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Throughout October, I'll be drawing a piece of Konsi art every day as a Drawtober challenge. Here's the prompts I'll be using.

You can find the art on Mastodon, Tumblr, Bsky, or Twitter. First two are best.


Over the years, DnD sources have offered many different scripts for the celestial alphabet. I'm using a pretty old one here, largely because I like how it looks.

The glyphs translate to "ZETEMA" - which will be of no use to anyone trying to figure out what spell she just cast.

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[-] ahdok@ttrpg.network 50 points 1 year ago

Sorry for all the people who wanted to see the rabbit go to town.

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 year ago

That's ok, the fact that she maintains the angry eyes while in flight made up for it.

[-] sammytheman666@ttrpg.network 18 points 1 year ago

Its ok, I will not hop to conclusion. Im sure youre doing it furr a good reason.

[-] ahdok@ttrpg.network 43 points 1 year ago

Since I know people will want it, here's the glyph set I'm using for celestial.

[-] ahdok@ttrpg.network 37 points 1 year ago

I copied Konsi's first two poses from professional baseball photographs. I love how exaggerated baseball throws are.

[-] Avalon@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

I love the dedication and work you put into this!

[-] degen@midwest.social 7 points 1 year ago

I like how the first one is basically just a Jojo pose lol

[-] astar26@ttrpg.network 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

OK that's really funny, I didn't understand why it resembles Hebrew and this is very very close (letter names are even the same).

Ignoring the table and reading it in Yiddish (which uses the same letters as in Hebrew with different pronunciation) this read closely to “oh my god“ ("omeged" but close enough)

Edit: reading right to left, of course.

[-] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Zetema?

Edit: I realize that E, I and O are the same, so it could be zitoma or something

Edit 2: Yo I got it right!

[-] Lazerbeams2@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 year ago

I thought it looked a lot like Hebrew. You did write it backwards though. And it's out of order in this picture too, ז is the 7th letter in the Hebrew alphabet but here it's listed as the last

[-] ahdok@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago

I believe this "celestial alphabet" was based loosely on hebrew yes. They've more recently replaced it with their own glyphs, but also not officially published them all so... (shrug) - I just liked the shapes.

[-] Lazerbeams2@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago

It's actually pretty close to Hebrew with sharper lines and a bunch of added dots and flourishes

[-] LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch 19 points 1 year ago

This shit is quality, and the art is getting noticeably better as it goes on.

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago

The glyphs translate to "ZETEMA" - which will be of no use to anyone trying to figure out what spell she just cast.

I just assumed she was casting something to transform Razira back into her own body so she could lay the smack down.

[-] ahdok@ttrpg.network 19 points 1 year ago

She is - but you might as well cast a useful spell when you do that...

[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm imagining Konsi doing the mickey surprise tool pose and now I wish I could draw.

[-] ahdok@ttrpg.network 17 points 1 year ago

The closest I have are these:

[-] MouseKeyboard@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago

Where did she get the tears in her ears?

[-] ahdok@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 year ago

From her goblin clan originally.

She's just had a lot of high level healing magic applied to her during her adventuring ties, so little nips like that tend to heal out. (The DMG actually has some guidelines for what levels of magic can heal various forms of minor permanent marks like scarring etc - it's interesting)

[-] MouseKeyboard@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago

What page are those guidelines on?

[-] ahdok@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago

My DMG is on DnDB so it doesn't have page numbers - I'm getting it from the "lingering injuries" table in chapter 9.

[-] sammytheman666@ttrpg.network 4 points 1 year ago

But dropping a polymorph doesnt require casting. Just to stop concentrating

[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago

But why wouldn't you cast something?
It's a two-fer!

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Just read the title of your post and realized you were saying that she was casting a different spell, which ended her rabbit transformation spell.

[-] TerrificTadpole@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Cheers to the captain, who is yelling "No surrender!" as his comrades charge a smol priestess and her pet rabbit.

His level of extra is commendable.

[-] GreenMario@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago
[-] sammytheman666@ttrpg.network 8 points 1 year ago

I have watched this several times and just now notice that the henchman repeating the gah is a kenku and this is hilarious :)

[-] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago
[-] ahdok@ttrpg.network 7 points 1 year ago

She has Strength, Sword's Dance, Heavy Slam, and Body Press

[-] ag_roberston_author@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Well it has to be a bonus action cleric spell with concentration because throwing an object is an action, so the options are: Shield of Faith, Holy Weapon or Spirit Shroud. She's not holding a weapon, and it doesn't look like she's summoning spirits of the dead, so I'm going to go with she is casting Shield of Faith.

[-] ahdok@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In this case, I did pick a spell that's a full action. Assume for mechanical accuracy that Konsi's not really "throwing" the rabbit, but the rabbit is jumping, which is what's really giving the distance.

[-] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

The most powerful spell component: a flexible GM

[-] ahdok@ttrpg.network 6 points 1 year ago

In this case, even more powerful and deadly: Artistic License

[-] sammytheman666@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 year ago

Throwing a polymorphed rabbit would be interaction with an object because I love my players and their creativity

[-] Chreutz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Is something wrong with the pictrs database? I can't see the image... ☹️

[-] ahdok@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 year ago

I think the community's server is having issues. I don't really know enough about Lemmy to diagnose this.

Here's the direct link to the image in my webspace.

[-] Shhalahr@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Pulled off so expertly. Have they done this before?

[-] ahdok@ttrpg.network 4 points 1 year ago

Not this specifically, no... but they're both pretty seasoned adventurers.

[-] TechieDamien@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

My guess is spirit guardians. With the 3 attackers coming over, it would be a shame if they had to take damage to get close enough to attack.

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