#heroforge ask game

[octahedral-chaos]

Okay so I decided to use Heroforge to create a new character and uhhh… Light Starfolk Druid anyone?

Meet Aera the modified light huntress!!! Cool lass, she has a Falcon familiar named Ezair and a griffin mount named Ardima (Totally didn’t have Heroforge unload on me-). She wields a spear and hunts down corrupted monsters with her group.

Bonus silly

She eepy

( @mystic-131 and @spectralgecko have the results of my shenanigans)

[agoodfriendtoyou]

So I realized that I only did the characters for Eggabells campaign

I doubt I’ll draw the other party anytime soon, especially considering that I have no clue for that campaigns plot or character development. But I did make heroforge figures for that party, so I might as well post it here and now.

So here’s the designs for the party DM’d by Snorpy 

Johnathan Tallheart — Filbo 

Grumpus Paladin

Filbo has watched Dnd campaigns online, and has wanted to play for a while

Horrible luck on rolls, but is great at portraying his character. Typically the voice of reason for the group “Bombs are not always the answer Flo— I mean, Kendrick.”

Evelyn Firecrack — Jolino(the journalist) 

Teifling monk

Played dnd in high school/college, fell out of it because of their journalism career. Very excited to play again

Ends up asking the questions about the world building that Snorpy never prepares for

Samantha Looksee — Beffica 

Drow elf Rouge

Thinks dnd “is some squeeb shit”, Got dragged along by Jolino and Filbo, but ends up enjoying herself “oh god I’m the nerd”

Reads about all of the rules, learns them by heart

Rebecca Starlight — Wiggle

Changeling(? Might make her face more chameleon like if I ever draw her) bard

Never played, but knows about it from gramble. Finds it very fun/intriguing

Heavy into the role playing aspect, less keen on combat

Alice Automage — Shelda 

Warforged Wizard

Shelda played the first edition with her old friends, now she’s having to learn the system all over again along with the changes and updates to the game

Has developed a detail backstory for her character, and is excited to have Snorpy implement it.

Kendrick Clickboom — Floofty

Fairy Artificer

Floofty was a forever dm back in college, so they are very excited to finally be a player again

Snorpy was a frequent player in their campaigns, and he’d always derail sessions/cause chaos(it was accidental, most of the time). They’re excited to return the favor.

[anomalouscorvid]

1, 7 and 13 for carrie?

(ask game)

interesting questions, thank you!

1 (What was the first element of your OC that you remember considering (name, appearance, backstory, etc.)?) - appearance! no personality, definitely no backstory, but i wanted a face to put to the username. these heroforge screenshots are the oldest files in my fl images folder (june 2021):

in another world that mask mightve been a vital part of her character...

7 (Is there any significance behind their height?) - she's 5'6, which was chosen completely arbitrarily. just seemed like a good height

13 (How far past the canon events that take place in their world have you extended their story, if at all?) - her canon order of events is already kind of uncertain! haven't exactly written a single long defined story for her yet, and if i did, it probably wouldn't even extend to her current in-game state

but i've put some thought into what might happen in her future(s)... many branching paths depending on when she (perma-)dies, for example. could die next year, or in the seventh city, or in the high wilderness, or perhaps..... never at all??

i've considered all of those, and unless i write something where it's relevant i don't really have a reason to stick to just one future! whatever fits that particular story in the moment

similarly, the various AUs for her (vake-carrie, dawn-carrie, carrie-gets-involved-with-hearts-and-has-a-horrible-time, etc.) ... those might happen extremely soon, or in irem's nearby future, or the point where they would have happened has already passed..

anyway in conclusion, arguably pretty far but like. mostly in terms of there being potential. not a step-by-step 'this is how her future goes' storyline, just points i could direct her towards

[alt-wannabe]

ask on anon because i'm shy and haven't interacted w anyone in the community before this ask :") but i saw your mcsr d&d posts and got SO EXCITED!! all of your subclass assignments are so good and you are a multiclass wizard madam.

my only suggestion so far is that it would be really funny if you upped everyone's base movement speed to 35ft or something like that. because y'know, speedrunners go fast.

also i think you mentioned about being undecided on poundy's class- is there some potential multiclass fuckery in an arcane trickster x bard build? i think the 5e rules on spell slots makes the build a bit weird, but the vibes are there imo.

anyway yippee the character sheets are so cool. much much love :3

HI NONNIE!

no need to be shy we dont bite! (especially not me ive been here less than a year lmaooo)

im so so happy ya like the dnd stuff! its like largely what got me involved in the mcsr tumblr community which i can confidently say is one of the best online spaces imo :)

what's interesting about how i multiclass everyone is that i tend not to multiclass in games myself. if i do its always the basic combos (the two i can remember doing are druid w/ a slight dip into cleric and then sorlock in bg3). i try to make sure nothing like HARD conflicts between the multiclasses for the most part and i think ive done a pretty ok job lol

i def agree with the movement speed. tbh i havent really paid much mind to that which is so silly because they are SPEEDRUNNERS. i am trying to keep myself relatively contained to a realistic/playable build for everyone so it just depends on whether or not i can get a feat or trait or something like that that upgrades movement speed while not tanking other important features of the build

i am in fact, still stuck on the poundy build (but tbh ive been so slammed and busy for the past literally 3 months i havent even really looked at the character sheet in a looonnnggg time). helian made some super cool art of some runners as dnd characters and poundy was one of them, as a paladin iirc which is an idea im not opposed to thats for sure! ig i just didnt wanna seem like i was stealing the idea or step on any toes or anything :). i like the idea of arcane trickster subclass but idk how i feel about rogue for poundy because- and i absolutely mean this in the best way possible- subtlety isnt his strong suit lmaooo. i do think i want to go for bard though, especially after that thrilling espresso parody he sang in the mcsr awards

this def inspired me to get back to making character sheets though like now my brain is buzzing with ideas. i will say ive been making mini models in my spare time bc i love heroforge and also sometimes i see someones super cool mcsr artwork and i need it recreated in a little mini figure (although i dont post those bc obvi theyre not my designs yknow? just somethin i make for fun) ((also tins and oliver coppersunflower pirate art yes this is about you))

im sorry for going on such a ramble! tysm for the ask and also the inspo for more dnd works! im super glad ya like it and hopefully ill have some more mcsrd&d stuff out soon <3

[ragsy]

I’m trying to diversify, I know you think I’m gonna just ask for the OC questions for mark and Everett but NO

This time!

It’s Sloane and Arji. Give me all 20 (or at least the 19 since 20 is sorta just a misc catch all) for Sloane and Arji

1. What was the original thought that led to the creation of this character? Sloane: I already answered about her current iteration, but her ORIGINAL iteration came about because I needed an NPC who was formidable, professional, and charismatic. My players needed to be scared of her, they needed to be able to like her, and they needed to be able to trust her judgement. Everything else flowed from there! Arji: I made a dragonborn sorcerer in 2017, then I YES-ANDed him into a fully fledged guy

2. How long was the process before the character reached its final version? (or a version that would be clearly recognizable as the character?) Sloane: Pretty quick, compared to a lot of my other characters. I knew right away what role she needed to fill, and I had her written and figured out almost a full year before I introduced her in game. And then TAZ Ethersea happened in that interim and when I finally introduced her, the first thing my players asked me was if she was secretly Amber Gris Arji: Years, probably? I wasn't as deep into Developing Characters as I am now when I made him, he was just a long processs of feeling out the vibes and making small changes here and there.

3. What was the first thing you decided on, the character's name, appearance, personality or their role in the story? Sloane: Role in the story! She was an NPC who existed to hamper the players first, and a character to flesh out second. Arji: Probably appearance? I knew I wanted to play a green dragonborn, goofed around in heroforge a bit to figure out his look, then went from there. His personality didn't crystalize until several sessions into the campaign though. I really don't remember much from his earliest days, i'm so so sorry

4. And reverse, which one of the four things did you struggle with the most? Sloane: Oh, her name gave me lots of trouble. It took many many tries to find one that fit her. She started out as Jodi Armstrong and now she's Sloane Hill. Arji: I don't actually think I struggled much with creating him. It was pretty stream of consciousness. He poured from my brain like a flowing river or something to that extent

5. How did you choose their name and why? Was it simply based on vibes or is there any specific meaning behind the name? Are the reasons behind their name different in- and out of universe? Sloane: I answered this one already, but mostly vibes and trying out names from name lists until something felt right. Arji: RGB color profile

6. What was the thought process behind their appearance? Did you go mostly for the aesthetic or are there other reasons they look the way they do? Sloane: big woman built like a pro wrestler with fucked up monster arm is hot Arji: mostly feeling out the Normal DnD Aesthetic at first, then branching out into actually thinking about his shape language and silhouette and body type etc etc etc

7. What is an aspect of their appearance that you like the most? Sloane: i just really really really like her broad shoulders! feels like the most quintessential sloane feature of hers to me Arji: His big bright beautiful eyes! They're usually the first thing of him that I draw.

8. What is the origin of their personality? And let's be honest - how much of it is projecting? Sloane: all of it is projecting. she's my dream woman built in a lab rocky horror style Arji: Steven Universe and Mabel Pines. Mostly.

9. How big is their role in the story? Do they make a frequent appearance or are they a character with little "screentime" but big influence? Or are they just a favourite background guy? Sloane: uuuuuuh well she's been a side NPC for most of her existence until now that I have her as a player character, but i wanna play her SO BAD, B TEAM I MISS YOU Arji: Through a weird technicality, has the most screentime of any character in his whole campaign, including other player characters. shrug

10. What is their main character arc in the story? Where do they start and how do they develop? Do they get a happy ending or is their story a tragic one? Sloane: i dunno yet! she deserves a happy ending, but she has a bit of a martyr complex, soooooo, Arji: still also technically in his character arc, but he's done a lot of maturing since the start of his adventure. he's still a naive sweetie pie, but with trauma now

11. Is there any existing character from other media that your character resembles? Was the resemblance intentional or was it a coincidence? Sloane: Shaking hands with Hellboy over being shaped like a brick and having one arm that causes Monster Problems and having propensities for smoking and cursing Arji: If you put Aang ATLA and Steven Stevenuniverse and Mabel Gravityfalls in a blender with a lizard you would get a terrible travesty. or maybe you'd get arji. Let's find out--

12. Do you have a playlist for the character? What songs do you associate with them and why? Sloane: She doesn't, but I've been trying to come up with some. Surely there's some Led Zeppelin out there that's right for her Arji: He does! Some heavy hitters from that list are: Rainbow Connection from the Muppet Movie, Let's Dance to Joy Division by The Wombats, and Cool Patrol by Ninja Sex Party,

13. Do you have a voice claim for the character? What do you imagine the character sounds like? Sloane: Wendie Malick, hands down. (she voiced Eda in the Owl House) Arji: No particular person, but thinking about it at this very moment in my mind he would be a perfect role for whoever's voicing Tails in the sonic franchise right now

14. Do you have any quotes tied to the character, either from the story itself or from another source that fit them? Sloane: "Aw, hell." Arji: "Hi, who are you? Statistically speaking, we're friends now!"

15. Have you ever made a moodboard for them? Sloane: A small one, like four images. I don't know if I can be fucked to dig it out lmao Arji: ditto ^

16. Is there any memes or running jokes associated with the character, both in- and out of universe? Sloane: Carrying tchotch around in a baby sling. Pink sparkly magical girl gun Arji: Sweet lad, do NOT enter the horny zone, do NOT look

17. Are there any motifs or symbols associated with the character? How are they represented, in their design, personality or in some other way? Sloane: gun??? of both the weapon and the arm variety??? i guess????? Arji: Dragon scales, sparks and embers.

18. Does the character have other characters connected to them? Do you have a family tree and "offscreen" connections made up for them or do they exist in a vacuum purely for the purpose of the story? Sloane: she's coworkers with my friends' wonderful OCs and i love that for her and i apologize to them. also she's friends with benefits with Diane Fishwoman Arji: aside from his dnd party, not really! He's kind of an island, lore-wise

19. What is your general favourite thing about the character? What is your least favourite? Sloane: 💗she's just really really cool. ❌i need to DEVELOP HER MORE Arji: 💗everyone loves arji!❌I'd really like an opportunity to rebuild him from the ground up. he has a tangled mess of history and lore and whatever that I can't keep track of anymore

[cowbot-lumberjane]

Some of my favourite heroforge models I've made:

These were either for campaigns I was in, made for fun, or made for hypothetical characters I'd like to play

Flynt Fletcher: an earth genasi/elemental (depending on setting) archer. Yes the name is a pun. I love her design and would love to play her.

CW: A former rich kid turned bard turned swashbuckler, she was originally my first nonbinary character waaay back when I was figuring things out. CW is the name she took when she ran away from home as it formerly stood for her now deadname, Cyrus Woltven. She makes up what it stands for now every time she's asked.

Milly Tabard: Originally made for a VTM game I was going to be in that fell through, Milly here is a Gangrell. She works for the highest bidder, usually Anarchs, ferrying information and cargo via her trucking job. Her animalistic attributes are ursine.

R8-R (Radar): Radar was a character I played in a friend's scifi monster of the week game. They were the result of an experiment to Caves Johnson someone into a robot against their will. They remember nothing of their old life, and work as a radar technician as well as general maintenance on a planetary scouting project.

Bessie Calhoun: Bessie was a Pathfinder 2nd edition character I never got to play. She's a gunslinger (way of the vanguard) who invented her very own bunker buster there. Her dad was a gunsmith who died so she could be come a bounty hunter.

And last but not least...

Twerp (AKA: Tunk Grapple): Twerp was my very first P2 character I ever played. Originally from a campaign and friendgroup that ended horribly, I've recycled her into a multiverse hopping goblin bounty hunter who takes odd jobs and whatever gear she can get her little hands on.

[candy8448]

Meet the DnD party!

Me and my friends have a dnd campgain, and i have fully designed my character, but everyone else has not. While two of them have like one drawing of their characters but not designed fully, a few of them don't draw, and i really wanted to see them so i asked them to describe them to me with any references they have (i sent picrews and doodles quick examples which they could pick from and they had their own resources like heroforge and their minatures and doodles they did and other apps for other details which i tried to incorperate) and this is what i came up with:

Traditional character sheets drawing time: unknown

Digital drawing/colouring time: 3hrs 36mins

(It was honestly do fun drawing and constantly sending images on the chat and asking for anything they want changes and then editing it. They all also gave me a lot of creative freedom which was super fun)

(My favorites to design were the satyr and vulpin (goatman and foxman) because you could get so much more creative with them

Now i will introduce each character, left to right

(These are the drawings i drew first, before tracing them digitally to figure out colours):

You all know and love him, you've seen her a lot on this blog, it's Toby! He's my character (and was designed forever ago) a gremlet outside of the dnd context, but a tiefling fighter in dnd. You can find details and backstory here

Here is Kinraeg, a half-orc cleric for the goddess Hecate. He is a drug dealer on the run. Saved us from dying so many times (the guidance spell is great) and he's always telling us not to die. Only thing keeping the party alive.

The owner on the character does draw and gave me one of the two most detailed references, so i basically copied it exactly while changing a few details he didnt manage to change himself on time. I also did get to play with colours thoug since he only gave me a pallette and told me that he wants the skin green and white hair and the other colours for the clothes.

The bane of my existence, Lagos. The satyr bard who became enemies with Toby in the first 30 mins of them meeting. I call it a lego piece. Im not sure Lagos' backstory but it came up on a small rowboat, half starved and suffering to our ship, where we took it in.

Lagos was probably the most fun to design, the owner gave me full creative freedom but with enough picrews and her own doodle do give me some guidence. I was allowed to go ham with the goat features and had fun thinking about where the fur would go and how the clothes would work. The skirt is based on trousers i recently bought and i thought the crop top was cool everything was also so fun (im so happy with the design, the goat eyes and the round head with a pointed chin to immitate a goatee and such. More details are in the image)

Grog the barbarian gnome is a guy Toby seems to interact with a lot. After all, they are both the tanks of the party. Im not sure the backstory but he does get drunk a lot. He bought daesyn's (the next character)'s griffin, Nala, and is the one who is seen carrying her all the time, second to daesyn himself.

Grog was the first one i designed, and it was a bit hard. Im not familiar with the body shape so it took a bit to get it right, but i eventually managed to get the shaped down. He was kind of okay to design, a good warmup, since he was a basic gnome with simple clothes, the most interesting part was the markings on the forehead which was the one image reference the owner gave me, since he cant draw (he sent some model headshot from some game or something)

Daesyn is the father of the group and navigator/ unspokenly decided captain of the ship. The human paladin (for the god Possidon) was once a man with a family, wife and daughter who he lost in the war. He has since left his ruined country and joined a group of travelers who found him drinking his sorrows away in a bar. He has since taken up the possition of of dad of the ship, and own a griffin named Nala

Daesyn's owner was another one who gave me detailed reference, a figure made with heroforge which had a ton of detail that i honestly dont want to include since i like having simple to draw characters so i basically copied it one for one, while simplifying the armour down quite a bit. It made this one kind of boring to draw, but it was easy as i didnt have to think of anything new

And finally, the "accidentally" arsonist is Fizer, the vulpin. The alchemist helps Kinraeg with his drug making and totally accidently set our ship on fire which was the owner saying "im going to roll to accidently make an explosion when making potions" and then rolling to do just that... =_= he does make potions... sometimes (he rolls real low) but a few times they really did help

Fizer was the other most fun to design. The owner gave me a picrew which was just a headshot of a black mask with black hood and nothing else, so i had to decide how i would implament it. I think it turned out good, even though i thought it wouldnt work that well. I also drew various head and tuft shapes (with my warrior cat oc making knowledge) and told him to pick a combination of different options (kinda like a picrew) to decide fluff and ear shapes since he couldn't visualise it himself. It was fun to constantly go back for feedback, sincw he was also the one who most was telling me to change things, it made me glad cuz i want these characters to be their own and not just hem being fine with whatever i come up with. Same things with the colours

(I also drew this diagram with all of their eyes)(im glad that i was able to give everyone unique eyes and things because i struggle with that so much usually)(also i always draw boots as brown blocks with maybe some laces or something cuz i dont know how to draw good shoes, so im glad i made them all unique)(combining all of my different artstyles for each character and implamenting things from them into each character was super fun)

In pur campgain, we are on a pirate ship on an adventure to find and steal Possidon's trident (not sure why tbh), sailing through normal ocean, acid ocean and the such. With wonderous recurring npcs such as Jimmy the orc, Dave the shopkeap, Gobby Gobkins the 5yr old trickster (we hate him, how did we trust him with out court case), the slave who's name i forgot who we won by Grog winning an armwrestle in which the reward was eachother's souls, various pokemon: meridia napolean greg scooby and unicorn, our griffin Nala and Toby jr my rat who is... somewhere

[oc-smash-or-pass]

What do?

Well, it's all rather simple.

First, if you're below 18, get outta' here. You can't and shouldn't be smashing anything you see on this blog, you should be doing your homework.

Otherwise, send in up to four pictures, via either the ask box or the submission box—no difference to me—of your character. Don't use DMs though, or I'll crush your bones.

Name your character, tell us what property they come from, their gender identity, and give us a description of your character, their backstory, their personality, and any details you feel may be to the audience's interest.

To lay down some ground rules:

Both entirely original characters and fan-characters are encouraged to apply. Anonymous submissions are permitted; you can't send images anonymously, but you can just say you wish to be anonymous and I'll not tag you in the post. Upon your first submission, please specify if you'd like to be assigned a sequential tag such as anonyous1 (so that people can see all of the OCs that belong to you, even as you remain anonymous), or if you'd like each post to remain individual and generic.

You can send in multiple submissions of your OCs, but if you send more than 2, I will probably spread them out between future submissions instead of putting them directly into the queue.

In general, the blog's tone can be somewhat horny, but please don't push it. You can only use SFW images, but reasonably suggestive images are fine and a tasteful amount of discussion on NSFW topics in your character's description is acceptable.

In the interest of maximum variability, I won't be accepting OCs made with Picrew and similar tools. However, pictures made using resources such as Heroforge or video game character creators with more extensive options will be accepted. If you're not sure, just send in an ask! Oh, and obviously, no A.I. garbage.

In terms of interacting with the posts, just be cool. Don't be too creepy, weird or rude. You can be openly horny for a character without making it creepy, and if you don't like a character's design or art, you don't need to say anything.

Finally, ideally, vote on the basis of your interest in the character themselves, rather than externalities such as the property they come from or the quality of their art. That's the spirit of the exercise!

Here is an example submission, so that you can get a basic idea of what to send in:

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JOHN SMITH

Imagine there's a poll right here with the options 'SMASH' or 'PASS'.

John Smith is a character from my original setting, called Earth. He hails from a distant federation of smaller states known as the United States of America, and specifically from the state of Illinois. There, he works hard in his honorable profession as a sort of 'common mage', called into homes to inspect and repair the arcane bindings that channel magic into technology such as 'light bulbs' and 'ovens'.

He is 49 years old, lives modestly with his wife and son in a two-bedroom home in a small town, and regularly enjoys barbecuing, going to the beach, and watching contemporary sports such as "Foot Ball". Some call him short tempered, but really he's just a little loud and excitable. He is happy with the relatively humble life he has settled into, and wonders what more one could want.

Submitted by anonymous.

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Hopefully the basic idea is clear! Get to sending me those little guys... NOW!

[margindoodles2407]

It's Back- Zelda on Heroforge PART SEVEN: The Classics

I am going to go ahead and put this here: TW for blood

I may ramble a little bit so it's going to be under a break :) And as always, click for best quality :)

Genesis- The Hyrule Fantasy: Okay, so part of the reason this was on hiatus for so long was because I could not figure out his design. Obviously, very few of my Heroforge designs are exact replicas of how the characters look in my brain and in my hand-drawn art, but man, Genesis here was something else. But after my long break, and with a little fanagling, I am... actually kinda proud of it! He's only 10 in The Hyrule Fantasy, and I tried to mirror that in his pose, with the look of quiet terror on his face and his not knowing how to hold a sword. I kinda imagined he was in the middle or end of a dungeon, perhaps facing off the boss (which explains the bruises and the bloody nose). Also, note the bottles and backpack and the Recorder! I liked being able to add on all of his stuff >:)

Genesis- Zelda II: The Adventure of Link: This is the Genesis that I accidentally made too handsome 😅 (Only later did I realize that it might be because he kinda looks like Anakin Skywalker. This is what happens when you have two hyperfixations at once, kids.) ANYWAY. He's grown up since the events of THF- it's been 6 years, after all- and now is a much more experienced fighter, so his look of fear has been replaced with frustrated determination, and he now knows how to hold a sword. His outfit has also changed a bit, since he now works in and lives at the castle. Also, he is supposed to be wielding the Magic Sword, and he has less stuff because this game is more focused on magic, so he has a bunch of magic objects in his backpack.

Dawn- The Hyrule Fantasy: Dawn I struggled with because, while her physical appearance is practically perfect, Heroforge doesn't really provide many options to accomodate her big fluffy dress, to say nothing of my WAYYY overcomplicated fanon design for it 😅 But overall, I think I'm okay with how it came out. So. My ✨vision✨ for this was at the end of the game, after Ganon has been defeated and Genesis stumbles into her dungeon for the first time. So her dress is dirt-stained, and she herself isn't in the best condition. And she has this look of genuine shock and surprise on her face, because I think she was starting to give up on hope. You may ask: well if she was a hostage, why doesn't she have shackles? And my answer is that I simply didn't think of it until now :/ Oh well :)

Dawn- Zelda II: The Adventure of Link: She doesn't canonically appear in game, but obviously she's still very much a part of the world, and I like seeing how she's grown up since the events of THF. I think her time in Ganon's prison has definitely scarred her, but she's learning how to heal and is doing so very well, being a gentle and very kind woman and a strong, compassionate ruler. I like her dress even less than the previous, but that's just because it's not up to the standard of my drawings. Also, loyal friends will acknowledge her teacup and the headcanons behind it.

Ganon: This Ganon is actually a direct copy of his design in A Link to the Past (which I'm linking below), except that he no longer bears any of the grandeur of his previous designs or any connection to his Gerudo roots, because he's completely lost his mind. I tried to convey this through his posture and pose. And I actually kind of ended up feeling really bad for him as I designed him, so... take that as you will T^T

Impa: Okay to be honest. I really have nothing much to say about this incarnation of Impa. I was barely able to cram any Sheikah imagery in there and I just, overall, don't care for this design. Having said that, I find her characterization, on the other hand, to be so interesting. I think she and Dawn are very close, and that Impa practically raised her, and worried so so much about her during her imprisonment. And now, I'd like to think she acts as a beloved mentor to both Dawn and Genesis, helping Dawn rule responsibly and making sure Genesis is successful as a swordsman and as a protector and boyfriend good friend to Dawn.

Somnia (Princess Zelda I): Okay, I'm going to be honest. I'm not completely in love with how she turned out. But I suppose I did all I could for her. Again, it's just that it's not how she looks in my head. But anyway. I tried to make her look how she would when she's asleep, because I didn't feel like posing her crazily 😅

The Prince and the Wizard: Full Disclosure- I think this one is my favorite. I love how Somnia's brother turned out (I tried to make him look older than he is in the official art; my logic is that if he inherited the throne instead of Somnia it must be because he's the older sibling, because it's not like their father didn't trust her to rule since he told her the location of the Triforce). And I think the "wizard" turned out creepy enough- I say wizard in quotations because if you look in the official art, he seems to be made of the Prince's shadow, and I think he was perhaps a minion of Ganon's or even, like Aghanim, a projection of Ganon himself.

Zelink: If you've been around my blog long enough, you'll know about Genesis's love of tea. So naturally, that's what I had to incorporate into this one. I like to think they have tea together every morning :) Note their matching teacups :) AUGH I am so proud of this one :)

Zelink 2: Okay disclaimer. My heart is set on the previous Zelink in regards to the Classics. But this scene is so iconic that I am legally obligated to include it. So. You get two. Pick your favorite. (If you have questions about this please don't be afraid to ask, I'm sure I'll be much more eloquent when answering 😅)

I hoped you liked it! If you have any questions or comments, I'd love to hear them! Next up is Twilight Princess, so keep your eyes peeled >:)

Previous Lineups (in case you're new or just want to revisit them):

Skyward Sword

Ocarina of Time (part one) (part two) (part three) (part four)

Wind Waker

A Link to the Past

Hyrule Warriors (part one) (part two)

Breath of the Wild

Various Zelinks

[moonfurthetemmie]

Xena (she/her)

PLEASE ask me for the extra simping heroforge thing of her

Shit stirrer. Idiot gremlin. Resident little guy, the little birthday boy (she 6’0, 65% muscle, and a woman who only has one birthday a year like most of the rest of us)

She keeps picking a fight with people and then backing out when they get mad like ‘heyyy. Heyyyyy. Im just a little guyyyyy! You wouldn’t hurt a little guy!!’ but she’s not a little guy so it doesn’t work and someone has to bail her out. She doesn’t like fighting. She just likes to fuck with people. 

Every time they’re supposed to be training and learning to fight, and how to deal with the Maelstrom, Xena whines about it. She doesn’t want to fight the stupid cloud of nasty emotion magic, she wants to play video games with the others!! She gets less whiny as she gets older, but her feelings on it hasn’t changed at all; she’s just stopped being so loud about it.

She has a very similar giant sword to Cross, but she also picked up the crossbow. As good as she is with the sword, she usually prefers to be at a distance to take out her targets. Less risk of injury, usually. 

She may look confident, but she doesn’t really deal with any kind of conflict well.

Other stuff:

Her alignment is Chaotic Neutral

i don't have much else that's coherent sorry. i have a FEW things but it'll have to go with Java's ref 😔

[nerdasaurus1200]

For the Weirdly Specific Artist Ask Game! (I'm getting so much better at sending fewer questions! XD)

5. Estimate of how much of your art you post online vs. the art you keep for yourself?

7. A medium of art you don't work in but appreciate?

8. What's an old project idea that you've lost interest in?

9. What are your file name conventions?

11. Do you listen to anything while drawing? If so, what?

14. Any favorite motifs?

17. Do you eat/drink when drawing? If so, what?

26. What's a piece that got a wildly different interpretation from what you intended?

30. What piece of yours do you think is underrated?

5. Estimate of how much of your art you post online vs. the art you keep for yourself?

Just like you, I post about 90% of my art ^_^

7. A medium of art you don't work in but appreciate?

Okay I had to google this, and I think I know what this means so I’m gonna say oil paintings. They’re all so complex

8. What's an old project idea that you've lost interest in?

I wouldn’t say I’ve lost interest, but there’s quite a few art ideas I’ve had recently and I just can’t do them because I can’t actually draw.

9. What are your file name conventions?

I try to categorize them so when I search them on heroforge a certain section will pop up. So I’ll have labels like 7K God, post series, crossover, etc.

11. Do you listen to anything while drawing? If so, what?

I do! I usually listen to music while I draw

14. Any favorite motifs?

Because of what I typically do, I’d have to say character design XD

17. Do you eat/drink when drawing? If so, what?

I usually have a lemonade and crackers or chips. Sometimes cookies

26. What's a piece that got a wildly different interpretation from what you intended?

I’d have to say your interpretation of my sundrop and mooonstone human forms @th3p0rtalmaker, cause you pointed out a couple things that I had no idea I did and it made it so cool that someone noticed that.

30. What piece of yours do you think is underrated?

Hmm, I’m not sure…probably my post series designs of the gang? Just cause those were really fun to do.

[octahedral-chaos]

I did the thing! There she is!

I love her so much...

[highlifeboat]

RPG you say? 👀 video game or tabletop?? i ask bc theres a website Heroforge that lets you create a tabletop minifig piece by piece that you can eventually get printed, and (for me at least) it helps OC creation when my wrists hurt from drawin

Video game unfortunatly lol I don't have anyone to play tabletop games with.

I have heard of Hero Forge though and I think I've used it once or twice for fun. It's a really cool resource for sure. I didn't know you could get the minifig printed though, that's awesome

[bwayfan25]

Husband continues to be the best gift giver known to man. For Christmas, he bought me a DM screen. I got into DnD this year and am running my first game. Cool, thoughtful gift, right? Except the real present was commissioning his best friend (and fellow player in our game) to draw the players and some NPCs to go on the outside. He even asked some players to make their characters in Heroforge to give the artist as a reference.

I am utterly blown away yet again. He is so creative and thoughtful.

(Character names and classes under the cut)

(L to R): Sully, the elven wizard; Thokarg, the orc fighter; Thal, the half-elf rogue (that sells Advocare smoothie mix in-universe); Jules aka “The Count,” the half-elf artificer; Flora, the half-elf paladin; and Lem, the half-elf druid. The last two are two NPCs, my beloved elven cleric lady Leonora Solstrum and her child, tiefling druid Entyre.

[flowersfallingdown]

🍏, 🥒, 🫐 and 🍇 for the positive sys ask game? :)

Oh my god a basket of fruits from a basket of fruits… the wonders of life

I just woke up let’s do thissssss

🍏 - What’s your favorite thing about being plural?

Being co-con during a test and using double the brain power to not fail as much /hj (this has happened twice. Once during a photography exam with Basil and more recently with my environmental science final with Crowley.)

But fr tho I think it’s that I don’t feel as lonely as I did pre-syscovery. It’s nice.

🥒 - What’s your favorite activity to do with your headmates whenever possible?

We don’t have much free time together but when we have the chance I enjoy drawing or making heroforges of the others. Especially nice because most of the time they’ll give a bunch of feedback as I’m working and it feels like I’m getting to know them better.

🫐 - Do you celebrate any anniversaries (syscovery, birthdays, relationships, etc,)?

No, unfortunately not. But I know most of us would like to start celebrating birthdays for those who have them (which is not many, surprisingly).

🍇 - Does your system have varying tastes in music, food, etc.? If so, what is everyone’s favorites?

Yes very much so. Food-wise it’s all across the board. I know I personally like meaty dishes (especially beef stuff), Poison likes anything spicy, Paralytic hates meat/is vegetarian, and I forget what everyone else likes rn.

Music is a bit easier. We can generally be sorted into “likes loud shit” and “likes calm shit” groups. Para, Crowley, Poison, a few others, and I are in the loud shit category and everyone else (Basil, Ender, Moon, etc.) is in the calm shit category 👍

[fierceawakening]

ceanothusspinosus @fierceawakening Re: compulsive eating not being mentioned in HAES resources - I recently finished the book “Food Is Not Medicine.” I would say be careful if you do read it. But you may find it interesting that the author talks about how he used to not be able to keep Pringles in the house without eating all of them, and that giving himself permission to eat them and see how that went did mean that over time that compulsion went away, and now he can (and wants to!) eat them in moderation.

Ooh, really glad that someone did mention it!

I find that I can control it sometimes, but what helps me control it is to force myself to cut back even though this is very difficult. If I can get myself to begin to limit my portions, then usually after around two weeks or so I find myself not wanting the large portions I end up eating when I crave.

(This is why I'm leery of "you can't change your metabolism." I'm pretty sure the fact that this can and does happen for me is evidence that I can and am? Unless HAES and I are just using words differently, which is very possible.)

Which is... kind of a cart before the horse problem? But I think it may be part of why the two sides talk past each other so much. People like me find that once we start being mindful, it becomes easier to continue doing it through force of habit.

HAES types seem to describe that this *doesn't* happen to them, which is why any attempt at making portions smaller is seen as "restricting" and talked about as doomed to fail.

I don't really know how to find a middle here, unless it be where I currently sit, which is "Moderate weight loss is possible for many (most? I don't know) people, and if achieved it can and does have health promoting outcomes for many if not most of that subset of people. It's not possible for everyone, though, and pushing someone into it doesn't work, nor does shaming. So the right thing to do is talk to the individual about where they're personally at, and accept what they say as true for them."

I'm less sure of this, but I... think I feel the same way about "think about your relationship to food." Like if it's something outside busybodies are demanding, it's not likely to yield anything positive, just a bunch of feelings of inferiority and shame.

But if it's something YOu ask YOURSELF, "what am I looking for when I eat this? Are there other ways I can get that thing, or a close similar thing?" it can help.

I'm much less apt to feel like I "need" chocolate to regulate now, as I'm much more apt to think "playing video games or doodling on HeroForge would also help me decompress, and is more likely to work better actually because at the end of a game I might have won/at the end of an HF session I'll have literally made an art, which are things I can feel good about. At the end of a bar of chocolate I just... have no more chocolate, which sucks and is bad."

But I got there through asking myself what my relationship to this particular food was--what am I actually seeking? if it's the flavor of chocolate, which I do like, sure, I can have that! it's nice!

But if I'm at the point where I've eaten so much it starts to taste bad and I'm not stopping, it's not flavor I'm after, it's something else.

I do think this is useful to ask yourself about, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO DO SO and not being pressured.

So I feel torn when people mock the idea of doing it. Because I agree there's a shitty way to go about it that makes things worse, but there's also figuring out what needs are going unmet, and whether some of them aren't actually about physical sustenance.

So I dunno. But I just keep thinking there should be words for that that people who emphatically don't want to lose weight should... at least be able to acknowledge aren't thrall to some cult of thinness?

So my dash is doing a thing talking about how there are all kinds of studies showing weight loss is unsuccessful but not actually linking them

Is there actually something more recent than that one study from the 1950s saying 90some% of diets fail? I’ve gone looking for something more recent in the past and not found it.

Also iirc that 1950s study really didn’t define a diet clearly and carefully, though I’m not looking at the criticisms of it this second.

A lot of people use “diet” in different ways. Some people mean “any intended change in habits, such as smaller portions of desserts,” and some people mean “things called ‘diets,’ which prescribe specific patterns of eating, usually involving limiting, excising, or focusing on particular foods.”

Those seem different to me, though I’m open to examining something post 1960 that gives evidence they should be considered statistically identical and would gladly eat crow if it was unambiguous that these are the same.