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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 2:23 pm
by taintedsoul
If you are looking for a creepy smile, for Toben, I have a few suggestions:
The guy that played the villian from the Frighteners or Tim Curry.
What about Jim Carrey for Esan the Mad?
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 2:28 pm
by Samael Hands of Stone
What about that dude that played Baron Samedi in Live or Let Die (007)?

Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 2:54 pm
by taintedsoul
taintedsoul wrote:If you are looking for a creepy smile, for Toben, I have a few suggestions:
The guy that played the villian from the Frighteners or Tim Curry.
What about Jim Carrey for Esan the Mad?
Jake Busey, that is his name. His smile is just creepy

Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:49 pm
by Alanik Ray
Jason Am(brus) wrote:4. The Twins - Kate Beckinsale

PERFECT!!! 
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 6:45 pm
by Jester of the FoS
Undead Cabbage wrote:I think one darklord of increasing importance has been forgotten:
Anton Misori.
I may not be the most educated in this position, but maybe Samuel L Jackson?
Not quite as aristocratic as I pictured him. Interesting twist though. And Misori, despite being Lord of the Dead, didn't have much connection with Voodon.
Well, anyone who has seen the picture in Domains of Dread knows who that artist thinks should play him, but we need someone currently alive.
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 4:39 pm
by Undead Cabbage
I agree, Kate Beckinsale would be the best for the twins.
But then again, my only condition would be that the Olsen twins stay the hell away from the role...there are some things that even the Dark Powers would suffer horror checks from.
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 8:32 pm
by HuManBing
Very long overdue post, but maybe you'll forgive me.
I think I've found a good Azalin (or at least Firan Zal'honan). William Fichtner has appeared in minor roles in the film
Contact and as the hard-nosed FBI agent in
Prison Break. He looks fairly stern, with a slightly aquiline face (while not being a parody of beakiness).

Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 5:42 am
by Brandi
Looks a bit youthful, somehow (though according to the IMDB he'll turn 50 this year); I suppose makeup would take care of that.
The important thing is, how is his voice? For scenes where we see Azalin's true form he'd better have a compelling voice or it'll be like the new FF film all over again (I was NOT impressed by their Doom).
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 12:37 am
by steveflam
Was Sean Bean in National Treasure as well ?What about Nick cage as Strahd btw
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 8:37 am
by HuManBing
I can't think why I didn't think of this earlier. (Or maybe I did, and posted it before. In which case, oops.) But Clint Eastwood would be a great Azalin. An elderly-yet-forceful man, with a voice that just barely breaks a whisper when he's enraged. Gimlet eyes, a strong nose, a perpetual scowl - just what the good doctor ordered. The only difference with Azalin's live face would be the unkempt dark hair, but that's easily taken care of with theater stagecraft.
Also bear in mind that Azalin has a Str score of 17.
This may not sound much at first, but keep in mind that he was an old man even before he became a lich, which means that his aging will have imposed a -3 or possibly even -6 penalty to his original Str score. That means at some point his Str was 20 or possibly even 23.
Suddenly, Clint Eastwood seems like a really good choice!

Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 2:50 pm
by Jakob
This may not sound much at first, but keep in mind that he was an old man even before he became a lich, which means that his aging will have imposed a -3 or possibly even -6 penalty to his original Str score. That means at some point his Str was 20 or possibly even 23.
You forgot he actually did not age... He had many prisoners, in his dungeons, with a lot of life energy.

Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 2:57 pm
by steveflam
What about RObert de Niro as Adam ( wasnt he quite excellent as the Frankenstein monster?)
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 4:54 pm
by HuManBing
Jakob wrote:This may not sound much at first, but keep in mind that he was an old man even before he became a lich, which means that his aging will have imposed a -3 or possibly even -6 penalty to his original Str score. That means at some point his Str was 20 or possibly even 23.
You forgot he actually did not age... He had many prisoners, in his dungeons, with a lot of life energy.

Correction - he did not age at the same rate as a normal human, but he definitely did age.
Otherwise, why would he go through the trouble of Olessa and Irik?
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 5:01 pm
by Jakob
HuManBing wrote:Jakob wrote:This may not sound much at first, but keep in mind that he was an old man even before he became a lich, which means that his aging will have imposed a -3 or possibly even -6 penalty to his original Str score. That means at some point his Str was 20 or possibly even 23.
You forgot he actually did not age... He had many prisoners, in his dungeons, with a lot of life energy.

Correction - he did not age at the same rate as a normal human, but he definitely did age.
Otherwise, why would he go through the trouble of Olessa and Irik?
All right. Let's say he didn't age, rule-wise, phisically: he used
steal vitality.
Anyway... We're going off-topic. So let's stop.

Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 5:57 pm
by HuManBing
Yes, my previous response already incorporated the fact that he used
steal vitality. That's only a temporary respite at best. The spell's description even says it tends to get less useful with each repetition.
Now that I have thoroughly threadjacked this thread, I think it's only fair that I provide the new, updated look of Firan Zalhonan.
