ARMOR CLASS: 6 or -6 (see below)
MOVE: 6" or 15" (see below)
HIT POINTS: 45 (variable)
NO. OF ATTACKS: 2
DAMAGE/ATTACK: See below
SPECIAL ATTACKS: See below
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Nil
MAGIC RESISTANCE: Standard or 85% (see
below)
SIZE: M (6')
ALIGNMENT: Chaotic
evil <(note)>
CLERIC/DRUID: High Priest (C10: 4+2,4+2,3+1,3,2)
/ Initiate of the 3rd Circle (D5: 4+2,3+2,2)
FIGHTER: Lord Elric (F15)
MAGIC-USER/ILLUSIONIST: Arch-mage (MU19)
/ Illusionist (I10) (543 21)
THIEF/ASSASSIN: Expert Assassin (A10)
MONK/BARD: Nil
POSSESSIONS: Stormbringer,
The Ring of Kings. <>
| S: 6 (15) | I: 18 | W: 17 |
| D: 17 | C: 3 (15) | CH: 18 |
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The fact that Elric is an albino
causes him to be very weak, and he must use artificial means to supplement
his strength && constitution.
He makes strength potions for his own
use out of rare materials.
As he travels about, there is a chance
that the materials he needs to give him greater strength are not available.
At any given time, there is an 85% chance
that he has his needed materials, and his strength and constitution will
be up to 15.
These may be altered by his magic sword,
Stormbringer
(see below).
He employs a great many spells of an unusual
nature, as he has the magical studies of all his ancestors to draw upon.
Elric has a conscience of a sort, and sometimes tries to do the "honorable thing", but he is responsible for much evil also. He often rationalizes that the end justifies the means. He is very arrogant towards most humans and extremely vengeful, and though he views the power of stealing souls through Stormbringer with great distaste, he does it anyway to survive.
Elric and his race are familiar with the
other planes of existence and have traveled them in the distant past to
visit gods in their home planes. Such knowledge has made this race the
most powerful magic-users of the PMP. It also
gives Elric a large advantage in that he can call on forces of great power
to aid him in dangerous situations.
He possesses two magical artifacts of great power that enable him to survive in a world very hard for his sort to live in:
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This large ring, made out of a single rare
Melnibonéan Actorios gem, has three main functions:
* it acts as a ring
of many spells storings into which Elric can place any spell or spells
he wishes;
* the ring aids him, as the royal heir,
in summoning creatures from other planes to help him,
* and the ring also resembles a rod
of rulership in that, after calling on these, he can demand their assistance
and expect to get it.
Long ago Elric's royal ancestors forged
pacts with the Elemental Lords and many of the Master Types. With the Ring
of Kings, Elric has a 70% chance of summoning any one of them (and their
lesser minions), and an 80% chance of controlling them when they arrive.
Without the ring, he has only a 20% chance to summon, and a 30% chance
to make the summoned ones obey him.
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This huge
black rune-carved
blade
is actually a CE sentient being
from another plane which takes the form of
a sword on the PMP.
Stormbringer is possibly the most powerful
magic weapon possessed by a mortal anywhere.
It has an INT
of 18 and an ego of 20.
It is +5 to hit && damage, and
every time it hits, it drains energy levels from its opponents.
On a successful hit it will either drain
all or one-half of its opponent's remaining levels (50% chance of either).
Any creature killed by Stormbringer has
its soul or spirit as well as its energy levels sucked out and devoured.
No creature so killed can be raised, resurrected,
reincarnated, or brought back in any manner whatsoever.
Stormbringer transfers its stolen levels
to Elric in the form of strength and hit points.
For every two levels stolen, Elric gains
5 HP and 1 strength point.
Elric's strength can be increased to a
maximum of 23, but the only limit to the amount of hit points he can acquire
is that the sword will only drain 200 levels before it becomes sated (this
satiety lasts 8 hours).
The strength and hit points added last
10 turns, and then Elric reverts to normal.
When wielding Stormbringer, Elric's movement
is 15" and his effective armor class is -6.
It also confers to Elric an 85% magic
resistance.
In battle, Stormbringer makes an evil,
eager moaning, and gives off a weird black radiance.
Creatures with less than 5 hit dice confronted
with the black blade must save vs. death or flee in panic. It has been
known to act as a dancing sword at Elric's command, but there is only a
15% chance of this.
If Elric is separated from Stormbringer,
there is a 60% chance that he will be able to summon it to him, even from
another plane.
Stormbringer is in all ways evil.
Its purpose is to eat souls, thereby damning
them to a horrible eternal death.
Sometimes, in battle, Elric and the sword
go into a killing frenzy, and slay everything within range, including Elric's
friends, whose souls the sword particularly enjoys stealing.
<apply rune font to huge black rune-carved
blade>
"Farewell friend, I was a thousand times more evil than thou!"
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weasel
fierce wrote:
..
That, of course begs the
insidious question, given that you;ve earlier given Cugel as a good example
of Chaotic Evil, where would Elric fall ?
Lawfull evil ?
True neutral even, as he
seems to be in the middle of the cosmic struggle ?
Cheers!
Ivan
Two of my favorite authors,
Vance and Moorcock 
I would rate Elric as Lawful
Evil indeed, as he knows that his sword steals souls, uses it to keep himslef
alive.
Just because he is not solidly
in the camp of LE doesn't mean his actions are Neutral 
Cheers,
Gary
Quote:
Originally Posted by dcas
I do not mean that Turin
is "painfully noble" or "pedantically distressed," only that he is a more
noble and manly character than the leprous rapist Thomas Covenant. Of course
Elric isn't "painfully noble," he's painfully ignoble. 
I beg your pardon, but I
do not find Elric painful in any respect...in the initial two books in
the series in any case.
He is, as far as I am concerned,
the ultimate model for an anti-hero, much as is Zelazny's Shadow Jack.
Cheers,
Gary
