Despite being infinitely more aggressive and difficult to work with than a horse, Bre'uhn has always had a soft spot for Axe Beaks This githyanki thrives in the cold
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Despite being infinitely more aggressive and difficult to work with than a horse, Bre'uhn has always had a soft spot for Axe Beaks This githyanki thrives in the cold
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Drew my own interpretation of the axe beak from D&D along with some fun variations (one which definitely isn't a reference to something else) 🪶
Paladin: You need to ride two axe-beaks, like a palanquin. Warlock: An axe-beak for each cheek. Cleric: Excellent. Warlock: Did you say 'axcellent?' Rogue: We did now.
I started DMing Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden, here's one of the PCs brave Sir Lancealittle riding a mighty Axe Beak.
Which Edition of D&D had the best design/artwork of an Axe Beak?
First Edition
Second Edition
Third Edition
Fifth Edition
A series of fantasy-themed ink illustrations I did for my TTRPG stock art venture! There's a lot of these coming up, so stay tuned for more!
My DriveThruRPG store, where I upload these for game developers to buy and use, is here!
The AD&D Monster Manual introduced the axe beak, but the phororhacos of the Monster Manual II (1983) is a much more dangerous relative found in "lost world" settings. With higher attack damage, a special jump attack, and over twice the hit dice (greatly increasing its hp and its chances to hit with attacks), it seems like a better representation of the largest predatory terror birds known from our world's fossil record.