Happy Halloween to those with plans tonight or taking the kids out 
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Hereās a few some may not have heard of;
- TrickāRāTreat
https://youtu.be/NJ66Htmmq4M
This is probably the most well known one Iāll list but Iām frequently shocked at how many people have never heard of it. This is without a doubt the best Halloween movie ever made. Itās a sort of anthology movie but itās short stories are tied together in surprising ways. The less you know about this the better but put bluntly this deserves to be for Halloween what Itās A Wonderful Life is for Christmas.
- I Sell The Dead
This is a delightful gallows comedy about grave robbers who gradually stumble into more supernatural shenigans. Itās a fun working class buddy comedy story. It just so happens their job gets them into some pretty grave situations. Certainly more spooky than scary but itās a pretty fun one thatās not taking itself too seriously.
- Blood Quantum
This ones pretty recent and I adore it because itās a true return to Romero Zombie Horror. And by that I mean itās a zombie movie with a lot of social commentary but a zombie movie first. Itās not hitting you over the head with anything because itās too busy hitting zombies in the head with chainsaws. Crux of the story is itās your standard zombie apocalypse but strangely thereās a group of Canadian Natives who are genetically immune to the virus. But of course not immune to being ripped limb from limb so I like how the zombies remain a very credible threat even without the one bite and you lose rule.
- Viktor Crowley
Now this is my personal favorite but really any movie in the Hatchet series will do. This feels like what we wouldāve gotten from the Friday The 13th series if it hadnāt gone into IP Rights purgatory. Itās a slasher series that knows what it is and why youāre here and manages to balance itās comedy without turning into a farce. The titular villain is always a credible and imposing threat so thereās still an air of menace to the proceedings. It also uses gore well. Shows you just enough to get you to breathe through your teeth but never overstays itās welcome.
- Suspira (2018)
Iām commiting horror nerd heresy here but itās my belief this one is superior to Argentoās 1977 original. Even though itās almost difficult to compare the two as while itās the same basic premise Argentoās is a lot more vague and dreamlike. Put bluntly this is a horror movie about witches but also manages to be about the self destructive nature of chasing artistic perfection and a peroid piece about late 70s Berlin.
Iāve tons more if anyones looking for more recommendations but thereās just a few that donāt get the love and attention they deserve, imo.
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A resin skull tops my crowd-beating perfectly safe and harmless staff!! And I put faerie lights in it that twinkle, so it looks really nifty.
But walking to work to show off my costume to my coworkers uncovered a few unforseen problems.
I cannot wear my glasses under the mask, because there isnāt enough room or airflow.
The maskās lenses get very slimy very quick because of the lack of airflow. Iām effectively blind at all times.
Said resin skull is not very well secured and falls off whenever it chooses.
The robes get tangled in my feet.
And it is very, very warm out. And my costume is even warmer.
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See the upside to my Samhain mask as I can just pull it up and it serves just as well as a bonnet. Plus itās big enough to drop over my dogās head. Which Iāll stop doing when it stops being hilarious.
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That is the benefit of my staff! I can put my mask on top of it and the skullās lights shine through the lenses and looks super cool!!
Now back to troubleshooting my Halloween.
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It must be trickyā¦ and goofy going down the stairs full regalia with a giant nose under your eyes.
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Honestly forgot it was Halloween
Iām also not happy about the Witcher changes lol which is odd bcz Iām not a huge Henry Cavill fan like say when people purpose him in ASOIAF Iām like uhm no but I love him in the Witcher
Whatās interesting is plague doctor outfits actually are primitive but still effective hazmat suits. The beak which was stuffed with flowers to cover up the sent of death actually work as a filtration system and the wearerās skin was completely covered so fluid transmissions were also blocked.
Itās one of my favorite Exhibit As on how people of the past mayāve been ignorant relative to us learned spacemen of tomorrow. But they werenāt dumb. They werenāt 100% sure on how diseases spread but they had enough of a rough grasp of the idea to cover all their bases even while basically operating from just educated guesses.
And the lovely medicine stick was also used to examine corpses without having to directly touch them. While also serving as a good bludgeon to crack unreasonable people over the dome.
Is kinda sad how very close they got though. Recall reading the surviving notes of a medieval French Plague Doctor and the guy is puzzling out possible causes and then goes āAnyway on a completely unrelated note there sure were a bunch of fleas everywhereā. Makes you want to reach through time and go;
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Costume troubleshooting should maybe hopefully be done.
Actually, going down stairs isnāt a problem. As long as the robes (or skirts or dresses too) is ankle length or shorter, youāre not likely to step on it if youāre even a little careful. Your feet are extending past the length of cloth when you go down.
Going UP the stairs though? That is a whole other story. There are all of six steps to get into my place of work, and when I went there to show off, I nearly faceplanted on each one. And yeah, itās because of the beak. I never have a problem wearing skirts to work because a quick glance at where Iām going warns me before I step on my own clothing. But with no glasses and a foot-ish of black leather beak between me and everything downward, I canāt see a dang thing. I think Iāve gathered up the bottom to hold it up a little to avoid stepping on it, but itās never the case!!
And because of the mask and the robeās hood, taking it off for a small flight of stairs is a massive hassle.
If you donāt hear from me for a while, I am probably in the hospital from falling over my own self and busting my face open.
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Does the mask beak do nothing to break your fall on the steps? Or is it your nose and pearly whites that are supposed to cushion your face?
Also lack of airflow is no joke. My costume for this year is a bright blue inflatable suit with a big S and red cape.
Yes I am fat superman this year. Its like an oven in thereā¦ unless I turn on the suit to inflate but then I canāt sit or turn corners. 
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Also, presented for the approval of the Midnight Society, the best horror story featuring a Plague Doctor Iām immediately aware of;
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Honestly, this thing is so stiff. Like, ridiculously stiff. I had to spend a month keeping it stretched out to keep a proper shape after it was stuck in storage for however long. I can safely say if I fell on it, itād be as effective as walking into a wall with it, meaning my whole face suffers. But it might keep my head from crashing on concrete! Iāll be beak-planted, on the ground from the neck down, but with that beak holding my head up.
I did solve some of the airflow issues by cutting up a couple straws and hot gluing them along the edge of the mask, where it meets my face. Itās far enough back that nobody can see it, and allows my breath to escape. I also unstitched part of the bottom and wedged some broken toothpick parts to increase the airflow. Iāve been wearing the mask for the last ten minutes and no more fogging.
Thank you YouTube tutorial videos for helping a lady out in her time of need!
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Do like snorklers do and spit in it. Iām sorry I am not good at problem solving.
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Its probably too late for this year but if you had a straw that can fit into another straw you could drink without removing the mask.
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For everyoneās enjoyment. Especially Alysna since sheās going out as a Plague Doctor 
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http://thecampaign20xx.blogspot.com/2015/07/dungeons-dragons-guide-to-lady-of-pain.html
Apparently the Book thatās supposed to be the Lady of Painās Backstory is theorized to hint that the Lady is the child of Poseidon yet it seems to hint at something else that is hinted at by Ravel Puzzlewell: That she is Ravel herself!
The Lady of Pain has been hinted to be one of the rulers of the Nine Hells and her being the Hag Countess Malagard herself and thus the greatest of the Grey Sisters Ravel Puzzlewell herself would not be a surprise.
In that case that means that the Transcendent One struck a fatal blow to the core of the Lady of Pain herself leaving a corpse still animate due to the sheer belief of the denizens of the Planes keeping her alive.
Darth Trayaās distaste for the Force is thus the Lady of Painās distaste for Gods(which is unsurprising since Hags are only worshipping Cegilune the Evil White Moon because she is threating them otherwise).
Incidentally since Ravel is the greatest of the Grey Sisters and thus Malagard that means the Black Barbed Maze(completely merged with the bloated corpse of Ravel Puzzlewell after the Nameless One has permanently left her Maze) is being passed off as Malbolge(which is shown to be a separate Mountainous Place in latest Lore) one of the Nine Hells of Baator.
Cities that fluctuate in Morality within the Planes get teleported by Angels when they spot them. The Gate Town of Curst got teleported to the 4th Layer of Carceri named Colothys(made blatantly clear by the place being an obvious Mountain as Colothys is) by the Devil-Deva Trias the Betrayer.
Tirasās hold on the Town got him weakened when their Morality started switching to good and was lost after he was defeated. Take out the jailer(made easier by making the prisoners change Morality to go against the Planeās own Chaotic Evil Morality) keeping someone in Carceri and that someone returns to his/her/itās original Plane by default.
With that in mind some Deva thinking that the Layers of Mount Celestia should simply be the Celestial Planes with the Celestial Heaven taking their place as the Lawful Good Plane would probably get away with it(Celestials are passive only acting against attempted invasions of their own domain and even allowed Tzeentch to merge the Realm of the Sorcerer with Lunia).
A Deva could theoretically grab the Black Barbed Maze(think Maldraxxus), Aeaea(think Krokuun on Argus) and the Gates of the Moon and fuse them with Lunia(which contains Tzeentchās Realm of the Sorcerer) to create the Plane of the Moon provided certain Lunar Deities donāt smite the Deva on the spot.
That same Deva could combine Jealous Heart(Crimson Dust & Rivers of Blood), Gizekhtet(Sloping Grasslands), Succor(Grasslands), Quietude(also Grasslands) and Venya(the Green Hills resembling the Shire & Snowy Slopes) to create the Plane of Venus as well as combine the Eternal Sun(Golden City), Thekele-Re(Desert) and Solania(Dwarven Mines & Chinese Empire) to create the Plane of the Sun provided the Venusian and Solar Deities donāt smite the Deva either.
Planes have places in them because some Deva, Demon, Night Hag or Devil wants those places there.
For the DnD nerds here. I once played a Plague Doctor in a campaign. And not by RP flavoring a Cleric or Druid.
I did it with a gnomish rogue, took Expertise in Tinker Tools and Herbalism. Took the Healer Feat, and the Thief rogue Archtype.
With Herbalism I could creation potions of healing, cure poisons and diseases, so on and so on. With Tinker Tools I could create mechanism that made it easier to administer those potions. And with the Thief class ability Fast Hands with the Healer feat, I could use a Healerās kit to heal two party members in a single round of combat.
I wouldnāt call it a sustainable build, but at low levelsā¦ It worked very well and it was a lot of fun to RP. Had a backstory I really liked, and a very emotional story arch.
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Iām like half way on each of the necessary achievements for zareth mortis flyingā¦ so does that make me half way overall idk tbh lol? Anyways at least thereās that I suppose. Thatās been my only goal since returning is to wrap up this story and secure flying while doing it.
Also I feel a lot more comfortable on my priest picking my own talents then my paladin idk why but Iām gonna try to pick my own Paladin talents lol as opposed to copy pasting my options. Cause for my priest it was kinda fun picking things but I also havenāt played him in forever lol
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My lenses kept fogging up, leaving me completely blind. I nearly tested Smallās theory about the structural integrity of my maskās beak preventing me from face-smashing into the ground dozens of times (but those times I walked straight into walls proved the theory holds no weight, the mask just falls off). I have bruises on my shins from walking into things. My head is pounding from dehydration. And I need at least seven baths to wash away all the sweat I accumulated under my costume, even though all I wore under it was a tee shirt and my under things.
This night was awesome and I cannot wait to do it again next year!!! I know pictures of me in costume with the other plague doctor who adopted me are gonna circulate somewhere and Iāll never see them, but I donāt care, it was a blast!!!
Now Iāmāa go and clean the Halloween off me.
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Might want to take a shower before taking the multi-bath cleans
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