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Elminster | 20 | 6.45% | |
Elmara | 20 | 6.45% | |
Entwine | 13 | 4.19% | |
GURPS | 99 | 31.94% | |
El Kabong | 153 | 49.35% | |
Elves | 5 | 1.61% | |
Total: | 310 votes |
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So we've been talking a lot about trans characters recently in Trad Games, between the statement in the D&D rules and Paizo's stated support for trans players and a new trans iconic character. I thought I'd take this opportunity to introduce you all to a classic character you might not know is trans! Elminster Aumar of the Forgotten Realms has spent several periods of his life presenting as Elmara Aumar - a female-identified person he changes into with magic granted to him by his goddess, Mystra. Elminster's first period of time spent as Elmara was a trial given to him by Mystra, but Elminster has done it several times since then of his own volition and enjoys the experience greatly. Because of this, we could see Elminster as one of the first gender-variant characters in Dungeons and Dragons: and perhaps the most visible. Feel free to use this thread to talk about anything Elminster or Aumara - what magics does Elminster's pipe hold? Does Elmara have abilities Elminster does not? What about Elminster's space station? Has Ed Greenwood met Elmara? and so on. The old chat thread was here if you need it for some reason.
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 00:40 |
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# ? May 2, 2024 12:01 |
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arivia i swear to god
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 00:44 |
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it's still july in this timezone but I voted 5 anyway.
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 00:46 |
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What would Elminster do if he found himself in Eberron?
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 00:49 |
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Ho' there, wanderer!
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 00:53 |
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Elminster is a very powerful wizard, perhaps the most powerful in all of the Forgotten Realms.
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 01:14 |
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Nuns with Guns posted:What would Elminster do if he found himself in Eberron? He likely has a door in his space sphere that leads to the home of whoever is his best wizard buddy there. He probably goes there to hit on Vol. Anyway, Arivia points to one of the less talked about strengths of the setting: it's generally highly progressive in its treatment of gender and sex.
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 01:17 |
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Stay thy course to indulge an old man.
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 01:18 |
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PeterWeller posted:He likely has a door in his space sphere that leads to the home of whoever is his best wizard buddy there. He probably goes there to hit on Vol. He usually uses it to drink beers with Ed Greenwood and marvel at modern technology that's normal to us. Hitting on an undead half dragon lady would be a more plausible use than the actual canon one.
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 01:24 |
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Stinking Greenwich Mean Timers, making us all have to pretend it's August when there's still 6.5 hours to go till the rollover
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 01:31 |
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I never thought I'd say this, but for the love of the gods can we get Smilin' Sammy G back?
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 01:32 |
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RocknRollaAyatollah posted:He usually uses it to drink beers with Ed Greenwood and marvel at modern technology that's normal to us. Hitting on an undead half dragon lady would be a more plausible use than the actual canon one. He also uses it to host get togethers with Mordenkainen and Dalamar. The place is pretty choice. It has a library containing just about every spell in the multiverse, and Ed set the place up with AC and a fridge.
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 01:35 |
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I'm so sick of Sammy. Such a wonderful character, driven into the ground like a Portal quote.
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 01:35 |
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Comrade Gorbash posted:I never thought I'd say this, but for the love of the gods can we get Smilin' Sammy G back? Nah.
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 01:39 |
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Who the hell still cares about Forgotten Realms in the second year of our luigi 2014 of the christian era, especially after there have been other settings released? (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST) (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 01:40 |
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Ettin posted:Nah. And a new reign of terror begins.
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 01:40 |
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Ettin posted:Nah. And the conspiracy deepens.
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 01:41 |
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Oh dear.
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 01:42 |
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Ettin posted:Nah. Congratulations/condolences on the star, Ettin, and a fond farewell to Winson's star (I assume)
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 01:42 |
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Comrade Gorbash posted:And a new reign of terror begins.
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 01:42 |
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I for one welcome our weird anime masters.
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 01:43 |
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Somewhere, a grog just had an aneurysm.
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 01:43 |
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Mandatory Dangan Ronpa avatars for everyone.
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 01:45 |
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Ettin posted:Nah. Look at him. Look at him and laugh/weep.
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 01:45 |
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Well, we're all in for it now.
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 01:45 |
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Ettin posted:Nah. I'm going to whinge at you twice as hard to post on NTech now.
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 01:46 |
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Y'know Ettin, this is an awful lot of work just to get out of the toxx from your Eclipse Phase game. I'd have spotted you the ten bucks, man.
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 01:47 |
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Ettin posted:Nah. NO MODS NO MASTERS.
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 01:48 |
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I hate to interrupt the circlejerk, but are there any Theatre of the Mind-style 4e ripoffs?
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 01:49 |
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Kai Tave posted:Mandatory Dangan Ronpa avatars for everyone. You can have my kitty cat avatars when you pry them from my maxed out credit cards.
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 01:50 |
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Arivia posted:Somewhere, a grog just had an aneurysm. I can't wait for the conspiracy theories to flood in.
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 01:50 |
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Do chat thread bans remain in the new dynasty?
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 01:54 |
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forgotten realms more like uh yknow i can't think of a good insult right now, you get off easy today
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 01:54 |
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Ettin posted:Nah. Oh dear god...
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 01:54 |
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Tollymain posted:forgotten realms more like uh More like "Can't be forgotten soon enough."
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 01:55 |
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 01:56 |
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Evil Mastermind posted:Oh dear god... Sorry you're stuck in the BONE ZONE
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 01:57 |
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this reminds of that time when the hapsburgs took their second crown, that was hilarious too
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 01:59 |
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Tollymain posted:this reminds of that time when the hapsburgs took their second crown, that was hilarious too I too believe that the war of spanish succession and the bloody revolutionary wars that the dutch waged and the thousands of people who died in the battlefields of Europe and colonial America were hilarious.
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 02:02 |
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Would You Agree That Ettin Badmod?
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# ? Aug 1, 2014 02:02 |