tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post5230009738056575613..comments2024-03-28T00:41:13.514-07:00Comments on B/X BLACKRAZOR: EowynJBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-30039754067129116632014-10-24T14:01:55.975-07:002014-10-24T14:01:55.975-07:00@ Shadow:
There's weeping for your dead lord ...@ Shadow:<br /><br />There's weeping for your dead lord and there's sobbing in fear. <br /><br />Look, I understand that it's terribly reasonable to be upset and freaked out: it's your first battle, you're facing an 8' tall supernatural creature, he's carrying something about the same size (if not shape) as a wrecking ball. It's reasonable and natural, yes...but it changes the characterization of a person, the interpretation of that person's character/personality.<br /><br />Many of us would hope that, placed in desperate circumstances, we'll respond with cool poise...but, of course, that's not likely to be the case. However in fantasy literature (or at the gaming table), whether reasonable or realistic, it's much easier to portray these heroics in the face of doom. That's a cool opportunity...and I'd like to see more of it.<br />: )JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-87703227487111042072014-10-24T10:24:30.030-07:002014-10-24T10:24:30.030-07:00In all fairness to the movie, she's crying in ...In all fairness to the movie, she's crying in the scene from the book as well ("tears were on her cheek"). It doesn't seem unreasonable under the circumstances!TheShadowKnowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11073693648569864707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-41234426534670867482014-10-24T09:32:13.084-07:002014-10-24T09:32:13.084-07:00@ Monk:
Not a bad idea at all!
: )@ Monk: <br /><br />Not a bad idea at all!<br />: )JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-41943487044186506712014-10-24T08:49:01.033-07:002014-10-24T08:49:01.033-07:00Some thoughts:
I would say that noble works well ...Some thoughts:<br /><br />I would say that noble works well for Eowyn, but not Eomer, and probably not Theoden. Eomer actively leads his army and directly fights orcs and foes. I would make him a fighter. He is a battle tested warrior. Theoden also did much the same so I would make him a fighter and probaby adjust for old age. That's assuming I needed stats for them in the first place.<br /><br />I also much preferred the book version of Eowyn vs. the Nazgul over the movie depiction. So much more badass in the books.<br /><br />One last thing to keep in mind, while Eowyn did not have a magic sword, Merry did have one. He carried a dagger of Westerness, a weapon wound with spells and created for fighting evil. His strike broke the spell of protection on the Nazgul and allowed Eowyn to kill it. <br /><br />How's this for an idea. If you strike a wraith or spectre with a magical weapon, they become vulnerable to mundane weapons for one round. Might make fighting them more interesting.Monkapotomushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15863829877299943297noreply@blogger.com