Drow Rod of Tentacles

[sledged]

Klatu barata nikto

Klatu barata nikto

Did you say the words right this time?

 

[hong]

Ah, well... Yet another unusual and unique magical device turned into an everyday item...

What on earth?

... ah, right. It's that day of the year, isn't it?

 

[Bendris Noulg]

BTW, is the Wand of Vicious Globs converted somewhere?

Also in The Harrowing.

 

[Twinswords]

Vedui' Zanthrea Ty'rynduar,

Vedui' ulu dosst qu'ellar lu' ilharess.
Dos zhal'la zhaun nindel rothen shlu'ta tlu reiyal ruzzo'iso vel'drav ol chu ulu screa'in udossta xanalress. Fridj lor a l' waele tluinen bauth dos. Ka ol zhahus naut whol udossta zhennu ka'lith lu' ninta xund 'zil rothen, udos orn'la inbal elggen mina a nin.

Xal oloth sslig'ne dos,

Riathir
M'elzar d' qu'ellar Kalan`Afein
(A l' i'dol ol zhah jaluk lu' naut jabbuk, nindel zhah er'griff whol natha sil'in.)

 

[johnsemlak]

It is interesting (trivial, but interesting) that the rods were used by a Drow House that didn't worship Loth, but rather the Elder Elemental God aspect of Tharizdun;.

One note--The connection between the Elder Elemental God and Tharizdun is somewhat controversial, since no mention of this appears in any of the earlier materials and appears to have been made up in Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil. Some people don't like what effect it had on Greyhawk cosmology.

OTOH, it's an interesting connection a good DM can use very well in designing an epic campaign connecting many of the classic modules.

 

[Bendris Noulg]

This is true, although it seems to be hinted at in Monster Mythology; Compare the entries for "The Dark God" and the Elder Elemental Evil God, and then compare the entry for "The Dark God" to references of Tharizdun in The [Forgotten?] Temple of Tharizdun. It seemed to me, after the release of Monster Mythology, that a connection was implied (although, admidtedly, not confirmed), so when RttToEE used this as a main plot device, I guess I wasn't really surprised by it.

All this being neither here nor there, of course, which is why I called it "trivial".