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creyzi4zb12
06-11-07, 04:09 PM I noticed that there are lots of famous guys in the realms that cannot be found in books. Like Shurrupak. Since I don't know anything about the fellow, can I ask what he looks like?
What's his specialty in weapons/fighting?
What's his race?
Where does he live?
Who is his wife?
What's his occupation?
A bit of overview about his life would be good.
etc.
Shiftkitty
06-11-07, 04:50 PM This was in the archives and had been posted by "Deepshadow"

Shurrupak "The Reaper of Unther"

He was Gilgeams Chosen, his powers in 2e were permanent gifts, I know he had a Magic Resistance of 50%, and could produce about five Mirror Images of himself at a time, most of his natural ability scores were in the low twenties, these natural abilities themself made him a walking semi-god king in the south...

Shurrupak was an insane monster before his diety got knocked off after the ToT, in one instance he was sent to a major city in Unther to put down a riot from the starving population, he succeded by dragging people out of their homes and executing them in the street until everybody shut up about the mass starvation of the city...

Shurrupak was a 20th level fighter / 7th level southern mage in the 2e days southern mage/priest = had access to the secret-script awesome southern "mulhorandi" spells, every PC wizard or priest in the 2e days would have betrayed their party to get to use some of these spells, me favorites are the Javelin, Devastate, Death Bolt, Magic Resistance, and all the Curse/Bane spells...

Shurrupak may also have access to some of the unique southern magical items like the Ring of Thunder, Chariot of Ra, Font of Time, Staff of Fury, Witchweed, and Jewel of Kxxxxxxx forgot it's name "it makes an exact duplicate of yourself magic items and all, including any artifacts carried for 48 hours, now that is an awesome item...

Shurrupak is one of the greatest fighters of the realm, but he may not be the best fighter in the south, I would give that honor to Hamesetis, Chosen and Strongarm of Set, member of the Fangs of Set Adventuring party, and former Thayian gladiator slave, who had never lost a match, even the Red Wizards who owned him grew to fear him and actually magically crippled him and threw him back into the Gladiator pits, even then he always managed to find a way to defeat any monster they threw at him, even unarmed he still triumped and never has been defeated buy anyone or anything to date "there was a rumor that he once beat the hell out of a Dracolich with a stick".

Hamesetis was purchased from his red wizard master by Set, secretly of course, then he restored Hamesetis body back to normal "the red wizo's really hated this dude, so they magically and permanently crippled him", of course the God-King Set had no problem putting him back together, and has since given him many magical gifts and skills...

Hamesetis was at least a 24th level fighter/gladiator in the 2e days, actually he was probalbly a living Dark Sun style gladiator walking the realms, this dude knows no fear and will always find a way to defeat anything in mortal combat you throw at him, since the ToT he has been givin gifts by Set, one of which is several free levels in the assassin class, which he hates, he is an honorable fighter, but he will not hesitate too kill you very quickly if you stand in his way...

See the Old Empires accessory for all the npc's, spells, items, and the god-kings that the people of this region had to deal with on a normal day, the ToT actually reduced the power of the gods that stalked this region, Ao put all the god-king incarnations in a coma, and reduced the manifestation to weak incarnations, had to keep them from conquering Toril...

Be sure to send your wizard, sorceror, or bard on an all expensens paid vacation trip to the lovely coastal city of Lutcheq, their Bard-B-Que's are legendary...

P.S. the southern lands have many very powerful and relatively unknown npc's, the adventuring group the Fangs of Set alone have a half dozen of the realms deadliest npc's as it's members, there wizard's number one dream is to slay every realms god, including Set, and he is the type of meglomaniac master of power that could probalbly find a way. This is one of the few places in the realms in the 2e days that had many unique monsters running around like a +4000 year old great wyrm blue dragon with wizard18/priest10 class abilities and his own active temple/lair, this dragon was so old he had to eat ion stones to sustain himself, and he worshipped a draconic god of magic, of course when your living in a place where mortal gods roam the streets nothing seems abnormal to these people.
Lord Karsus
06-11-07, 05:43 PM -His 2e stats are in Old Empires, and his 3e stats are in the Epic Level Handbook.
creyzi4zb12
06-11-07, 10:08 PM Only problem is that I don't buy non-story books. Does Shurrupak ever appear in a story? And what's ToT?

Another question is about Aribeth.
Is she real? Does her name really appear in the history of Neverwinter?
Old Sage
06-11-07, 10:29 PM ToT = Time of Troubles.

And, as I recall, Lady Aribeth is not strictly Realms canon.
creyzi4zb12
06-11-07, 10:34 PM TNX
-His 2e stats are in Old Empires, and his 3e stats are in the Epic Level Handbook.
What are the books that states information like what Shurrupak did in the realms. Thanks for the Old Empires info. but are there still more?
Old Sage
06-11-07, 10:50 PM Mostly just FR10 Old Empires.

Note also that Deepshadow's write-up provides incorrect spelling. It is "Shuruppak."
BadCatMan
06-12-07, 12:17 AM Meet Shuruppak:

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/EPIC_Gallery/Gallery7/44214_CA_Shuruppak.jpg

What's his specialty in weapons/fighting? Greatsword
What's his race? Human
Where does he live? Unther
Who is his wife? If he ever had one, he probably killed her.
What's his occupation? He kills things. He used to do it for the mad god Gilgeam, now he does it freelance.
A bit of overview about his life would be good.

He used to be the Chosen of Gilgeam (no template, just high level and a lot of power), and acted as the executioner and assassin of the mad god-king of Unther. Gilgeam died following during the Time Of Troubles, or shortly after, and Shuruppak was out of the job. Now he kills anyone he sees as an enemy of Unther (which is probably everyone).

He's like the Jason of the Forgotten Realms.

To the best of my knowledge, he's never appeared in a novel, as there have been few novels related to Unther. You might try The Alabaster Staff of The Rogues series, as the only novel set in Unther that I know of.
Lord Karsus
06-12-07, 01:01 AM What are the books that states information like what Shurrupak did in the realms.

-I just told you- Old Empires (2e), and The Epic Level Handbook (3e)

Only problem is that I don't buy non-story books.

-That explains some things.

Does Shurrupak ever appear in a story?

-As of now, no.
creyzi4zb12
06-12-07, 04:17 AM Tnx. :)
Now on to more pressing questions.
About the Hamesetis fellow.
What's his specialty in weapons/fighting?
What's his race?
Where does he live?
Who is his wife?
What's his occupation?
A bit of "MORE" overview about his life would be good.

Also, is Alustriel really in Faerun history?
Old Sage
06-12-07, 08:08 AM Alustriel is indeed a character from canon Realmslore.
Lord Karsus
06-12-07, 10:21 AM About the Hamesetis fellow.

-He is also detailed in Old Empires (2e).

Wanders
22nd-level fighter, Strong Arm of Set
LE, Set
Human male

Hamsetis is the third of Seti's three powerful human servants. He is probably the greatest fighter in the south. He was a slave of the Red Wizards, who used him as a gladiator. He constantly rebelled against their brutal treatment and was beaten severely. Nevertheless he continued to win his fights, even when nearly crippled. The priests ofprowess and purchased him from his masters. His spiteful former master decided to maim Hamsetis and make him useless to his new masters. The priests of Set are not kind, but they know how to handle their commodities. Hamsetis was fully healed.

The young fighter swore vengeance against the Red Wizards, but he also swore an oath of loyalty to Set, who occasionally allies with the lords of Thay. Hamsetis has been encouraged by Seti to pretend to help the other priesthoods of Mulhorand against Set; they consider him to be a good and honorable man and a matchless warrior, and he is trusted by the vizier and other high-level bureaucrats. Hamsetis is an honorable man, but very bloodyminded in his vengeance. He enjoys killing, especially in one-onone duels, but treats worthy adversaries with respect. He has no political ambitions, except for a keen desire to destroy the Red Wizards. He belongs to
the cult of Set out of a sense of gratitude.
He is short, muscular, and darkskinned, seemingly a mix of rashemi and turami.

Hamsetis typically attacks with long sword and dagger, which gives him three attacks per round. Attacks with the long sword suffer a -2 penalty to the attack roll, while attacks with the dagger suffer a -4 penalty to the attack roll (these penalties partially cancel the weapon bonuses and Hamsetis's Dexterity bonuses). In extreme circumstances, the dagger and the sword are poisoned.
Stigger
06-13-07, 05:57 PM That does indeed explain quite a bit LK... :blink:
Lord Karsus
06-13-07, 06:25 PM -Yes, yes it does...;)
MarkusTay63
06-13-07, 06:42 PM I concur.

And he is the reason why I don't play video games based on FR - I want the truth, the WHOLE truth, and nothing but the truth... so help me god...
Shiftkitty
06-14-07, 01:34 AM What's his occupation? He kills things. He used to do it for the mad god Gilgeam, now he does it freelance.

That's good. His therapist wanted him to get a hobby...
Stigger
06-14-07, 02:52 AM Everyone's gotta have one... constructive preferably, but destructive is better than nothing I guess.
creyzi4zb12
06-15-07, 10:44 AM Another guy I'd like to know some about are the daughters of Mystra. Storm in particular.
I really don't pay that much attention to stats, just the background and such.
-Are there such heroic adventures which she has been famous of
-What is she doing right now
-WHo's her husband
-What is her personality
etc.
Old Sage
06-15-07, 08:00 PM They're fairly in-depth questions that, fortunately, receive proper treatment in Storm's own chapter of The Seven Sisters tome. See also "Not Just Any Mage in a Storm" in Ed's Silverfall novel.
BrennonGoldeye
06-15-07, 08:44 PM Please also note that Daughters of Mystra would only be a title. Otherwise they would be QuasiDieties. Both their father and mother were mortal. They are children of a Chosen. There are actually a whole bunch of those kiddies running around nowadays. :D
The Simbul
06-15-07, 11:13 PM Shurrupak's occupation now that Gilgeam is dead would be "professional roving badass".

A Ftr20/Rog3/Wiz7 is fairly nasty, specifically when you tailor his prepared spells exclusively towards things like haste, greater invisibility, dimension door, bladebane, displacement, death armor, reverse arrows, shield, etc.

Basically the kinds of feats a warrior-archetype can select at levels 20-30 are often little more than non-magical versions of many of the spells he could instead cast.
XHereticX
06-15-07, 11:16 PM I... so help me god...

God has answered your prayer my faithful son, bow down in surrender and lift your arm in praise of the most holy Suedomsa, and all of your mortal wishes will be answered.

hehehe, that is actually asmodeus spelled backwards
Lord Karsus
06-16-07, 12:00 AM :ahem:

:waits:
creyzi4zb12
06-16-07, 09:45 AM Shurrupak's occupation now that Gilgeam is dead would be "professional roving badass".

A Ftr20/Rog3/Wiz7 is fairly nasty, specifically when you tailor his prepared spells exclusively towards things like haste, greater invisibility, dimension door, bladebane, displacement, death armor, reverse arrows, shield, etc.

Basically the kinds of feats a warrior-archetype can select at levels 20-30 are often little more than non-magical versions of many of the spells he could instead cast.

Speaking of the devil, I have a question about the Simbul too.
-What is her origin? What was she when just a kid. I noticed she was able to beat lots of mages including Netherese but what was it that made her Mystra's chosen? (I have a book called the Simbul's gift but I haven't read it yet.)
-Where was she during the Avatar Series? I've only read up to Waterdeep.
-Where does she live right now?

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
creyzi4zb12 06-11-07, 04:09 PM	I noticed that there are lots of famous guys in the realms that cannot be found in books. Like Shurrupak. Since I don't know anything about the fellow, can I ask what he looks like? What's his specialty in weapons/fighting? What's his race? Where does he live? Who is his wife? What's his occupation? A bit of overview about his life would be good. etc.
Shiftkitty 06-11-07, 04:50 PM	This was in the archives and had been posted by "Deepshadow" Shurrupak "The Reaper of Unther" He was Gilgeams Chosen, his powers in 2e were permanent gifts, I know he had a Magic Resistance of 50%, and could produce about five Mirror Images of himself at a time, most of his natural ability scores were in the low twenties, these natural abilities themself made him a walking semi-god king in the south... Shurrupak was an insane monster before his diety got knocked off after the ToT, in one instance he was sent to a major city in Unther to put down a riot from the starving population, he succeded by dragging people out of their homes and executing them in the street until everybody shut up about the mass starvation of the city... Shurrupak was a 20th level fighter / 7th level southern mage in the 2e days southern mage/priest = had access to the secret-script awesome southern "mulhorandi" spells, every PC wizard or priest in the 2e days would have betrayed their party to get to use some of these spells, me favorites are the Javelin, Devastate, Death Bolt, Magic Resistance, and all the Curse/Bane spells... Shurrupak may also have access to some of the unique southern magical items like the Ring of Thunder, Chariot of Ra, Font of Time, Staff of Fury, Witchweed, and Jewel of Kxxxxxxx forgot it's name "it makes an exact duplicate of yourself magic items and all, including any artifacts carried for 48 hours, now that is an awesome item... Shurrupak is one of the greatest fighters of the realm, but he may not be the best fighter in the south, I would give that honor to Hamesetis, Chosen and Strongarm of Set, member of the Fangs of Set Adventuring party, and former Thayian gladiator slave, who had never lost a match, even the Red Wizards who owned him grew to fear him and actually magically crippled him and threw him back into the Gladiator pits, even then he always managed to find a way to defeat any monster they threw at him, even unarmed he still triumped and never has been defeated buy anyone or anything to date "there was a rumor that he once beat the hell out of a Dracolich with a stick". Hamesetis was purchased from his red wizard master by Set, secretly of course, then he restored Hamesetis body back to normal "the red wizo's really hated this dude, so they magically and permanently crippled him", of course the God-King Set had no problem putting him back together, and has since given him many magical gifts and skills... Hamesetis was at least a 24th level fighter/gladiator in the 2e days, actually he was probalbly a living Dark Sun style gladiator walking the realms, this dude knows no fear and will always find a way to defeat anything in mortal combat you throw at him, since the ToT he has been givin gifts by Set, one of which is several free levels in the assassin class, which he hates, he is an honorable fighter, but he will not hesitate too kill you very quickly if you stand in his way... See the Old Empires accessory for all the npc's, spells, items, and the god-kings that the people of this region had to deal with on a normal day, the ToT actually reduced the power of the gods that stalked this region, Ao put all the god-king incarnations in a coma, and reduced the manifestation to weak incarnations, had to keep them from conquering Toril... Be sure to send your wizard, sorceror, or bard on an all expensens paid vacation trip to the lovely coastal city of Lutcheq, their Bard-B-Que's are legendary... P.S. the southern lands have many very powerful and relatively unknown npc's, the adventuring group the Fangs of Set alone have a half dozen of the realms deadliest npc's as it's members, there wizard's number one dream is to slay every realms god, including Set, and he is the type of meglomaniac master of power that could probalbly find a way. This is one of the few places in the realms in the 2e days that had many unique monsters running around like a +4000 year old great wyrm blue dragon with wizard18/priest10 class abilities and his own active temple/lair, this dragon was so old he had to eat ion stones to sustain himself, and he worshipped a draconic god of magic, of course when your living in a place where mortal gods roam the streets nothing seems abnormal to these people.
Lord Karsus 06-11-07, 05:43 PM	-His 2e stats are in Old Empires, and his 3e stats are in the Epic Level Handbook.
creyzi4zb12 06-11-07, 10:08 PM	Only problem is that I don't buy non-story books. Does Shurrupak ever appear in a story? And what's ToT? Another question is about Aribeth. Is she real? Does her name really appear in the history of Neverwinter?
Old Sage 06-11-07, 10:29 PM	ToT = Time of Troubles. And, as I recall, Lady Aribeth is not strictly Realms canon.
creyzi4zb12 06-11-07, 10:34 PM	TNX -His 2e stats are in Old Empires, and his 3e stats are in the Epic Level Handbook. What are the books that states information like what Shurrupak did in the realms. Thanks for the Old Empires info. but are there still more?
Old Sage 06-11-07, 10:50 PM	Mostly just FR10 Old Empires. Note also that Deepshadow's write-up provides incorrect spelling. It is "Shuruppak."
BadCatMan 06-12-07, 12:17 AM	Meet Shuruppak: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/EPIC_Gallery/Gallery7/44214_CA_Shuruppak.jpg What's his specialty in weapons/fighting? Greatsword What's his race? Human Where does he live? Unther Who is his wife? If he ever had one, he probably killed her. What's his occupation? He kills things. He used to do it for the mad god Gilgeam, now he does it freelance. A bit of overview about his life would be good. He used to be the Chosen of Gilgeam (no template, just high level and a lot of power), and acted as the executioner and assassin of the mad god-king of Unther. Gilgeam died following during the Time Of Troubles, or shortly after, and Shuruppak was out of the job. Now he kills anyone he sees as an enemy of Unther (which is probably everyone). He's like the Jason of the Forgotten Realms. To the best of my knowledge, he's never appeared in a novel, as there have been few novels related to Unther. You might try The Alabaster Staff of The Rogues series, as the only novel set in Unther that I know of.
Lord Karsus 06-12-07, 01:01 AM	What are the books that states information like what Shurrupak did in the realms. -I just told you- Old Empires (2e), and The Epic Level Handbook (3e) Only problem is that I don't buy non-story books. -That explains some things. Does Shurrupak ever appear in a story? -As of now, no.
creyzi4zb12 06-12-07, 04:17 AM	Tnx. :) Now on to more pressing questions. About the Hamesetis fellow. What's his specialty in weapons/fighting? What's his race? Where does he live? Who is his wife? What's his occupation? A bit of "MORE" overview about his life would be good. Also, is Alustriel really in Faerun history?
Old Sage 06-12-07, 08:08 AM	Alustriel is indeed a character from canon Realmslore.
Lord Karsus 06-12-07, 10:21 AM	About the Hamesetis fellow. -He is also detailed in Old Empires (2e). Wanders 22nd-level fighter, Strong Arm of Set LE, Set Human male Hamsetis is the third of Seti's three powerful human servants. He is probably the greatest fighter in the south. He was a slave of the Red Wizards, who used him as a gladiator. He constantly rebelled against their brutal treatment and was beaten severely. Nevertheless he continued to win his fights, even when nearly crippled. The priests ofprowess and purchased him from his masters. His spiteful former master decided to maim Hamsetis and make him useless to his new masters. The priests of Set are not kind, but they know how to handle their commodities. Hamsetis was fully healed. The young fighter swore vengeance against the Red Wizards, but he also swore an oath of loyalty to Set, who occasionally allies with the lords of Thay. Hamsetis has been encouraged by Seti to pretend to help the other priesthoods of Mulhorand against Set; they consider him to be a good and honorable man and a matchless warrior, and he is trusted by the vizier and other high-level bureaucrats. Hamsetis is an honorable man, but very bloodyminded in his vengeance. He enjoys killing, especially in one-onone duels, but treats worthy adversaries with respect. He has no political ambitions, except for a keen desire to destroy the Red Wizards. He belongs to the cult of Set out of a sense of gratitude. He is short, muscular, and darkskinned, seemingly a mix of rashemi and turami. Hamsetis typically attacks with long sword and dagger, which gives him three attacks per round. Attacks with the long sword suffer a -2 penalty to the attack roll, while attacks with the dagger suffer a -4 penalty to the attack roll (these penalties partially cancel the weapon bonuses and Hamsetis's Dexterity bonuses). In extreme circumstances, the dagger and the sword are poisoned.
Stigger 06-13-07, 05:57 PM	That does indeed explain quite a bit LK... :blink:
Lord Karsus 06-13-07, 06:25 PM	-Yes, yes it does...;)
MarkusTay63 06-13-07, 06:42 PM	I concur. And he is the reason why I don't play video games based on FR - I want the truth, the WHOLE truth, and nothing but the truth... so help me god...
Shiftkitty 06-14-07, 01:34 AM	What's his occupation? He kills things. He used to do it for the mad god Gilgeam, now he does it freelance. That's good. His therapist wanted him to get a hobby...
Stigger 06-14-07, 02:52 AM	Everyone's gotta have one... constructive preferably, but destructive is better than nothing I guess.
creyzi4zb12 06-15-07, 10:44 AM	Another guy I'd like to know some about are the daughters of Mystra. Storm in particular. I really don't pay that much attention to stats, just the background and such. -Are there such heroic adventures which she has been famous of -What is she doing right now -WHo's her husband -What is her personality etc.
Old Sage 06-15-07, 08:00 PM	They're fairly in-depth questions that, fortunately, receive proper treatment in Storm's own chapter of The Seven Sisters tome. See also "Not Just Any Mage in a Storm" in Ed's Silverfall novel.
BrennonGoldeye 06-15-07, 08:44 PM	Please also note that Daughters of Mystra would only be a title. Otherwise they would be QuasiDieties. Both their father and mother were mortal. They are children of a Chosen. There are actually a whole bunch of those kiddies running around nowadays. :D
The Simbul 06-15-07, 11:13 PM	Shurrupak's occupation now that Gilgeam is dead would be "professional roving badass". A Ftr20/Rog3/Wiz7 is fairly nasty, specifically when you tailor his prepared spells exclusively towards things like haste, greater invisibility, dimension door, bladebane, displacement, death armor, reverse arrows, shield, etc. Basically the kinds of feats a warrior-archetype can select at levels 20-30 are often little more than non-magical versions of many of the spells he could instead cast.
XHereticX 06-15-07, 11:16 PM	I... so help me god... God has answered your prayer my faithful son, bow down in surrender and lift your arm in praise of the most holy Suedomsa, and all of your mortal wishes will be answered. hehehe, that is actually asmodeus spelled backwards
Lord Karsus 06-16-07, 12:00 AM	:ahem: :waits:
creyzi4zb12 06-16-07, 09:45 AM	Shurrupak's occupation now that Gilgeam is dead would be "professional roving badass". A Ftr20/Rog3/Wiz7 is fairly nasty, specifically when you tailor his prepared spells exclusively towards things like haste, greater invisibility, dimension door, bladebane, displacement, death armor, reverse arrows, shield, etc. Basically the kinds of feats a warrior-archetype can select at levels 20-30 are often little more than non-magical versions of many of the spells he could instead cast. Speaking of the devil, I have a question about the Simbul too. -What is her origin? What was she when just a kid. I noticed she was able to beat lots of mages including Netherese but what was it that made her Mystra's chosen? (I have a book called the Simbul's gift but I haven't read it yet.) -Where was she during the Avatar Series? I've only read up to Waterdeep. -Where does she live right now?