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Dargoth
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 Posted - 25 May 2006 : 08:09:59
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Preview 6
A Trifecta of Dragons
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/mi/20060525a
Large Green Dragon
Small Black Dragon
Small Copper Dragon |
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Mace Hammerhand
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Posted - 25 May 2006 : 09:20:12
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Small dragons...*yawn* it would be nice, especially for THIS set, if the released large dragons for chromatics and metallics... but that is wishful thinking...
I want my players to be frightened when they encounter a dragon... if I placed a small black one on the battlemap they'd probably go "Oh, how cute is this!" which would totally blow the tension... |
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Dargoth
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Posted - 25 May 2006 : 10:34:03
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Originally posted by Mace Hammerhand
Small dragons...*yawn* it would be nice, especially for THIS set, if the released large dragons for chromatics and metallics... but that is wishful thinking...
I want my players to be frightened when they encounter a dragon... if I placed a small black one on the battlemap they'd probably go "Oh, how cute is this!" which would totally blow the tension...
The small Dragons will be good for representing Dragon Familars |
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Mace Hammerhand
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Posted - 25 May 2006 : 13:27:01
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Originally posted by Dargoth
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Originally posted by Mace Hammerhand
Small dragons...*yawn* it would be nice, especially for THIS set, if the released large dragons for chromatics and metallics... but that is wishful thinking...
I want my players to be frightened when they encounter a dragon... if I placed a small black one on the battlemap they'd probably go "Oh, how cute is this!" which would totally blow the tension...
The small Dragons will be good for representing Dragon Familars
I almost read dragon families... |
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Dargoth
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Posted - 30 May 2006 : 22:39:16
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More DDM news
The Set after Blood wars is called Unhallowed and comes out in febuary
Also the next D&D Icons figure has been announced: Gargantuan Blue Dragon and it comes out in January 2007 |
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Dargoth
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Mace Hammerhand
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Posted - 01 Jun 2006 : 08:12:24
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| Don't have much use for the clawfoot rider, but the other two...major drool *wipes saliva off the keyboard* |
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Dargoth
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Posted - 01 Jun 2006 : 08:26:38
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but wait theres more
June and Beyond
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/iw/20060601a
Wizened Elder Watcher
Huge Fiendish Spider
and next week the following hint promised more FR goodness
Next week: Something to do with Scarlet, but not the Brotherhood, and something to do with Bane, but not Xvim. I'll applaud those who figure out this one.
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KnightErrantJR
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Posted - 01 Jun 2006 : 17:58:36
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| Hm . . . LOTR vibe there, between the Shelob reference in the Fiendish Huge Spider entry and the whole neutral aligned bad tempered tree thing related to a Treant thing (reminds me of Old Man Willow). |
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Dargoth
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Posted - 01 Jun 2006 : 22:02:03
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Someone got the WODQ poster
1 Aasimar Fighter - LG
2 Aspect of Bahamut - LG
3 Cleric of Syreth - LG
4 Dragonborn Fighter - LG
5 Golden Protector - LG
6 Meepo, Dragon Lord - LG?
7 Slaughterstone Eviscerator - LG
8 Tordek, Dwarf Champion - LG
9 War Weaver - LG/CG?
10 Bonded Fire Summoner - CG
11 Clawfoot Rider - CG
12 Goliath Cleric of Kavaki - CG
13 Griffon Cavalry - CG
14 Small Copper Dragon - CG
15 Spellscale Sorcerer - CG
16 Storm Archer - CG
17 Tavern Brawler - CG
18 Warden of the Wood - CG
19 Azer Fighter - LG/LE
20 Huge Fire Elemental - CG/CE Uncommon Huge
21 Purple Worm - CG/CE Uncommon Huge
22 War Ape - CG/CE
23 Wizened Elder Watcher - CG/CE
24 Aspect of Tiamat - LE Rare Huge
25 Blackguard on Nightmare - LE
26 Bluespawn Godslayer - LE Huge
27 Cadaver Collector - LE
28 Diseased Dire Rat - LE
29 Displacer Beast Pack Lord - LE Uncommon Huge
30 Doom Fist Monk - LE
31 Dracolich - LE Huge
32 Dragonwrought Kobold - LE
33 Dread Warrior - LE
34 Eldritch Giant - LE Rare Huge
35 Greenspawn Razorfiend - LE
36 Hobgoblin Talon of Tiamat - LE
37 Kobold Zombie - LE
38 Large Green Dragon - LE Rare Large
39 Wererat Rogue - LE
40 Poison Dusk Lizardfolk - LE/CE
41 Witchknife - LE/CE
42 Blackspawn Exterminator - CE
43 Cleric of Lagzed - CE
44 Cloudreaver - CE Common
45 Demonic Gnoll Archer - CE
46 Huge Fiendish Spider - CE Uncommon Huge
47 Hunting Hyena - CE
48 Large Fang Dragon - CE
49 Magma Hurler - CE
50 Mountain Troll - CE Huge
51 Ogre Skirmisher - CE
52 Redspawn Firebelcher - CE
53 Small Black Dragon - CE
54 Small Fire Elemental - CE
55 Sorcerer on Black Dragon - CE Rare Huge
56 Stirge - CE
57 Tundra Scout - CE Rare Huge
58 Twig Blight - CE
59 Whitespawn Hordeling - CE
60 Yuan-ti Halfblood Sorcerer - CE
Looks likee 3 FR creatures in the set
Large Fang Dragon
Dracolich
Dread Warrior
Hopefully he'll post pics from the poster later today |
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Dargoth
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KnightErrantJR
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Posted - 02 Jun 2006 : 01:14:46
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Small Copper Dragon, Storm Archer, Bonded Summoner (a wizard wearing red that plays with fire, hm, think I can find a use for that in the Realms), Griffon Cavalry (really cool looking), Warden of the Wood, Tordek, Dwarf Champion (maybe not the best looking helm, but its a good solid high level dwarf figure), Huge Fire Elemental, Purple Worm (who doesn't want a giant purple worm figure?), Displacer Beast Pack Lord, Wererat Rogue, Dread Warrior, Large Green Dragon, Dracolich, Large Fang Dragon, Hunting Hyena, Small Fire Elemental, Cleric of Laogzed, Mountain Troll, Ogre Skirmisher (finally a female ogre! I knew they had to reproduce somehow!), Huge Fiendish Spider (I love this guy), Demonic Gnoll Archer, Magma Hurler, Small Black Dragon, Yuan-Ti Halfblood Sorcerer, Twig Blight, Tundra Scout, Stirge, Sorcerer on Black Dragon are all figures that would be good additions to my games and my collections.
Some of the others are a little too new and out there for me. I don't mind some new creatures making it into a set, but I also think that each set should have a fairly good assortment of "standard" D&D races and classes represented. If you are brand new to the game, and just started playing because you love things like the Lord of the Rings, or even Harry Potter, and then you look at the Giant Dragon Blooded Mutant Soul Eater Aspect of Unpleasantness, I'm not sure how useful that mini would be to your enjoyment of the game.
Then again, I'm not really a big fan of all of these Tiamat spawned "dragon because they are vaguely reptillian" creatures either. Some are too much like Draconians, and others are too much like aberrations, and that starts to make you wonder what the heck this has to do with dragons anyway. Maybe its just me.
Oh, I would have much rather had a Death Giant in the set than the Eldrich Giant. As much as I love giants, those guys don't do much for me. Love the Tundra Scout though.
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Wooly Rupert
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The Sage
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Mace Hammerhand
Great Reader
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2296 Posts |
Posted - 02 Jun 2006 : 16:24:57
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Originally posted by The Sage
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Dargoth
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h182/Idzy/Poster1.jpg
At first glance, I thought that the "Golrath Cleric of Kavaki" figure was a BattleTech Centurion... 
Hehe... Good call  .
Actually, there's another image around here somewhere whih reminded me of an Axeman...
Looks like the D&D version of a baseball batter to me... |
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Dargoth
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Posted - 03 Jun 2006 : 12:20:08
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Dargoths WODQ review
http://merricb.multiply.com/photos/album/4
Aasimar Fighter: Very bland looks to be all one colour, Ill take one
Aspect of Bahamut: Aka the Hollowing Dragon who ever came up with the sculpture for this on e really got in wrong it looks nothing like Bahamut
Cleric of Syreth: Looks ok although it did give an early impression that he was brandishing a sawn off shot gun
Dragonborn Fighter: Very Bland the mini head to toe in the armour its very dull it may see use as a Paladin of Bhamut
Golden Protector: Can double for a Lammasu
Meepo, Dragonlord: Will use for a Kobold leader, Ill take one
Slaughterstone Eviscerator
Tordek, Dwarf Champion: This mini has one of the worst faces ever
War Weaver : Nice looking mini will do for a Character or NPC
Bonded Fire Summoner : Will likely use it for a Red Wizard of Thay or a cleric of Amaunator
Clawfoot Rider: An Eberrron mini with not a lot of practical use in the realms Ill take 1 for completeness
Goliath Cleric of Kavaki: Earth Genasi cleric of Grumbar
Griffon Cavalry: The Waterdeep Griffon riders just got a mini!
Small Copper Dragon: Good for those players who want to take Dragon Familars or Cohorts
Spellscale Sorcerer: Probably end up being used as some sort of Half Dragon
Storm Archer: Character or archers for a temple of Talos
Tavern Brawler : Your not a real DM if your players haven’t got into at least one bar room brawl during a campaign!
Warden of the Wood: Good mini for a NPC or PC Druid
Azer Fighter: These will come in handy when my Players visit a certain temple of Kossuth
Huge Fire Elemental : See Azer Fighter it also fills a whole in the Summon Monster/Natures ally table, Ill take 4
Purple Worm: Ill take 1 maybe 2
War Ape: A mini of little use in the realms Ill keep 1 for completeness
Wizened Elder Watcher: Not sure what use I can make of these maybe iuse them for young Treants or something
Aspect of Tiamat: Whiles its fairly specific Ill also use it to represent Hydras, Ill take 1
Blackguard on Nightmare: Scyllua Darkhope, Ill take 1
Bluespawn Godslayer : This is an appalling waste of space and I will take one purely because I want a complete set
Cadaver Collector : I can see the Church of Tempus using these to collect the dead after battles, Ill take 1
Diseased Dire Rat: You can never have to many Direrats
Displacer Beast Pack Lord: One of my players had a bad experience fighting Displacer beasts wait until he sees this!
Doom Fist Monk: Useful If ever want to run RHOD
Dracolich: Aghhhhhh . Ill take as many as I get in my 3 cases
Dragonwrought Kobold : I do not like the whole Kobolds have the Blood of Dragons thing 3ed has introduced so this figure is unlikely to see much use in my FR campaigns
Dread Warrior: FR figure may appear inside the Thayan Enclave in Waterdeep
Eldritch Giant: Eldritch Giants don’t seem to have much of a presence in the realms so Ill take 1 and use as a Sub for any Huge Giant my PCs encounter
Greenspawn Razorfiend: Aghhh more Dragonspawn
Hobgoblin Talon of Tiamat : Another handy mini if I ever run ROHD
Kobold Zombie: Small undead humanoids Ill take some
Large Green Dragon: Hmm Dragons Ill take 2
Wererat Rogue : A Dm can never have to many werrats
Poison Dusk Lizardfolk: Nice sculpture pity there small Ill trade most of them
Witchknife : Not real useful in realms
Blackspawn Exterminator: While I hate Dragonspawn this one at least can sub for a Humanoid Half Black Dragon
Cleric of Laogzed: Aghhh more Troglodytes!
Cloudreaver: Good mini for Pirates and Waterdeeps naval personnel
Demonic Gnoll Archer: I already have a number of noll archers from Archfiends although these ones do look nicer
Huge Fiendish Spider: Will be handy for anyone running a Drow campaign or using COSQ
Hunting Hyena: I got plenty of these in Harbinger Ill take 1 purely for completeness
Large Fang Dragon: More Dragons Ill take 2
Magma Hurler: Sub for a Medium Fire Elemental
Mountain Troll: They aren’t known in the Realms so one purely for completeness
Ogre Skirmisher: My ogre collections starting to overflow, Ill keep 2
Redspawn Firebelcher: Aghhhh More Dragonspawn, Ill probably end up using it to represent some sort of Felldrake
Small Black Dragon: Will come in Handy for Villians with Dragon Familiars or cohorts
Small Fire Elemental : Another Handy mini that will help fill out the summoning tables
Sorcerer on Black Dragon: Wearer of the Purple riding, If I get 2 I may repaint the riders clock purple
Stirge: The enemy of all low level PCs, Ill take 14
Tundra Scout: Pity they didn’t do Kuzgoth riding Tusk from COSQ well I guess the Tundra Scout can sub for him
Twig Blight: Don’t have a lot of use for Twig Blights all though I guess they may come in handy
Whitespawn Hordeling: More Dragonspawn……….
Yuan-ti Halfblood Sorcerer: This is very nice mini and Im sure I can find a use for if the PCs ever goto Skullport
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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 03 Jun 2006 : 15:41:44
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Wererat Rogue : A Dm can never have to many werrats
Yeah, but what about the wererat rouge, which is actually what's shown on the poster?  |
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Kajehase
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Posted - 03 Jun 2006 : 16:27:48
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Dargoth
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Posted - 03 Jun 2006 : 22:55:12
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Dargoth
Wererat Rogue : A Dm can never have to many werrats
Yeah, but what about the wererat rouge, which is actually what's shown on the poster?
Its a Hairy French Cabaret dancer!  |
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Dargoth
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Posted - 03 Jun 2006 : 22:56:53
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For those interested in that other line of mini's Wizards publishs heres the Champions of the Force poster
http://static.flickr.com/48/158840789_9a370f5102_b.jpg
Those of you who played Knight of the Old Republic may recognise a few old friends (and enemies) |
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KnightErrantJR
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Posted - 04 Jun 2006 : 00:52:48
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| Oddly enough, that just makes me madder that they aren't supporting the RPG line anymore . . . Why in the name of every yugoloth in the Blood Rift didn't they put out a freaking Knights of the Old Republic sourcebook . . . ::sigh:: |
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Dargoth
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Posted - 04 Jun 2006 : 01:15:28
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Originally posted by KnightErrantJR
Oddly enough, that just makes me madder that they aren't supporting the RPG line anymore . . . Why in the name of every yugoloth in the Blood Rift didn't they put out a freaking Knights of the Old Republic sourcebook . . . ::sigh::
Theres a 118 page unofficial one in PDF format in weighs in at aroun 8 MB |
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Dargoth
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Posted - 08 Jun 2006 : 13:06:55
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For those who played the KOTOR the following characters are included in COTF set
Darth Malek
HK-47
Darth Nilhius
Bastilia
Atris (Jedi Guardian)
Discple (Jedi Consular)
Sith Assault Droid
Visa's Marr (Jedi Sentiniel)
The figures based on Atris, Discple and Visa (Plus the Sith Assault droid) are uncommon so they will be fairly easy to get the other 4 however are Very Rares
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Mace Hammerhand
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Posted - 08 Jun 2006 : 14:43:34
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Originally posted by KnightErrantJR
Oddly enough, that just makes me madder that they aren't supporting the RPG line anymore . . . Why in the name of every yugoloth in the Blood Rift didn't they put out a freaking Knights of the Old Republic sourcebook . . . ::sigh::
We're talking the company who had the chance to take the old WEG system (which in my opinion was vastly superior to D20 SW). Instead they made it level based, and, although colorful, pales in comparison to what WEG did when no one bothered with Star Wars.
The sales plummeted, which was probably due to 'lack of interest' from the 'fans'. At least that seems to be the official explanation. Also releasing a second edition of the core rulebook didn't help, plus they didn't even give old hands, like me, the option to use the stuff for the system they had played for a decade...
WEG turned everything into a sourcebook, well almost everything, but if I look at my game library which contains almost everything ever released by WEG I know that they would have given the games the tremendous honor they deserve...
I think SW was always a niche game, but maybe WOTC thought differently... the quality of the prequels didn't help either... |
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warlockco
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Posted - 03 Jul 2006 : 17:12:20
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| Got a Limited Repaint of the Huge Fiendish Spider from my LGS on Saturday, I wish everything was painted as nicely. |
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Dargoth
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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 07 Jul 2006 : 03:06:48
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| I got my Sorcerer on Black Dragon mini from Paizo today... It's my first D&D mini. I wish I could say I was impressed by it, or that I knew what I was going to do with it... |
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Dargoth
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Posted - 07 Jul 2006 : 03:22:46
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
I got my Sorcerer on Black Dragon mini from Paizo today... It's my first D&D mini. I wish I could say I was impressed by it, or that I knew what I was going to do with it...
I know who mines going to represent
Thavok Drusuvious, Wearer of Purple for the Waterdeep cell
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ru/20060405a
It could also be used to represent Manshoon (Who has a fondness for riding Black Dragons |
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Mace Hammerhand
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Posted - 07 Jul 2006 : 17:53:59
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| Just bought my first case...can you say D...D...Dracolich...hoody hoo |
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Dargoth
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Posted - 08 Jul 2006 : 02:36:27
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Originally posted by Mace Hammerhand
Just bought my first case...can you say D...D...Dracolich...hoody hoo
 I bought 3 cases and I didnt get the Dracolich (Or the Aspect of Bahumut) |
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