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Holy crap!
DANG!!!
Give cloud his sword back.
He cries and re-gels his hair every time you take it.
Ha ha. I like it myself. At least there is some kind of story behind it. Again a great back story for a cool character. I like the twist on the traditional barbarian back story of slaughtered families. Killed by monsters, nope they just made her angry.
Also look forward to learning more about the Land of the Mammoth Kings. Can't wait for the Gazetteer.
Shouldn't she first show up in Volume 13 (1st of the third AP), not Volume 14?
What a supercool backstory! I love it!
-Amber S., who wants a giant sword now
It's also got the obligatory "tiny panties poking out of the top of her pants", which I thought only showed up in comic book art until I started dating a girl from Brazil.
Heh. I´ve seen my share of girls wearing their clothes like that, and sometimes, it is not pleasing to the eye - "spontaneous eye cancer syndrome" or "optical gravity" are our keywords for this. If you want to wear belly-free, you should be (pot-)belly-free.
Stefan
I like everything except the bare midriff. The abdomen is the most vulnerable part of the human body and the quickest way to a long, agonizing death. Plus she's from an extremely cold environment (the Kodars).
However, she is very hawt.
If, of course, you have a much higher grapple modifier and a ring of protection +5.
Give cloud his sword back.
He cries and re-gels his hair every time you take it.
And you, sir, win the thread. :D
The Final Fantasy sword disease has been bugging me for years. I even get emails saying, "Are you happy with the size of your sword?"
Whether it's steroidal bulk, fake boobs, SUVs, or meal portions, it seems we're supersizing everything. Soon the size Tiny and Fine won't even exist in D&D. Colossal+ will become a more regularly used descriptor and a next size up will be offered: OMFG!
I like Amiri's backstory and the name Amiri, as a segment, will play quite well into my dirty palindromes.
By far and away my faverate iconic. She is a great addition.
And when i first saw her i was hugely inspired to play her.
The Final Fantasy sword disease has been bugging me for years. I even get emails saying, "Are you happy with the size of your sword?"
Yeah, I get those too. Silly spammers, don't they know I use a maul?
Soon the size Tiny and Fine won't even exist in D&D. Colossal+ will become a more regularly used descriptor and a next size up will be offered: OMFG!You're half right. Fine is out of 4e, but so it Colossal. Gargantuan is as big as they get from now on.
I... y... your head seems to have been... EATEN BY YODA! AAAAAAA! (though those little nibble marks around the neck stump are still somehow adorable... oh, Yoda... I can't quit you.)
Yeah, I get those too. Silly spammers, don't they know I use a maul?The Final Fantasy sword disease has been bugging me for years. I even get emails saying, "Are you happy with the size of your sword?"
Exactly. Sword? Please. I brings a ruckus to da ladies with an angry dumptruck.
Soon the size Tiny and Fine won't even exist...
Their reserved for womens waist sizes.
<G> too true.
Now that is a woman.
The sword looks like it got a new handle to accomodate the new and puny wielder. (Speaking from a giant's standpoint here).
It's also got the obligatory "tiny panties poking out of the top of her pants", which I thought only showed up in comic book art until I started dating a girl from Brazil.
Not panties. She dyes.
So be ye a Stone giant or a Storm giant, KaeYoss? ;P
No giant at all. I just used one's viewpoint (was a rune giant. Paralysed it and then lobbed off its head to stand on its neck. People all look so tiny from up there)
About the exposed stomach, there may actually be a logical reason why women in this setting would show it. Because of Lamashtu, women who worship her tend to have badly scarred bellies (see Burnt Offerings). So women who expose their stomach are either showing that they do worship her (if it is scarred) or do not (if it is not). Of course not all women will do this, but in areas where worshippers and non-worshippers of the Mother of Monsters fight, it is not an unreasonable practice.
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About the exposed stomach, there may actually be a logical reason why women in this setting would show it. Because of Lamashtu, women who worship her tend to have badly scarred bellies (see Burnt Offerings). So women who expose their stomach are either showing that they do worship her (if it is scarred) or do not (if it is not). Of course not all women will do this, but in areas where worshippers and non-worshippers of the Mother of Monsters fight, it is not an unreasonable practice.
OOOoooo, I like it! Justified belly-buttons!
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Soon the size Tiny and Fine won't even exist in D&D. Colossal+ will become a more regularly used descriptor and a next size up will be offered: OMFG!You're half right. Fine is out of 4e, but so it Colossal. Gargantuan is as big as they get from now on.
NNOOOoooo! I love my Big Red and was hoping to get the rest of the dragons that get to Colossal size too :(
NNOOOoooo! I love my Big Red and was hoping to get the rest of the dragons that get to Colossal size too :(
I guess it didn't sell well enough.
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Anyone else notice that she's packing a small arsenal? I count the sword, a handaxe, a dagger, a bow, two spears/javelins, and possibly what would count as a spiked gauntlet. She's armed to the teeth. She's also got some obvious battle scars, which is good. I'm sick of veteran warriors with unmarked skin.
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I don't care about the physics of it at all. When we get around to playing second darkness I got dibs on playing Amiri. That is probably the coolest backstory yet for an iconic, right up there with Seenah in my mind. I can't wait to see the wide eyed looks from my fellow players when she goes rage and starts swinging that bad boy around. She is gonna be one awesome character to play.
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Anyone else notice that she's packing a small arsenal? I count the sword, a handaxe, a dagger, a bow, two spears/javelins, and possibly what would count as a spiked gauntlet. She's armed to the teeth. She's also got some obvious battle scars, which is good. I'm sick of veteran warriors with unmarked skin.Yes, it's good to see a melee-character who's got the scars to show they've been in some actual melee.
I'm a big proponent of this. I played a paladin back in the day who had five huge scars running diagonally across his face from a previous fight with a werewolf as part of his backstory. He would've been quite handsome except for the huge, ragged facial scars.
Grim as hell, too. He was fun to play, but I don't think I want to play someone that bleak and stoic again for a while. Egads, but he had issues...
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I guess it didn't sell well enough.
NNOOOoooo! I love my Big Red and was hoping to get the rest of the dragons that get to Colossal size too :(
I think it was less sales (though it's fairly pricey for a single mini) and that had to have a negative effect on the numbers) and more that the extremes in size are just too hard to handle in combat. Something that big is far too unwieldy to work in most situations.
I think it was less sales (though it's fairly pricey for a single mini) and that had to have a negative effect on the numbers) and more that the extremes in size are just too hard to handle in combat. Something that big is far too unwieldy to work in most situations.I guess it didn't sell well enough.
NNOOOoooo! I love my Big Red and was hoping to get the rest of the dragons that get to Colossal size too :(
I never had problems with serpent-centipedes, great wyrms, clerics who use miracle to copy the giant size spell, tarrasques, and the like. You just don't put them into room E28 in the dungeon. Critters of that calibre get their own dungeons, their own nations, their own realms. Wide open plains, wide open skies.
I'm sick of veteran warriors with unmarked skin.
They sold their naked skin (the parts you see when they're dressed in their usual adventuring garb) as advertising space to clerics and their miraculous healing magic.
I think JRM's estimate of the pictured sword's weight is better than BM's estimate. Closer to 50 pounds than 10 pounds, because I think it's wider than 6 inches and probably fairly thick.
I also agree that although it's a big looking sword in the picture, it doesn't look quite big enough to be a Frost Giant's Bastard Sword.
Bottom line, the picture is not a 100% accurate representation of the background text and the game rule mechanics.
But still, it's a great picture and a great background story. I like the idea of using Rage as the work-around for carrying an outsize weapon instead of Monkey Fist (which a lot of folks I know think is a lame feat).
I remember I saw someone who had an Orc Barbarian Archery specialist. He carried this ridiculously overpowered strenth bow that he could only use effectively if he was raging. Otherwise he had to take the -2. But the amount of damage he could do while raging was obscene.
I remember I saw someone who had an Orc Barbarian Archery specialist. He carried this ridiculously overpowered strenth bow that he could only use effectively if he was raging. Otherwise he had to take the -2. But the amount of damage he could do while raging was obscene.
Hehe, yup. Strong archers are pretty scary. I sent my players up against a frost giant hunting party led by a 4th level ranger (archery specialist), and the giant leader's tactic of casting entangle and then letting loose with volleys of arrows really had the party going for a while.
I see you've played knifey-spoony before.