#Xeddrinth

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That one animation with a soft headbutt, am I right?

#BG3 #Tav x Karlach #Xeddrinth #they both deserve something nice #and who does better forehead bumps than two characters who have actual horns #it took 1000 years due to Xeddrinth's scales and Karlach's tattoos but I think the textures are nice #thunderboltfire's art #digital art

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Oath of the Ancients + Protection feat = Ultimate Mother Hen Experience.

#BG3 #digital sketch #tablet crimes #I just got Aura of Protection on his playthrough #and I couldn't help myself but imagine him as a giant puffed and angry hen XD #I'm in the middle of Githyanki creche and these fights on Tactician mode are no joke #Xeddrinth #bg memes

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The whiplash of playing as a paladin after playing as a rogue.

Polish version

#BG3 #DnD #Rogue #Paladin #Nela The Rogue #Xeddrinth #in comparison to Nela Xeddrinth is a disney prince #Oath of The Ancients - so he even speaks with animals #I had to find an explanation for why he's running around the camp bare-chested #Nela also probably enjoys trials and tribulations of trying to share a bedroll with bony and cold Astarion #while Xeddrinth is still single and enjoys the comforts of having all the space for himself #(I swear silver dragonborn are so beautifully done in this game but any realistic portrait of him will be such a pain to draw) #especially bc his scale color looks radically different in every possible environment #digital sketch #doodle #tablet crimes #thunderboltfire's art

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Nela approaching her LI with kissing intentions

vs Xeddrinth's face when doing the same

#BG3 #doodle #Nela the rogue #Xeddrinth #Nela's effortless roguish charm vs Xeddrinth's powerful case of puppy eyes #BTW Xeddrinth isn't shy #but the way the dialogue tree's constructed gives the uncharacteristically guarded impression for how open and direct Karlach's romance is #I understand why it's the way it is but it makes it look a little funny #buddy I'm pretty sure your heavily touch starved girlfriend who literally lights up when you touch her won't mind a good morning kiss #in case of Astarion such somewhat careful approach to physical affection reads more naturally #thunderboltfire's art #sketch

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(jest zdeterminowany)

English version

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#BG3 #Xeddrinth #Karlach Cliffgate #niby dudel ale udał mi się jego wyraz pyska #tablet crimes #Bg3 memes #Xeddrinth chłopcze lepiej naucz się robić eliksiry ochrony przed ogniem

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Dragonborn Tav, when he gets antagonised by an entire garrison of duergars on top with True Soul Nere (1492 DR, colorized)

#BG3 #Xeddrinth #Tav #meme #I love it bc of the contrast between his serious paladin dialogue options #Here it was like “Oh? You want to fight? OH I'LL GLADLY SEE HOW IT WILL END!” #He may have a lot more in common with Karlach than I previously thought #Love me some instances of Paladin Rage (TM)

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There's nothing like petting Scratch to make me face the fact that my paladin has unwashed-ass yellow teeth. Apparently, he has a blue tongue like a skink but his gums are pink.

Also, interesting teeth pattern, and I wonder if it's the same in the other dragonborn head models. He has two bigger fang-like pairs of teeth in the lower jaw and nothing of corresponding size in the upper jaw. This would explain a slight underbite he seems to have that becomes visible from certain angles.

#BG3 #Xeddrinth #thunder plays games #dragonborn #I understand making them a little yellowish but wow these are really yellow! #I'm concerned for his dental health #I probably didn't make the visual side of the things better by giving him skin with cold blue undertone #But I'm probably going to whiten them a little if I'll be drawing him with his teeth out

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Lay on hands

Xeddrinth as a faux-illumination!

(originally I planned to draw him as a Rosymorn-monastery style stained glass, but somehow I gravitated towards the medieval miniature style again.)

#BG3 #Xeddrinth #Tav #paladin #I had to somehow make the Oath of The Ancients symbol into coats of arms #Rebelle really is fun even if I miss stabilisation haha #digital art #thunderboltfire's art

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Przesiadka na granie paladynem po przejściu łotrzykiem to jednak niezły szok.

English version

#BG3 #DnD #łotrzyk #paladyn #Nela the Rogue #Xeddrinth #Nela nie dość że skacowana to jeszcze pewnie Astarion wbijał jej łokieć pod żebro całą noc #Xeddrinth za to nie dość że jest singlem to idzie spanko o 9 wieczorem #Jak pan Torm przykazał #(BTW musiałam wymyślić czemu gania po obozie świecąc gołą klatą) #Nie mogę się nadziwić jak ślicznie są zrobieni metaliczni drakoni w tej grze #ale rysowanie srebrnych łusek co wyglądają inaczej w każdym świetle to będzie mordęga #thunderboltfire's art #Polish #meme

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Volo's eye is extremely useful, but I ended up not using it in Xeddrinth's playthrough. In most dialogues only his right eye is visible (due to his nose obscuring the other eye) and I like his original eye color more.

Nonetheless, it was interesting to test the possibility. I wondered if Volo's eye on dragonborns will have a round pupil or a slit pupil and it turns out it's the latter!

(Unfortunately I noticed he looks a little like a car with one headlight broken and I can't unsee it XD)

#BG3 #Xeddrinth #dragonborn #BG3 spoilers #I love how angular and geometrically clear this head model is #it's also visible how he emotes by just looking at scales' sections #he ended up having both eyes intact #(he was on board with a needle but couldn't be persuaded once Volo switched to an icepick)

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The thing I love about this game is that there's clearly been a lot of thought put into the camera angles, and how they're used to tell the story. It usually is not obvious, but in this interaction with Thisobald, the camera work and scene's composition does such an immense work.

First, there's the size disparity. Xeddrinth is one hunk of a dragonborn, and he's clearly dwarfed by Thisobald. It illustrates the threat clearly. The second thing is the lighting - eerie light at the side of Tav and shadow on the sound of the twisted brewer. Then there are poses and expressions - I like the way the character sort-of plays along the Thisobald's game, pretending to be a weary adventurer sitting down to a friendly chat with the bartender.

I think that the way the Thorms are dealt with is narratively very interesting and the way you can resolve all the fights without actually fighting is extremely tabletop in its execution. In a way you're putting these tortured souls to rest - in a less or more merciful way. Thisobald's solution feels like a part of a traditional fairy tale, where a hero outsmarts the monster and makes its own faults doom it - similar to Malus, where it's especially bloody and cruel.

Gerringothe gets more of a medium treatment - she has to be persuaded that she was at fault, and she stops haunting the town.

But while in case of Gerringothe what's visible in Tav's body language is equal parts disgust and morbid curiosity, in case of Thisobald it's wariness - but also there's a little bit of sympathy visible in Tav's actions. They play a game that leads to Thisobald's demise, they use his knowledge to their advantage, but also we give him a glimpse of his life when he wasn't a monster yet.

It's clear none of the Thorms were good people - all of them became corrupt one way or another, but their forms are hardly a sort of penance - they continue to do harm and need to be put down. It's perhaps telling that in all three cases they actually end themselves, just as Ketheric is a self-made villain that in the end gets consumed by what he's chosen to represent.

#BG3 #BG3 spoilers #Xeddrinth #meta

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Give them a week, and they'll invent ice swimming all over again.

Polish version

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#BG3 #Xeddrinth #Karlach Cliffgate #meme #tablet crimes #thunderboltfire's art #he is determined! #Xeddrinth my dude you better stock up on fire resistance potions

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As befits a paladin, Xeddrinth looks really good in plate armor. I considered (and still consider) this plate armor model to be way too ornate for my taste, almost like a ceremonial armor, but he's able to pull it off. Thanks for providing us with plates at a very discounted rate, Ketheric's cultists!

#BG3 #Xeddrinth #it's a silver dragonborn I should have expected that silvers and greys will fit him #also the warm pink lighting in the camp on the pass makes everything prettier #gameplay

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I made Xeddrinth's guardian a dwarven lady, partially because I like their models, partially for giggles, and I have to applaud the fact that despite an awfully big height difference the camera in the dream visitor scenes isn't even awkward.

However, it looks pretty funny when she urges him to take her hand, being seen from a very low perspective and the next frame is this:

He'd be almost level with her even if he was sitting!

#Xeddrinth #BG3 #thunder plays games

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oof, at least we're out of the sketch stage!

#WIP #I'm sorry for showering you with WIPs instead of the finished stuff #I knew drawing Xeddrinth's mirror-shine scales will be a painstaking process but I think it's slowly starting to pay off #I'm getting a little out of my comfort zone with this one as I don't draw couples often #But they're too cute so I don't regret anything #thunderboltfire's art

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Xeddrinth: masterpost

Tagged under: #Xeddrinth

Category: Player Character System: DnD 5e

Game: Baldur's Gate 3

Visuals:

Rogue vs Paladin (doodle/meme) -> Polish version

Who would win? (meme) -> Kto wygra? (mem)

Doodle: Mother hen experience

Screenshots: How Xeddrinth would look like with Volo's eye (and why he didn't got it)

Meme/doodle: Dragonborn Tav vs. the ever-increasing number of foes (feat. Xeddrinth)

Colored art: Medieval Manuscript-style portrait Colored art: Headbump (Xeddrinth x Karlach fluff)

Text + visuals: Discussion about dragonborns' teeth

Xeddrinth and his guardian

#character masterpost #organising the stuff on my blog again