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Unglaublich Verwustung · 02-05-2007, 08:36 AM

I thought I'd throw another idea into this lovely melting pot:

Title:

You want what???

Author:

Unglaublich Verwustung

Regions Located:

9 & 10

Concepts Involved:

-All you have to do is a small collect and deliver job - yes, the good old DHL/UPS concept.

Storyline To Get You Going:

-You've probably been wondering just why there are so many Duergar wandering the various levels of Undermountain, and maybe even thought about who built these tunnels and caverns anyway - we know it wasn't the Drow - they don't go in for all that dig and delve nonsense...
To cut a long story short it seems that they are all looking for a particular item, without any luck in this, to date, very long task. You want to know how long? How long does it take so that you have undead Duergar still searching, having vowed to never rest until they have found this item. How long is a quest that takes a Duergar that far past their usual life-expectancy? Let's think of it as 'quite a while'.
Anyway, it seems that due to an unforeseen disagrement between two of the three Duergar tribes there is now a small matter of compensation required - but at this stage all they want is to have back the original hearthstone from the first clan-holding. Seems fair.
Unfortunately the nasty little urchin who started all of this didn't tell anyone where he hid - but he did write it down in his diary, his lovely gold-inscribed diary, just the sort of thing that you might expect a dragon to hoard it it ever saw it. Did I mention that a red dragon happened to see it? Oh, well imagine that a red-dragon saw it, wanted it, ate the dwarf and 'borrowed' the diary.
Obviously nothing is ever as easy as finding the diary - once you do you'll discover that the stone has been left in the lair of an ancient basilisk, the king of snakes, a beast so venomous that it leaves a trail of poison behind wherever it goes, can kill with a single glance and is just not friendly - you are not going to be able to ask nicely 'can I have the stone back, please mister'.
So, to the plot: get asked nicely by the tribal Shamen (who, luckily for him, you bump into) to recover the stone by way of finding the diary. Go kill a a dragon, get the diary, find the basilisk, kill that (don't get turned to stone), get the hearthstone and return it to the Shamen while avoiding the big bad Duergar of the third tribe (you wondered where they had gone, didn't you) who quite like the status quo and really would rather the stone remains missing - and he'll reward you nicely (if you make it back in one piece).

Creatures Trying To Eat Your Face:

- Bad-ass undead Duergar mages, rock-wardens, clerics, assassins and the biggest, baddest Duergar of all - the Hearth Wardens, line of last defence -so you thought all dwarves were short and stout, these guys are big and stouter....
Red dragons, wyverns, a basilisk (no, not the wussy ones you met in the main NWN add-ons, a proper one)

Levels Of Capability Recommended:

- I'd strongly suggest just under pre-epic to epic levels for your characters. This is dragon-slaying territory.

02-05-2007, 08:36 AM	#37
Unglaublich Verwustung Silver Dragon Join Date: August 2, 2006 Location: i ngach aon áit (but mostly Western Europe) Age: 57 Posts: 1,619	I thought I'd throw another idea into this lovely melting pot: Title: You want what??? Author: Unglaublich Verwustung Regions Located: 9 & 10 Concepts Involved: -All you have to do is a small collect and deliver job - yes, the good old DHL/UPS concept. Storyline To Get You Going: -You've probably been wondering just why there are so many Duergar wandering the various levels of Undermountain, and maybe even thought about who built these tunnels and caverns anyway - we know it wasn't the Drow - they don't go in for all that dig and delve nonsense... To cut a long story short it seems that they are all looking for a particular item, without any luck in this, to date, very long task. You want to know how long? How long does it take so that you have undead Duergar still searching, having vowed to never rest until they have found this item. How long is a quest that takes a Duergar that far past their usual life-expectancy? Let's think of it as 'quite a while'. Anyway, it seems that due to an unforeseen disagrement between two of the three Duergar tribes there is now a small matter of compensation required - but at this stage all they want is to have back the original hearthstone from the first clan-holding. Seems fair. Unfortunately the nasty little urchin who started all of this didn't tell anyone where he hid - but he did write it down in his diary, his lovely gold-inscribed diary, just the sort of thing that you might expect a dragon to hoard it it ever saw it. Did I mention that a red dragon happened to see it? Oh, well imagine that a red-dragon saw it, wanted it, ate the dwarf and 'borrowed' the diary. Obviously nothing is ever as easy as finding the diary - once you do you'll discover that the stone has been left in the lair of an ancient basilisk, the king of snakes, a beast so venomous that it leaves a trail of poison behind wherever it goes, can kill with a single glance and is just not friendly - you are not going to be able to ask nicely 'can I have the stone back, please mister'. So, to the plot: get asked nicely by the tribal Shamen (who, luckily for him, you bump into) to recover the stone by way of finding the diary. Go kill a a dragon, get the diary, find the basilisk, kill that (don't get turned to stone), get the hearthstone and return it to the Shamen while avoiding the big bad Duergar of the third tribe (you wondered where they had gone, didn't you) who quite like the status quo and really would rather the stone remains missing - and he'll reward you nicely (if you make it back in one piece). Creatures Trying To Eat Your Face: - Bad-ass undead Duergar mages, rock-wardens, clerics, assassins and the biggest, baddest Duergar of all - the Hearth Wardens, line of last defence -so you thought all dwarves were short and stout, these guys are big and stouter.... Red dragons, wyverns, a basilisk (no, not the wussy ones you met in the main NWN add-ons, a proper one) Levels Of Capability Recommended: - I'd strongly suggest just under pre-epic to epic levels for your characters. This is dragon-slaying territory. __________________ Make a decision, even if it's wrong, and remember.... ...it's never too early for a salad.