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[QUOTE=Brynn]Btw, Zel, this name sounds strangely familiar for me Aren't you, by any chance, a spellcaster, who has a face of stone and skin? Zelgadis-san? [/QUOTE]

Right on the spot.

Well, you could have easily guessed from my other two threads... to quote from here : just finished the main game with a certain cranky, money-crazed, fireball-flinging, redheaded dragonspook sorceress by the name of Lina Inverse... I even made custom spells ("freeze arrow", "rah tilt" and "dragon slave") for her.
It was a great playthrough, even on the roleplaying side. Always a bit grumpy, asking for money at every turn, and even more often than not instatnly frying haughty opponents with a fireball because they pissed "her" off during their dialogues.

Now I'm tackling SoU with Zelgadis (other thread)...

-Zel

And what a cool avatar you have there
I love the story, too! Do you have the dubbed edition (if there's any at all)? I ony have a subtitled version, but it's fun listening to the original language Sound's good, they have a kind of intonation that you can't take seriously

I can't recall why Zel's face is like this? He did some experiments that went wrong or sg, right? (I saw that episode so long ago...)

Oops, offtopic...

Ahem, Aribeth is a very bad shopkeeper, indeed

Edit: [I've just seen your other post describing him... I'll response there)

Hey, no fair! Where did you guys go? I want to talk about....other things than Aribeth being a bad shopkeeper! Shouldn't you be Bel, anyway?

Ok, since hijacking-a-thread-and-walking-away is bad style, I'll at least explain to the non-otaku...

The characters that I'm recreating lately (and my nickname) are from Slayers, a fantasy slapstick series that was once very fittingly described as "what happens when a D&D campaign runs far too long".
If you're into roleplaying and do not totally despise anime, you should give it a try, as it perfectly parodies anything that you know about textbook fantasy.
The world is approximately your average "high fantasy" universe, but the difference to any other series out there is that the protagonists in there are the equivalents of lvl20-characters. At the very least. With the lead female role being closer to a level40+ one.
And boy do you see it. Rarely does an episode pass without a part of a city being burned to ashes. And that already means that the "beautiful girl genius sorceress" Lina Inverse has had one of her better days.

Of course that's what she calls herself... others rather call her "bandit killer", "dragonspook" or "enemy of all that lives". And while the latter might be a bit of an exaggeration, it is true that she sees herself as some kind of high-fantasy Robin-Hood. With the minor difference that she takes from the wicked and gives to herself, of course...

There is plenty of material about Slayers out there, from a novel series to TV seasons to OVAs.

Just in case I made someone curious, I'd recommend taking a look at Slayers - The Motion Picture (rather known as "Slayers Perfect" in the web), as it has a nice plot, doesn't require you to have any prior knowledge and still gives a nice outlook on what "Slayers" is all about.

You most probably won't have any trouble getting the VHS/DVD from your local amazon branch - or (probably just as easy) from your respective personal favourite among the many infamous peer-two-peer networks out there.

-Zel

OOOOHHHH!!!! No I understand. Well, I don't entirely despise anime, but I'm not a great fan of it either. It seems to have gotten less....well, animated recently (but then "Beyblades" might not be the best example ). I enjoyed "Appleseed", "Ghost in the Machine" and kind of enjoyed "Akira" but it's an acquired taste for me, and I haven't quite acquired it. Never mind, thanks for the information, I might just wander around the site anyway for the fun of it!

Yes, Aribeth is the worst shopkeeper ever!

Vampire arrows

Dem pesky vampire arrows annoy me too.

I don't think they ever get identified automatically. I've maxed my lore (current incarnation is only 16th level) but still no instant recognition.

D'oh!