This shot gives us a little bit of insight into some of the races that we'll be introducing, and my absolute fave is that short lady on the right-hand side--she comes from a semi-aquatic, bioluminescent species that I casually refer to as 'glowblins' in my notes. They've got a proper name, but......
2024-08-25 08:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Last of our tieflings!
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2024-08-23 08:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Tiny Elemental, Neutral
Crabochons carry with them a direct connection with the Lodesong, and are bound to its will. They reside in the flesh of Infected Ruby creatures and emerge when the opportunity to spread to other creatures is likely. Their legs are a magical manifestation of...
2024-08-22 08:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We're gonna have a lot of people infected by the Ruby Plague showing up, so I these are some of my initial ideas for what different races would look like this week! The big one on the right pretty much ended up as the basis for one of the Rubies that appeared already but the rest of these have ye...
2024-08-21 08:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We're starting to see some signs of civilization at last! And Saberic ran out of breath multiple times along the way and had to stop for a breather before he could keep screaming.
2024-08-18 08:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Buckle's the kinda gal to prefer skinny dipping.
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2024-08-16 08:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
A creature that has been infected by the Ruby Plague after one or more crabochons burrow under their skin. Infected Rubys have visible red gem-like protrusions from their body, including 1d3 crabochons which can emerge and be used to infect others.
Prereq...
2024-08-15 08:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This ancestry has changed a bit since I first started working on them, (and you'll be seeing one of them soon in the comic!), but I thought for our first post it would be fun to start with some of the original bases I drew to start developing regional fashion. Nimralda make up a substantial perce...
2024-08-14 08:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Alright, the NSFW patreon content is now available at: https://www.handbookofheroes.com/downloads
In addition, ...
So much for hiding from those infected Rubies... if we were going by classic D&D classes, Saberic would be a bard, and his managing to be stealthy earlier was 100% a luck based thing and not skill in stealth.
2024-08-11 08:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostI'm over halfway done formatting the HoEF comics for the downloadable pack (because I wanted to keep the blogs with them and also make them pretty and HOO BOY was I not prepared for how big a project that turned out to be), as well as the pinups and old wallpapers. They should all be up by Sunday...
2024-08-11 02:18:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Session 99:
Dear Diary,
It finally happened. I proposed! Kind of.
So no shit there we were, brainstorming our usual Friday night ERP. Fighter was tits-deep in the costume trunk, but nothing was hitting right. No matter what pairing we pulled ou...
2024-08-09 23:26:37 +0000 UTC View Post
First of a... six-way tie? That's a new record, you all!
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2024-08-09 08:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm not gonna publicize anything until this weekend, but if you want to get a head start on everyone, you can go read it right now!
2024-08-09 01:53:11 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm gonna cry all week, I swear. We've still got one last HoEF to wrap things up, though!
Check out handbookofheroes.com tomorrow for the full post.
2024-08-08 08:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostUnchosen suggestions will rollover to next week, feel free to add more suggestions for the next poll as well!
Options will be removed if they get no votes three weeks in a row.
2024-08-08 07:18:40 +0000 UTC View Post
I have been waiting to do this moment for SO LONG, I promise he didn't suffer for nothing.
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2024-08-04 08:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I love how grumpy he looks. Polls resume next week, this was the last of our three-way tie from the last one.
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2024-08-02 08:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I am usually the person reminding Claire that I can only do so much with our schedule but for once I was arguing for the comic to be way more complicated than usual--it wouldn't have felt right to put only one or two characters in here responding to Fighter. For the sake of my sanity, though, the...
2024-08-01 08:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
The shop was a place of might and magic. It contained jewels alight with arcane fire, gleaming sets of gilded armor, and the hides of beasts both mundane and otherwise. Its depths held rusty daggers and hempen rope and all the conceivable contents of an adventurer’s kit. It also contained an el...
2024-08-01 04:18:07 +0000 UTC View Post
After some deliberation, I felt it was appropriate to put in both the half-vampires.
NSFW version available for download below!
2024-07-31 08:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
There will be a small window of time before a Crabochon fully embeds itself and begins to take hold of the victim's mind where a character would pull it off. I'm thinking 2 rounds of Dexterity saves, and 3rd round Constitution. Let me know if that sounds fair while still being scary, or if I'm be...
2024-07-29 08:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Uh oh... looks like Fighter might need a backup plan.
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2024-07-28 08:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Our first up-close shot of infected Rubies! The first monsters for Facet are both featured here--Rubies will be an applicable template for other monsters/characters, and our little bitty bug friend there is what's known as a Crabochon! Every Ruby carries 1d3 Crabochons on their person who can att...
2024-07-27 23:44:59 +0000 UTC View Post
I thought she needed a few additions aside from 'rounded ears' so we did glasses and short hair this time!
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2024-07-26 08:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hmmm... seems like he definitely should have picked a different party member to pitch this to.
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2024-07-25 08:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! I know that many of you have already figured out that Handbook of Heroes is on its final arc, and that means that there are some big changes coming. The Handbook comic will officially end on August 10th, so I wanted to give everyone a heads up about what will be happening on the Pat...
2024-07-24 08:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostGetting down to our last two ladies for this!
2024-07-24 05:29:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Jerigor is a heavily fortified mountain city, so after the Ruby plague started to spread, patrols were pulled back from the surrounding area, leaving the terrain undefended and treacherous. People traveling to and from the city usually travel with heavy guard or in large caravans for safety. Ther...
2024-07-23 08:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
How'd he lift a horse?
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2024-07-21 08:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post