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Rath Darkblade wrote: ↑Sun Jun 07, 2020 5:45 am Also -- whoops! I figured out where I went wrong. *blush* When I said "indestructible kings of the Underdark", I was thinking of a Tarrasque, not an Umber Hulk. Whoops! Yes, even a single Tarrasque would be a challenge for three level-20 PCs -- maybe even a challenge they wouldn't survive, hmm?
I've heard (from reading the Monster Manual, extensive reading of "Knights of the Dinner Table" etc.) that if a DM releases a Tarrasque, his players call him "a sadist", etc. Is that true? From what I've seen, a Tarrasque is basically an armor-plated tank in a world of arrows and swords.

HUGE difference between Umber Hulks and Tarrasque. It's the different of a rain drop and a tsunami.

As for fighting Tarrasques... we've talked about it in this very thread.

Let's put it this way - in my world I have a deity -
TERRORSKEW – God of Ancient Beasts
Intermediate Deity
Domain: Bestial (Primary), Chaos, Time
Alias: The Roar
Plane: Unknown.
Alignment: True Neutral
Worshipers: None (though there’s rumors of ancient civilizations who still worship him)
Symbol: Triceratops skull face looking forward

Terrorskew is said to be the one who created an ancient series of reptiles called Dinosaurs, for which dragons themselves were modeled after. It’s said these dinosaurs once walked and ruled the land, when the races were first placed on the world. During the War of the Heavens the dinosaurs were destroyed as a result, save for a small branch of them, that now resides on The Forgotten Island (sometimes called The Forbidden Island). Terrorskew was so furious that he created a beast, loosely named after himself, called The Tarrasque. The beast is so lethal and ferocious that even the gods fear it and call the beast, The God Killer.

And there is a belief (obviously heavily influenced from Norse Mythology) called "The Day of Terrack." Which entails releasing a Tarrasque upon the world and heavens.

...a War in the Heavens that will sunder the world, and end all that exists – that day is known as The Day of Terrarack...

Ah, yes ... Ragnarök, of course! (Although even Ragnarök is a series of events, not just a great battle).

Thyamat is a variation of Tiamat, I'm guessing? A five headed, chromatic dragon.

Valingard ... not sure what that translates to, but the name is reminiscent of Asgard and Midgard. (Is there also a character with the -heim ending? Like Jotunheim, Muspellheim, Niflheim etc.? Niflheim is a sort of Norse hell, all dreary and cold, so maybe it could become Sniflheim, the god of colds and flu...)

The legend of Thyamat destroying Valingard makes no sense. If there's no-one and nothing left, no-one will remember Thyamat -- and she will fade into obscurity. (Nyah nyah)

The other story, that of the Terrorskew (pun groan) makes more sense.

From looking earlier in the thread, I think that somewhere in NWN:HotU, you have to fight two Tarrasques. But now, I can't remember that happening. If it was two Tarrasques, and now I remember them as Umber Hulks ... then they must have been real wusses.

Rath Darkblade wrote: ↑Sun Jun 07, 2020 8:22 pm

...a War in the Heavens that will sunder the world, and end all that exists – that day is known as The Day of Terrarack...

Ah, yes ... Ragnarök, of course! (Although even Ragnarök is a series of events, not just a great battle).
Thyamat is a variation of Tiamat, I'm guessing? A five headed, chromatic dragon.
Valingard ... not sure what that translates to, but the name is reminiscent of Asgard and Midgard. (Is there also a character with the -heim ending? Like Jotunheim, Muspellheim, Niflheim etc.? Niflheim is a sort of Norse hell, all dreary and cold, so maybe it could become Sniflheim, the god of colds and flu...)
The legend of Thyamat destroying Valingard makes no sense. If there's no-one and nothing left, no-one will remember Thyamat -- and she will fade into obscurity. (Nyah nyah)
The other story, that of the Terrorskew (pun groan) makes more sense.
From looking earlier in the thread, I think that somewhere in NWN:HotU, you have to fight two Tarrasques. But now, I can't remember that happening. If it was two Tarrasques, and now I remember them as Umber Hulks ... then they must have been real wusses.

Aye, Thyamat is pretty much Tiamat.
Valingard is basically a play on words I combined "Valor" and "Guard" so "Valorguard" became "Valingard." Was not intended to be like "Asgard."
Although a lot of my lore does have influences from Norse (as my favorite mythos).
As for the legend of Thyamat and Valingard... the idea is that Thyamat would devour the world. So yes, no one would be around. But she could then go through the planes to conquer other realms; since we knew these gods appeared and "took over" the world (and put Terrorskew) into "hibernation" and began shaping it.

I don't remember NWN having Tarrasques - mostly because I don't even remember them in the Tools.

I released some information (now that the players have acquired some intel) on the "Shadow Stone Realm" (my version of "The Underdark").

I did the same thing of splitting it into three sections (ironically not intended, but the Underdark does this as well, when I went to search) - but I did it because a town (the "biggest" town on the current continent which is similar in size to Waterdeep in Forgotten Realms) is split into three "High Ridge", "Mid Ridge" and "Low Ridge" based on social class (city is called "Ridgecrest"). But apparently the Underdark is also split into three sections as well.

http://tawmis.com/kneurth/the-legend-of ... tone-realm

I saw this and thought of you, Tawm: 14 Funny Stories about Dungeons & Dragons.

Some of these are a bit - well, stupid. But others are fun. My favourites are planning a murder and the literal sword.

Hope you enjoy.

Rath Darkblade wrote: ↑Thu Jun 11, 2020 7:20 am I saw this and thought of you, Tawm: 14 Funny Stories about Dungeons & Dragons.

Some of these are a bit - well, stupid. But others are fun. My favourites are planning a murder and the literal sword.

Hope you enjoy.

I feel like they tried too hard.

Sword of Disintegration? How was it ever made then, for example?

I prefer the more ... natural humor, that comes out of D&D, myself. But that's just me.

Tonight's session where I get to be a player -
http://tawmis.com/kneurth/adventure-not ... ot-brigade

I began marking dates, so a search for "June 14, 2020" will take you to tonight's session.

Oh? How about this one, then? (It's silly, but fun).

As for how the Sword of Disintegration was made ... a wizard did it and ran away. (Oh, come on ... isn't that possible? The DM is always right!)

Rath Darkblade wrote: ↑Mon Jun 15, 2020 5:55 am Oh? How about this one, then? (It's silly, but fun).

I mean, there is no "Stand Still" spell... and I am not sure that would kill a troll. As it needs fire damage to take it below 0, to prevent regeneration.

Don't know about the "Stand Still" spell ... not sure. Homebrew, maybe?

As for whether that would kill a troll - it'd sure slow him down, right? Being smashed repeatedly with a one-ton rock, to the point that it grinds your bones to powder? That'd slow down anyone. Right?

Had another fun night of me being able to DM for my crew!
http://tawmis.com/kneurth/adventure-not ... nturers-21

Very interesting ......

I noticed a couple of things that made no sense, though:

As the party enters the dangerous Death Swamp – it becomes unclear for which reason the swamp has earned its name...

I presume you mean "clear". Perhaps it was the toxic sludge, perhaps it was the monsters. Perhaps both.

The party quickly rushed up the side of Death River and stared at the face of the Crystal Caverns...

Caves don't have faces. I presume you mean they stared at the cave, maybe?

Rath Darkblade wrote: ↑Wed Jun 17, 2020 5:23 am Very interesting ......
I noticed a couple of things that made no sense, though:

As the party enters the dangerous Death Swamp – it becomes unclear for which reason the swamp has earned its name...

I presume you mean "clear". Perhaps it was the toxic sludge, perhaps it was the monsters. Perhaps both.

The party quickly rushed up the side of Death River and stared at the face of the Crystal Caverns...

Caves don't have faces. I presume you mean they stared at the cave, maybe?

I meant "unclear" - as in, "Did they name after the putrid smell or did they name it after the deadly beasts that live here?"
So I would say it's unclear. If it was clear, they'd know why the swamp had the name that it had.
For example, "Death Swamp was named for it's putrid smell" or "Death Swamp was named after the vicious beasts who dwell there."
And as for the "face" thing - a face can also mean something with a vertical surface (such as a building, cliff, etc).
And since the cave entrance does not take up the entire wall, would it not be the face of the cave?

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/di ... glish/face

3. COUNTABLE NOUN
The face of a cliff, mountain, or building is a vertical surface or side of it.
Harrer was one of the first to climb the north face of the Eiger

All right. I was simply confused by what you meant, that's all.

Rath Darkblade wrote: ↑Wed Jun 17, 2020 7:13 am All right. I was simply confused by what you meant, that's all.

I was sharing why I chose the words I did - which I think are correctly used.