| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| Dingo |
Posted - 24 Jun 2004 : 15:21:28
Hello Hello.
I'm currently playing on a NWN persistent world set in Faerun, and am wanting to make a Cleric of Talos.
Unfortunately i do not own any of the DND books, and my only knowledge of Talos has come from what a friend of mine has told me.
I wish to have alot more knowledge before attempting to roleplay a cleric of Talos, and this has brought me here.
I was wondering if anyone could give me any help on information on a Cleric of Talos. This would include general information about Talos and his followers, rituals of his clerics, behaviour of his clerics and anything you think would be helpful with Rping a cleric of Talos.
Any help you could give me would be VERY appreciated.
-Dingo |
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| Arteris |
Posted - 03 Jul 2004 : 18:34:18
Talos is a violent, short tempered and angry deity who exults in chaos and revels in destruction. Often petty and vengeful, The Storm Lord is a powerful bully and is often motivated by rage and the desire never to appear weak or compromising in any way to his followers. Know as Bhaelros among Calishites and Kozah amond the Bedine, Talos appears as a one eyed, broad shouldered and bearded man clad in half plate armor and black leather gloves. His eympty eye socket is filled with whirling stars and covered by a dark patch.
The church of Talos is relatively small for a greater deity and almost universally despised, for his followers bring nothing but destruction and leave only ruinin their wake. THey are fanatical in their love of destruction and are unafraid to call storms upon ships, towns, or cities in the name of their crazed deity. However, many fear and propitiate the Storm Lord, ensuring that he remains on eof the most powerful deities of the Faerunian pantheon
Talassans pray for their spells at diffrent times of the day of the course of a year with the time varying with Talos's whim (he rarely has them stick with the same time of day for more then a tenday). Clerics of Talos celebrate his annual fetivals (Greengrass, Midsummer, and so on) with great ceremonies that call down lighting and summon storms. Their most sacred ritual is calling Down the Thunder, in which they slkay an intelligetn being by lightning. The most frequently seen ritual is the Fury, in which a cleric prays then makes berserk attacks on people and items in an effor too visit considerable destruction on a place ofr encampment within a short time by hurling spells and burning torches while howling Talos's name, followed by praying again (if the cleric survives). It is considnered most holy when performed by a lone Talassan cleric, but against formidable foes, clergy of Talos usually attack together or draw off defenders to destroy them singly. Talos's clerics tend to multiclass as barbarians, sorcerers, stormlords and wizards. Those working with the Cult of the Dragon somtimes multiclass as wearers of purple.
(Taken from Forgotten Realms Faiths and Pantheons)
I will add more too this, but I have to pick up my friend right now. ^_^ |
| George Krashos |
Posted - 03 Jul 2004 : 06:33:59
A few tidbits re Talos:
His first and greatest warrior priest was Maerklos "Stormherald" - see Polyhedron magazine #103, p.25.
One of his greatest servants still around (even if he is a lich) is Aragath Taltar - see Polyhedron magazine #105. p.7.
-- George Krashos
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| The Sage |
Posted - 03 Jul 2004 : 05:48:07
quote:
Originally posted by Dingo
Hello Hello.
I'm currently playing on a NWN persistent world set in Faerun, and am wanting to make a Cleric of Talos.
Unfortunately i do not own any of the DND books, and my only knowledge of Talos has come from what a friend of mine has told me.
I wish to have alot more knowledge before attempting to roleplay a cleric of Talos, and this has brought me here.
I was wondering if anyone could give me any help on information on a Cleric of Talos. This would include general information about Talos and his followers, rituals of his clerics, behaviour of his clerics and anything you think would be helpful with Rping a cleric of Talos.
Any help you could give me would be VERY appreciated.
-Dingo
I'm not sure how much use this will be to you, but Mr. Reynolds has recently uploaded a magical weapon for the Talosian faith on his website. It's called Thunderstrike.
Enjoy...
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| Beowulf |
Posted - 30 Jun 2004 : 22:51:00
Well met!
quote:
Originally posted by Dingo
I was wondering if anyone could give me any help on information on a Cleric of Talos. This would include general information about Talos and his followers, rituals of his clerics, behaviour of his clerics and anything you think would be helpful with Rping a cleric of Talos.
Any help you could give me would be VERY appreciated.
Well, canon literature makes Talos the god of storms and destruction, and alludes to cults of worship that might be called "doomsday cults". That is, their goal is destruction.
However, I once had a character, a warrior, who, as a result of his hard life, believed Talos was the strongest force in the realms. I guess he saw Talos as the god of ordeal, testing, and natural selection ... survival of the fittest. This would represent a far less anti-social aspect to the *clergy* of Talos ... a new doctrine perhaps?
Shield of the Geats |
| Arivia |
Posted - 29 Jun 2004 : 01:53:18
quote:
Originally posted by Lady Kazandra
It's not. The zip file is approximately 600Kb+. The file is on it's way . . .
Let me know if you have a problem.
Found its way to my end just fine. Thank you for sending it to me. I hope that made sense. |
| Lady Kazandra |
Posted - 28 Jun 2004 : 14:15:08
It's not. The zip file is approximately 600Kb+. The file is on it's way . . .
Let me know if you have a problem.
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| Arivia |
Posted - 28 Jun 2004 : 11:00:01
quote:
Originally posted by Lady Kazandra
Arivia, I've zipped those 'Dungeoncraft' articles. Can I have your actual ethereal mail address so that I can send them off to you?
arivia1@hotmail.com. If it's larger than 1 MB, than send an email to that location-I'll give you another address to send it to.(Secrecy required based upon the fact that I do want to keep the second completely spam free.) |
| Lady Kazandra |
Posted - 28 Jun 2004 : 10:54:14
Arivia, I've zipped those 'Dungeoncraft' articles. Can I have your actual ethereal mail address so that I can send them off to you?
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| Lady Kazandra |
Posted - 28 Jun 2004 : 10:24:57
Will do  .
In fact, I think I just passed a folder names 'Dungeoncraft' a short while ago . . . 
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| Arivia |
Posted - 28 Jun 2004 : 10:16:35
quote:
Originally posted by Lady Kazandra
As I've said a few days back, I have plenty of free time at the moment. So Arivia, joking aside, let me know what you're looking for and I'll do a search through his archives . . .
No search. Just everything.
Well, actually, see if you can find his archives of the Dungeoncraft articles placed online by WotC. Didn't ever get those, if I remember rightly. |
| Lady Kazandra |
Posted - 28 Jun 2004 : 09:58:25
Although it might be more appropriate to create another post. An ethereal mail message would be pointless at this time since his account is currently inactive, pending an OS upgrade.
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| Lady Kazandra |
Posted - 28 Jun 2004 : 09:55:49
As I've said a few days back, I have plenty of free time at the moment. So Arivia, joking aside, let me know what you're looking for and I'll do a search through his archives . . .
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| Arivia |
Posted - 28 Jun 2004 : 09:45:37
quote:
Originally posted by Lady Kazandra
Dingo, I haven't given up on finding those clergy articles. I'm presently sifting through the Sage's archives now. Hopefully, he's saved them someplace . . . 
Knowing the Sage, that plus 500 other tidbits on Talos...Can we scribes give you a shopping cart and a list of things we've wanted from him, and you'll get them for us?   |
| Lady Kazandra |
Posted - 28 Jun 2004 : 09:38:35
Dingo, I haven't given up on finding those clergy articles. I'm presently sifting through the Sage's archives now. Hopefully, he's saved them someplace . . .
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| Dingo |
Posted - 28 Jun 2004 : 09:32:43
Thanks alot for the replies guys and gals.
A need as much info as i can get my hands on.
SiriusBlack, thanks for the links ( though the first site is getting renovations )
Lady Kazandra, those articles would be great! If anyone has them, i would REALLY like to have a look at them.
Thanks again all. |
| Lady Kazandra |
Posted - 26 Jun 2004 : 02:45:27
Well, the links for the information on the clergy of Talos on the WotC site are dead. They simply don't work. Sorry Dingo . . . 
Did anyone by chance save these articles?
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| SiriusBlack |
Posted - 25 Jun 2004 : 15:23:38
Here's an image of Talos' holy symbol. |
| Lady Kazandra |
Posted - 25 Jun 2004 : 10:55:26
WotC had some online articles about the clergy of Talos a few years back. I'll try and hunt down the URLs for you.
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| SiriusBlack |
Posted - 25 Jun 2004 : 02:29:02
quote:
Originally posted by Dingo
I was wondering if anyone could give me any help on information on a Cleric of Talos. This would include general information about Talos and his followers, rituals of his clerics, behaviour of his clerics and anything you think would be helpful with Rping a cleric of Talos.
Any help you could give me would be VERY appreciated.
-Dingo
Try this link. I hope it helps. |
| Urlithani |
Posted - 24 Jun 2004 : 20:19:52
Well aside from what Dargoth said(which I highly suggest), all I really have to say about Talos is:
He is the lord of storms, disasters, and destruction.
Clerics of Talos make people worship Talos out of fear by setting buildings on fire, and in general blowing things up etc. etc. Due to this many do not have a very long lifespan. |
| Dargoth |
Posted - 24 Jun 2004 : 15:35:00
I suggest you try and track down on 2ed book called Faiths and Avatars you can likely downloaded for 5 USD from one of the Onlines stores thats sells 2ed PDF files |
