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Erevan Illesere
Acolyte
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 Posted - 24 Feb 2021 : 10:46:46
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So my players are about to reach the maggot pit in Avernus in the age where Bel is the ruler. In the dungeon master guild supplement, "The dark eight and other devilish denizens" it says that Zaebos, one of the dark eight who handles demotion and promotion, lives here because she likes the sound of the moans of souls being cast into the maggot pits to be turned into devils to fight for the blood war. I like the idea since, by the description of her I've read, she seems to be someone who puts more faith in numbers than in anything else and the sound of devils being constantly created to fight in the blood war would be of great comfort to her. Now the maggot pit is very close to Tiamat's lair... so my question is: what quest would Zeabos give adventurers? I though that maybe she could ask the players to go to Armaros (who Ed Greenwood describes in Dragon magazine 91as a kind of mad scientist of hell)and to retrieve his new succesfull experiment: a Red Abishai. I considered that maybe in this period they weren't made yet and it's a good way for the players to get familiar with the abishai. Then, as soon as they have retrieved the abishai they have to escort it to Tiamat in exchange for a favor to Zaebos. The only problem is that i'm not sure the minister of demotions and promotions would care about getting favors from Tiamat.
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Edited by - Erevan Illesere on 24 Feb 2021 19:16:15
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LordofBones
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 25 Feb 2021 : 00:08:02
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Bodyguard duty. Zaebos is the most hated member of the Dark Eight.
Retrieval duty. A very sensitive document from Zimimar's offices has gone missing en-route to Zaebos's domain, and extra eyes and ears are always appreciated to get it back before the thief succeeds in auctioning it off to the 'loths.
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Erevan Illesere
Acolyte
Italy
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Posted - 25 Feb 2021 : 07:50:40
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Originally posted by LordofBones
Bodyguard duty. Zaebos is the most hated member of the Dark Eight.
Retrieval duty. A very sensitive document from Zimimar's offices has gone missing en-route to Zaebos's domain, and extra eyes and ears are always appreciated to get it back before the thief succeeds in auctioning it off to the 'loths.
Yeah maybe that's's better haha
I didn't figure Zaebos as someone who makes great scheming political moves so the quest to be just to retrieve documents sounds like her. Thanks for the help!
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Gary Dallison
Great Reader
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LordofBones
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 25 Feb 2021 : 11:59:45
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| The Dark Eight should really be run as Very Important People. If they're tapping on the PCs, they need to have a reason for it; the Dark Eight are basically Hell's government and don't deal with Little People. |
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Quest for Zeabos of the dark eight
