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the commission i just wrapped up for @dm-clockwork-dragon of a campaign villain, victor stein: a 7 ft necromantic birdman who is VERY picky about how his feathers look. he was described to me as "king of the queer-coded villains". tried to do that justice

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[dm-clockwork-dragon]

At Long last, We Welcome the Noble Aeramanu

This Race took me far longer than most to complete, which is strange, considering it was one of the first that I imagined for my home brew setting. Victor Allen Stein was a character I played long ago in a campaign that never quite took off, but his story took on a life of it’s own with the help of my wife, and that story eventually laid the groundwork for all of Aetheros.

The problem was, when I originally designed the character it was in 4th edition, and in 4e, kenku were a very different race. When moving him into 5th edition, the Kenku race no longer suited him, and the Aracokra were not suitable either, so I imagined my own race of avian humanoids, Steeped in the occult, and with a heavy inspiration from Romanian culture and history (which I in no way do justice within this fantasy race).

Despite being one of the first elements to make up my new world, I dragged my feet in creating this race, partially because I struggled to find the right artwork (I still intend to commission something specific in the future), but mostly because I had developed so deep a connection to the Aeramanu as a people, that stepping back to Isolate the mechanics of the race became a struggle.

In the end, I’m not sure I will ever be happy with this race, because I’m so closely involved I can’t help but try to make it perfect. But at some point we all have to step back and say “that’s good enough” And move on to something new. Who knows, maybe I will revisit the Aeramanu in the future. but until then, I think I did alright. The Preview here is low resolution. For the high-resolution PDF, as well as My Expanded armory which contains a number of new shields, check out this handy dropbox link. And be sure to tell me what you think! If you like what I do and want to support me or just generally help out, Check out my Patreon or Ko-Fi pages, or throw some coin at me through Paypal.me. If you wanna just come say hi on my Discord, that’s great too!

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