Talk:Vaarsuvius

message: Em.. I'm doin' this thing for first time ever (editing something i wiki). I found something interesting about Vaarsuvius. In http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0135.html called "Potionomics", the women owner of the potion shop say's about Vaarsuvius "she". You can see it in the second from end window (sorry for my english ;p). MaC_KeE mackee@interia.pl —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.38.95.202 (talk) 20:54, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There are a number of occasions within the comic where V is referred to as being one gender or another - terms like "elf-dude" or "elf-chick" have shown up; different people who run into V seem to come to their own conclusion about his/her gender.  The gender problem exists largely because there's no consensus on the matter.  --Tailkinker 03:16, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: I found something

message: I do not see any citations for the part were it talks about V before (s)he joined the Order. Where does one perchance uppon this information?208.248.33.30 22:14, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: These references are found only in the book "On the origins of PC's" which is not replicated on the internet, so citations are difficult - as opposed to the online comic strips that are easily linked to. Timmccloud 02:10, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citations? 

message: If Vaarsuvius has stereotypical elements of both men and women, another possibility that might be considered is that Vaarsuvius is gay. Many of the elements of arguments for Vaarsuvius being female also fall under the gay male stereotype: for example, dispensing fashion advice and being a fan of Judy Garland. Gay men typically have a close female confident, often known as a fag hag: this could be Haley's role. Also, this could be a good explanation for why Belkar kissed V in Azure City. I'm not sure if these arguments hold water, but they are worth considering, and possibly adding to the article. Singingwolfboy 21:17, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gay? 

message: "In accordance with D&D rules, (s)he is specialized in the Evocation school of magic; one of his/her barred schools is Conjuration, and the other has never been directly mentioned, but by process of elimination must be Necromancy."
This says that one of V's barred schools is necromancy. However here  It is shown that V has the spell vampric touch  . It says here   
". A wizard who has specialized in a school of spells gains a +2 bonus on the Spellcraft check if the new spell is from her specialty school. She cannot, however, learn any spells from her prohibited schools."
The way I interpret this is that because V is specialized in a school of magic that he must have barred two schools and from each school he can't write spells from that into his spell book. So either Vampric touch is not in his spell book which I think it is because at the time V was still flipping through the pages, or necromancy is not one of the barred classes.
I may be possible however that Frustration had already set in and V was just saying out spells, as I believe he did with the Wish Time stop and Meteor Swarm spells. Slinking ferret 02:00, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Are you sure he/she is an evoker in the first place? Just because s/he casts many fireballs doesn't mean (s)he specializes in it. Remember diviners have only one barred school. Also the rules for specialization explicity states a wizard cannot cast prohibited spells, even from scolls or wands. So  he/she can prepare necromancy spells. --Pwsnafu 03:06, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: In On the Origin of PCs, V lists his/her class as "Wizard - Evoker" on his/her application to join the Order. Jefepato 03:08, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Barred school may be incorrect 

message: Someone claimed that V was 'confirmed neutral' on the characters of OoTS page with no link to the conformation.
:I'm guessing the lack of a link might have something to do with the fact that no such thing has been confirmed. Jefepato 03:08, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I saw an old thread on the forums where Rich seemed to imply that V is neutral. It's way back in the archives though...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.141.131.211 (talk) 17:03, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

text: Ah, I think I remember that thread. Someone made a topic and said that Rich told everyone that all group members except for Belkar were good. Rich posted a reply saying that was wrong, and that he said no such thing. Then someone actually found the quote to prove he said it. Then Rich apologized and I believe he said that if it hasn't been shown in the comic it's not set in stone. So... it's easy to come to the conclusion that the change he made was with V. After all, Belkar has been proven to be Evil and the others have been proven to be good so that just leaves V. I'll see if I can dig it up sometime. No guarantees though... Of course, it's not exactly conclusive proof. 24.150.236.199 (talk) 05:03, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alignment 

message: Check this comic: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0440.html . The way I interpret it, it says that V's familiar is a chicken.
Or is it possible to have more than one familiar?  Dex Stewart (talk) 18:31, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's in reference to the use of Chicken as a pejorative for "coward" - i.e. his raven is a coward. The literal translation loses the context if you don't take the slang use of chicken into context. See also Chicken (game) for more explanation on how the word chicken came to represent that of a coward. And to answer the specific question, no he only has one familiar, a raven - that can be described as "chicken". Timmccloud (talk) 20:26, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Raven familiar?