Has there been anything written about the Isle of Terror yet?
Sorry, should have been more clear: The Isle of Terror in Golarion.
Not to my knowledge, but I may have missed a reference somewhere.
Thanks!
I'm thinking about making it the first major stop in a new campaign.
Edit: I found this quote in another thread:
The Isle of Terror is the location in which the living god Aroden slew the mighty wizard-king Tar-Baphon, who later arose from the Isle as the lich-king known as the Whispering Tyrant.
The isle plays into Tar-Baphon's mortal life and is rife with terrible spirits and seemingly impossible occurances.
It's more like a pacific northwest lake island meets the Lost island meets a Japanese ghost movie.
--Erik
Oh, sorry. I didn't know they had one, and now I am wondering if they unfficially ported that in. Revisiting the Isle of Terror was one of the last adventure lines from Dungeon mag.
Actually, that is Isle of Dread. Though they may have, as you said, ported it in with a name change.
AJ
Oh, sorry. I didn't know they had one, and now I am wondering if they unfficially ported that in. Revisiting the Isle of Terror was one of the last adventure lines from Dungeon mag.Actually, that is Isle of Dread. Though they may have, as you said, ported it in with a name change.
AJ
And it's actually a pretty nice isle. The Isle of Dread. The Isle of Terror, and so on - all Elysian places. The names don't mean anything - all islands have names like that in the Sea of No Return.
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I assumed it was called the Isle of Terror because that was one of the first locations related to Tar-Baphon. He was defeated by Aroden on the Isle of Terror. I didn't think of it as prehistoric, but that might be the case. Seems a bit "in the middle of things" to be a lost world styled island. Of course, these are hardly good reasons to assume it is not prehistoric, so I might be terribly wrong.
As Lord Gadigan says, according to the book on the Darklands, there is an entrance on the Isle of Terror. I can't recall the name, but I think it leads to the upper tier of the Darklands.
Edit- I didn't completely process the quote from Erik Mona until just a moment ago. :) Sounds interesting. So there is a lot of crazy stuff going on. Which is interesting, as that was first choice for the location of Ptolus in Golarion. I may want to re-think that since it does not sound inhabited.
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Edit- I didn't completely process the quote from Erik Mona until just a moment ago. :) Sounds interesting. So there is a lot of crazy stuff going on. Which is interesting, as that was first choice for the location of Ptolus in Golarion. I may want to re-think that since it does not sound inhabited.
If you're already adding Ptolus to Golarion, why concern yourself with what's canon and what's not? If this geographic location works for your needs, why not?
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If you're already adding Ptolus to Golarion, why concern yourself with what's canon and what's not? If this geographic location works for your needs, why not?Edit- I didn't completely process the quote from Erik Mona until just a moment ago. :) Sounds interesting. So there is a lot of crazy stuff going on. Which is interesting, as that was first choice for the location of Ptolus in Golarion. I may want to re-think that since it does not sound inhabited.
I'm not actually adding Ptolus to Golarion for play purposes (my Ptolus campaign takes place in Praemal) but I have been doing it as a side project for a group of us discussing the subject. While canon is a consideration, since the project really isn't for me, it isn't the ultimate goal.
Of course, canon is one of those that things I easily ignore in lieu of my own material. But I also like to accommodate it when I can. And Ptolus doesn't require the Isle of Terror geographically. The only reason I used the Isle was the connection to the Whispering Tyrant, who I conflated with Ghul from the Ptolus setting. There are plenty more locations that could work, all that is required is changing the canon of Ptolus and some of Golarion. It was just one of many choices and I had settled on that for some reasons that are not inherently important thematically to the conversion.
Trust me, I am far from a canon zealot. I have some pretty strong opinions of canon, it serves me when I need and is discarded in lieu of better options. I was simply saying, if the Isle of Terror is "officially" this way and I like that idea, perhaps I should re-think the choice and go with one of the other 30 locations I have in mind for Ptolus. But if remains the best choice, perhaps I will continue to go with it. Re-thinking the choice is hardly a problem with a devotion to canon and more of my interest in the small bit of canon we know.
I really wish I had the time to write an overview for each of the locations I have in mind for Ptolus. I imagine that would be a great community project that could be tied together and offered to the community for free. That would be interesting indeed. Thanks for taking me down this line of thought Yoda. I may have to think more about this idea.
I actually wrote the third in that series--City of Golden Death--and I detail all of the Isle of Terror within. :-)
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I actually wrote the third in that series--City of Golden Death--and I detail all of the Isle of Terror within. :-)
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Woot!
thanks for the confirmation Joshua, when is that adventure supposed to appear?
April, according to my subscriptions page.
Yup, April is the current release date.