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Somewhere quiet in the Underdark... [Archive] - Wizards Community

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nightside_samurai
07-31-07, 04:56 PM I'm going to be running a Drow based game in the Underdark for a group of outcasts who want to build their own place and eventually have a town and so on.

Do any of you know of any places in the Underdark that are relatively quiet on the Drow front but close enough to a big city that they can steal supplies or slaves and so on?

Thank you!

:D
Drew1369r
07-31-07, 05:12 PM Place a large cave anywhere you want... if they are going to start from scratch... the whole of the underdark hasn't been explored so its really up to you with minimal explanation.

BUT
There is a place that has decrepit buildings called meryiamadra(sp?) do to the war of the spiderqueen... you can do that campaign "City of the Spiderqueen" and have them clear the whole area and start from there!!!
nightside_samurai
07-31-07, 10:41 PM I was thinking somewhere near Ched Nassad since it's in a bit of chaos at the moment and scavanging the rubble could be a beneficial way to gain some power and to blackmail or bribe the existing houses.
Lord Karsus
08-01-07, 08:40 PM -Do you have the 3e sourcebook Underdark? It has a nice map, and enough information on most locations on the map to get you started. If you really want to delve deep, no pun intended, into the lore, pick up Drizzt Do'Urden's Guide to the Underdark, a 2e sourcebook.
Shiftkitty
08-02-07, 01:02 AM Ched Nassad might be too close to Menzo Town for comfort. There's some lovely real estate opportunites in the Darklands. A narrow pass runs along a lake in the Upperdark. A crafty drow could set up shop there, control the lake and the pass around it. Just a little bit north of the Vault of Conjured Madness and about 180 miles east of the nearest volcanic activity, you should eventually be able to build up something nice and profitable, especially with a nearby water supply*. With few rival settlements around, you shouldn't have to worry about major wars anytime soon. There's also an abyss to the south called the Pit of Jhaam. Your nearest neighbor is Dunspeirren, the City of Sunken Spires. A bunch of militaristic psionic Duergar can be a headache, but it might be awhile before they know you're there.

Right overhead is the Dragon Coast and the Shining Plains. A twisty little maze of passages should lead you to either one, then just follow that same little maze of twisty passages back home. With no central government, the Dragon Coast should be easy pickings, if you don't mind cutthroat citizenry taking matters into their own hands (read: tons of opportunity for adventure).

Downpayments start at one incredibly dishy drow male, must be obedient, healthy without too many whip marks, and good in the sack.;)

*Although of decent size on the map, the lake doesn't seem to have a name. I wonder what might be found in it's depths?
1 ton ghost
08-03-07, 02:16 PM feasibly, no place you can go in the underdark (near a town or place to raid from) will be free of predation...hence it being near a town. this will invariably draw hostiles. the worst enemy of a drow is other drow and they will come looking:
-exiles make for good sacrifices and means to elevate prestige and personal wealth
-drow always prey on the weak and you're definetly on the low end of the totem pool being expatriates.
-you can only have a position of power with typically ruthless conquest in the underdark, hence there being no goodly nations or sovereigns that rule their. this means they'll need an army or some seemingly impossible leverage to which someone will of course try to take it away ultimatley.
Shiftkitty
08-03-07, 05:09 PM Shh! I'm trying to sell this guy a plot of land! :D

Yeah, you're gonna draw "interested parties" looking to take away what you've got. Reminds me a lot of the junior high I went to. If you managed to find a spot to sit quietly and read away from the punks and jerks and other pubescent low-lifes, it wouldn't be long before they'd find it and do their damndest to destroy your sanctuary for you. You learned to get mean and vicious to defend what you had. (Rough school, trust me.)

That's sort of how I see life in the Underdark. It's like one big school campus where everybody's either a bully or a victim. But this little spot I found on the map can be quite defendable depending on how creative you get.

ON THE OTHER HAND... It's quite possible that there's a reason nobody's set up shop here before now *cough* cloakers *cough*...

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
nightside_samurai 07-31-07, 04:56 PM	I'm going to be running a Drow based game in the Underdark for a group of outcasts who want to build their own place and eventually have a town and so on. Do any of you know of any places in the Underdark that are relatively quiet on the Drow front but close enough to a big city that they can steal supplies or slaves and so on? Thank you! :D
Drew1369r 07-31-07, 05:12 PM	Place a large cave anywhere you want... if they are going to start from scratch... the whole of the underdark hasn't been explored so its really up to you with minimal explanation. BUT There is a place that has decrepit buildings called meryiamadra(sp?) do to the war of the spiderqueen... you can do that campaign "City of the Spiderqueen" and have them clear the whole area and start from there!!!
nightside_samurai 07-31-07, 10:41 PM	I was thinking somewhere near Ched Nassad since it's in a bit of chaos at the moment and scavanging the rubble could be a beneficial way to gain some power and to blackmail or bribe the existing houses.
Lord Karsus 08-01-07, 08:40 PM	-Do you have the 3e sourcebook Underdark? It has a nice map, and enough information on most locations on the map to get you started. If you really want to delve deep, no pun intended, into the lore, pick up Drizzt Do'Urden's Guide to the Underdark, a 2e sourcebook.
Shiftkitty 08-02-07, 01:02 AM	Ched Nassad might be too close to Menzo Town for comfort. There's some lovely real estate opportunites in the Darklands. A narrow pass runs along a lake in the Upperdark. A crafty drow could set up shop there, control the lake and the pass around it. Just a little bit north of the Vault of Conjured Madness and about 180 miles east of the nearest volcanic activity, you should eventually be able to build up something nice and profitable, especially with a nearby water supply. With few rival settlements around, you shouldn't have to worry about major wars anytime soon. There's also an abyss to the south called the Pit of Jhaam. Your nearest neighbor is Dunspeirren, the City of Sunken Spires. A bunch of militaristic psionic Duergar can be a headache, but it might be awhile before they know you're there. Right overhead is the Dragon Coast and the Shining Plains. A twisty little maze of passages should lead you to either one, then just follow that same little maze of twisty passages back home. With no central government, the Dragon Coast should be easy pickings, if you don't mind cutthroat citizenry taking matters into their own hands (read: tons of opportunity for adventure). Downpayments start at one incredibly dishy drow male, must be obedient, healthy without too many whip marks, and good in the sack.;) Although of decent size on the map, the lake doesn't seem to have a name. I wonder what might be found in it's depths?
1 ton ghost 08-03-07, 02:16 PM	feasibly, no place you can go in the underdark (near a town or place to raid from) will be free of predation...hence it being near a town. this will invariably draw hostiles. the worst enemy of a drow is other drow and they will come looking: -exiles make for good sacrifices and means to elevate prestige and personal wealth -drow always prey on the weak and you're definetly on the low end of the totem pool being expatriates. -you can only have a position of power with typically ruthless conquest in the underdark, hence there being no goodly nations or sovereigns that rule their. this means they'll need an army or some seemingly impossible leverage to which someone will of course try to take it away ultimatley.
Shiftkitty 08-03-07, 05:09 PM	Shh! I'm trying to sell this guy a plot of land! :D Yeah, you're gonna draw "interested parties" looking to take away what you've got. Reminds me a lot of the junior high I went to. If you managed to find a spot to sit quietly and read away from the punks and jerks and other pubescent low-lifes, it wouldn't be long before they'd find it and do their damndest to destroy your sanctuary for you. You learned to get mean and vicious to defend what you had. (Rough school, trust me.) That's sort of how I see life in the Underdark. It's like one big school campus where everybody's either a bully or a victim. But this little spot I found on the map can be quite defendable depending on how creative you get. ON THE OTHER HAND... It's quite possible that there's a reason nobody's set up shop here before now cough cloakers cough...