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sleyvas
Skilled Spell Strategist
USA
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 Posted - 10 Dec 2013 : 13:25:41
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Originally posted by Lord Bane
Hoar is in service to Bane, not Shar.
Whichever. The point was he wasn't evil before. |
Alavairthae, may your skill prevail
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Alruane
Senior Scribe
USA
434 Posts |
Posted - 10 Dec 2013 : 13:28:37
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| I'm not as experienced and knowledgeable about the realms as most here. But I am curious about what happened with magic after Mystra's death? I mean, I know about the spellplague and everything, but without the weave and Mystra...how is there STILL magic in the realms? |
" I wonder if you are destined to be forgotten. Will your life fade in the shadow of greater beings?"
~Joneleth Irenicus
"Wisdom? My dear boy, wisdom is knowing that you do not know everything. Wisdom is realizing, a wise man ALWAYS has questions. Not answers."
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Arcanus
Senior Scribe
485 Posts |
Posted - 10 Dec 2013 : 17:02:11
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Originally posted by Alruane
I'm not as experienced and knowledgeable about the realms as most here. But I am curious about what happened with magic after Mystra's death? I mean, I know about the spellplague and everything, but without the weave and Mystra...how is there STILL magic in the realms?
Mystra is not the source of magic, merely the caretaker. The weave is a construct if you will, it allows magic users easier access to magic. I think that ed said that there has always been other magic in the realms aside from the weave. That's what we got in 4e. |
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Alruane
Senior Scribe
USA
434 Posts |
Posted - 10 Dec 2013 : 17:09:53
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Originally posted by Arcanus
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Originally posted by Alruane
I'm not as experienced and knowledgeable about the realms as most here. But I am curious about what happened with magic after Mystra's death? I mean, I know about the spellplague and everything, but without the weave and Mystra...how is there STILL magic in the realms?
Mystra is not the source of magic, merely the caretaker. The weave is a construct if you will, it allows magic users easier access to magic. I think that ed said that there has always been other magic in the realms aside from the weave. That's what we got in 4e.
Oh okay! Thank you for the info, Arcanus! |
" I wonder if you are destined to be forgotten. Will your life fade in the shadow of greater beings?"
~Joneleth Irenicus
"Wisdom? My dear boy, wisdom is knowing that you do not know everything. Wisdom is realizing, a wise man ALWAYS has questions. Not answers."
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Demzer
Senior Scribe
894 Posts |
Posted - 10 Dec 2013 : 17:23:35
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Originally posted by Lord Bane
Hoar is in service to Bane, not Shar.
Oh come on Bane!
We all know the Mistress of the Night is the best the house has to offer in the evil camp, you two should be hanging out together more often.
Think about it: Talos has got the young sweetie Auril and the experienced Bitch Queen, Beshaba it's good looking but it's just a psycho, Loviatar would want to dominate *you* (and you can't have that, right?) and Talona is just out of the beauty contest. This leaves Tiamat, if you're into inter-pantheon things but she's scaly and her breath isn't really the best thing in the morning, and Shar, the emo-chick with three (!!!) good looking avatars and something like six hunderd years worth of experience with Sharess (!!!!!). I mean, it's looking like a no contest.
So she wants Hoar? Who cares (you've got Kurtulmak!!!), earning points with her may very well be worth the loss of the depressed vengeance seeking kiddo. |
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Chosen of Asmodeus
Master of Realmslore
1221 Posts |
Posted - 10 Dec 2013 : 19:44:52
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God? Asmodeus, followed by Gruumsh.
Archfiends? Glaysa, Bel, and Geryon are my favorite arch devils. Pazuzu is my favorite demon prince, though I'm also fond of Dagon, Pale Night, and Orcus.
Demigods, Obould's the favorite. Also a fan of Red Knight. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36998 Posts |
Posted - 10 Dec 2013 : 19:55:51
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Originally posted by Demzer
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Originally posted by Lord Bane
Hoar is in service to Bane, not Shar.
Oh come on Bane!
We all know the Mistress of the Night is the best the house has to offer in the evil camp, you two should be hanging out together more often.
Think about it: Talos has got the young sweetie Auril and the experienced Bitch Queen, Beshaba it's good looking but it's just a psycho, Loviatar would want to dominate *you* (and you can't have that, right?) and Talona is just out of the beauty contest. This leaves Tiamat, if you're into inter-pantheon things but she's scaly and her breath isn't really the best thing in the morning, and Shar, the emo-chick with three (!!!) good looking avatars and something like six hunderd years worth of experience with Sharess (!!!!!). I mean, it's looking like a no contest.
Except for the whole thing about her wanting to utterly destroy you and every single person or thing that you have ever known or cared for. A minor detail, I'm sure.  |
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charger_ss24
Learned Scribe
USA
108 Posts |
Posted - 11 Dec 2013 : 07:02:13
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Mask is my favorite deity.
I've always been intrigued by the Obyrith demon lords such as Pazuzu and Pale Night to name a few. |
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Lord Bane
Senior Scribe
Germany
479 Posts |
Posted - 11 Dec 2013 : 09:35:43
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What Wooly said.
Shar is overrated, got way too much spotlight in 4e contrary to her dogma of secrecy it was right in your face and besides that "I want all gone" and "Let everyone feel loss" does not make her a "emo-chick" it also does not offer really any urge for me to go about and declaring her "best in the evil camp" as there is no real "evil camp" and other gods are way more interesting in my opinion. The only thing that made Shar get "hyped" was Netheril and people are on the fence about them since they reappeared. Yes she is powerfull, but not the ultimate answer in favor of evil.
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Demzer
Senior Scribe
894 Posts |
Posted - 11 Dec 2013 : 09:44:57
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Originally posted by Lord Bane
What Wooly said.
Shar is overrated, got way too much spotlight in 4e contrary to her dogma of secrecy it was right in your face and besides that "I want all gone" and "Let everyone feel loss" does not make her a "emo-chick" it also does not offer really any urge for me to go about and declaring her "best in the evil camp" as there is no real "evil camp" and other gods are way more interesting in my opinion. The only thing that made Shar get "hyped" was Netheril and people are on the fence about them since they reappeared. Yes she is powerfull, but not the ultimate answer in favor of evil.
Uh-oh ... i think you misinterpreted my "best the evil camp has to offer" ...
I mean of course you can try to date Sune or Sharess but it's unlikely they would respond to your sendings while Shar is the beauty-of-the-next-door for you.
I was suggesting that you could become more intimate, you know like with Iyachtu's mom ... |
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Eldacar
Senior Scribe
438 Posts |
Posted - 11 Dec 2013 : 11:35:27
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| Mystra would be my favourite, I think. I also like Shaundakul (the wanderer eternal) and Kelemvor, the latter especially with his 3E personification from Faiths & Pantheons. |
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Alruane
Senior Scribe
USA
434 Posts |
Posted - 24 Dec 2013 : 07:48:06
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| Mystra seems to be a favored of many people, I do enjoy her as well. As most my characters are magic related, she would be extremely important to them. |
" I wonder if you are destined to be forgotten. Will your life fade in the shadow of greater beings?"
~Joneleth Irenicus
"Wisdom? My dear boy, wisdom is knowing that you do not know everything. Wisdom is realizing, a wise man ALWAYS has questions. Not answers."
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CorellonsDevout
Great Reader
USA
2708 Posts |
Posted - 29 Dec 2013 : 21:31:18
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Corellon (I like the whole Seldarine, really)
Lathander
Eilistraee
Vhaeraun
Mask
Mielikki
Kelemvor
Selune
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
3750 Posts |
Posted - 30 Dec 2013 : 04:09:24
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My personal favorite deit(ies) of the Realms are Eilistraee, Vaerhaun and Lolth. Yes, I love the drow pantheon. I'm also fond of Corellon, Lurue, Mystra, Selune, Sharess, Sune, Kelemvor (I like a neutral death god) and Zinzerenna.
Demons/Devils/Fiends/Others? Graz'zt, Asmodeus (Rock me, Asmodeus!) Belial, Mephistophales(cause I just love his name, LOL!) Glasya, and Orcus. Oberon, Tytania, Tiamat, and Bahamut, and for some reason, the vampire god whose name I keep forgetting. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36998 Posts |
Posted - 30 Dec 2013 : 05:10:18
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Originally posted by Alystra Illianniis
My personal favorite deit(ies) of the Realms are Eilistraee, Vaerhaun and Lolth. Yes, I love the drow pantheon. I'm also fond of Corellon, Lurue, Mystra, Selune, Sharess, Sune, Kelemvor (I like a neutral death god) and Zinzerenna.
Demons/Devils/Fiends/Others? Graz'zt, Asmodeus (Rock me, Asmodeus!) Belial, Mephistophales(cause I just love his name, LOL!) Glasya, and Orcus. Oberon, Tytania, Tiamat, and Bahamut, and for some reason, the vampire god whose name I keep forgetting.
Kanchelsis?
It's a sure sign that you love a deity when you can't remember his name... Of course, that's still better than this guy I used to work with, who got a tattoo of Heimdall on his arm and then forgot that deity's name! |
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Regcod
Acolyte
Italy
28 Posts |
Posted - 27 May 2014 : 07:40:03
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| Eilistraee, Mystra, Selune, Tyr, Mielikki, Sune, Sharess and Kelemvor. |
"Sweet water and light laughter until next we meet." |
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Delandil Aenar
Acolyte
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Posted - 27 May 2014 : 14:37:46
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| My favorite deity is without doubt Lathander for the concept of sun, rebirth and hope. I also like Chauntea, Bane, Eilistraee, Yondalla and Helm! |
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Irennan
Great Reader
Italy
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Posted - 27 May 2014 : 16:08:59
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My favorite deity is definitely Eilistraee. She's the underdog, the romantic and idealistic rebel who fights against tyranny, never giving up no matter what hardships she has to face. She stands for a people whose spirit has been broken and twisted, so that they could find the joy and freedom that were taken away from their life. She is a symbol of all that is beautiful and just, a gleaming light in a sea of darkness, teaching that even there one can find hope and something worth fighting for.
Her MO is all about freedom of choice and self-expression, about forging her own path and working to achieve acceptance, coexistence and cooperation among races, while valuing each individual (as shown by her followers' duty to offer aid and protection to the ones in need).
I can't help but love this character (even tho I'd prefer her as a mortal, because that would allow her to be ''to her people's side'', which she can't do as a god, but that I see as very fitting for her MO).
Other deities I particularly like are: Vhaeraun, Shaundakul, Mask, Lliira, Hoar, Lathander, Erevan Ilesere and Shar*.
*Not the 'I wanna destroy the world' version, but the one closer to her title of Lady of Loss, as there is something wickedly cool about her manipulating people's emotions. She offers them false comfort in her cold embrace, distorts their perception of the world as an unredeemably unjust and cruel system using their suffering as leverage, so that they can find relief in lashing their anger and pain in an insane 'revenge against the world', thus furthering her goal. All of this while her victims probably don't even realize what they're falling into, sometimes attributing their choices to a thought process/change they underwent after a great pain (when in some cases it may actually have been the sharran themselves to cause it...). |
Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things. |
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eeorey
Seeker
Bulgaria
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Posted - 28 May 2014 : 14:58:47
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My favorite deities are Auppenser Because I love psionics, and his dogma is pretty cool, hurray for enlightenment and personal autonomy while mind blasting people in the name of imperialism.
The Dark/Dead Three - nothing says bad*** for evil characters like ascending to godhood.
Ilmater as a god of perseverance.
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