Hordes of the Abyss: Q&A

[Nightfall]

Thought I'd mention I too will soon be recieving a copy of FC I: Hordes of the Abyss.

 

[Shade]

I got my copy today. What a wonderful half-birthday present.

Of what I've skimmed so far, this thing is more packed with flavor than an ice cream parlor.

 

[Shade]

Yeah. And i think some of you are going to be blown away by where she's slinked off to.

--Erik

Consider me blown away. Sweeeeet.

 

[Knight Otu]

Okay, someone here clearly had an evilgasm.

 

[Shade]

Okay, someone here clearly had an evilgasm.

Multiples on page 126 alone.

 

[Shemeska]

Multiples on page 126 alone.

You've kissed. Now tell!

I won't have my copy till tommorow morning, and it will be tempting me all during work, so spill some beans. Sympathy for the devil 'loth.

 

[Nightfall]

Page 126 eh? Sure you don't mean 125?

 

[demiurge1138]

Pages 124-126 detail locations on the Demonweb Pits, like the wreck of the Faraday Queen, Eclavdra's Fane, Kiaransalee's current hiding place on the Prime world of Guldor, the Ship of Lolth, the Venomsphere Lens, the maw of Ulgurshek (a living Abyssal layer) and all sorts of other delights. So many references...

Demiurge out.

 

[Nightfall]

Demi,

I'm aware of all that since I got the book today and I was like "Yeah b****! Orcus kicked you around and you liked it!"

Sorry I was happy.

 

[Shade]

You've kissed. Now tell!

I won't have my copy till tommorow morning, and it will be tempting me all during work, so spill some beans. Sympathy for the devil 'loth.

Very well. Spoiler tags for those who want to be surprised.

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All the Material Plane worlds hinted at in the old Demonweb Pits module (and more recently, in Dungeon #84's "The Harrowing") get writeups in the Demonweb entry.

Kiaransalee is hiding out in Kandelspire in the ruin kingdom of Maldev on the utterly defeated world of Guldor. She and her quth-maren feel at home among the anguished spirits of the fallen.

The Ulgurshek Orifice, the 92nd layer of the Abyss, designated a living layer by the Fraternity of Order, is actually a draeden, one of the immortal beings from the D&D Immortals set (and a long time fav of mine). It is so old that the Abyss actually grew around it, and now it is stuck. Lolth sometimes consults it, as its knowledge is even older than the obyriths, in exchange for helping it locate other signs or members of its ancient race.

Other random bits of coolness:

The largest goristro ever spotted was a 200-foot-tall, 95 HD monstrosity named Bjornganal that walked around with a small village of fiendish araneas on its back and shoulders.

Trapped within the Wells of Darkness is Ma Yuan, who was finally defeated by Tou Mu and Lu Yueh on the Feng-tu. Shami-Amourae, the previous queen of the succubi, detailed in an old Dungeon.

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