D&D - Hall of Fame

Necro

So with the current campaign seemingly coming to a close, I felt it would be nice if each player threw in a one post tribute to their characters here.

It can be as long or as short as you like, but one post per character. As well as that, the OP will list all PCs within the world.

So... without further adieu, here is the cast: (In order of posting on the game thread):

1. Bandylegs McGillicuddy - played by Necrominus.
2. Elin - played by Mollyb60
3. Alexander Fluthar - played by Lord TSC
4. Moy - played by Digital Solitude
5. Ekbard Ravenseye - played by sKeith
6. Arry Greenbe - played by The Soup King
7. Mauler Fiole/Plough - played by Banjo
8. Ilberic Goodenough - played by partyjungle briefly...
9. Saeros, Veteran Prestiditaor - played by Old Goat
10. Ilberic Goodenough/Goodie - played by Tigger
11. Xanthea, Princess of Warrior Ancestors - played by robyntmorton
12. Othegre Enru, Acolyte - played by Banjo
13. Theophylaktos/Flak - played by Old Goat
14. Kalgay Sharpshard - played by Mollyb60
15. Kyokuma Totoruka - played by Banjo

15 (well technically 14 but Ilberic/Goodie was played by two players) different PCs over the course of 4 months...

Campaign Timeline:


Act 1

Scene 1: The Gods Blood

Scene 2: Temple District

Scene 3: Red Moon over Thurmonton

Scene 4: In The Shadow of Sanderjarn



Act 2

Scene 1: Places to Go

Scene 2: Well Met in Clayton

Scene 3 Adventures in the Desert



Act 3

Scene 1: Where to Now?

Scene 2: The Quiet Country

Scene 3: The Jewel in the Desert

Scene 4: The Pyramid

Interlude: Eberron Interlude

Scene 5: Time to Move On



And of course.....

We owe it all to the very first inductee (who can make his own damn speech).

Can everyone please put your hands together for the creator of this world, the guy who had to put up with 100s of PMs (from Banjo alone) over the past few months. Enough credit can't go to him.

If you build it, they will come. And they certainly did as you can see above.

The one, the only....

THE DM -

FOURIER!

Tigger

Goodie is the best dimension hopping navigator in the history of fullling Mastangers and technically always will be.

also he killed Soet

sKeith

Act 1 Scene 1 post #31.
Goodie Imagines Ekbard riding off into a sunset.


Act 1 Scene 2 post #252
Ekbard does some Devil Lord Riding.


Act 1 Scene 3 post #961
Ekbard does a spot of Dragon riding.


Act 1 Scene 4 post #206
Ekbard does some Horse riding


act 2 scene 1 post #121
Ekbard does some War-Horse riding


act 2 scene 2 #60
Ekbard rides the cart hitched to bandys horse.


Act 3 scene 1 #367
Ekbard rides an undead powered raft.


act 3 scene 2 #298
Ekbard riding a dragvil


Act 3 Scene 3 #317
Ekbard does a spot of desert Worm riding


Act 3 Scene 4 post #37
Ekbard does some snake riding

Act 3 Scene 5 post #12
Ekbard rides in a space ship

Ships.. lol, thats so mundane... grab a load of this..
Act 3 Scene 5 post #38
Ekbard rides mind control


oh, and let me explain a bit more about "Ekbard rides an undead powered raft."

that was not the origional plan. oh, that was much grander.
Ekbard designed a undead raft...

he planned to strap a pile of undead together in this formation
to power him over to the land, but one experiment neeeded
to be done before he could risk his life to this plan,
he needed to find out if his undead was boyent,
so he tries an experiment https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=105923013&postcount=285

unfortunately, the result of that experiment meant that the above plan could never work,
so we have ekbard riding a undead powered raft,
instead of ekbard riding an undead raft.



Your Level 20 Chevalier....


Ekbard Ravenseye.

OldGoat

For Saeros this post was early and still my favourite post. From an ice breaking conversation opener with Ekbard to the giant insect fighting pits.

Saeros sips from a glass of local wine while listening to the conversation at the table.
Quietly I whisper to Ekbard
"I have a silver piece saying that the dwarf is the first to pass out at the table. Wager?"

As for Flak, having him run naked through an icy lake for the amusement of some nobles was not his proudest moment.

I would like to pay tribute to the fallen:
'piph, my shirehorse.
Stan and Ollie, my two donkeys.
Finally, my favourite of all, to Alantracy my beloved flying cart.

Banjo

Mauler "Plough" Fiole - a cautionary tale.
He had the stats of a champion, arms like legs, and the heart like a tin of last years biscuits. He once tried to mug a halfling. He was a fighter that never rolled a D20 nor swung a sword.
He does not deserve a long post. But he's getting one.



I can only apologise for this chump. Look, it's important to understand that his failings - my failings - were a confluence of luck (stat rolls), bad planning (back story) and lack of understanding. I rolled high charisma, but as a player I didn't want to push out to the fore early on because I didn't know what I was doing. So I created a reason why a high-charisma fighter would be quiet and subdued early on. And that spun off and led to him being afraid of the dark and of Devils. But as a knock-on it meant all he needed was 100gp and he could fix his life. That was his goal for the game. I figured we'd make that early and pass through his village, pay the debt and move on. Then the DM handed me 50gp and sat me next to a weak little halfling with another 50gp… And then the first encounter we had was with a ****ing Devil, so he ran away. And I'd only ever played RPG video games before so I just assumed I wouldn't be able to leave the encounter and would be forced back. But the door opened, and he was outside and… well… what then?

I think this post sums his and my problems up - where I completely shut the DM out of any interaction with a closed narrative that railroads me around and gives no one any window for interacting with my character. Then I wondered why i felt isolated.
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=105238072&postcount=56

So kids, don't be like Mauler. When you have a choice between the character and the game, don't be a slave to character. Meet your team and your GM at least half way.

Fourier

Sanderjarn:
The Butcher was named in early drafts as "The Ripper", but that didn't sound right. I expected 2-4 character deaths as the first major Mid-Tier enemy.

Major attempts to get Necro to continue to the Judge's tomb, to cause a Total Party Kill, but he was too smart.

Sanderjarn was significantly enhanced by robyntmorton's help, the original version was weaker. Simply a weird magic dungeon with ties to the lore. Askit's appearance was tied to plot from her.

The Judge:
Really intended to be the hardest enemy. Possibly requiring the whole party to die, either in Sanderjarn or later in Soetrard. Soet himself had the highest stats, but I knew the party would be demi/actual gods by then, so relatively speaking easier.

However he was only one of three "Dark Lords", for if the party continued on the Soet storyline. Others were ready if interest was dropped.

Ursula's tower:
The most complex dungeon by far. Time travel and a fourth spatial dimension and massive. Due to story events became irrelevant and if visited later would have been too easy.

To be continued...

robyntmorton

Well Four, did you kill off as many adventurers as you expected?

Fourier

robyntmorton wrote: »

Well Four, did you kill off as many adventurers as you expected?

No. Did not expect God-BandyLegs and Ekbard the luckiest man alive. More on this shortly.

Fourier

Ekbard, the man who mooned death:
Ekbard survived 18 highly likely causes of death. Including triggering nine silent death events that failed their rolls.

The Roc:
When I rolled this, I thought TPK, no chance of winning. A Roc is a high level boss and I rolled that his rider was a vampire hunter, putting the group in a difficult bind. Somehow Ekbard won.

Awww shucks....
I fully expected more betrayal, but the group never handed anybody over.

Life goes on:
I continued to simulate Mauler's life with dice rolls using a system from 2nd Ed. Where he went, how much he earned, etc. Just in case he bumped into the party.

To be continued...

Fourier

Wife:
My wife would often read along. Favourite characters were BandyLegs and Xanthea and did not like Xanthea's death!

The Judge:
This guy was my favourite NPC to "inhabit". Pure Loathsome Melodramatic Evil. An incredible sequence of events and I mean out of the ball park, led to his early defeat. The helm was an unlikely find, I didn't think the T-Rex nest would be found so early or at all, after literally getting lost and the T-Rexs being beaten was purely due to the unlikely event of Flak being the one to save the party and be rewarded by Death.

Then, the only good beholder with a Deck of Many Things was randomly found after getting lost. These events and Ekbard's "Fuk it, let's go!" were the Judge's downfall.

To be continued....

(EDIT: Favourite characters corrected!)

robyntmorton

Well I still maintain that Xanthea died too young, but there you go. We will never know what would have happened if she carried out her threat to knife Othegre!

Fourier

Granny, I wouldn't open the door:
The two major elderly victims of homocide were completely innocent.

Clayton Family Drama:
Clayton had a complex plotline with inter family tensions, romances, lost loves and a elven exile looking over his crossbreed son from afar. I've learned why most soap operas don't have nukes underneath the town's streets.

Othegre's Sire:
Another Dark Lord for if the party went to the Eastern continent (which they never set foot on). Powerful and quite interesting storywise. Had a very lethal dungeon, nega-level, beneath his home.

To be continued....

Fourier

You will not die, but you will suffer:
Somehow BandyLegs satisfied the conditions for mutilation rather than death several times. Legs, Arms, Groin and Face. He also went through the most forms. He has died, been disassembled, rebuilt, melted, perfected and transcended.

Let's blow this fascist popsicle stand:
Goodie fired explosive arrows several times that had a major effect on the story, but one may surprise you. It allowed Bandy's death and the deal to resurrect him. Without a full Dwarven body (limb-wise) BandyLegs could not have achieved godhood.

To be continued....

Fourier

Homecoming:
The entire Northern Wastes were mapped out, including the massive underground map of BandyLegs's home settlement Dhurn Daral.

Legolas alone:
Essentially almost none of the elven content was seen.

Rules, rules and more rules:
In total the full material, rules wise, for the game spans 28 books.

Almost got her:
An assassin tracked Elin all the way to Sanderjarn as a plot point to use later. He evaded every notice roll (he was beefed a good bit in this regard), but was killed by Goodie's avalanche.

The forests, you must come:
Saeros had a side story that would have seen him investigating the degradation of his people's ancient soul gardens.

Tigger

Fourier wrote: »

Homecoming:
The entire Northern Wastes were mapped out, including the massive underground map of BandyLegs's home settlement Dhurn Daral.

Legolas alone:
Essentially almost none of the elven content was seen.

Rules, rules and more rules:
In total the full material, rules wise, for the game spans 28 books.

Almost got her:
An assassin tracked Elin all the way to Sanderjarn as a plot point to use later. He evaded every notice roll (he was beefed a good bit in this regard), but was killed by Goodie's avalanche.

The forests, you must come:
Saeros had a side story that would have seen him investigating the degradation of his people's ancient soul gardens.

can we play the same world again

but with new rolls and 20 yras later?

Fourier

Tigger wrote: »

can we play the same world again

but with new rolls and 20 yras later?

I think that's what I'll do (not sure how much later yet) when we get round to D&D again, might as well. Goodie would actually be the ruler of the Shire and a powerful NPC!

Banjo

Othegre Enru
High Priestess of Jammai, a god who may or may not have existed. Vampire Lord. Sorceress of the flesh. Spider friend. Wolf mistress. Heart chewer. Sleigh builder. Rock talker. Municipal Administrator. Dreamer. Chanteuse. Town Blower Upperer. Mother. Celebrant. Dimension hopper. Motivational Speaker. God Eater.
Contributor.


Some of my favourite moments
The first time she killed a god.
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=105487192
Feeding the pencil
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=105490728
Othegre tries to convince Moy to stake Ekbard
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=105542027
Civil War
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=105548766
Sleighgate.
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=105561125
Her pornographic first feed.
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=105579728
That time I tried to work every kind of fluid a body can produce into one post
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=105625604
Othegre the municpal reformer
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=105826267
The Ballad of Bandylegs
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=105915084
The Marriage of Bandy and Ash
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=106047594

Fourier

Okay, in light of OldGoat's comments about a new game, we need an official name for the world.

Suggestions?

Necro

Bandyland. :pac:

Banjo

Fourion Prime

Fourier

Necrominus wrote: »

Bandyland. :pac:

If we move on 200 years there will be places named after him.

robyntmorton

Necrominus wrote: »

Bandyland. :pac:

Sounds like a twisted dystopian theme park.

Banjo

A big foam nude dwarf posing for portraits with your kids. Dungeons for adventurers big and small. A great day out for the family

(Crosses fingers for Othegregrad)

OldGoat

Fourier wrote: »

Okay, in light of OldGoat's comments about a new game, we need an official name for the world.

Suggestions?

'rous
As in "Careful, that looks dange...."

Necro

Jokes about young children viewing the nude dwarf as an idol aside, two names spring to mind I dunno if they work...

Awugarth

OR

Tattigar

Dunno if they work or not

Fourier

Necrominus wrote: »

Awugarth

OR

Tattigar

Okay, these will be the Elven and Dwarven names for the world.

Where did you get them from?

Fourier

Banjo wrote: »

A big foam nude dwarf posing for portraits with your kids. Dungeons for adventurers big and small. A great day out for the family

(Crosses fingers for Othegregrad)

Othegregrad will be a walled town on the Eastern continent.

Necro

Fourier wrote: »

Okay, these will be the Elven and Dwarven names for the world.

Where did you get them from?

Um... I made them up tbh :o

Fourier

Ah class, just wondering if it was from something.

Fourier

Bovine Adventures:
One of the original Zassan missions would have led to the descendants of Mauler from the previous game. A half bovine race.

Ekbard II: Sarric
5E is less lethal, but still Sarric lucked out of two instant (unrevealed to players) death traps. Nobody else did.

Ser Boros the true:
Ser Boros is based on the Arthurian Knight of the same name, fitting with the general Arthurian feel of fighters in Mystara. He did have a grail quest type backstory when he initially crossed over, but I felt this would give too much weight to an NPC's quest, so I ditched it to make him essentially friendly muscle.

Mags's homecoming:
There is a sketched up quest for Mags returning to his Orcish homelands to free them from Kobold enslavers. This was in case OldGoat went more Orc than Bard.

Therai BECMI wealth:
Therai's wealth accumulation was simulated using the economic systems from the old BECMI ruleset and the Adventurer Conqueror King retroclone of that ruleset by Autarch.

Ursula's tower:
Parts of Ursula's tower were made using Lamentations of the Flame Princess supplements. This gave rise to a room which would have changed the rules, literally to another game system. It's a Lamentations thing I've heard discussed, but never done. I'm actually glad the room was never visited.

Retula's quest:
Retula's story took the most notes and planning. There's a good bit still unrevealed.

Sarric's dungeon:
All the monsters and trap timings in the BlackMoor dungeon were operating on 0E rules. The Athas trip required a very obscure supplement for Dark Sun that sold poorly back in the 1990s that provides vague details on the fire temple.

Vrakrash extra life:
Vrakrash officially died three times. One death might be difficult to spot.

Iuric's sword:
There was an entire "arc" dealing with the entity trapped within, which would have led to a Wraith controlled city to the East.

Banjo

HE ONLY ****ED THAT ONE COW, LIKE ONE TIME, TWO TOPS! Suja's Tits - when will you people let it go???!