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Shadowfoot's (3e) Warlock variants (Gifted, Natural, and Strange) (can't find a link)

Here's some stuff I found tucked away in my notes (originally posted on these boards)

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#1 Dougan_Axehammer Sep 19, 2015 11:10:13	The messeage boards are shutting down. Though not entirely unexpected, it was still to our dismay. However, like all things, it must come to an end. But, we must not leave with bitter thoughts. Our time here was spent sharing stories, offering helpful advice, and bickering about the most ridiculous topics (e.g. alignment debates). So instead, share your favorite discussions and reminisce about days long remembered. This one is mine: The Commoner Campaign http://community.wizards.com/forum/previous-editions-general/threads/1097411 A story about a man, Joe Wood and his ordinary adventures.
#2 Artifact Sep 19, 2015 12:37:09	Loved the Joe Wood thread. The Burning Hate Let's Make Some New Vestiges Shadowfoot's (3e) Warlock variants (Gifted, Natural, and Strange) (can't find a link) Here's some stuff I found tucked away in my notes (originally posted on these boards) Elven Trance Elves don't sleep. Most everyone knows this, of course, but most people don't appreciate just how bizarre the concept of sleep seems to members of this race. During Trance (also known as Reverie), one's mind wanders Arvanaith. These 'dream' journeys are fully lucid, not too dissimilar from how such a journey would feel while awake and corporeal. Dreaming, as members of other races do, is quite a foreign concept. Most elves find unconsciousness utterly terrifying. This strange state of being... not there is not something the elven mind is equipped to deal with. It can't even be said to resemble death, for at least the departing soul of a dead elf is still self-aware as it journeys to the Beyond. It's like death would be if your very soul was also destroyed. Also, true dreaming, random and uncontrolled and nonsensical (not even following the odd 'rules' of Arvanaith, which are not so odd to an elf, after all) is likewise a profoundly unsettling experience. Elf never lose control of their minds' wanderings (even the apparent insanity of some of the most ancient noble elf is, fundamentally, a personal choice to appear insane) so being unable to control where one goes and what one experiences in a dream is like being possessed by some malevolent force. Most elves who experience true unconsciousness are deeply traumatized by the experience. Drow, on the other hand, view unconsciousness and dreaming as pleasurable, but dangerous and addictive. A drug used to achieve true sleep for recreational purposes actually originated as the soporific poison drow use to coat their weapons. The experience of unconsciousness, and especially true dreaming, fascinates and excites them, for it offers a temporary escape from the hellish stress of living in drow society, yet it leaves a drow utterly vulnerable to his or her enemies. Even the rumor that a drow has succumbed to an addiction to true sleep invites kidnap or assassination by rivals.
#3 Dougan_Axehammer Sep 19, 2015 14:52:29	I was also a big fan of the Build a City threads, where they took a character/theme and constructed a city one post at a time to create a viable campaign/adventure local.
#4 Satyrn Sep 20, 2015 13:18:40	I really quite enjoyed the Tarrasque thread. At least when it moved forward. And while I can't point to the specific threads, there were places where I picked up some new fundamental habits for DMing.
#5 BRJN Sep 21, 2015 8:15:04	Every time an OP said, "I need an idea for XYZ situation", I was able to offer a few off the top of my head, and somebody - not always the OP - replied "I'm going to use that". I usually do not think my own ideas are all that good - the boost to self-confidence was pleasant. (And eventually persuaded me to resume DM'ing after a 15-year gap !)

Elves don't sleep. Most everyone knows this, of course, but most people don't appreciate just how bizarre the concept of sleep seems to members of this race. During Trance (also known as Reverie), one's mind wanders Arvanaith. These 'dream' journeys are fully lucid, not too dissimilar from how such a journey would feel while awake and corporeal. Dreaming, as members of other races do, is quite a foreign concept. Most elves find unconsciousness utterly terrifying. This strange state of being... not there is not something the elven mind is equipped to deal with. It can't even be said to resemble death, for at least the departing soul of a dead elf is still self-aware as it journeys to the Beyond. It's like death would be if your very soul was also destroyed. Also, true dreaming, random and uncontrolled and nonsensical (not even following the odd 'rules' of Arvanaith, which are not so odd to an elf, after all) is likewise a profoundly unsettling experience. Elf never lose control of their minds' wanderings (even the apparent insanity of some of the most ancient noble elf is, fundamentally, a personal choice to appear insane) so being unable to control where one goes and what one experiences in a dream is like being possessed by some malevolent force. Most elves who experience true unconsciousness are deeply traumatized by the experience.

Drow, on the other hand, view unconsciousness and dreaming as pleasurable, but dangerous and addictive. A drug used to achieve true sleep for recreational purposes actually originated as the soporific poison drow use to coat their weapons. The experience of unconsciousness, and especially true dreaming, fascinates and excites them, for it offers a temporary escape from the hellish stress of living in drow society, yet it leaves a drow utterly vulnerable to his or her enemies. Even the rumor that a drow has succumbed to an addiction to true sleep invites kidnap or assassination by rivals.