Akashic Archive

[akashicarchive]

Welcome!

Hi! And welcome to the Akashic Archive. I mostly speak about tabletop RPG games, particularly Pathfinder and Starfinder (both editions) and occasionally DND. I also dabble in other games, though I've played them less.

I will probably speak here about lore ramblings of any and all of the above as I deem fit. Chances are it will probably be mixed with my own homebrew for both lore and maybe statblocks, classes, archetypes, feats, spells, or some things along those lines.

I hope you have fun!

[kibidraws]

Hi! First of all, merry christmas! 💙

I've been feeling down lately; i am usually more active on Tw*tter and I consider it my main social media, but oh wow, it is becoming terrible for artists (and for everyone, honestly). AI is everywhere, the situation feels truly devastating, and I don't even know if I want to keep using it (at least, for sharing my art).

I am terrible on trying to keep up with social media, specially on trying to reach out with my art; but i want to try with this blog, and maybe even on Inst*gram... We'll see!

I am busy with college right now, since i have my exams this January; but i want to work on a commission sheet (and to make a bigger post explaining and telling about my handmade jewelry too!) and on other personal projects involving my art (mostly related to oc's and roleplaying, mainly working on my own campaign...)

Some updates, thought! I have been drawing Zoe, the alterego that Bora (an oc i have already showed and talked about here) is using right now!

It's still a work in progress, but at least i am advancing. I am also trying to change my methods a bit. And talking about changing methods...

My family gifted me this Huion for Christmas! I already draw on my iPad and i am used to Procreate, so this feels like a big change (and even a challenge) for me.

This is my first attempt on Clip Studio, and yes, they are my most safe oc to draw (or in general).

I am trying to get used and to learn in general, this feels like a whole new experience for me.

[kibidraws]

Remember him?

He's called 'Bora'; he is a character i'm playing right now on a campaign mastered by @akashicarchive ; he's an Endiffian Exemplar (he's got severe mommy issues - let's say he hates his mom since she abandoned his home when he was born and never came back) and he is currently taking the shape of a girl called 'Zoe' (an alterego he created to work as an spy/supernatural kind of detective, but let's be honest, he's got issues with his true appearance).

All of this chitchat is just an excuse for me to say how difficult it is for me to draw 'Zoe'; you know, i can't show 'Bora' yet to the other players, and it's a frustrating feeling when you kinda get hyperfixated on your own character. :')

So, yeah, i realize that Genshin Impact just released this new character that looks just a lot like him:

This is already the second time that Hoyoverse releases a character that looks like one of my ocs omg. Okay, the point is, i saw this tweet...

So, all of this post was just an excuse to post this sketch that I don't plan on finishing. Sorry. Yeah. Also, have Bora with his loose hair!!

[akashicarchive]

Endiffians - which are basically Starfinder’s solution to have changelings in space whilst not calling them changelings, and which I use interchangeably on my games because the difference in mechanics is not that big of a deal for me to care - have the nice little perk of being able to modify their body on a molecular level.

Which is to say, our little chicken boy here can turn into anything he wants. This transformation ends up causing crack-shaped scars on the skin, however - which are non-harmful, and are simply a testament to a myriad lives lived by transforming into someone else. Culturally, they are considered a symbol of wisdom, as they prove that you were able to make extensive use of your powers and either not get caught or live through being caught, both of which are achievements on their own.

…For our chicken boy, once more, they are simply a grim reminder of where he comes from, and an uncomfortable one at that, I’d wager.

[akashicarchive]

Some ramblings

First and foremost, I'm still thinking exactly how to manage this blog. I'm big into the lore of settings of RPGs - it's actually one of the things that I like the most. More often than not, even when I'm doing homebrew, I use some amount of elements from official content either as base or support for whatever I'm doing.

The thing is that, more often than not, things in the lore are lost to time and then promptly forgotten. Paizo themselves tend to do this quite a bit (and sometimes, for good reason. We better not mention a certain daemonic harbinger).

Thing is, I always find these kinds of things fascinating. Moreover, since I do both homebrew games and official APs (and seldom some DnD campaigns, though I won't lie saying I'm as interested in DnD lore as I am in Pathfinder's).

You may have seen several reposts from @kibidraws here. I am either a player or the DM for any and all campaigns in which their drawn characters appear, so I also thought of adding in my two cents of information, or storytelling of sorts, to add context to the drawings they upload.

Where am I getting with all this? I don't really know what to do with this page just yet. I *know* that I want to speak about lore, maybe statblocks, maybe homebrew, maybe all of them at the same time. I just don't exactly know how just yet.

Gosh, I really do talk a lot, don't I. You tell me, humble reader, what would you like to see? Is there anything you'd like to read?

[kibidraws]

I decided to upload a bunch of wips (mainly sketches or linearts that I didn't finish for some reason) that I don't plan on finishing.

First thing first, an angsty drawing of one oc i'm currently using on a campaign; he is a vampire spawn in case you were wondering. The name's Frey btw.

And since he is easy to tease, a sketch with him and his potential love interest.

Now, i need to present my most beloved oc since ya'll might see them a lot around here; i made a sketch of them as how i think they would have looked like when they were a child. Name's Caeli, thought.

And this is them now:

I originally planned on finishing this one, but I might have to fix the hair. Inside the bag there are cookies, they do love cooking (specially sweets).

And this one is just a sketch I made for pleasure of them with their potential love interest! They are so cute and they always heal my soul lol. I need to admit that I sometimes get hyperfixated on them.

And I even drew their first encounter (he is a plot relevant NPC related to their lore so of course it would be an impactful moment, or maybe i'm just too emotionally attached to them (?))

I also intended to finish this, even to make a small comic. Who knows, I might return to it at some time.

[kibidraws]

Artwork for an oc of mine that i'm currently using on a Pathfinder campaign ^-^ he's an Endiffian Exemplar and yes he is as fabulous as he seems.

[akashicarchive]

I DM for this, hi.

Campaign is Reign of Winter, adapted with (heavy) homebrew to play with some stuff from PF2e and (a severely limited amount of) SF.

Iykyk.