Character Codex - Round 17 - Halfling Fighter and Monk

Greetings Chroniclers! Welcome to the Character Codex!

We're working our way through all 77 race/class combinations in the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook.  We're showing off the Halfling Fighter and Monk today.  Normally I do the Paladin in this batch but I've been under the weather and ran out of time. I'll try to have three next week. If you've missed any previous entries you can catch up HERE!

Virtual tabletop players, make sure to pick up some free tokens suitable for use in any virtual tabletop environment. 

Want to support the Character Codex? Have me draw your own personal RPG character!  RPG Character Sketches are inexpensive and a great way to show off your characters unique qualities.  You can find out more about that HERE!

Now, let's take a look at this week's Halflings!

Halfling Fighter

The Halfling Fighter here is a staple that I wanted to put my style to... the Halfling Duelist. Why a fighter and not a rogue? One word... feats. This mid-level fighter is a flurry of thrusts and parries. She may be small but she's deadly.

Her style is patterned a bit after the illustrations in old dueling manuals. Gloves and doublet over flared long sleeves. The scarf is in line with the dashes of color that Chronicle's Halflings, better known as Caun, throw in. 

Halfling Monk

For the Halfling Monk, I wanted to do something a but different. Typically, Halfling monks are depicted as nimble acrobats, tumbling between people's legs and tripping them up. The Caun of Chronicle are indeed nimble but they also like to have a good time! So I made my monk a Drunken Master!

I wanted to show that, yeah, this guy's drunk off his butt, yet at the same time he has the clarity of instinct that Drunken Masters in Kung Fu movies have. I had so much fun drawing this guy and am super pleased with how he turned out.

That's it for this week! Make sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter! Come back tomorrow for a new Chronicle!

Fun Art Friday! - Girls and Their Dragons

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Welcome to Fun Art Friday!

This weekend is a big weekend for girls and their dragons. How to Train Your Dragon 2 comes out and Game of Thrones wraps up with its season finale. So, I felt I needed to spotlight how awesome it is that girls/women riding dragons is a thing now.

Sure, HtTYD has Hiccup as the lead, and Daenerys is part of a large ensemble cast, but both of these characters are great examples of strong women in fantasy and they can both bring the fire without needing the boys!

This artwork is available NOW as a t-shirt and is on SALE for only $14 through the weekend. So go show your support for these fiery ladies and enjoy a good geek weekend!

Character Codex - Round 16 - Halfling Cleric and Druid

Greetings Chroniclers! Welcome to the Character Codex!

We're working our way through all 77 race/class combinations in the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook.  We're showing off the Halfling Cleric and Druid today.  If you've missed any previous entries you can catch up HERE!

Virtual tabletop players, make sure to pick up some free tokens suitable for use in any virtual tabletop environment. 

Want to support the Character Codex? Have me draw your own personal RPG character!  RPG Character Sketches are inexpensive and a great way to show off your characters unique qualities.  You can find out more about that HERE!

Now, let's take a look at this weeks' halflings!

Halfling Cleric

First up is the Halfling Cleric. Halflings in Chronicle are known as Caun. They are a wandering race, travelling from city to kingdom. Caun are favored by Jul, goddess of creativity and travel. It is said that she delights in their stories and so a worship of Jul involves the telling of stories around a fire and offering sacrifices into the bonfire .  

A Caun cleric would wear the flowing clothes associated with so many other priests, yet she does still wear armor for practicality's sake. The staff she is holding is a minor relic called the Walking Stick of Jul. Among other powers the Walking Stick will point the way to your destination.

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Halfling Druid

Next is the Halfling Druid. This guy is something special. This is based off of the character one of my friends, Matt, is playing in my current Pathfinder game set in the Chronicle world! If you're curious how my RPG Character Sketches look, here you go! I may have gotten the hair color wrong, but other than that I am so pleased with how this one turned out.

The character's name is Traveler, he's a Reincarnated Druid from Ultimate Magic. He's been reincarnated a few times and has developed an eclectic assortment of gear. The two most notable items are the intelligent spear that looks like a Marlin and the intelligent scarf with various gaming boards knitted into it. Both of them talk to Traveler and each other and have their own little rivalry going.

That's it for this week! Make sure to come back tomorrow for a new Chronicle strip and on Friday for the latest Fun Art Drawing! As always, Like and Share on the Social Media of your choice!

Than

The Chronicler's Notes - Shop updates and Chronicle 21 Preview Image

Greetings Chroniclers!

Things have been busy for me lately so I haven't been able to find you guys some choice links to click on.  But I do have a preview image of this week's strip. The action is going to be ramping up the next few weeks. So, stick around for some interesting developments.

Last week, I mentioned that there is a new Artist's Shop. This week I want to go over some of the new features with you.

First, I've added more Character Sketch options to the store as well, so make sure you check those out. There are lots of choices for a character drawing personalized just for you!

Don't forget to pick up your Rocket Jayne T-Shirts! More T-Shirts are on the way!

 Finally, I have added the Gnomes Pack of Virtual Tabletop Tokens. The Virtual Tabletop Tokens are a great way to add some variety to your tabletop RPG. They're optimized for virtual tabletop programs, but they will print as tokens for your physical game as well. I will have some new products in that vein shortly as well. Stay tuned for that.

Have a great week, Chroniclers!

Than

Fun Art Friday - Thoth, God of IT

It's Fun Art Friday! Sorry this is a bit late. I'm home with a sick kid. I'm working in my little studio space in our common room. I keep a little statue of the Egyptian god, Thoth here on my desk. Thoth is the god of writing, magic, and technology. So I keep him around as the god of Information Technology . In my other life, I work in IT and it's funny to me how people wonder at what you can do as if you're casting some magic spell! Maybe that's all the great wizards were, IT Support! Merlin was just Arthur's CIO!

So,  he is... Thoth, God of IT.