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Published: 2015-11-25 15:55:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 7363; Favourites: 222; Downloads: 0
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Bestiary artwork for Endless Realms , a D&D-like "pen and paper" fantasy RPG I'm working for.Typically underestimated as nothing but scavengers and raiders, gnolls are keen and intelligent and the ultimate opportunists, making the most of what they can get, and while they're not particularly large compared to the other sentient races, they design their armour and clothing to purposefully make themselves look larger and more fearsome than they really are. In this particular case, we have a warrior who's managed to acquire the skin of an Ulvar Kyr , using it both as weapon and protection.
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It looks amazing! though my mind went straight to the wolverine the moment i saw the hand blades.
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Thanks! *chuckles* Heh, yeah, Wolverine is pretty culturally connected to claw weapons now :b
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Regardless, your work is still amazing. looking forward to the next piece.
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This Gnoll takes the step in the direction of their actual inspiration, the hyenas. Typically hyenas are always denigrated as 'scavengers who steal from lions' when in actuality the hyenas are the hunters rather than the lions most of the time. Perhaps this Gnoll is a female leader and controls the pack, as with hyenas in their matriarchal society, as in the description she had acquired the hide of an Ulvar Kyr. Perhaps instead of collecting it, she had slain the Ulvar Kyr in single combat, thus proving herself worthy enough to wear its skin and use its claws.
Anyway, good work on the design.
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Yes, that was exactly the thought process I had behind the design. I'm not in control of lore/writing/how the creature will actually be implemented, but if gnoll society is anything like hyena society, it would probably be, as you said, matriarchal. And yeah, I had actually imagined the gnoll here had earned the Ulvar skin, rather than just "found" it somewhere :b but left it open to interpretation.
Thanks!
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FIERCE
Makes sense that, in order to survive, they would take bodyparts of other creatures
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Thanks! Heh, and yeah, I liked that touch, myself
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This is awesome! You've done amazing, looks like a very powerful beast, love the armor etc! Hogger has nothing on this guy
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Thank you so much! lol, oh Hogger...
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yeah lvl 1 40 man raids XD
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Looks vicious and tough but I would defeat him...
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From the thumbnail I thought it was a Charr! Looks really badass (which is probably what his intention is).
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Haha, I think I can see that! But yeah, the intent was to make a fairly "average-sized" or even slightly smaller than human-sized creature look much bigger and tougher, and if he looked sort of like a charr from the thumbnail, I think I succeeded
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I am amused that your description brought to mind the Star Trek: Next Generation species called 'Ferengi'; small, underestimated, and opportunistic.
I love how this one is depicted; definitely not someone to mess with!
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*chuckles* Hahah, yes, I know about the Ferengi. I can see it, for sure
Thanks!
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Hehe, glad to hear it. I only have run into them once in a campaign, I think - a gnoll sniper laughed at us when a party member failed his climb check trying to get at him, and instead took a whole bunch of falling damage :b
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a Gnoll sniper? how does that work?
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An archer :b Had a really good spot, we couldn't get to him easily, and his buddies got in our way.
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