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Teh Dwarf Chunk

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ettins
« on: August 18, 2007, 04:51:00 pm »
i love adventure mode

i love it becouse its fun to  get into the fantasy of DF

and its easy to get into the lore of killing a giant becouse i know what i giant is, and through movies/art/imagination i know what they look like, i can understand how epic it is to take on a dragon 1 on 1, becouse i know how bid and dangerouse a dragon is.

now almost every dungeon/hidden site has a main boss with a name, and the last three dungeons ive raided have had ettins, so what is a ettin?
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Savok

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Re: ettins
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2007, 04:58:00 pm »
A giant, often with two heads.
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Haedrian

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« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2007, 05:06:00 pm »
In English folklore, an ettin has 3 heads...

But the DnD ones have two...

I think the df one has two as well...

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Teh Dwarf Chunk

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Re: ettins
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2007, 05:26:00 pm »
3 heads xplains y my lasher severed 1 foot 1 lower arm, and 2 heads before he died

but if he is a giant how come the whip mostly glances away, the whip isually only glances away from scaled guys maybe its like a lizard or dragon not giant?

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Re: ettins
« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2007, 05:52:00 pm »
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but if he is a giant how come the whip mostly glances away, the whip isually only glances away from scaled guys maybe its like a lizard or dragon not giant?

Why? Because it is the weakest weapon in the game. You'd have better luck wielding a cat corpse and bashing the Ettin repeatedly.

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Re: ettins
« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2007, 06:41:00 pm »
This is what a DF ettin looks like..  http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/eo_ettin_med.jpg
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Re: ettins
« Reply #6 on: August 18, 2007, 06:57:00 pm »
I never heard or seen Ettins with any other number of heads than two...
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« Reply #7 on: August 18, 2007, 07:03:00 pm »
I always though of an ettin as like a mix between a giant and a yeti, and with additional heads.
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Savok

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« Reply #8 on: August 18, 2007, 07:11:00 pm »
That's because in (computer) gaming, they usually have exactly two.

EDIT: The above poster posted before I finished posting this post.

[ August 18, 2007: Message edited by: Savok ]

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Re: ettins
« Reply #9 on: August 19, 2007, 09:37:00 pm »
Google is your friend!
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TakiJap

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« Reply #10 on: August 21, 2007, 01:12:00 pm »
quote:
Originally posted by Haedrian:
[QB]In English folklore, an ettin has 3 heads...
QB]

I immediately thought of this: http://www.intriguing.com/mp/_pictures/grail/large/HolyGrail078.jpg

I'd prefer three headed one over the DnD version just because it'd be a change from usual and more original. Maybe I should mod in a three headed knight. Though I'm not sure if you can add armor and weapons with raws since all custom creatures seem to be animals.

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