OOC - Graverended Grimoire (House Millithor in the City of the Spider Queen V)

I like your plans, Isida. My personal favorite plan for the past year is reforming House Millithor (possibly by dominating, in the non-vampiric sense, a much lesser House, preferably one with whom we'd been fighting prior to the Silence) in Menzo. I think the characters would have an attachment to Menzo, and it would be better for them to go there. Also, starting the House over again in Menzo means we'll have a stable (as stable as can be, anyway) power base somewhere, something hopefully fairly secure. I doubt Tierak would be content to submit to Narcelia or Carcelon's superiority, and Narcelia wouldn't trust Tierak as a fully equal member of the House, so perhaps the Morcane House could form on its own as well, and become an ally?

As for my synopsis, I don't have much:

Narcelia Millithor, Drow Cleric of Lolth 18 (chaotic evil)

Narcelia did very little in my hands, mainly following the others and trying not to look bad. She was not as favored as Carcelon prior to the Silence (evidenced by her two Scourge heads compared to Carcelon's three). She was washed away by Kripp at one point, and presumably captured and held hostage by Illithids, though that has never been proven. Her incarceration was revealed through dreams only. It is unknown how she escaped: she appeared nude at the feet of Kripp and Kilcif as they waited for Carcelon to return from her rendezvous with That Which Swims in Darkness. Her relationship with the other PC's is neutral, though the past year could have caused stronger or weaker bonds to each respectively. She relied on her family (the other Millithors) much more than usual during the Silence, and that relationship has continued, though now the Silence is over, she spends much of her time consolidating her personal power. She was not ready to be Matron at the end of Endur's campaign, but is strong enough to do the job and be fine at the end of this year.

She spent the interim year subduing any opposition to House Millithor (including the other PC's, if applicable) and building back the House's power in Menzoberranzan. She plans on consolidating, continuing the war against rival Houses, and making sure Carcelon (who she knows is much more ambitious than she is herself) does not plan on becoming Matron Millithor too soon. If she was successful in any campaigns against drow Houses, the surviving members (no clerics) would be enslaved for her household. (She would make sure the enslavement looked legal, for example, by planting "proof" of the House's plotting against Baenre or another of the first Houses.) She would also have as many other slaves as necessary to run her Household. She is kinder to the lesser races than most drow, but in her grasping of power to restore the House, probably those tendancies would be muted.

Let me know if you want more detail. I think the Illithid/imprisonment is a powerful hook, so if you use it, you should thank Endur. ;)
 

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Existing history: prior to the Silence, Tierak was a relatively devout and not particularly ambitious cleric; she believed that power came more from the Spider Queen's affections than political power, and maneuvered only to stay in Lolth's favor, not to maintain a following among "lessers" (anyone but a high priestess). When Lolth fell silent, Tierak was shaken to the core, and almost overwhelmed when the worshippers of Kiaransalee made their coup; only a pair of bebilith companions gifted to her before the Silence preserved her life throughout the ensuing battles, until the balor attack slew them and ended the hopes of assaulting Maerimydra.

New history: When Lolth returned, Tierak took it as definitive proof that her faith was, indeed, the most important part of holding power; nevertheless, she remembers the lessons learned in the Silence, that clerical might alone is insufficient in dire straights. To that end, she has begun collecting former servants and allies of House Morcane, locating the scattered ones with Discern Location; she has also made an effort to recruit the younger members of houses destroyed in the fighting, in an attempt to build a vibrant new House Morcane.

One small question: can dark craft XP also be used to pay for the XP component of a Planar Ally spell, provided that a demon is summoned?

EDIT: Also, I'm having serious trouble finding a proper cohort; there's just nothing in keeping with the spider theme I'm going for besides the bebilith, and I'm not sure if they're of low enough ECL (none is listed). There is one creature that would make a perfect bodyguard, and would fit the theme if I added the insectile template; sadly, it comes from Monte Cook's Legacy of the Dragons, which you didn't list as a potential resource, though if you're willing to consider it, I can send you the stat block. It's not listed as extraplanar, but would be if summoned from Serran, the world of the Diamond Throne setting.
 
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Isida Kep'Tukari said:
Ya know, that would work too. I mean, I was going to have that extra 20% be in shiny things anyway, and this way it would be more fair. Greed isn't necessarily about usage, it's just about owning things and never letting them go. Bro, how about that?
Yeah it works... for an ECL 20 though it's 152,000 GP... That seems a bit extreme. :\ (not asking for it to be changed, I'm just trying to figure out if I want to risk so much on a single feat. You can't really make a person turn against his god, but you sure as can rob him. Lose the feat, not to bad in itself but then you lose the PrC and that would be very bad...)

And I'm like Pyrex, I couldn't figure out how I was negative... :)

Anyhow, I'm sick right now, and actually begging for death, I think I'm going to call it a night. :(
 


Brother Shatterstone said:
Yeah it works... for an ECL 20 though it's 152,000 GP... That seems a bit extreme. :\ (not asking for it to be changed, I'm just trying to figure out if I want to risk so much on a single feat. You can't really make a person turn against his god, but you sure as can rob him. Lose the feat, not to bad in itself but then you lose the PrC and that would be very bad...)

How does the PrC you're looking at require a feat we haven't invented yet?

Also, when robbed you wouldn't lose the feat itself, just the benefit the feat provides. Hence you wouldn't loose the PrC. Also, as currently written the vow doesn't say anything about theft anyway. It just says you can't voluntarily give something away.

You're right, 150k is more than a little excessive.

How about instead of a percentage, you would just refuse to own objects of inferior (i.e. non-masterwork) quality?
 

Pyrex said:
What about an Aranea with some combination of Ftr / Hexblade / Spellsword / Devoted Defender levels?

I'd considered aranea and Devoted Defender, but the aranea is a bad melee type. Good rogue, good caster, but bad melee. On the other hand, an aranea sorceror/incantatrix might work quite well to keep me safe from summonings gone wrong.
 

Pyrex said:
How does the PrC you're looking at require a feat we haven't invented yet?

The answer to that lies below everyone of Isida's posts... ;)

Pyrex said:
Also, when robbed you wouldn't lose the feat itself, just the benefit the feat provides. Hence you wouldn't loose the PrC. Also, as currently written the vow doesn't say anything about theft anyway. It just says you can't voluntarily give something away.

Your right, sorry I'm not very lucid right now... :\

Pyrex said:
How about instead of a percentage, you would just refuse to own objects of inferior (i.e. non-masterwork) quality?
Hmmm that could work... It’s not exactly what I would expect out of a bugbear, but it’s a good way to apply a game mechanic. :)

Isida, I sent you an email.... Sorry I didn't plan on it getting that long. :p
 
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Paxus - using the dark craft XP to summon demons is a go.

And which creature were you thinking of in Legacy of the Dragons? The Arachtar? (Not only do I own it, I'm a contributing author, I wrote the NPC Vo-Tarran.)

Bro, got to and responded to your e-mail.
 

Actually, I was thinking the Bladebreaker; though spiderlike, the Arachtar aren't necessarily the best bodyguards, though they'd make a handy servitor. An arachnoid (using the insectile template) bladebreaker Devoted Defender would be an excellent guard.

EDIT: As Dark Craft XP can be used to summon demons, Tierak is going to have a big mess of Myrlochar running around on her missions. They'll not be used as combatants, but as assassins and messengers.
 
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