First time I see a mage with a "Dominate Skeleton" innate power.
Actually, it's a pretty cool idea for making the mage kits more "special"; a per day ability for necromancers to "Charm Undead", with increasing rounds by level (starting with an arcane counterpart to "Command"/1 round).
~ a lovely evening at the Nashkel Inn, our ragtag bunch of misfits rests after all their fights. @Anduin is playing with a broccoli and @Eudaemonium is trying to decipher Southpaw's Scroll of Cure Veneral Diseases. Door bursts in and @OneAngryMushroom and @Southpaw appear, carrying the sleeping beholder on their backs by his eyestalks~
We drank, we fought, he made his ancestors proud.
~ @KidCarnival kept levitating in the corner and not long after, started snoring ~
Twash truelly a glorioush night for alll involveded! *hic* I didn't know an illilithar... illithdoo... uh... MINDFLAYERS! could drink llike that. ~wobbles around a bit~ Ohhhh. I dranshk too much. ~faceplants the floor and promptly passes out~ zzz... oh Myrna but you're... ohh ...zzz
~ a lovely evening at the Nashkel Inn, our ragtag bunch of misfits rests after all their fights. @Anduin is playing with broccoli...~
For the record... I was not playing with the Broccoli.
I was interrogating IT. There is only a war of evolution spanning 40 million years yer know... Someone's gotta stop it... and whilst I am doing this... YOU! YOU LOT! ARE DESTROYING PERFECTLY GOOD BRAIN CELLS!
*Inside the Brain Cave Niloc the Cauliflower, self proclaimed future ruler of Fearun and Iloccor-b, a Broccoli who has forsaken his evil fellow vegetables in an attempt to forge his own path of goodness in a complete, shameless copy of Drizzt (A salad dressing that also turned from evil to good) are arguing... again...*
I smell an opportunity...
One. They are merely destroying a few brain cells, not there entire brain thus not creating enough room to allow a vegetable to move in... Two... AND ITS A BIG TWO...
Ohhhhhh. OW. My head, ugh too bright. What happened last night? ~notices that @KidCarnival has turned sideways and the blanket covering him is half off *turns the beholder upright, puts on the blanket and pats him on the head There you go buddy. Ow! Ow! Headache! What's that recipe for the anti-hangover smoothie... *wanders to the inns kitchen mutter random ingredients*
Oh stop. The smoothies are half-way done as is, and you can add some brain to yours. Just try it, I learned it from some dwarves, so you know it works.
@ChildofBhaal599 - It's a bit a bummer. We will continue with a party of 5 and let Samus appear like Elminster sometimes (randomly showing up to give us cryptic hints). It did mess a bit with my plans, since she was the "only sane person" in the party, which I wanted to deconstruct by giving her the ability to recall past lives at some point. She would have remembered that she was Bhaaldog, and consequentally came to think she was the only rightful heir of a deity, so all party members would have wanted the Throne of Bhaal in the end.
I have to rewrite that a bit now (I have a general idea what happens when), and might consider a 6th new party member (if it's a good match - active poster, race that fits through doors, utility class - either bard or something we don't have yet; druid, specialized thief kit; pop culture junkie; patience because I'm pretty busy irl for a few weeks).
@ChildofBhaal599 - It's a bit a bummer. We will continue with a party of 5 and let Samus appear like Elminster sometimes (randomly showing up to give us cryptic hints). It did mess a bit with my plans, since she was the "only sane person" in the party, which I wanted to deconstruct by giving her the ability to recall past lives at some point. She would have remembered that she was Bhaaldog, and consequentally came to think she was the only rightful heir of a deity, so all party members would have wanted the Throne of Bhaal in the end.
I have to rewrite that a bit now (I have a general idea what happens when), and might consider a 6th new party member (if it's a good match - active poster, race that fits through doors, utility class - either bard or something we don't have yet; druid, specialized thief kit; pop culture junkie; patience because I'm pretty busy irl for a few weeks).
It is good that u are continuing at least. This is an entertaining read. Would offer myself but don't think I would for multiple reasons. I certainly don't have Samus's humor, and I haven't played baldurs gate nearly as long to remember every detail from memory, nor have I ever rp'd on a forum. Hope it all works out.
KidCarnival is moving to a new dungeon IRL, so while having a break, we were laying out possible story arcs and stuff that will come up later. Also, dealing with Samus' disappearance - especially trying to avoid the chaos that will ensue when the only (mostly) sane member leaves.
@ChildofBhaal599 - If you have a wacky idea for a character and some ideas what pop culture direction to take, that's enough. We mostly develop the things as we go; my outline is mainly split by chapters and when we find certain items ( @OneAngryMushroom will be driven to madness when he finds the One Ring and decide he should rule Faerun with it, for example; or when @Southpaw found his hammer), so you don't need intimate knowledge of every detail.
@KidCarnival I've actually been thinking the same thing. I fail to overcome the rings power try and figure out how to change the its song, and when I finally do so I think that the new song gives me some sort of awesome power.
I would have to think about it. I could be a thief because that could give to some interesting scenario's and i could take up Samus's (mostly) sane part, but I would need to think a lot about the personality of the character. He would be able to possibly join after a failed attempt to steal from the party. I take it u are all bhaalspawn and i would need a reveal to it? Time is not an issue right now with school letting out (I may be the youngest person here at 18) and I currently don't get much work as I am being trained in computer tech (it was my grad project that is turning into a job)
@Eudaemonium and @Anduin, standing over a bloody heap of clothes and pummeled flesh threw a side glance at heavily panting @Southpaw, still clutching his hammer. "That was quite a sight to behold" murmured Eudaemonium "when Southpaw turned green and started shouting ME SMASH!. I am once again surrounded by raging idiots. Why did he actually flip out?" turned to the mummy. "I believe this...she...it tried to steal his hammer." answered Anduin.
@OneAngryMushroom and @KidCarnival did a good work at calming the furious mind flayer down. The beholder tried to Lay on Eyes several times and when that did not work out, Mushie pinned him to a tree with a spear.
When the poor mind flayer calmed down and gained back his healthy purple color, they all turned back to the dead body, lying on the ground. Silence befall the group.
Anduin sat down in his comfy chair, stretched his legs, placed a fresh cauliflower under his right hand and started to stroke it slowly. He gazed into the distance with his button-eyes and tilted back the top hat resting on his head. "We can rebuild him" said the necromancer. "We have the technology".
now...@Bhaaldog@Samus@ChildofBhaal599 has an open entry into the group, because noone can be sure about how would Anduin resurrect him. As you noticed, we aren't really pretending we are actually humans - so an Underdark race it can be.
...and I finally got to picture someone as a classic oldschool villain, even with a right hand cat cauliflower! (as soon as noone wonders on how did Anduin get a comfy chair and a top hat in middle of a bloody forest)
Oh yeah, a kitted thief would be nice. @Eudaemonium covers locks and traps, so everything else would be fine. None of us is actually the bhaalspawn, Eye of Helm just appears to be as (whoever it really is) to other people. We try to pass ourselves off as ANY surface dweller. Over time, everyone develops a reason why he needs to be on the throne, but doesn't tell the others.
Eye of Hiro - it's his destiny. Eyelar - it makes him special (and don't let him know how many other real bhaalspawns there are...) @Eudaemonium - thinks he is the rightful king of Westeros @Anduin - thinks he is the protector of the island @OneAngryMushroom - gets corrupted by One Ring of Theme Songs @Southpaw - was told he is the son of Odin, and hence a god
@OneAngryMushroom: The main difference is that you are a mushroom. XD
been doing a little thinking. i don't have race or name yet, but it would be fun to go thief. i am but a simple thief who upon seeing the groups realizes there is adventure to see and treasure to find. i bore of the poor people, and wants to hit it big. the character will almost always take money above the objective. he is pretty sane beyond his lust for money, but it always affects his judgement of the situation. when he begins to hear of the throne of bhaal, he begins to think of it as the ultimate heist. how could he possibly get better than the throne of a god? he grows paranoid and begins secretly plotting against the group because nobody, not even his new companions, will get in the way of his dream.
it sounds alright. i could use input for sure. definitely could use help with a race and name due to my lack of creativity ): i also think it should be a fighter/thief and could melee or use a bow depending on what you need.
@ChildofBhaal599 - For the name, your forum name works perfectly; you already have the reason for wanting the throne built in. The only reason why I'm not calling my beholder KidCarnival is because I don't have to @tag myself to get notified I posted. And because there is ta darkness inside of me that I need to keep contained. O̧h s͏h̷ùt̢ u̢p̡, Ey͘e ̡of͢ Hir̀o͟,͠ yo͠u̷ ̀a͜re ̷NOT͘ Ma̴tt͏ ̷P͟ark̨m͝a̢ǹ! No, not like that... Y͢e͡s͝, y͘es҉, I k͠now,͟ ̴SP̢ÌRÌT͞U̵AL̡LY contai͜ne̵d..̢.͏ ̵*şigh*
Races, let's see what jumps out in EEKeeper... Djinni? I had a djinn charname in BG2 at some point, fits through doors. Doppelganger? Yuan-ti (there are several, one should fit through doors)? Rakshasa (we had one as Berzerker in the Black Pits run)? Troll? Vampire (no wait, I'm so not making Twilight references... If you want Vampire, it's gonna be Bela Lugosi!) Seeing several "small" versions of elementals; air, earth, fire. Minotaur? Wight? Sirine? (Say Sirine, I write that as Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs, lol) I have to try the walking speeds of some, but so far, there was nothing that couldn't be fixed with Paws of Cheetah. The Troll might move faster, but what is encumberance for, after all?
Greed as main motivation would be a nice way to introduce a Ferengi and more random Star Trek references. Wouldn't quite fit for a fighter/thief, but I could see it work as Bounty Hunter. Weapons Samus left us are Short Sword (we already have Whistling Sword) and Crossbow (not bought the good one yet tho). Other weapons we have available: Dagger, Quarterstaff (got 2 with prof, but they use items from Pecca's mod, not the +3 or Staff of Striking), Bastard Sword, Halberd, Flail, Mace, Club, Sling, Darts, 2H Sword, Ninjato. The Short and Long Bows are already in use, so for ranged, I'd say Crossbow or Darts; melee Short Sword, Staff or Dagger.
A Vampire Bela Lugosi or Count Chocula would work. If you've read Terry Pratchett's Monstrous Regiment, that would be an interesting way to play a vampire too.
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We drank, we fought, he made his ancestors proud.
~ @KidCarnival kept levitating in the corner and not long after, started snoring ~
~wobbles around a bit~
Ohhhh. I dranshk too much.
~faceplants the floor and promptly passes out~
zzz... oh Myrna but you're... ohh ...zzz
͜O͝h͘. O͞h̕, I'̨m ͞l̶oo͢kin͢g direćtly ͜at͟ t͘he ́fl͘ơǫr͟.̷ ̵How̧ ͘can͡ I̸ bę t͟h̡i҉s clo҉se to ̴t͝h͡e ҉fl̶oo̡r?!̶ ͢Ẁha͘t ̢s̨o͏rce͟r͞y͡ ́is this?͟!
Eye of Helm is a Fallen Paladin now.
I need to set my past mistakes right! But how? I can't move! I'm stuck in this tavern forever!
~notices that @KidCarnival has turned sideways and the blanket covering him is half off
*turns the beholder upright, puts on the blanket and pats him on the head
There you go buddy. Ow! Ow! Headache! What's that recipe for the anti-hangover smoothie...
*wanders to the inns kitchen mutter random ingredients*
Relax kid were nearly at Aldi... Hang on... Something hit us! This is not not on the charts!
Is that a Stone hut?!?
That is no stone hut...
I have a bad feeling about this...
Yeah... Me too... Chewcumber... All engines on reverse...
But we're on a Cabbage, it has no engines?!?
Must be somekind of tractor field, it's pulling us in. There not gonna take us without a fight. Chewcumber cut the engines!
But we're on a Cabbage... *sigh*
Is that a... Is that a Gnoll Fortress?
...
@Samus is one with the force... But... The story will continue... In...
The vegetables strike back!
...Also... Return of the Cauliflower!
It seems that the mummy has started to have fits again. @Southpaw. Do you think you can suck out his malfunctioning brain and put in a new one.
I have to rewrite that a bit now (I have a general idea what happens when), and might consider a 6th new party member (if it's a good match - active poster, race that fits through doors, utility class - either bard or something we don't have yet; druid, specialized thief kit; pop culture junkie; patience because I'm pretty busy irl for a few weeks).
I've actually been thinking the same thing. I fail to overcome the rings power try and figure out how to change the its song, and when I finally do so I think that the new song gives me some sort of awesome power.
@Eudaemonium and @Anduin, standing over a bloody heap of clothes and pummeled flesh threw a side glance at heavily panting @Southpaw, still clutching his hammer.
"That was quite a sight to behold" murmured Eudaemonium "when Southpaw turned green and started shouting ME SMASH!. I am once again surrounded by raging idiots. Why did he actually flip out?" turned to the mummy.
"I believe this...she...it tried to steal his hammer." answered Anduin.
@OneAngryMushroom and @KidCarnival did a good work at calming the furious mind flayer down. The beholder tried to Lay on Eyes several times and when that did not work out, Mushie pinned him to a tree with a spear.
When the poor mind flayer calmed down and gained back his healthy purple color, they all turned back to the dead body, lying on the ground. Silence befall the group.
Anduin sat down in his comfy chair, stretched his legs, placed a fresh cauliflower under his right hand and started to stroke it slowly. He gazed into the distance with his button-eyes and tilted back the top hat resting on his head.
"We can rebuild him" said the necromancer.
"We have the technology".
...and I finally got to picture someone as a classic oldschool villain, even with a right hand cat cauliflower!
(as soon as noone wonders on how did Anduin get a comfy chair and a top hat in middle of a bloody forest)
Eye of Hiro - it's his destiny. Eyelar - it makes him special (and don't let him know how many other real bhaalspawns there are...)
@Eudaemonium - thinks he is the rightful king of Westeros
@Anduin - thinks he is the protector of the island
@OneAngryMushroom - gets corrupted by One Ring of Theme Songs
@Southpaw - was told he is the son of Odin, and hence a god
@OneAngryMushroom: The main difference is that you are a mushroom. XD
I always thought Kivan was a mushroom!
it sounds alright. i could use input for sure. definitely could use help with a race and name due to my lack of creativity ): i also think it should be a fighter/thief and could melee or use a bow depending on what you need.
Races, let's see what jumps out in EEKeeper... Djinni? I had a djinn charname in BG2 at some point, fits through doors. Doppelganger? Yuan-ti (there are several, one should fit through doors)? Rakshasa (we had one as Berzerker in the Black Pits run)? Troll? Vampire (no wait, I'm so not making Twilight references... If you want Vampire, it's gonna be Bela Lugosi!) Seeing several "small" versions of elementals; air, earth, fire. Minotaur? Wight? Sirine? (Say Sirine, I write that as Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs, lol) I have to try the walking speeds of some, but so far, there was nothing that couldn't be fixed with Paws of Cheetah. The Troll might move faster, but what is encumberance for, after all?
Greed as main motivation would be a nice way to introduce a Ferengi and more random Star Trek references. Wouldn't quite fit for a fighter/thief, but I could see it work as Bounty Hunter.
Weapons Samus left us are Short Sword (we already have Whistling Sword) and Crossbow (not bought the good one yet tho). Other weapons we have available: Dagger, Quarterstaff (got 2 with prof, but they use items from Pecca's mod, not the +3 or Staff of Striking), Bastard Sword, Halberd, Flail, Mace, Club, Sling, Darts, 2H Sword, Ninjato. The Short and Long Bows are already in use, so for ranged, I'd say Crossbow or Darts; melee Short Sword, Staff or Dagger.