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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 7488088" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>Better late than never.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't approve of the "manifestation of Ythog-Nthlei's dreams" bit since there's no mention of it in the original adventure. About all we know about their background from the adventure is that Ythog-Nthlei is their master, they were bound in suspension for a long time in their buried temple, and this brief passage of translated glyphs:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The adventure doesn't actually say who wrote the above, but it's a reasonable assumption it was the Priests since they were in the very next room.</p><p></p><p>How about:</p><p></p><p>Priests of Ythog-Nthlei are ancient servants of The Dark King Ythog-Nthlei. Their origins are unknown, but prehuman writings indicate they were once administrators and religious leaders of a vast empire dedicated to The Dark King that spanned many worlds and Planes of existence. Ythog-Nthlei's empire fell millennia before the humanoid races known today even existed. A few priests of Ythog-Nthlei survived to modern times by being trapped in <em>temporal stasis</em> in deeply buried dungeon complexes they refer to as "Holy Bases". Others may have been exiled to far distant planes cut off from the Prime Material were time runs differently to the sane universe. The priests are religious fanatics who worship The Dark King and Elder Gods with insane devotion. They lurk in eldritch dungeons waiting for freedom so they might call their master forth. A priest exiled to the far planes might make its way back through a planar rift. They sometimes receive assistance from demented cultists, but their helpers are more usually extraplanar fiends and alien monstrosities as bizarre as the priests themselves.</p><p></p><p>That's a bit longer than I originally intended since I squeezed in more information from the original adventure.</p><p></p><p>While contemplating the original text to work on a description, I noticed something:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>These things ought to have All-Around Vision! Shall I add that to the Working Draft?</p><p></p><p>Oh, and speaking of description.</p><p></p><p><em>A hideous creature that stands almost twice the height of a human on a pair of triple-jointed barbed legs. A long flowing robe blessedly conceals much of its loathsome body, although it hangs open enough to expose its scaly barrel-shaped chest. The being has four tentacle-arms with hands that resemble eight-fingered starfish. The creature's heart-shaped head has long mothlike feelers and a cluster of swaying eyestalks sprouting from each side of it as well as a circular mouth crammed with squirming wormlike tongues</em>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 7488088, member: 57383"] Better late than never. I don't approve of the "manifestation of Ythog-Nthlei's dreams" bit since there's no mention of it in the original adventure. About all we know about their background from the adventure is that Ythog-Nthlei is their master, they were bound in suspension for a long time in their buried temple, and this brief passage of translated glyphs: The adventure doesn't actually say who wrote the above, but it's a reasonable assumption it was the Priests since they were in the very next room. How about: Priests of Ythog-Nthlei are ancient servants of The Dark King Ythog-Nthlei. Their origins are unknown, but prehuman writings indicate they were once administrators and religious leaders of a vast empire dedicated to The Dark King that spanned many worlds and Planes of existence. Ythog-Nthlei's empire fell millennia before the humanoid races known today even existed. A few priests of Ythog-Nthlei survived to modern times by being trapped in [I]temporal stasis[/I] in deeply buried dungeon complexes they refer to as "Holy Bases". Others may have been exiled to far distant planes cut off from the Prime Material were time runs differently to the sane universe. The priests are religious fanatics who worship The Dark King and Elder Gods with insane devotion. They lurk in eldritch dungeons waiting for freedom so they might call their master forth. A priest exiled to the far planes might make its way back through a planar rift. They sometimes receive assistance from demented cultists, but their helpers are more usually extraplanar fiends and alien monstrosities as bizarre as the priests themselves. That's a bit longer than I originally intended since I squeezed in more information from the original adventure. While contemplating the original text to work on a description, I noticed something: These things ought to have All-Around Vision! Shall I add that to the Working Draft? Oh, and speaking of description. [I]A hideous creature that stands almost twice the height of a human on a pair of triple-jointed barbed legs. A long flowing robe blessedly conceals much of its loathsome body, although it hangs open enough to expose its scaly barrel-shaped chest. The being has four tentacle-arms with hands that resemble eight-fingered starfish. The creature's heart-shaped head has long mothlike feelers and a cluster of swaying eyestalks sprouting from each side of it as well as a circular mouth crammed with squirming wormlike tongues[/I]. [/QUOTE]
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