Bhaal people?
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CorstoTerrore
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Bhaal people?
I recently made a toon here and am looking for a guild/sect/group/posse who are fellow Bhaalites to do shenanigans with. Are there any groups like that active on the server? Couldn't find any listed on the forums.
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Steve
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Re: Bhaal people?
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Sun Wukong
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Re: Bhaal people?
I "RCR-ed" mine a while back. It was bit funny since it was the only character of mine that managed to rally the server's entire elven population behind a singular cause... A cause of murdering innocent cave dwellers. Oh yes, they be bandits, and all that. 
But then again, it is not like I have ever claimed it to be very hard. 
But yeah, the character also gained too many PvP deaths for my taste, since I picked fights that I knew I should lose, so I 'RCR-ed' the character on my own.
But then again, it is not like I have ever claimed it to be very hard. But yeah, the character also gained too many PvP deaths for my taste, since I picked fights that I knew I should lose, so I 'RCR-ed' the character on my own.
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XyrisMourn
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Re: Bhaal people?
I played a Bhaalist for many years, associated with a number of guilds, including the assassins guild, Zhentarim, and some other evil-oriented groups. We managed to find some excellent RP opportunites, not only through contracts and assassin-style PvP, but through quite intricate ceremonial murders with willing 'victims' who were hunted, captured, and ceremonially offered to Bhaal.
We even had two hidden Bhaalist temples built in the North and South ends of the Coast (complete with dungeon and torture chamber) so we didn't have to pass through 'civilised' areas with our captives. Those were the locations of some fantastic RP.
Some folks may claim that PvP is not necessary for a Bhaalist... but it is. However, the actual PvP should be irrelevant... no professional assassin allows someone to 'fight back'... it is the RP and ceremony that takes place around it that should be the focus.
You could simply have your 'victim' lie down after you describe your strike, rather than actually fight. Regardless, you need both other players and DMs to be supportive of these sorts of characters. Perhaps test it yourself? Take a mature and collaborative RP-based PvP approach where both parties feel like they've got something positive from the encounter, and wrap a Bhaalist theme around it. You might even find a few others out there already doing something similar in the shadows
We even had two hidden Bhaalist temples built in the North and South ends of the Coast (complete with dungeon and torture chamber) so we didn't have to pass through 'civilised' areas with our captives. Those were the locations of some fantastic RP.
Some folks may claim that PvP is not necessary for a Bhaalist... but it is. However, the actual PvP should be irrelevant... no professional assassin allows someone to 'fight back'... it is the RP and ceremony that takes place around it that should be the focus.
You could simply have your 'victim' lie down after you describe your strike, rather than actually fight. Regardless, you need both other players and DMs to be supportive of these sorts of characters. Perhaps test it yourself? Take a mature and collaborative RP-based PvP approach where both parties feel like they've got something positive from the encounter, and wrap a Bhaalist theme around it. You might even find a few others out there already doing something similar in the shadows
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