#rpg npc oc

[a2zillustration]

I wanted the culmination of this project for me to be pretend screenshots of some interactions with Hambone, visual novel style. I scripted a handful of things, which I'll be posting in batches! If I were a truly ambitious person I would've made this animated or playable but,

I am not. :)

RPG NPC OC Project

[zhjake]

unexpected space megafauna creates the conditions for a wide array of characters who want to either wonder in awe at the universe's mystery or just get the hell off the station once they finally get clearance From our Lancer module: A Wake Writ in Void

[endomentendo]

TMA npc’s

Making some Npc’s for my TMA campaign. Hope to get more down.

Dian deetz/ the archivist

A tired and upkeep of an archive manager of both the library and artifacts storage. She’s seen her fair-share of the unknown and wishes to keep the hidden from the world’s view out of safety. But it’s this position that’s making her stressed for her life, especially with her coworkers who either know nothing or don’t take their job seriously. A certain coworker might just be the death of her.

Speaking of

Alastair Hellsing/ professional paranormal investigator.

A goofball of an investigator who doesn’t take their job seriously. Usually being a fun person to work with over how sporadic and chill he is. But don’t let that fool you since he’s professional for a reason.

[moeblob]

So there was going to be a lot more but consider this a part 1? For OC Lore Drops.

(none of this was drawn today but because it was storming earlier and I got some rest, I feel like I really want to knock out commission work and do not have time to draw something to post today without messing that rhythm up.)

Also a little bit more: Simeon is a romance novel writer and his hobby is people-watching. His ability to sense the supernatural entities is so exciting to the hellhound who just adores /trying/ to get the jump on him but always ends up 'sniffed out' before she can.

[leidensygdom]

I have a Freebie version of this pack on my Patreon- You can get it by following me there! I release freebies every month too >:3

Get it here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/123508445

Full pack: https://www.patreon.com/posts/february-pack-02-123508267

[karagna]

A year ago @fantastic-foxenstien and me ran a Lancer game called DEAD MAN'S GAMBIT where I made art for the NPCs that appeared in it! Here's the first 6 that the players met.

The premise was that it was a huge mech tournament taking place on a station. Mephisto runs the whole business and BLITZ is his assistant NHP who manages the backend. The rest art either other participants or relevant NPCs!

[notetakers-blog-of-holding]

A better (in my opinion) version of WorldAnvil that gets updated frequently. Build an elaborate wiki of your world that your players can contribute to or use as reference!

Just make sure to hide those NPCs the party hasn't met yet...

[mysterydragon14]

small break from stp to show off this oc of mine

She's been a major NPC in the SCP themed DnD game I've been DMing for years but her last reference sheet is allmost older than the game itself so i finally updated it so i can sign her up for artfight this year :3

Olivia is a scientist/ junior researcher at site-38 (the games home base), while semi successfully hiding the fact that she herself is an anomalous creature, a chimera that grew up mimiking humans. She works at the foundation despite her rational fear of getting caught, because she's just too curious for her own good. She's chipper and optimistic and does what she can to improve the lives and moods of SCPs and staff on site. Should she feel her life in danger she involuntarily shifts into the drake-like shape on the right like a werewolf.

[saintrabouin]

Qezra and Izaark met some nice dudes during their quest.

[teawitchgremlin]

So I’m planning on running a Magnus Archives TTRPG game based in the Usher Foundation (American Magnus Institute). And instead of actually writing the game I’m instead making assets for the game. So enjoy Magnolia Usher, director of the Usher Foundation.

Speed draw and her isolated portrait below the cut!

[softseaside]

After finally introducing Ni'onthe's crew one by one, let me finally formally introduce you to Blauauge (=“blue eye”) who's giving me brainrot for over a year now💙⚓

Blauauge is a tiefling barbarian and the third mate of the Soft Seaside, the ship that Ni'onthe sailed with for two years prior to the main campaign. I created him and the whole crew way back in 2021 when I wrote Ni’onthe’s backstory (more about Ni'onthe's crew here).

I’ve always planned for him to be my back-up character, should she ever die (that hopefully never happens lol). For now, he is a NPC in my mini-campaign called "Stille und Sturm" (which is just my modified self-indulgent version of "Dragons of Stormwreck Isle"). There, the party travels with the Ni'onthe's crew to solve problems on her home island

He seems like an angry, tough guy on the outside who gets irritated very quickly and often fights in taverns, but on the inside, he is a really insecure and overcompensates a lot. He's just a good and soft boy who genuinely cares about his loved ones but has problems showing and receiving affection 👀 (A lot of my fave characters are angry tsundere b*tch boys who are actually super soft and insecure and he is no exception, he is a big tsundere 💙) He is extremely loyal towards his captain and crew and takes his duties very seriously. He and Ni’onthe were really good friends.

(old art from 2021)

Blauauge likes drinking and fishing, he swears a lot and is liked by animals. He hates nobility and rich people. He believes that a good brawl is the best way to get to know a new city and become closer with someone. His choice of weapons are his fists and an anchor.

His name “Blauauge” which translates to “blue eye” is a german pun because he often has a black eye because of all the tavern brawls (black eye also translates into “blue eye” in german). But it's also a reference to his very bright blue eyes.

Sailor tattoos with actual meaning:

dagger with a rose (loyality and willing to fight everything, even something as sweet as a rose

“HOLD FAST” (for a good grip for rigging)

compass rose (always finding your way home)

Other tattoos:

waves

his crew’s slogan and flag

anchor (his character themes are anchors and storms)

I...eeeeeeeeh...like him a total normal amount so stay tuned for LOOOTS of art of him 💙

Old designs, some backstory lore drop and context for his role as NPC under the cut

(I changed his design quite a lot so please keep in mind when I post some of my older art! Also, I still have a lot to learn about drawing trans anatomy so if you see anything depicted wrong in my newer art, please dm me so I can learn!)

Old Design and Concept

As a big ass Fire Emblem Fan, I really liked the idea of a duo of two color-coded ship officers who are the complete opposite of each other, just like the iconic red-green knight-duos in FE.

Since sailors in media often have unique nicknames that are related to them, I also wanted to give them funny names that are very similar to each other to to immediately tell that they belong together. And that's how Blauauge (german for "blue eye") and Rotauge (german for "red eye") came to be!

Rotauge and Blauauge are complete opposites but get along very well…veeeeeery well 👀 Rotauge is a safe space for Blauauge where he can calm down and Rotauge likes Blauauge's company a lot.

Blauauge's design changed quite a bit since 2024 (2021, 2023, early 2024)

I still like the old design a lot, especially I already received so much art for it already and the yellow top scars were kinda iconic LMAO But I always felt like his old design didn’t show off his sailor background enough.

FUN FACT: “Blauauge” is the german term for blue-eyes, a specific kind of fishes with very bright blue eyes! I didn’t know about them when I created him, so after finishing his design, I was REALLY surprised to learn about them and coincidentally used a similar color palette sdlfkjsdlfkj

Backstory

Blauauge was born and raised on the streets of Neverwinter until Captain Sheryl took him to SoftSeaside at the age of 10. Sheryl noticed him because of his striking blue eyes and his defiant nature. When they met, he had a black eye (in german = blue eye) and gave him the nickname "Blauauge" ("blue eye" in german), which he eventually chose as his own when he transitioned. On the ship he learned to read, write and live the life of the sea. Before she took him in, he barely spoke and tried to survive by making a living by participating in underground fights. As a tiefling, he experienced a lot of racism (especially by nobility and rich people) when he was younger and even though, society changed a lot since the scars still remain. He's also feeling very disconnected to his heritage since he didn't have any contact with other tieflings. (because in this household we project our trauma on our OCs ✨)

Blauauge has been sailing on the ship for 16 years since he was 10 years old and with passing years, more people joined the crew permanently. He will never admit it but he loves them all very dearly and would do anything to protect them. Blauauge became the third mate of the ship, a role he holds with a lot of pride and he takes his duties very seriously. (While he was trying to survive on the streets, he really didn't have the headspace to think about gender (lmao) but after being adopted, he finally had a safe space to figure stuff out and his crew was really supportive during his transition for which he is extremely thankful for.)

And then, one day, a optimistic fish-looking goofball called Ni'onthe joined the crew, hehe ✨ In the beginning, he found her pretty annoying but her positive personality was really refreshing and he saw a lot of similarities (blue and yellow, trans, athelete, soft and caring) Since he is four years older than her, Ni'onthe kinda became a little sister for them. He and Ni’onthe were really good friends and was protective other her, taking her out for meals, showing her how to sail and checking on her (she really missed her parents in the beginning).

And even though, they had a lot of fun and a great time, Ni'onthe decided to leave to gain more experience and awaken her Ki. Blauauge was ✨ distraught ✨ by that and he really misses her a lot. This really got him thinking and since then, even though he loves his crew, he craves for adventures and wonders if he isn't missing something if he stays on the ship…But he is also scared to leave his loved ones behind, scared that he will not return or worse…to return and realize that he doesn't belong anymore.

Right now, he is an NPC in the mini-campaign that I'm dming right now (It's a modified self-indulgent OC version of StormWreck Isle, lol).

Quick campaign summary

As for now, during my campaign, while the party is solving the problems on the island, Blauauge does through his own fucking character arc while helping out in the village. Loyalty towards his crew and fear of leaving his home vs. the call for adventures and being very jealous that the party is fighting some monsters LMAO

However, Blauauge is currently being falsely accused of theft and banned from the temple because the party's rogue Nería (played by @/allbutnotthis) broke into the room of the grand master of the Order of Eldath to find a item. However, she got caught by Blauauge before she was able to lock the door. She gatekept, gaslighted, girlbossed her way out of this situation by using his weaknesses (aka his loyalty and softness towards his crew) against him. Blauauge believed her and promised to not snitch on her because she helped to save the ship from sinking earlier in the campaign. However, because Nería is such a good liar and Blauauge is a really bad liar, the grand master believes that Blauauge attempted to steal something and banned him from the temple temporarely until he is proven innocent or proves that he is trustworthy after all.

Let's see how this turns out LMAO

[a2zillustration]

One of my favorite things to do is make up art projects for me and my friends and then force everyone to play in a space with me.

A friend shared this lovely art and it made me think "hey what if we all drew ourselves as fantasy RPG NPC characters in a dnd-meets-stardew-valley type setting." And enough people were foolish enough to say "yeah that sounds fun!" that I turned it into A Whole Thing.

RPG NPC OC Project (which will have more posts when I actually...post more of the process)

I really wanted to treat this like an assignment for myself, so I spent some time thinking about what my character would be, what they might wear to fit that role, and I wanted to try making some sort of appropriate and cool outside. I haven't done silhouette sketches in....a long time. But! They were fun to explore.

[zhjake]

Loyal Wing Herschel Czerlov-4289 retired Albatross Commander, certified Big Space Fish Hater #1 From our Lancer module: A Wake Writ in Void

[undeadbard]

So. I am now running a CAIN session.

This is my CASTLE handler NPC!! Slick, my beloved <3

I rolled for his two sin marks (eyes and mouth) and the abilities combined so perfectly. So now he's got like a snake/basilisk thing going on

[apenasandy]

Jericho, The Last Elf

I am open for commissions ONLY through Ko-Fi!

[kriskrisinc]

A comic about when your DnD party starts shipping the NPCs