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Dracandos the Spellsage
Senior Scribe
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 Posted - 05 Nov 2003 : 02:23:05
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Well every1 im new 2 this, but ive loved the Forgotten Realms 4 a very long time. So much that if i could take my parents, and my dogs, i would leave this planet instantly and move 4 the rest of my life 2 live in Faerun...would u???
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Death strips away the masks men don to hide their true nature - The Slayer's Guide to Undead
The Lord of Murder shall perish, but in his doom he shall spawn a score of mortal progeny. Chaos shall be sown from their passage - So Sayeth the Wise Alaundo
Whenever magic one doth weave, 'tis never ever wise to deceive - Elminster
Strength and power come from knowing and controlling what others do not, but never reveal all that you know - Vecna
I have been known to cast a blue mage spell now and again - Dracandos the Spellsage |
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William of Waterdeep
Senior Scribe
USA
829 Posts |
Posted - 05 Nov 2003 : 03:50:26
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| Would it have to be Faerun,or anywhere on Toril? |
Courage isn't the lack of fear but rather believing in and doing what you know is right even though fear is present.
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MuadDib
Senior Scribe
South Africa
442 Posts |
Posted - 05 Nov 2003 : 05:59:35
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in a heartbeat
wouldn't even need someone to go with me
Like the kind of Close Encounters question |
MuadDib - Candlekeep Inn Barhand |
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Fibura Gauntlet
Seeker
United Kingdom
50 Posts |
Posted - 05 Nov 2003 : 09:59:39
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if i could take my parents, and my dogs, i would leave this planet instantly and move 4 the rest of my life 2 live in Faerun...would u???
Point me in the direction of the fairground and I'd be on that rollercoaster like a shot 
Seriously though, no. I like my home comforts too much. Especially plumbing. I don't care what half the adventures I've read say, most people in the Realms don't access to a Throne of Waste Gating or somesuch.
Although I've just had a brilliant idea for what my PC's might find in their newly-acquired portable hole  |
- Fibura Gauntlet
A scrib(bl)e on the margins of Candlekeep |
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Dracandos the Spellsage
Senior Scribe
466 Posts |
Posted - 05 Nov 2003 : 20:42:56
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Would it have to be Faerun,or anywhere on Toril?
no anyplace on Toril |
Death strips away the masks men don to hide their true nature - The Slayer's Guide to Undead
The Lord of Murder shall perish, but in his doom he shall spawn a score of mortal progeny. Chaos shall be sown from their passage - So Sayeth the Wise Alaundo
Whenever magic one doth weave, 'tis never ever wise to deceive - Elminster
Strength and power come from knowing and controlling what others do not, but never reveal all that you know - Vecna
I have been known to cast a blue mage spell now and again - Dracandos the Spellsage |
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Lord Rad
Great Reader
United Kingdom
2080 Posts |
Posted - 05 Nov 2003 : 23:21:11
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Well I think whilst we all love the Realms, to actually live in such an environment would be terrible. The odds of being successful and high nobility are quite low and most will probably be farmers struggling to make ends meet or be living in some city squallor. Very few would be adventurers as it very rarely pays off and whilst we are are heroic to some degree when playing D&D, being faced with the simplest of creatures will make you run a mile!!
As for taxes.... well you thought it was bad in real life.... just imagine it in mediaevil times!!! |
Lord Rad
"What? No, I wasn't reading your module. I was just looking at the pictures"
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William of Waterdeep
Senior Scribe
USA
829 Posts |
Posted - 05 Nov 2003 : 23:45:43
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Originally posted by Rad
Well I think whilst we all love the Realms, to actually live in such an environment would be terrible. The odds of being successful and high nobility are quite low and most will probably be farmers struggling to make ends meet or be living in some city squallor. Very few would be adventurers as it very rarely pays off and whilst we are are heroic to some degree when playing D&D, being faced with the simplest of creatures will make you run a mile!!
As for taxes.... well you thought it was bad in real life.... just imagine it in mediaevil times!!!
If I had a good job and could read books on it, I wouldn't go either. Don't kill me,Rad.
Lets see,I would start out in Kara-Tur and work my way as best I could to Waterdeep,I would do more but if I made it that far alive I would settle down to a quiet life. |
Courage isn't the lack of fear but rather believing in and doing what you know is right even though fear is present.
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The Cardinal
Senior Scribe
Canada
647 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2003 : 02:16:21
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By all means I would go... though not for the reasons some would assume. For withing Toril I would be given a promise of an afterlife.. my own prospects here are.... bleak at best... |
It has to be Certain, the Gods Hate Me. For whatever irrevokable Fate, I have been made the walking Joke. Either that, or Beshaba is overlyfond Of Me.
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Dracandos the Spellsage
Senior Scribe
466 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2003 : 03:16:17
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Well I think whilst we all love the Realms, to actually live in such an
environment would be terrible. The odds of being successful and high nobility
are quite low and most will probably be farmers struggling to make ends meet
or be living in some city squallor. Very few would be adventurers as it very
rarely pays off and whilst we are are heroic to some degree when playing D&D,
being faced with the simplest of creatures will make you run a mile!!
although i party agree, the danger of the Realms seem more apparent, there are some places where life is calm. and think of living here in a bad part of a city where gangs r everywhere n u wake up 2 the sound off gunshots n u just hope its not 1 of ur parents (just so u know im not referring 2 myself im just sooo glad i live in a nice little town out in the country) as 4 being successful, id learn the ways of magic and adventure with a group of friends of other classes, n just travel the land...*sigh* how i wish i could... |
Death strips away the masks men don to hide their true nature - The Slayer's Guide to Undead
The Lord of Murder shall perish, but in his doom he shall spawn a score of mortal progeny. Chaos shall be sown from their passage - So Sayeth the Wise Alaundo
Whenever magic one doth weave, 'tis never ever wise to deceive - Elminster
Strength and power come from knowing and controlling what others do not, but never reveal all that you know - Vecna
I have been known to cast a blue mage spell now and again - Dracandos the Spellsage |
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Belfar
Seeker
USA
86 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2003 : 04:19:20
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| If I could be an adventurer then maybe. The realms is constantly plagued by orcs, goblins, and trolls though and who in their right mind would want to live there. The realms is too chaotic for me. You would also lose many modern conviniences such as computers, refridgeration, and modern transportation just to name a few. I would like to visit the realms most defintely but not for a permenant stay. |
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Cyric
Senior Scribe
Norway
388 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2003 : 17:50:22
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The Cardinal
Senior Scribe
Canada
647 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2003 : 20:08:26
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Well, most of this begs the question: " What is an adventurer?"
It is easily dismissed as " A maniac wielding powers beyond mortal minds and/or wielding a weapon.."
While the comforts of home would be gone... so too would several problems that come with the complicated world we have built for ourselves. Agreed plumbing makes things easier (just a flush and it's gone... like magic ). However, I am far enough north to know that (and this will be a shock to you southerners ), plumbing is only about a generation old here... give or take but out houses were quite common a few decades back (on a side note, plumbing was established by the governement for... cheap housing for the natives of the land... the funny thing is no one told them how it actually worked so they figured it flush to the basement, so outhouses endured for a few years after plumbing...)
Anyways, I came a bit off track here, personally I think an adventurer, I think, is a person who simply would want to make the realms a bit more safer the borders of his farm/kingdom/city etc... whether safer for everyone or just him/herself... well that is open to debate |
It has to be Certain, the Gods Hate Me. For whatever irrevokable Fate, I have been made the walking Joke. Either that, or Beshaba is overlyfond Of Me.
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Trafaldi
Learned Scribe
264 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2003 : 20:24:01
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| Oh to leave this wretched world and to never return and to live the rest of my days in torril. Where can i sign up. |
Some believe there is something more after death, if you really want to find out... go kill yourself and stop pestering me. |
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Dracandos the Spellsage
Senior Scribe
466 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2003 : 21:18:38
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You would also lose many modern conviniences such as computers, refridgeration, and modern transportation
if i lived on toril, i wouldnt need computers cuz the only time id want 2 use it would be 2 escape from my world and enter the FR...besides 4 homework but i wouldnt have that problem either refrideration, who needs it when u can magicaly keep things cold...transportation who needs it when u can instantly teleport whereever u want, (i know teleportation is a complicated spell but im just using it 4 sake of argument) |
Death strips away the masks men don to hide their true nature - The Slayer's Guide to Undead
The Lord of Murder shall perish, but in his doom he shall spawn a score of mortal progeny. Chaos shall be sown from their passage - So Sayeth the Wise Alaundo
Whenever magic one doth weave, 'tis never ever wise to deceive - Elminster
Strength and power come from knowing and controlling what others do not, but never reveal all that you know - Vecna
I have been known to cast a blue mage spell now and again - Dracandos the Spellsage |
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Dracandos the Spellsage
Senior Scribe
466 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2003 : 21:21:00
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Oh to leave this wretched world and to never return and to live the rest of my days in torril. Where can i sign up.
well met friend, couldnt have said it better myself |
Death strips away the masks men don to hide their true nature - The Slayer's Guide to Undead
The Lord of Murder shall perish, but in his doom he shall spawn a score of mortal progeny. Chaos shall be sown from their passage - So Sayeth the Wise Alaundo
Whenever magic one doth weave, 'tis never ever wise to deceive - Elminster
Strength and power come from knowing and controlling what others do not, but never reveal all that you know - Vecna
I have been known to cast a blue mage spell now and again - Dracandos the Spellsage |
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Draith_Assassin_Pro
Acolyte
USA
10 Posts |
Posted - 07 Nov 2003 : 05:09:25
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| I would do it, I would go to Menzoberranzan and try to live amongst the drow, because its good and reliable |
Hi.. Names Draith :extends hand: |
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Lolth slayer
Acolyte
United Kingdom
39 Posts |
Posted - 07 Nov 2003 : 10:30:03
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| I'd go back and live in Myth Drannor for a while, but i'd make sure that I leave before the year 712, Evermeet looks promising |
I demand a recount! my contestant is a dope fiend!-
-Ahfera Derunadel, Gold elf mage after losing a magedual against a Red Wizard-
We can't stop here! This is Bat country!
-Raul Duke- |
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Dracandos the Spellsage
Senior Scribe
466 Posts |
Posted - 11 Nov 2003 : 04:33:03
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| I would travel along the Sword Coast and c everything from Nashkell to Baldur's Gate. With long stops at Durlag's Tower, High Hedge, the Ulcaster school, and of course a very long stay at Candlekeep!!! Ahh to sit amidst the wisemen of Candlekeep, read all kinds of lore from everywhere in the realms all within the walls of the great library founded by none other then Alaundo himself...*sigh* |
Death strips away the masks men don to hide their true nature - The Slayer's Guide to Undead
The Lord of Murder shall perish, but in his doom he shall spawn a score of mortal progeny. Chaos shall be sown from their passage - So Sayeth the Wise Alaundo
Whenever magic one doth weave, 'tis never ever wise to deceive - Elminster
Strength and power come from knowing and controlling what others do not, but never reveal all that you know - Vecna
I have been known to cast a blue mage spell now and again - Dracandos the Spellsage |
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Dracandos the Spellsage
Senior Scribe
466 Posts |
Posted - 12 Nov 2003 : 22:17:00
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Death strips away the masks men don to hide their true nature - The Slayer's Guide to Undead
The Lord of Murder shall perish, but in his doom he shall spawn a score of mortal progeny. Chaos shall be sown from their passage - So Sayeth the Wise Alaundo
Whenever magic one doth weave, 'tis never ever wise to deceive - Elminster
Strength and power come from knowing and controlling what others do not, but never reveal all that you know - Vecna
I have been known to cast a blue mage spell now and again - Dracandos the Spellsage |
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Bayne
Seeker
USA
86 Posts |
Posted - 12 Nov 2003 : 22:23:39
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| As long as I could be any race, class, etc I wanted, then it would be fine by me...and of course if I could take my friends along with me, and allow them the same conveniences, then it would be exponentially better. |
Nindyn vel'uss kyorl nind ratha thalra elyhinn dal lil alust |
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Alexis Merlin
Learned Scribe
USA
115 Posts |
Posted - 12 Nov 2003 : 23:25:08
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Although I would prefer to perhaps take a few friends/family with me...at the end of the day if it was an now-or-never decision for me alone I would have to say that I would take it - not that I am bored with life in this realm or anything (although I do admittedly sometimes feel that way), I would do it for the completely new and adventurous experience. I would probably study magic and aim to be a mage, or possibly a Paladin...the main problem I would have would be from a Theological perspective - I am a Christian and don't know how that would fit in with FR mythology etc... |
It is knowledge that influences and equalizes the social condition of man; that gives to all, however different their political position, passions which are in common, and enjoyments which are universal.
(Benjamin Disraeli)
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Maecenus of Westgate
Learned Scribe
USA
111 Posts |
Posted - 13 Nov 2003 : 01:43:23
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| ...only if I could live in Silverymoon and practice magic...or maybe Candlekeep. |
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Capn Crunch
Acolyte
Afghanistan
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Posted - 13 Nov 2003 : 22:14:23
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Although i would love being an adventurer, i think that a life of hardship and pain is good for you, i wouldn't mind in the least being a farmer or a lowly soldier.Even being a wandering, drunk, bard whom never has much money would be the life i would chose.
But in truth, its futile talking about escasping the inevitable, there is no way in the nine hells that we could get there. |
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Xylerius Thallin
Acolyte
United Kingdom
9 Posts |
Posted - 13 Nov 2003 : 22:28:44
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| If I could practice magic then I would go. Would not take anyone with me though, they would be burdens. |
Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations? |
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Dracandos the Spellsage
Senior Scribe
466 Posts |
Posted - 14 Nov 2003 : 03:03:30
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| Aye, my friends, u can go as any race and study 2 become any class. I of course, would be a Spellsage |
Death strips away the masks men don to hide their true nature - The Slayer's Guide to Undead
The Lord of Murder shall perish, but in his doom he shall spawn a score of mortal progeny. Chaos shall be sown from their passage - So Sayeth the Wise Alaundo
Whenever magic one doth weave, 'tis never ever wise to deceive - Elminster
Strength and power come from knowing and controlling what others do not, but never reveal all that you know - Vecna
I have been known to cast a blue mage spell now and again - Dracandos the Spellsage |
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Lolth slayer
Acolyte
United Kingdom
39 Posts |
Posted - 14 Nov 2003 : 11:59:05
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| How i'd love to stalk the wilds of the savage frontier as Correlon's premier ranger, drift into silverymoon for a good nights sleep before descending onto the evermoors for a bought of troll slaying. Then to the city of splendors to plunder Blackstaff's magic item cache before disapearing into undermountain to say hello to Halaster Oh if only... |
I demand a recount! my contestant is a dope fiend!-
-Ahfera Derunadel, Gold elf mage after losing a magedual against a Red Wizard-
We can't stop here! This is Bat country!
-Raul Duke- |
Edited by - Lolth slayer on 14 Nov 2003 11:59:45 |
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Dracandos the Spellsage
Senior Scribe
466 Posts |
Posted - 14 Nov 2003 : 21:01:19
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| lol u think u could take Blackstaff, Lolth Slayer? |
Death strips away the masks men don to hide their true nature - The Slayer's Guide to Undead
The Lord of Murder shall perish, but in his doom he shall spawn a score of mortal progeny. Chaos shall be sown from their passage - So Sayeth the Wise Alaundo
Whenever magic one doth weave, 'tis never ever wise to deceive - Elminster
Strength and power come from knowing and controlling what others do not, but never reveal all that you know - Vecna
I have been known to cast a blue mage spell now and again - Dracandos the Spellsage |
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Lina
Senior Scribe
Australia
469 Posts |
Posted - 16 Nov 2003 : 01:03:15
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| In a heartbeat. Travelling the lands, learning magic and meeting different races, eventhough if I do have to miss out on creature comforts in this world, ie driving a car, seeing LOTR III: Return of the King and other movies, modern household convienances, etc. |
“Darkness beyond twilight, crimson beyond blood that flows! Buried in the flow of time. In thy great name. I pledge myself to darkness. All the fools who stand in our way shall be destroyed…by the power you and I possess! DRAGON SLAVE!!!”
"Thieves? Ah, such an ugly word... look upon them as the most honest sort of merchant."
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Yasraena
Senior Scribe
USA
388 Posts |
Posted - 16 Nov 2003 : 06:01:09
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| I'd go only if I was able to polymorph into one of my characters. I think I'd make a terrible resident of Faerun like I am now. I'd miss my computer and indoor plumbing too much. |
"Nindyn vel'uss malar verin z'klaen tlu kyone ulu naut doera nindel vel'bolen nind malar."
Yasraena T'Sarran
Harper of Silverymoon |
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Lolth slayer
Acolyte
United Kingdom
39 Posts |
Posted - 17 Nov 2003 : 10:53:01
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RE: lol u think u could take Blackstaff, Lolth Slayer?
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No worries, he's never at home anyway, he's always out wining and dining with the flunkies of the Black Network, making dodgy pacts and deals.
I could even sneak in and catch laeral unawares, and put the crown of horns back on her head, Now that would be a laugh! |
I demand a recount! my contestant is a dope fiend!-
-Ahfera Derunadel, Gold elf mage after losing a magedual against a Red Wizard-
We can't stop here! This is Bat country!
-Raul Duke- |
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Dracandos the Spellsage
Senior Scribe
466 Posts |
Posted - 17 Nov 2003 : 21:09:57
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| lol well met Lolth Slayer, but do u not think Khelben would have many a spells protecting his home??? (a smige 2 complicated 4 u, i mean) |
Death strips away the masks men don to hide their true nature - The Slayer's Guide to Undead
The Lord of Murder shall perish, but in his doom he shall spawn a score of mortal progeny. Chaos shall be sown from their passage - So Sayeth the Wise Alaundo
Whenever magic one doth weave, 'tis never ever wise to deceive - Elminster
Strength and power come from knowing and controlling what others do not, but never reveal all that you know - Vecna
I have been known to cast a blue mage spell now and again - Dracandos the Spellsage |
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