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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 1593169" data-attributes="member: 1210">Cast of Characters(Note: You don't have to read this if you don't want to, but I tried to make it at least a touch entertaining.  Alternately, you can stop after the pcs; they're really the pivotal ones, at least for now.  Or, you can always come back and read this later, when names pop up and you're trying to figure out who the heck they are.)CAST OF CHARACTERSThe Party- the main pcs:Sir Maxwell Norrington (paladin 12/knight of the chalice 6)- a paladin of the Triple Goddess, Garnet, his deity has directed him to join the party.  Sybele (fighter 8/egoist 11/warrior of chaos 2)- a Large-sized human, Sybele is impressive both as an archer, with a sword and with the powers of her mind.  She desires to open a casino and make tons of money.  She's enough of a slut to play with a troll- in fact she has, but don't tell Thrush that!  Sybele has three kids, including Jezebel.Horbin the Holy (cleric 21)- a cleric of Dexter, son of Galador, Horbin is extremely liberal by Galadorian standards, and teeters on the edge of being considered a heretic.  If only they knew about the time he masturbated a killer whale!Drelvin the Archer (fighter 6/order of the bow initiate 10/rogue 2)- former bodyguard of Queen Moira, the elven Drelvin has adventured longer than any other member of the party.  He is prone to losing a leg in battle. Lester (elementalist 14/paraelementalist 1/contemplative 2/divine oracle 2/warrior of chaos 4)- the self-proclaimed "Angel of Adventure," Lester's seedy past is constantly interfering with his attempts to obtain recognition by other angels (celestials) as to his angelic status.  A common phrase is, "Don't Lester anything!" -meaning, don't pull the lever that lets the big bad guy out.Angelfire (psychic warrior 14/cleric 4/templar of Coila 4/contemplative 1)- a powerful warrior and psychic, Angel's devotion to Coila, goddess of relentlessness and time, has grown deep over time.  Angelfire destroyed the Crux Crystal in Bile Mountain, which is therefore now called Mt. Angelfire.  She wins the award for having changed gender the most during the campaign, having been female, then male, and now female again.Rex (fighter 1/ranger 1/sor 1/monk 5/dragon disciple 10/tattooed monk 1/half-dragon paragon 1)- currently hired on to bodyguard Angelfire- not that she needs it- Rex secretly wants nothing more than to meet Brespicacious the Amethyst Dragon.  We'll see, Rex, we'll see.Ulla (druid 7/shifter 10/warshaper 1)- able to assume nearly any form, Ulla is a wily opponent.  Her shape-shifting abilities have saved her from certain doom more than once.  She wanders almost aimlessly, having chosen to join our heroes for inscrutable reasons of her own.Secondary Characters and NPCs:God-King Malford the Magnificent, King of Western Dorhaus- an occasional adventurer who goes way back with Lester- and he's very unlikely to bail him out of jail.Orbius Visionary, also called 'the Eye'- a wizard/divine oracle of incredible vision, foresight and ability.  Orbius is Lester's cohort and almost always travels with the group.Ten Buck Tom- a bard of no mean ability and Horbin's cohort, it was he that destroyed the terrible Vestige of Moil.  Nonetheless, he's a man that knows his limits, and rarely ventures out with the party anymore. Thrush- the self-declared foremost swordsman of his age, and it's probably true.  Once he was a potential enemy, and the First Servant of the Bile Lords; but now he's the party's staunchest fighter and Sybele's man.  So quit looking at her like that or he'll cut your arm off.Jezebel- Sybele's half-dragon love-child.  Raised by Marius the Chronomancer on another plane, Jezebel has aged unnaturally to the age of 17.  She seems to have a crush on Orbius, and clearly wants to hop into bed with him, but given her age, he's reluctant.  She also seems to have strong... friendly feelings towards Marius.Anvar- a powerful magma elementalist and old friend of Horbin's.  Anvar is currently helping protect and guide Lester's followers in a mountain retreat.  All he really wants is a quiet, meditative retirement.Queen Moira- Malford's half-elven Queen, Moira disapproves of Lester's more destructive antics, and because of her he is now out of favor.  Drelvin bodyguarded her for several years.Estelias- a powerful enchantress on the elven isle of Tirchond, Estelias is known as one of the most intelligent and puissant wizards on Cydra.Reina- Lester's girlfriend; her father was saved by the L decades ago, before she was even born, and she grew up in a house full of hero worship of him.  Her friends are adventurer groupies.Arion the Archmage- a powerful wizard specializing in force magic; wielder of a staff of the magi and a hard drinking alcoholic who once offered someone a drink and then, when his guest declined, said, "I wish you would."Marius the Chronomancer- a dangerous and powerful wizard whose powers give him considerable mastery over Time itself.  He is an adversary of the group and has kidnapped many of their friends over time.  He also created the first free-willed simulacrum quite by accident.Till- Horbin's former shield boy, a lad of little promise but great heart.  He once stood toe to toe with a lich when the entire party was defeated.  Currently- and it's been this way for quite a while, now- he's in the clutches of Marius.Cluma- a powerful guardian of order that the party slew long ago, he was subsequently raised and now- thanks in part to the party- he wields the full Rod of Seven Parts.Patyn- the mightiest hunter of the dead on the face of Cydra, Patyn traveled with the party while they battled the lich Felenga and the demilich Acererak, but has since left them, disgusted with Angelfire's evil ways.Londo- Angelfire's beloved, Londo is a blackguard of Coila.  He is her cohort and is so loyal to her that he's cut her hands off to rid her of a terrible artifact that was destroying her.Jibber- a singing slaad, essentially a bardic race of slaadi whose conception of art and performance is vastly different from that of most humanoids.  Long ago, Jibber briefly traveled with our heroes.Prayzose- Prayzose is the Emperor of Forinthia, but has been missing for night unto a decade.  As is seen at the beginning of this thread, he's back.  Prayzose has an interesting history of both adversarial and friendly relations with Drelvin and Lester.  They even adventured together, traveling to Hell to oppose a very powerful unique devil named Mezzoloch.  Prayzose vanished after his queen was kidnapped, events that Sybele was peripherally aware of at the time (as she and her party of adventurers were working with the Tirchondian insurrectionists trying to overthrow the Forinthian forces that at that time had control of Tirchond).  Since he vanished, Forinthia has erupted into civil war. Fandral- a dwarven mage-smith of surpassing power and ability, rejected by his people for his work with eldritch power.  He has forged several of our heroes' most powerful weapons, including Sybele's blade Snakebite and Angelfire's Falchion.We will see others, of course.  We have already.  But these are folks the pcs know and that appear in the thread (or both).Multi-Empowered SimulacraAnd, of course, a note on the simulacrum situation.  First, a slight digression into 3.0 rules.  In 3.0, you could apply the same metamagic feat to a spell more than once.  Also, simulacrum created something with a variable amount of your personality.  So naturally, as a dm, it seemed like a fun idea to explore multiple-empowered simulacra.  After all, if you do it right, you can get a simulacrum that's more powerful than the original caster!Well, not anymore, not in 3.5; but that's why I rushed that particular plot thread into the game when 3.0 was still around, and one of the primary reasons that I needed an in-game event to justify the 'edition shift.'  Cause let me tell you, multi-empowered simulacra are cool- especially if they do the same thing themselves!It seemed natural to me that any sim with 100% or more of the caster's personality would break free of his control; so that was a key part of the plot.  Now there are a bunch of Marii sims, as well as at least one sim of Arion the Archmage and one or more sims of Estelias running around doing things.  There are probably many more, but it's hard to tell.  Part of the first one's brilliant plan was to trick as many other high-powered wizards into making more of his kind as possible.Some of the sims have started a program to bring free will to constructs and simulacra with a new spell they've developed.We'll be seeing more of these guys, hopefully...Whew!  I hope I didn't miss anyone important...Edit: I'll prolly update this list as time goes on, too... both with new pcs and npcs.  And with anyone I forgot.</blockquote>

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