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Wooly Rupert
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 Posted - 10 Jun 2011 : 17:07:22
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I dont know i see him more as a cowboy like fighter, maybe a travelling bard(not bareris, he will be played by... someone recommend)
which brings up a question, would you like to see jason statham or vin diesel as malark springhill, maybe christopher lee voicing telamont
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Dennis
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Posted - 10 Jun 2011 : 18:45:49
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Xar Zarath
I dont know i see him more as a cowboy like fighter, maybe a travelling bard(not bareris, he will be played by... someone recommend)
which brings up a question, would you like to see jason statham or vin diesel as malark springhill, maybe christopher lee voicing telamont
Jason Statham is not allowed to be in a movie unless he's driving a car. It's one of those immutable laws of nature.
Statham's got some movies where didn't drive a car. So yes, that's possible.
Olyphant is versatile enough to play non-aggressive characters. His romantic films are proof of that.
Christopher Lee is too old for Telamont. I'd rather have Michael Fassbender. |
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Xar Zarath
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Posted - 11 Jun 2011 : 09:01:18
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really?? huh i dont know, i kinda like the idea of christopher lee voicing telamont, not acting maybe michael fassbender can do brennus or rivalen.
Food for thought= miley cyrus plays shandril in spellfire. |
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Dennis
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Posted - 11 Jun 2011 : 09:27:07
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Ha! I vow not to watch any movie that has Miley Cyrus in it! |
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Xar Zarath
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Posted - 12 Jun 2011 : 08:13:19
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| haha maybe lindsay lohan then |
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Dennis
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Posted - 12 Jun 2011 : 08:37:41
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Since when did Shandril become a drug addict and a shoplifter? |
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Xar Zarath
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Posted - 13 Jun 2011 : 07:07:04
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haha true.
what about drizzt?? in the series i like how r.a.salvatore portrays arklem greeth, im thinking maybe jim broadbent or that gut who plays harry's uncle, dursley i think maybe he could pull it off.
I keep rereading parts about arklem greeth...mmm arklem... |
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Dennis
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Posted - 13 Jun 2011 : 07:20:09
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For Arklem, the voice of Brendan Gleeson [Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody] would be perfect. Paul Bettany's voice could work well for Drizzt, I think. |
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Xar Zarath
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Posted - 14 Jun 2011 : 10:21:23
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| I think mad eye moody could play arklem, i mean since salvatore stated that the body of the archmage arcane was kinda pudgy, just have to do cg is all. |
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Gavinfoxx
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Posted - 14 Jun 2011 : 21:34:05
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| I would say that you would have to convert the abilities of each and every one to something made for this thing, like GURPS. GURPS is made for the 'who would win in a fight, X or Y?' sort of thing. I also think that a D&D wizard, with his extremely wide variety of abilities would end up with a far, far, far, far higher point buy in Gurps than a HP wizard, who has a small selection of basically at-will abilities, with a bunch of out of combat rituals. It's why in 3.5e, a Wizard wins out on a Warlock. The ability to end the fight entirely .02 seconds (lol celerity and time stop!) is far more valuable than being able to cast some minor tricks all day long. |
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Dennis
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Posted - 15 Jun 2011 : 11:56:08
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"Minor tricks"? Obviously, you are underestimating the magic in HP world. Affecting the weather of the entire nation; mind-controlling the giants and giant spiders; destroying a huge bridge made of metal and cement; transfiguring (transmuting) animate and inanimate things of all sizes to practically anything; and splitting your very soul to seven to be nigh-immortal. Do these sound like minor tricks? |
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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 15 Jun 2011 : 18:03:57
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"Minor tricks"? Obviously, you are underestimating the magic in HP world. Affecting the weather of the entire nation; mind-controlling the giants and giant spiders; destroying a huge bridge made of metal and cement; transfiguring (transmuting) animate and inanimate things of all sizes to practically anything; and splitting your very soul to seven to be nigh-immortal. Do these sound like minor tricks?
I wouldn't call them minor, but most of those things could be done by a 10th level wizard. This is, granted, higher than a lot of D&D wizards get, but it's hardly a pinnacle of arcane might. |
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Gavinfoxx
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Posted - 15 Jun 2011 : 22:42:25
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The thing is, HP Wizards have two categories of magic, really -- 'takes a long time to do' ritual magic, and some at will wand spells.
D&D Wizards just have SPELLS, which often take a Standard or Immediate action (basically a few seconds at most). They can do lots of things that the HP Wizards can do in an instant, they still have access to plenty of at will things (reserve feats), and they are far far far more able to do an EXTREME amount of things to completely shut down their foe in an instant, and react far more quickly and with much more overwhelming force than the HP wizard. |
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Dennis
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Posted - 16 Jun 2011 : 02:48:06
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Heh. I'd still adhere to my original stand. Among average wizards, HP would win against D&D. Speed may not be everything in a fight. But it does make a lot of difference. However, no matter how much I try to see it in ever possible angle, I could not see HP wizards winning against D&D Archmages. |
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Xar Zarath
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Posted - 16 Jun 2011 : 09:54:03
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Average dnd wizards would lose, but thats where comparison ends, as cool or evil as some people think voldermort is or how he transcends death to become near immortal, its no where near as cool as perpetrating even more greater acts of evil to achieve eternal existence(lich)
plus with epic magic, that makes all the difference, a wall of stone,wall of ice heck maybe even a wall of force could stop a AK. as for creatures that are thrown at dnd wizards, those can be easily dealt with, after all a lich who has lived for quite some time can do many things.
BTW id like to point out that voldymort is not a lich, based on the fact he is not undead. Meanwhile check out a homebrew class called necromantic prodigy at dndwiki. At 5th level they get a class ability, try comparing it to horcruxes...
Mastery of death Through extensive study into the secrets of undeath and negative energy you have discovered a way to remove your soul then split it into several fragments( 1 fragment for every 5 character levels, at lvl 5 its the whole soul thats removed then that piece can be broken up into smaller pieces) these fragments must be placed in either a gem costing no less then 1000 gold or into an enchanted item, ie; sword, shield, Holy symbol, Book, ect, once the fragment is placed into a item. the items gives off a strong Evil aura and is slighly warm to the touch. the ritual required to do so takes 2 hours and must be preformed in a desecrated area. the prodigy may use the ritual to place or remove soul fragments once a month. as long as their are no soul shards in the body the Necromantic Prodigy gains the unliving and darkminded subtypes as well as Regeneration (regen based on (con) modifier) though Silver, holy, fire, and positive energy, deal lethal damage. if rendered unconscious then delt a lethal blow the Necromancer will be reborn 24 hours later emerging from his closest soul fragment as if his body was trapped inside, all of his equipment is on his old body and the soul fragment he emerged from is now back in his body for atleast a month
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Dennis
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Posted - 16 Jun 2011 : 11:37:47
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Voldemort is like a lich, but not quite. His split souls, the horcruxes, are akin to phylacteries, though arguably not as protected as actual phylacteries. |
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Gavinfoxx
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Posted - 16 Jun 2011 : 20:12:38
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D&D Wizard Wins. The fight would go like this:
1.) HP type wizard wins initiative / goes first
2.) Ooops, D&D Wizard casts something from the Celerity Line. He goes first
3.) D&D Wizard casts Chain Lightning on the Wand of the HP style Wizard, also targeting the HP style wizard, and any charms or any of his gear that he might have, and him as well.
They could also Grease the wand, or Telekinesis the wand. There's also, you know, stuff like forcecage/walls of force/solid fog/acid fog. |
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Xar Zarath
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Posted - 17 Jun 2011 : 13:05:07
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| haha maze, time stop, delayed blast fireballsX4 then sit back and watch. |
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Dennis
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Posted - 17 Jun 2011 : 20:20:17
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Again, let's not dismiss the fact that Rowling herself said that there far too many spells that haven't been used in the novels. Other than the "Three Unforgivable Curses," there are those which are "banned" (and therefore not recorded in spellbooks except in the original ones of their creators) because of sheer ability to cause massive destruction. It's been five (?) years since that interview, but I vaguely recall a mention of lightning storms that could last for several minutes, and a colossal green fire that obliterates a great mass of people, bodies and souls alike. |
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Xar Zarath
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Posted - 18 Jun 2011 : 05:56:30
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Control weather, storm of vengeance to match hpverse weather spells and shoon spells to colossal green fire, namely shoon's villein or maybe villain volley, soulfire and kodos eruptive strike thrown in...
Soulfire sacrificed lives to fuel arcane fires. Kodo's eruptive strike combined the worst effects of an earthquake and a volcanic eruption with a special reverse gravity that flung solid and molten rock up at foes-without concern for those beneath once the matter fell to the ground moments later. Shoon's villein volley transformed from one to 20 living beings into huge magic missiles under the caster's control; more than 500 peasants and slaves lost their lives in Shoon VII's later years to his use of this spell. All of these arcane inventions and many others like them showed a callous disregard for mortal life in general, and many of them also showed an almost sickening glee in twisting the flow of the mortal life force-especially one inclined toward good-into raw destructive energy.
P.S what do you guys think about wiz/sorc multiclass, thinking of doing that if i ever find someone to game with(GODS willing) with maybe archmage as prc |
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Dennis
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Posted - 29 Jun 2011 : 23:05:48
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Kinda off-topic, but just wanna share... Despite Rowling's previous statement that The Deathly Hallows (or the soon to be released prequel to the seven-part series) would be the last installment of HP books, I still hoped she'd change her mind. It's always been fun reading the HP novels. But (alas) she expressed in her recent interview with Oprah that if she would write an eight, ninth, nth book in the HP world, Harry wouldn't be the central figure. Which is I guess, better than nothing. Same world, new characters. Or old characters, new focus. |
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Xar Zarath
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Posted - 03 Jul 2011 : 10:50:14
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| Juse like the realms?? |
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Dennis
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Posted - 04 Jul 2011 : 05:27:22
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In a way, yes.
I actually don't get her. Yes, I understand that she wants to broaden her horizon and explore new territories. But couldn't she do that with the HP world? She doesn't even have to use Harry anymore, or if she has to, she may put him behind the scenes. Lots of writers---successful, world-famous writers---thrive and grow with their art by delving in just one world of their creation: Jordan, Feist, Martin, Modesitt...
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The movie will be showing next week. And by the looks of it, it's going to live up to the novel's standards. |
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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 04 Jul 2011 : 16:26:44
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Originally posted by Dennis
In a way, yes.
I actually don't get her. Yes, I understand that she wants to broaden her horizon and explore new territories. But couldn't she do that with the HP world? She doesn't even have to use Harry anymore, or if she has to, she may put him behind the scenes. Lots of writers---successful, world-famous writers---thrive and grow with their art by delving in just one world of their creation: Jordan, Feist, Martin, Modesitt...
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The movie will be showing next week. And by the looks of it, it's going to live up to the novel's standards.
I'd love to see more stories in the HP-verse, set outside of Hogwarts. One thing that always bugged me about the series was that it didn't often refer to places outside of England, and there were no references to places outside of Europe. I have to think that there were wizards in the US, China, Russia, Down Under, Africa, etc... |
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Dennis
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Posted - 04 Jul 2011 : 16:35:16
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Indeed, Wooly. There's a whole lot of territory she could explore more. |
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Dennis
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Posted - 06 Jul 2011 : 07:43:07
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Warner Bros. has released a NEW TRAILER.
Really astounding! And it seems like I was incorrect. They actually made use of the giants and giant spiders.
They also changed the DEATH SCENE OF SNAPE to make it more dramatic. Well, I've no problem with it. I agree that his death in the book was rather anticlimactic. |
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Xar Zarath
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Posted - 06 Jul 2011 : 09:47:30
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| he gets killed by a demonic barber with a shaving wand?? |
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Dennis
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Posted - 06 Jul 2011 : 10:15:38
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Nope. Just click the link.
They did change a lot, hopefully for the better. That scene in the trailer where Harry drags Voldemort off the building is certainly not in the book. |
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Xar Zarath
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Posted - 07 Jul 2011 : 09:45:27
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| love voldy's yeaaaaa!! wish more fr villains did it |
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Dennis
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Posted - 07 Jul 2011 : 11:40:42
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He should have changed costume, at least just once. That moldy grey-green robe is plain boring. |
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