[OOC] House Millithor in City of the Spider Queen
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Brother Shatterstone
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Kilclif; Bugbear/Male (Barbarian/Ranger/Rogue)
Okay character background is up for Kilcif, if everyone notice the change in spelling from post 224 to the one seen more recently it was my change as I thought it looked to surface elven to me.
Endur, the bow was changed as requested and I picked up a few more items so if you have a private copy of my character sheet you might want to look over the changes. I've also read all the character posts so I'm up to date now.
If you all don't mind the new guy suggesting something...
If you could fill the subject block with your characters name, I would say race but your all the same, and classes I would be much appreciated. Even with the original players I'm not sure who is who sometimes.
Look at my subject for this post to see my idea in action.
Some questions:
What is the organization of the Drow house/family structure? I would be appreciated as I don't know all of the details besides that the females are the bosses.
Also is common the same as undercommon?
Drow Elven is different that surface elven correct?
Okay character background is up for Kilcif, if everyone notice the change in spelling from post 224 to the one seen more recently it was my change as I thought it looked to surface elven to me.
Endur, the bow was changed as requested and I picked up a few more items so if you have a private copy of my character sheet you might want to look over the changes. I've also read all the character posts so I'm up to date now.
If you all don't mind the new guy suggesting something...
If you could fill the subject block with your characters name, I would say race but your all the same, and classes I would be much appreciated. Even with the original players I'm not sure who is who sometimes.
Look at my subject for this post to see my idea in action.
Some questions:
What is the organization of the Drow house/family structure? I would be appreciated as I don't know all of the details besides that the females are the bosses.
Also is common the same as undercommon?
Drow Elven is different that surface elven correct?
Endur
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Languages: Drow/elven is very close to elven. Its basically elven with lots of extra words for different types of treachery, hatred, and murder, and very few words describing concepts like nice, love, and peace.
Undercommon is very different from common. Most drow speak a mix of elven/drow and undercommon.
Drow also have a silent language of hand signals, because noise carries far in the underdark.
The first couple of posts in the OOC thread talk about the family house structure, but basically, the Matron is in charge and is an absolute dictator. Everyone derives whatever authority they have from her. Her two daughters have somewhat more authority than everyone else because one of the two daughters is likely to be the Matron's heir someday (i.e. they are potential future absolute dictators). The rest of the characters are other nobles in the house, either children, relatives, or the house patron. Their authority and power depends on the Matron's favor.
Most of the house commoners and other nobles are presumed dead (slain in the revolt) except perhaps for some of the members of House Millithor that are working for the merchant guild (company of the coiled whip).
Undercommon is very different from common. Most drow speak a mix of elven/drow and undercommon.
Drow also have a silent language of hand signals, because noise carries far in the underdark.
The first couple of posts in the OOC thread talk about the family house structure, but basically, the Matron is in charge and is an absolute dictator. Everyone derives whatever authority they have from her. Her two daughters have somewhat more authority than everyone else because one of the two daughters is likely to be the Matron's heir someday (i.e. they are potential future absolute dictators). The rest of the characters are other nobles in the house, either children, relatives, or the house patron. Their authority and power depends on the Matron's favor.
Most of the house commoners and other nobles are presumed dead (slain in the revolt) except perhaps for some of the members of House Millithor that are working for the merchant guild (company of the coiled whip).
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Brother Shatterstone
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Sounds like my guy should know Drow...Endur said:
but I'll keep the surface the surface elven as it fits slightly better I thinkI'll adjust my charatcer to know undercommon too then.Endur said:
Endur said:
I Doubt they teach this to just anyone show my chacter will not have it, but maybe I can spend some skill points later on if theirs a willing member in the party to teach it.
Maybe I should have been more specific in my question. Does the "power" the males have decline in their birth order? Like does the first-born male have more power in the house compared to the 2nd born male? How many patrons (spouse?) can the Matron Mother have more than one at a time? Also what about the daughters? Can they have a patron or is it only something the Matron Mother has?Endur said:
What about the House Wizard? Does his position grant him more power than his birthright would give?
Endur
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Remember: Drow are chaotic evil and one of Lolth's titles is the "Lady of Chaos".
So, there aren't hard and fast rules in Drow society, other than the strong rule and the weak obey. Drow Noble Priestesses are usually considered the "strongest" in Drow society (although the occassional male wizard or warrior may actually be more powerful than a priestess).
With regards to 1st, 2nd,etc males, it all depends on the Matron. A Matron can have as many patrons as she wants, but most typically only have one. Drow, being chaotic, typically don't have formal ceremonies for marriage. A daughter could have the drow equivalent of "a recognized relationship" or just be "dating". Most daughters aren't going to form the equivalent of "a recognized relationship" until they know whether or not they are going to be the Matron of the house. Also, she would have to have permission from the Matron in order to form a formal relationship with a male.
Drow are all about being powerful, whether your power comes from within like magic or ability with weapons or without from your relationship with someone else.
So, there aren't hard and fast rules in Drow society, other than the strong rule and the weak obey. Drow Noble Priestesses are usually considered the "strongest" in Drow society (although the occassional male wizard or warrior may actually be more powerful than a priestess).
With regards to 1st, 2nd,etc males, it all depends on the Matron. A Matron can have as many patrons as she wants, but most typically only have one. Drow, being chaotic, typically don't have formal ceremonies for marriage. A daughter could have the drow equivalent of "a recognized relationship" or just be "dating". Most daughters aren't going to form the equivalent of "a recognized relationship" until they know whether or not they are going to be the Matron of the house. Also, she would have to have permission from the Matron in order to form a formal relationship with a male.
Drow are all about being powerful, whether your power comes from within like magic or ability with weapons or without from your relationship with someone else.
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Brother Shatterstone
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Brother Shatterstone
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Endur, I hope you don't mind the in game post... (The second one) You probably just got dragged into something not planed... sorry. : D
To everyone else I hope the post was almost as good as metrostar...
but really who could compete? I just sort of doubted that anyone wanted a highly detailed look at my bugbear and his clothing and or goblinoid on goblinoid action. Though I guess the later did sort of happen in a different way.
Also Endur, is there a "common" rumor list for what the goblinoids/Inn patrons are saying about the Drow seeking goblinoid slaves?
Also what is the height of the wall at arena? Mainly asking about in front of the spectators and/or me.
To everyone else I hope the post was almost as good as metrostar...
but really who could compete? I just sort of doubted that anyone wanted a highly detailed look at my bugbear and his clothing and or goblinoid on goblinoid action. Though I guess the later did sort of happen in a different way.Also Endur, is there a "common" rumor list for what the goblinoids/Inn patrons are saying about the Drow seeking goblinoid slaves?
Also what is the height of the wall at arena? Mainly asking about in front of the spectators and/or me.
Brother Shatterstone
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I agree, I'm not sure how high of a strength you would need to have to grind it by hand, not to mention pain tolerance, but I doubt my character with 20 STR could get it done. Yet you don’t see to many cloud giants employed by jewelers.Pyrex said:Diamonds are really hard, but they're also very brittle. With the right tools it's not hard to break them up. Most jewelers I've seen are not world-class bodybuilders.
Also diamonds are sold based upon clarity, cut, color, and finally size. (Though I might have left something out there.) So if you went and pulverize a diamond that was worth 500 GP it may or may not be worth as much in powder form. Also a bigger but poor quality diamond would give your more power than a smaller flawless diamond would and their for be worth more in powder form.
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