Use your imagination. For example, a longsword could be sharp, flawless, and gleaming with polished bronze, whereas another longsword could be blackened, nicked, and bloodstained from many battles. You can take liberties with the appearance of your own equipment if you want to as long as you don't make any significant changes to what it actually is(see page 110 of the Player's Handbook).
"more often than not my people avoid all contact with others and enough of your old war stories siber no one cares"
Clearly you are what you claim to be, a heartless sneaky rapscallion who is not worthy of such a formal naming as that! You care little for the troubles of others, and yet you care for the saftey of this group, how did you come to that distinction? I suppose you think this is some kinf of grand adventure full of traps and treasures, women and pleasures, all to satisfy your measures!
"Isolation?" repeats Calethen incredulously. "Isolation, she says! I would beat you stupid for that comment, but by the sound of it, somebody already beat me to it...let me make this much clear. You elves know nothing of isolation, so don't presume to speak of it again."
Indeed? You speak without thought in this matter. Do you not remember what I said about my life? After killing hundreds of my kin and like-kin, I spent 20 years in a cave for my sins, 20 YEARS, and you say that elves know nothing of isolation, HA! I can at leat agree with the Druid on this point, unlike you, Human (or was it something else?). Your views on war do not reflect mine, for clearly you had good experiences when it comes to killing in the name of... So tell me, where did you serve, hmm and for whose cause?
Indeed? You speak without thought in this matter. Do you not remember what I said about my life? After killing hundreds of my kin and like-kin, I spent 20 years in a cave for my sins, 20 YEARS, and you say that elves know nothing of isolation, HA! I can at leat agree with the Druid on this point, unlike you, Human (or was it something else?). Your views on war do not reflect mine, for clearly you had good experiences when it comes to killing in the name of... So tell me, where did you serve, hmm and for whose cause?
"Who I served, and my motives for doing so, are no business of yours," Calethen replies sharply. "And I would not call my experiences good. It is difficult to explain...I enjoy war. I like the rush of triumph. But the blade has taught me many things. Among others, first and foremost it has taught me that war brings out the worst in people. And when the worst comes out, it's never pretty."
"All depends on your motives and how you look at it. I found it a pretty sight, a band of Orcs with their Axes and loud noise, all strewn across the meadows......" thoughtful, zoned-out look.
war brings out the worst in people. And when the worst comes out, it's never pretty."
What you say is true..., but how one can enjoy war, that is something I will never understand. Yes, triumph is a rush, and sometimes a relief, but war... there should be a better way to resolve differences, ESPECIALLY when your own kin can make war with each other, and for what reasons I ask you, what good ever comes out of killing each other senselessly? I accept war for what it is, but I cannot accept what war does to a person, or for how so many people can be affected by it, even when they have no part in it. I kill not with sword or bow, but with sorcery and what some may consider deviltry, there are better ways to use such abilities, but yet that is how I learned to use my talents. I could've been a Wizard, or a Cleric even if times were not so unforgiving, but for all that, I am content with what I am, and what I could be...
"All depends on your motives and how you look at it. I found it a pretty sight, a band of Orcs with their Axes and loud noise, all strewn across the meadows......" thoughtful, zoned-out look.
"Ah, I did not mean that. Corpses are casualties, side effects if you will, of victory, and I take them in stride. As long as I have won, the battlefield is a mark of glory, each corpse another trophy. I meant the actions of the soldiers. Victory is imperative, but some take their conquests too far. Give a person power, and they will always abuse it."
War does not make a man crazy, man goes crazy from the after effects or from loss of someone close to them. All the things war does is what makes a man crazy, but not the war itself.
War does not make a man crazy, man goes crazy from the after effects or from loss of someone close to them. All the things war does is what makes a man crazy, but not the war itself.
"I agree with you on this point, but I was not speaking of madness," Calethen says, "I was speaking of cruelty and devastation the likes of which you have never seen. The effects of war may drive you insane, but it is the weapon in one's hand and the power one holds in the other that drives one to act out such atrocities."
Hey DH, read this! It's hilarious! Slight possibility of mind ****, but definitely much better than my last one.
