#spctr dnd

In wake of DnD 2024 I remembered about my DnD OCs.

I watched some videos on new species. I like changes to aasimar a lot (my faves), but I'm sad about drow's immense lore reduction (my second faves). I get why it was done and how it can improve the game, but I also feel like it makes some aspects of it more boring and doesn't help new dms and players with distinguishing all the elves. Mixed feelings on drow, in short. Nothing new, I guess :'D

About characters in the picture: these are Arcuvol (drow lady) and Garxia (tiefling gentleman). They are from an original setting, but general lore of their species here is pretty much the same as in classic 5e: one is a cruel matriarchy serving evil goddess and another consists of lone misfits who are generally not so well liked.

Arcuvol is a bit twisted take on Disney princesses (druid of circle of the shepherd) and Garxia is an assassin rogue who weirdly hasn't assassinated anyone. Yet. He was a warlock using his powers to protect some tiefling kids before his patron died, and now they are on their own again. They are managing, though. Arcuvol and her younger brother are helping a lot.

These guys are kinda secluded from outside world, vibing in some mountains and really hoping that a bunch if adventures won't come and disturb their peaceful life.

(The adventures would come. And these two will become antagonists for plot reasons. But yeah. On their own they are pretty chill. They bring me so much joy. You can't imagine.)

Another messy sketch under the cut

I've been sooooooo artblocked lately, it's awful. So I drew my ttrpg OCs from all over the place in fancy (or not) outfits referenced from Pinterest

And then I proceeded to forget to post it. Yay.

Short overview of folk here, from left to right:

- Claude from Wraith: the Oblivion. He led quite a miserable life and ended up in the Legion of Paupers, but not before spending some time as a thrall. He had only recently caught some semblance of a break. Yeah.

- Ruben, son of Aphrodite from Scion: becoming as gods ttrpg. He is pretty grim, despite his looks and heritage, but not without a reason.

- Sharla, my Promethean: the Created girlie. Made by her creator to serve as a protector, she still fulfills her role – just in another group of people.

- Adlar, King of Summer in my Changeling: the Lost freehold. He hasn't actually been to Arcadia, but because he is a son of mortal woman and banished Gentry (so-called Charlatan) (a fact Adlar abhors and hides to the best of his ability) he is still technically a Changeling stuck in this whole changeling business