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| Yoshimo |
Posted - 04 Jun 2004 : 22:07:57
Can anybody tell me what the dragons of the realms are, including their size, alignment, and habitation?  |
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| Yoshimo |
Posted - 07 Jun 2004 : 21:41:33
Hope you like my story. A little tale about a Dragon Army, a drow sorcerer, and a knight who must overcome impossible odds to ensure the survival of Faerun. Enjoy.
Erich ran his long sword through the skin of a beast, rewarded with the spray of its orange blood cascading around his body.
The swath of enemies had crashed into his army, and now thousands combated thousands, the dirty magical undead against the living, all being cut down in gruesome mortal combat.
He raised his palm to a wave of enemies and finished muttering inaudible words in the combat that ensued. A blast of fire erupted around his palm and then a huge fireball twirled through the air and blasted chunks of enemies everywhere. He was now drenched in the orange blood, and the combat had not even begun.
A running zombie clawed at his silver armor, scraping away with futility with fingernails that screeched against the metal and sent chills up his spine. Erich swung his magical sword around and severed the zombie’s top half from its bottom. Erich felled three more zombies this way, and got clipped aside his armored head by a club swung by a skeleton giant.
He shook his head and joined with two of his brethren to fell the undead brute. He dodged another attack with a roll of his armored demeanor, and came up from the sand in a swing that relieved the towering skeleton of his boot’s armor plate.
Erich was slashed several times on his back by the feeble swings of skeletons behind him, yet they only slid across his mighty armor. Erich turned and backhanded the skull of one of these skeletons while his two companions took on the giant skeleton, causing the skeleton’s head to spin on its neck. Erich slashed clean through the skeleton’s friend and spun his sword with a flick of his wrist before he simply kicked the skeleton and sent bones shattering everywhere.
When Erich turned back around, the giant smashed his club into another one of Erich’s brethren, sending him into another fray of combat further away. The noble knight was infuriated by this act, and charged with his mightily-swung sword. It chopped through skeletons and zombies in his way, and eventually sunk through the bone of the giant’s leg, severing it from the rest of his body. The giant hopped on one foot, unbalanced for some time, but eventually fell with the creak resembling that of a huge tree. Erich couldn’t watch his latest kill fall, for a few other zombies and skeletons charged him.
Another fireball took these down into a burning oblivion, and Erich was out of that particular arsenal. Of course, he had not spent enough time studying the art of magic, so he did not have a great repertoire of spells at his disposal.
The knight slashed a skeleton down its middle, stabbed one in back of him, pivoted, and killed another zombie with yet more orange blood cascading his demeanor.
The undead were now pouring into the land, wave after wave, and the army of knights, warriors, paladins, and mages were decreasing.
Erich cut into more of these ghouls, lopping off limbs, kicking loose body parts off a central being, punching his spiked and gauntleted fist into faces, and dispatching countless foes. He felled three with a single circular blow, and five more with a whirlwind attack he had often practiced when he was at the academy. Nearly fifty more were felled with an inferno of green flame, one of the knight’s most prized spells that blasted the undead apart and clipped ten of his own men.
Erich saw his men also taking several hundred of the undead down out of his peripheral vision, and the veteran smiled. He knew this day would soon be theirs.
As it turned out, this was not the best assumption.
Over the sand dune in which his enemies came flowing down like a river came three gigantic figures he identified as dragons. This was more than they all had bargained for.
Erich, armor shining in the sun, charged off to face the horde of undead and the three dragons, even if it was toward his impending doom.
The charge of the knight led the others to a fleet of foot, and most in his area began to cry out and chop down the undead in their way to the slowly walking dragons.
Spellcasters in the flank of the army then released several searing spells toward these dragons and the undead around them. This, however, paled in comparison to the effects the arcane archers had on the mighty beasts. There were hundreds of volleys of arrows all flying through the air, all enchanted with magic from the armored elves and humans. The arrows pierced deeply into the scales on each one of the monstrous black dragons, hundreds at a time, which caused the dragons to roar with earsplitting volume. The dragon which was furthest from Erich and his squad of knights reared its head back, audibly breathing in all of the air from the surround area. What air the dragon’s lungs did not take it was burnt by the fire which spewed forth from its nostrils and mouth. This lava-like fire burnt hundreds of knights and archers to nothingness, rendering their armor to heaps of liquid metal.
Erich cursed at the incompetence of his fellow leaders, for he had instructed that particular squad’s captain to enforce their armor with a stronger coat of fire resistant metal that would protect them in such a situation as this. His boys, however, did possess the flame retardant metal, and charged all the faster through the enemies, cutting down thousands before they finally reached the presence of the dragon.
Not one of Erich’s squad had helped fell a dragon before, and neither had the knight, either. Now, though, was a good a time as ever to practice. The nearly two-hundred knights swarmed in around the dragon who then reared back just as his brethren had and prepared a flame.
A veteran battlemage, though, had already begun a counter to the dragon’s breathe, manifesting a shard of ice that became lodged in the dragon’s mouth. The dragon abruptly discontinued the fire breath and worried itself with the crystal within its gullet. This spell left the old mage tired, and he could not summon up enough strength to bring up his staff to block the skeleton’s swinging sword. The mage fell with a bloody gash to his chest.
Erich and his knights still charged forward while the dragon was semi-distracted. The captain himself went for an attack of the beast’s stomach, where he knew the dragon could not reach him unless it moved quickly or began to fly away. He slashed with his mighty longsword, hitting rough scales with only minor effectiveness.
The knights on the middle dragon were extremely fortunate, for the archers in the back row of the battle, nearly a mile away, fired accurately into the head of the dragon, immediately hitting an eye several times critically. This wounded the dragon, and it fell, blinded, to the ground in a clumsy and desperate attempt to flee. The knights, to the dragon’s apparent horror, swarmed in around the dragon’s head and chopped away the soft spots near its neck and mouth. One crazy knight even leaped down into the dragon’s throat and began chopping away from inside of it. The knights all aided in slaying the dragon and in retrieving their fellow warrior from the dragon’s stomach.
Erich chopped away at the dragon again and again, even aided by two of his brothers. They eventually ripped through the dragon as it reared back and fell over to its side where it scrambled up the dune further, angry warriors after it and archers sending volleys to greet it.
The dragon turned, the shard still lodged in its mouth, and it began to breathe fire again in attempt to melt the crystal ice and the chasing oppressors at the same time. The fire welled up in its throat and lungs, and it breathed. Erich flinched, but the breathe caught inside its head and simply exploded. The headless dragon had emitted a nova of flame when it died that scorched everyone around and turned Erich’s front and side completely black with soot, knocking him back off of his feet. Zombies were ignited with the burning chemical reaction, and skeletons were simply blasted apart.
Erich quickly leaped to his feet and met combat with the skeletons and zombies that immediately filed into the area their fallen companions left unthreatened. His longsword, and those of his companions, made quick work of these undead minions and they pressed on, only losing a few of their ranks from injuries pressed from behind.
The final dragon was dispatched by the concentration of all the archers left in the area behind the knights who had not been killed by invading undead. This dragon fell only after breathing another wave of flame which killed many a knight and paladin.
The rest of the forces of evil were met in combat, felling many warriors, but suffering the same casualties themselves. The living forces saw triumph slowly but surely, as their blades and bows fed on undead. Blood spilled more and more, but the knights mopped up the largest hordes of undead while archers picked off stragglers.
There were too many dead, Erich thought after his blade ran through his last zombie’s cold flesh. He wiped his blade and eventually sheathed it at his side while he surveyed the surrounding area. This day was in no one’s favor, he thought.
“Knights! Back to camp and be prepared to fight the same war tomorrow, but with tougher combatants! Tomorrow you will face your own brethren,” he said, for he knew the knights that fought valiantly in their service would be converted to the undead by that sickening monster of a drow cleric that resided in the tower across the sand dunes. The tower was visible, and Erich knew he would be able to see it much closer in days that followed, he and a small squad being assigned to a stealth mission the following morning before dawn. This war was far from over…
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| Yoshimo |
Posted - 07 Jun 2004 : 15:51:47
Take a look at this dragon.http://www.jaestudio.com/BlackDeath.jpg Mighty beast, he is. What level do you suppose you'd have to have to fell him? |
| Yoshimo |
Posted - 07 Jun 2004 : 15:48:51
quote:
Originally posted by Tethtoril
*tap, tap* Please folks, this is a scroll on dragons, can we meander our way back to the great beasts?
Quite right, Sir Tethtoril. We have all seemed to have lost our composure. Yet, I must say there are a few acceptional dragons on that site... Sorry, Old Man, just had to get it out of my system. |
| Tethtoril |
Posted - 07 Jun 2004 : 15:12:01
*tap, tap* Please folks, this is a scroll on dragons, can we meander our way back to the great beasts? |
| Yoshimo |
Posted - 07 Jun 2004 : 14:41:44
quote:
Originally posted by Shadowlord
Ah, no, actually, I was contemplating character classes... 
And Arivia, I have an avatar already waiting... However, not from NWN. I've always found the elf portrait with the arrows to be a bit stupid because of his cap. 
I'm actually hoping to use one of Jason A. Engle's amazing illustrations. For those unfamiliar with his work, his clients include WotC, AEG, Green Ronin, Fantasy Flight Games, and Obsidian Studios. His website can be found here.
I just checked out every single one of his pictures. Wow. I was thoroughly impressed. He is the best artist I have seen in a long time. My favorites were the Assassin and the Adept pictures. He also has some really cool futuristic pics that I like. |
| Shadowlord |
Posted - 06 Jun 2004 : 16:44:09
Ah, no, actually, I was contemplating character classes...
And Arivia, I have an avatar already waiting... However, not from NWN. I've always found the elf portrait with the arrows to be a bit stupid because of his cap.
I'm actually hoping to use one of Jason A. Engle's amazing illustrations. For those unfamiliar with his work, his clients include WotC, AEG, Green Ronin, Fantasy Flight Games, and Obsidian Studios. His website can be found here. |
| Yoshimo |
Posted - 06 Jun 2004 : 12:52:24
Thank you, guys.
I see that I have fellow Neverwinter Nights players as well. I haven't played in the longest time. I suppose this is a hub for all sorts of Forgotten Realms games players. (DUH, THIS IS A FORGOTTEN REALMS SIGHT!!!) Or wait, is it another site like Candlekeep?
As for the name, Arcane Archer sounds good to me... |
| Arivia |
Posted - 06 Jun 2004 : 05:34:10
quote:
Originally posted by SiriusBlack
quote:
Originally posted by Arivia
Helpful? Considerate? What's that? (Seriously, though, feel free to contact me for help.)
Beats me, I'm childish according to the experts. Contact for help? That an open invitation on any problem?
Sure-I'll try. I have no experience with marital problems, however... |
| SiriusBlack |
Posted - 06 Jun 2004 : 05:27:34
quote:
Originally posted by Arivia
Helpful? Considerate? What's that? (Seriously, though, feel free to contact me for help.)
Beats me, I'm childish according to the experts. Contact for help? That an open invitation on any problem? |
| Arivia |
Posted - 06 Jun 2004 : 05:07:39
quote:
Originally posted by SiriusBlack
quote:
Originally posted by Yoshimo
I apologize for being repetitive. *Frowns in embarassment*
It's understandable that you did not realize the topic might have been previously discussed. Thus, there is no reason to feel embarassed.
If you have any problem finding the topic using the search function give a shout and I'm sure one of the helpful and considerate scribes will try to assist you.
Helpful? Considerate? What's that? (Seriously, though, feel free to contact me for help.) |
| SiriusBlack |
Posted - 06 Jun 2004 : 03:11:27
quote:
Originally posted by Yoshimo
I apologize for being repetitive. *Frowns in embarassment*
It's understandable that you did not realize the topic might have been previously discussed. Thus, there is no reason to feel embarassed.
If you have any problem finding the topic using the search function give a shout and I'm sure one of the helpful and considerate scribes will try to assist you. |
| Arivia |
Posted - 06 Jun 2004 : 01:48:38
So would this perhaps mean you might be joining me in the ranks of scribes with avatars from NWN? |
| Shadowlord |
Posted - 06 Jun 2004 : 01:43:43
Ah, 'tis no problem at all...
Now, about my new identity... I'm thinking... Arcane Archer. |
| Yoshimo |
Posted - 06 Jun 2004 : 01:36:00
quote:
Originally posted by Shadowlord
Haven't we already gone over this, several times?
Yoshimo, I suggest you search for it using the search tool.
I apologize for being repetitive. *Frowns in embarassment* |
| Shadowlord |
Posted - 06 Jun 2004 : 01:32:21
Haven't we already gone over this, several times?
Yoshimo, I suggest you search for it using the search tool. |
| Yoshimo |
Posted - 05 Jun 2004 : 23:47:37
quote:
Originally posted by SiriusBlack
quote:
Originally posted by Yoshimo
What is the strongest sword in all of Abeir-Toril? Is it currently possessed by someone, or lost in the bottom of the ocean?
I think there are going to be a handful of nominations as to what various scribes feel is the "strongest sword."
That's fine. All the more for me to learn about new, powerful swords. Scribes should tell what they think is the most powerful weapon and why? |
| SiriusBlack |
Posted - 05 Jun 2004 : 23:07:55
quote:
Originally posted by Yoshimo
What is the strongest sword in all of Abeir-Toril? Is it currently possessed by someone, or lost in the bottom of the ocean?
I think there are going to be a handful of nominations as to what various scribes feel is the "strongest sword." |
| Yoshimo |
Posted - 05 Jun 2004 : 20:25:13
What is the strongest sword in all of Abeir-Toril? Is it currently possessed by someone, or lost in the bottom of the ocean? |
| Yoshimo |
Posted - 05 Jun 2004 : 20:23:15
quote:
Originally posted by Shadowlord
Not that I know of, but it was revealed a while ago that he had several daughters, most residing in Cormyr, though one did turn up in Waterdeep... 
(Reference to the novel Elminster's Daughter)
Yes, her name is Narnra, yet if he has no sons... It just makes it all the sweeter to for posting a new story that I am going to write. I just need more info. |
| Shadowlord |
Posted - 05 Jun 2004 : 19:58:14
Not that I know of, but it was revealed a while ago that he had several daughters, most residing in Cormyr, though one did turn up in Waterdeep...
(Reference to the novel Elminster's Daughter) |
| Yoshimo |
Posted - 05 Jun 2004 : 19:38:49
I have a scroll of questions within the miniature tome at my side. This is important.
Does Elminster have a son, and if so, what is his name?
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| Yoshimo |
Posted - 05 Jun 2004 : 19:35:47
quote:
Originally posted by Tethtoril
::flips open a book at his side::
Pasha Pook was male.
Erring is the only way to which we learn..., Thank you Tethtoril. |
| Yoshimo |
Posted - 05 Jun 2004 : 19:33:00
Pseudodragons!!! Thank you! I need that for my story, so that will come in handy... I will have a pseudodragon companion. His name will be... Glove! Because he can fit into a glove! Cool!
*Ahem* I seem to have lost my composure. Thank you. |
| Tethtoril |
Posted - 05 Jun 2004 : 19:31:40
::flips open a book at his side::
Pasha Pook was male. |
| Yoshimo |
Posted - 05 Jun 2004 : 19:29:07
I gathered from the Icewind Dale Trilogy that Pasha Pook was a female, but now that I think about it, I don't know if it was a man or woman. I guess I'll have to refer to the book again.
Or, why doesn't someone else contribute to that question? |
| Arivia |
Posted - 05 Jun 2004 : 19:00:33
quote:
Originally posted by Yoshimo
There is one of the smallest dragons in the realms that I do not know. I have seen a picture of it before. It was of this tiny dragon in comparison to a human skull that was bigger than it. What is this tiny dragon called?
Are you referring to pseudodragons? I believe they're roughly the size, to say nothing of their similar temperament to, cats. |
| Arivia |
Posted - 05 Jun 2004 : 18:59:15
quote:
Originally posted by Yoshimo
quote:
Originally posted by Shadowlord
I believe he found her, after her parents had been killed. They were traveling on a caravan, if I'm not mistaken...
Oh. I never read any of the books involving that time period. Regis, I believe was involved in some kind of thieving accident with the shadow master Pasha Pook. I think that she unknowingly gave him a necklace that was a replica of one magical one, but she accidentally gave him the true magical amulet.
Wasn't Pasha Pook a man? |
| Yoshimo |
Posted - 05 Jun 2004 : 18:58:42
There is one of the smallest dragons in the realms that I do not know. I have seen a picture of it before. It was of this tiny dragon in comparison to a human skull that was bigger than it. What is this tiny dragon called? |
| Yoshimo |
Posted - 05 Jun 2004 : 18:57:01
quote:
Originally posted by Shadowlord
I believe he found her, after her parents had been killed. They were traveling on a caravan, if I'm not mistaken...
Oh. I never read any of the books involving that time period. Regis, I believe was involved in some kind of thieving accident with the shadow master Pasha Pook. I think that she unknowingly gave him a necklace that was a replica of one magical one, but she accidentally gave him the true magical amulet. |
| Shadowlord |
Posted - 05 Jun 2004 : 18:32:38
I believe he found her, after her parents had been killed. They were traveling on a caravan, if I'm not mistaken... |
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