Boisterous Bruiser/Quotes

""So... this is what a president looks like... HE GOT TWO ARMS! TWO LEGS! HE'S JUST LIKE US! AHAHAHAHA!""

- Dablone, Escape 2000

"When you meet with the lads of the Elfmaid, my friend,

You would rather face Umberlee's wrath.

Hand over a measure of all of your treasure,

Or swim in a saltwater bath!

Come ashore with the lads of the Elfmaid, my friend.

We're awash on an ocean of ale!

Some taverns to plunder, some guards to sunder,

And then, a short rest in the jail!"

- sung (badly) while in the mentioned "resting" phase by Hrolf the Unruly, a "genial ship's captain with a taste for recreational mayhem" (Tangled Webs by Elaine Cunningham).

"Ed: ...I was a shy, young, bespectacled nerdy kid when I started writing about Elminster, and he was not my main character or my favorite character - who would be Mirt the Moneylender, whom I’ve never really got the chance to build a novel around. He would be a GREAT protagonist.

THO: A hero? I can see that, but all the wenching, belching, lying, wine-swilling, breaking wind, and reeling around drunk would seem to point in the direction of buffoonery.

Ed: Well, wouldn’t that be a change of pace from today’s grimmer than grim mass murderer swords & sorcery heroes?"

- from an interview with Ed Greenwood, creator of Forgotten Realms.

"Listen to me. I've already told you you've only got two choices here, and you've already told me you aren't gonna do the smart thing. All right, that only leaves the dumb thing, and if you're gonna go that route, you've got some things to learn, and that's why I'm here."

- Senior Chief Harkness, Honor Among Enemies