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WiPs: 2 Steel Dragons' Elf characters
From the first time I looked at the D&D Basic book reading the demi-human character descriptions, there was that brushed ink image by Jeff Easley (I'm pretty sure it was him) of an elf with a quarter staff standing next to a scared-looking halfling with a dagger/short sword, I fell in love with the idea of elven characters.
Needless to say, many of my longest running characters were elves, and there were several more that either never got off the ground (didn't see much play) or never got played at all.
So, I just had this idea of throwing them all together for a "family portrait" kinda thing...so here they are, Steel Dragons' elf characters.
Row 1:
From the first time I looked at the D&D Basic book reading the demi-human character descriptions, there was that brushed ink image by Jeff Easley (I'm pretty sure it was him) of an elf with a quarter staff standing next to a scared-looking halfling with a dagger/short sword, I fell in love with the idea of elven characters.
Needless to say, many of my longest running characters were elves, and there were several more that either never got off the ground (didn't see much play) or never got played at all.
So, I just had this idea of throwing them all together for a "family portrait" kinda thing...so here they are, Steel Dragons' elf characters.
Row 1:
- Iris - "wood elf" fighter/short bow specialist. Created as a member of the "next generation" Steel Dragons' adventuring group. Hasn't seen play yet.
- Erilyn - "high" elf magic-user/thief, official/original member of the "Steel Dragon" company, and Silran's sister.
- Jasilith "Jase" Korindor - high elf ranger/cleric, occasional "Steel Dragon".
- Silran -my very FIRST elf character. Basic D&D "Elf" transferred to 1e as a Fighter/Magic-user who basically never used his magic and so has been altered to just a "fighter/master swordsman" in the storyline, original/founding member of the Steel Dragon company.
- "Silver" (a.k.a. Sivthariin) -high elf thief-acrobat. Possibly, my favorite elf character ever! He was just too cool and augmented by a bevy of highly useful magic items. Got to be pretty high (i.e. over 10th) level through 1 & 2e. Storywise he's among the first recruits into the Steel Dragon company.
- Cerc - wood elf mage. Cerc was originally generated as one of Montor's first apprentices/followers in 1e. He was unusual in the fact that wood elves of Orea, the Kantiiri, do not study/practice wizardry within their society. So his finding/being of service to Montor was the only way for him to pursue his interest.
- Thillian - ShiCynallae elf mage & Aeromancer. He was originally generated as a "valley elf" and was primarily an NPC fulfilling the role of "herald" and messenger for his master, the Wind Wizard. But I always thought he'd be a cool character to use as a PC. In the Steel Dragons' sage, he receives an honorary membership with the company.
- "Fathom"- a high elf magic-user from the early 2e days. Your typical emo/gothy dark tortured-soul mage-type (hey, I was an angsty teenager just like everyone else . I don't think he ever really got above 3rd or 4th level. We must have changed groups/campaigns shortly after he made the scene.
- Andremyr- another ShiCynallae elf, fighter/thief/magic-user. The group he was created for was basically a one-off (or maybe 2 or 3 sessions) over a college break when my high-school group was (mostly) home and able to get together. He was cool though and I'd like to dust him off again. Real smart@$$, cocky and (usually) rightly so. Total jack of all trades, master of none, and totally fine with that.
- Dyr "the Lucky" - a high elf thief/magic-user. I LOVED Dyr the Lucky because he never even made it to 2nd level. His luck ran out somewhere around the 2nd or 3rd encounter (I don't quite remember which)...but he never made it through the first session. hahaha.
- Valaura -high elf classic (or generic?) fighter/magic-user. Good at everything she did and did NOT take any crap from anyone. Another that never saw enough play.
- "Aspen" -high elf druid. Generated and used as an NPC for a mid-level campaign/group but never really saw use as a PC.
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WiP 3: Comic pages
The very bare bones, introductory pages for the graphical storytelling of the saga of the Steel Dragons and the world of Orea.
Obviously, the map will not be all cluttered with that much stuff...it's mostly for quick reference and would probably be an inside cover rather than an actual page. The rest are just referencing some of the various peoples of the realms...and the two largest/major cities (not very clear in these scans) Andril ("the Jewel of the East") and Brightmoon ("the Gem of the West")...
Anyway, like the title say, "work in progress".
All comments eagerly accepted.
--SD
The very bare bones, introductory pages for the graphical storytelling of the saga of the Steel Dragons and the world of Orea.
Obviously, the map will not be all cluttered with that much stuff...it's mostly for quick reference and would probably be an inside cover rather than an actual page. The rest are just referencing some of the various peoples of the realms...and the two largest/major cities (not very clear in these scans) Andril ("the Jewel of the East") and Brightmoon ("the Gem of the West")...
Anyway, like the title say, "work in progress".
All comments eagerly accepted.
--SD
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Wip 4: Steel Dragons...
...another group shot...I'm addicted to these poster-style things. haha.
The lower half of a group shot of the heros of the Steel Dragons saga/company.
First row: Malac- human fighter; Silran- Miralostae elf fighter; Lela- human cleric; Londar- human fighter.
Second row (those completely seen): Aline "the Whitebow"- half-elf ranger/cleric; Jasilith Korindor, "the Black Stag"- Miralostae elf ranger/cleric; Gran "Lighthammer"- originally created as a half-elf fighter/cleric. Over the years of story and character design & devlopment I've turned him into a straight cleric and am seriously considering making him just human as his "half-elf" nature doesn't really play into the storyline at all...b'anyway, that's Gran.
All comments and commissions welcome.
-SD
...another group shot...I'm addicted to these poster-style things. haha.
The lower half of a group shot of the heros of the Steel Dragons saga/company.
First row: Malac- human fighter; Silran- Miralostae elf fighter; Lela- human cleric; Londar- human fighter.
Second row (those completely seen): Aline "the Whitebow"- half-elf ranger/cleric; Jasilith Korindor, "the Black Stag"- Miralostae elf ranger/cleric; Gran "Lighthammer"- originally created as a half-elf fighter/cleric. Over the years of story and character design & devlopment I've turned him into a straight cleric and am seriously considering making him just human as his "half-elf" nature doesn't really play into the storyline at all...b'anyway, that's Gran.
All comments and commissions welcome.
-SD
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You have nailed Flicker! Those are just wonderful. Very "Yamara" in feel, which is Flicker all over.
And I love, love, love my Ernie. You've really captured his personality, with the happy open face and the freckles.
All of these are very nice. I agree with Pkitty that the sketches often have a better feel for the personality than the full illustration, which is what makes them wonderful. Morningstar is a little too "va-va-voom", but I don't think anyone mentioned in her description that in addition to being very tall, she's also really slender and not particularly busty.
Aravis might need some work, but I'll let him respond on that. It is remarkable that you've actually made Aravis look a little like his player, who you've never met!
And I love, love, love my Ernie. You've really captured his personality, with the happy open face and the freckles.
All of these are very nice. I agree with Pkitty that the sketches often have a better feel for the personality than the full illustration, which is what makes them wonderful. Morningstar is a little too "va-va-voom", but I don't think anyone mentioned in her description that in addition to being very tall, she's also really slender and not particularly busty.
Aravis might need some work, but I'll let him respond on that. It is remarkable that you've actually made Aravis look a little like his player, who you've never met!
MetaVoid's folks
Take 2 for a couple of characters for Metavoid. (Long overdue. My apologies.)
A wilden shaman and a goliath "rune priest".
The goliath needs a bit more shading to be "done". But considering how long and patiently MV has been waiting, thought I'd post them now.
How're these?
--Steel Dragons
Take 2 for a couple of characters for Metavoid. (Long overdue. My apologies.)
A wilden shaman and a goliath "rune priest".
The goliath needs a bit more shading to be "done". But considering how long and patiently MV has been waiting, thought I'd post them now.
How're these?
--Steel Dragons
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