiding and cursing their existence, and I think mimics are an awesome pairing with them.
• A bag of tiny mimics that look like silver coins until commanded to do something. If given a snack, they’ll be very loyal. The mimics act as both an “animal companion” and as a collective Warrior sidekick.
• Charges : None applicable except constraints set by the sidekick class or the race limits. As long as the entire colony isn’t killed at once, the mimics can reproduce and keep their colony alive if some die.
• Comparisons :
  • The mimics have a homebrewed statblock, largely similar to the standard mimic.
• Concerns :
  • Still deciding if letting them count as an ally to activate sneak attack. Possibly need to be out of the bag and doing something to count; just keeping them in the bag isn’t helpful.

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Druid : Animated Spyglass

• Character is an INT based Druid who studies astronomy.
• A magical spyglass made to assist the scholarly warriors on the field of battle.
• Passive : Spellcasting focus, ignore half cover and double the range of ranged spell attacks, magnifies things to a factor of 10, advantage on ranged attacks, perception checks, and intelligence skill checks.
• Active : Speaking the command word allows the spyglass to float on its own to keep hands free, magical truesight from 120ft and beyond (meaning 0-120ft does not grant truesight), see thru mundane material except lead, scrying (true sight doesn’t function during scrying and scrying can’t get through magical obscuring or lead/other magic blocking methods.
• Charges : Equal to proficiency bonus and recharges at dawn.
• Comparisons :
  • Spyglass acts like an animated shield.
  • Scrying is like the scrying spell.
• Concerns : A lot of stuff added in, but I feel like it’s all relatively situational? Might need more constraints.

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Any feedback or suggestions are appreciated! What matters most is that the items are relatively balanced between one another, are interesting and don’t clash with class stuff. Still working on it, I have about a week until I need these ready so I have time, just wanted other opinions if you wanna give them! My friends and I are lenient with one another, and we're prepared to make changes as necessary during play.

Hi! I’m going on a trip to Oregon to see my big sister graduate and my step mom and I decided to get our nails done before the graduation. She told me I can get acrylics and I’m really excited because this is my first time! But I’m a little worried maybe they aren’t for me, or maybe the nail tech will judge me.
The main thing I’m worried about is that due to anxiety, I have skin picking problems. I pick at the skin around my nails so I have some really bad hangnail type stuff around my nails. I’m worried either they won’t want to do my nails or might judge me or say something.
Other than that, I’ve got fat fingers (my dad gave me his man hands 😭) and I have no idea what shape would look good on me! My step mom said square oval, but I looked on TikTok and a lot of people say they hate that shape.
Any advice is appreciated! Thank you!

Like… I get drug tests. Medicine that has already been pretested and approved for human safety can often still kill you if you take the wrong amount or under the wrong circumstances, so it makes sense that they wouldn't want to risk the lives of human test subjects.
But how the hell do you get to the stage where the scientists are standing over a bottle of nail varnish being like "either they'll have delightful silver sparkly nails or they'll die screaming five minutes after application, better use a test monkey for the first batch just in case"?
Surely we know by now roughly what ingredients are safe to put on a person's nails?

Read this post earlier, https://www.reddit.com/BPDlovedones/comments/141cs1v/i_cannot_be_the_only_one_who_finds_the_concept_of/ , and I thought I'd go through how my wife (uBPD) selects her "favorite person." I've watched the same pattern emerge time-and-time again, and I think she's got it down to an almost HR science.
Step 1 - The declaration. We've been married for 15 years (which is another theme that seems to be very common in this subreddit). I work. I pay the bills. I do the laundry, the bulk of the housekeeping and household purchases. We've got two kids and a dog. I get tired. I've been tired. There's not much time or energy for partying like the teenager she still believes herself to be - and hopes to be again if it weren't for those darn kids that she wanted so much. I digress.
The declaration is made, "I am bored." This signals the beginning of a search online for the next kink, fetish, or any other interest that gets her piqued (her fancy will be tickled later, but that's another adventure on the riverbank). Once she's chosen her newest theme, on to step 2.
Step 2 - The on-stage entrance. She will join every forum, site, chat group, etc., that pertains to her new theme. She will make it known in her profile, that she's female and available. The trawling net is cast. The thirsty boys quickly start commenting on her posts, and, of course, make their availability known. She will go through their profiles and conduct an almost FBI-like profile of each of them to narrow down her list of potentials (by region, by attraction, etc.). Once her target acquisition radar has locked on to one future-ex-lover, she will move on to step 3.
Step 3 - The mirroring process. She will then seek out all characteristics of the target - preferences in music, food, art, spiritual beliefs, literature, movies, fashion, makeup, interests, hobbies...anything that she can glean from her investigation. She will then adapt herself in kind. Listen to the same music, study the same art or literature, purchase new clothes, change her hair style or color, eat the same foods, watch the same movies. Now she's ready for step 4.
Step 4 - The Initial Hook-Up. This is, apparently, the most exciting time for her as she holds both the role of the interviewer and interviewee. She got the above cultural aspects mirrored as best she can, she's managed to avoid mentioning or giving any signs away that she's married with kids, and now there's going to be fireworks! She will either go to them, or they will come to her. All she needs is...
The EnableFamiliar - a little aside. My wife has always had enablers, including her own mother - who was opposed to our marriage from the outset - and her best friend, or a familiar who I never know personally enough to contact, but is, well, familiar enough, to make her excuse for going out/away plausible enough.
The initial hook-up will involve a dinner, walk in the park, even something as banal as meeting at a salon where she's getting her hair or nails done. If all goes well, it's sex in a hotel, in the park, what have you. That's hook #1 implanted in the favorite person. On to step 5.
Step 5 - The Admission. Now comes the tricky part, admitting that she's married with kids. This is done by, of course, explaining that, as all married cheaters say, "I got married too young and for the wrong reasons. I was trapped into having kids." Instead of running away immediately, the sex has insured that the favorite person will now don the silver armor and become a white knight. The gauntlet has been thrown down and the fair maiden must be rescued from the evil dragon (plus, the sex). Step 6 is not of her design, but mine. Oh! This is when the mirroring is so complete that she can attest that they are "soul mates." God, I hate that expression and the people who are gullible enough to even entertain the thought.
Step 6 - The Cock-Block. By the time I'm aware enough of everything, happens when your own radar is running 24-7, I will start to reinforce boundaries. That, of course, makes the already evil dragon controlling and abusive. Her actions are challenged, her tone commented upon, her attempts at going out challenged. This always leads to a crying session, usually post-midnight, followed up with selfies of her blubbering. This, of course, results in further white-knighting and the pay-off! Promises to take her away from all her suffering.
Step 7 - The Attempt to Solidify...and the Downfall. Here's where the whole thing falls apart. The guy wants so badly to "rescue" her but that means taking on not just her, but the kids and the dog. This means taking responsibility for a family that is not his. Where I am, his parents would never accept their son marrying a divorced woman with two kids, especially whose relationship was founded upon, and based upon, cheating. Furthermore, other than unbridled sex, she brings absolutely nothing to the table.
Step 8 - Rinse and repeat.

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• STRONG : Stronger than hard gels for awesome nails.
• SAFE : Monomer-free, 7-free, NO airborne dust.
• EASY : Fast application, unlimited playtime, zero chasing.
• FLAWLESS : Suited for everyone from students to experienced professionals.

https://zafyn.com/products/polygel-nail-kit

Nail Cycling for Healthier Nails ! Embrace nail cycling every 8-10 weeks, take a break from gel, acrylic, or dip manicures to let your nails breathe & repair.
Myth: Nail cycling isn’t necessary. Fact: Nail cycling is essential for maintaining healthy & strong nails. Taking breaks from gel, acrylic, or dip manicures allows your nails to repair & prevents damage
.Myth: Gel manicures are harmless. Fact: Gel manicures, without breaks, can result in nail thinning & weakened nails. Regular breaks through nail cycling prevent irreparable damage.
Myth: UV dryers are safe for your nails. Fact: UV radiation from dryers can lead to skin damage & increased cancer risk. Nail cycling reduces exposure to these harmful effects.

i'm 19, female, never had sex. i take multivitamins and haiskin/nail gummies, so i like to keep my nails decently long, make them almond shaped and glossy. ive always wanted to try fingering myself but they say your nails might hurt the inside. but i always see it on porn, females with these acrylic or long nails doing it so fast. maybe i should buy lube? i really want to try it out, im not so sure

I had a relaxing, guilt free spa day today. I left my 11mo at home with my husband, drove to the salon, and got a spa pedicure and a manicure with a full set of sparkly acrylics. They took me straight back even though I was a walk-in. I was alone for 3 whole hours getting pampered and only got one message from my husband (just an ad on Marketplace for a used car), I spent my own money so I didn't feel guilty about getting whatever I wanted and how much it cost, and my nails are done for the first time in nearly 2 years. It was a salon I had never been to and it was so fancy. The tech who did my manicure looked at a picture I found for inspiration and she DELIVERED! They're sparkly, purple, and the design she did with the rhinestones is soooo pretty. I picked up Mexican food on the way home and the baby was up from her nap when I got home. We snuggled and she was fascinated by my nails. What a great day! I think this was the only real break I've had in 11 months.
Edit: Grammar. Oops

I have tried so many different methods to try and get my nails to work. I have used builder gel, poly gel, acrylic, press on with regular nail glue, uv nail glue and the solid glue and nothing works. I do every step of prep and always cure the right times but I will do a set and the longest they have lasted is two days max. I’m so close to giving up on doing my own. Any advice please?