Tartarus Sorceror
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Joined: Saturday, 18th June 2016, 13:57
Thursday, 5th January 2017, 14:51
Variety Should Go To Hell
Right now, the Hells feel a bit like "same old, same old". You drill your seven floors with small or no variation, and reach the huge boss vaults.
I think it would be cool if one floor of each hell, randomly placed above the last one, contained a hell civilization instead.
Dis could contain a Deep Dwarf citadel.
"Amids the smoke, the fires and the curses, Hell Dwarves toil endlessly in the depths of Dis. In their citadel, they forge the metal of which this hellish domain is built. It is a work of incomparable craftmanship, and yet tears run across their cheeks, as they weep their foolishness. For Dispater promised them he'd teach their flesh to heal like that of other mortals, and they stolidly pledged themselves to him. Now, all the riches of the mines cannot make up for their eternal servitude."
The theme should be heavy armour, clerics. Give a high amulet artifact/heavy armour chance.
Tartarus could contain a Formicid nest.
"The Formicids crept into Tartarus slowly and unnoticed, a silent stream of roving legs, carrying their children and their belongings, hiding carefully as they hailed from their unknown homeland. When Ereshkigal saw that an infestation was ongoing, she laughed and, instead of turning them away, she offered the Formicids a permanent home in their domain, savouring how Tartarus would change them in the following eons."
The theme is shields. I think it would be cool if there were such a level for people who like enchanted large shields, which are very very rare. Holypan is quite hard to get to. Maybe give a unique with a randart shield, or give a decent chance of an unrandart large shield appearing.
Cocytus could contain an Octopode civilization.
"The white octopodes are older than Hell. They have lived in the gelid waters since time immemorial, since before Antaeus was cursed to forever dwell at Cocytus' spring. In time, his tears have made the water salty, and huge gaps have opened in the flat white ice that once fully covered the Octopodes' domain. And so, for the first time, they gaze upon the wold outside the surface, filled with hate against those who tread on it, for the misfortune that one of them brought onto their kingdom."
Good chances of ring artifact generation, have the Octopode King as a possible encounter. Have some Octopode with Sap Magic. Mainly spellcasters of all sorts.
Gehenna could contain a Tengu civilization.
"Among the islands of Gehenna nest the Tengu. Because of their bellicose nature and under the guidance of their King, they have fought off Hell's denizens, and made this place their home. They now fly effortlessly across the fiery streams, guarding their domain from demons and common intruders alike."
Medium armour, spellcasters working together with fast melee tengu. Give Sojobo a chance to generate here.
The idea is simply that of giving a level with some variety compared to the rest of the hellish domain you are drilling. Each civilization should have a treasure vault and/or shops.
I think it would be cool if one floor of each hell, randomly placed above the last one, contained a hell civilization instead.
Dis could contain a Deep Dwarf citadel.
"Amids the smoke, the fires and the curses, Hell Dwarves toil endlessly in the depths of Dis. In their citadel, they forge the metal of which this hellish domain is built. It is a work of incomparable craftmanship, and yet tears run across their cheeks, as they weep their foolishness. For Dispater promised them he'd teach their flesh to heal like that of other mortals, and they stolidly pledged themselves to him. Now, all the riches of the mines cannot make up for their eternal servitude."
The theme should be heavy armour, clerics. Give a high amulet artifact/heavy armour chance.
Tartarus could contain a Formicid nest.
"The Formicids crept into Tartarus slowly and unnoticed, a silent stream of roving legs, carrying their children and their belongings, hiding carefully as they hailed from their unknown homeland. When Ereshkigal saw that an infestation was ongoing, she laughed and, instead of turning them away, she offered the Formicids a permanent home in their domain, savouring how Tartarus would change them in the following eons."
The theme is shields. I think it would be cool if there were such a level for people who like enchanted large shields, which are very very rare. Holypan is quite hard to get to. Maybe give a unique with a randart shield, or give a decent chance of an unrandart large shield appearing.
Cocytus could contain an Octopode civilization.
"The white octopodes are older than Hell. They have lived in the gelid waters since time immemorial, since before Antaeus was cursed to forever dwell at Cocytus' spring. In time, his tears have made the water salty, and huge gaps have opened in the flat white ice that once fully covered the Octopodes' domain. And so, for the first time, they gaze upon the wold outside the surface, filled with hate against those who tread on it, for the misfortune that one of them brought onto their kingdom."
Good chances of ring artifact generation, have the Octopode King as a possible encounter. Have some Octopode with Sap Magic. Mainly spellcasters of all sorts.
Gehenna could contain a Tengu civilization.
"Among the islands of Gehenna nest the Tengu. Because of their bellicose nature and under the guidance of their King, they have fought off Hell's denizens, and made this place their home. They now fly effortlessly across the fiery streams, guarding their domain from demons and common intruders alike."
Medium armour, spellcasters working together with fast melee tengu. Give Sojobo a chance to generate here.
The idea is simply that of giving a level with some variety compared to the rest of the hellish domain you are drilling. Each civilization should have a treasure vault and/or shops.
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