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Not your typical templar

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#1
lyric
Mar 31, 2005 17:43:24 Urik w/ a Spirit of the Land as king!

Now there's an interesting thought, ever thought of a prestige class based arround a Druid?? Not your typical templar of course, but using the spirit of the Land that rules Urik as a king, and an active one at that. You could have Druid characters in charge of protecting and promoting the welfare of the city and it's inhabitants... they would be more about keeping the city safe and growing it than any political agenda, a more neutral king than good.. but without the monstrous tendancy to murder and rave like a SK..

I think a Druid of Urik PrC could be a ton of Fun!! But what type of abilities should it have??? I wouldn't think it should be too much like a templar, very little political pull with people.. what else??
#2
zombiegleemax
Apr 01, 2005 2:57:54 I think there has to be more people willing to allow more of Rafoadk as canon. Just because there were communication problems with old TSR doesn't mean one should entirely dismiss the novel. It was a really good novel. What's wrong with Hamanu disappearing and a city-based spirit of the land taking over urik? Or any number of other things from that novel?
#3
Pennarin
Apr 01, 2005 4:03:43 Some Sf litterature I read has weird endings like RaFoaDK did, and it no longer negatively affects me; rather I take in the meaning of the author, even if the exposition is not the way I would have done it had I been writing the story.

I was glad for Hamanu that he found redemption at the end of his life, and even love. That he got, basically, a substitute for heaven instead of the Gray's dissolution like everyone else is nice and ensures he lives on in our hearts, if not in actuality.

Making Hamanu let go of all his earthly attachments by showing him his city propsering and taken care of by an immortal being as wise as he was is a good way (perhaps the only way) that works to make the reader accept that Hamanu is indeed ready to take the next step in his existence.
#4
objulen
Apr 01, 2005 11:16:40 I personally ejoyed that novel alot. It made Hamanu of Urik into a person instead of an evil Sorcerer King (who do tend to be on the one dimensional side in their portrayal), but more than that it made Hamanu, and the tale of his life, interesting.

Having a spirit of the land tend to Urik, with druidic Templar, would be quite interesting. Another direction that could also work, given the metaphorical underpinnings of Hamanu's end, and how they conflict with the "standard" afterlife, it could be that he is remade and reborn as a powerful spirit of the land -- he escapes the destiney he believes Rajaat controls, and is reborn as a champion of Athas itself, his apparent death sort of an incubation and maturation into whatever form he emerges as.
#5
brun01
Apr 01, 2005 13:47:43
Hamanu is DEAD?!?!

:OMG!

YOU BASTARDS!
#6
Sysane
Apr 01, 2005 13:51:02 Only if you go by RaFoaSK. Its far from canon. It was as good book up till the last chapter.

Off topic:

Hmmmm, it appears that WotC isn't doing anything crazy for the boards this April Fools Day. I was kind of looking forward to "Mr. T speak" or the like
#7
beyowulf
Apr 01, 2005 14:55:46
Only if you go by RaFoaSK. Its far from canon. It was as good book up till the last chapter.

Off topic:

Hmmmm, it appears that WotC isn't doing anything crazy for the boards this April Fools Day. I was kind of looking forward to "Mr. T speak" or the like

Well, there are all the Custom Titles. And the WizOs have all gone hippie-like in the Rec Room.

So what happened in RaFoADK? Can someone spoil it for me?
#8
Sysane
Apr 01, 2005 15:02:42
Well, there are all the Custom Titles. And the WizOs have all gone hippie-like in the Rec Room.

Yeah I noticed that. Whats the deal with "Custom Title" under our names? Appreantly this is wasted on me

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 lyric Mar 31, 2005 17:43:24	Urik w/ a Spirit of the Land as king! Now there's an interesting thought, ever thought of a prestige class based arround a Druid?? Not your typical templar of course, but using the spirit of the Land that rules Urik as a king, and an active one at that. You could have Druid characters in charge of protecting and promoting the welfare of the city and it's inhabitants... they would be more about keeping the city safe and growing it than any political agenda, a more neutral king than good.. but without the monstrous tendancy to murder and rave like a SK.. I think a Druid of Urik PrC could be a ton of Fun!! But what type of abilities should it have??? I wouldn't think it should be too much like a templar, very little political pull with people.. what else??
#2 zombiegleemax Apr 01, 2005 2:57:54	I think there has to be more people willing to allow more of Rafoadk as canon. Just because there were communication problems with old TSR doesn't mean one should entirely dismiss the novel. It was a really good novel. What's wrong with Hamanu disappearing and a city-based spirit of the land taking over urik? Or any number of other things from that novel?
#3 Pennarin Apr 01, 2005 4:03:43	Some Sf litterature I read has weird endings like RaFoaDK did, and it no longer negatively affects me; rather I take in the meaning of the author, even if the exposition is not the way I would have done it had I been writing the story. I was glad for Hamanu that he found redemption at the end of his life, and even love. That he got, basically, a substitute for heaven instead of the Gray's dissolution like everyone else is nice and ensures he lives on in our hearts, if not in actuality. Making Hamanu let go of all his earthly attachments by showing him his city propsering and taken care of by an immortal being as wise as he was is a good way (perhaps the only way) that works to make the reader accept that Hamanu is indeed ready to take the next step in his existence.
#4 objulen Apr 01, 2005 11:16:40	I personally ejoyed that novel alot. It made Hamanu of Urik into a person instead of an evil Sorcerer King (who do tend to be on the one dimensional side in their portrayal), but more than that it made Hamanu, and the tale of his life, interesting. Having a spirit of the land tend to Urik, with druidic Templar, would be quite interesting. Another direction that could also work, given the metaphorical underpinnings of Hamanu's end, and how they conflict with the "standard" afterlife, it could be that he is remade and reborn as a powerful spirit of the land -- he escapes the destiney he believes Rajaat controls, and is reborn as a champion of Athas itself, his apparent death sort of an incubation and maturation into whatever form he emerges as.
#5 brun01 Apr 01, 2005 13:47:43	Hamanu is DEAD?!?! :OMG! YOU BASTARDS!
#6 Sysane Apr 01, 2005 13:51:02	Only if you go by RaFoaSK. Its far from canon. It was as good book up till the last chapter. Off topic: Hmmmm, it appears that WotC isn't doing anything crazy for the boards this April Fools Day. I was kind of looking forward to "Mr. T speak" or the like
#7 beyowulf Apr 01, 2005 14:55:46	Only if you go by RaFoaSK. Its far from canon. It was as good book up till the last chapter. Off topic: Hmmmm, it appears that WotC isn't doing anything crazy for the boards this April Fools Day. I was kind of looking forward to "Mr. T speak" or the like Well, there are all the Custom Titles. And the WizOs have all gone hippie-like in the Rec Room. So what happened in RaFoADK? Can someone spoil it for me?
#8 Sysane Apr 01, 2005 15:02:42	Well, there are all the Custom Titles. And the WizOs have all gone hippie-like in the Rec Room. Yeah I noticed that. Whats the deal with "Custom Title" under our names? Appreantly this is wasted on me