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[theyeti1775]

That is an adult theme alright, I've only had a few "adult" no kids hearing it games. Don't think we went that far though. Though there was some background writing like that.

Atremis and Jaraxle are some of my favorite novel characters. Great detail on them, but always more to learn of their past. They are the kind I don't mind appearing in my game.

If you all like I can post Gydion over on the Anything board. He is a 3.5 product.

[Conner Destron]

theyeti1775 said:

That is an adult theme alright, I've only had a few "adult" no kids hearing it games. Don't think we went that far though. Though there was some background writing like that.

Atremis and Jaraxle are some of my favorite novel characters. Great detail on them, but always more to learn of their past. They are the kind I don't mind appearing in my game.

If you all like I can post Gydion over on the Anything board. He is a 3.5 product.

I hear you, I've had some player background write ups that were that explicit and I've had a few game sessions that came relatively close (and a few real life encounters that felt fairly close to that) but I don't usually get that explicit in game because I do usually have at least one female player in my groups, sometimes several, and they don't usually take to that sort of gaming experience any better than they would if someone forced that sort of affair upon their own persons in real life...

Then you'll really enjoy this lastest trilogy... I won't give away the spoilers though, but we get far more insight into Artemis in this one and a little insight into Jarlaxel... I agree, it's much easier to incorporate them into a campaign than the heroic figures, but even with the "bad guys" it can be tough to do them proper justice, and the players can easily exceed the ability/skill level of the characters of the novels faster than R. A. Salvatore can write about them.

That's your call, I doubt anyone would mind seeing the stats, but being this forum is meant to be 2nd edition and that we're already off-topic in so many places like that thread between you and I in the greyhawk thread... that posting a 3.5 edition character might actually be confusing for some here. *shrug*

[theyeti1775]

I'll post it down on the Anything when I get the chance.
Think it's one of the few I haven't transferred to electronic format yet.

Drizzt's tales are the only ones my wife reads.

Yeti

[DMDisputeMediator]

I would have to say that it's easy to fall in love with characters like Drizzt, Cadderly and Elminster, because they're the heroes of their particular stories. But I'd have to say that my favorite character to read ANYTHING about is Artemis Entreri. Of course, I started out absolutely hating him, and I couldn't wait for he and Drizzt to meet up so that Drizzt could mop up the floor with him. But as I read more about him, I can't explain it, the man just fascinates me. I just find it unnervingly easy to see the world through his eyes. Maybe it's the fact that we both have a little bit in common as far as both being human, but constantly aspiring to push past our physical limits, or maybe it's the fact that that particular character has the potential to go in so many different directions. I'm not really sure, but for a mortal and aging human to be able to go toe to toe with a warrior of the caliber and sheer experience of Drizzt Do'Urden, who obviously ages FAR more slowly, and to not only keep up blow for blow but occasionally gain the upper hand, is pretty impressive if you ask me. I still like Drizzt, and can't hardly ever wait until the next book about him comes out, but it's usually pretty obvious what his character will end up doing in a given situation, even when he is the HUNTER. He's a hero. That's what he's there for. Entreri, on the other hand, has surprised me on more than one occasion, sometimes (o.k., most of the time) playing the villain, and sometimes going completely against the grid and actually doing something...heroic (whether he wants to admit it or not). I just can't wait to see in which direction Salvatore takes him next. Jarlaxle is cool, too, but surprisingly (to me, anyways) just as predictable as Drizzt. In my book, Entreri just rocks.

[DM=DisputeMediator]

DMDisputeMediator said:

I would have to say that it's easy to fall in love with characters like Drizzt, Cadderly and Elminster, because they're the heroes of their particular stories. But I'd have to say that my favorite character to read ANYTHING about is Artemis Entreri. Of course, I started out absolutely hating him, and I couldn't wait for he and Drizzt to meet up so that Drizzt could mop up the floor with him. But as I read more about him, I can't explain it, the man just fascinates me. I just find it unnervingly easy to see the world through his eyes. Maybe it's the fact that we both have a little bit in common as far as both being human, but constantly aspiring to push past our physical limits, or maybe it's the fact that that particular character has the potential to go in so many different directions. I'm not really sure, but for a mortal and aging human to be able to go toe to toe with a warrior of the caliber and sheer experience of Drizzt Do'Urden, who obviously ages FAR more slowly, and to not only keep up blow for blow but occasionally gain the upper hand, is pretty impressive if you ask me. I still like Drizzt, and can't hardly ever wait until the next book about him comes out, but it's usually pretty obvious what his character will end up doing in a given situation, even when he is the HUNTER. He's a hero. That's what he's there for. Entreri, on the other hand, has surprised me on more than one occasion, sometimes (o.k., most of the time) playing the villain, and sometimes going completely against the grid and actually doing something...heroic (whether he wants to admit it or not). I just can't wait to see in which direction Salvatore takes him next. Jarlaxle is cool, too, but surprisingly (to me, anyways) just as predictable as Drizzt. In my book, Entreri just rocks.

That's kinda wierd...there's no avatar piture up there...hmm.

[arithus]

admin said:

What are your favorite Forgotten Realms stories and characters?

My favorite has to be King Azoun, well... Maybe Drizztes Father, Yeah I'd have to say he's my favorite just because he is THE badest charactor I had ever read about, he was stacked when it came to attributes and skill. Haha in a real battle he would WAX his son with ease.

Although I hate his story because of how he dies, he friggin submited to a woman and let her kill him, I believe it was his wife but I'm not sure. I know that in the drow society women are of a higher rank then men but still... For a guy that bad ass to be taken out like that. I mean Azoun whent out like a man, he took on a red dragon.

I also like stories of the great wizards like Zas Tam (spelled wrong) Elminster, Nethril...

[Conner Destron]

Arithus, you're ignoring the fact that, in that society, he really had no choice in the matter. If he hadn't 'let' his wife (and essentially Mistress, as in slave reference) kill him, they would've forced him to kill Drizzt consciously and he couldn't do that and while living there was no way Drizzt could've taken him.

[DM=DisputeMediator]

Ahh, yes...good ol' Zak...(weapon master, specialized with the longsword, with 5 attacks/rd., a -3 Thac0, +1 for specialization, and + 5 more for his two enchanted long swords...all combined for a -9 Thac0! The -4 AC, 178 HP, and 98% MR didn't hurt, either...)...definitely a baaad m.f.!! (I calculated out what the damage would have been (in one attack) if he scored all hits and maxed out on dmg. each time: 75 HP worth! (Definitely nothing to sneeze at!)

[Conner Destron]

Well, no doubt that he'd have been one mean mutha if he had ever chosen to be, but he was too 'good' to be a bad guy, and caste in the wrong society to be a hero.

[DM=DisputeMediator]

Yeah, incidentally, his alignment was CN!

[arithus]

conner said:

Arithus, you're ignoring the fact that, in that society, he really had no choice in the matter. If he hadn't 'let' his wife (and essentially Mistress, as in slave reference) kill him, they would've forced him to kill Drizzt consciously and he couldn't do that and while living there was no way Drizzt could've taken him.

He did have a choice. He could have became an outcast and anybody who had a problem with that would have had hell to pay. Nobody could have really defied his will if he chose to enforce it.

Thats what really sucked about the whole deal

[DM=DisputeMediator]

Yes, even Zak reflected that if he'd had the courage to do so, he would have chosen his son's path long ago... Truly a shame! If he had chosen to go WITH Drizzt, he and his son would have made quite a team, indeed! The sad but true fact was that he was actually duped into thinking that if he let the Matron sacrifice him to Lloth in Drizzt's place, that he would be saving his son from being hunted down and sacrificed for his treachery against the Spider Queen. Instead, the Matron invoked the dreaded "Zin Carla" spell, which animated Zak's corpse, and sent him to hunt Drizzt down anyway. I thought it was cool, though, that just before Zak bought it for the second time, a bit of his conciousness broke through, and he actually sort of let Drizzt defeat him because he truly loved his son and wanted to see him escape.

[arithus]

Yes, I forgot about that.

[DM=DisputeMediator]

Even in death, I guess that 98% MR counted for something...

[Conner Destron]

*L* Must have. ;D