My piece for the @mementomoristrahdzine !!! Please go check out the zine, there are a bunch of amazing artists who contributed, I’m honestly honored to have my name anywhere near them!
Brothers, doomed by birthright, doomed by love, doomed by darkness.
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My piece for the @mementomoristrahdzine of Strahd and Sergei
My wonderful DM altered their relationship fairly heavily so I wanted to represent their relationship through a portrait that could sit comfortably in the castle full of hidden meanings and secrets. Truly honored to be a part of this project! Everyone was so wonderful to work with and I am thrilled for the next one! Thank you @curseofsergei for running this!
Thrikreen, insect people! Traditionally these are 4–7 ft (1.2–2.1 m) tall, though the AAG says they can go a little smaller. They've got 4 arms, change color at will, see in the dark, don't need to sleep (only sit down and rest for a bit), and are telepathic! You don't even need to share a language, it just interacts with your base understanding. Which is good, the mandibles make speaking our languages difficult, and we struggle to speak a language that's as much antenna waving as it is sound. They're nomadic hunters that form a group of a couple people they trust and are extremely antisocial toward everyone else, though they hide that distrustful side since unnecessary conflict is dangerous.
Edit: We're talking about the player character version, which live normal human lifespans. The original version only lives around 25 years. Bit weird, but they smoothed out all the short lived species the same way they made many have multiple size options or different creature types.
The dwarf barely needs introduction, a fantasy staple. Hardy, stubborn, brave, cynical, loyal, 4-5 foot (1.2-1.5 m), and this particular example likely lives around humans. Because all dwarves grow well-maintained beards, but some who live around humans take to shaving. For fashion reasons mainly, and I presume for convenience of not being misgendered constantly. Mood.
...look, it's a dwarf. You know what this is. You think 5e innovated on this? They're everything everyone riffs on. If you're not copying Tolkien you're copying D&D (and Tolkien).