Hi,
I've been a frequenter of eNWorld since the beginning, and a daily reader of Eric Noah's site before that. As I have spent the last 3 years as a virtual thrall of Magic: the Gathering, I haven't really taken much time to check out the boards here until recently. For any of you who watch the boards over there, you might have come across me as either cardslinger or Felin99. Fortunately, I have come to the realization that, in order to preserve some small part of my functionality as a person, I must say goodbye to the game of Magic, at least for an extended period, or possibly forever, which leads me here.
I began my love affair with Dungeons & Dragons at the age of 12 (13 years ago) in AD&D 2e, and have been a regular player and sometimes (somewhat often) DM ever since. I have at least had a taste of a few other systems (Alternity, Marvel Super Heroes, Cyberpunk, probably others) over the years, but always find myself gravitating back to the old standby, as I generally find myself very satisfied with it.
Anyway, if you see me around here, you'll often find that I like to flex my intellectual muscles by taking a perspective contrary to popular opinion or belief, arguing it just for the sake of enlightenment of myself and others. It's simply in my nature to be a devil's advocate, so please note the bottom line of my signature before becoming overly inflamed by my comments. I'd like to become a regular member of this community, as I believe my insights and experience might prove useful or (even better) infuriating to many.
My handle is taken out of Drow of the Underdark and means "magical death" in drow. It is also the surname of my oldest character, Felin Faerl'Elghinn, now a converted Half-Drow/Half-Elf Vampire (CE) Wiz28/Rog5/Asn10/Ftr1/Clr2. I began play with this character at the age of 14, and have played him regularly for the last 11 years in Faerun, my main companion being Goldhorn, a Minotaur from Krynn who is now a Ftr20/Clr18 of Cyric. We played through Dragon Mountain from start to finish, and decided we just liked our characters so much that we would continue to play them after its completion. We are currently travelling through space in a ship called The Plague a converted, highly fortified whale ship with a Major Helm of the Stars. Our current mission is to retreive 7 pieces of an artifact called The Night Jewel and restore life to a fallen Cyric. Although Felin is on the cusp of godhood himself, he desires only to obtain as much magical knowledge and power as he can find throughout the universe, considering godhood to be a somewhat arbitrary and insignificant status, although he might seize the opportunity should it be presented.
On my desk: a random jumble of various papers, empty packs of cigarettes, a salt shaker, an ashtray, a couple of Magic decks, a box of lice removal shampoo, a cell phone, and just a varied array of random crap I haven't gotten around to cleaning up.
Also, I live in Cincinnati, Ohio, so if anyone is from around here, please feel free to drop me a line- maybe we can game sometime, although I must warn you that I am equal parts help and hindrance as a player.
Anyway, so that's a little bit about me and my relationship with the game.
, a plastic crocodile and a collection of the old Lucasarts computer adventures (Zak McKracken, Monkey Island, Indana Jones, etc.).
I have a strong interest in historical and low-magic RPGs, and I'm committed to the use of screwy plotlines inspired equally by the works of Jorge Luis Borges and a bottle of scotch.
