[Full]The Drow War Book One - The Gathering Storm - OOC Thread
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Evil Ujio
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Short tale of the She that rules over the drow...
The Creation of ‘She’
The creation of She is a central elven legend. Brith the sun god, the second child born of Nuith the Star Goddess, was originally deemed unworthy to hold the throne of the elven gods. He was a proven warrior and his courage was unquestionable, but the seeress Lumiya proclaimed that his nature contained a weakness, an evil. Given time, this evil might grow to consume him. While Brith was still not pure in body and soul, he would not be worthy of the responsibility that was to be his.
The outward sign of this evil within him was his left hand. The body of Brith was beautiful and well proportioned, but the left hand was dark and hook-nailed, the back of it covered with coarse hairs, as if it belonged to something else.
Thus, the sun-lord Brith went into the deserts of sand to search his soul and judge whether he was worthy to be a true King of all elves. After thirty nights of wandering and meditation, he made his decision. If there was evil within him, he would cut it out. This was his warrior’s mind speaking. Another might have tried to come to terms with the evil, to overcome it by force of will, but not Brith. In a single moment, he drew his sword and hacked his left hand off at the wrist, then flung it with a curse down a rocky ravine, into the darkness where it belonged.
Brith returned to his fellow gods, who welcomed him. Only Lumiya was silent, knowing that the evil had not been overcome but merely moved to a place where none would see it.
Gods are immortal. Their body parts are no less immortal, whether they are still attached or not.
The left hand of Brith, still living, still evil, crouched in the darkness. It pulsed, slowly, realising that it was free. For the first time, it was itself. The fingers elongated; new ones exuded themselves in spindly lengths from the wet stump. Four thin, bony fingers wavered feebly beside a stubby thumb, like some horrible birth deformity. The fingers and thumb thickened, darkening to match the rest of the skin. A single hand had become two hands, fused at the wrists.
The knuckles of the thumbs congealed together, forming a bulbous head. Their curved claws clicked as they met and became inward-pointing jaws. As the body gained mass and the fingers became longer and thinner, the thick black hair that had covered the back of the hand now sprouted over the whole creature. ‘She’, the devouring spider-goddess, was born – the evil that the sun god cut away from himself and cast into darkness.
In the darkness, the spider-creature found comfort and strength. She soothed her burning wounds in the cool lightless air. Life was already beginning to breed in her bulbous belly. Away from the light of Brith, shielded from the influence of the stars, she absorbed the darkness into herself and fed it into her growing eggs like mother’s milk. Her children would shun light, even as she did. When the time came for the stars to send their ambassadors to earth, they would be opposed. The darkness too, would have a voice. It would speak through Her spawn.
The Creation of ‘She’
The creation of She is a central elven legend. Brith the sun god, the second child born of Nuith the Star Goddess, was originally deemed unworthy to hold the throne of the elven gods. He was a proven warrior and his courage was unquestionable, but the seeress Lumiya proclaimed that his nature contained a weakness, an evil. Given time, this evil might grow to consume him. While Brith was still not pure in body and soul, he would not be worthy of the responsibility that was to be his.
The outward sign of this evil within him was his left hand. The body of Brith was beautiful and well proportioned, but the left hand was dark and hook-nailed, the back of it covered with coarse hairs, as if it belonged to something else.
Thus, the sun-lord Brith went into the deserts of sand to search his soul and judge whether he was worthy to be a true King of all elves. After thirty nights of wandering and meditation, he made his decision. If there was evil within him, he would cut it out. This was his warrior’s mind speaking. Another might have tried to come to terms with the evil, to overcome it by force of will, but not Brith. In a single moment, he drew his sword and hacked his left hand off at the wrist, then flung it with a curse down a rocky ravine, into the darkness where it belonged.
Brith returned to his fellow gods, who welcomed him. Only Lumiya was silent, knowing that the evil had not been overcome but merely moved to a place where none would see it.
Gods are immortal. Their body parts are no less immortal, whether they are still attached or not.
The left hand of Brith, still living, still evil, crouched in the darkness. It pulsed, slowly, realising that it was free. For the first time, it was itself. The fingers elongated; new ones exuded themselves in spindly lengths from the wet stump. Four thin, bony fingers wavered feebly beside a stubby thumb, like some horrible birth deformity. The fingers and thumb thickened, darkening to match the rest of the skin. A single hand had become two hands, fused at the wrists.
The knuckles of the thumbs congealed together, forming a bulbous head. Their curved claws clicked as they met and became inward-pointing jaws. As the body gained mass and the fingers became longer and thinner, the thick black hair that had covered the back of the hand now sprouted over the whole creature. ‘She’, the devouring spider-goddess, was born – the evil that the sun god cut away from himself and cast into darkness.
In the darkness, the spider-creature found comfort and strength. She soothed her burning wounds in the cool lightless air. Life was already beginning to breed in her bulbous belly. Away from the light of Brith, shielded from the influence of the stars, she absorbed the darkness into herself and fed it into her growing eggs like mother’s milk. Her children would shun light, even as she did. When the time came for the stars to send their ambassadors to earth, they would be opposed. The darkness too, would have a voice. It would speak through Her spawn.
Evil Ujio
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In this campaign world, death is permanent and resurrection and raise dead are ineffective. Although there are tales of great heroes who defied death and could return to life via these spells, but such tails are legend and perhaps wishful thinking.
Even though this is a campaign about the drow, the drow have not been in over a thousand years even the elves believe that they are perhaps simply legend now and that they are all but destroyed. For such beings of evil to truly exist some sign would have been seen by now as many sages would protest…
Quick Deity Rundown
Elhonna is an elven deity apart of the Callistan, the pantheon of elven deities that once ruled in the city of Callista before it was destroyed a millennia ago. Elhonna is a young goddess the daughter of Brith, the sun god and the lord of the Callistan. Brith was created by Nuith, the creator of all life in Ashfar, the campaign world.
Nuith is more like a proto-deity a primal force neither good nor evil, a force of Creation. Lumiya the maiden of the Moon rules the night as Brith rules the day and was also created by Nuith. Arosi another elven goddess is the goddess of inebriation, of good spirits and carousing. It is said that the drow worship a version of her that exalts her arts in poison craft, but such a thing could not be refuted. Kyros Threadcutter is the son of Lumiya and he stands for truth and justice, he is favored among warriors as well and stands in favor of law.
Melmoth is the deity of travelers and is favored among druids, he is filled with wanderlust and is rarely idle. In myth and legend it is said that Melmoth and Elhonna are lovers. Valkazz is the goddess of warrior men, such a path for elven women is well respected in their culture, even if they do not follow the path of a child rearing. Finally there is Vendyss considered the maiden of fire and metal she is said to reside in a great volcano, lounging on a bed of lava, she is fiery and intense, a passionate deity with many dalliances with both gods and mortals at her whim.
The standard D&D Pantheon is worshipped in Chillhame and the rest of the world…
Game Mechanics
I will be posting usually 3-5 times a week. I will try to keep everyone involved but I will say I will try and keep the pace brisk, I feel that a game where there are many posts shows involvement by the players and the DM involved. Please use red italics for any game mechanics, which should posted with combat actions. I will allow you to determine how you do thoughts and speech, just be sure to let me know which is which, though I am sure I will be able to tell.
Backgrounds will be firmed out in-play and I may post in the OOC when I have a hook that fits a characters or if you see something in game that fits your character post in the OOC that you would like to tie it into your character, and how and I will work it. Combat will be fast and loose but I will do my best to keep the scene described and keep things going. My main thing is for you to post, I will give leeway for the weekends, though the game will not end on weekends, just be slower unless I see everyone is keeping pace. Please be prompt about any long term absences so that I can work around that. I will be doing dice rolls cause it keeps things moving, sorry about that just my preference. I will be posting a character thread soon, and probably get things going this evening or tomorrow, thanks again for joining.
Even though this is a campaign about the drow, the drow have not been in over a thousand years even the elves believe that they are perhaps simply legend now and that they are all but destroyed. For such beings of evil to truly exist some sign would have been seen by now as many sages would protest…
Quick Deity Rundown
Elhonna is an elven deity apart of the Callistan, the pantheon of elven deities that once ruled in the city of Callista before it was destroyed a millennia ago. Elhonna is a young goddess the daughter of Brith, the sun god and the lord of the Callistan. Brith was created by Nuith, the creator of all life in Ashfar, the campaign world.
Nuith is more like a proto-deity a primal force neither good nor evil, a force of Creation. Lumiya the maiden of the Moon rules the night as Brith rules the day and was also created by Nuith. Arosi another elven goddess is the goddess of inebriation, of good spirits and carousing. It is said that the drow worship a version of her that exalts her arts in poison craft, but such a thing could not be refuted. Kyros Threadcutter is the son of Lumiya and he stands for truth and justice, he is favored among warriors as well and stands in favor of law.
Melmoth is the deity of travelers and is favored among druids, he is filled with wanderlust and is rarely idle. In myth and legend it is said that Melmoth and Elhonna are lovers. Valkazz is the goddess of warrior men, such a path for elven women is well respected in their culture, even if they do not follow the path of a child rearing. Finally there is Vendyss considered the maiden of fire and metal she is said to reside in a great volcano, lounging on a bed of lava, she is fiery and intense, a passionate deity with many dalliances with both gods and mortals at her whim.
The standard D&D Pantheon is worshipped in Chillhame and the rest of the world…
Game Mechanics
I will be posting usually 3-5 times a week. I will try to keep everyone involved but I will say I will try and keep the pace brisk, I feel that a game where there are many posts shows involvement by the players and the DM involved. Please use red italics for any game mechanics, which should posted with combat actions. I will allow you to determine how you do thoughts and speech, just be sure to let me know which is which, though I am sure I will be able to tell.
Backgrounds will be firmed out in-play and I may post in the OOC when I have a hook that fits a characters or if you see something in game that fits your character post in the OOC that you would like to tie it into your character, and how and I will work it. Combat will be fast and loose but I will do my best to keep the scene described and keep things going. My main thing is for you to post, I will give leeway for the weekends, though the game will not end on weekends, just be slower unless I see everyone is keeping pace. Please be prompt about any long term absences so that I can work around that. I will be doing dice rolls cause it keeps things moving, sorry about that just my preference. I will be posting a character thread soon, and probably get things going this evening or tomorrow, thanks again for joining.
Thanee
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Nice story about the Creation of 'She'. 
Is the elven deity Elhonna (Ehlonna?) = the deity from the PHB (e.g. the one Kyalia worships)?
About backgrounds: Should we leave them completely empty for now, or write up some very basic, generic background?
And last but not least, in case you havn't noticed, I made a few changes above (mostly switched the sign to Unicorn (was my first choice, but I didn't keep it, since I planned to pick up some Diplomacy, which wouldn't fit well, but now it looks better that way) and made some accomodating changes).
Bye
Thanee
Is the elven deity Elhonna (Ehlonna?) = the deity from the PHB (e.g. the one Kyalia worships)?
About backgrounds: Should we leave them completely empty for now, or write up some very basic, generic background?
And last but not least, in case you havn't noticed, I made a few changes above (mostly switched the sign to Unicorn (was my first choice, but I didn't keep it, since I planned to pick up some Diplomacy, which wouldn't fit well, but now it looks better that way
) and made some accomodating changes).Bye
Thanee
Evil Ujio
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Yes spelling aside it is the same, I can't take credit for the She story, that is in the adventure book LOL... keep the backgrounds generic and loose, nothing too detailed yet, we can fill in as we goThanee said:Nice story about the Creation of 'She'.
Is the elven deity Elhonna (Ehlonna?) = the deity from the PHB (e.g. the one Kyalia worships)?
About backgrounds: Should we leave them completely empty for now, or write up some very basic, generic background?
And last but not least, in case you havn't noticed, I made a few changes above (mostly switched the sign to Unicorn (was my first choice, but I didn't keep it, since I planned to pick up some Diplomacy, which wouldn't fit well, but now it looks better that way
Bye
Thanee
Endur
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3.5 Rangers can take their own race as a favored enemy. That restriction was only in 3.0.
Evil Ujio said:If you become elf you have to change your favored enemy since you have to be evil to take your own race as a favored enemy
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