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Appearance:
Azriel is normally dressed in a black tunic with silver plated armour, bracers, and black gloves. She carries an acient sword with the powers of all the elements, fire, water, earth, and wind. She has dark hair which falls below her shoulders and gray eyes.
Background:
A Dark Elf with a forgotten past. Azriel has no memories of her past life and only believes in what’s ahead. Loved by none and hated by all is what she goes by, straying only to the path ahead of her. She has been rumoured to be a royal, but none have bothered to find out. She is from the forgotten city of Greyyond.
Roleplaying Notes:
Azriel can be used in an plot or hooks. She is a mage/fighter also.
Azriel Marquis
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A troublesome elf with no past or future, straying to remember..
September 11, 2004, 15:00
I know elves forget a lot, but the drow WILL know his past, WILL have some motives besides 'me evil' and WILL be rated badly if he's but a paper cutout...
September 11, 2004, 18:44
I'm sorry, I was out of line for saying that. I apologize, but in my defense, I'd like to say that if roleplayers have anything to say about it, the world's dominant species is NOT humans, but is, in fact, drow/dark elf assassins with no pasts, and/or amnesia, and who are hated.
First of all- how does the sword have the power of the elements? Does it control those? What is its power?
Second- the reason this character doesn't have a background is because the author is straight-up lazy. That is the only (somewhat) viable reason that I could give for a character not to have a background, and don't give me any of that amnesia bullshit. EVERYBODY HAS A PAST! And guess what, even if Captain Cliche the Dark Elf doesn't remember his past, he still has one, and WE NEED TO KNOW IT.
Third- "she is a mage/fighter also". What the does that mean?
Fourth- I don't ever want to see the name Azriel, EVER AGAIN!
0/5.
September 12, 2004, 13:20
No more Drow, no more assassins, no more characters with unknown histories, or lost memories, or lost cities.
Please.
0/5
September 12, 2004, 13:55
September 12, 2004, 16:24
I think a compelling Drow campaign could be done if you had it so that the Drow truly believed themselves to be good and doing the "right" thing, just that thier moral subset was radically skewed.
Salvatores new books look like they touch on this, as the Drow go search for thier spider queen who they think has abandoned them. (maybe I should read it)
September 12, 2004, 18:15
As for the Drow...I think the world of fantasy would be much less mentally inbred if it were not for the Drow. It is the fantasy of the ulitmate evil black elf that has been bred back into itself so frequently that there is nothing left to build upon, and the entire product has become decayed with overuse and turned into an idiot child for lack of fresh perspective and ideas. It is time to lay the Drow Assassin in his grave, lay a rose on the tomb stone, and get on with our lives...er...games.
September 12, 2004, 21:11
*claps for Scras' speech*
September 13, 2004, 2:08
The Dark Elves simply believe in a non-peaceful solution of humans chopping down sacred groves and dwarves despoiling nature with their industry...
October 14, 2004, 8:19
When you read fantasy books such as those written by R.A. Salvatore, this is what you get. It is the run and mill of official Dungeon Masterism. As Artemis has created a dark elf and an assassin... Well I can only guess he was enchanted with the ever returning assassin Artemis Entreri of the "Drizzt" series.
I cannot recount the number of official modules and D&D fantasy books that have similiar (lack of) depth.
Time to file a complaint with the publishing houses?
October 14, 2004, 8:57
Even if the character has no history, the GM should know what that history is. If the character had no "expert level" or "exotic skills" then the character could of been any old urchin off the street. People with expert and exotic skills were taught by someone, practiced on someone, and usually employed by someone. If they were an assasins, they probably killed a few people along the way. They have a past, even if they don't remember it. (Of course that past should come to haunt them).
I would say to delete this, but I think the follow up dialog was more instructional than the post.
October 15, 2004, 1:24
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