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newbiedm
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Posted - 01 Mar 2022 :  19:44:18  Show Profile  Visit newbiedm's Homepage Send newbiedm a Private Message  Reply with Quote  Delete Topic
Ed chimed in on a tweet of mine regarding Alaundo's skull, and he surprised me by saying that "it's still attached to his body".

He then went on to explain that Alaundo exists as a form of undead.

Here is the thread...

https://twitter.com/newbiedm/status/1498524385216544768?s=20&t=pGY91SPeXwsSMU_h203XSQ

https://twitter.com/TheEdVerse/status/1498692316873347076?s=20&t=pGY91SPeXwsSMU_h203XSQ

I found this interesting. I thought Alaundo was long gone and his skull was off in a market stall somewhere waiting to be picked up by PCs or a mind flayer somewhere.

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Zeromaru X
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Posted - 01 Mar 2022 :  19:48:14  Show Profile Send Zeromaru X a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Oh, there can be some skull of Alaundo out there. Just not the skull of THE Alaundo.

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Posted - 01 Mar 2022 :  20:16:34  Show Profile  Visit Storyteller Hero's Homepage Send Storyteller Hero a Private Message  Reply with Quote
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George Krashos
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Posted - 02 Mar 2022 :  08:57:35  Show Profile Send George Krashos a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Zeromaru X

Oh, there can be some skull of Alaundo out there. Just not the skull of THE Alaundo.



It is still the skull of THE Alaundo.

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sleyvas
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Posted - 02 Mar 2022 :  14:49:05  Show Profile Send sleyvas a Private Message  Reply with Quote
If I kill Alaundo and chop off his head, but the clone of Alaundo activates, then the skull of Alaundo is both attached as well as lying on the ground unattached.

Alavairthae, may your skill prevail

Phillip aka Sleyvas

Edited by - sleyvas on 06 Mar 2022 01:29:46
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Galuf the Dwarf
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Posted - 04 Mar 2022 :  16:16:13  Show Profile Send Galuf the Dwarf a Private Message  Reply with Quote
What is Alaundo's status then? Is he currently something akin to a(n) (Arch)Lich?

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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 04 Mar 2022 :  16:28:54  Show Profile Send Wooly Rupert a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I'm just concerned about Big Al finding this discussion...

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LordofBones
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Posted - 05 Mar 2022 :  01:40:09  Show Profile Send LordofBones a Private Message  Reply with Quote
...it's honestly kind of a 'meh' reveal. The skull has been floating around in Limbo forever, doing jack-all, despite being the last remaining relic of the greatest prognosticator since Savras himself, and now the dude himself is a glorified bedsheet.
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Alaundo
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Posted - 05 Mar 2022 :  10:10:30  Show Profile  Visit Alaundo's Homepage Send Alaundo a Private Message  Reply with Quote
EGADS!! Wait, what?! Now listen here, scribes, I'm in need of this skull... it may be full, may produce ramblings, but I'm not quite done with it yet

:: runs back to chamber and bolts door firmly shut::

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Ayrik
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Posted - 05 Mar 2022 :  10:30:39  Show Profile Send Ayrik a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Alright, he's gone. Finally.

Time to pull out the dice, booze, and wenches!

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sleyvas
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USA
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Posted - 06 Mar 2022 :  01:38:52  Show Profile Send sleyvas a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Alaundo

EGADS!! Wait, what?! Now listen here, scribes, I'm in need of this skull... it may be full, may produce ramblings, but I'm not quite done with it yet

:: runs back to chamber and bolts door firmly shut::



See folks, now THAT was the clone. Now that skull over there that that gnome is playing with attaching a skull on top of a wooden puppet that he's carved, that's ONE of the skulls of a prior Alaundo. That illithid over there drinking boiled brain broth from a upside down skull that's lined on the inside with glass, that's another skull of a prior Alaundo. There's many uses one can put to a skull of Alaundo. I was thinking one might really enhance the functioning of a crystal ball that it's inset into, for instance if one got a sizable piece of personal material. On a totally different topic.... anyone seen Alaundo's hair brush?

Alavairthae, may your skill prevail

Phillip aka Sleyvas
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Ayrik
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Posted - 06 Mar 2022 :  01:55:15  Show Profile Send Ayrik a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
On a totally different topic.... anyone seen Alaundo's hair brush?

Look at that disembodied floating big head. Evidently even Alaundo himself hasn't seen that missing hair brush for a long time now.

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Xnella Moonblade-Thann
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USA
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Posted - 09 Mar 2022 :  01:50:03  Show Profile Send Xnella Moonblade-Thann a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Oh dear gods...apparently I'm using a different Alaundo's head for my game of candlepins...I thought it was the only one, but now I see it isn't...'tis a shame, really...was gonna sell it to the highest bidder at the upcoming auction in Waterdeep...guess that's out the window now...

::quickly grabs all the pins and the disembodied head of Alaundo and disappears in a puff of smoke::

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Edited by - Xnella Moonblade-Thann on 09 Mar 2022 02:07:23
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Balmar Foghaven
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Posted - 10 Mar 2022 :  14:25:48  Show Profile Send Balmar Foghaven a Private Message  Reply with Quote
If we brought two heads of Alaundo together,will they hold a proper conversation or simply quote prophecies at each other for hours?

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Delnyn
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Posted - 11 Mar 2022 :  06:36:46  Show Profile Send Delnyn a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Balmar Foghaven

If we brought two heads of Alaundo together,will they hold a proper conversation or simply quote prophecies at each other for hours?



This gives Aamuel and Hethradiah vibes.
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Charles Phipps
Master of Realmslore

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Posted - 13 Mar 2022 :  09:28:03  Show Profile  Visit Charles Phipps's Homepage Send Charles Phipps a Private Message  Reply with Quote
The Head of Alaundo!

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sleyvas
Skilled Spell Strategist

USA
11830 Posts

Posted - 13 Mar 2022 :  17:33:24  Show Profile Send sleyvas a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Balmar Foghaven

If we brought two heads of Alaundo together,will they hold a proper conversation or simply quote prophecies at each other for hours?



They tend to just lay there, since the soul is in the current clone. I heard though that a person who places a magic mouth spell upon one head and then brings it close to another head of Alaundo will cause it to suddenly "come to life" just long enough to animate and say some cryptic phrase. Of course, I've never had two heads together at once to confirm this, and it smacks of spuriousness, so I doubt the truth of it.

Alavairthae, may your skill prevail

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Xnella Moonblade-Thann
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USA
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Posted - 13 Mar 2022 :  23:06:14  Show Profile Send Xnella Moonblade-Thann a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by sleyvas
They tend to just lay there, since the soul is in the current clone. I heard though that a person who places a magic mouth spell upon one head and then brings it close to another head of Alaundo will cause it to suddenly "come to life" just long enough to animate and say some cryptic phrase. Of course, I've never had two heads together at once to confirm this, and it smacks of spuriousness, so I doubt the truth of it.



Sounds like another one of Volo's often-told "tales" that even he can't tell is the truth or not...but there have been stranger things in the Realms before...

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sleyvas
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Posted - 14 Mar 2022 :  22:01:24  Show Profile Send sleyvas a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Xnella Moonblade-Thann

quote:
Originally posted by sleyvas
They tend to just lay there, since the soul is in the current clone. I heard though that a person who places a magic mouth spell upon one head and then brings it close to another head of Alaundo will cause it to suddenly "come to life" just long enough to animate and say some cryptic phrase. Of course, I've never had two heads together at once to confirm this, and it smacks of spuriousness, so I doubt the truth of it.



Sounds like another one of Volo's often-told "tales" that even he can't tell is the truth or not...but there have been stranger things in the Realms before...



That reminds me, I DO know what happens if you bring two Volo heads together. Nothing. It seems there are a lot more of those available around the realms after there was one version of Voltohamp Geddarm that was eaten by a deepspawn. Someone even told me that there's a bugbear tribe that made a set of stretched scalp drums on a trio of Volo skulls that had their tops removed

Alavairthae, may your skill prevail

Phillip aka Sleyvas
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