In the vein of the "Into the Maw" Dungeon Dressing thread (Which my players loved) how about a list of rooms the PCs might stumble into wandering around lost in Malcanthet's Palace? We'll have to use our full store of clever euphemisms to keep it PG-13 on these boards, but I have faith...
I'll start:
1. A steam room paneled in blood red wood with many tiers of benches. In the midst of the benches stand a pair of flesh golems stitched together solely of naughty bits, one composed of each gender, surounded by eager succubi and incubi.
2. Her stands an enormous gilded bowl in an icy pool of white wine, in which swim an aboleth and two ilthids, their tentacles twined in unthinkable throes of ecstasy.
3. Malcanthet's head on a pike that I can look up at and wave like this ::waves:: Immediately followed by looting.......How much is The Razor Throne Worth anyway?
3. A room of sighs (like from Hellraiser II) where various silky sheets seem to have writhing bodies in ecstasy under them--only there's nothing there.
4. In a crystalline room men and women seem to be walking on broken glass, sobbing and weeping, stumbling and now and then falling in agony. The smell of blood is nauseating, and yet if an attempt at rescue is made the people fight to remain in the room, demanding to be left alone.
A wide room with a low-domed ceiling, the floor a shallow pool of clear water interrupted by columns holding erotic statuary. Naked humanoids languidly recline in the pool as several brightly colored sucker-fish swim about, attaching themselves to the humanoids and pleasantly sucking away.
3. Malcanthet's head on a pike that I can look up at and wave like this ::waves:: Immediately followed by looting.......How much is The Razor Throne Worth anyway?
Signs you should have put a spoiler tag on the head of a new thread:
"Cameron Kellani"? Hmmm... This is actually one of my players... Drat!
6. This room in an enormous pit. It dominated by an enormous floating checkered board made of obsidian and marble. There are two balconies in the walls, in them sit a succubus and an incubus atop velvet black and pale thrones on opposing sides and they seem to be playing a game. Most of the squares are occupied by nude charmed drow and high elves of mixed sexes.
This game seems to involve once side "jumping" the other pieces (some times involving many pieces at once depending on the move) and the receiver(s) of the "jumping" being tossed off of the board into the pit at the end on the act of copulation. Some times one player succeeds in "kinging" their piece which involves keeping the both pieces in play, just "intertwined" with the "kinging" piece on top and in control.
Once all of one color is eliminated an obsidian and marble slide projects out from under the balconies and through these, the sides are replenished with a fresh set of pieces tumbling out.
8. A bed large enough for a horse is covered with a soft white satin. Pictures of unicorns and centaurs captured by virgins are carved into the headboard.
9. Floor is a set of overlapping spinning blades making a steady breeze upwards. A dozen floating Phanatons couple in a dizzying zero-gravity mid-air orgy. When one becomes exhausted and their strength fails it sinks to be sliced apart by the blades. Underneath the blades on the sunken floor, they slowly regenerate. Once fully healed they are popped back into the tangle above.
I plan to use some of my more unusual Dreamblade and Horrorclix miniatures in Malcanthet's Palace, particularly from the new Nightmares set.
Anyone care to evoke some scenes using such items (especially 'combat' style encounters where the miniatures could be used)? Nuns and Playboy bunny monsters seem too perfect to pass up.
Nun's? That is easy I went to catholic school... >;P
I'll leave the bunnies to someone with different nightmares...10. As you walk into this chamber from the rear it seems innocuous enough with a large chalkboard filling the opposite wall and a Lecturn in front of it. There are a group of half dozen nuns giving grammar lessons to several young attentive Cambions in formal school gowns draped over their shoulders (but open in front) sitting in desks facing frontwards.
As soon she notices anyone peaking into the room the head mistress demands that they sit and pay attention to the lesson (as a quickened suggestion - DC 23 and then a Dominate Person - DC25.) Beneath the nun's robes are a Lilitu demons (CR12), Radiant Sisters in training. To the rest of the party's horror the desks actually do not have chairs beneath them, instead they have spiked rusty iron "marital aids" glistening with blobs of rancid grease. When the inevitable combat ensues the cambions do not join in but stay at their desks.
If really you want to have them in the same encounter place the chalkboard on a raised stage in the from of the classroom with a chorus of performing Cambion bunnies in front (who do join the combat); the students taking notes on the performance... :)
Don't let this stop somebody from doing the bunnies though...
I'll leave the bunnies to someone with different nightmares...
Bunnies aren’t just cute like everybody supposes
They got them hoppy legs and twitching little nosesand what’s with all the carrots?
What do they need such good eyesight for, anyway?
Bunnies, it must be bunnies!!
(Sorry, everyone. I just had to. It’s a sickness.)
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Now, for a more constructive post.
Years ago, TSR put out a two-part adventure based on Through the Looking Glass. I like it so much that I was inspired to do a Wizard of Oz adventure. I can think of lots of cool scenarios including the zombie Dorothy, Lion, Tinman and Scarecrow. However, I think I lack imagination to communicate them in a less than blue fashion. I’ll do my best:
The room is dark, and you’re not entirely certain that you are indoors. The stones on the ground appear golden and of to one side you hear the snarling of a great cat and a girl sobbing in pain. As you move to investigate, you see a lion mauling a young girl. As you move to help the girl, you become aware that the lion isn’t exactly mauling her, and she isn’t exactly resisting… and neither is exactly alive…
As combat begins, a tin golem armed with an axe and a scarecrow armed with a scythe join from the darkness. (I would use the scarecrow from the base set rather than the one form the Nightmares set)
Now, for a more constructive post.
Years ago, TSR put out a two-part adventure based on Through the Looking Glass. I like it so much that I was inspired to do a Wizard of Oz adventure. I can think of lots of cool scenarios including the zombie Dorothy, Lion, Tinman and Scarecrow. However, I think I lack imagination to communicate them in a less than blue fashion. I’ll do my best:
The room is dark, and you’re not entirely certain that you are indoors. The stones on the ground appear golden and of to one side you hear the snarling of a great cat and a girl sobbing in pain. As you move to investigate, you see a lion mauling a young girl. As you move to help the girl, you become aware that the lion isn’t exactly mauling her, and she isn’t exactly resisting… and neither is exactly alive…
As combat begins, a tin golem armed with an axe and a scarecrow armed with a scythe join from the darkness. (I would use the scarecrow from the base set rather than the one form the Nightmares set)
Throw in a few flying monkeys and a hag, if you want.
11. This room is dimly lit, but the sweet smell of honey is overwhelming. Indeed the floor, if there is one, is covered with flowing golden mudhoney. The desire to jump in without clothes and a few friends is more than simply passing pleasure.
I'll leave the bunnies to someone with different nightmares...
Bunnies aren’t just cute like everybody supposes
They got them hoppy legs and twitching little noses
and what’s with all the carrots?
What do they need such good eyesight for, anyway?
Bunnies, it must be bunnies!!(Sorry, everyone. I just had to. It’s a sickness.)
You will have to be punished.
You will have to be punished.I'll leave the bunnies to someone with different nightmares...
Bunnies aren’t just cute like everybody supposes
They got them hoppy legs and twitching little noses
and what’s with all the carrots?
What do they need such good eyesight for, anyway?
Bunnies, it must be bunnies!!(Sorry, everyone. I just had to. It’s a sickness.)
Oh, good. Describe it and we may have another room.