Mordie is nervous aboard the Starship Warden, and even with his most powerful associates would not feel confident of adveturing in the Hells or the Abyss. Maybe if he was a demi-god and his companions were all of at least quasi-deity status...Gray Mouser said:
Not powerful enough? Gads, man. If Mordenkainen, Bigby, etc. weren't strong enough to survive an extra planar trip who is?
The Demoness Queen of Fungi was not so clever, robilar was brash. He tossed a pillar through the door sealing Zuggtmoy into the chamber in the ToEE. She got a look at the handsome adventurer, noted his evil aura, and as a reward for freeing her carried him off to the Abyss as her body servant. I did no go into details there, but eventually Robilar convinced her of the imcompatability of a lawful evil servant in her realm, so she sent his back to the PMP.
Gray Mouser said:Hey, Gary, thanks for the additional info about your players "escapades" in the Abyss. If anything was learned I would assume it was not to be too helpful to demons (even unintentionally!) as their idea of a "reward" doesn't seem to be so great. Especially when dealing with the Demon Queen of Fungi, I suspect
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) Thanks Gary, much appreciated, as usual! Col_Pladoh said:
Just so!
Of course I had the demons laughing hideously as they carried off their respective victime to be their "cherished slaves."
I do believe that son Ernie has never forgiven me for the loss of his two Vorpal Swords, these turning touseless hunks of iron in the abyss. Also, Rob was rather upset when his main PC was likewise treated, Robilar's orc henchman Quij, made a poncho out of the Flying Carpet he was guarding due to the long wait and cold nights, and eventual seige of his castle as word got out that Robilar had freed the evil from the Temple of EE...
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No.Gray Mouser said:...
Seriously, though. I assume that there was at least a smattering of thanks given the fact that the PC's in question could've simply been slain out of hand
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Howdy John,John Drake said:Hi Gary!
One of my favourite modules you created (that I have run several times, with great success amongst my fellow gaming comrades) was the great Forgotten Temple of Tharizdun. What I was wondering was, what inspired the creation of such a nasty fellow as Tharizdun and such a awesome scenario? I loved all of the imagery created in that tale, particularly the Black Cyst area. Did you have control over the presentation of that module (cover, artwork, layout etc) ? I was quite fond of that too, finding it to be very evocative and quite well suited to the text. And, did you ever have any plans to do more with Tharizdun or was it just a one off affair (as it obviously turned out to be!
Well, you made some great design choices as the art and overall design was fantastic. I wish more modules had been done in such a style. And, I'm pleased to say, that eerie quality anbd sadness has always resonated with me quite strongly. One of the reasons I felt it played so well in fact.Col_Pladoh said:
Ah, I was unaware of that, as I have not been fortunate enough to read those books, having instead read you very excellent "Role Playing Mastery" and sequel "Master of The Game", both thoroughly interesting reads. At any rate, thanks for devising such a fantastic scenario, which has indeed greatly affected all of my designs and ideas in pertaining to temples, tombs and ancient evil histories, and campaign style.Col_Playdoh said:
Jiust in case...John Drake said:
