Add a touch of whimsy to your party with this Male Turtle Folk Bard. Captured in a joyful dance while playing his finely-detailed accordion, this Shelled Serenader is dressed in dapper renaissance attire complete with a plumed hat and ruffled trousers.
A traveling turtle-folk minstrel performing a jaunty tune while leading a party or entertaining a crowd.
A friendly traveling NPC, a colorful quest-giver, or a player character bard providing support through song and inspiration.
Artist: Claudio Casini Art
Type: HERO
Pose: The figure is in a mid-stride or dancing pose, balanced on one leg with the other raised.
Action: Playing a musical instrument (accordion) while walking or dancing.
Mood: joyful
Action Category: Playing instrument
Genre: Fantasy
Suitable Locations: a bustling tavern in a port city, a roadside festival camp, a merchant's guild hall, the deck of a traveling riverboat, a woodland glade during a fey celebration, a town square during a holiday, the back of a slow-moving wagon
Encounter Scenarios: a jovial NPC who provides information in exchange for a song, a player character bard in a fantasy campaign, a distracted guard or lookout who prefers music to duty, an entertainer providing a buff aura during a battle
Power Level: Medium (score 30/10)
Compatible Game Systems: Dungeons & Dragons (5e / general) (perfect): Directly represents a Tortle Bard.; Pathfinder (1e / 2e) (perfect): Works well as a turtle-folk or Terrapandi bard.; Frostgrave (good): Could serve as a wizard's apprentice or a specialized soldier (Bard).; Ryuutama (good): Fits the whimsical, traveling aesthetic of the system.
Race: Tortle, Sex: Male, Build: Stocky, Size: Medium, Age: Adult, Style: Stylized
Also suitable as: Turtle Folk, Kappa, Terrapandi
Distinguishing Features: Large dorsal shell, Beaked mouth, Scaly limbs, Three-toed clawed feet, Plumed hat
Weapons: sheathed dagger: A small utility blade or dagger in a simple scabbard, worn on the rear belt.
Armor: natural armor (bone/keratin, back and torso)
Clothing: cape, tunic, ruffled trousers, hat
Equipment: Belt Pouches
Accessories: Plumed Hat
Character Classes: Bard (high%), Entertainer (high%), Rogue (low%)
NPC Role: Minstrel, Town Crier, or Traveler.
Aesthetic: Whimsical / Playful, Cute / Adorable, Classic Fantasy, Comical / Funny, Noble / Heroic
Cultural Aesthetic: Western European Medieval, Generic Western Fantasy
Hairstyle: None
Similar to characters: Donatello (TMNT), Master Oogway, Renaissance Bard archetype, Tortle Bard (D&D), Rango-style wanderer
Miniature Dimensions: 34.0mm H x 24.2mm W x 18.8mm D (base: 30.0mm)
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