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#1 zombiegleemax Nov 28, 2004 17:15:55	I don't know much of the DRAGONLANCE story, but my DM fudged the rules and put a GOOD CLERIC in our party! To my understanding of what the DM and other players said, good clerics DON'T exist in the game we're playing. (I think they said were playing in AGE OF MORTALS.) But it was brought up that if there were no good clerics, how could there be healing items. Has this been done before? What do you think of it? (Yes, I [unfortunatly] am that cleric.)
#2 cam_banks Nov 28, 2004 17:27:12	There's no problem with good clerics in the Age of Mortals - at least, not the current, post-War of Souls era. In the 40 years in which the gods were absent, however, it would have been a problem. The mystic class makes a handy replacement, though, so either way there's no issue with healing or healing items. Cheers, Cam
#3 zombiegleemax Nov 29, 2004 16:12:15	...Either the other guys don't know what they're talkign about, or they've confused you. You see, way back when, there were clerics of all alignments, but then there was this event called the Cataclysm, which was when a meteorite sent from the gods smacked into the planet. THen, there were no clerics at all for a long time, and this was called the Age of Despair. Evil clerics came back a short while before good clerics returned, and then clerics were common again. Then, during the Chaos War, the gods were forced to leave(at least, as far as everyone knew), which started the Age of Mortals, and all cleric and wizard magic left the world. They instead turned to Sorcery and Mysticism. Then, the gods were able to come back, and clercs and wizards are back, too. It's still called the Age of MOrtals, but it's a different time period, which is probably what you're playing in.
#4 zombiegleemax Dec 05, 2004 20:55:42	I found out what era we're running. It is the age of dispair. But I came into the game at the time they were in the Anvil of Time, so I'm from 1300 years previous.
#5 zombiegleemax Dec 16, 2004 21:18:35	I would like to take this chance to ask that people also post amusing, odd, and unusual things that happened in dragonlance. (or any campain) That is what I was intending this thread to be used for anyway. :D
#6 zombiegleemax Dec 17, 2004 11:02:29	Man if you are playing the Age of Despair, just before the WotL, and you are a good cleric with clerical powers, consider yourself blessed: you are a character with amazing power and individuality. With the return of the gods, there are just a few clerics with real powers, and if my DM allow me to play one, i would have a unique character... Thats just my thoughts... k, thats all... Burger
#7 wolf72 Dec 17, 2004 11:52:53	so I'm from 1300 years previous. there you have it, the gods allowed you to come back to the future (DOH!!, didn't see that one coming ... *wolf runs smack into geeky-reference wall*)
#8 zombiegleemax Dec 20, 2004 7:41:51	Weird/Amusing session I had was when my players were recovering in the wilderness after a small sidetrek (this was between 346-351 AC) my players were out of rations and healing herbs, etc. so they started discussing using hunting some game with wilderness lore (this was in the AD&D days), then they started boasting on their future check results and who would "master the beasts of the wild". Then it hit me. I had read a Knights of the Dinner Table strip which fit just this situation. I had them actually roleplay instead of just rolling the check and just like the comic strip they found a squirrel. A player climbed the tree trying to catch it, the branch broke, that player fell and was KO, the other players started getting agravated and pulled all the punches: called shots, magic missile, the works. The little fellow kept escaping. I then roleplayed him making fun of the players. That was it, they lunged at him with their swords and axes, so I ruled they should try and avoid hitting each other. One of the player rolled a natural 1 then other missed the attack, since they were already low on hp, they also got KO. The last player standing was a fighter with about 2 hps left. He finally caught the bugger with both hands. I said "the squirrel ferociously bites at your left thumb, you loose 1 hp" and the other players all start getting very nervous that the entire party should stay unconscious in the wilderness, nevermind this ravenous, supernatural squirrel hanging about. But the fighter was still holding the squirrel. "I strangle him! I flail him about hitting the nearest tree trunk". "OK" I say. Roll an attack. Heh, you should have seen the look on his face when the die stopped. Two players got up and started shouting "that can't be!", "he's holding him just like so, he doesn't need a roll to hit the tree with it!". Yeah, he had rolled a natural 1. I had him lose his balance and drop the squirrel. While the fighter got up, the squirrel had climbed up the nearest tree and was preparing to lunge at the face of the fighter. I roll an attack, hit. Oh yeah, a squirrel from hell gnawing and scratching his face. 1 hp. The player running the fighter was livid. He knew he had to plan his next move carefuly: should he just reach to his face and rip the squirrel out, or what? While he was thinking, I said "the squirrel poops on your face"; I then felt I had taught them a lesson not to underestimate nature so the fighter succeeded in throwing the squirrel into a tree. Their PCs were beat, the players themselves looked tired and for all intents and purposes, that little squirrel had indeed escape (not that the players needed to know that ;). The remaining player was too week for any more hunting so he decided to sleep. I then told them they woke up and that it all had been a dream. But still, 5 years on, this is still one of the most memorable "encounters" in the last DL campaign I ran. And to think it played out almost exactly like that KotDT comic...