#Fantasy Race Design

[the-hydroxian-artblog]

Wildly mesmerized by Vance because I thought that converting Humans to Merch Mimics was a Zachary-only power and I'm wondering if he had anything to do with that or if there's some other way to achieve it

Zachary is Good at it, but he's not the only one! Here's a story:

Long ago, a peasant meets a mimic of King Midas that is made of gold. He tells the peasant he can turn anything into gold, but the catch is that the converted object becomes his if he takes a liking to it. The peasant gives King Midas stones as a tribute. He takes them, and the stones turn to gold. King Midas then bids the peasant farewell, as he must now rest. The peasant, filled with both regret and greed, returns and steals portions of Midas' fortune while he sleeps: a few gold bars, crowns, things the King had for centuries, but also of course, the stones as well. Once the peasant runs off too far from Midas' castle, however, everything stolen begins to crumble and break apart... except for the once golden stones, which revert into normal stones again. When Midas awakens, he only finds the golden stones to be missing from his hoard. Everything else has returned.

He shrugs; he wasn't very attached to them yet, anyway. The crowns, the gold bars, those were the objects of his affections, and so, they remain with him. Midas, now feeling nostalgic, thinks back and instead wonders... if he claimed his own late wife in the same fashion as his treasures, would that not have saved her life?

No, that wouldn't have worked-- For he honored her wish to die as herself and not as a possession. If he had tried to force her, and yet her will insisted to not be claimed, then all that would be left of her would be an empty golem of gold in her visage, a body converted, but not the will behind it. No; She allowed herself to die of old age, and he had her body cremated. Her memory alone shall be the only thing that should remain, as treasure enough.

When a mimic is given an object of any kind, the mimic can voluntarily "assimilate" the object into their "inventory", which they can summon any time. When an object is assimilated, it gets partially converted into the same "stuff" the mimic is made out of. Items can be removed and reverted to normal by the mimic, but only to a state the mimic remembers. If the object is assimilated for too long, and then forcefully removed from the mimic, it begins to "decay" and disappear, after which it "unloads" and "reloads" back into the mimic's inventory.

Basic example: Give Jack a shirt. He puts the shirt on. If he likes the shirt a lot, the shirt becomes a part of him, causing the shirt to appear "painted" on him, and his joints are visible through the shirt. Now, tell Jack you kinda want the shirt back. He's sad, but he takes it off. The shirt is now made of solid plastic even while removed from him, but he focuses on it shakes it a bit. It reverts back into a normal shirt, and he hands it back to you. It is precisely as it was when you first gave it to him.

Finally, this begs the question: Do living things count as objects?

The answer is yes, but with some caveats:

1: The mimic has to get to know the human pretty well, otherwise they won't want to fully assimilate the human, 2: the human has to be extremely willing, otherwise their own will power will cause them to eventually get ejected, 3: After full assimilation, both need some kind of energy source as a catalyst (lightning usually works pretty well) that the mimic can endure. This allows the mimic to perform a kind of mitosis, allowing the assimilated human to split off while still being made out of mimic-stuff. Without a catalyst of some kind, the assimilated human can only either revert to being just human, or persist as a dependent "accessory" to the mimic that claimed them. If the catalyst works properly, the human is now an independent human-mimic, and can be removed from the original mimic without decaying or reverting back to normal.

Zachary is a very powerful mimic, so he was easily able to assimilate and then split Az into another Horsey. For other mimics, it's harder to do. As for Vance, that's a story for another day.

Midas sits on his throne. Reminiscing over all the people he's lost over the years, his yellow, polished heart ached. So many he offered immortality to, only to be turned down. His mourning was interrupted, however.

"Hey dad, I'm back from Aldi. Do we have any butter? I forgot to get some," said his golden son, walking in from a doorway, wearing shorts, sandals, and a tanktop, eating a sack of golden potatoes, "I know I don't need to eat anymore, given I let you turn me into this and you used a ritual to allow me to exist apart from you, but I still get the munchies every now and then. Some butter would go great with these."

"In the cupboard, son," sighed Midas, with an annoyed smile.

For because Midas was annoyed, he knew his son was indeed still himself. An individual with his own will, his own prospects still, and his own ability to remain even if something happened to Midas himself.

#Merch Mimic #worldbuilding #Character Design #fantasy race design #moaccyrk #hope all of this makes sense lol #lore notes

[dead-obsith]

Recently I've seen my old plus-sized fantasy creatures get some love from you guys, so I made two more lovelies!!

#artists on tumblr #drawing #digital art #character design #original character #oc drawing #oc #fantasy drawing #fantasy art #fantasy race #centaur #orc #centaur oc #orc oc

[clover-mouse]

the grassy gnoll had me thinking about a mossy rock … mossy .. statue?

so here is a gargoyle i’ve doodled up. he’s my son

#art #ID in alt text #fantasy art #fantasy character design #umm not gonna tag this dnd because technically it isn’t but #i had the thought to maybe play this fellow and use the warforged race for the function #they’re an animated statue who doesn’t sleep or eat or anything #they were born yesterday so everyone needs to be nice to them

[u3pxx]

symmetrical tool headshots of the good omens and bad omens sillies 🤍🖤 one where they're normal and one where they're also normal nothing to see here forces of heaven and hell who want to put them on trial ;^PP

and also, bonus swap crow aziraphale and fem swap zira and crowley based on this drawing of mine!

#i just like character design ok!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #i love thinking about how a person can still be that same person given a different role or body!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #shoutout to ryoko kui mangaka of hit manga dungeon meshi she gets me on that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #her studies of the characters wearing different clothes as different fantasy races and the doppleganger chapter the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #hope u enjoy the little difference between all of them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #good omens #den's bad omens #aziraphale #crowley #aziracrow #ineffable husbands #ineffable wives #ineffable partners #ineffable spouses #good omens reverse #good omens roleswap #fem aziraphale #fem crowley #butch aziraphale #demon aziraphale #angel crowley #sunnysidedraws #described #id in alt text

[littleivyart]

A party for the centuries

#Essin #digital art #original art #original characters #ocs #character design #orc #fae #dark elf #fantasy races #drosskin #tielfing #bumpkin #halfings #littleivyart #original fantasy #procreate #my art

[octodruid]

oh sorry, did you think that last post I made was a final design? I've been working on these assholes for over 2 years straight and there are versions of them that will never see the light of day; I'm not about to *stop* just because I posted one online 🙃 I spent a few hours writing up a lore dump for these guys before deciding it should wait until I have a lineup with more variants

#speculative biology #speculative evolution #creature design #sophont #fantasy race #kh project #kh ogodai #Ive written it it just has to go on the right post

[leap-0n]

Uaahhh idk what to keep posting here, so I present my darling horrible baby eating child; Undertow. She’s kinda vaguely a httyd oc and is all I’ve drawn for like the last year

#literally just an amalgamation of my fav animals #httyd oc #httyd #how to train your dragon #httyd fandom #httyd rtte #httyd fanart #dragon #dragon oc #character design #fantasy design #oc #leap-0n #dreamworks dragons #dreamworks #httyd 3 #httyd 2 #rtte #race to the edge #leap-0n ocs

[simpingforcys]

I normally don’t buy fantasy pins but 👀

#look at that design 👀👀👀 #OH I JUST NOTICED THE TURBO AND KC RACING HELMETS #AH #lowkey fits into my personal hc that after WIR au where he lives he can change back from his cybug form to his short form but on very rare #occasions #cuz it’s funny #and also hot #wreck it ralph #king candy #Disney fantasy pin

[frenchsfantasyschtuff]

The Hap Sídhe

Common pixie-like spirits. They're good-humoured and incredibly curious, despite being shy.

Travellers may see regular butterflies and ignore them, unaware that they're being observed by the Hap Sídhe. Especially lucky travellers might get to see them up-close, only once they've proven their good-nature to the fairies, after which they're extremely friendly.

Seeing the Hap Sídhe is a sign of good fortune and happiness.

#character design #fantasy #races #drawings #fairy #butterfly #original character #oc

[lab-gr0wn-lambs]

c0ws

#can't believe there's fantasy races in my comic that I've never even made concept art for #so anyways here's some minotaurs lol #gotta draw more centaurs fauns and ogres I only have like one character of each #I've never drawn a full-blood pixie either... #I have drawn a grand total of 2 mer-people.. #so yeah! here's some guys! #I designed them both as men but their genders can go any which way tbh #I'm in a headspin over the second guy's colour scheme. Bitch like a magical moon spirit #... moo spirit #cate's scribbles #my ocs #demon's advocate #minotaur #cow #cows #anthro #furry #(?) #character design #scribbles

[lonksadventures]

I’m back with more startouched doodles except this one is sunset themed

#lonksadventures #dnd #doodle #procreate #fantasy #fantasy character #character design #original art #dnd homebrew race #dnd homebrew #dnd 5e #dungeons and dragons art

[the-hydroxian-artblog]

Okay so recently I came across the explanation for what merch mimics were and I was wondering: Are we allowed to make merch mimic OCs?

Yea!

#go wild #Merch Mimic #fantasy race design #FAQ #read 'yea!' in Scout's voice please

[dead-obsith]

Some more creatures u3u bc I saw that you guys were all over my centaur and orc

#artists on tumblr #drawing #digital art #character design #original character #oc drawing #oc art #oc #monster girl #monster design #creature design #snake girl #fantasy race #fantasy drawing #fantasy art #fantasy

[saffron-rays]

Clothing :)

Some of the color choices seem.. off, so if you have any advice I’d love to hear it!

#art #original fiction #world building #dnd homebrew #homebrew #original art #ocs #worldbuilding #concept art #dnd art #fantasy clothing #fantasy art #fantasy design #fantasy #fantasy race #fantasy world

[kaneidae]

Lil Goblin girl, veryyyy proud of this one

#goblin #goblin girl #gobtober2023 #monster girl #monstergirl #monster #creature design #monster design #monster girls #helmet #tail #frog #fantasy race #fantasy creature #fantasy creatures #fantasy #mythical creature #mythical creatures #kaneurysm art

[littleivyart]

Welcome to Essin! Home to many different peoples. From the small, humble Bumpkins, to the towering, powerful Orcs. We hope you find them all interesting!

My Husband and I have been brainstorming the fantasy world of Essin for over 2 years now and are so excited to bring this world to life (as much as two people reasonably can, that is), but feel free to ask all about them! We have a bunch of lore we're happy to share!

Oh, and make sure to peep the alt text on each pic, as there's much lore tucked away in there!

#fantasy world #worldbuilding #fantasy art #fantasy races #original fantasy #original art #digital art #character design #Essin #halflings #orcs #trolls #fantasy humans #Trogs #Bumpkins #Drosskin #fae #goblins #elves #wood elves #high elves #my art