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<blockquote data-quote="frankthedm" data-source="post: 4863684" data-attributes="member: 1164"><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><em><span style="font-size: 9px">...cracks knuckles...</span></em></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><s>I'll be back in a moment<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious :]" data-shortname=":]" /></s></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong><em>On the benefits of having a far realm influenced character, notably the 3E Alienist.</em></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">You will be quite the Uniter. Your spells will contact entities that demons and angels would unite to stop from entering the material world. You will feel that warm glow inside seeing Twin brothers, one a paladin, one a Blackguard, working together.... to gut you. Druids and rangers will keep tabs on you to make sure none of your <em>pets </em>adds themselves to the local flora and/or fauna. You will flip the middle finger to everything the D&D cosmos stands for so make sure the DM is cool with it [but not too cool with it...], make sure the players are ok with this too, because if they stay in character as living beings in a sane world, they should kill you at first opportunity, cremate you and your spellbooks and scatter the ashes.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Most divine casters are not going to have a lot of love for someone who calls things from where the gods fear to tread. Arcane casters will be smart enough not to hang around you. The barbarian will likely wind up killing a lot of your summons because a few eyestalks looked at him <em>wrong</em>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">But hey, at least you will eventually stop aging and have no fear of dying of <em>natural</em> causes. <em>Unnatural</em> causes are part and parcel of this line of work though. And since you ARE going to meet an unpleasant fate someday, why not share that with the rest of the world<s>. Chances are, that is why the DM allowed you to take this PRC.</s></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><s></s></span><s></s></p><p><s> <a href="http://www.dagonbytes.com/thelibrary/lovecraft/" target="_blank">the Complete works of H. P. Lovecraft</a></s></p><p><s> </s></p><p><s><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/d-d-3rd-edition-rules/80108-lets-say-my-alienist-casts-fiendform.html" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forum/d-d-3rd-edition-rules/80108-lets-say-my-alienist-casts-fiendform.html</a></s></p><p><s> </s></p><p><s> <a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/forum/d-d-3rd-edition-house-rules/178137-invocations-far-realm-flavored-warlock.html" target="_blank">http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/forum/d-d-3rd-edition-house-rules/178137-invocations-far-realm-flavored-warlock.html</a></s></p><p><s> </s></p><p><s> <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/171744-mirror-scrying-should-look-like.html" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/171744-mirror-scrying-should-look-like.html</a></s></p><p><s> </s></p><p><s> <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/242976-dungeon-159-ziggurat-beyond-time.html" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/242976-dungeon-159-ziggurat-beyond-time.html</a></s></p><p><s> </s></p><p><s> <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/d-d-3rd-edition-rules/186552-alienist-complete-arcane-worth.html" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forum/d-d-3rd-edition-rules/186552-alienist-complete-arcane-worth.html</a></s></p><p><s> </s></p><p><s> <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/d-d-3rd-edition-rules/109871-thaumaturgist-alienist.html" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forum/d-d-3rd-edition-rules/109871-thaumaturgist-alienist.html</a></s></p><p><s> </s></p><p><s><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/102882-how-play-conjurer-very-high-int-very-low-wis.html" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/102882-how-play-conjurer-very-high-int-very-low-wis.html</a></s></p><p><s></s></p><p><s><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/d-d-3rd-edition-house-rules/80000-druids-alienists.html" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forum/d-d-3rd-edition-house-rules/80000-druids-alienists.html</a></s></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="frankthedm, post: 4863684, member: 1164"] [FONT=Verdana][I][SIZE=1]...cracks knuckles...[/SIZE][/I] [s]I'll be back in a moment:][/s] [B][I]On the benefits of having a far realm influenced character, notably the 3E Alienist.[/I][/B] You will be quite the Uniter. Your spells will contact entities that demons and angels would unite to stop from entering the material world. You will feel that warm glow inside seeing Twin brothers, one a paladin, one a Blackguard, working together.... to gut you. Druids and rangers will keep tabs on you to make sure none of your [I]pets [/I]adds themselves to the local flora and/or fauna. You will flip the middle finger to everything the D&D cosmos stands for so make sure the DM is cool with it [but not too cool with it...], make sure the players are ok with this too, because if they stay in character as living beings in a sane world, they should kill you at first opportunity, cremate you and your spellbooks and scatter the ashes. Most divine casters are not going to have a lot of love for someone who calls things from where the gods fear to tread. Arcane casters will be smart enough not to hang around you. The barbarian will likely wind up killing a lot of your summons because a few eyestalks looked at him [I]wrong[/I]. But hey, at least you will eventually stop aging and have no fear of dying of [I]natural[/I] causes. [I]Unnatural[/I] causes are part and parcel of this line of work though. And since you ARE going to meet an unpleasant fate someday, why not share that with the rest of the world[s]. Chances are, that is why the DM allowed you to take this PRC. [/s][/FONT][s] [URL="http://www.dagonbytes.com/thelibrary/lovecraft/"]the Complete works of H. P. Lovecraft[/URL] [URL]http://www.enworld.org/forum/d-d-3rd-edition-rules/80108-lets-say-my-alienist-casts-fiendform.html[/URL] [URL]http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/forum/d-d-3rd-edition-house-rules/178137-invocations-far-realm-flavored-warlock.html[/URL] [URL]http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/171744-mirror-scrying-should-look-like.html[/URL] [URL]http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/242976-dungeon-159-ziggurat-beyond-time.html[/URL] [URL]http://www.enworld.org/forum/d-d-3rd-edition-rules/186552-alienist-complete-arcane-worth.html[/URL] [URL]http://www.enworld.org/forum/d-d-3rd-edition-rules/109871-thaumaturgist-alienist.html[/URL] [URL]http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/102882-how-play-conjurer-very-high-int-very-low-wis.html[/URL] [URL]http://www.enworld.org/forum/d-d-3rd-edition-house-rules/80000-druids-alienists.html[/URL][/s] [/QUOTE]
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