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02-18-05, 09:46 PM
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#2 | | Mind Flayer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Pontefract, West Yorkshire, UK
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hmm I like the Imp for a few reasons...firstly it's a tough little critter with a poisoned attack reaching deadly poison, it is regenerating and it has some nifty invisiblity spells which always come in useful. The other reason I like it is that its of lawful evil alighnment whereas Bil is chaotic good and this leads to funny RP between the two 
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02-19-05, 03:37 AM
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#3 | | Orc of the Black Hand Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Littleton, CO and places in Iraq
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The breath weapon of the pseudo dragon (especially higher level) is a real crowd pleaser. The punishment the panther can take is respectable, however.
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02-19-05, 03:43 AM
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#4 | | Recruit Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Green Bay, WI
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Ice Mephit. Trying something different and besides Basset Hounds are not available.
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02-19-05, 06:04 PM
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#5 | | Mind Flayer Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: I live in a cell
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Fire Mephit for first 10 levels than Pixie all the way up. | | | | |
02-19-05, 06:41 PM
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#6 | | Giant Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Erie, PA
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Pixie all teh way for this old wizard, makes for an interesting dicotomy. Pixie also enable Improved invis, and a great sneak attack taht works well, and most of all you have the abilities of a thief of your own level.
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02-22-05, 12:33 AM
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#8 | | Goblin Welp Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Glasgow, Scotland
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More an imp person myself, the pixie noise drove me absolutely nuts after about 5 mins.. low tolerance for twinkling noises!
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02-22-05, 01:44 AM
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#9 | | Lich Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Fort Mill, South Carolina
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 When choosing my familiar, I had to go for the RP factor. Lived in the Underdark, big big cave. Bat kinda made sense. He stinks in combat, and probably always will, but he's used more as a carrier pigeon anyway. 
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02-22-05, 02:45 AM
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#11 | | Lich Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Fort Mill, South Carolina
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 Thought about the eyeball but decided not to go with it, but I'm pretty sure Giant Spiders are only for Druids/Rangers. If there were spiders I missed it.
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02-22-05, 03:17 AM
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#12 | | Mind Flayer Join Date: Jan 2004
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Depends on my alignment when I'm a mage. I pretty much always play neutral, so mephits tend to be what I have as an option. And some of the animals. Since I tend to play envokers, mephits. My last invoker has a ice mephit named Pale.
When I play a druid its always a bear. Always. Bears for teh win.
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02-22-05, 04:08 AM
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#13 | | Giant Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Erie, PA
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Yea, ZV, that's why I chose Pixie, pure RP. If you read my character Sub and my char developement you see how the old venerable mage gets stuck with a hardened battle pixie. I think it's fun to RP her.
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02-23-05, 08:07 PM
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#14 | | Red Light Goblin Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Battle Lake MN
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i picked the panther mainly becaus of the sneak atack and i like large cats......altho id pick a dire tiger over that if it was a posibility..... | | | | |
02-24-05, 07:44 PM
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#15 | | Mind Flayer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Phoenix
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You can't deny the power of the Fairydragons confuse breath attack, or the improved invisiblity | | | | |
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#16 | | Orc of the Black Hand Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: cleveland ohio
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| RE: Familliars
i chose the raven because of the poison and because its true netraul. Also Ravens are sneaky and attack and the withdraw plus it compliments my character since i has a high HP | | | | |
03-10-05, 03:55 PM
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#17 | | Lich Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: On the moon with the rest of the space kitties
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Eyeballs are NE. I just HAD to choose one for my CG inventor gnome for the ongoing nefarious rebellion factor. I RP him as a biological experiment gone horribly wrong, an oxes eyeball accidentally stored in a bottle of enchanting oil, warped by the fluctuations in the weave cause by his spellcasting. As he was born a hideous freak without hands, Mr QUimby is a very bitter and twisted individual bent on revenge against his maker Brilligimble, and the rest of the world out of rageful hand-envy.
Pretty much a huge beholder swarm CDQ of betrayal in the making | | | | |
03-11-05, 01:57 AM
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#18 | | Beholder Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Frederick, MD
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*Derrick looks up...
Er... I voted fer Fire Mephit cause it tastes like chicken. | | | | |
03-20-05, 03:41 PM
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#19 | | Red Light Goblin Join Date: Mar 2005
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I figure this is a large group of rangers or wizards responding to this because I see how a brown bear has a small percentage of votes, either way.. bornw bear or a dire wolf are the elite for the druids, they amount massive power and constitution, added the magic fang, they are hurting ppl like there is no tommorow.. so either of those I support. | | | | |
03-25-05, 11:18 AM
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#20 | | Recruit Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Missouri, USA
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Badger Badger Badger Badger....
ahhh it's a snaaaake!
Badger Badger Badger Badger.... | | | | |
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#21 | | Adamantium Golem Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Exeter, England
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Quote:
Galaxyrat - 3/25/2005 2:18 PM
Badger Badger Badger Badger....
ahhh it's a snaaaake!
Badger Badger Badger Badger....
| Slightly off topic for a moment, but my band covered that song!
Back on topic though, I took the giant spider for RP reasons as well, it's poison attacks are nice, but it needs a higher HP to be of real use to me. | | | | |
03-26-05, 07:45 AM
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