The Minish Cap: The Living Puppet

 The Living Puppet

Remote Bomb: These bombs detonate only when signaled instead of exploding after their wick burns down. Link can trade his normal bombs for these remote bombs after unlocking the option through fusing kind tones with one of the Minish elders. 

For inscrutable reasons, the great fairy deemed it necessary to animate this puppet with a living soul. Now the puppet dreams of nothing more than becoming fully alive so they can grow up, change, and become something more than what they were made to be. It will take nothing short of a miracle to make this puppet’s dreams come true.

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Unsurprisingly, I really enjoyed Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio. I always sample everything he makes and usually find myself loving it. 

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The Minish Cap: A ticking time bomb

 A ticking time bomb

Bomb: Link is rewarded with the bag necessary to carry bombs after vanquishing the evil that had taken root in the Deepwood shrine. Bombs can break weakened walls, demolish cracked stones, and slay enemies.

Here’s the plan, we lure that green fairy out of his hole and when he’s chasing us we have one of ours sneak in and leave this bomb wrapped up like a gift from a lover. It’s rigged to an alarm so it won’t go off until just before dawn when the fey boy is sure to be sleeping off another night of tomfoolery. If the explosion doesn’t get him, his den collapsing down on his head should finish the job and complete my revenge.

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I’m not sure Captain Hook’s bomb from Peter Pan would work, but I’m also not sure it wouldn’t work. It seems reasonable enough for a mechanical alarm clock to have enough force to trigger a repurposed firing mechanism which in turn could light the wick of a bomb.

Makes me wonder if Mythbusters ever tried this, but not enough to actually go google it.

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Drewly: Witcher bomb

 Witcher bomb

Bomb: This bundle of oil cloth bound in wick thread is the simplest bomb a Witcher is taught to craft in the field. These explosives can be added to and modified to specialize them for many different targets.

Drewly day 5, that’s a full business week down!

What is Drewly?

Drewly is a month-long art challenge for July where you post art you have already made. No new art just for Drewly.

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Only post art you have already made.

Post as much or as little as you are comfortable with.

Tag your posts with #drewly and #drewly2024

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Four Swords Adventures: Explosive coins for the discrete sapper.

 Explosive coins for the discrete sapper.

Bombos Medallion: Activating the medallion causes a fiery rain to fall and kill all enemies on screen. Such a power could easily be abused, so Links can only use the medallions in specific locations where hordes of enemies are attacking the Links.

A vengeful enchanter from a city of thieves made the first incarnation of these explosive coins to punish pickpockets and cutpurses. The coins appear to be regular 5 bits until flipped when they become explosive and will detonate in a few short moments. These coins are now used by spies, revolutionaries, and anyone else who wants to discreetly carry high explosives.

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Many of the posts from this set will be multiple versions of the same base item since the theme was dual, or duel in some cases.

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Four Swords Adventures: Improvised Explosive Flasks

Improvised Explosive Flasks 

Bomb: Much like the original Four Swords, many items in Four Swords Adventure are found on pedestals throughout the level. Any Link may only have one pedestal item at a time but has unlimited use of their item while they hold it. Bombs can be found on pedestals and can be used to destroy cracked walls and harm enemies. Bombs can even be upgraded in power if a Link can throw a bomb into a fountain of a Great Fairy.

For the chemist in the lab, whipping up a quick improvised bomb is child’s play. As is preparing an acid flask strong enough to melt flesh from bone. Now that the end times have come, the only way you are going to make it to post-apocalyptic is by getting on the good side of those who can make tools for self-defense.

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Erlenmeyer flasks with various fluids. The labels have meaning but can be ignored for whatever flavor you need. 

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Wind Waker: A self-reloading cannon.

A self-reloading cannon.

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Biggest Bomb Bag: The second and final upgrade to Link’s bomb storage is given to Link by the Great Fairy of the Southern Fairy Island. The entrance to the fairy’s home is blocked and can only be opened using a fire arrow or a bomb. With the upgraded storage, Link can now hold up to 99 bombs at once.

One of the limiting factors for the effective use of cannons is needing to have well-trained teams of gunners to operate them efficiently. After years of being pestered by the Grand Marshall of Artillery, the Chief Artificer of Inish finally used their considerable skills to create a cannon that can reload itself. Bound spirits of smoke, flame, and metal allow the cannon to magically load in charge and shot after every firing.

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Welcome back to our normally scheduled programming.

I hope you enjoyed Halloweekend. Let me know if there is any special Halloween item you want to see and it just might be your treat next year.

If you are a citizen of the U.S.A., make sure you vote by election day Tuesday, November 8th, 2022. Your vote is important.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Wind Waker: A “light and mobile” cannon for the siege gunner on the go.

A “light and mobile” cannon for the siege gunner on the go.

Big Bomb Bag: The first upgrade to Link’s bomb storage in Wind Waker is earned by visiting the Great Fairy living on East Fairy Island. The entrance to their home is blocked by a boulder that can only be moved with the power bracelet’s magical strength or destroyed by setting a bomb. After earning this upgrade, Link can hold up to 60 bombs at once.

The smallest ship’s cannon also happens to be the largest cannon a mortal person could hope to use alone. This cannon can be moved and fired by a single gunner of incredible strength, or a small team of regular well-trained people. Reloading the beastly weapon takes so much time and focus that one could only hope to fire it once before being swarmed by the enemy.

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One of my players is a siege gunner in a naval campaign I am running, and getting them the chance to use their cannon skills off the ship was the inspiration for this ridiculous weapon. I imagined it to be held like the Heavy’s guns from Team Fortress 2.

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Wind Waker: An old bomb

An old bomb 

Bombs: Bombs are always available in the bomb shop on Windfall Island, but they are prohibitively priced. To obtain bombs, Link must beat the second rope challenge aboard the pirate ship. After that, the pirates rob the bomb shop which causes the shop owner to lower their prices to something reasonable. Once Link gets bombs, he can use them to break cracked walls or attack enemies. Link’s ship, The King of Red Lions, fires bombs as cannon balls while sailing the high seas. 

It wasn’t exactly wise to pick up the antique bomb you found discarded in a dungeon. It was especially unwise to light the bomb’s wick just to see if it will even light. Now the only wise thing to do is find a place to have this bomb go off, maybe over there by that cracked wall. It looks weak.

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Four Swords: An explosive start to the next set of items.

An explosive start to the items from The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords.

 

Bomb: Four Swords is a very different game from the main branch Zelda games. Each level is procedurally generated based on the zone your team is in and how many warriors the Four Sword has broken Link into. In these levels, there are item pedestals where any of the Links can grab the item and use it as their one tool in addition to their sword and shield. Bombs can be used as tools to destroy weakened walls or blocks to access hidden areas or as weapons.

You and your stoner cousin and best friend are heading to the biggest party of the century. You know the host dropped serious coin on getting the most audacious fireworks known to civilization. You two are just gonna have to sneak into that fireworks tent and snag a couple of extra special pieces to have on hand for the perfect moment. What could go wrong?

Not an artist: Five items from Oracle of Seasons that are tools of the apocalypse

Five items from Oracle of Seasons that are tools of the apocalypse 

Magnetic Glove: Found in the Unicorn’s Cave, the magnetic gloves allow Link to push and pull metallic objects based on their weight and polarity. Every time Link activates the gloves, they switch polarity from positive to negative which means the object, or Link if the object is heavy enough, is either repulsed or attracted to the glove. I have used a similar mechanic in my games, but I just gave the glove the ability to manifest a limited form of telekinesis that only works on magnetic metals.

This mechanical fist is a poor replica of the hand of an immortal watcher. With this approximation of the divine, gifted mortals might focus their limited abilities enough to momentarily pierce the veil separating the mortal world from other realms. The wearer might lure a lesser being from the other realms into our world, but even a lesser spirit has the power to unleash untold destruction in the mundane sphere.

Not an artist: Three items from Oracle of Seasons you can find at different stages of a revolution.

Three items from Oracle of Seasons you can find at different stages of a revolution.

Molotov cocktails often appear at the early stages of a revolution. Revolutionaries use such improvised firebombs to destroy property in the most visible way possible.

I'm not an artist: Five items from Oracle of Age used during a dangerous heist.

Five items from Oracle of Age used during a dangerous heist.

Letter of Introduction: Link is given this letter by a friend of the Graceful Goron in exchange for some Lava Juice. After the proper introduction, the Graceful Goron will give Link the chance to earn the Mermaid Key by perfectly completing the Goron Dance. 

As a kid, perfectly completing the Goron Dance mini-game was maddening. It took me forever and I still remember how relieved I was to be done.

This whole plan only works because we got our hands on a datapad with security clearance. With this datapad, we can see when and where the nuclear device is going to be transported. It is vital that we do nothing to disrupt the data pad’s secure connection so we are not able to dig as deeply into the servers at Ad Astra Technologies as we would like.

I'm not an artist: Five items from Oracle of Ages one could find in the far future of a fantasy world.

Five items from Oracle of Ages one could find in the far future fantasy universe.

Boomerang: The boomerang is not a required item or even a dungeon item in Oracle of Ages. Link can win it in the Goron Shooting Gallery in the Rolling Ridge but doesn’t have to in order to stop Veran and save Labrynna. The Oracle of Ages boomerang does all the standard boomerang stuff including stunning enemies and grabbing items.

Advancements in drone technology have made increasingly robust and useful drones. The tri-rang system is a modular drone that can be configured for many functionalities including surveying new planets, surveilling persons of interest, package delivery, and combat support. To deploy the drone, one need only throw it like a boomerang and command it through the standard neural interface.

I'm not an artist: For my 100th post here are five items from Oracle of Ages used during heists.

Five items from Oracle of Ages used during heists.

Switch Hook: While superficially similar to the classic hookshot, the switch hook has one distinct difference that makes in a very interesting item in its own right. When the switch hook strikes an object or enemy, Link switches places with whatever was struck by the hook. Some objects are too fragile to be moved in such a way and break when they arrive at Link’s location. This is a really fun mechanic that could be added to a game, but it would require some finesse as it could be easily abused and isn't very realistic. The switch hook is found in the Skull Dungeon in the current era Symmetry Village. It can only be entered after Link solves the chaos plague the village, but we will cover that when we get to the tuni nut. 

I probably should have just drawn a menacing meat hook ala the Warcraft abomination for the switch hook, but I am only thinking that now. Maybe I didn’t want to be too obvious then, or I really wanted to try to draw a grappling hook with all its internal perspective angles. I no longer remember. 

Where there are walls, there are people looking to get past walls. Grappling hooks have been used for centuries by rogues to slip into manors and estates. While technologically advanced versions of the grappling hook exist, the original is often the most reliable. 

I'm not an artist: Five masks from Majora's Mask worn by outsiders.

Five masks from Majora's Mask worn by outsiders.

All-Night Mask: If Link stops the mugging of an old lady we talked about when we were discussing the bomb bags, the All-Night Mask will be available for purchase from the curiosity shop later in the week. While Link can adventure for 72 hours straight without ever needing to sleep, he is unable to stay awake through Anju’s Grandmother’s stories. The power of this mask ensures nothing can put its wearer to sleep, so Link can answer the old woman’s questions eventually earning two pieces of heart.

Those living in the lands ruled by vampire oligarchy do not take the image of Nosferatu lightly. Thought by many to be the first vampire that brought the curse of bloodthirst to these lands, the vampiric aristocracy worship the ancient creature as a pale patron saint of their kind. The mortal serf class privately malign the name Nosferatu and would shun any who would choose to wear its image.

I'm not an artist: Five items from Majora’s Mask that were found on a ghost ship.

Five items from Majora’s Mask that were found on a ghost ship. 

Big Bomb Bag: Link must buy the first upgrade to the bomb bag in Majora’s Mask, but he can secure a discount if he stops the mugging of an Old Lady. Apparently, the goodwill earned by saving the woman from being robbed is only worth ten rupees. 

The basic construction of my form in this drawing is off and it drives me crazy but there is no sense in going back and fixing it. I completed this drawing and have to move on.

When the Wayward Soul was spotted by fishing boats returning to Ennsmouth through the evening fog, it was assumed that the ever-changing shoals surrounding the black reef caught another ship because a captain was too cheap to hire a local guide. Its crew was seen about the deck and as night fell, the last of the returning fisherpeople reported seeing the ship's lights shining dimly through the evening fog. The rescue tug that went out to the ship the next day found it abandoned and missing its crew and longboats, but appearing in every other way to be fully stocked, all the way down to the sailor’s footlockers filled with the collected debris of lives lived at sea.

I'm not an artist: Five items from Majora’s Mask you could find impounded in customs.

Five items from Majora’s Mask you could find impounded in customs.

Magic Bean: These magic beans grow into strong climbable beanstalks when they are planted in patches of soft soil and watered with spring water or the rains called down by Link playing the Song of Storms. Those waters must be quite potent since similar beans in Ocarina of Time take seven years to fully mature into beanstalks that could bear a hero’s weight. These beanstalks usually allow Link to access hidden areas containing a piece of heart or other valuable treasure.

Smugglers hide everything one could imagine inside of coffee casks. The strong aroma is supposed to hide the odor of any hidden contraband from the sensitive noses of the trained hounds. With the sheer volume of contraband laden coffee shipments coming into Port Brighton, a few are bound to be discovered and confiscated, coffee and all. The impound warehouse holds many exotic coffee shipments that are slated to be destroyed by “grinding and boiling” after the statutory holding period lapses.

I'm not an artist: Six items from Majora’s Mask you might find at a picnic.

Six items from Majora’s Mask you might find at a picnic.

 

Bombchu: These autonomous mobile bomb constructs move straight forward away from Link when placed. They can climb up walls and ceilings which allows for Link to get bombs to locations that would be otherwise inaccessible.

Nothing ruins a picnic faster than ants, except that is for flamesting ants. The bite of just one of these small insects is painful enough to leave the recipient doubled over in pain for hours. The few individuals who have survived an attack from a swarm of flamesting ants are permanently wracked with unbearable pain, forcing survivors to stupefy themselves senses with drink or smoke. 

I'm not an artist: Six items from Ocarina of Time two outlaws would carry.

Six items from Ocarina of Time two outlaws would carry.

Bomb Bag: Link obtains the bomb bag in Dodongo’s Cavern. With the bag, Link is no longer reliant on bomb flowers to solve puzzles and reveal secrets. This feels like the game begins to trusts you with the explosive mechanic enough to take you off the “see a bomb flower, expect to see a location to be bombed nearby” leash. 

I'm not an artist: Six items from Ocarina of Time you could find in a pulp hero story.

Six items from Ocarina of Time you could find in a pulp hero story. 

Bomb: Bombs only become available to Link once he obtains the bomb bag. After that, Link can blow open cracked walls, destroy weak stones, and give giant lizards heartburn as he sees fit. 

During the gala celebrating the newly unveiled Park City hazardous waste containment and neutralization center, a clockwork automaton crashes through the glass ceiling bringing the party to a standstill. The machine announces that the infamous Doc Clock has directed their minions to place bundles of dynamite all over the containment facility. If the waste stores at the plant were to be released, it would quickly wash down river and render the entirety of Park City unlivable for a generation. With the facility on the outskirts of town, no one is sure the bomb squad will make it in time.