Post by MjolnirH on May 27, 2005 1:01:57 GMT -5
I know this is a rather long-winded post but bear with me and read the whole thing.
I thought that it might be fun to get together and make an adventure. But I have a couple of curve balls to throw at ya to make it more interesting ok here we go
The world of Uros was a vast prospering world of glorious civilizations, magic, & powerful gods. But then came a time when all warred as one (no its not Ragnorok, but similar ) The gods themselves descended from the heavens to battle upon the world of men. The gods wrought such destruction that the world itself became a dark and poisonous waste (something akin to a nuclear winter.) The remainder of mankind fled deep under the earth to survive. Of the gods, only four survived, but they left sorely wounded and abandoned what was now a barren rock. Man was left to fend for himself and in the underground tunnels they became like primates. (They kind of regress-evolved into the Grimlock race.) At the death of their oldest member all knowledge of both gods and magic passed from memory. They even forgot that there was even a surface to their world.
Humans – Grimlocks
Dwarves – a few small clans of mountain may still exist
Elves – all have died out (there were no drow)
Gnomes – even fewer than the dwarves
Halflings – leave em for now we’ll get to them, hehe
Primarily, until our world evolves a little, as we make the adventure, I want to keep it mainly Grimlock (human)
Now our adventure begins when some adventurous young Grimlocks cause a small cave in that opens a cave entrance to the surface which none of them have even heard of.
In the thousands of years that all of the races have lived underground their world has regrown, there are dark steamy jungles, fetid festering swamps, ruins of their ancestral civilizations, even perhaps great strange cities of alien races that had lived on the planet for a while and then left or died out. All is fresh new strange and weird.
The only classes thus far are fighter & thief and their weaponry is crude (they haven’t advanced at all in their time under the earth. Upon exploring this strange new surface, they will rediscover; magic, metallurgy, and most of what was forgotten. Even the four remaining gods will be rediscovered.)
So here is the first encounter description.
The purple light is a new effect due to the planet’s blue sun and harmless gasses in the atmosphere. It makes the sunlight less harsh and does not impede the under dwellers in any way. The moss is just moss, it is red because of an evolved version of photosynthesis using the purple light for energy. The animal is a bat that has actually evolved more like its land dwelling rodent cousin. AKA, its more rat than bat.
OK go to it guys, get creative and have some fun. No need to post stats for anything, as I’d like this to be usable by all editions.
I thought that it might be fun to get together and make an adventure. But I have a couple of curve balls to throw at ya to make it more interesting ok here we go
The world of Uros was a vast prospering world of glorious civilizations, magic, & powerful gods. But then came a time when all warred as one (no its not Ragnorok, but similar ) The gods themselves descended from the heavens to battle upon the world of men. The gods wrought such destruction that the world itself became a dark and poisonous waste (something akin to a nuclear winter.) The remainder of mankind fled deep under the earth to survive. Of the gods, only four survived, but they left sorely wounded and abandoned what was now a barren rock. Man was left to fend for himself and in the underground tunnels they became like primates. (They kind of regress-evolved into the Grimlock race.) At the death of their oldest member all knowledge of both gods and magic passed from memory. They even forgot that there was even a surface to their world.
Humans – Grimlocks
Dwarves – a few small clans of mountain may still exist
Elves – all have died out (there were no drow)
Gnomes – even fewer than the dwarves
Halflings – leave em for now we’ll get to them, hehe
Primarily, until our world evolves a little, as we make the adventure, I want to keep it mainly Grimlock (human)
Now our adventure begins when some adventurous young Grimlocks cause a small cave in that opens a cave entrance to the surface which none of them have even heard of.
In the thousands of years that all of the races have lived underground their world has regrown, there are dark steamy jungles, fetid festering swamps, ruins of their ancestral civilizations, even perhaps great strange cities of alien races that had lived on the planet for a while and then left or died out. All is fresh new strange and weird.
The only classes thus far are fighter & thief and their weaponry is crude (they haven’t advanced at all in their time under the earth. Upon exploring this strange new surface, they will rediscover; magic, metallurgy, and most of what was forgotten. Even the four remaining gods will be rediscovered.)
So here is the first encounter description.
After the cave in, a strange purplish light shines in through a large hole, curious, the party peers out the hole and sees wondrous new things, the very air itself moves of its own volition. The cave emerges in a wooded hillside; a strange red moss carpets the ground beneath gently swaying trees with red bark and blue-green leaves. The purplish light filters down through the leaves. They hear a strange shrieking cry as a small fur winged animal glides through the trees. It is about the size of a fist with four scrawny legs, short gray fur, a long naked tail, black beady eyes, whiskers and a tiny snout.
The purple light is a new effect due to the planet’s blue sun and harmless gasses in the atmosphere. It makes the sunlight less harsh and does not impede the under dwellers in any way. The moss is just moss, it is red because of an evolved version of photosynthesis using the purple light for energy. The animal is a bat that has actually evolved more like its land dwelling rodent cousin. AKA, its more rat than bat.
OK go to it guys, get creative and have some fun. No need to post stats for anything, as I’d like this to be usable by all editions.