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V1zharan 09-07-07, 12:44 AM

Due to a caster(maybe Archivist?) fooling around with forces he shouldn't be, the Nightmare Realm overlaps with part of the Material Plane, much in the same way that the Ethereal Plane does. The solution is descibed in The Ending(which needs fleshing out) sblock further down, and the beginning is in the What I Have So Far sblock. I need help with ideas for everything in between. This is all for a club at my high school where I will be DMing and it may be starting next month or, rumor has it, it may start even earlier, that being some time this month, and I'm a little bit low on content. The group is going to end up being fairly large(8 or 9 people probably) and as such I have to accomodate(sp?) for that. I am asking for help due to not knowing how much time I have and because I am a new player and newer DM(just started playing last school year). The PCs start in a tavern in a large or not so large city(undecided, depends on how much material I get from you guys or from my own ideas) and suddenly some of the patrons are warped, red eyes, arm gets replaced with a tentacle, having their lower half transform into a snake body, that sort of stuff. They leave after killing the mutated people, and find the town in mayhem, animals are mutating constantly, attacking everyone in sight, everything looks sorta twisted and deformed. The reason being, the Nightmare Realm has somehow overlapped with a section of the Material Plane, meaning all sorts of horrors roaming around. I am planning on the PCs being invited to take shelter in a nearby barracks, and from there I haven't come up with more. The ending of this (very long) adventure is based on a quest in Oblivion. The person responsible for this(on accident) goes into a coma, the players are sent to the Nightmare Realm, which is where his consciencness(sp?) is, and he has lost his mind, his will, and his strength. The PC's will have to complete 3 different areas within the nightmare realm, each giving him back something he has lost, when they finish, they are sent back and the world is no longer being affected. This is where you guys come in, I have a couple encounters set up and no doubt will be conjuring up more while in school, along with little "save these people" mini-quests, but I still need help with this. I'm looking for ideas concerning encounters/warped creatures and mini-quests, as this game will be running a good portion of the school year. I was not planning on this extending into the wilderness at all, but if you have a great idea that would take place outside the city I would have no problem incorporating it. Just remember, this area is being affected by the Nightmare Realm, anything is possible. ~V1zharan