Mongobear
2015-10-11, 05:00 PM
Recently started playing through Neverwinter Nights 2 and its expansions again, out of boredom, but also because I missed some of the parts of the games, and after mentioning it to a few of my players in my group, they came up with an idea that I also would find pretty fun to try:
Run a sort of "prequel" campaign set in the ancient Forgotten Realms when the Illefarn Empire was still intact, that culminates in the creation/rebellion/banishment of the Guardian (King of Shadows).
I volunteered to run it, however, I encountered several issues with the setting/planning the campaign.
1) Is there any in depth information on what the world looked like during the time when Illefarn creatued their Guardian? I have read the entries on it in the Forgotten Empires and Cormanthyr books, but it still left several questions unanswered.
2)How large was the Illefarn Empire, and what was their actual politic/racial attitude? From what Ive read, it was an alliance of ancient Dwarven and Elven Kingdoms, and no other races were a part of it, so far as even completely avoiding contact with outsiders.
3) Is there a creature/template/NPC somewhere that accurately represents what The King of Shadows actually was? the best I can figure is an extremely advanced Nightcrawler, with possible class levels/templates added on, but I want it to feel accurate, not a "counts as" boss.
4) Is there anything about Faerun/Forgotten Realms from so far in the past of the Campaign Setting's known timeline that I need to take into account for this? I am familiar with the basics of the setting, but very detailed specifics may be something Ive missed.
Run a sort of "prequel" campaign set in the ancient Forgotten Realms when the Illefarn Empire was still intact, that culminates in the creation/rebellion/banishment of the Guardian (King of Shadows).
I volunteered to run it, however, I encountered several issues with the setting/planning the campaign.
1) Is there any in depth information on what the world looked like during the time when Illefarn creatued their Guardian? I have read the entries on it in the Forgotten Empires and Cormanthyr books, but it still left several questions unanswered.
2)How large was the Illefarn Empire, and what was their actual politic/racial attitude? From what Ive read, it was an alliance of ancient Dwarven and Elven Kingdoms, and no other races were a part of it, so far as even completely avoiding contact with outsiders.
3) Is there a creature/template/NPC somewhere that accurately represents what The King of Shadows actually was? the best I can figure is an extremely advanced Nightcrawler, with possible class levels/templates added on, but I want it to feel accurate, not a "counts as" boss.
4) Is there anything about Faerun/Forgotten Realms from so far in the past of the Campaign Setting's known timeline that I need to take into account for this? I am familiar with the basics of the setting, but very detailed specifics may be something Ive missed.