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Uzzy
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 28 Sep 2007 : 00:33:45
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Hello!
I'm looking for any information about the Cult of Orcus in Faerún. Who makes it up, numbers, where they are etc. I'm guessing The Throne of Bloodstone and related adventures would have some information. Anything would be a great help, thanks! 
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 28 Sep 2007 : 01:40:25
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Originally posted by Uzzy
Hello!
I'm looking for any information about the Cult of Orcus in Faerún. Who makes it up, numbers, where they are etc. I'm guessing The Throne of Bloodstone and related adventures would have some information. Anything would be a great help, thanks!
Aye, the Bloodstone trilogy has most of the info about his followers unless you want to dig into Planescape material and 3/3.5e fiend material, like Hordes of the Abyss, etc. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Zanan
Senior Scribe
Germany
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Posted - 28 Sep 2007 : 09:49:23
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| There is nigh to nothing known about them after the demise of the Witch King in Vaasa. Core info on him can be found in The Book of Vile Darkness and the Fiendish Codex I. Unless I am mistaken, even Unapproachable East only names one cleric. |
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TomCosta
Forgotten Realms Designer
USA
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Posted - 28 Sep 2007 : 20:12:46
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| Of course, information on Orcus himself, not specifically his Realms aspect, is wide and varied, starting with the 1E MM and his various appearances in Planescape products (such as Modron March). That said, you should also dig up all the information on Kiaransalee that you can as well as she was responsible for nearling killing Orcus and wiping his name from the multiverse before he returned first as Tenebrous and then once again as Orcus himself. You can also learn a little bit more in the 3.5E Tome of Magic under vestiges. |
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TomCosta
Forgotten Realms Designer
USA
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Posted - 28 Sep 2007 : 20:13:41
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| Actually, I haven't looked in a while, but Necromancer Games used to have an essay on Orcus' history through 1E and 2E into the beginnings of 3E on their website. It may still be there. |
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Halidan
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 28 Sep 2007 : 20:48:46
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Originally posted by TomCosta
Actually, I haven't looked in a while, but Necromancer Games used to have an essay on Orcus' history through 1E and 2E into the beginnings of 3E on their website. It may still be there.
It's still there. Just follow the bouncing link  |
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sleyvas
Skilled Spell Strategist
USA
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Posted - 28 Sep 2007 : 21:39:26
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| Grand History of the Realms also notes which rulers of Narfell were direct children of Orcus |
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Ayunken-vanzan
Senior Scribe
Germany
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Posted - 29 Sep 2007 : 08:19:45
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| General information about Orcus can also be found in the 3.5e Manual of the Planes, in the Chapter “Infinitive Layers of the Abyss”, of course, especially about his return. |
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