On the wings of a dragon - Dekafox's excuse to post art

[Dekafox]

Next one is of my chakat OC again, Chakat Swiftwind. After a five year tour as helmsman of a Star Fleet Fast Cruiser exploring the frontier, shi found hirself unsatisfied with the limitations of flying such a ship. Shi retired from service, finding a new career in the private sector as a test pilot for high-speed prototype craft. As most Star Fleet personel either remain in the service for most of their working lives or end up transferring to the Star Corps instead, this caught the attention of a well-known pilot's magazine, who asked for an interview and photoshoot. Hir employer jumped at the chance for the additonal PR boost, and Swiftwind hirself was rather amenable to the idea. Shi had been a subscriber to the bi-annual magazine for many Terran years hirself; for hir, being featured on the cover of Full Impulse was yet another dream come true!

This was an idea I'd been pursuing for a long while, but it was harder than you'd think to find an artist that does faux magazine covers, while also using a style I like, and taur-friendly on top of that. The artist in question for this one is https://www.furaffinity.net/user/fluffy-void

 

[Dekafox]

Had a long wait on this one but it was worth it!

A slightly peeved Rahna about to show some poor schmuck that even in a desert, water can take life just as easy as give it. This art's by https://www.furaffinity.net/user/ariesredlo/

 

[Dekafox]

Been a little bit! Got a couple this month for characters I haven't really gotten much(or anything at all) of!

First, this one I actually got near the beginning of the month. I was reminded of Dusk, my old 4e Gnoll Druid, because some folks on the Discord server I already play 5E D&D Luna on were looking to setup a Eberron campaign, which DOES have playable gnolls in 5E, albeit unofficially(but from the creator!). That fell through due to scheduling, but someone else was looking to try out a rules-light 5E-like rules system called Nimble - you can search "Nimble ttrpg" on Youtube to se a few videos about it. it so happens that it ALSO has effectively playable gnolls(with the serial number filed off), and has animal-focused druids under a different name that lines up somewhat with Dusk's shapeshifting focus!

So now I'm playing Dusk, Gnoll Stormshifter of Fang and Claw, alongside a birdfolk bard, a reincarnated eldritch being of some sort, a elven mage, and for a time a ochre-scaled Dragonborn thief who is off on her own adventure now. This version of Dusk has a similar background, but is a bit of a herbo, and tends to just stick her nose into situations because they seem interesting. One of her other traits that was inspired by this campaign now(and definitely a part of her if she comes up again later elsewhere) is that she's a cook! Being well-versed in plants and herbs, as well as a natural hunter, she is no stranger to cooking delicious things for her friends!

This piece was done by https://www.furaffinity.net/user/sadnicole and the framing was inspired by Magic: The Gathering art!



Within the past couple days, I got one I'd been waiting a while on back, from an artist who normally does mostly World of Warcraft art. This is of Zhakarii, an ESO character of mine dating back to the Elsweyr chapter. I'd originally made her to be a stamina-focused Necromancer, but changes in the game over the years removed that distinction, so she kind of fell into disuse as I couldn't find a good gameplay hook for her that didn't overlap with Speaks-With-Bones, who I've posted previously in here.

Well, when subclassing came about, I got hit with inspiration, and turned her into a "dark scholar" type of character... like a Indiana Jones type who uses dark magics, playing off how I'd themed her around the dro-m'athra as her having halted a transformation into one with a mix of necromantic and psijiic magic, and now she uses a mix of her former necromancy skills, Namira's dark magic, and soul magic born of the dro-m'athra. I find her much more fun to play now, and distinct from most of my other characters, both in concept and gameplay.

So here she is, confused and annoyed that the lead she had gotten on these ruins turned out to be wrong! The artist for this is https://www.furaffinity.net/user/howlite/