#aarakocra

[5kape]

I’m not sure how successful it will be, but I’m thinking on participating in this next Artfight for the first time!!

So that means making refs of varying quality of some of my characters that I have shown and some that I haven’t!!

This here is my second DnD character ever! I love her a lot (although I only played her for 1 session due to scheduling hell).

In the next days I’ll probably share some other refs I make :]

[worldsneverfilled]

Vulture Aarakocra necromancer wizard or grave domain cleric

I'm thinking the latter

[featherwurm]

Akaran, the aarakocra bartender/server of the Wooly Ram in Hundlestone, a charming chap, though he seems a little out of place for his noble race. Why's a being of the plane of air working in food service? Well, Tav and Karlach want to know too, but they haven't managed to eek out his backstory yet.

But it's on to chapter 7 of Tav and Karlach's Adventure at the Spine of the World, and they, Aylin, and Isobel have a blizzard to contend with...

https://archiveofourown.org/works/65111356/chapters/226874466

A preview under the cut:

Tav wakes first, long before first light, bright and alert. She and Karlach have twisted themselves half-way out from under the covers in the night to cool down, and as she extracts herself Karlach rousts, sleepily following Tav out of bed by habit. Tav goes to the window, Karlach rubbing her eyes and scratching various morning itches behind her. It is not only dark from the hour, but the blizzard has continued through the night, and the wind and snow still howl and blow. “’s still snowing?” says Karlach, yawning. “Looks like. If it keeps up like this we’ll be thoroughly snowed in.” “Mmm, I don’t mind that” Karlach says, as she stands behind Tav, wrapping her arms around her waist and kissing her neck and shoulder with sleepy affection. Tav affectionately strokes her cheek, “you can go back to bed if you like.” “Nn-nn” Karlach mumbles into Tav’s shoulder “wanna be up with you.” “Alright, I’m going to stretch, then we can get a bath” Tav says, kissing Karlach on the cheek, making Karlach shake herself all over in sleepy, giddy affection.

Karlach’s thumping rousts Isobel just enough to blearily look the tieflings over, but seeing them just quietly affectionate, nestles back into Aylin and is asleep again shortly. Karlach follows Tav in her motions as she stretches meditatively by the fire, Karlach can’t really keep up with every form, but her strength allows her to push and hold as much as she can, and she finds the workout a welcome wakeup to her sleepy muscles. By the time Tav is done Karlach is alert and playful, tweaking the tip of Tav’s tail as she sashays off to the bath, Tav rolling her eyes at her with a smile and adds more bounce to her step, making Karlach – hulking, fiery Karlach, giggle with loving glee.

[lantrii]

Guy who said he'd do 15 ref sheets by June (1)

Here's Buck! He's from my second wild-western-themed campaign and while I don't draw him as much as I should, he's probably one of my favourite DnD characters (aside from Basil, who's coming up soon)

Personality-wise, he says he helps people purely to do good, but he is very strongly motivated by monetary gain. He's very business-minded and professional but his awkward social skills render whatever mystery he had built up by standing in the shadows with his hat roguishly-tipped rather useless. Despite this, he is very good at his job of monster slaying and travels frequently in search of more bounties to resolve.

He's based on a cinereous vulture and he's very cool I swear

Separate Portions v

[lantrii]

Bird guy

[gatorpond]

🦚

comm for takonxmz! aarakocra bard is objectively the best dnd combo hands down i don't make the rules. such a cute lil bird!

[xxnutcrusherxx]

Cheepideep Deets

An exaggeration for humorous purposes. Cheepideep does not feel fear

Age: Early to mid- twenties, fairly old for an Aarakocra. Approx mid-sixties equivalent

Appearance: Cardinal, five foot shorty. Black scaled arms and legs and soft red feathers with a white stripe up his crest. Chunky. Blue eyes

Alignment: Lawful neutral, marking him as a bit of a vagabond among his people who tend to be lawful good as a rule

Class: Wizard of Evocation, scholar

Languages: Aarakocra, Auran, Common, Draconic

Religion: Syranita

Societal background: Comes from a small matriarchal clan of Aarakocra in the Northern mountains; a small and tightly-knit eyrie of craftspeople, academics, and homebodies. Cares for his clan above all else, and will be happy to get to know other bird- and reptilian-adjacent folks. Does not feel much for other races, and distrusts large, technological, and male-run societies. Brings back items of magical and academic knowledge to his clan with no desire to keep them for himself

Family: Has a deceased husband, several daughters, many grandchicks, all beloved. He is sad his husband is gone, but he's an older bird and is looking forward to reuniting with him in the great birdbath in the sky. His adventures/campaigns take him away from his family only briefly and he always returns. Wears a fine waistcoat crafted for him by his daughters before his first trip for luck.

Party relationship: Friendly and helpful, as he was brought up to be, but ultimately won't lose much sleep whether his party members live or die. He doesn't cause unnecessary harm but won't risk his beak unduly protecting others. Bit of a lone wolf if he weren't so sociable. Does not bother using healing magic on others for example - good thing he's so genial, no one notices. "Hit da bricks"

In battle: Would rather tame animals and creatures than kill them but will start mowing through sapient enemies before his allies have even started asking questions. Flies at a distance and repels long-range attacks with wind magic. Pure damage-dealer. Tends to be the last man standing due to his high magical powers, flight, and willingness to throw people under the bus when it comes down to it. Has highest arcane, perception, religion, and animal handling, and truly garbo stealth stats (bright red I guess)

Favourite spell: Chromatic orb, tidal wave for comic relief

Favourite pastries: Croissants, lemon meringue pie

[marlo404]

made this for a big character design swap in the secret sleepover society discord! Character description provided by bagelraven : )