Picking Petals

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The face of a warrior

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[A low CR monster to inject a little bit of magic into a low level game. Too many 1st level adventures seem to have samey monster palettes–kobolds or goblins, giant vermin, skeletons and zombies. Lather, rinse, repeat. So how about a firebird to challenge first level characters?]

Basan This brilliantly colored bird is the size of a turkey, with a flamboyant comb and wattle. A faint violet glow flickers about its face.

Native to the most remote forested mountains, the resplendent basan is a type of game bird with a strong affinity for fire. Their guts burn with an internal heat, and they can only digest the most charred of plant matter—ashes, charcoal and partially burnt logs. Most of a basan’s diet comes from plants they burn themselves, but huge flocks of basan gather in the wake of forest fires to feed, mate and lay speckled eggs buried deep in still-warm ash piles. Both male and female basan are brightly colored and bear wattles and combs. They are fairly clumsy fliers, and prefer to walk unless threatened or crossing water.

Basan come into conflict with humanoids in a number of ways. They may be attracted to the smell of bonfires, cooking fires or house fires. Basan are easily startled, and their habit of blowing flames at their assailants can cause serious injury to a well-meaning onlooker. They are also hunted, both for their lovely plumage and in a case of mistaken identity—they are often confused for cockatrices or other, more dangerous, magical birds. Those burned by a basan’s fire are limned in the stuff briefly, a property that makes them coveted by nobles, wealthy merchants and others who fear death at the hands of invisible assassins.

Clockwork Alchemist

Just Finished up My Alchemist Class! I have to give a Huge thank you to https://bloodshot9001.tumblr.com/, Who was gracious enough to let me work whit him on this one. We each have our own “final” version of this class, and his is available here

I should probably clarify that this is not my FMA style Alchemist class. For anyone desperately hanging on the edge of their seat waiting for that, I’m sorry to say that the time hasn’t come quite yet. That project is still in the works under the working title of the “alchemancer” (pm me if you can think of something better), but has been put on the back-burner while I focus on paid work. This Alchemist is based around crafting unique concoctions including potions, poisons, and bombs. It is designed to be a “Spell-less” alchemist, in response to the seeming overabundance of “Potion wizards” that seem to be so common.

There’s still some playtesting to do on this one, but it should be ready to go for the most part.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse -  Official Trailer

We are, Loki 

A quick little something I knocked together, the patented tragic backstory generator ™ is the easiest way to give your character a mythically horrible origin. 

A BRIEF ORIGIN STORY

A SUPERPOWER OR THREE, MAYBE FOUR DEPENDING

A SUPERHERO OR VILLAIN NAME

YOU MIGHT ALSO GET AN ARCHNEMESIS WHO HAS REBLOGGED THIS ALREADY