[OOC] House Millithor in City of the Spider Queen II

[Serpenteye]

I thought you were all off to save your deity? And her in your deity's moment of need you abandon her for the first god/goddess to take you in?

C'mon, It's Lolth we're talking about here. She's not exactly forgiving of failure and incompetence in her underlings. It would probably be against the spirit of the Lolthite dogma to attempt to rescue her. We might even be punished for the inherent heresy of such an act, unless we'd be killed by creatures powerful enough to imprison a Goddess first.

Ki'Willis has not yet made her decision, her worship to Lolth is deeply ingrained, but she is used of making difficult choices. She has been the ruler of House Millithor for several centuries, she wouldn't have survived that long unless she had learned to judge everything by merit, not by dogma and tradition. Her intellect knows she must convert and her heart still clings to the past, but she has never allowed her passions to rule her.

I find your lack of faith disturbing…

Join the dark side of the force...

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

C'mon, It's Lolth we're talking about here. She's not exactly forgiving of failure and incompetence in her underlings. It would probably be against the spirit of the Lolthite dogma to attempt to rescue her. We might even be punished for the inherent heresy of such an act, unless we'd be killed by creatures powerful enough to imprison a Goddess first.

It all works for me. Then again it's simple for me... Stupid bugbear in all.

 

[Pyrex]

Hmm, Carcelon would probably be in favor of the 'leave & go after the caravan' plan except for feeling that this is not a good place to try and Shadow Walk.

Regardless of Carcelon's willingness (or lack thereof) to convert, she is very much not keen on taking orders from Dorina.

 

[Seonaid]

Narcelia is suspicious of the "you'll be high up in the ladder" bit too, particularly since "high up" probably means "significantly below Dorina." Carcelon has it right.

 

[Endur]

English to Drow Translator link

http://home.earthlink.net/~gerrybroman/language.html

 

[Endur]

Quertus knows that he can't Shadow Walk into or out of the ruling level of Szith Morcane. The Forbiddance spell prevents Shadow Walk.

From the rest of Szith Morcane, Shadow Walk would be fine (as far as he can tell).

Hmm, Carcelon would probably be in favor of the 'leave & go after the caravan' plan except for feeling that this is not a good place to try and Shadow Walk.

 

[Pyrex]

The Forbiddance wasn't what I was worried about. The likelyhood that the local priesteshood of Kiransalee controls several shadows in addition to their Quith-maren is what worries me.

 

[Endur]

Well, yes, its quite possible there might be a guardian monster (or two) on the Shadow Plane.

However, Dorina and her two nieces are the only clerics of Kiaransalee that you have seen. Given that you have also seen a lot of undead on the ruling level, its possible that they might be at the limit of their ability to control undead. Unless there are other clerics that you have not met or they have some magical items that amplify their ability to control large numbers of undead.

After all, you have seen the following undead creatures:
3 male vampires
9 or 10 of the Quth-Maren
At least 8 or so zombies and a couple of Wraith Spiders
And you have not been everywhere, so there might be still more undead creatures.

So, they might not have any defenses on the shadow plane. They might just be relying on the forbiddance as a defense against planar enemies.

 

[Endur]

Who wants to go on the raid to the surface world?

If the Matron asks/acts like she is going, Dorina will discourage her. Dorina will describe it as far too risky of an adventure for one of Matron Ki'Willis' importance.

Anybody else that wants to go, may go (assuming the matron gives permission).

Zedar T'Sarran will be going and is the offical organizer of the expedition, but drow tend to be highly chaotic, so he isn't really going to be giving orders of any sort. He is also bringing a "pet" with him, a displacer beast that has been trained for hunting.

Velasta T'Sarran will also be going, spurred on to volunteer by Torellan's suggestion.

Velasta is also bringing one of her Quth-Maren bodyguards.

Kiernan and Leonon Morcane (both vampires) are going.

Eilos Millithor and Marckarius Millithor both want to go.

Approximately twenty drow commoners are armed for war and will be going into the crypts, but won't actually go onto the raid. Another ten of the regular troops will also be going into the crypts. This force will secure the entrance and assist with escorting slaves and make sure that the drow are prepared in case the surface worlders stage a counter-attack or somehow track the drow back to the Dodrien crypts.

 

[Uriel]

'Bloop'