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MerelyTechnically

 “Merely Technically a Group” - Dungeons and Dragons Campaign Commission

For this large group of clients, each client provided me with written a description of their character , from which I created a visual character design.

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Audac, Tiefling Valor Bard

“Audac does not look like the typical tiefling; rather than some shade of red or blue, his skin is an ashen gray. His eyes are white and pupil-less, but they do have a blackness around there edges. Audac’s horns resemble that of an Addax, but are shorter. Audac is self-conscious of his devilishness, so he wears a medium helmet and tried to disguise his horns as an accessory of said helmet; under the helm he has black hair. Audac’s build is strong and athletic, but not overly beefy (his attacks are often dex-based), standing at about 6 feet tall. He wears medium armor in the style of breastplate. Over his armor he wears a rich purple cloak of protection, which he tends to keep wrapped close to his body, using his thin, devilish tail as a sort of wrap-around belt to keep it pinched close to his waist. Audac’s overall demeanor is loud, proud, and cheerful. His bardic powers come from his use of percussion instruments. His most prominent piece of equipment is a large war-gong that he uses as a shield. The gong is a brassy color, and it features a Jeskai dragon eye painted in red. At the center of the shield is a red gemstone. For weaponry Audac has a whip on his right hip.

“I think a nice pose for Audac would be a sort of Superman pose, standing upright, hands kind of on the hip. I would like his shield donned on his left arm, and armor, helmet, and cloak donned. The cloak can be open or closed, your choice there, but either way his tail would be wrapped around him like a belt, rather than hanging free (so if cloak is closed, wrapped around the cloak, if open, wrapped around his waist in the armor), and his whip does not need to be in his hand, but I would like it visible on his hip. A smile would definitely be on his face.”

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Icarium, Tiefling Warlock

“Icarium is a tiefling, mid to upper thirties, 5’9. He is on the thinner side, with a somewhere weak looking body. Due to magical reasons, his skin is now several shades lighter . . . He prefers clothes on the fancier side. His most valuable possessions right now are a pair magical gloves with a spiral that glows slightly red, given to him by his patron. . . He is a big gambler, so if that could be included some how (holding a pack of cards, tossing a coin?) that would be awesome”

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Soleil, Half-Elf Wizard

“ She is a tall half-elf, 6ft, with a boyish body shape. She has medium- light skin tone with warm undertones. Her eyes are dark brown. Her hair is a dark copper red. The sides of her head are cut very short, while the top is very long and twisted into a thick braid that reaches her waist. She has multiple piercings on her pointed ears (3-5 on each), rings and studs of different metals. She has a septum ring with a very small diamond embedded in it. She wears a gold ring set with a pearl, and two fine metal bracelets: one of copper and one of silver. She currently wears a dark green, floral-patterned velvet doublet with a high collar and gold fastenings, tight dark pants, high-heeled boots and a black cape. Still, she always carries with her a small, tattered, brown leather pouch for her spell components. She often has her familiar Oro, a small owl, perched on her shoulder.”

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Ken, Human Trickery Cleric

“Ken is a human male, 6’, 180 pounds, wheat-ish skin color. He also has a cloak with a hood now (can change colors, but the default is blue). Primarily a spellcaster, so one hand is usually free. The interactions with the magical weave lead to an iridescence in the palm while casting magic, something like an iridescent bubble”

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Mere, Changeling Madness Cleric

“As a changeling, she can change their appearance at will. Having spent the past half-century exclusively as Mere, it feels weird to shift to anyone else, though she has been making more frequent appearances now that they are traveling more. All of their forms are extremely tall and slender; Mere is 5’ 10” and appears as a female Aasimar. She has golden tan skin and wavy, dark brown hair that falls midway down her back. She has striking, pupil-less topaz eyes that look through you instead of at you when she talks. Her most distinguishing characteristic is a magical tattoo of the symbol of Avacyn that changes form based on what persona she is in. In the form of Mere, the symbol repeats to form a chain that wraps around her wrist like a bracelet.

“She wears simple clothes, insisting on white trousers and a loose-fitting white shirt. Her clothes are always a little big for her so she can accommodate shifting into larger forms without changing. . . She also dons a navy cloak clasped with the brooch of the priesthood, marking her status as a Deacon in the order.”

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Valdas, Aasimar Barbarian

“Valdas is roughly 6’2” and around 200 lbs or so. He is quite muscular in build but not overly so. His skin is quite dark and probably look most similar to Arabian races. His har is dark brown/almost black and is quite scraggly and roughly cut. He doesn’t maintain facial hair but has scruff from long days on the road. Overall the starkest feature is his eyes; he has deep amber orange eyes that almost seem to glow, like a fire raging inside them. He wears plain clothes with no armor, usually preferring only to wear a loosely fitting vest and cloak to protect his skin from the sun. Currently, he has a cloak made of inky black shadows that are alive and swirling around. He carries a large great axe that has a glowing orange piece in the head with intricate runes and piping so that it can ignite into a flaming blade.