Sunday, January 29, 2023
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Friday, January 27, 2023
Thursday, January 26, 2023
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
I understand this is a D&D TTRPG blog and "after this post" it will remain a D&D Blog that is free from any outside political news/views but I have something I want to put out to make it perfectly clear who this group is, what we stand for and what we refuse to allow in our group. I've already made a post talking about the pronoun idiocy here so we will not rehash that in this new post.
What I will do is inform anyone who is new here what we have zero tolerance for. We don't want anything to do with leftwing politics and anti-American points of view . . . kind of like what is going on in California right now. It's really sad what is going on in the state, but let us point something out, it's a Democratic state, or a "blue state", and if you notice all this stupidty that is going on in the United States is being done in blue states, not red states. This should tell you something.
If you agree with what is going on in the picture I dropped here, then please find you another D&D blog to visit because we don't want you here. It's just sad to see people that "claim" to be Americans doing this kind of shit, or supporting it in any fashion. Democrats will always tell you that they are the side of peace and love and that Republicans are hateful and racist but across the US in multiple blue states, it's the Democrats that are rioting in the streets, keep that in mind.
Let us put things into perspective shall we? These people in this picture are rioting because they do not supprt ICE arrecting/deporting illegal immigrants that crossed into our country "illegally". Now let's break it down even further. Illegal immigrants "snuck" across our borders and entered with going through due process. This is a "crime". Let's break it down even further . . . what is the difference in breaking into our country with permission than breaking into someones home without permission . . . *oh oh, raises hand, pick me, pick me*—there is no difference, both are crimes. Either way is perfectly acceptable if you get permission first, not kicking down the door and forcing your way in like illegals did. All of these "idiots" waving the Mexican flag around so proudly, take your asses back to Mexico then.
To make it as clear as I can possibly make it . . . fuck your pronouns, fuck anyone who hates America, if you support this kind of violence shown in the picture here, we don't want you here and yes, I voted for Trump "as did our American group members, we also fully support him and his policies—if you don't like or approve of this . . . not a single fuck is given across the land. If this offends you, well, I guess you'll just have to be offended.
We are "normal" people here, we are not trying to force out political ideals on to anyone else, as a matter of fact, we have a standing rule in our Discord server that says "No politics is allowed" so keep it to yourself. As I said, if you don't like what we stand for here, then leave and never come back. God bless America and god bless President Trump. Keep sending ICE in to get these criminals out of our country. The Left keeps saying they are the party of love and peace . . . lol ok.
Monday, January 23, 2023
Eleven years ago, lord Teagel dissappeared without a trace never to be heard from again. His disappearance came as a shock to those who knew him because he frequently visited the settlement of Orlane to visit friends and then one day, he was just gone. For a time, a search and investigation was conducted but with no success.
No clues were found to explain his disappearance and eventually everyone gave up on finding him. The manor has sat empty for just over eleven years and over time many foul creatures have been seen going into the ruins. Legends state that lord Teagel excavated beneath the manor and stored much of his accumulated fortune within the tunnels but no one has ever been able to verify if this is true or not and since it is now overrun with all sorts of foul beasts, this legend may never be verified.
Sunday, January 22, 2023
Saturday, January 21, 2023
Friday, January 20, 2023
Each Tenement is furnished with only the finest furniture and bed linens. The rooms are all dimly lit and very private. Many higher class merchants frequent these apartments while they visit the city to sell wares.
Thursday, January 19, 2023
Here you will find an inn alive with its own consciousness, brimming with curios, 'tamed' monsters and intriguing characters from all races. This serves as a resting locale as well as a discussion center, all nestled within the depths of the Underdark. However, caution is advised; one of the proprietors, a Drow, finds herself on her kin's "most wanted" list, and that seemingly ordinary cloak by the entrance? It could very well be a cloaker in disguise . . .
Welcome to the mysterious world of the Nameless Inn, a place shrouded in mystery and whispered legends. Nestled in the depths of the Underdark within this secluded trading outpost, the inn is a subject of many tales and few truths.
It serves as a sanctuary, a respite from the relentless dangers of the subterranean wilds. The inn is governed by a set of rules, chief among them being a strict prohibition against combat within its walls. This law ensures that all who seek shelter under its roof, regardless of their race or business, are afforded protection. This protection is a rare commodity, and as such, the inn demands a substantial fee for its services.
The inn is owned and operated by Chaelsi, a mysterious and regal drow, a drow elf whose reputation is as solid as her reputation suggests. Chaelsi had added to the inn's unique charm over the years but ensures that its rules are strictly enforced.
For those who rent rooms here, the inn might represent many possibilities. It could be a place to rest and prepare for the next leg of their journey or it could simply be a nice place to rest and relax while traders sell goods here.
So, welcome to the Nameless Inn. The doors are always open, but remember, behave yourself and abide by its rules, for they are the thin line between safety and peril . . .
BREAKFAST
Peppered Bread: 7cp
Oatmeal: 3sp
Boiled Goose Eggs: 1sp
Surfaceberry Tart: 1sp
Chicken Eggs: 1sp
Dryroot Porridge: 1sp
Fruit and Cheese: 8cp
Cheese Omelet: 7cp
Fried Potato Wedges: 7cp
AFTERNOON MEALS
Beef Stew: 1sp
Giant Centipede Curry: 9cp
Poached Salmon: 2sp
Spiced Sausages: 1sp
Riding Lizard Tenderloin & Gravy: 2sp
Roast Goat & Cheese: 1cp
Shellfish Platter: 2sp
Roasted Deep Beetles: 9cp
Rothé Stew: 1gp
Stockpot Stew: 1sp
Stockpot Soup: 1sp
Pickled Cave Lizard: 1sp
Crayfish Stew: 4cp
Steak and Kidney Pie: 2sp
BEVERAGES
Bitter Black Ale: 10cp
Whiskey: 6cp
Rum: 7cp
Beer: 2cp
Heavy Beer: 3sp
Kulg: 4cp
Magenta Moss Wine: 1sp
Bitter Black Ale: 2sp
Bitter Black Mead: 3sp
Spiderbllod Wine: 1sp
Mushroom Mead: 9cp
Hill Cider: 1sp
Goblin Piss: 2sp
Ale: 4cp
Mead: 1sp
ROOM NIGHTLY PRICES
Standard Suite: 1gp
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Velkyn'keeshe (pronounced: Velkyn-Keeshe) is a small drow outpost of the city of Orthae Qu'lith. It is specifically used to collect slaves captured in various raids before taking them to the city as workers or sacrifices to Lolth. The commander of the outpost was Ilvara Druu’zel of House Druu’zel and her senior officials were Ezra Quenthel of House Quenthel and Jezzara Thex of House Thex.
Velkyn'keeshe (Drowic for 'Unseen Dagger') is a small drow outpost in the Northdark. It is subject to the laws and dictates of Orthae Qu'lith, and was established as a joint operation between Houses Druu’zel, Quenthel, and Thex, although recently tensions have flared up between House Qhenthel and Thex. Its purpose is to collect slaves captured in various raids, before taking those captives to Orthae Qu'lith to be workers or sacrifices to Lolth.
Three caves and two hanging towers surrounding a platform make up the main part of the outpost, housing its drow warriors. The largest of the hanging towers is reserved for the priestesses and the shrine of Lolth, while the other is a guard tower opposite the cave used to hold slaves. North of the slave pen is the den of the outpost's quaggoth servants.
Velkyn'keeshe, being just a small slaver's outpost subject to the great city of Orthae Qu'lith, has a simple power structure. At its head is the Mistress of Velkyn'keeshe, the drow elf, Ezra Druu’zel, with a junior priestess present to learn from the mistress. Below both priestesses are the elite drow males, and below them were the garrison's warriors and quaggoth servants. Since the outpost's founding, the outpost has changed leadership three times, being led each time by a High Priestess of House Druu’zel. During that time House Druu’zel has supplied the most elites and soldiers, as well as the most young priestesses, "House Quenthel and Thex have provided fewer since they are smaller houses", though the male scion that House Quenthel sent held the spot of Captain for over nearly a century before he was demoted.
As of 579CY, Velkyn'keeshe is being led by Mistress Ilvara Druu’zel, with a single Druu’zel junior priestess under her command. Her captain of the guard was at one point the respected Jordayn Druu’zel, until she replaced him as both a captain and her lover with the younger male Ezra Quenthel, whos skill is hardly worth mentioning but Ilvara approves of him so for now he retains his position.
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
The shrine of Lolth is the main public shrine of Lolth found in the Northdark of the city of Orthae Qu'lith. It is overseen by several acolytes from various noble houses.
The shrine is constructed within a large cavern located in Northdark "the northern section of the city" beneath the surface in the Underdark, accessible by the tunnels known locally as the Shadows.
The shrine is elegantly beautiful in its design. Built atop a rocky outcropping, its circular platform features a spider-web design on the ground that radiates outward from a central throne. Eight leg-like appendages extend from the platform, constructed in a style that is distinctly drow in design.
The shrine of Lolth is presided over by acolytes from various houses, a loyal devotees of Lolth who seek to help the Dark Mother gain more power than she ever previously held.
Two massive drider constructs watch over the shrine as guardians. One of these monstrosities possesses the power to bathe a high priestess in a rejuvenating beam of energy, the other releases a destructive onslaught on any foe that dares breach the shrines hallowed walls.
Monday, January 16, 2023
Sunday, January 15, 2023
Saturday, January 14, 2023
Matron Mother: Matron Drez`lyn - Cleric (18)
Nobles: 63
Priestesses: 47
High Priestesses: 16
House Males: 16
Fighters: 4
Wizards: 12
Drow Soldiers: 2,600 (known)
Formations: 325 Elite Foot (female)
675 Archers
1,200 Foot
400 Lizriders
Slave Force:
Formations:
700 (at house proper)
200 goblin foot
150 orc spearcasters
100 gnoll archers
150 bugbears
75 ogre
boulder-hurlers
25 minotaur foot
Friday, January 13, 2023
Matron Mother: Matron Vendrea - Cleric (18)
Nobles: 48
Priestesses: 11
High Priestesses: 3
House Males: 37
Fighters: 20
Wizards: 17
Drow Soldiers: 1,000 total
Formations: 50 Elite Foot (female)
200 Elite Foot (male)
200 Archers
350 Foot
200 Lizriders
Slave Force:
Formations:
1,100 total
300 goblin foot
200 goblin archers
150 orc spearcasters
250 ogrillons
(home-bred)
150 bugbears
50 ogres
Thursday, January 12, 2023
Matron Mother: Matron Tier`Dal - Cleric (16)
Nobles: 32
Priestesses: 22
High Priestesses: 6
House Males: 10
Fighters: 4
Wizards: 6
Drow Soldiers:
Formations:
450 total
300 Elite Foot
75 Archers
75 Lizriders
Slave Force: 600 total
Formations: 600 kobold
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Matron Mother: Matron Mizzra - Cleric (16)
Nobles: 40
Priestesses: 22
High Priestesses: 5
House Males: 18
Fighters: 12
Wizards: 6
Drow Soldiers:
Formations:
750 total
100 Elite Foot (female)
200 Archers
300 Foot
150 Lizriders
800 total
400 goblin foot
100 goblin archers
100 orc spearcasters
100 bugbears
100 trolls
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Matron Mother: Matron Naezrym - Cleric (15)
Nobles: 36
Priestesses: 14
High priestesses: 5
House Males: 22
Mages: 21
Fighters: 1
Drow Soldiers: 250 total
Formations: 60 Elite Foot (female)
100 Archers
80 Foot
20 Lizriders
Slave Force:
Formations:
500 total
200 goblin foot
100 goblin archers
100 orc spearthrowers
100 bugbears
Sunday, January 8, 2023
Matron Mother: Matron Kenafae - (17)
Nobles: 19
Priestesses: 12
High Priestesses: 4
House Males: 7
Fighters: 2
Wizards: 5
Drow Soldiers: 400 total
Formations: 100 Elite Foot
100 Archers
150 Foot
50 Lizriders
Slave Force:
Formations:
600 total
200 goblin foot
200 goblin archers
100 orc spearcasters
100 bugbears
Saturday, January 7, 2023
Matron Mother: Matron Druu’zel - Cleric (15)
Nobles: 16
Priestesses: 8
High Priestesses: 3
House Males: 6
Fighters: 3
Wizards: 3
Drow Soldiers: 300 total
Formations: 150 Archers
100 Foot
50 Lizriders
Slave Force: 400 total
Formations: 200 goblin foot
100 orc spearcasters
100 bugbears
Friday, January 6, 2023
Matron Mother: Matron Daelryn - Cleric (16)
Nobles: 12
Priestesses: 7
High Priestesses: 4
House Males: 5
Fighters: 2
Wizards: 3
Drow Soldiers: 300 total
Formations: 50 Elite Foot
100 Archers
100 Foot
50 Lizriders
Slave Force: 400 total
Formations: 200 goblin foot
200 goblin archers
Wednesday, January 4, 2023
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
Orthae Qu'lith, the City of Spiders, is a smaller underground drow city-state "when compared to Erelhei-Cinlu" deep beneath the surface in the Underdark. Orthae Qu'lith is one of the lesser known drow cities beneath the Flanaess, being a relatively unknown city "even with it being as older city" located in a massive, natural Underoerth cavern "properly named the Underchasm" which is located beneath the Dim Forest.
The roof of "the Underchasm" rises over 1,000 feet above the floor. The massive cavern has powerful magic embedded into it to reduce echos from all the noise coming from the city itself. The city has a single massive gate located on each end of the gigantic chasm allowing entrance to the city by those who are not native to Orthae Qu'lith, and both the north & south gates are heavily guarded. These gates open into the front of the city, while the city proper is heavily fortified and guarded deep within the central section of the cavern.
Orthae Qu'lith is located in a huge rectangular-shaped underground chasm, some two miles long and a thousand feet high. The drow call the the Underchasm, Verldrin Araj or "Shadowed Vengenace". The city is mainly carved from a dark colored calcite and it is filled with blue, green, and violet faerie fire. Buildings were often covered with the city's main motif: "In the service of Lolth".
Notable Locations
• Shrine of Lolth
• Dark Domain
• Tier Breche
Districts
• Commons
• The Grove
• Westway
• Ugulur Veldrin
• Eastway
Orthae Qu'lith is mostly built on the floor of the Underchasm but above the natural bottom of its cavern and many large stuctures are built into the walls and ceiling of this massive underground chasm that house the drow noble houses which watch over the city from above. A total of around 40 drow houses exist in the city, eight of which are noble houses. Buildings of note in the city include guilds for female and male fighters as well as for wizards, and a grand temple of Lolth "Fane of Lolth" at its eastern end. In a typical drow fashion, Orthae Qu'lith is run on the basis of several competing houses led by matron mothers, including a local branch of the Drez`lyn family.
Though the majority of its citizens are drow, it also houses a number of members of other races at a given time who are allowed to stay in the Eastway District. Besides the presence of slaves . . . beholders, illithid, githyanki, aboleths and other non drow races have been known to visit the city at times.
The city is heated and illuminated by a large, 1,000-foot-tall rock column named Kyorlin Alva "the Watching Light". The Archmage of the city casts a fire spell at its base each night, creating a band of heat that slowly travels up the column, eventually dying out at the peak and then descending. This "lava-like" glow provides both heat and light to the city, and the rising and falling band of heat serves as a clock.
Ruling Houses
1) House Drez`lyn
2) House Vendrea
3) House Tier`Dal
4) House Mizzra
5) House Naezrym
6) House Kenafae
7) House Druu’zel
8) House Daelryn
Drow from Orthae Qu'lith tend to be very well equipped and well trained for the Underdark. It is perfectly ordinary for them to be equipped with adamantine weapons, shields and elven chain mail and field plate mail with great enhancement bonus.
The city has many different houses, all of which vie for power. As it is a matriarchal society, however, only female drow truly hold any real power, especially the high priestesses of Lolth from the ruling eight houses. Most of the ruling noble houses are built on higher elevations which allows them to be easier to defend in case of attack.
Although drow culture is matriarchal, a few male drow in the city hold "some" political power, including Kren Drez`lyn, the archmage of the city, and Bregan Tanor'Thar, leader of the mercenary band D'Aerthe Phaeril, which is often utilized by House Drez`lyn. Despite it being a lesser known city compared to other major drow cities within the Underdark, the ancient drow city of Orthae Qu'lith stays out of the business of other rival drow cities to conduct it's own affairs.
Over the many centuries, Orthae Qu'lith has gained the respect from other drow cities and is well respected "mostly, out of fear" from most other underdark cities in the region. It continues to conduct slave operations on the surface and it still has dealings with the slaver organizations to keep the slave population up.
Monday, January 2, 2023
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