Distractions;

I decided to create a masterpost that would help you with what you are struggling with. Hopefully any of the links below will help you! Reminder; You’re going to be okay. What you are going through will pass, just remember to breathe.

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Distractions;

Here are some distractions to help keep your mind occupied so you aren’t too focused on your thoughts.

-Draw something

-This website translates the time into colours.

-Create your own galaxy.

-Play flowing.

-Make a 3D line travel where ever you like.

-Listen to music.

-Calm.

-Ocean mood, do nothing for two minutes.

Sleep issues;

- 8 hour sleep music.

-Rainy mood.

-Meditation.

-Coping with nightmares.

-How to cope with nightmares, 11 steps.

-Calm

-Foods that can affect your sleeping, both positive and negatively.

Uncomfortable with silence;

-Rainy mood.

-10 hours of rain and thunder.

-3 hours of rain and thunder.

-Human heartbeat.

-Rainforest.

-Sound of rain on a tin roof.

-Autumn wind.

-Rain on a tent

-Traffic in the rain.

-Soft traffic.

-Fan.

-Train.

-Simply noise.

-My noise.

-Rainy cafe.

Anxiety;

-How to stop worrying.

-Tips to manage anxiety and stress.

-The 10 best ever anxiety management techniques.

-Self-help strategies for anxiety.

-Helping a friend with anxiety.

-All about worrying.

-8 myths about anxiety.

Sad, angry and depressed/depression;

-“I’m always sad”

-Feeling sad.

-Going through trauma.

-“I’m always angry”.

-Anger management.

-All about anger.

-National helplines and websites.

-Self-help strategies for depression.

-Dealing with depression at work.

-Dealing with depression at school.

Isolation and loneliness;

-Pets and mental health.

-All about loneliness.

-“I feel so alone”

-10 more ideas to help with loneliness.

-How to deal with loneliness.

Self-harm;

-Alternatives to self-harm and distraction techniques.

-146 things to do besides self-harm.

-More alternatives to self-harm.

-Self-harm alternatives.

-How to take care of self-harm wounds/injuries.

-Getting rid of scars.

Addiction;

-How to help a friend with a drug addiction.

-What is addiction?

-All about alcohol and addiction.

-The facts about drug addiction.

Eating disorders;

-Helping a friend with an eating disorder.

-Eating disorder treatments.

-Support services for eating disorders.

-Self-help tips with eating disorders.

-Eating disorder recovery.

-Recovering from an eating disorder.

-100+ reasons to recover.

-Understanding and managing eating disorders.

Dealing with self-hatred;

-3 ways to ease self-loathing.

-How to turn self-hatred into self-compassion.

-Self-hatred resources.

-10 step plan to deal with self-hate.

Suicidal;

-International suicide hotlines (1) (2)

-Preventing suicide.

-Reasons to stay alive.

-Dealing with suicidal thoughts and feelings.

-Coping with suicidal ideation.

Schizophrenia;

-All about schizophrenia.

-Helping a person with schizophrenia.

-Understanding and dealing with schizophrenia.

-Delusions and hallucinations.

OCD;

-Managing your OCD at home.

-Overcoming OCD.

-How to cope with OCD.

-Strategies for dealing with the anxious moments.

Borderline personality disorder;

-Helping someone with BPD.

-All about personality disorders.

-Treatment for BPD.

Abuse;

-Healthy relationships VS abusive relationships.

-Emotional abuse

-Overcoming sexual abuse.

-Hotlines services.

-5 ways to escape an abusive relationship.

-Domestic violence support.

-Signs of an abusive relationship.

-What do to if you’re in an abusive relationship.

-Surviving abuse.

-What you can do if you’re sexual harassed.

-Sexual assault support.

-What to do if you’ve been sexually assaulted or abused.

Bullying;

-How to stand up against bullying.

-How to protect yourself when it comes to cyber bullying.

-How to help stop people bullying you.

Loss and grief;

-How to cope with a suicide of a loved one.

-Grieving for a stranger.

-Common reactions to death.

-Working through grief.

(Other loss and grief)

-Moving away from friends and family.

-Coping with a breakup.

Getting help;

-Seeking help early.

-All about psychological treatments.

-Types of help.

-All about age and confidentiality.

Things you need to remember;

- Don’t stress about being fixed because you’re not broken.

-Remember to remind yourself of your accomplishments. Tell yourself that you’re proud of yourself, even if you’re not.

- This is temporary. You won’t always feel like this.

-You are not alone.

-You are enough.

-You are important.

-You are worth it.

-You are strong.

-You are not a failure,

-Good people exist.

-Reaching out shows strength.

-Breathe.

-Don’t listen to the thoughts that are not helping you.

-Give yourself credit.

-Don’t be ashamed of your emotions, for the good or bad ones.

-Treat yourself the same way as you would treat a good friend.

-Focus on the things you can change.

-Let go of toxic people.

-You don’t need to hide, you’re allowed to feel the way you do.

-Try not to beat yourself up.

-Something is always happening, you don’t want to miss out on what’s going to happen next.

-You are not a bother.

-Your existence is more than your appearance.

-You are smart.

-You are loved.

-You are wanted.

-You are needed.

-Better days are coming.

-Just because your past is dark, doesn’t mean your future isn’t bright.

-You have more potential than you think.

- Your value doesn’t decrease based on someone’s inability to see your worth.

Please remember to look after yourself and know that you are more than worth it and you deserve to be happy. Keep smiling butterflies x

50 LGBTQ Characters in the Pathfinder RPG

Many have heard me and other members of the Paizo crew discuss our constant efforts to make the Pathfinder RPG a welcoming place for gamers of all stripes. Regardless, I’ve never been comfortable with the idea of pointing out places where we get things right (or make an honest attempt to get things right) in a professional venue. To me, that sounds like corporate bragging, and, worse, it sounds like marketing, when really it’s just people trying to be decent to each other.

That being said, I’ve had many readers ask me what Paizo products they can go to if they want to see more LGBTQ characters in Pathfinder. The answer’s a ton of places, literally dozens of adventures, sourcebooks, novels, and more.

So, for my personal reference, for your use (because if you’re here you’re an interested, charming, wonderful person), and for the guidance of those about to ask, I’ve assembled this list of 50 LGBTQ characters from the Pathfinder RPG. These are the first 50 characters who either leapt to mind or were on hand, and as such the sources and dates are skewed toward more recent characters. That also means that this is incredibly far from a comprehensive list. If you’re interested in the particulars of a character’s gender, sexuality, portrayal, role, or other specifics, I encourage you to either check out the PDF of the book in question or ask your fellow gamers on the product discussions linked with each. Additionally, at the end I’ve included a few links to past (and one future) discussions about LGBTQ topics and inclusivity in the Pathfinder RPG and the wider RPG world.

Hopefully these will be helpful next time you have a could-be gamer friend who says “I don’t know if that’s for me.” Turns out, Pathfinder’s for everybody, so come play!

50 LGBTQ Pathfinder RPG Characters

Azaz Arafe & Khelru (2014)

Lovers in the Scorched Hand

Pathfinder Adventure Path #79

Bors & Roshad (2014)

Married Members of the Iridian Fold

Redemption Engine

Dredge (2014)

Gender-Fluid Halfling Rogue

Pathfinder Adventure Path #79

Lady Sophronia (2014)

Gender-Fluid Ghost

Pathfinder Adventure Path #82

Muminofrah (2014)

Bombastic Noblewoman

Pathfinder Adventure Path #81

Vera & Xulaine (2014)

Cleric of Cayden Cailean and Sweettalker

Redemption Engine

Agrit Staginsdar & Sara Morninghawk (2013)

Prominent Couple in Trunau

Towns of the Inner Sea

Alexius Demetri & Lycio Vallant (2013)

Owners of the Heldren Sawmill

Pathfinder Adventure Path #67

Aron Kir & Sosiel Vaenic (2013)

Heroic Lovers from Kenabres

Pathfinder Adventure Path #74

Arshea (2013)

Empyreal Lord of Freedom, Physical Beauty, and Sexuality

Pathfinder Adventure Path #2, Inner Sea World Guide, Chronicle of the Righteous

Bella Belvorica & Solveig Ayrdahl (2013)

Duty-Parted Lovers in Whitethrone

Pathfinder Adventure Path #68

Cesseer of Ning (2013)

An Ukara or “battleflower” from the Suzerainty of Ning on Triaxus (Ukara renounce all outward expressions of gender and are sought after as consorts regardless of gender or sexuality)

Pathfinder Adventure Path #70

Irabeth & Anevia (2013)

Married Heroes of the Worldwound

Pathfinder Adventure Path #73, Online Discussion

Lona Orames & Duranna Alnurris (2013)

Cloud Giant Lovers

Castles of the Inner Sea

Marislova

Half-Elf Magus in Artrosa (2013)

Pathfinder Adventure Path #69

Porfirio & Dragomir (2013)

Crusader Lovers

King of Chaos

Princess Cassisoche & Lady Ilya (2013)

Princess of Irrisen and Proprietress of the Frosthall Theater in Whitethrone

Irrisen, Land of Eternal Winter

Esmerelda Darkshadow (2012)

Tragic Eldritch Knight

NPC Codex

Filario Grantsliem (2012)

Desperate Member of the Gray Maidens

Pathfinder Adventure Path #62

Herifax & Kanya (2012)

Harpy and Catfolk Lovers

Pathfinder Adventure Path #63

Mother Lanani Shabu (2012)

Halfling Tribe Leader

NPC Codex

Salty Chuzek & Dagoros Wildrum (2012)

Monster Hunters in Myscurial

Isles of the Shackles

Variel (2012)

Adventurer Father of Varian Jeggare

Queen of Thorns

Vonran Vilk (2012)

Former Pathfinder Society Master of Blades

Pathfinder Society Scenario 3-16: The Midnight Mauler

Aaqir al'Hakam & Emir Thalzar Gaatan (2011)

Qadira Faction Head, Raising Three Adopted Daughters with Husband

Pathfinder Society

Molly & Marzalee the Weaver (2011)

Dwarf and Ant Queen Partners

The Harrowing

Sonnorae (2011)

Creator of the Harrow

The Harrowing, Occult Mysteries, Online Discussion

Vitta (2011)

Master Thief and Lock-Breaker

Worldwound Gambit

Elias Sayer and the Tallow Boys (2010)

Head of an Organization of Gay Information Brokers

City of Strangers

Queen Illeosa & Sabina Merrin (2008)

Ruler of Korvosa and Bodyguard

Pathfinder Adventure Path #7

Cyrdark Drokkus & Sir Jasper Korvaski (2007)

Prominent Couple in Sandpoint

Pathfinder Adventure Path #1

Kyra & Merisiel (2006, 2013)

Pathfinder Iconic Characters

Pathfinder Comic, Volume 5

Inclusivity and Diversity in RPGs

Besides the characters noted above, the following includes just a few of the articles, interviews, seminars, and ongoing discussions that touch on GLTBQ topics and inclusivity in the Pathfinder RPG.

Diversity in Gaming (Upcoming; Gen Con 2014)

Paizocon: Diversity in Gaming (2014)

The Inclusive Fantasy World of Pathfinder (2013)

Know Direction: Homosexuality in Golarion Podcast (2013)

Podcast, Transgender Characters Note

Gen Con 2012: Queer as a Three-Sided Die Panel (2012)

Joe Carriker, Jeremy Crawford, Steve Kenson, and Wes Schneider

Part 1, Part 2

Homosexuality in Golarion, Paizo Messageboards (2008)

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The fact that trans women have just been completely booted out of this conversation on police brutality smfh…

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mark, my words. *mark brings me my dictionary* thank you mark

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People starving when tons of unsold food is thrown away globally because people couldn’t afford to purchase the food, that’s violence.

People dying and going bankrupt to pay for their healthcare, that’s violence.

People being evicted from their homes when there are more houses than there are houseless people, that’s violence.

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i came up with sort of an easy to swallow metaphor for my birthname in regards to my transition and it will be worded something like this

"imagine it’s like pokemon.. let’s say you have a pikachu and it evolves.. you’ll still have had it as a pikachu for a while, but it’s a raichu now, and even though it was a pikachu before, you wouldn’t go calling a pikachu raichu just because you knew it as pikachu for a long time. it wouldn’t be right"

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Cop Worship & the Criminalization of Blackness. In this hierarchy of violence a cop’s life matters infinitely more than a black person’s life, and Americans… are expected to demonstrate sympathy with the lives of police officers. By contrast, Americans are encouraged to scrutinize and question the humanity of black and brown people murdered by police before questioning the lethal force used in otherwise non-lethal situations. This social reality illustrates how power is coordinated and wielded unilaterally, directed against the masses by a specialized minority within the population. Police repression is framed in the mainstream media in such a way that when police commit violence against black and brown communities, it appears to white Americans as if they simply are protecting white communities from black criminality. This is the active dissemination of white supremacy. From it police accrue social capital and power within a conception of black bodies that perpetuates their dehumanization and murder. Completing the cycle, racist white Americans, after participating in the process of dehumanizing black people slain by police, then offer their sympathy, material support, and privilege to killer cops. …Ultimately, cops are praised because they enforce violence on behalf of the moneyed class. They protect existing power, wealth, and the right to exploit for profit, while simultaneously appearing to exist primarily for public safety. Straddling this paradoxical position, cops are worshiped because they are explicitly and implicitly attached to the rewards of privilege under capitalism.

Gangs of the State: Police & the Hierarchy of Violence (via america-wakiewakie)

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