thegnomeherder
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Bhaal, the Lord of Gettin' sum
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Post by thegnomeherder on Dec 20, 2008 12:25:17 GMT -5
Will it remain this easy to get into the underdark? The lore always says its a very difficult place to find and get into and most people who know where it is fear it above all else because of the horrid things that await them inside.
When its released will it be a cake walk? Like will I just have to butcher 3-4 Minotaurs before I stroll in and lay waste to everything inside?
Or can I expect STRONG opposition in the upper levels such as Drow Outposts or lairs of powerful demons/monsters that not only want to prevent me from going in further but by nature just run towards the nearest living thing and brutally kill it?
Just curious =]
I still think a camp of hostile elven warriors would be neat guarding the entrance like in Baldur's Gate 2
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Post by wildelf on Dec 20, 2008 13:02:39 GMT -5
Trust me. If you can even FIND the entrance from the surface, which will be a task in itself, fighting your way through the top few levels will be even worse.
We're expecting only groups of level 17+ characters to make it through alive. Also, bring a light source, as we're trying to darken the maps (especially the lower level ones) as much as possible, giving the Underdark races an advantage.
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Post by DEV Jlf2n on Dec 20, 2008 14:39:23 GMT -5
Yes, its going to be the toughest near where the surface exits are. At first there won't be any access at all unless its through DM interaction. Later on as we develop more UD areas will connect the two worlds.
The goal is for the Underdark races to spend most of their life below surface. To get to the surface or vice a versa players will have to traverse lairs of Beholders, Ballisk, Mind Flayers and all other sorts of supreme evils.
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Post by His Masters Voice on Dec 20, 2008 14:56:00 GMT -5
and all other sorts of supreme evils. DMs and the RIAA. |
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Post by shorn on Dec 20, 2008 19:01:00 GMT -5
If there will be no transversions between the UD and the surface, this will present a problem with both the background of my character. who stumbled onto the surface while scouting, and was enthralled by the surface world, and thus became a druid in servace to silvanus through a few more as yet determined events in my background. Will I be forced, as a svirfneblin, back to the underground, and if so, will I be allowed to come back to the surface? I dont mind being being forced down to the UD, terribly. but it will literally destroy any plausible background for my character, and any character development to date, barring some event that involves me getting stuck underground.
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Post by DM Sir Carnifex on Dec 20, 2008 20:09:26 GMT -5
If there will be no transversions between the UD and the surface, this will present a problem with both the background of my character. ... <snip>....but it will literally destroy any plausible background for my character, and any character development to date, barring some event that involves me getting stuck underground. Eventually there will be transitions. And as for an event that banishes your PC to the UD, once we know the date it'll be put in, one of the DMs would be glad to do something evil to your character, I'm sure. |
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Post by shorn on Dec 20, 2008 22:31:05 GMT -5
Eh, would prefer no evil. but I dont mind getting stuck there. And I have no clue why i typed transversion either....go go gadget off the top of my head typing
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Post by highwayman on Dec 20, 2008 22:38:47 GMT -5
Similar situation to shorn here. I haven't had the drive to write up a character journal in the section. But glaren has some issues.
His Uncle was discovered to be sending off prayers to Moridan resulting in the exile of his entire family. A few months afterwords his mother, father and uncle all perished while trying to protect him from illithid subsequently leading to thralldom.
He can thank his freedom by the "accidental" opening of planar rift above the hive mind. (planar wars) From the ashes, the only beings left that showed him any compassion whatsoever were deep gnomes. For the most part he feels quite a bit of scorn for his kin. They abandoned his family much in the way the blame has been cast for the dwarven gods leaving the gold dwarves of old to rot in the dark.
I'm open to any rewriting here at the dms discretion. first bio, hopefully it doesn't sound too predictable. I don't want to be the squat version of drizzit running around the realms.
*shield dwarves are the origional bloodline I think, I'm not sure.
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Post by DEV Jlf2n on Dec 20, 2008 22:47:27 GMT -5
You guys better not get kidnapped by any Drow slaving parties. Wink wink, nod nod. ;D
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Post by shorn on Dec 21, 2008 1:08:53 GMT -5
Actually, that sounds like an enjoyable plotline.
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thegnomeherder
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Post by thegnomeherder on Dec 21, 2008 17:25:22 GMT -5
Well good, I'm really looking forward to an intimidating scary challenging underdark from both Drow and Surface Perspective.
I'm really hoping the other Drow RPers will be able to maturely role play the general lawlessness and dirty fighting mostly unfair drow society, without everyone making Ni'neh'bleh the Drow Matron who thinks she's sexy and controls all teh males, not to mention all the drow outcasts to aspire to be Drizzt Clones.
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