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<blockquote data-quote="RealAlHazred" data-source="post: 6748548" data-attributes="member: 25818"><p><strong>Originally posted by Hellcow:</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm curious about this myself; the Heart of Winter is my creation, but as far as I know neither of the two pieces I've used her in (Sunless Feoral, created for in-print Dragon, and the Frostfell entry for the ECG) were actually published. Did one of these actually get published, or is she just being drawn from my board posts? </p><p></p><p>In any case, I wrote a piece on the Frostfell for the 4E ECG that clarified the Levistus piece. The Heart of Winter is an Overlord bound beneath the Frostfell and the lost colony of Sunless Feoral. Levistus is an archdevil cast down from Shavarath and imprisoned in the floating city of Icerazer; but while he is physically imprisoned, he is still conscious and able to act, and he is the ruler of his city. So he is less powerful than a rajah but also someone you could go have a conversation with right now. </p><p></p><p>Looking to Draal Khatuur, I actually created 3E stats for her back in the day - I should ping Paizo and see if there's any issue with me posting those somewhere. Among other things, she spreads the effects of a <em>fimbulwinter</em> spell within a few miles of her location if released, and this effect will increase the longer she stays out - so she could spread a new ice age across a country. This is one of the key points to Overlords for me, especially in 4E. Their combat stats are one aspect of them, but their non-combat effects on the world are equally important. If Rak Tulkhesh is free, he will drive the mortals around him to war. Bel Shalor turns your shadows against you, and brings out the darkness within people. Tiamat corrupts the hearts of dragons. These are story effects that transcend rules; if Bel Shalor is out, people in the area of his influence will start to become selfish and cruel. It won't affect PCs or exceptional people, or anyone the DM wants to be safe from it. But it's what makes the Rajahs so dangerous; they transform the world around them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RealAlHazred, post: 6748548, member: 25818"] [b]Originally posted by Hellcow:[/b] I'm curious about this myself; the Heart of Winter is my creation, but as far as I know neither of the two pieces I've used her in (Sunless Feoral, created for in-print Dragon, and the Frostfell entry for the ECG) were actually published. Did one of these actually get published, or is she just being drawn from my board posts? In any case, I wrote a piece on the Frostfell for the 4E ECG that clarified the Levistus piece. The Heart of Winter is an Overlord bound beneath the Frostfell and the lost colony of Sunless Feoral. Levistus is an archdevil cast down from Shavarath and imprisoned in the floating city of Icerazer; but while he is physically imprisoned, he is still conscious and able to act, and he is the ruler of his city. So he is less powerful than a rajah but also someone you could go have a conversation with right now. Looking to Draal Khatuur, I actually created 3E stats for her back in the day - I should ping Paizo and see if there's any issue with me posting those somewhere. Among other things, she spreads the effects of a [i]fimbulwinter[/i] spell within a few miles of her location if released, and this effect will increase the longer she stays out - so she could spread a new ice age across a country. This is one of the key points to Overlords for me, especially in 4E. Their combat stats are one aspect of them, but their non-combat effects on the world are equally important. If Rak Tulkhesh is free, he will drive the mortals around him to war. Bel Shalor turns your shadows against you, and brings out the darkness within people. Tiamat corrupts the hearts of dragons. These are story effects that transcend rules; if Bel Shalor is out, people in the area of his influence will start to become selfish and cruel. It won't affect PCs or exceptional people, or anyone the DM wants to be safe from it. But it's what makes the Rajahs so dangerous; they transform the world around them. [/QUOTE]
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