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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 8649277" data-attributes="member: 20564"><p>Most memorable mount was way back form AD&D 2nd. The DM had a houserule system for something called "god shots", where you could call out to your god (or another god) and potentially get a response, trigger an action, or even send an avatar. A bit like the divine intervention rules in 5e but much less likely to work and more punitive when they did.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, at 10th a paladin could get a mount, and he used the godshot system to determine how special your mount was. And we rolled well.</p><p></p><p>I was playing The Lady Nikkadaema Roaringhorn, of the Waterdhavian Roaringhoarns. An urban paladin as opposed to your normal Lawful Stupid knight in shining armor. And she got Durpal.</p><p></p><p>Durpal was an intelligent speaking giant eagle, who could change shape to human 3 times a day. That was pretty nice, but it was really how he was roleplayed.</p><p></p><p>First, he was a bit of a coward. Not completely overt, but he didn't like all the battle and everything. But he was fanatically devoted to Nikkadaema and would do things he considered suicidal for her.</p><p></p><p>Second, he was perennially the "other". He had no clue about human social customs. He got the party in so much trouble by being honest when told not to lie, by being rude when he just didn't understand, and by being proud of Nikkadaema when she was trying to be low key.</p><p></p><p>It also took over two years of play before the rest of the player realized why he got most numbers wrong. Because if it was more than a handful, he always did. You see, eagles talons aren't 5, they are four. So as a comp sci major I quickly (and roughly) translated everything to base 8. I think it was eight of something where he said 10 enemies that forced him to count in front of everyone and it come out.</p><p></p><p>But in some ways he became the preferred to RP of the two. The Lady Nikkadaema Roaringhorn was a fun zealot, righteous and ended up in a forbidden love with a cleric of another (good-aligned) god. But Durpal was just so durn quirky, everyone liked when he was around to RP with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blue, post: 8649277, member: 20564"] Most memorable mount was way back form AD&D 2nd. The DM had a houserule system for something called "god shots", where you could call out to your god (or another god) and potentially get a response, trigger an action, or even send an avatar. A bit like the divine intervention rules in 5e but much less likely to work and more punitive when they did. Anyway, at 10th a paladin could get a mount, and he used the godshot system to determine how special your mount was. And we rolled well. I was playing The Lady Nikkadaema Roaringhorn, of the Waterdhavian Roaringhoarns. An urban paladin as opposed to your normal Lawful Stupid knight in shining armor. And she got Durpal. Durpal was an intelligent speaking giant eagle, who could change shape to human 3 times a day. That was pretty nice, but it was really how he was roleplayed. First, he was a bit of a coward. Not completely overt, but he didn't like all the battle and everything. But he was fanatically devoted to Nikkadaema and would do things he considered suicidal for her. Second, he was perennially the "other". He had no clue about human social customs. He got the party in so much trouble by being honest when told not to lie, by being rude when he just didn't understand, and by being proud of Nikkadaema when she was trying to be low key. It also took over two years of play before the rest of the player realized why he got most numbers wrong. Because if it was more than a handful, he always did. You see, eagles talons aren't 5, they are four. So as a comp sci major I quickly (and roughly) translated everything to base 8. I think it was eight of something where he said 10 enemies that forced him to count in front of everyone and it come out. But in some ways he became the preferred to RP of the two. The Lady Nikkadaema Roaringhorn was a fun zealot, righteous and ended up in a forbidden love with a cleric of another (good-aligned) god. But Durpal was just so durn quirky, everyone liked when he was around to RP with. [/QUOTE]
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