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Erik Scott de Bie
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Posted - 17 Apr 2012 :  22:45:30  Show Profile  Visit Erik Scott de Bie's Homepage Send Erik Scott de Bie a Private Message  Reply with Quote  Delete Topic
Well met, all--

I had to share this piece of fiction, which was written by one of the players in my ongoing Forgotten Realms campaign. Ben plays Suriel, an elf invoker (a sort of priestess for those not up on 4e lingo), who is coming to terms with a destiny that involves the elves, the drow, and the Crescent Blade. (We're using/subverting the Lady Penitent series.)

This particular piece guest stars such luminaries as Kyriani Agrivar, Lady Saharel (of Spellgard fame), a couple of my characters (Fox-at-Twilight in her 1480s incarnation, Lady Lorien from Downshadow), and a recurring and hated NPC (Xara, a rogue Lolth cleric and Suriel's half-sister). And there's one particularly powerful guest-star who shows up at the very end.

http://community.wizards.com/zephsright/blog/2012/04/17/dreams_under_the_crescent_moon

Also a piece of original fiction by yours truly: http://community.wizards.com/zephsright/blog/2012/03/16/the_shadows_gather,_a_short_story_about_suriel_written_by_erik_scott_de_bie

For those who want to read Ben's excellent journal of our campaign from the beginning, check here (all the way back in January of 2010!): http://community.wizards.com/zephsright/blog/2010/01/28/journal_of_an_elf_invoker_1

Any questions, thoughts, feedback, ideas, etc, about the campaign? I'd be very happy to hear them.

Cheers

Erik Scott de Bie

'Tis easier to destroy than to create.

Author of a number of Realms novels (GHOSTWALKER, DEPTHS OF MADNESS, and the SHADOWBANE series), contributor to the NEVERWINTER CAMPAIGN GUIDE and SHADOWFELL: GLOOMWROUGHT AND BEYOND, Twitch DM of the Dungeon Scrawlers, currently playing "The Westgate Irregulars"

The Sage
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Posted - 18 Apr 2012 :  01:05:53  Show Profile Send The Sage a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Awesome! And I love the inclusion of Lady Saharel.


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Erik Scott de Bie
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Posted - 18 Apr 2012 :  04:29:18  Show Profile  Visit Erik Scott de Bie's Homepage Send Erik Scott de Bie a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I'm using the 4 Tomb of Horrors book, reskinned in my campaign to be more Realms-appropriate.


SPOILERS FOR MY PLAYERS AHOY!


This next adventure they're headed into takes place partly in Moil, the City That Waits, and from thence to what the heroes have come to know as the "Shadow Keep" but originally had a different name: Warlock's Crypt.

That's right. Larloch.

It's gonna be AWESOME.

Cheers

Erik Scott de Bie

'Tis easier to destroy than to create.

Author of a number of Realms novels (GHOSTWALKER, DEPTHS OF MADNESS, and the SHADOWBANE series), contributor to the NEVERWINTER CAMPAIGN GUIDE and SHADOWFELL: GLOOMWROUGHT AND BEYOND, Twitch DM of the Dungeon Scrawlers, currently playing "The Westgate Irregulars"
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sfdragon
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Posted - 18 Apr 2012 :  05:01:25  Show Profile Send sfdragon a Private Message  Reply with Quote
You invoke Lord LArlock's name.......

I put one of my tales on my wotc blog...

not sure it was a good idea though....

why is being a wizard like being a drow? both are likely to find a dagger in the back from a rival or one looking to further his own goals, fame and power


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Aulduron
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Posted - 18 Apr 2012 :  19:40:06  Show Profile Send Aulduron a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Good reads. Thanks.

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The Sage
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Posted - 19 Apr 2012 :  01:07:38  Show Profile Send The Sage a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Erik Scott de Bie

I'm using the 4 Tomb of Horrors book, reskinned in my campaign to be more Realms-appropriate.
I don't have that source. What's it like?

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Dalor Darden
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Posted - 19 Apr 2012 :  02:41:22  Show Profile Send Dalor Darden a Private Message  Reply with Quote
If I move near you...can I bribe you to open a seat for me at your table?

I won't hold it against you if you refuse...I may shed a tear, but I'd be ok.

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Erik Scott de Bie
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Posted - 19 Apr 2012 :  20:09:18  Show Profile  Visit Erik Scott de Bie's Homepage Send Erik Scott de Bie a Private Message  Reply with Quote
SPOILER ALERT!!!



quote:
Originally posted by The Sage

quote:
Originally posted by Erik Scott de Bie

I'm using the 4 Tomb of Horrors book, reskinned in my campaign to be more Realms-appropriate.
I don't have that source. What's it like?
The 4e Tomb of Horrors is a mega-adventure that follows on the heels of Bruce Cordell's previous "Return to the Tomb of Horrors," which is itself a follow-up to the original Tomb of Horrors. Basically, they go along the same lines: Acererak is siphoning off life energy to empower himself, through various means. In the 4e one, he has multiple "reflections" of his original tomb, all of which are gathering energy, and the heroes eventually fight through to a graveyard of deities that Acererak is absorbing.

My campaign is pretty much the same, only with Larloch cast as the lich, bent on absorbing enough power and pieces of the broken Weave to become the new god of magic.

That's one of the subplots anyway--there are lots of things going on, not the least is Suriel's unfolding destiny as the force to redeem/destroy/empower the drow.


SPOILERS OFF!!!


quote:
Originally posted by Dalor Darden

If I move near you...can I bribe you to open a seat for me at your table?
I won't hold it against you if you refuse...I may shed a tear, but I'd be ok.
I like scotch and chocolate--not necessarily together.

Cheers

Erik Scott de Bie

'Tis easier to destroy than to create.

Author of a number of Realms novels (GHOSTWALKER, DEPTHS OF MADNESS, and the SHADOWBANE series), contributor to the NEVERWINTER CAMPAIGN GUIDE and SHADOWFELL: GLOOMWROUGHT AND BEYOND, Twitch DM of the Dungeon Scrawlers, currently playing "The Westgate Irregulars"
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Dalor Darden
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Posted - 19 Apr 2012 :  23:29:48  Show Profile Send Dalor Darden a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Erik Scott de Bie


quote:
Originally posted by Dalor Darden

If I move near you...can I bribe you to open a seat for me at your table?
I won't hold it against you if you refuse...I may shed a tear, but I'd be ok.
I like scotch and chocolate--not necessarily together.

Cheers



Particular type of scotch? I prefer Jack Daniels Single Barrel whisky; but if you have a favorite...

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