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Mi-Go
Acolyte
Finland
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 Posted - 16 May 2018 : 13:21:21
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I am designing a small subterranean dungeon that would be an unfound and now extinct weapon/magic item cache from the Crown Wars, full of not-yet Dark Elven stuff and "automated" defences.
From my reading, before Lolth many of the nastier surface elves worshiped Vhaeraun and Ghaunadaur, so slimes and oozes as nigh-eternal guardians sound like a good idea but what else? All living creatures at the very least would have either suffocated or starved to death thousands of years ago.
I am quickly running out of thematically fitting ideas. Any help? 
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sleyvas
Skilled Spell Strategist
USA
11829 Posts |
Posted - 16 May 2018 : 13:24:57
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| Banshees. Golems. Animated armor and weapons. Demons in traps. Undead elves. |
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Storyteller Hero
Learned Scribe
USA
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TBeholder
Great Reader
2428 Posts |
Posted - 16 May 2018 : 15:10:04
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Originally posted by Mi-Go
I am designing a small subterranean dungeon that would be an unfound and now extinct weapon/magic item cache from the Crown Wars, full of not-yet Dark Elven stuff and "automated" defences.
Why not-yet Dark Elven? Dark Elven (mostly), not-yet Drow.
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From my reading, before Lolth many of the nastier surface elves worshiped Vhaeraun and Ghaunadaur, so slimes and oozes as nigh-eternal guardians sound like a good idea but what else?
This leaves wards (perhaps badly decayed), undead (completely insane after being trapped for this long), critters from other planes (also quite insane, unless they were near-mindless, and/or cross-contaminated with the environment) and constructs (in various and unknown conditions). |
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Bladewind
Master of Realmslore
Netherlands
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Posted - 16 May 2018 : 17:15:02
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For the shadowy sections of the fortress where the Vhaeraunites held power I'd drop shadows (former ilythiiri militia) led by shadow fiend generals (clad in adamentine fullplate) and the occasional bound gehreleth and mephit. The armory might hold an adamantine or shadow golem, stocked with occasionally animated adamantine arms, piwafiis and blades. And a mimic, of course :P Most of the vhaeraunite architecture would be divided in function by lower class barracks up to the master towers.
The slimy sections where the Ghaunadaurrans held sway I'd make use of their tendency to experiment with life forces, so the menageries of chimeric creatures with experimental templates used for the Crown Wars might hold some surviving horrible lifeforms for pcs to accidentally free. A petrified remains of a winged wemic, a sickened and oozing black unicorn held in stasis, ooze-frozen aquatic/arctic bugbears and other creepy biomancy experiments. Ghaunadaurran architecture would be more experimental (equal chance to fail the test of time as to eternally endure in form) and militarized, with defensive structures to be able to section of parts of the fortress into hazardous buffer zones (i.e. deadly gas or ooze traps). |
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Seethyr
Master of Realmslore
USA
1151 Posts |
Posted - 16 May 2018 : 23:43:07
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| Dungeons like these are great excuses to bring back creatures from earlier editions. Id consider rummaging through some old Dragon Magazines and smile at the goodies youve forgotten about. |
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Lord Karsus
Great Reader
USA
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sfdragon
Great Reader
2285 Posts |
Posted - 22 May 2018 : 09:23:33
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| lolth's underwear.... |
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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TBeholder
Great Reader
2428 Posts |
Posted - 22 May 2018 : 10:38:41
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Right, it was mentioned somewhere - paraphernalia of early Dark Seldarine worship, which currently would be considered ludicrously heretical.  |
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sfdragon
Great Reader
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Posted - 23 May 2018 : 08:46:57
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| yep remember that too..... ancient unholy symbols , |
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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sleyvas
Skilled Spell Strategist
USA
11829 Posts |
Posted - 23 May 2018 : 13:14:16
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lolth's underwear....
Does she leave them behind for everyone she sleeps with? I thought I was special.... oh and that thing she can do with her 5th and 6th hands while she's .... um, nevermind... |
Alavairthae, may your skill prevail
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sfdragon
Great Reader
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Posted - 24 May 2018 : 07:27:41
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| well she did leave them behind with an ancient member of house beanre.... in one of those ancient dungeons. |
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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LordofBones
Master of Realmslore
1536 Posts |
Posted - 24 May 2018 : 09:00:02
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An ancient, crumbling tome written in a long-forgotten language.
Translated, it's the diary of a teenage dark elven goth waxing poetic about sunshine, roses and birdsong and complaining about how his parents just don't understand the joy in his soul. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 24 May 2018 : 09:33:48
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Originally posted by LordofBones
An ancient, crumbling tome written in a long-forgotten language.
Translated, it's the diary of a teenage dark elven goth waxing poetic about sunshine, roses and birdsong and complaining about how his parents just don't understand the joy in his soul.
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sfdragon
Great Reader
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Posted - 26 May 2018 : 06:36:07
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| also a lot of dust....watch yer asthma |
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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sleyvas
Skilled Spell Strategist
USA
11829 Posts |
Posted - 26 May 2018 : 13:23:55
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quote:
Originally posted by LordofBones
An ancient, crumbling tome written in a long-forgotten language.
Translated, it's the diary of a teenage dark elven goth waxing poetic about sunshine, roses and birdsong and complaining about how his parents just don't understand the joy in his soul.
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Irennan
Great Reader
Italy
3806 Posts |
Posted - 26 May 2018 : 17:38:47
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quote:
Originally posted by LordofBones
An ancient, crumbling tome written in a long-forgotten language.
Translated, it's the diary of a teenage dark elven goth waxing poetic about sunshine, roses and birdsong and complaining about how his parents just don't understand the joy in his soul.
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Things to find in a Crown War-era Illythir dungeon
