#axebeak

Holiday Mini #26: Axe Peep Not exactly my finest work, but sometimes you just gotta roll with a silly idea.

I started DMing Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden, here's one of the PCs brave Sir Lancealittle riding a mighty Axe Beak.

Axebeak running concept

They are basically a million things I love and have wanted to do, putting little fabric guys on ceramic critters, D&D, Terror Birds.  Hope you like em!

Bun x Axe 4ever

Axe beaks are not silly. They are predators just as any other beast, though monster may be a better word. Even with their vestigial wings they are a fearsome sight to behold. The beak is indeed axe shaped and used like the weapon to make extraordinary blows against their prey, cleaving through skin, muscle, and sometimes bone. These monstrous birds chase down their prey to exhaustion, able to out-pace most horses. I’ve heard some have tamed axe beaks as mounts. I’d certainly like to see that, if for nor other reason than to see how many scars the trainers are covered in. Fortunately they are mostly solitary and will not eat carrion. Laying down and pretending to be dead is a good method of avoiding their interest. Climbing a tree out of their reach is also a good tactic to escape them. Despite the name, they cannot use their beaks to fell trees and will lose interest after a time.  -- The final beast of A! Instead of just a straight Phorusrhacos, I wanted to do a sorta flightless vulture. An Old World vulture specifically. The beak is divided into the upper axe, and the lower whetstone, which keeps the axe sharp and ready to use. This isn't real biology, just monster hunter logic. The coloration gave me a little trouble. Also, Lias' shield is supposed to be splintered along the middle. The things aren't meant to last forever. Next time: a string of relatively normal animals.

Been a few days since I could draw consistently, so for today we have Bird Monstober 6, 7, and 8! We have a cockatrice, an axebeak, and a roc!