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tonnot98

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I'm trying to make a D&D campaign based off DF
« on: April 22, 2015, 01:00:39 pm »

The general gist is that the adventurers are of divine parentage, but don't know of it, as they are born into the world as orphans, and that they were put there because of hell trying to take over the surface through demonic spires and goblin civilizations, with vaults being prisons for tainted angels, spires housing damned dead, goblins, and a demon overlord, with a sealed entrance to the roof of hell.

The roof of hell is pretty much just the DF hell that separates the earth and the actual hell.

Once possible, I will upload a puush text file that has the full idea so far.
Here it is: http://puu.sh/hnk6h/fa9079003d.txt http://puu.sh/hooHd/b88d2f770a.txt

Could you people think of anything I could add to make the campaign more !!FUN!! for the PCs?
« Last Edit: April 23, 2015, 03:33:38 pm by tonnot98 »
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Re: I'm trying to make a D&D campaign based off DF
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2015, 01:13:42 pm »

In my campaign I once had a Duergar fortress which used lava as its last line of defense. The party killed the forces they sent after them, but they almost died from the heat and the gases.
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Re: I'm trying to make a D&D campaign based off DF
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2015, 01:23:32 pm »

You're right, how could I forget the magma!?

I shall make sure it's used well.
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Re: I'm trying to make a D&D campaign based off DF
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2015, 01:39:05 pm »

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Re: I'm trying to make a D&D campaign based off DF
« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2015, 01:40:25 pm »

Drown traps, bridge-a-palts, and don't forget the Boogymen.
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Re: I'm trying to make a D&D campaign based off DF
« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2015, 02:38:46 pm »

A room full of levers, all unmarked? I think you can find creative uses for those levers.
Also, the idea of looting an abandoned fort, only to find the knocking of a vampire hidden behind the walls would make a good reference.
Deadly carp. Put a deadly flaming Sankis in there. The elephant war. I mean, the stuff practically writes itself.
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Re: I'm trying to make a D&D campaign based off DF
« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2015, 04:48:18 pm »

Posted the text file in the OP. Have at it, suggest anything that I should fix/add/remove.
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Re: I'm trying to make a D&D campaign based off DF
« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2015, 04:55:28 pm »

what edition will you use?
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Re: I'm trying to make a D&D campaign based off DF
« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2015, 05:31:28 pm »

what edition will you use?
4.0 with a tiny bit of stuff from 3.5 mixed in.
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Re: I'm trying to make a D&D campaign based off DF
« Reply #9 on: April 23, 2015, 08:43:42 am »

4.0 with a tiny bit of stuff from 3.5 mixed in.
Nooooooo....
Seriously, use 5th (Basic Rules free download from Wizards themselves). It's incredible.
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Re: I'm trying to make a D&D campaign based off DF
« Reply #10 on: April 23, 2015, 11:35:34 am »

Some guys over on /tg/ made a setting with Dwarf Fortress lore mixed into it. Its a mixed bag, but you might find some of it useful.

http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Everoc
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Re: I'm trying to make a D&D campaign based off DF
« Reply #11 on: April 23, 2015, 12:35:00 pm »

A room full of levers, all unmarked? I think you can find creative uses for those levers.
Also, the idea of looting an abandoned fort, only to find the knocking of a vampire hidden behind the walls would make a good reference.
Deadly carp. Put a deadly flaming Sankis in there. The elephant war. I mean, the stuff practically writes itself.
A room full of levers, and only has 1 door. You look up: There is a giant stone block hanging in the air. Every lever you pull causes the block to fall, killing everyone. However, in order to build a trap like this in DF, there needs to be a gap between the stone and the wall. There is a hidden exit up there, that can only be found by climbing the wall.
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The purple overseer hat weights heavily on one's head. Some would argue that the leadership of Doomforest is uneasy to bear for too long. Others would simply suggest that we don't craft the next overseer hat out of rutile.

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Re: I'm trying to make a D&D campaign based off DF
« Reply #12 on: April 23, 2015, 03:33:12 pm »

Updated the puush link with more stuff.
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Re: I'm trying to make a D&D campaign based off DF
« Reply #13 on: April 24, 2015, 01:05:45 pm »

If you don't have ultra-deadly Giant Desert Scorpions, I will be sorely disappointed.

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Re: I'm trying to make a D&D campaign based off DF
« Reply #14 on: April 24, 2015, 08:26:30 pm »

Make sure it has a 6 legged quadruped made of vomit.
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