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Message: <blockquote data-quote="solomanii" data-source="post: 1389758" data-attributes="member: 13963">This is my first 3.5 game.  The last time I played dnd was over 10 years earlier and it was 1e.  So be gentle.  This post contains the player background information.  We usually only have 1 long session a month.  So each part represents a month of real time passing.  Players started at level 10.  Its set in the Planescape universe and loosely based on the Planescape: Torment computer game.  None of the players have played the CRPG nor do they know *anything* about Planescape.=======================================================The world you live in is ruled by a tyrant named Nupathurva.  The land isheld in the awe of Nupathurva and his undead legions - The Scourge.  Infact you can't remember a time (nor can your Father or Grandfather) thatwas any different.  Legends say that Nupathurva killed his Father (theKing) after he was possessed by a sword he found in the frigid north.Icemourne (the sword) pushed the already unstable Paladin-Prince over theedge.  After killing his father and taking command of not only the humankingdom but legions of undead, he felled his new master, the Lich King, andtook the Frozen Throne as his own.History tends to repeat itself it seems.As far as you know most of the world falls under his tyrannical grasp.  Ofcourse, not all life was exterminated and villagers and cities still growand some even thrive, but no one stays dead for long - Nupathurva or one of his minions sees to that.This is the world you have been brought up in.  You think nothing of theshambling zombies and skeletal warriors that man the city watch.  Or theother intelligent undead who enforce the peace and expand the Ice Thronesreach.  But you feel that this world you live in is wrong somehow.  Thedead should be left dead.This is a twilight world that teeters on the brink of total darkness.======You have known each other for many years now (in fact you grew up together) and even gone on the odd Orc hunt together.  You all live by thepicturesque village by the sea and often trade with the sea-folk who dwellnearby.  The Scourge is barely noticeable here, but undead patrols oftenpass by.  Sometimes powerful undead visit the town hedge wizard, Lodash theHermit, late at night - why, you don't know.The Lodash acts as advisor, healer and is a respected member of thecommunity.  Even the Scourge priests - the most powerful people you know of - show the old wizard respect.  It is no secret that he has adopted aMinotaur (PC) as a son and bodyguard.  He is well liked and well respectedby all.Late one night you receive a message, a little bird visits each of you and tells you to come meet the wizard tomorrow morning at the crack of dawn.  He has work that may interest young adventurers like yourself.</blockquote>

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