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<blockquote data-quote="Wraith Form" data-source="post: 2592507" data-attributes="member: 10789">The Temple-ish Churchlike Fane of the Synogogue Inside the Fane of the Terrible FanekeeperThis encounter is meant to be a challenge for the players, so be sure to carefully describe every detail.&nbsp; Linger seductively, passionately--obsessively--on the great amount of difficulty they'll be experiencing completing this horrifically complex encounter.&nbsp; It's tough.I'm not kidding.[boxed text]Before you stands a church.&nbsp; Well, it's more like a temple.&nbsp; OK, maybe a cathedral.&nbsp; Anyway, it's big.&nbsp; Really big.&nbsp; Dangerously big, for a temple.&nbsp; But it's not a temple, it's a fane, so don't even think about describing it as a mosque.&nbsp; Or a church.&nbsp; Or anything like a chapel or chantry.&nbsp; This is a fane, dammit, and not a tabernacle or basilica.Anyway, this fane is big and scary and has a fanekeeper inside.&nbsp; What's a &quot;fanekeeper&quot;?&nbsp; It's kinda like a priest.&nbsp; 'Cept different.&nbsp; His name is Mohnte.&nbsp; And he guards this churc...see?&nbsp; There you go, making me all confused.&nbsp; I almost said church, which this structure is most definitely NOT.&nbsp; It's a fane.&nbsp; Not a vestry.&nbsp; But a fane.Spell it with me.&nbsp; F-A-N-E.&nbsp; Eff, ay, enn, ee.&nbsp; Fane.Well, Mohnte gurards this dangerously, ridiculously huge building.&nbsp; Did I mention it's black?&nbsp; Yeah, the blocks of stone it's built of are black.&nbsp; Not &quot;ebon&quot; or &quot;dusky&quot; or even &quot;obsidian&quot;.&nbsp; It's a black sacristry...NO!&nbsp; FANE!&nbsp; Man, you get me all mixed up.&nbsp; It's a black fane, and Mohnte guards it menacingly in his menacing kinda way.&nbsp; And it's scary.&nbsp; Don't you feel scared?&nbsp; All, like, oooOOOOooooOOOOOooooooo and stuff.[end boxed text]If the characters approach Mohnte, he'll glare loomingly over them and his fanbo--err, followers will begin chanting &quot;Mohn-te, Mohn-te&quot; in the background.&nbsp; (Did I fail to mention the fanb....ahh, followers?&nbsp; Yeah, they're behind him in the halls of the temple.&nbsp; Uh, fane, I mean.&nbsp; And they're all, like, &quot;Mohnte?&nbsp; Yeah, he's the d00d.&quot;&nbsp; But when they say it, it's scary and all, like, &quot;grr&quot; and stuff.)Their chanting rises to a fevered pitch, getting louder and louder until the characters are forced to roll Will vs. Death Magic at a -19 penalty or suffer the effects of a charm that makes them go out and buy every Malhavoc Press book to be found.Mohnte, Epic 34th level gestalt half-demon/half-pixie ECL 4 polymorphed dire owlbear (with &quot;Xeq&quot; PrC), THAC0 44, weilding legacy Intelligent flaming riding crop of corruption +3.14159And he loves BBQ.....And don't get me started on the Orc &amp; Pi room.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wraith Form, post: 2592507, member: 10789"] [B]The Temple-ish Churchlike Fane of the Synogogue Inside the Fane of the Terrible Fanekeeper[/B] [COLOR=DarkOrange]This encounter is meant to be a challenge for the players, so be sure to carefully describe every detail. Linger seductively, passionately--obsessively--on the great amount of difficulty they'll be experiencing completing this horrifically complex encounter. It's tough. I'm not kidding.[/COLOR] [boxed text] [I]Before you stands a church. Well, it's more like a temple. OK, maybe a cathedral. Anyway, it's big. Really big. [I]Dangerously[/I] big, for a temple. But it's not a temple, it's a fane, so don't even [I]think[/I] about describing it as a mosque. Or a church. Or anything like a chapel or chantry. This is a fane, dammit, and not a tabernacle or basilica. Anyway, this fane is big and scary and has a fanekeeper inside. What's a "fanekeeper"? It's kinda like a priest. 'Cept different. His name is Mohnte. And he guards this churc...see? There you go, making me all confused. I almost said church, which this structure is most definitely NOT. It's a fane. Not a vestry. But a fane. Spell it with me. F-A-N-E. Eff, ay, enn, ee. Fane. Well, Mohnte gurards this dangerously, ridiculously huge building. Did I mention it's black? Yeah, the blocks of stone it's built of are black. Not "ebon" or "dusky" or even "obsidian". It's a black sacristry...NO! FANE! Man, you get me all mixed up. It's a black fane, and Mohnte guards it menacingly in his menacing kinda way. And it's scary. Don't you feel scared? All, like, oooOOOOooooOOOOOooooooo and stuff.[/I] [end boxed text] [COLOR=DarkOrange]If the characters approach Mohnte, he'll glare loomingly over them and his fanbo--err, followers will begin chanting "Mohn-te, Mohn-te" in the background. (Did I fail to mention the fanb....ahh, followers? Yeah, they're behind him in the halls of the temple. Uh, fane, I mean. And they're all, like, "Mohnte? Yeah, he's the d00d." But when they say it, it's scary and all, like, "grr" and stuff.) Their chanting rises to a fevered pitch, getting louder and louder until the characters are forced to roll [I]Will vs. Death Magic[/I] at a -19 penalty or suffer the effects of a [I]charm[/I] that makes them go out and buy every Malhavoc Press book to be found. [B]Mohnte, Epic 34th level gestalt half-demon/half-pixie ECL 4 polymorphed dire owlbear (with "Xeq" PrC), THAC0 44, weilding legacy Intelligent [I]flaming riding crop of corruption +3.14159[/I] And he loves BBQ.[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkOliveGreen][B]....And don't get me started on the [I]Orc & Pi[/I] room.[/B][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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