Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Daydreamer 08-20-07, 02:49 AM	Ok, i am aware that the warforged are the 'best off' in the mourland as they are resistant to many of its effects, but i am curious. When the day of mourning occured, it is described as 'mist that swept out and instantly killed all those it overtook'. Would that include the warforged overtaken by the mist on the first day (which is described as killing everyone who entered it, even though later it became 'benign') also, what about undead, mindless constructs, etc? how did the day of mourning effect these entities if it overtook them immediately.
Bluebrush 08-20-07, 03:03 AM	I'd suggest pretty much almost all sentient life was wiped out, with a few left behind as survivors or to be twisted into horrors by the mists. So most warforged would be dead. Mindless constructs I'd kill or leave depending on the dramatic situation. You could have them lying crumbled on the ground, the works of man undone by the Mounring, or you could have them lying inert, there to be reawakened. It can be cool to have them still working, either horribly warped in purpose (and hostile) or still working on their last tasks, like the brooms in the Sorcerer's apprentice.
Daydreamer 08-20-07, 03:16 AM	right, i gather that some things get warped, as is the case with the twisted dryads presented in, i believe the forge or war? But definately kill of the warforged, so if ppl go towards that battle that occured on the day of mourning, they would encouter warforged corpses killed by the day of mourning not battle though perhaps, some humans/warforged were warped instead of killed. Undead im a little more torn on, i guess it would destroy them as well, but perhaps some would survive. I like this interpretation, but i wish i knew what the official answer was.
Revvecor 08-20-07, 09:56 AM	right, i gather that some things get warped, as is the case with the twisted dryads presented in, i believe the forge or war? But definately kill of the warforged, so if ppl go towards that battle that occured on the day of mourning, they would encouter warforged corpses killed by the day of mourning not battle though perhaps, some humans/warforged were warped instead of killed. Undead im a little more torn on, i guess it would destroy them as well, but perhaps some would survive. I like this interpretation, but i wish i knew what the official answer was. The Mistling template is from the Forge of War. I feel the legions of undead and warforged would not have survived the Mourning, but small groups of them could have. With dread marshals leading small groups of undead on special missions and warforged survivors gathering into groups; small groups of survivors becomes more likely. I do not believe there has been an official ruling on who survived the mourning although there has been a lot of discussion on the boards about it.
LoneStranger 08-20-07, 07:48 PM	So far the "official" answer is: What do you want to do in your campaign? Really so far (and there are those who hope it stays this way) there is nothing official about the actual event itself, about what happened and what actually happened as the mist formed. So if you're doing this for your own campaign I'd say take some time and figure out how you want things to proceed and go from there. You'll be just as on the mark as the next DM that explains what happens.
Edymnion 08-20-07, 08:56 PM	Accourding to Keith, there is no group of creatures that survived the Mourning as a rule. They all got wiped out equally, and they all had the strange exceptions equally.
Daydreamer 08-21-07, 05:59 AM	interpretations i can do just fine on my own, basically when i post on the board, i want the official position. I dont think there would be 'any survivors' however, i think like the mistlings, some individual creatures of whatever type would be horribly warped rather than wiped out. but nothing would 'survive' in the sense of being directly unaffected.
Hellcow 08-21-07, 03:22 PM	interpretations i can do just fine on my own, basically when i post on the board, i want the official position. Edymnion and Lonestranger are correct. The official position on the effects of the Mourning is that there is no official position on the effects of the Mourning - or at least, that its effects are not completely predictable on any creature. It destroyed most things caught in its wake, including humanoids, undead, and constructs. It's important to note that the MANNER of death was far from uniform. It's not that the mist was poison gas. Some people had the flesh dissolved from their bones. Others had the bones dissolved within their flesh. Some were turned into crystal, others melted away into gas. Some dropped dead with no sign of injury, and their corpses remain perfectly preserved to this day. Beyond this, some creatures (again, of all creature types) survived but suffered strange mutations. And a few survived with no ill effects whatsoever, at least obvious ones. Undead and warforged are well-suited to surviving IN the Mournland, because they don't need to worry about finding food and drink, and because warforged can use Craft to repair damage. But they weren't all immune to the effects of the Mourning (though I suspect they fared slightly better than their living, humanoid counterparts, taken as a whole; strange afflictions that would kill a human - "your arms fall off" - wouldn't be as troubling to a zombie).
Salla 08-23-07, 01:50 AM	"your arms fall off" - wouldn't be as troubling to a zombie). "Man, that's the third time this week!"
Alex_ 08-23-07, 02:10 AM	"Man, that's the third time this week!" Which raises the question... who's reattaching them?
Bluebrush 08-23-07, 03:05 AM	Which raises the question... who's reattaching them?Velcro. Or duct tape.
Edymnion 08-23-07, 08:25 AM	Which raises the question... who's reattaching them?Nobody, it was a Gorillian or Thri-Keen zombie. :P