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I love how much you love your OC. What's her name? Is she your Tav from Baldur's Gate?

VaMRainey said:

I love how much you love your OC. What's her name? Is she your Tav from Baldur's Gate?

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Is it that obvious???

Xephne is her name.

Not one of my Tav's, but definitely inspired by BG3. She actually started her life as my Guardian, (I was wondering what it would be like if Guardian was just the Guardian, and never actually The Emperor), but now she's kind of taken on a life of her own after making a Shadowrun/Cyberpunk screenshot of her last month.

She's broken the shackles of her Sword Coast origins, and is now a hybrid modern day Elf/Shadowrun Street Samurai.... We'll see what any of this actually means when I get her finished up and published. I tend to take too many screenshots when I'm avoiding fixing an annoying issue, which, uh... is a lot right now.

Metix said:

Is it that obvious???

Xephne is her name.

Not one of my Tav's, but definitely inspired by BG3. She actually started her life as my Guardian, (I was wondering what it would be like if Guardian was just the Guardian, and never actually The Emperor), but now she's kind of taken on a life of her own after making a Shadowrun/Cyberpunk screenshot of her last month.

She's broken the shackles of her Sword Coast origins, and is now a hybrid modern day Elf/Shadowrun Street Samurai.... We'll see what any of this actually means when I get her finished up and published. I tend to take too many screenshots when I'm avoiding fixing an annoying issue, which, uh... is a lot right now.

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I love when creators have elaborate backstories for their characters because I'm exactly the same way. I love seeing what people make and what kind of worlds they come from. <3

Thank you for sharing her with us!

(Perhaps it's obvious to someone with multiple Tavs under their belt...? hahaha)

VaMRainey said:

I love when creators have elaborate backstories for their characters because I'm exactly the same way. I love seeing what people make and what kind of worlds they come from. <3

Thank you for sharing her with us!

(Perhaps it's obvious to someone with multiple Tavs under their belt...? hahaha)

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It's funny, because once you publish something, it's not really yours anymore. Other people are going to do all kinds of things with your look, in whatever ways you can possibly imagine, and more. And for all my backstory, something like "Cool elf girl by day, Street Samurai by night!" is all that I can really say.

Also, even though she may have started inspired by BG3, I rarely find that my initial concept survives once I cross a certain threshold. There's a moment where this odd collection of polygons and pixels suddenly takes on a life of its own, and my job then shifts to one of a Steward than a vision executor, preserving and further uncovering more of whatever that mysterious identity is that somehow emerged out of.... I have no idea where.

From one Tav lover to another