The annotated map for Thursday's session! Eric Boyd Chris P. Shemek hiTankolel Anthony Huso Aleksandr Revzin Joshua Blackketter Maxime Golubchik Evlyn M
Aleksandr Revzin The walls are very tall, 120 feet, so you don't generally see anything over them. The only things you see from below are the towers that rise from the walls as indicated on the map. When you were up on the walls, you could see towards the North, what looked like a massive structure, white marble, carved columns, and glistering domes piled upon domes.
A Primer on the Abyssal Dungeon The Short Version : This huge dungeon was designed as a prison, with seven locks of increasing difficulty reach its central prison chamber. The party believes that the real king of Zyan is imprisoned there, with a powerful imposter ruling in his place. The party has opened 3 of those locks, and is currently in the area beyond the Hydraulic Portal (the third lock). Each "level" of the dungeon in some way echoes some aspect of Zyan, the flying city of the dreamlands that sits above it. The area the party is in seems to be a set of tunnels for workers with pipes and clockwork puzzle elements. The Much Longer Version : To really understand the current dungeon you need to a bit of campaign background. It’s a major location in the setting. Here’s everything you need to know—at least given the current state of the party’s knowledge. If you read this, you should be up to speed. Zyan above, the flying city that rests on the rock from the bottom of w...
If I’m making a character for this, do you have any restrictions? What’s the party have in it? Any retainers or the like I could pick up? I’m thinking of making a muscle wizard...
We do need to adopt a proper high-level mentality here in the Doomed City. No one should open things, that's a job for unseen servant. We've all got a pile of magic items and only one session to use them in.
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ReplyDeleteBen L. Do we see anything looming over those inner walls, like very tall palaces, mosques, or towers?
ReplyDeleteAleksandr Revzin The walls are very tall, 120 feet, so you don't generally see anything over them. The only things you see from below are the towers that rise from the walls as indicated on the map. When you were up on the walls, you could see towards the North, what looked like a massive structure, white marble, carved columns, and glistering domes piled upon domes.
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