Dungeons and Dragons (and other TTRPG) characters

[Tursastheeternal]

So, I'm starting a new D&D campaign with a new character and felt inspired to draw her:

Azul: a goliath barbarian with the "Marine" background.

Have any of you ever drawn your TTRPG characters?

[jwabeasley]

Here's one from the last time I was a player in a campaign:

He's an honorable paladin (LG) whose father was basically the disgraced and deposed witch-king of Angmar and who hails from an evil culture run be demon-worshiping necromancers and that most people elsewhere treat like they're Nazis (justifiably).

I usually do draw my characters when I am a player, but I rarely do when I am a DM.

Here's another one from the same setting that started as a DMPC but was so much fun that he has since become my default starting character when playing with unfamiliar DMs:

He's a divination wizard apprentice with rogue skills and a street urchin (orphan) background. Everyone he's ever met has tried to use him to their advantage, as a result he has a complex about ensuring he is of value to people and is never in their way because he doesn't want to end up on the streets again!

What's Azul's backstory (if you have one)?

[Oriflamme]

I made illustrations for my character only two times ish.

The first was a scholar from a distant city that came into the region to find some flowers and got roped into saving the world. She was the only character to survive two almost TPKs and the whole campaign.

I then re-used the image when my group played a bloodborne themed campaign id DnD, but this time she was this living doll deceiving everyone (including herself) that she was a real person, and was trying to find her family that died decades ago.

The second time was for a steampunk magical flying island using a homemade system. She was this working class girl that was pressed ganged into the evil empire’s navy and was now a pirate.

Finally there was a campaign that we started but stopped in favor of the FF14 TTRPG. I only started a sketch. It was in the same homebrew system but this time in a modern solo-leveling-style world, my character was part of a fringe movement of freaks that used modern weaponry to clear dungeons.

[Rob012]

The next step is to turn your TTRPG character into the protagonist of a webcomic, and then spend months losing your sanity

But! it's fun to nerd about D&D while making the script, dumping lore and stuff. Or just drawing violence, that's always fun.

[Tursastheeternal]

You DM too? That's so cool!

What's Azul's backstory (if you have one)?

As a former marine, she grew incredibly strong climbing ship masts and leaping from deck to deck in daring boarding actions. One day, however, her ship was attacked and sunk by a mysterious enemy. She nearly drowned and miraculously survived, but the lack of oxygen left her with brain damage and as the sole survivor is now haunted by the ghosts of the fallen. So, now she has a new principle: Never again. No comrade will ever fall under her watch.

[Tursastheeternal]

Bloodborne themed campaign sounds either really fun or an absolute nightmare

[Tursastheeternal]

The next step is to turn your TTRPG character into the protagonist of a webcomic, and then spend months losing your sanity

Sounds tempting. If only I didn't other projects in my backlog

[Oriflamme]

It was neat while it lasted but ultimately, it was still a DnD campaign with some lovecraftian theming and aesthetics. It’s not like we played Call of Cthulhu or one of the World of Darkness games.

[jwabeasley]

You DM too? That's so cool!

I am a typical forever-DM, I rarely get to play.

Azul sounds interesting, and that's a good team-player background you have there.

The next step is to turn your TTRPG character into the protagonist of a webcomic, and then spend months losing your sanity

I've long ago lost my sanity. Some day I will make a story that tells their story... but whatever comes of that will likely bear only a passing resemblance to the campaign it originates from.

[flibussteries]

I'm a forever dnd DM so it's usually my NPC i draw, players absolutely love it!

And of course i created a homebrew dnd "old west" setting with playable classes and.. i had to make a comic about it (we're not talking month but years losing my sanity over it, but it's worth it!)