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Really, Ellum is a character designed for a standard fantasy campaign. He's the vain, power-hungry wizard that travels with the party solely for his own self-aggrandizement. | Really, Ellum is a character designed for a standard fantasy campaign. He's the vain, power-hungry wizard that travels with the party solely for his own self-aggrandizement. | ||
| − | + | (#9): I like the basic design of the black and yollew costume, that's a good combination. The environment around him is well done, you've managed to create an effective and convincing skyline from the somewhat unwieldy pieces I'd included thus far, which I know isn't easy. The glow effect on his left hand is cool, I really like the dark yollew line color there, and the way you've got the interior of the hand white so it looks like it's really crackling with energy inside.I don't think the coronas (is that the plural of corona?) look around the hands work as well as that one effect, though. The left is better than the right, which looks too controlled and orderly to be a real lightning aura. Having his hand, which is yollew, over the yollew cutout in the belly makes them kind of blend together, too, you end up struggling a bit visually to make out that a hand is there. I think it would probably be better if the hand were away from the body, even if it's just down like the other one. In general, I feel like the costume needs some work. I have trouble visualizing how the yollew cutout would really work, besides the unfortunately juvenile jokes that occur whenever I really take in its placement. Ahem. It just seems to lack oomph. The helmet and face area confuses me as well, I'm not sure if he doesn't have lips, or if that's a mask, or a shield coming down from the helmet, or what exactly is going on there.I don't mean that to come off as negative as it sounds, I think the character has potential and some of the surrounding elements are good, but I do think it needs some more work on the conceptual level. You know I love the stuff you do in general, too, so I'm sure this one will get there too. | |
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== Character Background == | == Character Background == | ||
Revision as of 00:47, 24 October 2012
A character for the Saga-based Dragonlance: Fifth Age Dramatic Adevnture Game, by g026r.
Campaign
Really, Ellum is a character designed for a standard fantasy campaign. He's the vain, power-hungry wizard that travels with the party solely for his own self-aggrandizement.
(#9): I like the basic design of the black and yollew costume, that's a good combination. The environment around him is well done, you've managed to create an effective and convincing skyline from the somewhat unwieldy pieces I'd included thus far, which I know isn't easy. The glow effect on his left hand is cool, I really like the dark yollew line color there, and the way you've got the interior of the hand white so it looks like it's really crackling with energy inside.I don't think the coronas (is that the plural of corona?) look around the hands work as well as that one effect, though. The left is better than the right, which looks too controlled and orderly to be a real lightning aura. Having his hand, which is yollew, over the yollew cutout in the belly makes them kind of blend together, too, you end up struggling a bit visually to make out that a hand is there. I think it would probably be better if the hand were away from the body, even if it's just down like the other one. In general, I feel like the costume needs some work. I have trouble visualizing how the yollew cutout would really work, besides the unfortunately juvenile jokes that occur whenever I really take in its placement. Ahem. It just seems to lack oomph. The helmet and face area confuses me as well, I'm not sure if he doesn't have lips, or if that's a mask, or a shield coming down from the helmet, or what exactly is going on there.I don't mean that to come off as negative as it sounds, I think the character has potential and some of the surrounding elements are good, but I do think it needs some more work on the conceptual level. You know I love the stuff you do in general, too, so I'm sure this one will get there too.
Character Background
The illegitimate offspring of a human royal and a Kagonesti refugee, Ellum was given a substantial inheritance on the promise that he leave the land. As a consequence of his lack of stature, Ellum is vain, seeking information and material wealth for the sole purpose of enhancing his prestige. While he cloaks this behind a studious and focused demeanor, but always chooses his actions based on what brings him the largest advantage.
Though he holds no title, he is not adverse to using his bloodline as leverage when it suits him.
Notes
The Hand of Fate drawn for the character was as follows: 4 (Helms), 9 (Dragons), 2 (Orbs), 5 (Dragons), 9 (Moons), 7 (Orbs), 5 (Arrows), 6 (Shields), 6 (Arrows), 5 (Moons), 4 (Helms), 4 (Swords).
I'm fairly unfamiliar with the Dragonlance world and storyline, so any glaring errors in canon are the result of ignorance; I bought this box solely for access to the Saga rules, as I find card-based resolution mechanics interesting.
