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Originally posted by Razz

I am curious because I have a player making a Warforged character who will be discovered as one of Raumathari's secret weapon projects prior to the destruction of their nation (hence, why very few or not all the warforges were used during the war with Narfell).

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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert

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Originally posted by Razz

I am curious because I have a player making a Warforged character who will be discovered as one of Raumathari's secret weapon projects prior to the destruction of their nation (hence, why very few or not all the warforges were used during the war with Narfell).

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Heh, I wrote up an article for the Compendium that uses that same idea.

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Originally posted by Razz

I am curious because I have a player making a Warforged character who will be discovered as one of Raumathari's secret weapon projects prior to the destruction of their nation (hence, why very few or not all the warforges were used during the war with Narfell).

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Heh, I wrote up an article for the Compendium that uses that same idea.

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Fitting isn't it?

Everytime I read references to Raumathar, especially the gems about the amount and types of constructs they used, I couldn't help but think "Warforged for the REALMS!" Heck, you can even keep the race's name since Raumathar would've forged them for their war with Narfell. I just couldn't think of a more perfect place and story to fit them into the Realms than there.

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Originally posted by Hoondatha

Now I'm interested. I always like to get different viewpoints on something I also played with. What Compendium is it in?

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Originally posted by Razz

So pretty much this Warforged will only know Common and the Raumathari language, that's it.

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Originally posted by Purple Dragon Knight

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So pretty much this Warforged will only know Common and the Raumathari language, that's it.

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You should give him Raumathari and old common... just to reward PCs who took ranks in Decipher Script... sorry for the random gaming advice, I can't help it... it comes in sudden flashes from the beyond... etc.

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Originally posted by Dalor Darden

If you wanted to make your Warforged truly unique, you could cast him in your FR game as a being similar to Data on Star Trek. Nobody would really know anything major about him; but he would be trying to decipher his own past.

I do remember an Iron Golem in a FR comic book that was sentient though...can't remember its name though...and it may have been a golem with a sentient dwarf I think within. The Raumathari could have simply decided to encase the souls of their dead warriors in new bodies...

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Originally posted by Dalor Darden

If you wanted to make your Warforged truly unique, you could cast him in your FR game as a being similar to Data on Star Trek. Nobody would really know anything major about him; but he would be trying to decipher his own past.

I do remember an Iron Golem in a FR comic book that was sentient though...can't remember its name though...and it may have been a golem with a sentient dwarf I think within. The Raumathari could have simply decided to encase the souls of their dead warriors in new bodies...

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Minder. She was a female dwarf whose soul have been placed in an iron golem. She was in the Forgotten Realms comic.

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Originally posted by Dalor Darden

If you wanted to make your Warforged truly unique, you could cast him in your FR game as a being similar to Data on Star Trek. Nobody would really know anything major about him; but he would be trying to decipher his own past.

I do remember an Iron Golem in a FR comic book that was sentient though...can't remember its name though...and it may have been a golem with a sentient dwarf I think within. The Raumathari could have simply decided to encase the souls of their dead warriors in new bodies...

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Minder. She was a female dwarf whose soul have been placed in an iron golem. She was in the Forgotten Realms comic.

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Originally posted by Dalor Darden

If you wanted to make your Warforged truly unique, you could cast him in your FR game as a being similar to Data on Star Trek. Nobody would really know anything major about him; but he would be trying to decipher his own past.

I do remember an Iron Golem in a FR comic book that was sentient though...can't remember its name though...and it may have been a golem with a sentient dwarf I think within. The Raumathari could have simply decided to encase the souls of their dead warriors in new bodies...

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Minder. She was a female dwarf whose soul have been placed in an iron golem. She was in the Forgotten Realms comic.

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Sounds like the author really liked Full Metal Alchemist

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Originally posted by Hoondatha

Not sure about FR, but there are radient golems in Spelljammer. They're an ancient, immortal group of golems created by who-knows-what, and have low intelligence. Unfortunately, they're also surrounded by a permanent death aura that drains 1d6 hit points permanently every day. They don't know they have it, since they know that other beings die, they just assume that people dying within a few days of meeting them is their normal lifespan. They wander the spheres, looking for friends and abhor violence. They're in the first Spelljammer MC, if you want to take a look.

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Originally posted by Dalor Darden

Are there any other sentient golems in the FR?

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Hi again, all.
This time I bring some brief words of Ed in response to Wooly Rupert’s Helmed Horror queries: “That of course got me wondering (especially since I've always loved helmed horrors). Is Aragus still around? What are its goals? How is it treated by the folk of Waterdeep? What is its legal status (as in, is it considered a citizen, and if not, what rights does it have?)? Can helmed horrors gain levels or class abilities? And lastly, are there other noteworthy independent helmed horrors out there?”
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“And as an addendum to my previous helmed horror questions... Can they be created without the use of a corpse and/or the Doom of Bane spell?”
Ed replies:

Hi, Wooly! Yes, Aragus is still around, but has “faked” its own destruction and is now keeping a low profile, with rooms it can hide out in, in both Dock Ward and North Ward, and using a hargaunt (see my current Knights trilogy of novels) to give it various lifelike “human face” masks.
Its goals remain mysterious (as in, both NDAs and my own unfolding campaign needs to remain silent apply). Most folk in Waterdeep consider Aragus to be “no more” (some Lords know better, but are keeping silent for their own reasons.
No, helmed horrors can’t gain levels or class abilities in the same way that PCs can. They CAN be augmented by wizards (and if playing 3e, insert applicable prestige classes here) of sufficient power and learning, so as to gain hit points, better attacks, particular abilities, etc.
Yes, there are other noteworthy Helmed Horrors active in the Realms right now (I have to check with certain mysterious WotC personages to see if some current NDAs prevent me from discussing two of the most famous/infamous, so I’ll return at some later date with more . . . or not).
And yes, there are several other methods of creating helmed horrors besides using a corpse or a Doom of Bane spell. Magic armor can be mated with a wraith (by means of the right sequence of spells), for one (and other undead can serve, to be “bound into” armor; even simple animated skeletons can be put into armor and spells used to create a crude facsimile of a helmed horror. Augmented battle horrors (the feather fall, dimension door, and magic missile-hurling variants, only “powered up” to do worse things) can be made by a variety of magical processes, and at least one priesthood (Gond’s) has been seeking to craft its own guardian helmed horrors through rituals and prayers (that is, divine magic only, with nary an arcane spell involved; BTW, they have done this thus far unsuccessfully).

So saith Ed.
And I’d like to add a personal postscript to dalor: certainly you can ask me things, and I’ll be quite happy to answer. I’ll probably post an answer to your question that Sage redirected here, tomorrow, but I must run now. The phone we nicknamed “the Bat Phone” years back is ringing, and that means urgent work . . .
love to all,
THO

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Originally posted by Brimstone

-I had an idea a while back about the Warforged and the Raumathari. I was thinking that in the final days of their Empire, some of the Raumathari Battle Mages were working on a new weapon. When the leaders of the Raumathari had their Contingency Spells go off in battle their spirits were transfered into the new weapons.

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Originally posted by Chosen of Moradin

Agreed! But I only DM in the Realms, so, the theory became very interesting to my devious intents.

About your questions:
Who would transport the maugs = Eltab, and some nasty Nar Summonbinders...
Why the Abyss = punishment; in the book,is said that the maugs go to there as prisoners of war(yes, the Carceri is a much better prison, but this will not fit well in my campaign)

That´s the short answers to justify their situation in my campaigns... I pretend to elaborate more, when the time comes to the pcs go to the planes, and stumble in the constructs...

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