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Pathfinder 1E Scotley's and Leif's Constables of the 14th Ward - Main Action Thread [3.5E D&D] [IC 04]
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Scotley
Hero
[sblock=Tau]You are able to glean the following information from various tomes.
Slaadi are native to the Outer Plane of Limbo. As such they are of the outsider type, being composed of the essence of their home plane. Slaadi are almost always chaotic in nature and as such extremely unpredictable and very dangerous. Approach them with caution or avoid them if possible.
Slaadi are most often described by scholars as frog or toad-like humanoids. Within that rough characterization they have a wide range of forms as one would expect of creatures of chaos, and often corresponding to their rank in society. Size also varies between the different subtypes, from human sized to several feet taller than human sized.
The slaadi have been depicted as having a complex social system bound up in the relationship and reproductive cycles of the various subtypes. Some subtypes dominate others, though as slaadi are creatures of chaos, such domination occurs not through a regimented hierarchy, but by brute force. Scholars once thought Slaad were divided only into red, blue, green, gray and death subtypes. More recent research as added the mud, and very powerful white and black subtypes. The slaad have been dominated by the Slaad Lords, Ssendam and Ygorl.
Red and blue slaadi reproduce by infecting living hosts. The red do so by implanting eggs beneath their victim's skin which grow into a baby blue slaad that eats the host from within. The blue infect the host with a lycanthropy-like disease that slowly transforms them into a red slaad. Despite being the means of producing the other slaad type, reds and blues despise one another. If either a red slaad or blue slaad infects an arcane spellcaster, the host will spawn a green slaad, superior to its parent in that it may cast spells. A green slaad, upon reaching its hundredth year of life, will retreat into isolation for the duration of about a year. Upon its return it has transformed into a smaller, but more powerful grey slaad, which focus more on spell-casting than most other slaadi. Some grey slaadi undergo an unnamed, mysterious ritual, which transforms them into death slaadi. Death slaadi possess amazing magical and physical might, but eschew focusing on the former, as the greys do, being bent more on perpetuating slaughter and death. As such, death slaad tend more towards evil than simply the pure chaos observed in most other slaadi. If the death slaad survives a century, it turns into the white slaad. And if the white slaad survives a century, it turns into a black slaad in the manner of its preceding transformations. The black slaad are the most powerful slaad, excluding the slaad lords. The reproductive cycle of mud slaadi is not detailed known, but recently it has been hypothesized that lesser Sladdi such as the Red and Blue may also undergo transformation. It is believed that they may travel into exile on other planes far from the Spawning Stone to do this.
The Spawning Stone is the primordial home of the slaadi, located in "a realm of their greatest dominion", and drifting about Limbo. The passage of the stone generates currents in the raw chaos-stuff of the plane, and slaadi are able to follow these currents "upstream" to the Stone's location. In the mating season, each race of slaad converges on the Spawning Stone, wresting the Stone away from the previous group, so that they may fertilize each other's internal egg sacs, and carry away the seed-like fertilized eggs for later implantation into host bodies. Sometimes, however, young slaadi are produced right there at the stone because the slaadi implant each other in their mating frenzy. Thus, dead adult slaadi routinely float about the stone until destroyed by the chaos of Limbo. True slaadi are described as beings of ultimate chaos who have no set form. Only the Slaad Lords Ssendam and Ygorl are representative of this type. Somehow they affected the 'Spawning Stone' to prevent the emergence of slaadi more powerful than them, which keeps the slaadi within the aforementioned groups. That is the reason it is hypothesized that lesser Slaadi travel to transform, that the Slaad Lords would prevent it somehow otherwise. Although anomalies do slip through in the chaos, they have less variety, and less chance of being more powerful than the Slaad Lords. One such anomaly is the Gormeel Slaad, which is a subtype believed to be a large, mutant variety "born from the Spawning Stone", and escaping the notice of Ygorl and Ssendam. They are lawful in alignment, and have been observed serving as allies and sometimes mounts of the githzerai against other slaadi. The exact details of the origins of the Gormeel Slaad are a subject for speculation among the wise but they are not known with any degree of certainty.
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Leif
Adventurer
Tauvelak Dusksprocket -- The Binding of Thelugadam
[sblock=Tau]Tau also uncovers a sheaf of very, very old, musty unbound pages that detail some of the forces tasked with guarding Thelugadam's prison. The names of three Astral Devas are given, and mention is also made of a set of twin Planetars. These pages are not with the main account of Thelugadam, and the implication of that may be that these entities were not ever fully constituted as Guardians, or else perhaps that they were removed, replaced, or fell victim to dire forces at some point between Thelugadam's Binding and the present time.[/sblock]
[sblock=Tau]Tau also uncovers a sheaf of very, very old, musty unbound pages that detail some of the forces tasked with guarding Thelugadam's prison. The names of three Astral Devas are given, and mention is also made of a set of twin Planetars. These pages are not with the main account of Thelugadam, and the implication of that may be that these entities were not ever fully constituted as Guardians, or else perhaps that they were removed, replaced, or fell victim to dire forces at some point between Thelugadam's Binding and the present time.[/sblock]
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Scotley
Hero
OOC: We were giving Tau a little time in case he wanted to share his finding, but we shall not hold up any longer. The trip out to see Sir Upjohn is an unpleasant one this time of year. The snow and ice make even a simple journey a dangerous one. You leave the city behind and are soon on the small road to Sir Upjohn's castle. The days are short, but you should be able to make his lands before nightfall. Perception Spot/Listen checks from all please?
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KerlanRayne
Explorer
OOC: I'm sorry. I didn't realize you were waiting on me. Yes, let's go ahead and go. Tau will convey his findings to the group on the trip there. He will also have a religious discussion on the importance of the Devas, as well as which god they may have belonged to, with Brae.
KerlanRayne
Explorer
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Rhun
First Post
Fairly accustomed to travelling the wilds, Brae keeps his eyes and ears open for anything unusual.
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