Sources of Mythic power in Orv...

[The NPC]

Are there any? I know Orv was mentioned in Mythic realms, but as I recall that was mostly for the adventuring local and less as a source.

[Alleran]

Mythic Origins has this to say:

"In the deepest parts of the Darklands are the Vaults of Orv: massive chambers, each its own small world created by a long-vanished race known by some as the Vault Builders. Few from the surface have glimpsed these chambers, and even fewer have survived expeditions into the fell regions. Little is known of the Vaults, but most agree they hold forgotten secrets and relics of vast power."

Emphasis mine. So clearly there's some leeway on sources of mythic power existing somewhere in Orv. The GM just has to put them somewhere that their resident group of murder-hobos can come across it.

Additionally, Mythic Realms specifically notes the Black Desert in Orv. While it doesn't have a specific mythic fount of power, the various Star Towers are. By virtue of becoming a curate, mind you, but they're mythic founts all the same. It's also noted that the Star Towers connect to the Darklands, so there's a link for some more sources of mythic power related to Orv.

Hope that helps.

[The NPC]

Indeed it does. Thank you.

[James Jacobs]

There are ABSOLUTELY sources of mythic power in Orv. In fact... there's probably at least one source in each vault. Perhaps more.

[ratlord]

Find the black heart pumping its vile blood through Orv and sup the tainted nectar?

[The NPC]

James Jacobs wrote:

There are ABSOLUTELY sources of mythic power in Orv. In fact... there's probably at least one source in each vault. Perhaps more.

Any thoughts on where the one would be for the vault the PCs visit in Second Darkness?

[James Jacobs]

The NPC wrote:

James Jacobs wrote:

There are ABSOLUTELY sources of mythic power in Orv. In fact... there's probably at least one source in each vault. Perhaps more.

Any thoughts on where the one would be for the vault the PCs visit in Second Darkness?

Well... playing through that AP and completing it would count for sure.

Or drowned under all that black blood.

Or in the gut of the faceless god statue.

[Drejk]

Maybe finding some vault-nexus or vault-builders device?

[Cthulhudrew]

Yes- I would think the Black Blood is in some way a key to mythic power.

[James Jacobs]

Drejk wrote:

Maybe finding some vault-nexus or vault-builders device?

Absolutely.

[Drejk]

Maybe the totality of the vaults formed an eldritch pattern that could possibly imbue someone passing them in the right order with mythic power or maybe anyone controlling them all could tap them for surges of mythic power?

Were vault-builders mythic or non-mythic (at least as a species)? Were there individual vault-builders that were mythic?

[Cthulhudrew]

Drejk wrote:

Maybe the totality of the vaults formed an eldritch pattern that could possibly imbue someone passing them in the right order with mythic power or maybe anyone controlling them all could tap them for surges of mythic power?

That would be cool. Almost reminds me of something similar- I want to say there was something like that in the Hyperion/Endymion series, but it may have also been from the Deathstalker series. Or maybe I'm combining similar ideas from both series in my brain.

[Espagnoll]

The Mu Spores sure know where to find that power.
In fact, an AP involving mythic power extracted from any source in Orv would be the beginning of a cosmic event campaign imho, one which could reach multiversal proportions.

[Cthulhudrew]

Not a bad idea, Espagnoll. It could be the "swords and planets" AP that some have been clamoring for, actually. Moving through space via the Vaults, picking up Mythic power.

[Espagnoll]

Cthulhudrew wrote:

Not a bad idea, Espagnoll. It could be the "swords and planets" AP that some have been clamoring for, actually. Moving through space via the Vaults, picking up Mythic power.

That AP should be the answer to certain questions found in previous APs [warning, spoilers ahead]:

-Why the Mi-go are so close to Golarion to the point of being easily "summoned" by the skum? [Carrion Crown]
-What happened to the real Malifax of Eox? [Shattered Star]
-Which kind of information the neh-thalggu agents were looking for in their vivisection of humanoids? [Wrath of the Righteous]
-Why the flumph when to silent? [Misfits monsters redeemed]
-Who or what is the entity which contacted with the lich Meyi Panaho? [Lost kingdoms]
-Which were the reasons behind Nikola Tesla interest into build a machine capable of imprison a being of such power as Baba Yaga? [Rasputin must die!]
-What is driving the formians to be more nomadic than expansionist lately? [Distant Worlds]

Something is stirring in the darkness within the stars and the key to survival is an interplanetary alliance.