Hey there, all! Over on this other CF Thread, we've been discussing the artwork that I do as a professional illustrator and Greyhawk fan, and some of the pieces I have produced in the past year.
Just today, I came up with a great idea for the thread! What on earth do you think that this monster is?
There is a lot of wiggle room for some really interesting and creative responses about what it is ... take a look at some of the others, and post a comment on the Artwork of Icarus thread and let us all know what you think that monsrosity is! And while you're at it - is that a twisted piece of metal? Is it some other kind of weapon it's holding? Could it be a mace? A magical rod? A melting shard of otherworldly ice that dissolves and poisons its targets?
I'm voting that it's a polymorphed Flumph, and it's not half as bad as it looks. (... the critter, not the weapon.)
Hmmm...half-fiend four-armed gargoyle, escaped from the Tomb of Horrors? The sword might be the soul of an evil, genocidal mortal warlord, melted in an abyssal forge then cooled in the Styx. It's now an intelligent sword of wounding, bent on mass murder, but completely insane. Since its current wielder (the monster in question) is also a homicidal maniac, the insanity has gone unnoticed.
Glad to see that y'all are interested and that you're getting creative with ideas! I especially liked:
Chevalier wrote:
It's now an intelligent sword ... but completely insane. ... the insanity has gone unnoticed.
I can't tell you how many times I have seen Intelligent items in games, but, never one that no one noticed! Wonderfully hilarious!
Argon, man, I love your habit of writing prophecy-poetry for my artwork. It's largely cool to me, because I tend to use little minor prophecies as plot hooks in my game a lot. I can't imagine in a world were divination exists that it wouldn't be hugely prevalent. So ... not just cool, but source material too!
Great stuff, all around guys! ... my two cents' worth ... I hadn't decided whether it was Tannar'ri or Ba'atezu. Demon or devil? You know, other than game "story", I'm not certain if I could technically define the difference between the two, physically. One thing: I remember idly wondering who the corpse might be. I thought of it as some poor soul who'd been damned to the Abyss, and was torn asunder over and over. Very Sisyphus, I thought. :) Maybe it's the former mortal coil of an evil genocidal warlord! _________________ Owner and Lead Admin: https://greyhawkonline.com<div>Editor-in-Chief of the Oerth Journal: https://greyhawkonline.com/oerthjournal</div><div>Visit my professional art gallery: https://wkristophnolen.daportfolio.com</div>
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(... the critter, not the weapon.)
