#epithet system

Posting some of my character designs here on tumblr! I haven’t given my blog enough love….

First things first!! My lady, Marie-Lynn! I designed her and a few other characters as important NPCs for a Great God Grove inspired TTRPG game I’m running!!

Marie-Lynn is inspired by Day of the dead (specifically sugar skulls and candles), Baba Yaga, Marie Lywd, and Baphomet!

She’s the warden (Demi-god) of charity and family, and one hell of a chef! She hosts a special celebration every year that supports family members to visit her towns and cook a meal that everyone can try, a massive feast for not just their family, but for EVERYONE! A gathering of found family, community, and friends. There is of course practices of worshiping the dead as well, much like Ofrendas (I probably butchered that spelling I’m sorry!) and telling stories of past ancestors!

Marie herself IS UNDEAD! She was boiled alive for being a heratic in the old lands, a corrupt religious land that saw her charity as weakness. As she was boiled she asked not for everyone’s destruction, but for their forgiveness and hope that they will all learn and grow. After she died, she ascended and became what she is now! She used her new form and powers to flee to the new world, and made her community! she’s very loving and runs an orphanage, as well as fosters MANY children. most of them don’t get adopted because they simply just become her children! Her heart is big enough for all… just let her clear a space for you at the table!!

PQ leader of the BIZZIE GUILD!!

for my GGG inspired TTRPG game, I wanted to include the Bizzies, but in a new way. so I made a self insert “guide NPC” as a sort of “Scout troop” leader. They’re a very large and parental Bizzie who uses their epithet “Merit” to make special magic patches for the bizzies and the party, enchanting them and any items they place them on.

Merits are my in game description of upgrades and leveling up.

PQ, after escaping the old lands years ago with a small group of bizzies, decided it was time to make a NEW name for the bizzies as a whole. everyone saw them as useless or annoying, like vermin! So PQ made the guild as a hands on way for bizzies to learn more about the world and to become useful, or find their purpose in their own way, with healthy guidelines. There’s many outposts in the new world that are run by special volunteers, and watch over and teach up to 20 bizzies each, and give out badges for good jobs! the badges can be for literally anything. From helping old ladies cross the street, to just opening up a banana real nice. Any thing that helps show the bizzies that they’ve done good things!

PQ herself drives everyone around in DA BIZZIE BUS, and stays in the bus most of the time. does she have a tragic backstory that May or may not get touched upon in game? Maybe…. Will I post any sketches of it here? ABSOLUTELY.