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Lolth slayer
Acolyte
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 18 Nov 2003 : 18:03:21
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| Maybe? - Oh well there's always the gatekeeper's crystal, I'd blow the place sky high! |
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!
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Dracandos the Spellsage
Senior Scribe
466 Posts |
Posted - 19 Nov 2003 : 01:17:40
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| but then u would risk destroying all his magical trinkets... |
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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lowtech
Learned Scribe
USA
315 Posts |
Posted - 19 Nov 2003 : 19:31:56
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| I'd love to be able to teleport back and forth from the real world, but I wouldn't want to stay forever. (Unless I could somehow achieve immortality without undeath...that would be an acceptable trade-off). |
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Dracandos the Spellsage
Senior Scribe
466 Posts |
Posted - 20 Nov 2003 : 01:46:40
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| well if u could switch back from this world n the FR, idk y any1 wouldnt want 2 travel there... |
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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Malorik
Acolyte
USA
6 Posts |
Posted - 28 Nov 2003 : 07:42:35
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Rad you said that most of us would be farmers but for some reason i feel deep inside of me that i would take the the life of a swashbuckler like my PC. I would probably change my name to my characters as well....though most people already say that i'm crazy and i live in a fantasy world, but they don't know that the world i live in is Toril |
Reality is a nice place to visit, but i wouldn't want to live there. |
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Lord Rad
Great Reader
United Kingdom
2080 Posts |
Posted - 28 Nov 2003 : 11:07:27
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Originally posted by Malorik
Rad you said that most of us would be farmers but for some reason i feel deep inside of me that i would take the the life of a swashbuckler like my PC. I would probably change my name to my characters as well....though most people already say that i'm crazy and i live in a fantasy world, but they don't know that the world i live in is Toril
Ahh, well this is my point Malorik. Whilst we would all love to be as our characters are, being a swashbuckler for instance is not earning a living whereas farming or some such craft would. The pull towards the life of an adventurer would be great but it would have 99% of those attempting this lifestyle to go running back to the city to resume baking bread or some such. |
Lord Rad
"What? No, I wasn't reading your module. I was just looking at the pictures"
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Dracandos the Spellsage
Senior Scribe
466 Posts |
Posted - 02 Dec 2003 : 20:42:15
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| true, but i still think itd be worth it...id love 2 travel and adventure on the face of Toril, id rist my life with all the dangers to do that |
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 - 03 Dec 2003 : 10:06:06
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Originally posted by Dracandos the Spellsage
true, but i still think itd be worth it...id love 2 travel and adventure on the face of Toril, id rist my life with all the dangers to do that
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Lord Rad
"What? No, I wasn't reading your module. I was just looking at the pictures"
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Cult_Leader
Learned Scribe
USA
337 Posts |
Posted - 03 Dec 2003 : 13:57:05
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| I just ask for a nice chunk of the nineth plane of hell... to call my own |
"Madness you say! Do you fear me? Are you afraid of what I might do, of what I might say? What a fascinating reaction. Don't you find it somewhat encumbering?"
Piddles assumes a deep and resonant voice. "Space...the Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the starship...Garou. It's mission: to slay Wyrm creatures where they live and breed. To accumulate more Garou than the world's entire population. To produce metis like no one has before." - Piddles
"Aren't you people supposed to be doing something? Like, entertaining me, the fascist wizard?" - InleRah
I have the passwords to the minds of everyone and the cheat codes to the universe - Me |
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Dracandos the Spellsage
Senior Scribe
466 Posts |
Posted - 03 Dec 2003 : 21:13:11
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....Until the end of day three, when youve run out of food and money!
Nay, nay nay...i wouldnt run out food nor money, id adventure and be trained in magic as an apprentice perhaps, trust me, id make it work. but not all of us would be capable or strong enough 2 succeed so its a good thing ud be 1 of the 1s that wouldnt |
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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Mournblade
Master of Realmslore
USA
1287 Posts |
Posted - 07 Dec 2003 : 19:59:37
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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!!! 
There is one thing you are not taking account for Rad. You are educated. Assuming the common spoken in Faerun is the one printed in the manuals, than you would be far ahead of a farmer. I also imagine, where if you are not great with martial skill, since magic is so readily accessible, you probably would learn magic quite well. After all magic in faerun is not like Magic in Middle Earth. Magic is far more common on Toril. There are plenty of mages on Gandalf's level, (YES YES I know he is an Istari) in the Forgotten Realms. Gandalf's purpose was much more significant than a a standard wizard. He ran counter to Sauron, adn you did not have a slew of archmage's running around. So I think that a person educated would do quite well in a place like Faerun.
Unlike say the middleages, where you might do well, but most likely your ideas would seem heretical and you would be burned at the stake. At least the forgotten offers religious freedom without the Puritans around...
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A wizard is Never late Frodo Baggins. Nor is he Early. A wizard arrives precisely when he means to... |
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Bookwyrm
Great Reader
USA
4740 Posts |
Posted - 08 Dec 2003 : 00:16:29
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Very good points, Mournblade.
A professor of mine said that if I were in such a world (though he was referring to the Middle Ages more than the Realms) I would have songs written about me -- no matter what I did or which side I was on.
First, I'm a pretty smart guy, and I know a lot of stuff that would be useful in the sort of place he was talking about. Gunpowder? Sure. Damascene steel? I know a bit. Medicine? I garuntee I could help there. Sanitation? You bet.
Second, I'm tall. That doesn't mean much in the Realms, where humans are about the same size as here, but in a place like medieval Europe, I'd be another Goliath; a skinny one, maybe, but I'm almost 6'4" in my socks. The professor pointed out (rather amused; he's only 6' in his boots) that they probably would have wanted me just for the intimidation factor on the battlefield.
A lot of that would be negated in the Realms. As I said, humans are typically about the same as here. Gunpowder's known. Damascene steel, possibly -- that might be the "masterwork" items. (Though, since the Damascene technique wasn't rediscovered until the 70s, it might work.) I can't hardly compete with magical healing, and sanitation levels are about on par with the mid-1700s.
Magic I ought to be able to learn. After all, anyone with the intelligence can do it, so I could. I'd be at the very least a 14, probably a 16. (I'm assuming that an 18 score is for an all-As student, which I ain't.)
I might go just for the magic. But I'd want a two-way portal, I'm certain of that. There's a lot here that I'd be giving up. My friends, modern convienences, my books (I can say for certain that there are some series I would be very upset not to finish!).
And "modern convinences" doesn't just mean flushing toilets (though I'd really miss those). It also refers to procurment of even such things as food. We take for granted that we can get so many foods in the supermarket, but it wouldn't carry over. No bananas unless you're by Chult or wherever they grow there. Oranges weren't intoduced to Europe until the Moors planted them in Spain -- are they served in Waterdeep? And a proper flame-grilled steak with a side of gravy-soaked potatos and a light bed of baby lettuce would be very hard to come by in the Realms.  |
Hell hath no fury like all of Candlekeep rising in defense of one of its own.
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Dracandos the Spellsage
Senior Scribe
466 Posts |
Posted - 08 Dec 2003 : 20:56:55
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| i am unfamiliar with this Damascene of which u speak, but would it be better then adamantite or mithril or similar materials? as 4 modern convinences, i really dont think that much would be given up...like toilets, what about a portible hole? or a very cheaply made bag of holding? or something of the sort. as 4 food, im not that picky n i think id be very able 2 settle on things, n after all, cows, chickens, pigs, fish, they all exist in the FR so whats the trouble with eating them? n with magic it would only make it easier |
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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Bookwyrm
Great Reader
USA
4740 Posts |
Posted - 08 Dec 2003 : 21:28:13
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First, you'd have to be very rich to afford to "waste" a portable hole on toilet use (no pun intended). Though it would make for an interesting thing for a party to find, wouldn't it?
As for Damascene, it's steel, so mithril would be better. It's a technique, superficially similar to the "folding" done by traditional Japanese sword-smiths, that was used by Arabs to make superior swords in the Middle Ages. Europeans were highly jealous, but never figured out how to make the distinctive "water-steel" (called such because it had a unique wave-like pattern to it).
It was rediscovered by a guy in the '70s who is pretty famous for his custom knives. He thought it was just a curiosity (this was before custom knives came back into fashion), but when everyone started using it he probably regretted not applying for a patent. |
Hell hath no fury like all of Candlekeep rising in defense of one of its own.
Download the brickfilm masterpiece by Leftfield Studios! See this page for more. |
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Dracandos the Spellsage
Senior Scribe
466 Posts |
Posted - 09 Dec 2003 : 01:36:33
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| well the portable holes r meant 2 be used 2 get what u put in back or transport the hole someplace else 2 get ur items back then, obviously u wouldnt want ur waste back so i think it would be easier 2 make and there4 less cost 2 own a "toliet" poratable hole. it could be made 2 dump the insides someplace else if it is 2 expensive 2 be able 2 get them back...if that made sense |
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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RogueAssassin
Learned Scribe
USA
207 Posts |
Posted - 12 Dec 2003 : 01:57:50
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Id leave for faerun in a second no questions asked.  |
"Spirit. Its a Heros strength, a mothers resiliance, and the poor mans armor. It cannot be broken and it cannot be taken away. This i must belive"---Drizzt Do'Urden |
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Purple_Faerie Goddess
Acolyte
USA
15 Posts |
Posted - 12 Dec 2003 : 21:43:23
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I would go to Myth Drannor at the time that Elminster was there to study magic as his apprentice. I would also go as an Elf. I love their history. I would also want to study healing and other clerical spells.  Of course I would miss all these fine modern conveniences , but I think some have made us 'soft'. We tend to rely on them too much.  |
'May all your days be filled with faery magick.'
'It wasn't me, I swear.'
'There is neither evil or good. There is only me.' |
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Jander Sunstar
Learned Scribe
Turkey
275 Posts |
Posted - 12 Dec 2003 : 22:58:37
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I would love to be in fearun but with the transmution of my knowlage to toril's standart rather than our earth's
However I would absolutely miss modern convecienses, so I would hire a wizard to take care of my casual problems.
I wouldn't be a wizard for I haven't been a very good student for 20 years. I assume that I would be a fighter thief with cha/neu alg or maybe neu/evil I m not sure.
However I would be a simple adventurer also working for everyone.
I love north's lawless intrigues and I always longed for that kind of adventure and thrill
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Punish me if you will, for my hands are not clean. But deny me not my revenge!"
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