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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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 Posted - 20 Feb 2009 : 06:51:00
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Originally posted by The Sage
Eh. If I had to choose a Firefly cast member I'd want in my "personal party," it'd be Kaylee. 
S'funny, but if I could pick only one, it wouldn't be any of the babefest that make up the female side of the crew... though River is tempting for being cute and a butt-kicker. No, I'd want Jayne along to smooth things over when the going gets rough.
Jayne smooth things over? That's a new use of that phrase!
I'd pick Kaylee if I needed anything other than a fighter-type. Her personality and her looks are just about the best possible combination!  |
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Nerfed2Hell
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Posted - 20 Feb 2009 : 07:14:18
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| Smooth things over like a bulldozer through a china shop. |
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ranger_of_the_unicorn_run
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 20 Feb 2009 : 13:16:27
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 20 Feb 2009 : 13:24:06
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That's it! When I said "personal party"... I meant a party consisting on myself and Kaylee ONLY. 
I even have some neato ideas for "role-playing scenarios" our characters could face together.   |
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Ardashir
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Posted - 20 Feb 2009 : 17:44:02
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Originally posted by The Sage
Eh. If I had to choose a Firefly cast member I'd want in my "personal party," it'd be Kaylee.
What, no love for Inara?
I personally think she makes a great role model for a priestess of Sune or Sharess, with a personality rather more complex than the simple sex kitten. |
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Ardashir
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Posted - 20 Feb 2009 : 17:48:00
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Isn't that how it works? Have you ever known a DM who didn't bring back an escaped bad guy to plague the party? Just once I'd like to see the bad guy come back and thank us for turning him away from a life of evil.
Well, the Book of Exalted Deeds did have guidelines for turning someone away from a life devoted to evil, which struck me as something that would be very good for clerics of Eilistraee to know (for dealing with their less enlightened brethren -- or should that be sistren?).
Admittedly, that wouldn;t be suited to every campaign or style of play, but I personally would like seeing a DM allow PC clerics or paladins occasionaly win a 'battle' for conversion. |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
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Posted - 20 Feb 2009 : 18:17:22
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That's weird. All this talk of Firefly when I just got a brand new Browncoat t-shirt from ThinkGeek to wear to GenCon.
The fun thing is, I also got a cheap Sonic Screwdriver replica in the same order... Talk about polar opposites!
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I've always played most monks and druids as being pacifists by nature. So, the pacifism of Eldath doesn't stick out to me... |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 20 Feb 2009 : 18:20:56
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Originally posted by Ardashir
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Originally posted by The Sage
Eh. If I had to choose a Firefly cast member I'd want in my "personal party," it'd be Kaylee.
What, no love for Inara?
I personally think she makes a great role model for a priestess of Sune or Sharess, with a personality rather more complex than the simple sex kitten.
Kaylee would be more fun to hang out with until the clothes came off. Then it's Inara. Of course, why pick just one of the two?
Inara would be a good model for a priestess of Sune. |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
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Posted - 20 Feb 2009 : 18:30:28
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Turning 'bad guys' into 'good guys' is just SO Spiderman, IMHO.
Not that it is a bad thing, but they over did it in Spidey's comics (to the point where they made fun of themselves with a group of 'Spider-rejects'), and I can't help but think of all those bad guys that "saw the light" thanks to May Parker's nephew.
Of course, if he didn't do that, Silver Sable wouldn't have at least half her mercenaries.
Anyhow, one of my favorite CKC articles (IIRC) was the one centered around an adventuring comapany/mercnary group of 'enlightened' fiends. Something about 'evil guys' saving the day tickles my inner-DM. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 20 Feb 2009 : 23:14:46
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Originally posted by Ardashir
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Originally posted by The Sage
Eh. If I had to choose a Firefly cast member I'd want in my "personal party," it'd be Kaylee.
What, no love for Inara?
I personally think she makes a great role model for a priestess of Sune or Sharess, with a personality rather more complex than the simple sex kitten.
Inara would certainly have the benefit of experience, which can be an asset, I suppose.
And I'd see Inara as more of a cleric of Sharess, rather than Sune. She doesn't seem to hold all that much love for those she "assists." Rather, Inara fits the "sensual fulfilment" and "festhall" aspects of the Dancing Lady's faith.
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Inara would be a good model for a priestess of Sune.
Actually, she became a rather suitable model for a Canopian NPC in one of my BT campaigns set in the Periphery a couple of years back. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Posted - 20 Feb 2009 : 23:18:05
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Originally posted by Markustay
Turning 'bad guys' into 'good guys' is just SO Spiderman, IMHO.
Not that it is a bad thing, but they over did it in Spidey's comics (to the point where they made fun of themselves with a group of 'Spider-rejects'), and I can't help but think of all those bad guys that "saw the light" thanks to May Parker's nephew.
Heh. I still remember when Sandman tried to "go good." What a laugh that was.
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
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Posted - 20 Feb 2009 : 23:25:53
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He didn't stay that way? 
I stopped reading comics right after he joined-up with Silver sable, along with Skateboard dude and Rollerskate lad (or whatever their real names were). It seemed like evry year at least one villain 'went soft' because of Spidey.
I think 'Spider-boy' and the Toad were pretty funny temporary side-kicks - I think thats where they got the idea for 'Increda-boy' in the movie The Incredibles.
At least those story-lines were good for a laugh; glad I left before everything got so gruesome. 
Anyhow... bad-guy turned good-guy, only to show-up much later and become a bad-guy again (proving once and for all to the PCs that a leaopard doesn't change it's spots) sounds like a real cool continuing story-line for background flavor. |
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ErskineF
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Noad Biddleberry
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Posted - 02 Sep 2015 : 20:09:23
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Is anyone still reading this??
I'm playing in 5E now and I've created a half-orc Ranger. With the acolyte profession, I can be a follower of Eldath.
The backstory I have is that I was part of a Orc, Half-orc tribe. My scouting party came across some followers of Eldath and attacked them. Tho they were pacifists, they easily defeated us without killing any of us.
My character Mercurial Pfrick, was interested in this source of power and strives to become unstoppable in the way of peace (i.e. he doesn't get it yet :D ) And later takes the name of one of his supervisors to signify a change now becoming Guy M. Pfrick. (pronouced Gii not Guy, but he lets people say that)
He is currently lvl 3. I only want to choose pacifist spells until later on, but his martial skill comes from his background, and early in his levels he still chooses to fight.
Right now I have Goodberry, Speak with Animals and Fog Cloud. Eventually the plan is to make him a Monk, but I need to have some kind of last minute gambit to defend myself.
So I go Ranger to lvl 15 to get my beastmaster spells to affect my Boar companion also when I target myself, then and level 18, (monk lvl 3) I can cast Fist of Thunder to case thunderwave on myself, which in turn casts it from my Boar as well.
I'm going to try to roleplay him as he never quite gets it, but avoids combat as much as possible in later game scenarios.
He also has cool quips like "The only way to obtain peace, is through WAR!!!" or "have a taste of my passive-fist!"
Give me some suggestions on a way to go. The DM where I play is not super fond of multiclassing in 5E, but I think it fits the character. |
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Caladan Brood
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Posted - 02 Sep 2015 : 20:37:38
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 03 Sep 2015 : 03:21:56
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Eldath is a ...she?!?! Lol, how have I never noticed that! *Smacks face hard*
"She" makes an appearance in one of Ed's "Shadows of the Avatar" trilogy novels.
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
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Posted - 03 Sep 2015 : 13:50:47
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Originally posted by Caladan Brood
Eldath is a ...she?!?! Lol, how have I never noticed that! *Smacks face hard*
Thats okay, for twenty years I thought Chauntea was a dude.  |
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Duneth Despana
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 03 Sep 2015 : 16:02:45
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| there's an Eldathyn holding a bow on page 145 of Ed Greenwood presents Elminster's Forgotten Realms. |
« There is no overriding « epic » in the Realms, but rather a large number of stories, adventures, and encounters going on all the time. [...]. Each creative mind adds to the base, creating, defining, and making their contribution to the rich diversity of the Realms. [...]. But Ed built the stage upon which all the plays are presented. Thanks Ed. » -FR Comic no.1
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Eldath - goddess of sparkly water!
