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<blockquote data-quote="gorice" data-source="post: 9149151" data-attributes="member: 7032863"><p>I'm back! A few days late due to life getting in the way, but I made it. Hard to believe there are only three months left in the year.</p><p></p><p>This level turned into less of a funhouse and more of a weird amalgam of paths and themes -- a sublevel made of sublevels. I'm OK with that, though I feel it needs more monsters and traps. Next month will be much more thematically coherent, with a nice little gimmick, as well.</p><p></p><p>22: Forgotten Colossi</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dusty stone colossi holding lanterns and reliquaries, under a hazy red sky, ankle-deep in sand .</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">(?) Beyond the portico: sandy desert, as far as you can see.</li> </ul><p></p><p>23: Shrine of Rain: Frozen Courtyard</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Portico pillars piled with snow. The wind howls; an alien sun leaks bleakly through.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">(??) flickering fire within the sanctuary.</li> </ul><p></p><p>24: Shrine of Rain: Tomb of Tears</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A frozen waterfall against the wall. Shaggy demons with icy antlers huddle around flickering braziers.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">(!?) Lair of the Congregation of Tears, silently mourning their dead god.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Mien: rumbling, depressed</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Wants: some kind of hope or purpose</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Needs: fuel to keep their braziers lit</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Fears: the dark</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Knows: a little about the other temples</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">(?) A dwindling pile of charcoal in the storeroom.</li> </ul><p></p><p>25: Shaft of Portals</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A cylindrical room with portals at many different levels, each about 30’ up or down from the next. The floor and ceiling are shrouded in darkness.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">(?) There is no floor – it leads 120’ down into into the Shrine of the Dark: Pit.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">(?) There is no ceiling – it leads 60’ up into the midden chute on level 10: the Palace.</li> </ul><p></p><p>26: Maze</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">(!??) The halls here are superimposed on the map, passing ‘through’ one another as they move in impossible directions.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">(!) Shadow demons stalk these halls, waiting for easy prey they can snatch away.</li> </ul><p></p><p>27: Temple of the New: Facade</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">An ancient and monumental facade of white marble and columns. Completely free of any ornamentation.</li> </ul><p></p><p>28: Temple of the New: Renegade Magician</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A dusty room with books and personal effects piled about.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">(!) Lair of the Emperor’s renegade high priest, now a cantankerous lich, Qargan.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Mien: Hmm? I’m busy. Oh, wait, visitors!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Wants: to kill the emperor & his cult, and claim the secrets of the archive for his new god.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Needs: followers for the New God, so that it will begin to manifest. He isn’t very good at recruitment, and something happened to his old congregation.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Fears: the Avatar of Empire.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Knows: all about the palace (as it was), and the existence of the archive at the city’s highest level.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">(?) A veritable library of books on magic, history, religion, and all manner of arcane subjects, including Qargan’s spellbook. He may not appreciate people digging through them.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">(?) Qagan is happy to expound on the wickedness of the emperor’s murderous regime and the need to birth a new god to take its place in the cosmology. He has no idea the empire is dead.</li> </ul><p></p><p>29: Temple of the New: Cella</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A vast but mostly blank marble statue, suggesting a person, but without detail.</li> </ul><p></p><p>30: Shrine of the Forest</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Musty courtyard overhung with canopy of massive trees. At its heart: a fungal menhir the size of a house, hard, grey, and pocked with holes of varying size.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">(??) The largest hole – 2’ across – is filled with glittering offerings: weapons, golden goblets, jewels, and a golden war mask, but you have to climb inside to reach them.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">(?) Treasure is worth 300 coins, including a magic axe, Red Torrent.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">(!) The menhir will of course release its spores if interfered with – save vs. infection. Psychic contact with the vengeful forest god will be established shorty thereafter.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">(??) A passage within the menhir leads to a tree bough in the forest garden.</li> </ul></li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gorice, post: 9149151, member: 7032863"] I'm back! A few days late due to life getting in the way, but I made it. Hard to believe there are only three months left in the year. This level turned into less of a funhouse and more of a weird amalgam of paths and themes -- a sublevel made of sublevels. I'm OK with that, though I feel it needs more monsters and traps. Next month will be much more thematically coherent, with a nice little gimmick, as well. 22: Forgotten Colossi [LIST] [*]Dusty stone colossi holding lanterns and reliquaries, under a hazy red sky, ankle-deep in sand . [*](?) Beyond the portico: sandy desert, as far as you can see. [/LIST] 23: Shrine of Rain: Frozen Courtyard [LIST] [*]Portico pillars piled with snow. The wind howls; an alien sun leaks bleakly through. [*](??) flickering fire within the sanctuary. [/LIST] 24: Shrine of Rain: Tomb of Tears [LIST] [*]A frozen waterfall against the wall. Shaggy demons with icy antlers huddle around flickering braziers. [*](!?) Lair of the Congregation of Tears, silently mourning their dead god. [LIST] [*]Mien: rumbling, depressed [*]Wants: some kind of hope or purpose [*]Needs: fuel to keep their braziers lit [*]Fears: the dark [*]Knows: a little about the other temples [/LIST] [*](?) A dwindling pile of charcoal in the storeroom. [/LIST] 25: Shaft of Portals [LIST] [*]A cylindrical room with portals at many different levels, each about 30’ up or down from the next. The floor and ceiling are shrouded in darkness. [*](?) There is no floor – it leads 120’ down into into the Shrine of the Dark: Pit. [*](?) There is no ceiling – it leads 60’ up into the midden chute on level 10: the Palace. [/LIST] 26: Maze [LIST] [*](!??) The halls here are superimposed on the map, passing ‘through’ one another as they move in impossible directions. [*](!) Shadow demons stalk these halls, waiting for easy prey they can snatch away. [/LIST] 27: Temple of the New: Facade [LIST] [*]An ancient and monumental facade of white marble and columns. Completely free of any ornamentation. [/LIST] 28: Temple of the New: Renegade Magician [LIST] [*]A dusty room with books and personal effects piled about. [*](!) Lair of the Emperor’s renegade high priest, now a cantankerous lich, Qargan. [LIST] [*]Mien: Hmm? I’m busy. Oh, wait, visitors! [*]Wants: to kill the emperor & his cult, and claim the secrets of the archive for his new god. [*]Needs: followers for the New God, so that it will begin to manifest. He isn’t very good at recruitment, and something happened to his old congregation. [*]Fears: the Avatar of Empire. [*]Knows: all about the palace (as it was), and the existence of the archive at the city’s highest level. [/LIST] [*](?) A veritable library of books on magic, history, religion, and all manner of arcane subjects, including Qargan’s spellbook. He may not appreciate people digging through them. [*](?) Qagan is happy to expound on the wickedness of the emperor’s murderous regime and the need to birth a new god to take its place in the cosmology. He has no idea the empire is dead. [/LIST] 29: Temple of the New: Cella [LIST] [*]A vast but mostly blank marble statue, suggesting a person, but without detail. [/LIST] 30: Shrine of the Forest [LIST] [*]Musty courtyard overhung with canopy of massive trees. At its heart: a fungal menhir the size of a house, hard, grey, and pocked with holes of varying size. [*](??) The largest hole – 2’ across – is filled with glittering offerings: weapons, golden goblets, jewels, and a golden war mask, but you have to climb inside to reach them. [LIST] [*](?) Treasure is worth 300 coins, including a magic axe, Red Torrent. [*](!) The menhir will of course release its spores if interfered with – save vs. infection. Psychic contact with the vengeful forest god will be established shorty thereafter. [*](??) A passage within the menhir leads to a tree bough in the forest garden. [/LIST] [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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