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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hawkshere" data-source="post: 1110310" data-attributes="member: 2417">Sorry - I know there's virtually no context here.  It was late and I'm short on time.  Very little of the backstory is actually written up.This is just a small part of a fairly large dungeon/site adventure.  This NPC's purpose in the adventure is an information source about the dungeon backstory (with a little moral dilemma on the side), and as a combat foe in case the PC's try to destroy the Nexus (which would be a very good thing to do).  This guy is pretty distainfull of the other dungeon inhabitants, and really doesn't care what the adventuring heroes do in the rest of the complex, as long as they don't mess with his power source.  So if the PCs are nice to this guy, they can get alot of valuable information from him.  My group has a paladin and a cleric of Heironious, so that might be a little problematical.  Also, they just now turned 9th level, and he's designed to be a tough nut for them to crack, esp once he starts summoning demons.  On the other hand, eliminating him allows them to puzzle out enough about the Nexus to know how to destroy it.  There are several major curses and magical traps tied to this power source, and destroying it would both make the PC's job much easier and net large story EXP.  Finally, he's got some kick-ass magic items, and so far the dungeon has been pretty stingy with loot (for a reason I won't get into here).His backstory hard to explain in brief, but basically, the original guardians of the Nexus were destroyed during the apocolypse which brought down the civilization that built it.  Sarkus survived this apocolypse (after a fashion) by getting into the Nexus during the ensuing confusion and drinking the Earth Blood, which is what transformed him into a ghoulish undead and allowed him to survive the downfall of Sulm.  He'd hoped to be able to use the Nexus to escape the dungeon eventually, but was never able to suss out that function.  In any case, he's become addicted to the Earth Blood, and cannot survive without it.  He now has a symbiotic relationship with this chamber - he's pretty much stuck here.This was my first post to this particular forum, and I wasn't sure if the emphasis here was on crunchy bits, or story.  Anyway, posting this was mainly a late night whim.Cheers!</blockquote>

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