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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
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 Posted - 23 Jun 2010 : 03:02:51
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I had two of the 'bosses' in the bandit Kingdoms (Greyhawk's version of the 'Border kingdoms') named Popeye and Bluto... and I've done weirder things that.
Characters met a fumbling wizard named Gargamel once...
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"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 23 Jun 2010 : 03:03:46
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Originally posted by Erik Scott de Bie
Even had a gun too. Along with nightmares and *mystery*.
Heh. Did you use the RAVENLOFT-specific rules for firearms and such, or just the generic D&D rules?
Yes.
(And a passing knowledge with those ridiculous sets of rules will probably tell you exactly what I mean!)
Cheers
Oh, very much so. I was excited over the prospect when I heard White Wolf would be revising the firearm rules for their interpretation of the RAVENLOFT setting. Unfortunately, the product line was closed before the updated rules could be released.  |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 23 Jun 2010 : 20:18:13
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Originally posted by Markustay
I had two of the 'bosses' in the bandit Kingdoms (Greyhawk's version of the 'Border kingdoms') named Popeye and Bluto... and I've done weirder things that.
Characters met a fumbling wizard named Gargamel once...
My Greyhawk campaign was bizarre, but fun.
Ha! Sounds like you'd have fit in well with our group. Or maybe I should have played in one of your campaigns. Either way, great minds (or insane ones, take your pick) apperantly think alike! |
The Goddess is alive, and magic is afoot.
"Where Science ends, Magic begins" -Spiral, Uncanny X-Men #491
"You idiots! You've captured their STUNT doubles!" -Spaceballs
Lothir's character background/stats: http://forum.candlekeep.com/pop_profile.asp?mode=display&id=5469
My stories:
http://z3.invisionfree.com/Mickeys_Comic_Tavern/index.php?showforum=188
Lothir, courtesy of Sylinde (Deviant Art)/Luaxena (Chosen of Eilistraee)
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Zireael
Master of Realmslore
Poland
1190 Posts |
Posted - 24 Jun 2010 : 10:57:01
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Characters met a fumbling wizard named Gargamel once...
That had me rolling on the floor! I did NOT envision that when I started this thread...
Keep it up, folks! |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31774 Posts |
Posted - 25 Jun 2010 : 01:07:13
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Originally posted by Alystra Illianniis
Hmm, how about my blonde fire genesi pyromancer, who flies and is a total chick-magnet?! His favorite phrase? "Flame on!" Yeah, bet ya saw that one coming.... His name was Ian Rain, of course.
I should note that I had an Earth Genasi roaming the streets of Waterdeep, fighting crime. He was, rather unimaginatively, named "The Rock" [this was long before any *actor* of the same name rose to stardom upon the silver screen]. He was rather ubiquitous... but usually steered clear of Yancy Street, which was just a little ways down from Blackstaff Tower [which he often referred to as the Baxter Building, and to a certain archmage, as Reed]. His special attack was "the Haymaker."  |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 25 Jun 2010 : 17:04:07
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| Ah, so great minds DO think alike, LOL!! I had wanted to have all four of them, but never got around to creating the other three. I do, however have plans for a hairy half-troll dwarf ranger/barbarian who uses claw bracers.... He calls everyone "Bub,", smokes, drinks heavily, and charges headfirst into most fights, often going berserk at the drop of a hat. And he has memory gaps..... |
The Goddess is alive, and magic is afoot.
"Where Science ends, Magic begins" -Spiral, Uncanny X-Men #491
"You idiots! You've captured their STUNT doubles!" -Spaceballs
Lothir's character background/stats: http://forum.candlekeep.com/pop_profile.asp?mode=display&id=5469
My stories:
http://z3.invisionfree.com/Mickeys_Comic_Tavern/index.php?showforum=188
Lothir, courtesy of Sylinde (Deviant Art)/Luaxena (Chosen of Eilistraee)
http://sylinde.deviantart.com/#/d2z6e4u |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 25 Jun 2010 : 20:27:27
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In a WotC thread we fleshed-out that guy that was on the cover of the old grey Box - we called him Dûd Onahorz - and he was based on the Lone ranger. He even carried a hand crossbow with Silver Quarrels, and had Sharran sidekick/girlfriend named Squanto. 
Despite the rather obvious tongue-in-cheek nature of the character, he was actually rather bitter and unsociable - his adventuring group were all killed by undead, which made him go from Ranger (naturally) to Undead Hunter. He wanders the Realms, seeking out pockets of undead and destroying them (and helping innocent townsfolk in the process).
I even updated him for 4e - Squanto was killed by the Spellplague, but he was changed and now has Regeneration (which is why he is still alive in 4e).
I also had the 80's band Devo as a wandering monster in one of my dungeons. Scary, huh? |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 26 Jun 2010 : 00:30:36
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Originally posted by Markustay
I also had the 80's band Devo as a wandering monster in one of my dungeons. Scary, huh?
How did you pull off having a band as a wandering monster? |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 26 Jun 2010 : 05:09:56
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I was 16, I was running Tunnels & Trolls, and it was a very... fun.... game. I can't even call it a campaign - the players just appeared outside of whatever complex I drew-up during the week and went at it.
I also had wandering 'Codgers', who just waved their canes and yelled at people, stuff like "get off my lawn!"
I was into Xanth novels back then (terribly silly fantasy), and ran Greyhawk (if you can call it that), which was one of the silliest worlds, at least certain parts (like the Coca-Cola Golems, amongst other things). Anything for a laugh, really... I thrived on puns and bad jokes.
When the characters went to the end of town that I hadn't bothered to finish on my map, I explained to them that they came to a blank area, in which they spotted a strange little man (I described myself) literally 'drawing-in' the buildings and other terrain.
They exclaimed "It's God!"
Good for my ego... and thus the deity known only as 'The man' was born.
Not very 'professional' by today's gaming standards, but it was 1979 and we were still recovering from something called 'Disco'. |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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Sill Alias
Senior Scribe
Kazakhstan
588 Posts |
Posted - 26 Jun 2010 : 19:08:56
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So the 'being of light' was seen by unknown adventurers on its job. |
You can hear many tales from many mouths. The most difficult is to know which of them are not lies. - Sill Alias
"May your harp be unstrung, your dreams die and all your songs be unsung." - curse of the harper, The Code of the Harpers 2 ed.
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 30 Jun 2010 : 17:39:31
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And he's "the best at what he does," right?
Yup. I've got a slew of these, actually. A female half-drow weather mage/stormlord, a drow half-fiend shadowmage/gatecrasher(he specializes in portal and travel magic, of course), and a female doppelganger assassin/rogue, among others.... |
The Goddess is alive, and magic is afoot.
"Where Science ends, Magic begins" -Spiral, Uncanny X-Men #491
"You idiots! You've captured their STUNT doubles!" -Spaceballs
Lothir's character background/stats: http://forum.candlekeep.com/pop_profile.asp?mode=display&id=5469
My stories:
http://z3.invisionfree.com/Mickeys_Comic_Tavern/index.php?showforum=188
Lothir, courtesy of Sylinde (Deviant Art)/Luaxena (Chosen of Eilistraee)
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Basil the Geek
Acolyte
USA
16 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jun 2010 : 18:18:24
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A few friends of mine up over the arctic circle a long while back once requested I run a spacemen and sorcery campaign using the realms as the backdrop so I put them all up against a certain well known Federation starship that had ran afoul of a “Redjac” sort of being who high jacked the ship to the Realms where he escaped.
The ship then fell into a sort of “Who Mourns for Adonais” big gripping hand, stuck and malfunctioning star ship issue where demands were made of them to stop the amok being and to especially adhere to their “prime directive” limiting cultural contamination.
The first adventure for the players was to help strange and very foreign new slaves escape their Thayan masters in a sort of “Plato’s Step Children” plot. It actually turned out to be a really fun campaign.
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
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Sill Alias
Senior Scribe
Kazakhstan
588 Posts |
Posted - 31 Aug 2010 : 12:44:52
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| My one of ideas for build is to create a character based on anime Hokuto no Ken (Fist of The North Star).Still, I wonder how to balance the abilities to match the style of the original characters (just Hokuto shinken is crazy, if you seen at least the first series). Gonna see all the guides to find a suitable PrC to enhance them in the ways I want them to be. |
You can hear many tales from many mouths. The most difficult is to know which of them are not lies. - Sill Alias
"May your harp be unstrung, your dreams die and all your songs be unsung." - curse of the harper, The Code of the Harpers 2 ed.
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
3750 Posts |
Posted - 31 Aug 2010 : 18:02:06
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| You, know, I've actually been toying with using an anime character, too. Ed Elric from FMA. Of course his brother would have to come along, too. (An intelligent golem, obviously...) Someone mentioned using characters from Final Fantasy- Cloud would be a perfect shoe-in as a fighter/weaponmaster! Or Tifa as a monk/street brawler type. Hmmm, most any of them would be fun to use. Yuma from FFX/FFX-2 would make a great bard! |
The Goddess is alive, and magic is afoot.
"Where Science ends, Magic begins" -Spiral, Uncanny X-Men #491
"You idiots! You've captured their STUNT doubles!" -Spaceballs
Lothir's character background/stats: http://forum.candlekeep.com/pop_profile.asp?mode=display&id=5469
My stories:
http://z3.invisionfree.com/Mickeys_Comic_Tavern/index.php?showforum=188
Lothir, courtesy of Sylinde (Deviant Art)/Luaxena (Chosen of Eilistraee)
http://sylinde.deviantart.com/#/d2z6e4u |
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IngoDjan
Learned Scribe
Brazil
146 Posts |
Posted - 01 Sep 2010 : 01:13:42
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| I do if my player didn't know them. Otherwise I think miss the focus. |
Ingo Djan
DUNGEON MASTER AO OF THE DIAMONDS!"I see the future repeat the past. It all is a museum of great news. The Time do not stop." |
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Ionik Knight
Learned Scribe
USA
222 Posts |
Posted - 06 Sep 2010 : 03:05:03
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In a FR campaign I usually only bring in the pc's from my first AD&D party. I have brought in Druss the Axe and Vlad Taltos before. More typical for me is to bring in items from outside Balmung, Caledvwlch, Golden Harp of the Light, Harp of Imach Thyssel, Gonturan, a harp and sword with three stars on them, the Sword of Sagamore, Iceflame, Blackwand, Spellbreaker, Pathfinder, Snaga the Sender, the Shadow Sword, Ice Tongue, Helm-biter, Axe of Volt, Shara and many more have made appearances in my games...usually without anyone noticing.
I save my real craziness for my GURPS Supers campaigns though. I've had cameos by everyone from Smaug to Tinkerbell all in completely unstatted, unplanned fly by the seat of my pants fashion. Everyone seems to enjoy the craziness though. |
Fools to right of them,
Jesters to left of them,
Clowns in front of them
Pun'd and parody'd. |
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Zireael
Master of Realmslore
Poland
1190 Posts |
Posted - 23 Sep 2010 : 18:10:18
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| Any more ideas? Keep it going, folks! |
SiNafay Vrinn, the daughter of Lloth, from Ched Nasad!
http://zireael07.wordpress.com/ |
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Diffan
Great Reader
USA
4441 Posts |
Posted - 23 Sep 2010 : 18:46:38
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| I've always sorta wanted to play a Batman character. And a great piece of equipment for this character would be the Rod of Ropes. Any ideas on class levels and what not (speaking from a 3.5/Pathfinder rule-set) for this character? I thought monk/rogue would work well, with increaed unarmed strikes, tons of skills, and possibly the use of some non-lethal poisons..... |
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Xysma
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
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Xysma
Master of Realmslore
USA
1089 Posts |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31774 Posts |
Posted - 28 Sep 2010 : 05:07:38
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Originally posted by Alystra Illianniis
Ha! I have plans for one of those, too!! Those shield feats are just begging for a character like that. The most amusing one I've had so far was a sea elf Ranger named Namor
I've a Namor-type in my DRAGONLANCE campaigns... though I made him a Dargonesti/human hybrid with ties to the throne of the Speaker of the Moon. |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
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Zireael
Master of Realmslore
Poland
1190 Posts |
Posted - 28 Nov 2010 : 11:12:39
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| Any more ideas? The thread is excellent! |
SiNafay Vrinn, the daughter of Lloth, from Ched Nasad!
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
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Posted - 28 Nov 2010 : 12:41:23
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I've stolen characters shamelessly and liberally from countless movies, books, and games.
Muerte ("My name is Death!") is a recurring incompetent little baddy who provides comic relief. Actually a bit of a promotion from his original BBEG status (back in the noob-level days), but my PCs find tormenting him far too amusing to kill him off. The poor guy has hardly any teeth left.
Gilligan the Turquoise Blade is a flamboyantly bumbling Buccaneer/Swashbuckler PC who, again, started off as a quick NPC and turned into a surprising keeper. His luggage is carried by his very large autistic peasant, Ragu, who is paid only with "adventure and all the potatoes he can eat."
Little mastermind Vizzini (and his two henchmen: revenge-happy swordsman Inigo Montoya and grappling master Fezzik the Giant) were easy imports. Though Inigo ran off to join some pirate crew while the others were slain by the PCs when Vizzini's Zhentish plot was foiled.
Bravely Bold Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Dhelt (and his talented minstrel) led the PCs through several knights of adventure near Elturel.
One of my PCs (a bounty hunter) is currently busy tracking a deadly criminal named Avery Cates who just won't stay dead.
This PC's former quarry was a feared assassin known as Nightfall. The PC was stuck with this nearly impossible assignment after telling some unwise dwarf jokes to his decidedly humourless employer.
At the urgent insistence of several of my players, their characters were joined by another group of players with characters named Yuna, Rikku, and Paine. Young girls, of course.
Much skill was needed to prevail against this exceptional adversary.
And of course there was always the rather terrible battle against Maligor's minion, Merciless Ming of Thay. The only thing keeping that one from going TPK (hey, two PCs lived, four didn't ...) was a little extra motivation for rescuing a Rashemi slave girl.
Some of my arrogantly aloof gold elves haven't been a big hit, unfortunately. My tiefling and cambion fared better.
This evil necromantrix and her two (not so bright) ghoulish henchmen require little introduction.
I've based some NPCs on these characters. Lord Picard (the Paladin), Shania (the Sorceress), and Baracus (the Barbarian) have been alphabetically convenient, easy to play in character and "remember", and hugely popular with my players.
Um, so many other sources. I just can't list 'em all. |
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Ralderick Hallowshaw
Acolyte
Italy
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Posted - 28 Nov 2010 : 15:34:24
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A player of mine, a fan of comics, has played a couple of super-heroes, fitting them to FR setting.
"Red" is an half-fiend demon hunter who looks and acts like Hellboy, using a huge hand-crossbow instead of the classic big gun.
"Shinoras" (an adaptation of a core npc cited in Silver Marches, p. 8) is instead the FR transposition of Wolverine: given up for dead by his tribe, he was found and his body magically altered by the archmage Tulrun (acting like Col. Stryker), giving him all the canonical powers (regeneration, adamantine body, retractable claws...) and erasing his memory. |
"Adventurers are best used to slay monsters. Sooner or later, they become your worst monsters, and you have to hire new ones to do the obvious thing" - Ralderick Hallowshaw, Jester - from To Rule A Realm, From Turret To Midden, published circa The Year of the Bloodbird
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