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#1 naex Aug 14, 2008 2:14:25	Something I've been mulling over as the basis for a campaign, or at least a side plot. Mysterious obelisks have been turning up at various crossroads throughout the realms. No one has seen anyone constructing them. They just appear when no one is present to witness the event. A word "Tasak" is the only writing on them, otherwise they are plain granite. Each stands 8 ft high and is about a foot in diameter. They resist being moved or uprooted, and the few that have been were found reset as soon as their were no witnesses to give an explanation as to how. One merchant tried to haul away one, but it turned to sand after a few miles, and when he returned to the original site, the obelisk had returned. So far less than a score have been found, but every tenday seems to bring a new report. Any thoughts, comments?
#2 Belorin Aug 14, 2008 2:19:06	Mysterious obelisks are a great hook, does the word "Tasak" mean anything to anyone? Maybe it's a Primordial word? Bel
#3 colman Aug 14, 2008 4:16:43	4e? Could be an ancient portal network regenerating itself after the rejoining of Abeir and Toril changed the nature of magic. It's a semi-sentient network built in the earliest of days that has spent the last century recharging and healing and now is ready to rebuild the network. Originally built by servants of the primordials, it spans both the returned lands and Faerûn. Unfortunately, the gates feed off the life energy around them and they will, over time, turn large areas around them into twisted, half-dead wastelands. An epic journey of trips through the gates and through ancient ruins (and possibly to ancient times - maybe some of the gates can do time travel) will be required to either destroy the network or to fix their deadly flaw.
#4 naex Aug 14, 2008 9:03:22	I like it :D Much better than my half formed idea that they were taking the occasional person or group of people to some mysterious place, culminating in an entire village being depopulated before the heroes get involved.
#5 colman Aug 14, 2008 9:25:05	All stolen from SG-1 and a science fiction story I forget the details of where the teleport gates were making people ill. Making the network semi-sentient (or sentient) opens interesting possibilities. What if you can talk to it? What if it's a good caring network that just wants to make sure everyone arrive safely but doesn't have any sense of the world outside the network? What if it's The Computer from Paranoia with complicated alien rules?
#6 barthalas Aug 14, 2008 10:30:46	Something I've been mulling over as the basis for a campaign, or at least a side plot. Mysterious obelisks have been turning up at various crossroads throughout the realms. No one has seen anyone constructing them. They just appear when no one is present to witness the event. A word "Tasak" is the only writing on them, otherwise they are plain granite. Each stands 8 ft high and is about a foot in diameter. They resist being moved or uprooted, and the few that have been were found reset as soon as their were no witnesses to give an explanation as to how. One merchant tried to haul away one, but it turned to sand after a few miles, and when he returned to the original site, the obelisk had returned. So far less than a score have been found, but every tenday seems to bring a new report. Any thoughts, comments? I actually had a DM do something similar for my group when I first start gaming in a setting (it was Greyhawk back then about 20+ years ago, ...) It ended up being a prelude to an invasion by a race called the Kzinti. Once enough of these obelisks where in place they started spewing out an invasion force.
#7 lord_karsus Aug 14, 2008 17:06:04	-Imaskari portals!
#8 rinonalyrna_fathomlin Aug 14, 2008 20:13:34	See the movie 2001: A Space Odyssee.:D
#9 goblin_pride Aug 14, 2008 22:34:28	See the movie 2001: A Space Odyssee.:D My god, it's full of stars.....