Imprisoned in a remote drow outpost! You wouldn't wish this fate upon anyone, yet here you are - locked in a dark cave, the cold, heavy weight of metal tight around your throat and wrists. You are not alone. Other prisoners are trapped in here with you, in an underground outpost far from the light of the sun.
Your captors include a cruel drow priestess who calls herself Mistress Ilvara of House Mizzrym. Over the past several days, you've met her several times, robed in silken garments and flanked by two male drow, one of whom has a mass of scars along one side of his face and neck.
Mistress Ilvara likes to impress her will with scourge in hand and remind you that your life now belongs to her.
"Forget who you were, learn to obey, and you may survive."
Her words echo in your memory, even as you plot your escape.
As discussed in this thread I will be running an underdark campaign based around a modified version of the 5th Edition Adventure Out of the Abyss converted to Pathfinder rules. The posters in the original thread were interested in a mostly drow game but other races will be considered provided they have a plausible reason for being imprisoned in a remote drow outpost.
In terms of setting I generally run the Underdark as having openings to multiple planes, including alternate material planes and the game will therefore include a mixture of elements from Golarion and Faerun (Forgotten Realms). Notably drow faith is divided fairly evenly between those who worship Lolth and those who worship one of the Demon Lords, with a small minority worshiping other evil deities.
Character Creation
Starting Level 2nd
Ability Score 20 point buy
Classes All Paizo classes allowed. Summoners must be unchained.
Races Any Paizo but with a preference for drow and other underdark races.
Alignment Any non-stupid alignment. Your character should be able to function as part of a group with varying alignments. Both good and evil characters will be considered and will have motivation to participate but they must be willing to "play nice"
Skills Standard plus background skills from unchained. Minimum number of standard skill points per level is 4
Traits 2. Campaign traits provisionally accepted provided they fit with the character.
Wealth 0gp. As prisoners you have had all your belongings confiscated. You may however have managed to get your hands on something during your time as a prisoner
Health Max for first level. 1/2 +1 for subsequent levels
Fluff
Your background can contain elements from Faerun or Golarion. Things to include are where your character came from and how they ended up imprisoned in a drow outpost, a description of their appearance and personality, and their goals and ambitions. Of note for those creating drow characters, there is an above average level of tension and strife in Menzoberranzan, City of Spiders at this moment in time, particularly between worshipers of Lolth and of the Demon Lords, between the arcane magic using Council of Spiders and the divine magic users of the Ruling Council, and between the mercenary company Bregan D'aerthe and the city's lesser noble houses.
Other Details
I intend to post at least once a day.
Recruitment will stay open until midnight BST on the 24th of July.
I intend to recruit 4 to 6 players.
