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Hey happy #freerpgday everyone! Got a special cat to share that uses light-reflecting iriophores in its fur to stealthily hunt in the woods. you can pick up its free DnD5e rules at www.patreon.com/solkesh!

#bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #dnd #creaturedesign #creature #ttrpg #cat#free

10 months ago 14 0 0 0
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This nautilus uses its shell and tentacles to dig through the ocean floor for mollusks and crustaceans to pull into its mouth. Its siphon sending it spinning into solid rock or prey.

#bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #rpg #dnd #dungeonsanddragons ##creaturedesign #ttrpg #conceptart

10 months ago 157 25 2 1
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A small rodent that hops and scurries in the tall grasses of the Farplains with long ears that connect for a near seamless loop to hear more than most creatures could ever hope to
#bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #monster #rpg #roleplaying #dnd #mouse #dungeons&dragons #creaturedesign

10 months ago 12 0 0 0
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Now with all the creatures completed for the first bestiary I can focus in on some deep dives into the biomes.

#bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #monster #rpg #creaturedesign #creature #ttrpg #conceptart #fish #fishing #coralreef #coral #ocean #sea #illustration #landscape #scenery

10 months ago 15 0 0 0

He looks so wise...and so grumpy

10 months ago 1 0 1 0

ah craps! I was really liking the 3rd season. The first two were pretty weak and it had turned itself around so well.

10 months ago 1 0 1 0
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New creatures inbound next month! The Lhoupin and Vortautilus!

#speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #monster #rpg #roleplaying #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #solkesh #tabletopgaming #beast #creaturedesign #creature #animal #ttrpg #conceptart #mouse #rodent #nautilus #squid #octopus #cuteanimals

10 months ago 12 1 0 0
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Inspired by the archer fish, and simply wanting to draw another crabstrosity, I loved the idea of a group of large crustaceans wadding water off the island's coast and knocking birds out of the sky.
#speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #monster #rpg #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #creaturedesign #creature

11 months ago 12 1 0 0
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I spent most of saturday sketching in a cafe, and only such a nice calm use of the day could inspire this skyelarx basking in the sun.

#bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #monster #rpg #roleplaying #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #tabletopgaming #creaturedesign #creature #ttrpg #conceptart #fox

11 months ago 10 0 0 0
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Eolved from catfish, it lost its need to see eons ago as sensitive barbels rise from its snout to feel the tremor and electric vibrations of its watery home around it
#bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #dungeonsanddragons #creaturedesign #creature #ttrpg #conceptart #fish #fishing

11 months ago 15 1 0 0
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Sol'Kesh's waters are about to get a lot more dangerous as we near the summer months with two releases that dwell beneath the surface.
#bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #rpg #roleplaying #dnd #dungeonsanddragon #tabletopgaming #creaturedesign #ttrpg #conceptart #fish #catfish #crustacean

11 months ago 5 2 0 0
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This baby-bjorn essentially allows a Traveler to care for and command a critter to attack, and while its used for the beasts of Sol'Kesh...nothing is stopping you from putting a goblin in there.

#bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #rpg #roleplaying #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #solkesh #ttrpg

11 months ago 6 0 0 0
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The omaterssum is on the verge of extinction, with a lower than survivable birthrate Many of the females of their species quell their maternal instincts by adopting wayward young
#bestiary #speculativeevolution #art #rpg #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #solkesh #creaturedesign #ttrpg #conceptart #possum

1 year ago 10 2 0 0
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Had a lot of fun with this one a while back by mimicking the pose of a bird and applying it to the body form of a locust. Turned out to be a pretty cool way to try out convergent evolution!

#bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #monster #creaturedesign #ttrpg #conceptart #locust #specevo

1 year ago 23 3 1 0
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It's not a surprise that painting bones and exoskeletons are my happy place, that might be why this bestiary has so many bugs. So this weapon was just pure happiness to draw.

#bestiary #fantasy #art #rpg #roleplaying #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #solkesh #ttrpg #conceptart #weapon #scythe

1 year ago 11 0 0 0
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Not all the sol'kesh beasts are bugs!

#bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #monster #rpg #roleplaying #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #solkesh #terrymaranda #patreon #tabletopgaming #journal #beast #creaturedesign #creature #animal #ttrpg #conceptart #cat #kitty #kitten

1 year ago 15 0 0 0
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When the tide lowers, this terrestrial squid drags itself out of the surf to pluck fish and crustaceans trapped in the tidal pools that are left behind

#bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #monster #rpg #roleplaying #dnd #creaturedesign #creature #ttrpg #conceptart #cephalopod

1 year ago 16 2 0 0
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Today we have our own little Aphistus chick, about to fight the greatest battle of it's life.

#bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #monster #rpg #roleplaying #dnd #tabletopgaming #journal #beast #creaturedesign #creature #nature #graphite #sketch #sketching #drawing #bird

1 year ago 15 0 0 0
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Get your favorite creature token by the amazing @terrymaranda.bsky.social
Check out his DnD 5e bestiary on Patreon and support real artists!

Get these tokens at ๐Ÿ‘‰ tcgbling.com/terry_maranda

#token #mtgtoken #magicthegathering #tcg #tradingcards #creature #dnd #bestiary

1 year ago 3 1 0 0
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Hunting solo over the flat lands in search of straggling herd animals, lifting them off the ground to feast upon in the high boughs of the nearby Wealdwoods.

#bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #rpg #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #creaturedesign #creature #ttrpg #conceptart #dragonfly

1 year ago 16 0 0 0

Wow real nice of them

1 year ago 1 0 0 0
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The tyrandroth, hunting solo over the flat lands in search of straggling herd animal

And the cerrophol crawls out of the waves and to search the tidal pools along the Strands for stray fish to spear and feast upon

#bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #monster #rpg #dungeonsanddragons #dnd

1 year ago 7 0 0 0
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I've said it before and I'll say it again! doing non-weapon items is real fun.

#bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #rpg #roleplaying #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #solkesh #tabletopgaming #journal #beast #creaturedesign #ttrpg #lot #pink #paint #paintbrush

1 year ago 13 2 0 0
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A whip-scorpion evolved arachnid lies in wait in the Farplains fields, raising its flower-like metasomal segments to attract pollinators, before attacking them with a crescendo of needle stabs.

#bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #rpg #roleplaying #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #conceptart

1 year ago 16 2 0 0
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Sometimes you just need a shovel --

I'm enjoying more tool based item creation for the bestiary. I think these will allow Travelers to live off the land more. Plus this one has a bonus ability to throw dirt in an enemies eyes!

#fantasy #art #rpg #roleplaying #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #loot

1 year ago 11 0 0 0
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This is the Korruk, a CR4 large armored blade-clawed burrowing beast would instill fear in any Traveler, but these mammals are instead peaceful and just want to burrow and chew on roots all day.

#bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #monster #rpg #roleplaying #dnd #beast #creaturedesign

1 year ago 15 2 0 0
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New beasts! The kurruk, a plains dwelling mammal that digs deep for tubers and the the scorpithian, a whip-scorpion that lies in wait, raising its flower-like metasomal segments to attract pollinators.

#bestiary #speculativeevolution #creaturedesign #creature #animal #conceptart #rpg #ttrpg

1 year ago 6 0 0 0
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This bat is the result of millions of years of bio-diverse cave systems, losing the need to fly when the floors, walls and ceilings are coated with tasty fungus to chew on.

#bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #monster #rpg #dnd #journal #beast #creaturedesign #conceptart #bat #mushroom

1 year ago 15 1 0 0
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Skull-Sunday!

#bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #monster #rpg #roleplaying #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #solkesh #terrymaranda #patreon #3dprinting #3d #minis #miniature #tabletopgaming #journal #beast #creaturedesign #creature #animal #ttrpg #conceptart #skull

1 year ago 11 0 0 0
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Meet the moolmundis! A muddy denizen of the Fenlands
#bestiary #speculativeevolution #fantasy #art #monster #rpg #roleplaying #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #solkesh #terrymaranda #patreon #tabletopgaming #journal #beast #creaturedesign #creature #ttrpg #conceptart

1 year ago 14 0 0 0