Saturday, January 30, 2016

30 Day D&D challenge

Oki Doki...
   I have never tried one of these, but as I'm redirecting my energies lately, I thought I might give it a try. I'll start on Monday February 1st. This will not only bump up my post count on the blog, it might generate some ideas as well.
I have no idea if I can actually make 30 posts, but I will give it my best shot.

Monday, January 18, 2016

Podcast Inspired ideas

  Getting you people to participate, is like pulling teeth.
   If you don't tell me what you want to see, you're going to get whatever happens to overflow from the reservoir of my mind.
   So I've added a new podcast to my listening roster. The Dungeon Master's Block. Solid podcast, gives me lots of ideas. When I think I want to listen to a podcast I've not heard before, I'll go through the backlog and find a topic that interests me and decide off of that episode. The episode I chose from the DMB was the Underdark episode. That was an excellent conversation, and that particular episode made the saving folder on my computer. I'll be able to glean lots of ideas from it.
   Anywaaayyyy... Back on subject. Driving home listening is where I do most of my idea generation.
While driving home listening to the aforementioned episode, I got to thinking what if the intrepid adventurers came upon the wreck of an Illithid Nautiloid ship from the Spelljammer setting. Now what if there was a gaping hole in the side of the ship (like something broke out from the inside.) The rest of the story kind of filled itself in. The illithid ship was on a mission to capture a Beholder for implantation experimentation. They miscalculated the Beholder's ferocity, and it got loose inside the ship. The Beholder then proceeded to eat the Mother Brain residing on the ship, and consequently went insane, killing the entire crew. Muhahahaha! Mutant Beholder. I can't wait to spring this on some players. An Illithid Beholder... Almost as bad a Tarrasque-a-Lich (still looking for the opportunity to use that little gem) So, now we have a Psionic Beholder and an Illithid Nautiloid waiting to be plundered.
   See what happens when you let your mind wander? It comes back all dirty n stuff.
   This same drive home also yielded some ideas on how to deal with the creation of the Underdark in my homebrew world of Nohj. I have a few snippets of the creation legends for my world. Now I can the origin of the Underdark to the list. Here's what I have so far.

Such was the pain of Nohj at being rent open, that Aeze called to the stars. From the great black came Zephadros the Defender.

Scylandre Queen of Kahzil dug into the earth of Nohj from the steaming lifeblood of the world did she create all evil dragons to serve her.

Kahzil reached into the chaos and brought forth She of Five faces. He shaped her in a terrifying form and released her onto Nohj.

And thus did Aeze spurn Scylandre for the evil in her heart. Such was her pain and hate that a the behest of the Cold Empress a great rift open inside Nohj for Scylandre to pour all of this into. The blackness distilled underground, and the Demons came to Nohj.
Yes my homebrew world is a work in progress. I'll post more of it, if someone posts a comment requesting it... (Hint Hint)
 
There you have it. Ideas from the drive home. Maybe there is something there you can use, or maybe it sparks something else. Go ahead and head down the rabbit hole, you never know where you'll end up.
 
Happy Gaming!