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Semtek - Ahdosar and Kherah

Ahdosar is a dwarf Wizard-Magesmith. Both of these things lend themselves very well towards magic and very poorly towards armor of any kind and, to a lesser extent, most weaponry.

What this meant in the practical terms of finding a lead miniature for the character was:

1. It had to be a male dwarf wearing no armor (including big prominant helmets) and no shield.
2. If it were using a weapon, it had to be one that Ahdosar himself would know how to use.
3. Ideally, it had to have a neatly groomed beard.
4. Ideally, there should be some indication of both Ahdosar's smithing capacities and his magical capacities.

Leanne and I went through an entire shop specializing in games - especially miniatures games - and eventually we found a single Warhammer miniature that needed minimal editing to make it workable for Ahdosar - specifically, it needed the standard it was holding converted into something else. Ahdosar wouldn't have a standard.

Ahdosar has dark brown eyes and light brown hair. His skin is a somewhat ruddy color (compared to the human tan) from working in the forge, and he favors clothes in various shades of green. On his belt, he has tied his spellbook (more recently, in the campaign, he has made a magical pack and he keeps his spellbooks in that) and he is wielding a hammer from his forge and a staff that Renn has made for him. He has various magical talismans on his belt, and is wearing a cloak of resistance. He also has a magical ring. The gem on his hat is actually part of a circlet of blasting, given to him by the Demigod Semtek, after whom the campaign is named.

Kherah is a Rockmite lizard and Ahdosar's familiar. He is a greyish color to blend in with the igneous mountains he was found in, with a purple crest and purple eyes. Rockmites absorb magic from various plants and their environment and live on that, and as such, they make ideal Wizardly companions; they can help the Wizard find magic and they live off the splash from the Wizard's spellcasting. However, Ahdosar is the only Wizard to ever bond one as a familiar.

Reaper Minis makes a Familiar Pack that includes an iguana, which worked very nicely for Kherah.