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Yeturs
2011-01-03, 02:09 AM
The character im playing sooner or later is a general, the front line leader of an army.

every now and again, i want him to bellow out an epic warcry, that is all his own, before blowing his horn and signifying battle has been joined.

so far all i have is "Cry havoc!" quoting Shakespeare... but that's not very original. any ideas playgrounders?

Character picture/concept origin (the pictures pretty big, watch out for that)

http://lcart4.narod.ru/image/fantasy/jason_engle/15_Jason_Engle_Tempest.jpg

Urpriest
2011-01-03, 02:18 AM
I prefer

WAAAAAAAAAAAGH!

Replace your army with orcs and they'll appreciate it.

Mastikator
2011-01-03, 02:21 AM
For pony!

It's about ponies.

Draig
2011-01-03, 02:22 AM
like do you mean completely original or just something that youve never heard before? And why does he fight? I know a dnd player plays n fights because that is what he is expected to do BUT why is ur character fighting?

veven
2011-01-03, 02:24 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBocpO2XUu0

olentu
2011-01-03, 02:24 AM
Not in the face! Not in the face!


The better of the two since you should probably start wearing a helmet.

Rixx
2011-01-03, 02:26 AM
"HUZZAH!" is a classic.

Scarlet-Devil
2011-01-03, 02:36 AM
"I AM THE ****!"

Alternatively, something more related to the specific character concept might be better; a god is an excellent place to start if he has one, as you can basically make a battle cry out of just shouting the deity's name, like "TEMPUS!".

Some examples from Baldur's Gate: "Helm, give me strength!", "Fall creature, and feed the earth!", and "Butt-kicking, for goodness!".

Yeturs
2011-01-03, 02:40 AM
My character (Dave, if we skip the formalities) fights to free his wartorn land

but more he fights because his draconic blood spurs him onward, much as he detests it. he absolutely haves dragons, but is forced to use there power or it will overwhelm his blood and kill him. so no "For bahaumet" or whatever :P

also, he is true neutral. (LG silver dragon mixing with CE pyroclastic blood tends to take over your morality, at least in this case)

here what back story i have. (he is a silverbrow human with draconic heritage, pyroclastic (fire/sonic for those who dont know) dragons)

An experiment from birth. I was wrought with silver blood from the start. Toyed with and tormented for years, in vain attempts to make a better human. A better weapon. I was number 78.

Years dragged by. Each day a new test. Years and years and years. Then, one day, one of the experiments they did when wrong. It opened a portal to the primal chaos and out came bellowing a Pyroclastic dragon. A dragon of booming voice and fierce flame. His blood tainted me, just as the silver blood had years before, as I made my escape in the chaos.

Now I tell tales and chant rhymes of happiness. Even as my blood taints my soul, driving me to greatness. my blood tells me how to fight, but my speech leads my allies. My only salvation.

My blood is in contest. The primal and evil chaotic blood feuds with the goodness and order of the silver blood.

Now I seek my birthright. I seek peace, but I am driven to lead wars.

LansXero
2011-01-03, 02:53 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gGG4fpGB_w

Something in there might fit; warhammer 40k has some awesome battle-crys. For more reference you could look for quotes in sites like Lexicanum.

Ravens_cry
2011-01-03, 05:22 AM
For Peace Tomorrow!
To the End!
This. War. Ends. Now!

FelixG
2011-01-03, 05:41 AM
"If you retreat I will kill you myself!"
"For the Emprah man!" (misspelling intentional)
"For the glorious dead!"

_Zoot_
2011-01-03, 05:48 AM
My personal favorite,

FOR THE EMPEROR!

But there are many other good ones around.

Vangor
2011-01-03, 05:56 AM
"Spread the argent flames of war!"

The Rose Dragon
2011-01-03, 05:59 AM
"One vision, one purpose."

Also, I'm partial to the aforementioned "SPOOOOOOOOOON!".

LansXero
2011-01-03, 06:04 AM
"One vision, one purpose."

Also, I'm partial to the aforementioned "SPOOOOOOOOOON!".

Peace through Power. ?

Radar
2011-01-03, 06:05 AM
"Darkness there, and nothing more."
Less a battlecry, more a phrase muttered to oneself.

Incidentialy "Nevermore!" fits quite nicely - it flows just as a battlecry should. It has an additional advantage of not having etirely clear meaning.

The Rose Dragon
2011-01-03, 06:09 AM
Also, "Nothing prevails!" sounds cool enough to be a warcry.

Rumpus
2011-01-03, 06:13 AM
Hard to go wrong with screaming the name of his nation/city/stronghold/liege.

Run through those four and see which one rolls off the tongue the best.

Diety names are good, though some sound better than others.

FelixG
2011-01-03, 06:14 AM
Screaming "Wheeeeeee!" can demoralize the enemy from your bloodlust :smallcool:

Excession
2011-01-03, 06:23 AM
"Death to the enemies of peace!" would seem about right.

Hanuman
2011-01-03, 07:02 AM
WRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! :smallfurious:

Chilingsworth
2011-01-03, 08:30 AM
How about (at least if he's coming to relieve a faultering ally):

NOT ON OUR WATCH!!

hamishspence
2011-01-03, 08:36 AM
Some examples from Baldur's Gate: "Helm, give me strength!", "Fall creature, and feed the earth!", and "Butt-kicking, for goodness!".

Mustn't forget: "Evil! Meet my sword! SWORD! MEET! EVIL!!!"

Eldan
2011-01-03, 08:39 AM
I liked my mercenary sergeant:

"WE'RE GETTING PAID FOR THIS!"

Thespianus
2011-01-03, 08:43 AM
"Hail to the king, baby"?

"Die from Lethal Death!!!" (it doesn't have to make sense)

"Your Mom!" (adds insult to .. well.. injury)

EDIT: Sorry, might not be fitting for a general. How about:

"Death and Glory!", "Glory is Eternal!" (variations on a theme)

Or, for the Mel Gibson in you:

"Freeeedoooom!!!"

Anterean
2011-01-03, 08:46 AM
My personal favorite,

FOR THE EMPEROR!

But there are many other good ones around.

Funny, I was always partial to :

DEATH TO THE FALSE EMPEROR!

hamishspence
2011-01-03, 08:51 AM
"For The Greater Good" works- and not just for the Tau.

zimmerwald1915
2011-01-03, 08:55 AM
"Make peace with your pagan gods!"

umbrapolaris
2011-01-03, 09:21 AM
My character (Dave,)

you are kidding me ! he is : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YPNvFJ5dis

you are awesome ^^

for the Warcry : Y M C A

i guarantee at victory by retreat

- by the power of the great skull ! i Have the power !!!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yeA7a0uS3A

- Metamorphosis !!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsF0Lp44GJk

- roaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh atatatatatata : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnuNWKudq0s

-

grarrrg
2011-01-03, 10:23 AM
- by the power of the great skull ! i Have the power !!!

You do know it's "Grayskull" right? Or did you just change it to make it more generically applicable?

I suggest
"For ale and whores!"

umbrapolaris
2011-01-03, 10:32 AM
You do know it's "Grayskull" right? Or did you just change it to make it more generically applicable?

both ^^ , i didn't know , i really heard "great" , and if i knew i will changed it ^^

daxos232
2011-01-03, 11:20 AM
A personal favorite of mine from the HL2 mod "Age of Chivalry"

"Today is a good day to die!!!"

ScionoftheVoid
2011-01-03, 11:27 AM
Warcries? Mechanical, rather than fluffy, but it might help. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=172964)

hamishspence
2011-01-03, 11:32 AM
A personal favorite of mine from the HL2 mod "Age of Chivalry"

"Today is a good day to die!!!"

While it's usually associated with Klingons, I'm guessing it may predate them.

I prefer the Discworld Dwarf version- translated, it's

"Today is a good day for someone else to die"

ScionoftheVoid
2011-01-03, 11:34 AM
When speaking of Discworld warcries how can you not mention "Crivens!"?

hamishspence
2011-01-03, 11:36 AM
it's one of several Nac mac Feegle battlecries, but my favorite of theirs was the one they all join in with:

"Nae king! Nae queen! Nae laird! Nae master! We willnae be fooled again!"

Barbin
2011-01-03, 11:39 AM
For The Motherlaaaaaaaannnnnnnndddd !!!

zimmerwald1915
2011-01-03, 11:52 AM
it's one of several Nac mac Feegle battlecries, but my favorite of theirs was the one they all join in with:

"Nae king! Nae queen! Nae laird! Nae master! We willnae be fooled again!"
Approved!

:smallcool:

ScionoftheVoid
2011-01-03, 12:12 PM
it's one of several Nac mac Feegle battlecries, but my favorite of theirs was the one they all join in with:

"Nae king! Nae queen! Nae laird! Nae master! We willnae be fooled again!"


Approved!

:smallcool:

True enough, but I couldn't quote that one from memory.

Dalek-K
2011-01-03, 12:17 PM
Didn't really read any of the above but from the movie Gamers (small time production lol...)

BLOOD DEATH VENGEANCE

or if the DM is controlling your character

*monotone* blood...death...vengeance...

GoatBoy
2011-01-03, 12:47 PM
"Good for the good god!"

Gomar
2011-01-03, 12:49 PM
How has this thread not already generated....

ahem......

LEEEERRRROOOOYYYY JEEENNNKKKKIIINNNSSS

KitTheOdd
2011-01-03, 12:58 PM
Bonzai

No, from here: BONZAI!!!!!

Bonzai!

Again

BONZAI!!!!!!!!

Re'ozul
2011-01-03, 01:13 PM
Have him the sing the March of Cambreadth (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCrnF844_ww) while doing battle.

TalonDemonKing
2011-01-03, 01:14 PM
If at first you don't suceed, Raise, rase again!

randomhero00
2011-01-03, 01:27 PM
How about a slightly insane character with an ironic battle cry? Such as: "THIS IS MY BATTLECRYYYYYY!"

Thespianus
2011-01-03, 01:27 PM
"I Will Kill You... with DEATH!"

(Anyone who recognize it gets a cookie)

Radar
2011-01-03, 02:06 PM
As far as general warcries go, I always liked "For justice, love and food!" (might not be exact quote) by Lina Inverse (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDfCgamubSA).

Saint GoH
2011-01-03, 02:38 PM
Hmmm.... Jump to 1:05 for the best of battle cries
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2hfeYjlwaI




Alternatively, a simple "Taste my steel!" would work, and if you really wanna go crazy, a scary type character could be one that doesnt have a battle cry, but instead just starts riding at his enemy abreast of his army, stone silent and cutting down swathes of his foes without heed to injury.

:smalleek: That'd freak me out a way lot more then some guy bellowing at me.

Hawkfrost000
2011-01-03, 03:22 PM
Have him the sing the March of Cambreadth (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCrnF844_ww) while doing battle.

my bard will steal that, i love it!

DM

Yeturs
2011-01-03, 03:25 PM
you are kidding me ! he is : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YPNvFJ5dis

you are awesome ^^
-

totally unintentional, but i will never be able to unsee this


Some more charactor fluff. his quest will lead him to be the champain of the halfbreeds, leading an army of halflings, half-elves, and other half things.

And i do like the "for the emperor" and other empror based quotes, but this guy dispises the royalty of the land, so he wont be fighting for them any time soon :P

thanks a lot for all the great ideas, im going to be using more then a few.

Mr White
2011-01-03, 03:44 PM
My "By blood and steel" has been rendered moot by the far superior "For Whores and ale".

Heliomance
2011-01-03, 03:58 PM
They can take our lives, but they can NEVER TAKE OUR TROUSERS!

Jay R
2011-01-03, 03:59 PM
"Your broken corpses will taste delicious lightly seasoned with nutmeg!"

"I will bathe in your blood with lavender bath gel and a good loofah!"

"Hey, wait a minute, guys! I think I lost a contact lens!"

"Roll a d20 to think up a good war-cry!"

"Let's get this battle over with -- Gilligan's on at seven!"

"Remember the Ala ..., ummm, you know ... that place in San Antonio."

Radar
2011-01-03, 04:23 PM
Come to think of it, Jules got it right albeit a bit lenghty:
"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy My brothers. And you will know My name is the Lord when I lay My vengeance upon thee."
It is a good pre-battle speach.

nealpb
2011-01-03, 04:34 PM
here the one i like


"Open Fiiiiirrrreeeee!!!!!!"

or

"FIRE AT WILL!"

lost of bowman

Heliomance
2011-01-03, 04:41 PM
If we succeed, no one will remember! And if we fail, no one will forget!

Nickelgreko
2011-01-03, 05:02 PM
Don't forget the basics (pun intended ALWAYS) : "All your base are belong to us".

Beelzebub1111
2011-01-03, 05:09 PM
"CHOCOLATE FOR THE CHOCOLATE GOD! (http://www.chocolate-history.co.uk/aztec-chocolate.htm) OREOS FOR HIS THRONE MADE OUT OF OREOS! (http://agnewsmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Martian_oreo.jpg)"

"I'M ON YOUR SIDE!"

"That sounds like an interesting proposition...FOR MY AXE!"

FoE
2011-01-03, 05:12 PM
I always liked this one.

"Come on, you bastards! DO YOU WANT TO LIVE FOREVER?!"

Accersitus
2011-01-03, 05:34 PM
LOK'TAR OGAR ("Victory or death" in warcraft orcish).

Angry Bob
2011-01-03, 06:20 PM
"Blood for the blood god!"

and

"Today is a good day for someone else to die!"

LansXero
2011-01-03, 09:28 PM
When in deadly danger,
When beset by doubt,
Run in little circles,
Wave your arms and shout.

On a more serious note:

To each of us falls a task. And all the Emperor requires of us Guardsmen is that we stand in line, and we die fighting. It is what we do best: we die standing.

Dunno why, that credo always gives me the chills. Just replace the Emperor with yourself and Guardsmen with the half-breeds you are championing.

Urpriest
2011-01-04, 12:43 AM
We have been abandoned by our fathers and mothers. We are treated as children and slaves despite our talents and ambitions. If they will not give us what we want through our own conscience, then we shall take it, by guile and the blade.

The fluff for the Scar Enforcer in Races of Destiny is interesting for the "army of half-breeds" concept, albeit a darker flavor.

askandarion
2011-01-04, 11:50 AM
"Harriers for the Cup!"- Commissar Ciaphis Cain, HERO OF THE IMPERIUM

More seriously... perhaps?

"Beyond the numbers, beyond the blood, there is only us. There lies OUR VICTORY!"

or something shorter...

"Deliverance!"
"Lead our fury to victory's respite!"