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<blockquote data-quote="Psychotic Jim" data-source="post: 1253994" data-attributes="member: 547"><p>-Here s a bizzare idead, are there any myconid colonies near the drow cities that are threatened by the drow? The myconids, wanting to avoid confrontation with the drow have overpopulated a dungeon with fungus of all sorts and have some how brought the mass of fungus to life and given it sentience to act as a sort of gigantic living dungeon guardian that screens out intruders and obscures the location of the myconid cities away from violent intruders. Unfortunately, the giant fungus guardian has become upset being used by the myconids and has sealed them inside and begun "ingesting" nearby inhabitants of the underdark, trapping them- unharmed- within itself. The party gets "eaten" and must negotiate for their freedom and the freedom of the mushroom people. The giant fungus intelligence is not evil, just cranky. If you wanted to tie it to the drow, perhaps the drow did something mean and nasty to make it unhappy in the first place. This might work well since you have so many nature-loving characters in your party.</p><p></p><p>-The characters come upon a ghost adventuring party of surface-dwellers that died fighting the drow, perhaps an surface elf war party against their hated bottom-dwelling cousins. The ghosts still think they are alive and the characters must convice them they are dead. The characters may need to do so over the ghosts' dead bodies <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />.</p><p></p><p>-The characters encounter a group of Ellistrae worshipping drow fleeing from persecution from the drow cities. These not-so-evil drow are low on basic supplies like food and water. Will the characters help members of such a vile race as the drow? You might play up the possible hatred the elves in the party and the dwarf druid have towards the dark elves.</p><p></p><p>-The PCs encounter an extremely empathic illithid psion that has reformed somewhat from its evil ways. It was once an extremely proficient harvester of brains until one day the brains of all of its victims started to tear away at its mind. It started to assume some of the mentalities of some or all of its victims, as illithids absorb the neurological tissues of their victims. It also became increasingly aware of the intentions and emotions felt by all of the dreatures around it. After linking with an elder brain and hearing the truth about what awaits old illithids, this illithid psion goes "insane" and flees from its kindred out into the wilds of the Underdark.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Psychotic Jim, post: 1253994, member: 547"] -Here s a bizzare idead, are there any myconid colonies near the drow cities that are threatened by the drow? The myconids, wanting to avoid confrontation with the drow have overpopulated a dungeon with fungus of all sorts and have some how brought the mass of fungus to life and given it sentience to act as a sort of gigantic living dungeon guardian that screens out intruders and obscures the location of the myconid cities away from violent intruders. Unfortunately, the giant fungus guardian has become upset being used by the myconids and has sealed them inside and begun "ingesting" nearby inhabitants of the underdark, trapping them- unharmed- within itself. The party gets "eaten" and must negotiate for their freedom and the freedom of the mushroom people. The giant fungus intelligence is not evil, just cranky. If you wanted to tie it to the drow, perhaps the drow did something mean and nasty to make it unhappy in the first place. This might work well since you have so many nature-loving characters in your party. -The characters come upon a ghost adventuring party of surface-dwellers that died fighting the drow, perhaps an surface elf war party against their hated bottom-dwelling cousins. The ghosts still think they are alive and the characters must convice them they are dead. The characters may need to do so over the ghosts' dead bodies :D. -The characters encounter a group of Ellistrae worshipping drow fleeing from persecution from the drow cities. These not-so-evil drow are low on basic supplies like food and water. Will the characters help members of such a vile race as the drow? You might play up the possible hatred the elves in the party and the dwarf druid have towards the dark elves. -The PCs encounter an extremely empathic illithid psion that has reformed somewhat from its evil ways. It was once an extremely proficient harvester of brains until one day the brains of all of its victims started to tear away at its mind. It started to assume some of the mentalities of some or all of its victims, as illithids absorb the neurological tissues of their victims. It also became increasingly aware of the intentions and emotions felt by all of the dreatures around it. After linking with an elder brain and hearing the truth about what awaits old illithids, this illithid psion goes "insane" and flees from its kindred out into the wilds of the Underdark. [/QUOTE]
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