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    I'm DMing a party who ran into an NPC named Larry McTeig and given the visuals he involves I thought it would be cool if I could stick a picture onto his sheet.

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    Larry McTeig is an awakened shrub who rides a giant red macaw. It should be plausible that if Larry posed and held still that he could blend in with other shrubs.

    Here's an example of shrubbery from tropical plains:
    http://amazon.clikpic.com/bjankakadi...Fundo_12-2.jpg
    His mini is made from model railroad wire foliage branches:
    http://web4.hobbylinc.com/gr/bac/bac32646_285.jpg
    You don't have to match either, any thin bush with a small number of branches (3-5 maybe) will do.

    Here's the mini I'll be using for his macaw, though it doesn't have to match: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...=ATVPDKIKX0DER

    Background:
    Fiona McTeig is one of the players whose entire druid clan was slaughtered by goblins when she was very young. She was then raised by wolves. She doesn't remember much from her childhood, just her name.

    Very first session I went to town on minis. For the bandit raid on the wagon I had a rolling covered wagon with little bits and pieces like lanterns, minis for enemies, minis for the whole herd of livestock they were escorting. By the time I started laying out minis for the bushes the players started to lose it and started laughing, commenting and gaping.

    A few sessions later the players are coming out of a mine having rescued themselves some flying mounts. The giant eagle who sent them in is perched on a shrub that is bending under his weight. The NPC Flint who has been travelling with them decides it's time for him to leave to go back to his secret mission. Out of nowhere:
    "Oh the missing druid clan!"
    "Shut up Larry"
    Players search around. They figure out the noise is coming from under the eagle. They try to look for something hiding, pretty soon find out it's the bush itself (again, represented by model railroad wire foliage). Larry McTeig and his fellow shrubberies were all awakened by Roger "The Shrubber" McTeig, Fiona's father. All of them has the same voice as Roger McTeig, yeup British accent straight out of Monty Python. They are about to depart with Flint when Fiona says, "Hold on, this is the last remnant of my father. Can you come with us?" Larry consents, leaving his brothers to travel with flint while he goes with the party. "Do we have an extra flying mount? I think there was..." Larry interrupts and whistles, and a giant jungle macaw flies from the distance to his side.

    In case it matters Larry is a 2nd level singing bard. 5th edition. Yeah, he's a singing bush too.


    I also greatly appreciate what you are doing. These are very well done. Thanks in advance if I get picked and I understand if I don't.
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