I had a dream last night where buttons was in the dnd universe and it made me think... what class would he be if he was in dungeons and dragons? ranger? warlock?

Probably a ranger. The preppiest ranger possible :D I feel like rogue is a bit too "dark" for him. He'd be a stealth archer, perhaps dabbling in spellcasting and animal handling. Race-wise I can see him as a human or half-elf or something of the like. Humanoid but he needs to keep his height.

Okay, so, I got a random bug in my brainmeat and went "Witcher AU? Witcher AU."

My dear Tannivh would be a Cat School witcher, given that they're the only school that was willing to make non-humans into witchers.

He makes a mighty handsome witcher. *whistles* Though, I did ditch his box braids. I didn't feel up to that kind of effort. I've toiled with the idea of him still having a "companion," as it's not really shown in any of the Witcher stuff if various beasties can be domesticated or not. I decided he probably still has Cheza in some form of a giant spider ("arachnomorph"). (I didn't sketch her. I don't feel like sketchin' a spidie.)

Of course, this leads to the question, "What about Astarion?" Well, I thought about it. He sure as hell wouldn't be a True Higher Vampire like Regis. His schtick in BG3 is that he isn't a true vampire, so why not keep that theme going? I was going to say Bruxae, but they seem to be all women. Then I stumbled across the Mula/Muleh vampires, which seemed like a good fit (they seem to be the male equivalent of Bruxae/Alps). He comes out ahead with this, honestly. Gets to have claws, inhuman strength, turn into mist, turn invisible, use telepathy... Even better news: He can now drink booze and still walk in the sunlight. Downsides: Still has no reflection. Also, his vampiric form is... well... a bit more beastly. I imagine he probably pops that face on to spook people, because I could see him being an absolute shithead like that. (I couldn't resist making him grin like the gremlin he is.)

The notes are Tannivh's, as he's found himself miserably stuck happily travelling with Astarion. He might as well study him, though he's still a bit suspicious of why Astarion's sticking around him. It certainly has nothing to do with wanting to have a silver wielding, monster-slaying meat shield in case the other vampires he pissed off come knocking. Of course not.

Also: Tannivh's "small for a Mula" note is because in the leaked (but also unused) game data from Witcher 3, Mulas are classed as "huge," which makes me think they were meant to be like Katakan sized or bigger, and I just think it'd be hilarious if Astarion's vampire form only gives him a few scant inches of height (and some muscle bulk), and thus "small" by comparison. Small and fast.