2BobHeroes
2023-03-18, 10:31 PM
Question: What would there be cool things for undead in a tomb complex to say?
Background: I'm running a dragon game, that is, the kingdoms are all controlled by dragons (with an eye towards the players eventually attempting apotheosis). Players are going to an old tomb complex, either sent there by a former adversary green dragon who has a shared enemy with them and will be trying to get them on his side, or through trying to get there first to scoop the artifact so the green dragon doesn't get it.
The tomb is that of the legendary green dragon who founded the kingdom by defeating black dragons. It is guarded by the skeletons of some of those slain enemies. Each room has an acid pit.
The first room has unintelligent draconian skeleton warriors and assassins (the warriors climb out of the acid pit and the assassins flit in from behind). The second room is a thin bridge over a chasm filled with acid containing the unintelligent giant skeleton of the black dragon king.
The third room has the intelligent undead green dragon king, who asks lore questions and fights if they are answered wrong. (He has a ring of acid resistance, handholds on the ceiling, and a lever of reverse gravity. And yes, this affects the other two rooms.)
The life cleric, as part of her god being devoured by a god of death, is able to see the souls crucified to and animating the unintelligent undead. They will be screaming things that only she can hear (by me passing notes to player). The souls can be interrogated to gain information about 1000 years ago, but that will usually require the party to let the unintelligent undeads' bodies keep whacking at them. (The souls animate, but are not in charge of, the unintelligent undead bodies.)
What I have so far: "Save us!" "He cannot bind us forever!" "Elwrath! Elwrath!" (Elwrath being the name of the old black dragon kingdom.)
What other phrases would you recommend they cry out?
Background: I'm running a dragon game, that is, the kingdoms are all controlled by dragons (with an eye towards the players eventually attempting apotheosis). Players are going to an old tomb complex, either sent there by a former adversary green dragon who has a shared enemy with them and will be trying to get them on his side, or through trying to get there first to scoop the artifact so the green dragon doesn't get it.
The tomb is that of the legendary green dragon who founded the kingdom by defeating black dragons. It is guarded by the skeletons of some of those slain enemies. Each room has an acid pit.
The first room has unintelligent draconian skeleton warriors and assassins (the warriors climb out of the acid pit and the assassins flit in from behind). The second room is a thin bridge over a chasm filled with acid containing the unintelligent giant skeleton of the black dragon king.
The third room has the intelligent undead green dragon king, who asks lore questions and fights if they are answered wrong. (He has a ring of acid resistance, handholds on the ceiling, and a lever of reverse gravity. And yes, this affects the other two rooms.)
The life cleric, as part of her god being devoured by a god of death, is able to see the souls crucified to and animating the unintelligent undead. They will be screaming things that only she can hear (by me passing notes to player). The souls can be interrogated to gain information about 1000 years ago, but that will usually require the party to let the unintelligent undeads' bodies keep whacking at them. (The souls animate, but are not in charge of, the unintelligent undead bodies.)
What I have so far: "Save us!" "He cannot bind us forever!" "Elwrath! Elwrath!" (Elwrath being the name of the old black dragon kingdom.)
What other phrases would you recommend they cry out?