Escape of a Darklord
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Escape of a Darklord
Hello to all,
a Darklord goes beyond the border of his/her own domain (we know this is possible via the Dukkar). What happen to the domain and to the people inside, which are all creations of the Dark Powers ? The domain vanish with all the people inside it or another evil one of the domain became Darklord ?
I'd like to know how you would manage this particular condition. I would opt for the dissolution of the domain, you?
thanks
a Darklord goes beyond the border of his/her own domain (we know this is possible via the Dukkar). What happen to the domain and to the people inside, which are all creations of the Dark Powers ? The domain vanish with all the people inside it or another evil one of the domain became Darklord ?
I'd like to know how you would manage this particular condition. I would opt for the dissolution of the domain, you?
thanks
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Re: Escape of a Darklord
Anything can happen, use the possibility you need for your campaign :
- the land is absorbed by another (ex. Gundar-> was absorbed by Barovia and Invidia)
- the land choose another darklord with the next most evil person present (Sithicus)
- the land quickly (or slowly) dissolves to nothingness (many examples)
- it shrinks to the darklord's lair end becomes an island in the mist or an oubliette
- it becomes a lost island in the mist, waiting to be rediscovered
- etc.
Many possibilities!
Joël
- the land is absorbed by another (ex. Gundar-> was absorbed by Barovia and Invidia)
- the land choose another darklord with the next most evil person present (Sithicus)
- the land quickly (or slowly) dissolves to nothingness (many examples)
- it shrinks to the darklord's lair end becomes an island in the mist or an oubliette
- it becomes a lost island in the mist, waiting to be rediscovered
- etc.
Many possibilities!
Joël
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Re: Escape of a Darklord
In my campaign, I had earthquakes and other natural disasters in both domains until the darklord was returned. (Mal took his mom to Falkovnia as a display of his power, then brought her back.) In this case, it was only a temporary trip, and when the DL was returned, everything went back to normal. I presume that long term, the domain would eventually act as though the DL were killed: i.e. dissolve, return to original world, merge with neighboring domains, or get a new DL, at the DP's whim (DM's choice).
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Re: Escape of a Darklord
You could say that the GC was caused by Azalin leaving his domain (by being killed after his phylactery had been ejected into the mists), so minor conjunctions could easily be a result
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Re: Escape of a Darklord
Ti was a very special case, but during the GC, Ivan Dilisnya left his domain for Borca. Following the GC, Dorvinia merged with Borca due to his close proximity to Ivana Boristi. So this seems to indicate that a domain can survive without its darklord at least under very special circumstances.
In one possible ending of Circle of Darkness, we learn that the death (or even enlightenment) of a darklord can result it the domain being deposited randomly on some prime material world.
In one possible ending of Circle of Darkness, we learn that the death (or even enlightenment) of a darklord can result it the domain being deposited randomly on some prime material world.
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Re: Escape of a Darklord
Let's also not forget that in Ari Marmell's "Black Crusade," a domain can form WITHOUT a darklord (well, at least with the inevitability of a future darklord).The Lesser Evil wrote:Ti was a very special case, but during the GC, Ivan Dilisnya left his domain for Borca. Following the GC, Dorvinia merged with Borca due to his close proximity to Ivana Boristi. So this seems to indicate that a domain can survive without its darklord at least under very special circumstances.
In one possible ending of Circle of Darkness, we learn that the death (or even enlightenment) of a darklord can result it the domain being deposited randomly on some prime material world.
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Re: Escape of a Darklord
Dion of the Fraternity wrote:Let's also not forget that in Ari Marmell's "Black Crusade," a domain can form WITHOUT a darklord (well, at least with the inevitability of a future darklord).The Lesser Evil wrote:Ti was a very special case, but during the GC, Ivan Dilisnya left his domain for Borca. Following the GC, Dorvinia merged with Borca due to his close proximity to Ivana Boristi. So this seems to indicate that a domain can survive without its darklord at least under very special circumstances.
In one possible ending of Circle of Darkness, we learn that the death (or even enlightenment) of a darklord can result it the domain being deposited randomly on some prime material world.
Perhaps I am wrong, but wasn't the religious leader he killed the original Darklord and he replaced him in that role?
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Re: Escape of a Darklord
Not to mention the House of Lament and Rods of Security.
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Re: Escape of a Darklord
Thanks for the inputs, I'll probably opt for a slow dissolution of the domain
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Re: Escape of a Darklord
You could look at what happened in Where Black Roses Bloom as Soth defacto "escaping" for how a fomain might collapse.
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Re: Escape of a Darklord
I already mentioned this in an older thread, but it bears repeating.Resonant Curse wrote:Perhaps I am wrong, but wasn't the religious leader he killed the original Darklord and he replaced him in that role?
Malosia was created with no darklord. From the novel's PDF:
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Re: Escape of a Darklord
Fair enough, it has been ages since I read that.Dion of the Fraternity wrote:I already mentioned this in an older thread, but it bears repeating.Resonant Curse wrote:Perhaps I am wrong, but wasn't the religious leader he killed the original Darklord and he replaced him in that role?
Malosia was created with no darklord. From the novel's PDF:
Maybe I'm wrong here, but the last sentence implies that Lambrecht Raes (the priest) was never a darklord in the first place.VIEW CONTENT:
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Re: Escape of a Darklord
Dion of the Fraternity wrote:I already mentioned this in an older thread, but it bears repeating.Resonant Curse wrote:Perhaps I am wrong, but wasn't the religious leader he killed the original Darklord and he replaced him in that role?
Malosia was created with no darklord. From the novel's PDF:
Maybe I'm wrong here, but the last sentence implies that Lambrecht Raes (the priest) was never a darklord in the first place.VIEW CONTENT:
That's pretty cool! No Darklord at first? o.o' Obviously the Dark Powers had someone in mind though... xD
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That's why I love the "Black Crusade" novel. Not only does itZilfer wrote:That's pretty cool! No Darklord at first? o.o' Obviously the Dark Powers had someone in mind though... xD
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