DungeonmasterCal
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Atavar Coramoor was a cleric PC I played (and later DM'ed as an NPC). "Atavar" is a play on the word "avatar," and Robert Jordan fans should recognize the name Coramoor. He started in 2ed D&D, getting involved in the Fate of Istus and Firestorm Peak before embarking on his Planescape career and helping to end the Faction War.
After 3ed he helped to close my long-running Planescape campaign. His mother was Aurora Brightday, high priestess of Lathander the Morning Lord in his domain on Elysium. Lathander shared his domain with a goddess (I forget her name--let's call her Betty) who had her own high priest (I forgot his name--let's call him Bam-Bam). Once I became DM I thought, "Wouldn't it be cool if Aurora were Lathander's half-divine daughter, if Bam-Bam were Betty's half-divine son, and Atavar were the long-lost child of Aurora and Bam-Bam, thus making him half-divine (one quarter Lathander and one-quarter Betty)?"
It's good to be the DM! Atavar's half-divine status only had story effects (all fluff, no crunch).
Atavar died at the hands (so to speak) of the main villian of Return to the Tomb of Horrors, only to come back later as the good ubergod of a new multiverse, trapped in an eternal struggle to keep his bad ubergod counterpart from destroying his home multiverse.
Ah, good times....
Is it OK if I post a link to my D&D web site on here? It has more info on Atavar's party (The Cadre) and their adventures together.
Atavar
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"I don't want to explode." - Jayne Cobb
After 3ed he helped to close my long-running Planescape campaign. His mother was Aurora Brightday, high priestess of Lathander the Morning Lord in his domain on Elysium. Lathander shared his domain with a goddess (I forget her name--let's call her Betty) who had her own high priest (I forgot his name--let's call him Bam-Bam). Once I became DM I thought, "Wouldn't it be cool if Aurora were Lathander's half-divine daughter, if Bam-Bam were Betty's half-divine son, and Atavar were the long-lost child of Aurora and Bam-Bam, thus making him half-divine (one quarter Lathander and one-quarter Betty)?"
It's good to be the DM! Atavar's half-divine status only had story effects (all fluff, no crunch).
Atavar died at the hands (so to speak) of the main villian of Return to the Tomb of Horrors, only to come back later as the good ubergod of a new multiverse, trapped in an eternal struggle to keep his bad ubergod counterpart from destroying his home multiverse.
Ah, good times....
Is it OK if I post a link to my D&D web site on here? It has more info on Atavar's party (The Cadre) and their adventures together.
Atavar
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"I don't want to explode." - Jayne Cobb
Rolzup
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There's this book, see? Probably the greatest book ever written.
Alan Mendelsohn, The Boy From Mars, by Daniel Pinkwater.
It's a children's book, mind. I first read it when I was 10 or 11 years old. But it holds up well, trust me. It's got the secrets of mind control and interdimensional travel, a Venusian motorcycle gang, really hot chilli, instructions on how start a riot in your junior high school, the "lost continents" of Lemuria, Mu, and Wakka- Wakka, and the evil tyrants known only as Manny, Moe, and Jack.
And it's got Rolzup, the high comissioner of Mars. He's a minor character, but I've always like the name.
The book is currently out of print, but it's included in a collection of Pinkwater's work entitled Five Novels. I cannot recommend it highly enough. It, more than any other book, turned me into the man that I am today.
Which, y'know, may not neccessarily be a good thing. But even so.
Alan Mendelsohn, The Boy From Mars, by Daniel Pinkwater.
It's a children's book, mind. I first read it when I was 10 or 11 years old. But it holds up well, trust me. It's got the secrets of mind control and interdimensional travel, a Venusian motorcycle gang, really hot chilli, instructions on how start a riot in your junior high school, the "lost continents" of Lemuria, Mu, and Wakka- Wakka, and the evil tyrants known only as Manny, Moe, and Jack.
And it's got Rolzup, the high comissioner of Mars. He's a minor character, but I've always like the name.
The book is currently out of print, but it's included in a collection of Pinkwater's work entitled Five Novels. I cannot recommend it highly enough. It, more than any other book, turned me into the man that I am today.
Which, y'know, may not neccessarily be a good thing. But even so.
Mycanid
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A pc I played back in the mid 80's. His technical name was "Mycanoid" and he was from the Marvel Superheroes system, although the idea (and 95% of the name) was borrowed from the 1e Myconid monster.
Back at that time we were randomly generating characters powers and stats and trying to make sense of them, which sometimes was just as fun as playing.
Anyway - for origin I came up with "Plant" ... and after rolling up the strange collection of powers and such in a flash of inspiration I conceived of the ten foot tall, extra-dimensional exile, purple mushroom looking creature known as "Mycanoid" for the game and developed one of those involved histories.
He was part of a group called "Damage Inc." (this was 1984 or so remember!) ... which MAY have been robbed off of a V&V adventure group of bad guys ... I don't remember now. There were three members of the group: Mycanoid, Ooze and Ralphadaemon.
I will spare the details about the other two!
Back at that time we were randomly generating characters powers and stats and trying to make sense of them, which sometimes was just as fun as playing.
Anyway - for origin I came up with "Plant" ... and after rolling up the strange collection of powers and such in a flash of inspiration I conceived of the ten foot tall, extra-dimensional exile, purple mushroom looking creature known as "Mycanoid" for the game and developed one of those involved histories.
He was part of a group called "Damage Inc." (this was 1984 or so remember!) ... which MAY have been robbed off of a V&V adventure group of bad guys ... I don't remember now. There were three members of the group: Mycanoid, Ooze and Ralphadaemon.
I will spare the details about the other two!
Templetroll
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My first gaming group in '79 was played at Temple University in Philly. We went to a convention at Wilmarck Dynasty in Delaware and saw some with a group name on buttons. Thus, Temple Trolls. We got dark green buttons with medium green letters.
Nonlethal Force
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I loved the artwork for the Justicar PrC in Complete Warrior. Something about that guy's sword, honestly.
The one thing that caught my attention about that PrC is its ability to do nonlethal damage. That made so much more sense in an RP setting for my gaming style. I don't like hack-n-slash. Honestly, I don't even enjoy killing the enemy. I'd rather knock 'em unconscious and drag 'em to prison or interrogate them or whatever.
Hence the name ... Nonlethal Force.
Odd thing is ... I've never played a Justicar. :\
The one thing that caught my attention about that PrC is its ability to do nonlethal damage. That made so much more sense in an RP setting for my gaming style. I don't like hack-n-slash. Honestly, I don't even enjoy killing the enemy. I'd rather knock 'em unconscious and drag 'em to prison or interrogate them or whatever.
Hence the name ... Nonlethal Force.
Odd thing is ... I've never played a Justicar. :\
ruleslawyer
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A relatively simple take on my profession (I was working 20-hour big firm days when I signed onto this site). The funny thing is that a number of posters have assumed that it somehow reflects my gaming philosophy, when I'm really not much of a rules lawyer...
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