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5 years ago ::
Oct 20, 2008 - 11:00PM
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Sorry. Still stuck in 3e deity paradigm. Forgot that deities are no longer restricted to race! 
No need to apologize. Remember, knowing is half the battle!!!
GI JOE!!! 
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5 years ago ::
Oct 20, 2008 - 11:07PM
#32
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Apr 20, 2007
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I'm still miffed that Bahamut replaced Hieroneous though. He was my favorite.
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5 years ago ::
Oct 20, 2008 - 11:15PM
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I'm still miffed that Bahamut replaced Hieroneous though. He was my favorite.
Then talk to your DM about allowing Hieroneous back into your setting.
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5 years ago ::
Oct 20, 2008 - 11:44PM
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Think one thing sort of overlooked is that the Raven Queen fits well with many adventurers. She's sort of the tough warrior's goddess. Not in the worship sense, nor the I'm inspired by her and do her bidding sense. Just in the practical this is what my life has taught me sense.
You go out, you adventure, you see death all the time. You've lost friends and comrades. You've killed your share of enemies. You know that death, in the end, comes for everyone. You've got your little ritual you do before battle, something to ward off Death. And acknowledging the Raven Queen is part of that, hoping she doesn't want you this day, but knowing that some day you will meet her.
Sort of the same reason a thief, especially a more charming or acrobatic one, may "worship" a luck god. They aren't really devoted, but, in a sticky situation, they may offer a quick bargain. If they get a lucky escape, they'll offer a quick thanks. For melee types, there's Kord and the Raven Queen. And Kord just seems a bit more active, he's more for the heroic type. Raven Queen is more the god of the agnostic, the survivors.
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5 years ago ::
Oct 20, 2008 - 11:50PM
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I've always loved gods of Death being Unaligned and dark without being murderously evil. I hated Nerull, Myrkul, even Wee Jas (Goddess of Magic, Death, AND Love? get real lady).
The closest to my ideal Death deity was Kelemvor in FR, who I absolutely cheer for. I'm currently playing a white-haired balanced cleric of Kelemvor in an FR game (D Gray Man influenced) and he is rocking the socks off my fellow companions. I'll post him in the development section soon just for you Zousha.
The Raven Queen is the perfect representation of a death deity, IMO. As people here said, it reminds you of Morrigan and Death of the Endless (except Death of the Endless was a bit too cheerful and meddlesome for my taste). Death SHOULD be impartial, implacable, and ultimately about balance. In FR, I am imagining her as a mysterious primordial being who predates the gods. Cloaked and mysterious, the only sign of her presence is the "beat of her wings". Cookie to whoever gets that reference. :D
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5 years ago ::
Oct 21, 2008 - 7:34AM
#36
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The Morrigan? Everyone knows that's the inspiration for her.
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5 years ago ::
Oct 21, 2008 - 1:15PM
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Whatever happened to the bright shiny paladins in perfectly polished armor who could do no wrong?
My DM ate them.
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5 years ago ::
Oct 21, 2008 - 1:36PM
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May 28, 2008
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Whatever happened to the bright shiny paladins in perfectly polished armor who could do no wrong?
Our group has a paladin that wanders in and out of our unaligned party. When he shows, he explains the benefits of following the rules and the social contract and we nod and play along, then forget him when he's not present.
Funny thing about sticklers for the social order. Turns out, he's a bit of a racist, and definitely sexist.
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5 years ago ::
Oct 21, 2008 - 1:36PM
#39
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The Raven Queen appeals to me as a goddess who is independent, and strong. She's not some altruistic ninny, but she is driven to defeat corrupting forces of evil in the world. She also has some of the neatest flavor of all the other gods. Many of the other gods are cartooney champions of a Saturday morning cartoon morality. The Raven Queen feels like a stronger and more real god than the rest, more fleshed out than the rest. I like many of the other gods, don't get me wrong, but sometimes, especially the Lawful Good ones, they get a little ridiculous.
I am a: Lawful Good Dragonborn Paladin
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5 years ago ::
Oct 21, 2008 - 1:44PM
#40
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I like altruistic ninnies!
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