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NightElf
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 Posted - 28 Jul 2003 : 11:25:10
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Just a quick survey to find out how many players in Candlekeep have had a character which has actually came face to face with either the Avatar of their god or the God themselves.
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 28 Jul 2003 : 14:33:51
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Although I usually try to refrain from using avatars or deities as major plot devices in my campaigns, when it comes to the planes, I just can't seem to say no.
The avatar of Bhaal, and the deity Deneir, are the only god-related entities I have used in my campaigns. My favorite PC (now an NPC), Rastromo Meradoc, the Sage of Perth is the only character of my creation to have met a deity (the afore mentioned Deneir).
I'll post more later.
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Edited by - The Sage on 28 Jul 2003 14:36:42 |
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Nocturno
Acolyte
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Posted - 31 Jul 2003 : 01:20:40
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ý was a secret faithful of mystra beacause ý was ra,sed as a mage and was thought the dogmas of mystra so I was a fighter mage(20\26)
and I fought with shar who intended to take over waive during the cataclysim |
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Mythander
Learned Scribe
USA
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Posted - 31 Jul 2003 : 21:53:35
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Originally posted by NightElf
Just a quick survey to find out how many players in Candlekeep have had a character which has actually came face to face with either the Avatar of their god or the God themselves.
I was in a party I was in a party that was caught in an almost fatal trip to the Plain of Elemental Ice. Only due to probably the most sincere and heart felt prayer I have ever heard From a Cleric. (Cough, Cough (D.I.) Cough) Illmater teleported us back to Faerun. It did cost us some pretty powerful magic items and we had to complete a quest. But, all and all it was a pretty cool meeting. |
Wow! That has no saving throw written all over it. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 01 Aug 2003 : 05:48:15
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Mythander said -
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I was in a party I was in a party that was caught in an almost fatal trip to the Plain of Elemental Ice.
I believe you actually meant the Paraelemental Plane of Ice.
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Bookwyrm
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 07 Aug 2003 : 11:28:26
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Now, now, Sage, just because you love the Planes so much, it's no reason to quible over what to call them. Especially when the meanting is so clear.
Um . . . that's funny. I think I hear the kettle calling for a pot . . . .  |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 07 Aug 2003 : 13:45:40
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It's now a moot point anyway. D&D 3e saw the eventual phasing out (from the D&D cosmology) of the para-, and quasi- elemental planes.
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Edited by - The Sage on 07 Aug 2003 13:54:48 |
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Bookwyrm
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 07 Aug 2003 : 13:51:24
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psst -- it's 'moot' 
It's too bad, really. Would it have actually cost them anything to mention the stuff, even if they weren't going to do a Planescape setting? Were they so lazy that they figured they'd just cut the whole thing off?
Hmm. I might have answered my own question there. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 07 Aug 2003 : 13:53:59
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Thanks Bookwyrm .
I don't know how I missed that, although I am extraordinarily tired, especially after spending the day debugging about 500 programs.
I really don't think that is an excuse though, not when it comes to Realmslore, or even Planescape... .
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Edited by - The Sage on 07 Aug 2003 14:03:50 |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 07 Aug 2003 : 14:02:52
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Bookwyrm said -
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It's too bad, really. Would it have actually cost them anything to mention the stuff, even if they weren't going to do a Planescape setting?
Actually the 3e Manual of the Planes tome comes pretty close to setting up a legitimate 3e Planescape setting (even considering the changes to the cosmology, the modifications to the ethereal plane, and the promotion of the Plane of Shadow), although a lot of the fluff and flavor of my second favorite setting was ommitted.
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Dantrag
Learned Scribe
USA
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Posted - 09 Aug 2003 : 18:34:44
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| I've never actually done it ,but it would be a great campaign.... |
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Edain Shadowstar
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 18 Aug 2003 : 06:26:32
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| Does the Lady count? No? Well, to the Mazes with you! Seriously though, I can yes, I have run accross avatars of Faerunian gods (and those of other pantheons), though not terribly often (otherwise it just gets boring). I personally shy away from throwing avatars around very often, if at all, however I have used a deity once or twice, they make nice, dramatic NPCs if used sparingly and appropriately (i.e. Tyr should not walk up and give the PCs a thumbs up on the street, although...). |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 18 Aug 2003 : 10:04:13
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I don't think the Lady of Pain would count, but then, it is very hard to define what she is exactly... . The theories that detail her nature stretch as far back as the creation of Sigil itself.
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Edain Shadowstar
Senior Scribe
USA
455 Posts |
Posted - 18 Aug 2003 : 17:50:29
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I did not really expect anyone to say she counted, I am just a shameless name dropper. Plus, I just like to point out one of my characters did not getting shreded to blades by being near her, so feather in my cap. |
Edain Shadowstar
Archwizard of Rel Astra and Waterdeep
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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elven_songstress
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 09 Oct 2003 : 00:27:38
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Hail and well met,
I had a character that rped during the Time of Troubles meet two deities, and get caught in a battle between them, it really wasn't a pretty thing either, it was a battle between Shar and Sune over the demi-goddess Sharess.
Never ever get between two deities even casted down ones.
I was cursed by Shar and blessed by Sune I was playing a Meistersinger (this was a 2nd edtion game of course) and it was a pretty interesting mess to be gotten into, on the night of the full moon my character turned into a unseelie nymph, this to spite Sune, so Sune "blessed" her with the abilities of a nymph all the time, how closed to blessed are you when you go to undress for bed and your mate goes blind..lol.
Either way it was a mess for that characters husband, I believe he was an NPC found in the Skullport book, Amryrr Yauntirr?
But that was as close to the deities as I want to get. |
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Darth KTrava
Learned Scribe
USA
172 Posts |
Posted - 22 Feb 2004 : 02:46:44
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Our high level party has met quite a few deities in their adventures. We all met our respective patron deities after succeeding in a fight against Gargauth although one person did die in that fight. We were all soon facing the gods who were personally thanking us, including Torm (my cleric's patron), Eilistraee and Lurue. Have also been to the realm of Tyr, Torm and Illmater on several occasions.
At least none have just shown up for a game of Monopoly at our keep..... 
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Bookwyrm
Great Reader
USA
4740 Posts |
Posted - 23 Feb 2004 : 00:46:25
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| Unless they were the epic-level PCs you mentioned elsewhere, that many deities would be highly excessive. Even then it's odd. No offence, of course. |
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Darth KTrava
Learned Scribe
USA
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Posted - 23 Feb 2004 : 01:26:10
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Yep. Mentioned the party on another board.
THey met the various deities on various character levels from about 24 on up to their present levels ranging from about 31-36 now.
Before then, it was only visions and only a rare amount of those.
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Evil will be dealt with swiftly as it is my duty to remove such evil from my presence.
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Malaug
Acolyte
Australia
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Posted - 23 Feb 2004 : 09:56:54
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A long time ago, we used to do an made up adventure called the Tavern at the Centre of the World. It was a tavern where all the gods could come and chill out. This was in the days of 1st Edition so we used their stats from Legends & Lore. The only problem with the tavern was that any god could choose to fight you in the pit that was in the centre of the tavern.
One of my friends characters picked a woman that he thought was the Ice Queen. Unfortunately she was the Maiden of Pain (can't remember her name now) and any damage that you dealt to her, you got returned upon you but double. He died pretty quickly.
We only used it for our high level adventurers. Now that I think of it though, the few challenges that we did throw down on gods, we always lost!
Personally in andventures we have never met any gods. High level NPC's yes but never a god as such.
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Bakra
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 11 Apr 2004 : 17:29:10
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Well I think it was in the Shadowdale module which took place during the Time of Troubles. Our characters breifly met two 'pre-dieties'...it was real brief and I (The DM too) was the only one who read the books. It wasn't until about 2 years later when two of the other Players read the books then asked me, "Say didn't we met that person?"
I am also proud to say I survived the 'For Duty and Deity' module, my boon that I asked from Waukeen was a map to the Valley of the Gods...that was an adventure within itself and a pleasent way to retire. |
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