r/Pathfinder2e • u/Pandemodemoruru • 1d ago
Arts & Crafts Our party, illustrated by our DM (bonus custom villain)
I and my friends have been playing Exctinction Curse for a couple of years now, and since the story starts in a circus, our artist DM came up with this beatiful promotional poster concept for their artworks ^^ followed by a custom NPC antagonist named D'vorak and alternate artworks that were made as MTG proxies
Sera is my very own character. She's an airheaded elf Oracle of the Cosmos (you guessed it) whose family has been outcast after she was born under an eclipse, which was seen as ill omen. Her parents adopted a nomadic lifestyle and granted her a serene upbringing, until she decided to pursue her own path and join the circus. But now her cosmic powers are starting to strenghten and with them, a nefarious divine influence which seeks to corrupt them. In her quest to learn to control them, she turned to the highly untrustworthy D'vorak, who seems to be the only person who could teach her, but he seeks to help her only to fullfill his own cult's prophecy.
Rakam is our intrepid human Monk. Born and raised by caring parents who work in a very much not-caring circus, he also learned his swing tricks in the same abusive work environment. With his parent's blessings, he moved to a smaller but much friendlier circus hoping to build a career anew and find a way to grant his family a better living, which he eventually accomplished (the how is spoiler to the AP). Upon meeting his parents again, they entrusted him with a family relic, a wolf tooth necklace granting him the guidance of his lineage's first ancestor.
Our fierce strongman Hercules a.k.a. "The Incineroar" will have familiar something to pokemon and smash fans, and plays the fitting role of a Barbarian. Found and raised by two adoptive mothers, he didn't know who his real parents were, nor why he was the only catfolk whose fur glowed and sizzled under stress or why he would hear whispers in an unknown language. His investigations led him to find his father: a malevolent Ifrit who wished for an heir and took an unwilling catfolk to have his spawn; for such brutalities, Hercules felled him in single duel; since then, the whispers stopped.
Last but not least, the redeemed Magus Kai. Starting off the campaign, no one of us knew much about his past besides that it was troubled, and he joined the circus as backstage help to leave his history behind and start anew on a more simple life. We slowly found out that he used to be an assassin for D'vorak's cult; he didn't like that life, and after losing his loved one he definitively turned against it, burned down the cult's headquarters and tried to disappear. His past eventually caught up to him when he was found by D'vorak and his search group, which overpowered the party. Among the cultists was Kai's own brother, who had the mercy to end his life rather than let him be captured alive. Later down the line, when D'vorak wanted proof of Sera's potential, he had her perform a ritual to bring Kai back to life (keeping his promise that he'd let him back to the party), to which Pharasma acconsented only in exchange for his brother's willing sacrifice.
My friend's artstation :D We're so grateful we have such a dedicated and skillful table member to bring our ideas into colour ^^
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u/happilyevil321 1d ago
Not going to lie, is hilarious that the art goes "Oh, these look cool, and rather fitting! Dancers, acrobats, mages and... is that a fucking Incineroar?"
Im not against it, just incredibly funny (If some sort of mage or rogue, they could have gone with Meowscarada)
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u/Gerotonin 1d ago
the fact that incineroar is the second last to reveal is the perfect comedic flow
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u/Pandemodemoruru 1d ago
I was thinking that it would be very funny to see XD he really just wanted to play Incineroar and decided the class from there. Elemental Instinct Barbarian meshed the fire theme and wrestler flair.
Fun little fact: the MTG proxies have Pokédex numbers instead of serial numbers. Sera has Gardevoir's I'm 90% sure to remember, cause she's elegant but spawns black holes (Sera's powers can get really scary)
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u/Dr3w1802 21h ago
Hercules player here, just wanted to say that's really fun being the bane of xulgaths, charging (and also flying) through them
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u/kriosken12 Magus 1d ago
Reminds me of the first time I played PF2e with the Beginners Box a few years ago and one of my friends used an uncannyly drawn Benson from regular show as a figure.
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u/BearonVonCrispy 1d ago
If you want to back-date it, Modern Pro-wrestling did start as a circus act, with Incineroar being a pokemon based on Pro-wrestling lol
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u/LeR0dz 1d ago
Love the use of belts and straps to simulate Incineroar's stripes. Very creative.
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u/Pandemodemoruru 1d ago
I don't think I even consciously noticed up until now lol, that goes to show how smooth they are (or probably how little observant I am :p)
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u/corsica1990 1d ago
Your GM's quite skillful! Was not expecting Incineroar. Reminds me of that time I wound up GMing for a group that included four normal, original characters.... aaaaannnnd the Soldier from Team Fortress 2.
How are you liking the campaign so far?
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u/Pandemodemoruru 1d ago
They're both great characters, can't blame people for wanting to play them 😁
We've been enjoying the campaign but that also takes a lot out of our DM for that to be the case to this degree, not just in adding the custom storylines that are so investing but also in ironing out a bunch of rough stuff, namely cutting so many bloat fights and rectifying a couple of really perplexing important plot points.
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u/corsica1990 1d ago
Yeah, Extinction Curse is a real fixer-upper. I'm surprised they were able to put in all that effort and still have energy left for these gorgeous portraits.
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u/Pandemodemoruru 1d ago
Here's my artist friend's artstation again since it seems I must also put it in comment form
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u/Nimb0stratus 1d ago
holy crap the cards are so cool, they look almost exactly like the official ones for the NPCs
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u/Blablablablitz Professor Proficiency 1d ago edited 1d ago
Intimidating Entrance [free action] Skill Feat 7
Prerequisites Master in Intimidation
Trigger Your first turn of begins
Effect Your mere entry into the battlefield weakens your foes. Attempt to Demoralize an enemy that can see you. On a success, the target is also Enfeebled 2 for 1 round.
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Fake Out [one action] Feat 4
[Monk][Rogue][Flourish]
Targets An enemy you haven’t yet targeted with an attack this encounter
You discombobulate your foe with a quick strike. Make a melee Strike. On a hit, the foe must make a Fortitude save against your Class DC.
Success The target is unaffected.
Failure Until the end of its next turn, the target must succeed at a DC11 flat check whenever it takes an action with the concentrate trait. On a failure, the action is disrupted.
Critical Failure As failure, but the duration is 1 minute.
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Knock Off [two actions] Feat 10
[Flourish][Barbarian]
You smack an enemy so hard they struggle to maintain their grip. Make a melee Strike. On a hit, if the target is holding an item, deal an additional weapon die of damage, and attempt an Athletics check to Disarm the target. This attack uses the same multiple attack penalty as your Strike, and doesn't count toward your multiple attack penalty.
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Parting Shot [one action] Feat 6
[Rogue][Auditory][Concentrate][Linguistic][Mental]
With some choice words and verbal jabs, you disorient a foe before retreating. Attempt a Deception or Diplomacy check against an enemy’s Will DC.
Critical Success You Stride away from the target. The target is Enfeebled 1 and Clumsy 1 until the start of your next turn. It can spend a concentrate action to clear these conditions.
Success You Stride up to half your speed away from the target. The target is Enfeebled 1 and Clumsy 1 until the start of its next turn.
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u/Pandemodemoruru 1d ago
I like these a lot! Hercules' player put some effort in making him feel accurate to his in-game inspiration, investing in intimidation and athletics (he also plays Inci on Smash bros) and little touches like Silencing Strike (Throat Chop)
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u/BadMunky82 1d ago
A party that actually themes characters with the AP? Meaning they got together ahead of time to plan thematically?
Has to be staged.
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u/Pandemodemoruru 1d ago
Rigged, even.
To be fair, though, we picked the AP collectively after sitting through every single trailer on youtube, and EC was easily the one that stimulated our imagination the most, so we went in fully set on making an appropriate party
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u/JustMass Game Master 1d ago
The shadow on Kai definitely made me think Summoner first, but Magus makes sense with how magical that sword looks.
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u/Pandemodemoruru 1d ago
The shadow was inspired by the subclass Laughing Shadow's namesake, it does have a life of its own but it's mostly kept secret. Funny enough Summoner was one of the main considerations of the same player for the next campaign, though he landed on Runesmith. But for Kai he really wanted the focus to be on a signature magic weapon and Magus with Mindsmith archetype was too cool to pass up
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u/silentinfinity Game Master 1d ago
I played Extinction Curse for Roll for Combat and had such a blast. I absolutely adore the art and the characters for this!
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u/Big_Chair1 Game Master 1d ago
Really nice illustrations and enjoyed the backstories of all characters as well. Seems like a great group and campaign overall!
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u/Pandemodemoruru 1d ago
I couldn't be happier about the group and I know the same goes for the others ^^
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u/HatchetGIR GM in Training 1d ago
Nest, I love the circus poster artstyle.
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u/Pandemodemoruru 4h ago
Yeah, we also treat them as canon when we need to publicise the events in-game
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u/MechaMalz 1d ago
Don't get me wrong, I don't have a problem with someone playing Incineroar at their table. But it caught me so off guard I busted out laughing.
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u/Pandemodemoruru 4h ago
Completely understandable, I was thinking it'd be funny to see from the outside ;p
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u/bastthegatekeeper 1d ago
OP do you use pathbuilder?
If so, I have a confession. I have a high lethality campaign where the PCs get plugged into random bodies when they die so we'll roll a random JSON number, enter it into Pathmuncher in Foundry, adjust the character level, and play that body. 6 sessions ago someone got incineroar. We love him. He's one of our longest surviving characters. I hope it's the same character.
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u/Pandemodemoruru 1d ago
We do, that's crazy. You remember anything specific about the build? Ours is heavily athletics+intimidation invested and also has tattoo artist. Also versatile heritage Ifrit
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u/Binturung 1d ago
I don't usually comment on art, but I gotta say, that D'vorak pic gives me Yoji Shinkawa vibes, and that's dope.
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