PhoenixPhyre
2018-11-01, 05:02 PM
Here's a place my players will be going soon as I have it written in my notes currently.
Maelek’s Tower is the tallest tower in Godsfall. This narrow spire reaches up to the very limit of the warding dome, its top lost in the ever-present clouds. Once home to the devotees of Maelek, Goddess of Redemption and Sacrifice, it is now home to an enigma. The Watching Eye [a friendly faction] says that they have seen a winged humanoid shape circle it occasionally. Any attempt to reach the base (across the open Weeping Plaza at its base) is foiled by one of the other factions, for all four factions [cultists, intelligent undead, other demons, and underground aberrations] claim it. Yet none of them approach within a dozen paces of its base.
Inside is a crazed angel, the fallen deva Innleysa. She vowed back before the Cataclysm [more than 200 years ago] to protect the high priestess of Maelek, whom she loved. But demon cultists worked foul magic to deceive Innleysa into killing her beloved priestess--she was convinced that she was the enemy. In her grief and guilt, she swore that the tower, site of this betrayal would never change. That the cultists, trapped inside with her, would suffer for eternity. In the chaos of the Cataclysm and the death of the gods, she called down an avatar of the goddess Maelek and trapped it inside, warping its power to lock those inside in an eternal cycle of rebirth and madness. She circles the tower by night and her cries of pain can be heard around the square. What she does not know (or maybe she does?) is that her beloved’s soul is also trapped inside, weeping at the pain of her guardian.
The party's instructions (from the aberration faction that they're doing a favor for) are "resolve the situation." They will know basically the first paragraph but nothing else.
The system is 5e D&D and the party is 7th level, but I'm looking for inspiration more than mechanical ideas. I can translate most things and I'm fully comfortable adding homebrew as needed.
For game reasons, I want to have about 3-4 floors (including a basement refuse pit) that actually have interesting things on them. I can narrate however many "empty" floors I need, but I need ideas as to what sorts of things would be interesting to have in here. Ideas? The weirder and more surreal/madness-themed the better. Even better if they allow for fun dilemmas and potential Gordian Knot solutions.
Maelek’s Tower is the tallest tower in Godsfall. This narrow spire reaches up to the very limit of the warding dome, its top lost in the ever-present clouds. Once home to the devotees of Maelek, Goddess of Redemption and Sacrifice, it is now home to an enigma. The Watching Eye [a friendly faction] says that they have seen a winged humanoid shape circle it occasionally. Any attempt to reach the base (across the open Weeping Plaza at its base) is foiled by one of the other factions, for all four factions [cultists, intelligent undead, other demons, and underground aberrations] claim it. Yet none of them approach within a dozen paces of its base.
Inside is a crazed angel, the fallen deva Innleysa. She vowed back before the Cataclysm [more than 200 years ago] to protect the high priestess of Maelek, whom she loved. But demon cultists worked foul magic to deceive Innleysa into killing her beloved priestess--she was convinced that she was the enemy. In her grief and guilt, she swore that the tower, site of this betrayal would never change. That the cultists, trapped inside with her, would suffer for eternity. In the chaos of the Cataclysm and the death of the gods, she called down an avatar of the goddess Maelek and trapped it inside, warping its power to lock those inside in an eternal cycle of rebirth and madness. She circles the tower by night and her cries of pain can be heard around the square. What she does not know (or maybe she does?) is that her beloved’s soul is also trapped inside, weeping at the pain of her guardian.
The party's instructions (from the aberration faction that they're doing a favor for) are "resolve the situation." They will know basically the first paragraph but nothing else.
The system is 5e D&D and the party is 7th level, but I'm looking for inspiration more than mechanical ideas. I can translate most things and I'm fully comfortable adding homebrew as needed.
For game reasons, I want to have about 3-4 floors (including a basement refuse pit) that actually have interesting things on them. I can narrate however many "empty" floors I need, but I need ideas as to what sorts of things would be interesting to have in here. Ideas? The weirder and more surreal/madness-themed the better. Even better if they allow for fun dilemmas and potential Gordian Knot solutions.