A character death and a limerick
Corwin, a halfling sorcerer, killed himself after knowing he’s part of a trapped Primordial.
“I’m no one’s pawn!“, he cries.
I’m currently playing Kepler, also a halfling sorcerer in my friend’s Eberron campaign. I’ve just started playing Dungeons & Dragons for only a few months. In all those gameplay sessions, my friends had always stuck to the mechanical rules of the game. If it’s not stated in their power’s description, it cannot be done. Or more accurately, they don’t even consider the possibility of doing something different.
Philippe’s game sessions are different. He makes up house rules to add to the flavour of the campaign. His players are also encouraged (and allowed) to try different actions, even if those actions aren’t optimal, battle-mechanic-wise. Read about Corwin and the conclusion to his Primal/Within campaign here.
Somewhere in the Eldeen Reaches, Kepler felt a strange tug when Corwin died.
Personally, I don’t think a character’s death is the end. My friends always try to stay alive, which is the point, of course. I’m just saying, from hearing their stories of the D&D of eld (the first version 1.0, AD&D, version 3.5…), characters always die. Particularly version 1.0, where a goblin could kill an ill-rolled-stats fighter.
Sometimes, I think they are overly cautious. It’s probably why I play Kepler to be more daring. As in real life, I’d rather have done something spectacularly remarkable, than to breeze through doing what everyone else has been doing.
Well, this has been depressing. So I made up a limerick for you.
There was a bard with a thing for halflings
Especially so if they are siblings
With the halflings on guard
And it was darn hard
So instead, the bard went after changelings
This was inspired by the lecherous bard and his unholy obsession with Kepler… And I’m sorry if your senses were offended. I’ll try to keep things here family-friendly. Then again, a limerick is supposed to be
witty or humorous, and is sometimes obscene with humorous intent
Math Wizard
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Math Wizard
You will experience possibly the smartest character build ever in D&D 4th edition. To use the Math Wizard build effectively, you might actually have to understand math principles. Shocking, I know.
About Vincent
I play D&D semi-regularly. I like magic users (thus mostly falling into controller roles). I tell funny adventure stories.
I also write about math and programming and other interesting topics at polymathprogrammer.com. I publish a monthly online magazine Singularity for curious artists and intellectuals.
Wow, thanks for sharing your thoughts on the subject of Corwin’s death. Math made the call in a split second and was unfazed by it’s consequences. I think it was among our highest moment in 4e and also the first character death in official, serious games.
I never thought Math would deliberately kill himself, as in use a power to do so. Perhaps in a daredevil kind of way, or taking unnecessary risks, but character suicide is new to me… But very commendable, knowing the reasons behind it. I’d hate to have something “evil” (so to speak) living in me…