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Dennis
Great Reader
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 Posted - 06 Aug 2011 : 04:43:28
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I was looking for some new anime when I stumbled upon Seikon no Qwaser. 'Tis the first time I heard of a being who draws superpowers from breast milk...
A lot of fictional characters have strange sources of their powers... Rashemi berserkers drink some nasty wine to augment their battle rage. Popeye eats spinach to gain super-strength. Darna swallows a stone. Natsu (from Fairytail) literally eats fire, and Gajel, metal. Manananggal eat fetus. The Asgardians eat golden apples to attain long life.
Do you know of any individuals or cabals in the Realms who draw power from strange sources (something they eat or drink)?
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sleyvas
Skilled Spell Strategist
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Posted - 06 Aug 2011 : 19:43:18
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| Sharess' worshippers swallow as part of their holy rituals. |
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Saer Cormaeril
Learned Scribe
124 Posts |
Posted - 06 Aug 2011 : 20:47:32
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Mods?
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31701 Posts |
Posted - 07 Aug 2011 : 02:30:02
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I don't see any real issue with this discussion... yet. And it's not like we haven't had "unusual" topics for Realms-discussion before.
I'm content to let this stand, though I'll be keeping an eye on its progress. |
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Diffan
Great Reader
USA
4429 Posts |
Posted - 07 Aug 2011 : 04:46:11
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Hmmmm....
I'm sure it could be used to amp-up Cure-based or anti-disease spells as a spell component. Possibly used in certain rituals if you use 4E for some additional benefits or help with caster checks.
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 07 Aug 2011 : 05:17:40
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I heard dragons have some weird eating habits. I'm not particularly fond of them, so I haven't looked closely into their wonts ... |
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Quale
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 07 Aug 2011 : 11:56:37
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| Sanguine Nostrum, a powder when consumed with an enemy's heart produces an effect similar to moment of prescience. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 07 Aug 2011 : 12:34:20
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Interesting. Can any intelligent beings take it or is it only for wizards/diviners? |
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Quale
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 07 Aug 2011 : 12:54:18
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| Anyone who follows the recipe, it's a wondrous item in Champions of Ruin. |
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Phentari
Acolyte
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Posted - 08 Aug 2011 : 16:27:00
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| Volo's Guide to All Things Magical has some interesting discourses on the magical properties of various substances, including gemstones, metals, and plants. |
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Kno
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 12 Aug 2011 : 11:10:53
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| To conjure an aurumvorax you have to eat gold |
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 12 Aug 2011 : 18:08:20
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I didn't know the caster has to eat gold too. I thought only the aurumvorax have that weird diet. |
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Bladewind
Master of Realmslore
Netherlands
1280 Posts |
Posted - 12 Aug 2011 : 19:19:21
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Some spells require the caster to eat certain icky components:
*Spiderclimb requires eating a live spider(!)
*Identify asks the caster to drain a glass of wine with crushed pearls in it, stirred with an owl feather (without chocking)
Black magic is reknowned for using dirty or vile components. Humanoid hearts, brains, bones, fingers and eyes all provide profane bonusses for those casters willing to lower themselves by using them. Some parts of monsters have significant power aswell such as parts of a jelly or ooze, the hearts of dragons and fiends, the flesh of demons and the brains of yugoloths.
Some spells require the sacrifice to be made by the caster himself such as the Lahm's finger darts spell, wich launches the casters own fingers at the targets to cripple them.
All very weird or creepy stuff found in the Book of Vile Darkness.
The Drunken Master (a kung fu monk-ish PrC) gives the character the power to treat booze as healing potions or ones that improve his physical abilities. At very high levels he can spit his ingested alcohol into flameballs.
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 13 Aug 2011 : 03:25:56
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It seems like wine-induced strength has become common. I remember a character in Yuyu Hakusho who can only fight at full power after he drinks. |
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Quale
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 13 Aug 2011 : 12:06:34
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I think the yuan-ti eat or inhale some strange spice.
Sanderson's allomancy is a cool system to import. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 13 Aug 2011 : 12:35:29
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Originally posted by Quale
I think the yuan-ti eat or inhale some strange spice.
Never heard of that. But then again, I never was fond of the scaly folk.
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Originally posted by Quale
Sanderson's allomancy is a cool system to import.
Indeed, it is. I forgot about Allomancy. Sanderson reaped praises for inventing such unique system of magic.
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Edit: A friend handed me a short story which he plans to submit for a certain anthology. One of the characters' source of power is a young girl's lice [which the character, a toothless old mage, eats]. Not only weird, but disgusting as well. Of course, when I told him so, the idiot just smiled. |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
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Posted - 24 Oct 2011 : 15:49:24
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quote:
Originally posted by Dennis
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Originally posted by Quale
I think the yuan-ti eat or inhale some strange spice.
Never heard of that. But then again, I never was fond of the scaly folk.
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Originally posted by Quale
Sanderson's allomancy is a cool system to import.
Indeed, it is. I forgot about Allomancy. Sanderson reaped praises for inventing such unique system of magic.
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Edit: A friend handed me a short story which he plans to submit for a certain anthology. One of the characters' source of power is a young girl's lice [which the character, a toothless old mage, eats]. Not only weird, but disgusting as well. Of course, when I told him so, the idiot just smiled.
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 24 Oct 2011 : 16:01:26
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Do the priests of Kossuth eat fire? |
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Alystra Illianniis
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 24 Oct 2011 : 21:30:19
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Originally posted by Alystra Illianniis
Certain fungi and mushrooms are reported to have interesting properties.... There is one that has mild hallucinatory effects when mixed with alohol- but is otherwise simply an edible. Do drow use any of these?
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
7969 Posts |
Posted - 24 Oct 2011 : 23:14:40
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I imagine drow would generally try to avoid psychotropic toxins. Although they would also probably deliberately dose themselves from time to time to build up immunity and learn how to function (ie: survive) while suffering from altered mental states.
Drow don't strike me as the types who would use hallucinagens to receive magical visions. Then again, perhaps that's exactly what they do all the time with arachnid venoms. |
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Varl
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 24 Oct 2011 : 23:50:11
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2e Identify requires a pearl and an owl feather steeped in wine to be drunk. Yummy! Like trying to swallow a pill that's too large to swallow which tickles as it goes down. How that allows someone to identify the magical powers of an item is beyond me. Heh. Other versions require a live carp to be swallowed. Mmmm! Nothing says magic more to me than requiring the gulping of sushi. 
Or how about the live spider diet? Mmmm. Crunchy AND squishy in the same bite, like munching into a perfectly done crispito.
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Therise
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 24 Oct 2011 : 23:51:31
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Originally posted by Ayrik
I imagine drow would generally try to avoid psychotropic toxins. Although they would also probably deliberately dose themselves from time to time to build up immunity and learn how to function (ie: survive) while suffering from altered mental states.
Drow don't strike me as the types who would use hallucinagens to receive magical visions. Then again, perhaps that's exactly what they do all the time with arachnid venoms.
Drugs are pretty big in the "lust chambers" of the drow; such things might make it easier for young males to uhm... service an aging matron.
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 25 Oct 2011 : 03:37:54
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Originally posted by Dennis
Do the priests of Kossuth eat fire?
Interestingly, I've always thought there might be priests among the Burning Braziers who literally "breathe" fire in order to leave burning buildings as a mark of the "wisdom of Kossuth" in unenlightened lands.
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
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Posted - 25 Oct 2011 : 03:48:13
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Therise
Drugs are pretty big in the "lust chambers" of the drow; such things might make it easier for young males to uhm... service an aging matron.
Elven viagra. Great. I suppose, like all other things elven, it's somehow elegant and better than anything else in the world. Just seems wrong on so many levels. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 25 Oct 2011 : 04:33:39
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Originally posted by The Sage
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Originally posted by Dennis
Do the priests of Kossuth eat fire?
Interestingly, I've always thought there might be priests among the Burning Braziers who literally "breathe" fire in order to leave burning buildings as a mark of the "wisdom of Kossuth" in unenlightened lands.
I couldn't remember where exactly, but I read somewhere that some of Kossuth's clergy are completely impervious to fire, both mundane and magical. But in The Haunted Lands Trilogy, some priests, especially that one whom Aoth dallied with, bore some serious burns. Heck, many of them died when the fire staves that Szass Tam gave them exploded. Looks not so impervious to me. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 25 Oct 2011 : 05:44:24
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Originally posted by Dennis
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Originally posted by The Sage
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Originally posted by Dennis
Do the priests of Kossuth eat fire?
Interestingly, I've always thought there might be priests among the Burning Braziers who literally "breathe" fire in order to leave burning buildings as a mark of the "wisdom of Kossuth" in unenlightened lands.
I couldn't remember where exactly, but I read somewhere that some of Kossuth's clergy are completely impervious to fire, both mundane and magical. But in The Haunted Lands Trilogy, some priests, especially that one whom Aoth dallied with, bore some serious burns. Heck, many of them died when the fire staves that Szass Tam gave them exploded. Looks not so impervious to me.
There are the Firewalkers [from Faiths & Avatars] who can eventually progress to a point in their faith whereupon they can shield themselves -- almost entirely -- from both magical fire effects and flaming breath attacks. |
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
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Posted - 25 Oct 2011 : 06:18:46
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| Hierophant druids of sufficiently epic level are able to stroll through Elemental Fire with ease. Although I suppose druids would tend to focus on mastering all the other basic elements before fire, since fire is natural but not particularly conducive to natural weather and ecologies. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 25 Oct 2011 : 06:21:24
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I remember one of Kossuth's high priests [Hesset?] strolling in the Elemental Plane of Fire with ease. I am not sure if he used that as a sort of portal or to prove to Iphegor that he was still favored by the Firelord. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 25 Oct 2011 : 10:40:47
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Hierophant druids of sufficiently epic level are able to stroll through Elemental Fire with ease. Although I suppose druids would tend to focus on mastering all the other basic elements before fire, since fire is natural but not particularly conducive to natural weather and ecologies.
Actually, a fire every now and again is good for a forest. It clears out all the underbrush and everything, and gives a chance for new plants and trees to grow. |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
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Posted - 25 Oct 2011 : 13:45:17
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quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Ayrik
Hierophant druids of sufficiently epic level are able to stroll through Elemental Fire with ease. Although I suppose druids would tend to focus on mastering all the other basic elements before fire, since fire is natural but not particularly conducive to natural weather and ecologies.
Actually, a fire every now and again is good for a forest. It clears out all the underbrush and everything, and gives a chance for new plants and trees to grow.
Yep, happens all the time. All of the raw material left behind is GREAT for the soil. |
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