hippocrachus
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Right. Right, I forgot to mention that it does have everything to do with your character's personality.
The Lamentation of Lolth - OoC V
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Manzanita
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I appreciate all the feedback. I think its natural to view an animal companion as something akin to a wizard's familiar, or to a faithful pet, or even as a friend. But I'm not sure that the rules support that view. I'm still feeling out Drogo, as well as the rules in general.
Just because the animal companion is easily replaced, doesn't mean he's not meaningful to the druid. Drogo is a practical guy, and a man (er...hobbit) with a mission, whatever that mission happens to be. (Currently trying to save the Mellorn from this evil down the hole.) I'm going to assume if he were to release Rex from service, Rex would be fine. That he would return from whence he came, to a place probably safer and happier than the dangerous life of the riding dog mount of an adventurer. As such, Drogo will be willing to replace him if it serves the greater purpose. It might be a sad parting, but adventurers leave loved ones behind all the time.
He will treat his life as valuable, as I would think if he dies, he dies. And he's more than a dog. More intelligent, and one who has served Drogo faithfully for a long time.
With that more clear in my mind (& in yours), I'm ready to continue!
Just because the animal companion is easily replaced, doesn't mean he's not meaningful to the druid. Drogo is a practical guy, and a man (er...hobbit) with a mission, whatever that mission happens to be. (Currently trying to save the Mellorn from this evil down the hole.) I'm going to assume if he were to release Rex from service, Rex would be fine. That he would return from whence he came, to a place probably safer and happier than the dangerous life of the riding dog mount of an adventurer. As such, Drogo will be willing to replace him if it serves the greater purpose. It might be a sad parting, but adventurers leave loved ones behind all the time.
He will treat his life as valuable, as I would think if he dies, he dies. And he's more than a dog. More intelligent, and one who has served Drogo faithfully for a long time.
With that more clear in my mind (& in yours), I'm ready to continue!
When and if we get there. How do we deal with the White Council and their magic-hating ways?
Now. We can guess that most of these guys are defrocked priests, fallen paladins etc. If they do have divine magic, it's coming from sources less than bright. The only way they could truly detect magic would be by said not-good divine sources or by using what they hate the most ie-arcane magic.
We have to prove that they are using non-good sources to detect magic and or arcane magic to detect magic. Or are just picking random people to interrogate. And we have to do so in a very spectacular way that will totally defame them.
Any ideas?
PS
I'm just throwing out what I think they're about. There is only really 3 ways they can detect magic. Divine, arcane and just BS' their way through the process.![:]](http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png "Devious :]")
Now. We can guess that most of these guys are defrocked priests, fallen paladins etc. If they do have divine magic, it's coming from sources less than bright. The only way they could truly detect magic would be by said not-good divine sources or by using what they hate the most ie-arcane magic.
We have to prove that they are using non-good sources to detect magic and or arcane magic to detect magic. Or are just picking random people to interrogate. And we have to do so in a very spectacular way that will totally defame them.
Any ideas?
PS
I'm just throwing out what I think they're about. There is only really 3 ways they can detect magic. Divine, arcane and just BS' their way through the process.
They could all be ur-priests. Priests who steal power from the gods to power their own abilities.
They could all be Banites who are basking in the illusion of hiding behind good to do evil, Cyric followers trying to strike back at Mystra, Sharites using the Shadow weave to weaken the "true" weave...
A well organized cult to a Gold Dragon Dracolich who has been corrupted by Tiamat and is now seeking a way to channel magical energy so he can become her consort and minor deity..
The list just goes on and on...
Something tells me that once we know...it'll make us wish we were back to being clueless..*L*
They could all be Banites who are basking in the illusion of hiding behind good to do evil, Cyric followers trying to strike back at Mystra, Sharites using the Shadow weave to weaken the "true" weave...
A well organized cult to a Gold Dragon Dracolich who has been corrupted by Tiamat and is now seeking a way to channel magical energy so he can become her consort and minor deity..
The list just goes on and on...
Something tells me that once we know...it'll make us wish we were back to being clueless..*L*
