D&D Demotivators II: Return to Unnormal

[hamishspence]

Actually, no. The Choir of the Astronomicon is the navigational beacon, and that's a few thousand psykers all broadcasting in unison (and burning themselves out in the process).

The emperor has become a warp-entity. He is fed psychic energy by the throne, he steers events and empowers champions as best he can, and he empowers the Imperium's Astropaths (basicly gives them the "interstellar range telepath" prestige class).

There are many stories new and old over what else he might be capable of or what might be wrong with him, but those basics are true.

If I remember rightly, while they generate the Choir- he still "directs" it (without him, the Choir wouldn't work properly).

A bit like them being the lamp in a lighthouse- and him being the motor that ensures it's visible from all directions.

[Cieyrin]

Anyone who's played one know's how it feels:

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That's only because they haven't seen the PF version yet.

I'd love to know who all those are. I only recognize Xykon (sorcerer), Arthas (paladin), the God Emperor of Mankind (psychic warrior) and Voldemort (warlock). EDIT: And the Witch-King of Angmar (ranger).

You also forgot Beguiler, Wilder, Favoured Soul, Ardent, Divine Mind, Lurk and Archivist btw.

The Artificer is from Evangelion, though I can only remember his name in the reDEATH parody, Bob Dole the Cyborg.

Dread Necromancer is from an episode of Adventure Time.

Druid is Blackwolf from the cult classic fantasy film Wizards.

Wizard is the Horned King from the Chronicles of Prydain.

[Archpaladin Zousha]

That's only because they haven't seen the PF version yet.

Of what? The Arcane Archer or the Monk? And how is this intended? Is the PF Arcane Archer better than 3.5's? Worse? I'm confused.

[some guy]

I'd love to know who all those are. I only recognize Xykon (sorcerer), Arthas (paladin), the God Emperor of Mankind (psychic warrior) and Voldemort (warlock). EDIT: And the Witch-King of Angmar (ranger).

You also forgot Beguiler, Wilder, Favoured Soul, Ardent, Divine Mind, Lurk and Archivist btw.

The Dread Necromancer Lich is the lich king from one of the best Adventure Time episodes: "His Hero"

ALSO...HE FOUGHT A BEAR

EDIT: Wow, I got ninja'd so hard that it looked like I didn't read Cieyrin's post good enough.

[Cieyrin]

Of what? The Arcane Archer or the Monk? And how is this intended? Is the PF Arcane Archer better than 3.5's? Worse? I'm confused.

PF version of Arcane Archer is much, MUCH better. Actual casting progression, useful abilities that aren't a collection of 1/days, magic arrows, etc. Have a look for yourself: http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/pres.../arcane-archer

[Archpaladin Zousha]

PF version of Arcane Archer is much, MUCH better. Actual casting progression, useful abilities that aren't a collection of 1/days, magic arrows, etc. Have a look for yourself: http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/pres.../arcane-archer

I have the book, I just suck at number crunching, so I have no idea on whether or not things are broken or not.

Now I wanna play an Arcane Archer.

[Cieyrin]

Now I wanna play an Arcane Archer.

Exactly!

[Deity]

I'd love to know who all those are. I only recognize Xykon (sorcerer), Arthas (paladin), the God Emperor of Mankind (psychic warrior) and Voldemort (warlock). EDIT: And the Witch-King of Angmar (ranger).

You also forgot Beguiler, Wilder, Favoured Soul, Ardent, Divine Mind, Lurk and Archivist btw.

Just because I don't think it's been said, I believe the Shugenja Lich is the emperor from Jade Empire.

[Greenish]

I have the book, I just suck at number crunching, so I have no idea on whether or not things are broken or not.

What numbers would you crunch anyhow?

Just look at the class features table: there's a "Spells per day" section.

[Morth]

Just doing my part.

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[Yora]

Inspired by a typo in a thread title, that just doesn't get fixed:

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[Pink]

Just doing my part.

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I wouldn't necessarily call it bard, but rather Inspire courage/greatness/heroics. Awesome pic of Kamina though.

[The Tygre]

Okay, so my spleenin' to do;

The Liches as such are:

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Artificer is Lorenz Keel from Neon Genesis Evangelion, though what I had in mind was him as The Elder of Days from Children of an Elder God.

Bard is Mok "the Magic Man" Swagger, a monstrously underrated villain from the cult classic, Rock and Rule. True to form, he is a satanic, possibly undead form of Mick Jagger.

Cleric is indeed Rasputin from Hellboy, prophet of the Ogdru Jahad the Seven Dragon Gods of Chaos. Try as you might, you just can't keep him down because this one has an actual phylactery i.e. an acorn where Baba Yaga keeps half of his soul.

The Dread Necromancer is The Lich King from Adventure Time, and he hasn't really made much of an impact yet what with all of his five seconds of screentime. But he was one of the six original characters for the show in production, is guaranteed a place in the next season, and, well, he isn't funny.

I'm surprised someone got the Druid Blackwolf from Wizards. Speaking from a gamer perspective, Blackwolf would be a Blight Druid and his phylactery would be his old Nazi Propaganda Film Projector. I got druid mostly out of the magic and the shapechanging you see in his prologue.

The Paladin lich is of course Arthas (and Frostmourne) from WoW. No introductions needed.

The Psion Lich is Akira from... well, Akira. Storing his essence in jars of his own organs, he was still able to reform his body decades later and use psychic powers the likes of which would never be seen again. Akira wasn't much of a talker, though, so I just got lazy and used the next best thing; one of Tetsuo(TETSUOOOOOO!)'s quotes.

The Psychic Warrior is the Emperor from Warhammer 40k, you use what you've got, blah blah blah, picture sauce here.

I got desperate with the Ranger and used the good ol' Witch King of Angmar (movie version). He was close enough, what with the spells, and the dual wielding, and the big Fell Beast animal companion, and the ring phylactery hyben glaven schmalwitz!

Sun Hai got to be the Shugenja even though he should be a Wu Jen, but my general reasoning was:
Jade Empire Magic = Elemental Magic
Shugenja Magic = Elemental Magic
If A = C and B = C, logically A = B. And you would not believe what a pain in the ass it was to find quotes and pictures for this guy.

Xykon, like Arthas, doesn't need any introductions, though I am ticked that I had to cut his quote so severely short. The pic is actually from this here Russian blog.

Voldey got to be the Warlock on account of much spell-blastiness and Avada Kedavra goodness, as well as needing to be something inherently magical. I actually considered him for the Artificer Lich for his propensity with magical items (Seven. Damn. Phylacteries.) and wands. Cheap, ain't I?

Horned King is the Wizard because, first and foremost, he's another heinously underrated villain (seriously, a Disney lich?!), and as you've probably guessed by now, I needed someone to fill the slot. Ah, Black Cauldron, you had so much promise. Disney reaching out to the D&D crowd via book mutilation. What could have been...

And finally, Lo Pan is the Wu Jen as the classic Oriental trope of Evil Sorcerer (seriously, watch more Chinese cinema kids), and because Big Trouble in Little China needs more love.

You also forgot Beguiler, Wilder, Favoured Soul, Ardent, Divine Mind, Lurk and Archivist btw.

That a volunteer mission, son?

[Cieyrin]

I'm surprised someone got the Druid Blackwolf from Wizards. Speaking from a gamer perspective, Blackwolf would be a Blight Druid and his phylactery would be his old Nazi Propaganda Film Projector. I got druid mostly out of the magic and the shapechanging you see in his prologue.

It's just one of my favorite movies ever, tis all. C'mon, Elves vs. Hitler propaganda, how can you not love that? Also, the Fritz skit makes me name a character Fritz in any tactical game where are control multiple characters just so I can reenact it.

The Psion Lich is Akira from... well, Akira. Storing his essence in jars of his own organs, he was still able to reform his body decades later and use psychic powers the likes of which would never be seen again. Akira wasn't much of a talker, though, so I just got lazy and used the next best thing; one of Tetsuo(TETSUOOOOOO!)'s quotes.

Damn, now I recognize it.

Horned King is the Wizard because, first and foremost, he's another heinously underrated villain (seriously, a Disney lich?!), and as you've probably guessed by now, I needed someone to fill the slot. Ah, Black Cauldron, you had so much promise. Disney reaching out to the D&D crowd via book mutilation. What could have been...

The book series version was so much better than what Disney butchered together. You didn't get to see much of the Horned King but you KNEW he was a scary mother****er. 0_0

[The Tygre]

The book series version was so much better than what Disney butchered together. You didn't get to see much of the Horned King but you KNEW he was a scary mother****er. 0_0

True, but the original Horned King wasn't much of a mage. He was really more of a warrior, and was more of Dragon on his particular villain hierarchy. And I still say the animated Horned King has his merits. By which I mean he and the actual Black Cauldron are the only reason I endure that movie.

[absolmorph]

What numbers would you crunch anyhow?

Just look at the class features table: there's a "Spells per day" section.

So does the Healer

[Morth]

I wouldn't necessarily call it bard, but rather Inspire courage/greatness/heroics. Awesome pic of Kamina though.

Fixed it. Whatta ya think?

[Pink]

Fixed it. Whatta ya think?

Oooooh! Likey!

[SleepyShadow]

Personally, I like bards. However, this three-count party won't make it past 1st level ...

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[Mordokai]

SleepyShadow, my friend... let me give you a helpful hint. Instead of using URL tags, use IMG tags. That way, you'll post image directly, instead of linking to it.

[balistafreak]

Personally, I like bards. However, this three-count party won't make it past 1st level ...

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You obviously haven't heard of Dragonfire Inspiration, then. That's how you stack multiple bards together. Xd6 elemental damage per Bard, each Bard contributing a different kind of elemental damage - oh, but you do have one singing plain old Inspire Courage.

Seriously, when a 1st level character hits for 5d6 elemental damage it's freakin' awesome.

[dsmiles]

Thank you so much, NEO|Phyte!

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[Pink]

In agreement. An all bard party would probably rock the socks of most encounters.

[Kobold-Bard]

Personally, I like bards. However, this three-count party won't make it past 1st level ...

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I'm just saying.

[Mordokai]

In agreement. An all bard party would probably rock the socks of most encounters.

Pun intended?

[Pink]

Pun intended?

A conversation about bards rocking out will generally metal the prerequisites for puns, good and awful.

[Mordokai]

You hurt my gray matter... what's little's left of it, at least.

[SleepyShadow]

I'm just saying.

I do it just because you don't like it.

Just kidding

Nah, I can't get them to work right. When I preview them using image tags, it just brings up the little 'You Fail' icon instead of the image.

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[senrath]

You see that thing on the right that says "IMG code" when you view your image? Just copy and paste that.

[Pink]

Nah, I can't get them to work right. When I preview them using image tags, it just brings up the little 'You Fail' icon instead of the image.

The thing is you're using photobucket, it provides a formatted img tag version of your link. look to the left of the picture, there is a box called "share this photo." in there is a section called 'IMG code' and if you copy and paste that text inside that section, you should be fine.