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Re: Murphy's Law X: I Really Need To Post A Map
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Dusk Eclipse
Yeah, D&D races and creatures are highly influenced by the more modern take on elves and other cretures; Tolkien' shadow is a pretty long one.
Yeah, I remember back when I was playing 1 D&D session way back where it was revealed somehow that I hadn't read the hobbit yet was still playing D&D. One of my friends was standing on his seat, pointing a finger at my face, and yelling, "Blasphemer! Heretic! Unclean!"
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Re: Murphy's Law X: I Really Need To Post A Map
I think I hadn't read the books when I started playing D&D, but I'm pretty sure I had seen the LorR movies so I went in expecting a Middle-Earth setting; said expectations were promptly shattered since we were playing in Eberron :smallbiggrin: good times, good times.
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Silverraptor
Yeah, I remember back when I was playing 1 D&D session way back where it was revealed somehow that I hadn't read the hobbit yet was still playing D&D. One of my friends was standing on his seat, pointing a finger at my face, and yelling, "Blasphemer! Heretic! Unclean!"
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I'm pretty sure I saw a comic about that once...
And one of these days when my PbP schedule opens up a bit I need to see if anyone one here would run an Eberron campaign. Pulp-style fantasy tickles my fancy in all the right ways.
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All these are old nature spirits who were probably worshiped at some day or another. Alfvar (elves) in Nordic mythology were similar to the Faerie of Ireland - lived under mounds and had to be placated on a regular basis. The Erlkönig, OTOH, is an entirely different creature - he is completely malign. Etc.
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Dusk Eclipse
And we care about Greek Mythology because? Aequar is a setting based on the rules of D&D 3.5 therefore it shouldn't matter if Erynes were originally all-female and Neutral, in D&D and by extension Aequar they are a type of Tanar'ri devil and that is eveything that should matter unless Coffee says otherwise, via Word of Goddess or in the actual comic.
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Most of the lore is 3.5-based with my own twists thrown in. I am aware of the older myths and legends surrounding elves and the like, though not erinyes.
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Silverraptor
Yeah, I remember back when I was playing 1 D&D session way back where it was revealed somehow that I hadn't read the hobbit yet was still playing D&D. One of my friends was standing on his seat, pointing a finger at my face, and yelling, "Blasphemer! Heretic! Unclean!"
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That is great.
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First of all, was that final comment necessary? I think you may be taking this way to seriously if you think that someone pointing out that the origin of erynes doesn't have to do anything with the comic, means they don't have "adequately functioning frontal lobes". Seems unnecessarily antagonistic and downright rude.
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IcebowIllusion
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Absolutely correct.
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See, we thought you were trying to defend it.
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This, on the other hand...
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Re: Murphy's Law X: I Really Need To Post A Map
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Lord Of Mantas
I'm pretty sure I saw
a comic about that once...
And one of these days when my PbP schedule opens up a bit I need to see if anyone one here would run an Eberron campaign. Pulp-style fantasy tickles my fancy in all the right ways.
Yeah, he admitted immediately that that comic was where he got the idea to do that to me.:smallbiggrin:
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CoffeeIncluded
Most of the lore is 3.5-based with my own twists thrown in. I am aware of the older myths and legends surrounding elves and the like, though not erinyes.
The story of the erinyes is bound up with that of Agamemnon and the Trojan War. Agamemnon sacrifices his daughter Iphigenia to get good winds for his fleet. For vengeance, his wife Clytemnestra kills him when he comes home. His son Orestes is caught in a double bind - either kill his mother or let his father's murder go unpunished, unthinkable for a Greek. He kills his mother, but the gods of vengeance - the erinyes - pursue him and drive him mad. In the end, Athena persuades the erinyes to stop tormenting Orestes. In return, they get a permanent home, they are now cthonic gods of justice in Athens. They are especially keen to punish oath-breakers.
ETA: You could easily build a grimdark campaign in Ancient Greek.
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Asta Kask
ETA: You could easily build a grimdark campaign in Ancient Greek.
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Asta Kask
Estimated Time of Arrival: You could easily build a grimdark campaign in Ancient Greek.
...... huh? :smallconfused:
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HalfTangible
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...... huh? :smallconfused:
Erudite Thinks About, duh. :smalltongue:
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HalfTangible
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http://wildstar-online.com/en/game/loremageddon/aurin/
Oh, great Veterinarian comic creator, can you explain how Marsupial make children (traditional or strange)?
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Asta Kask
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That acronym just seems unnecessary to me. It's exactly one letter shorter than "Edit", and ETA is usually used in the other context.
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Hiro Protagonest
That acronym just seems unnecessary to me. It's exactly one letter shorter than "Edit", and ETA is usually used in the other context.
...Did you change your name recently?
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Hiro Protagonest
That acronym just seems unnecessary to me. It's exactly one letter shorter than "Edit", and ETA is usually used in the other context.
Well, it's an acronym with a synonym.
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Aha! The Bandwagon Effect! In fact, Bandagon Jumper is my middle name! Well, middle names.
Ahem, anyway. I've started reading this webcomic, and I already like it. Why?
Because DRAGONS. :smallbiggrin:
Edited this post on the internet forum topic called "Murphy's Law X" in order to add the following to my post: Who needs acronyms anyway? ETA just sounds like "oh, due to your slow internet, your post on the forum will arrive in eight minutes. Please wait..."
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Asta Kask
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... That's just silly and confusing. Expecting this in conversation is like expecting that the sentence that uses 'Buffalo' 8 times in a row will ever come up in actual conversation.
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I usually just say "edit" or something.
And if you're all wondering where the updates are (since I am too): what happens to all the work you put aside to do applications once you submit those applications? If you guessed, "It's all due at once," then congrats! You thought things through more than I did.
Basically the rest of this month is gonna suck but things should be a bit better afterwards.
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I remember that feeling. You have my sympathies.
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Thanks, Mantas! Still playing catchup (with a new snowpile every Monday) but the load's definitely gotten smaller. To tide things over, here's a map of Runite and its districts! It's from the game Tales of Aequar: Runite's Rise which I'm DMing over in the pbp forum here, so it's about 100 years old but the boundaries haven't changed too much.
Radic's from The Heights in case you're wondering.
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So, what sights should I visit when I'm in Runite?
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What does "Necal" mean, aside from being the name of that district? Anything?
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It's a type. Should be Nocal - it's the city's low fat section.
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Asta Kask
It's a type. Should be Nocal - it's the city's low fat section.
I doubt it. That said, I find it kind of funny that you misspelled typo.:smallamused:
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So am I the one who felt that the Ashblades as "What if Robert Baratheon wasn't a drunk glutton and a bit more competent or if Ned Stark took the throne"?
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enderlord99
What does "Necal" mean, aside from being the name of that district? Anything?
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Asta Kask
It's a type. Should be Nocal - it's the city's low fat section.
Hah! And I could have sworn I posted this. It's Northeast of Canal Street.
I only have a couple weeks left until finals. How was every American's thanksgiving?
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t209
So am I the one who felt that the Ashblades as "What if Robert Baratheon wasn't a drunk glutton and a bit more competent or if Ned Stark took the throne"?
Dude... seriously what is with you and always trying to find a comparison between vastly different stories? Coffee has already said she hasn't seen or read Game of Thrones.