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The Stygian City - The Night Hag's Palace (Work-in-Progress)
🕑 Added 2024-07-23 14:02:07 +0000 UTCThis is the 12th level of the pit, which has its own upper level just above the pen in the photo. There's a lot going on here and I promise I'll explain it, room by room, in the DM notes.
The short version of the story is that an ancient hag is living here with her derro minions and an assortment of demons, flesh golems and various other creatures and she's trying to wake up Ghanya, the entity living at the bottom of the pit (info on that here).
Anyway, I'm gonna get back to work and get these colored. If you've got any thoughts or questions about any of this, let me know!
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Milby's Maps
I mean, sometimes you gotta cast what you gotta cast when you gotta cast it, haha.
Milby's Maps
It's awesome when things line up like that and you can work in characters from past adventures without having to shoehorn them in.
Jeffrey P
Well they're not there yet. But over the last few months they investigated where the Breland (Eberron setting) rebels were hiding, and concluded the Black Pit which jibes with the Stygian City. Now having foiled a plot to destroy Sharn (City of Towers) they've moved to the countryside and the next step is to assault the Black Pit. I'm not sure of the details yet, but I'm thinking the rebels will have made a treaty with the previous inhabitants of the village and upper levels in your notes, but ignored the evil underground. So my party may or may not encounter that (now) depending on what they do. Interestingly, and coincidentally, they had a brief run-in with a Night Hag's Nightmare Haunting but drove it off with Silver Flame holy symbols. So your latest iteration (the Night Hag's Palace) has just GOT to appear :)
Simon 'Landmine'
Our Tuesday night one-shot meetup at the local games café has developed the saying "Thunderwave is not an indoor spell". Strangely enough, Thunderwave is _often_ an indoor spell. (Although it's not necessarily still indoors once it's been cast.)
Milby's Maps
Everyone might feel differently when someone who can cast Lightning Bolt walks in, haha.
Milby's Maps
Hey, glad to hear it! I don't think you'll have to wait too long before this is done. There's a good chance it'll be done by the end of the year. Can I ask how you're using it in your campaign?
Simon 'Landmine'
Ooh, everyone* loves a colonnaded hall with a balcony full of crossbow-wielding derro. * Where 'everyone' is everyone still alive, i.e. the derro.
Jeffrey P
I'm very excited about this dungeon and have teased the next phase of my campaign around it! Looking forward to using your wonderful maps and fitting some of your lore with my campaign arc. Just got to take this opportunity to say that your maps have provided some of the most iconic moments in my current and previous campaigns. Thank you!
