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Vastonian
Trivia!
This page is
dedicated to all of Vastonia's little known facts and other miscellaneous information
that has no other place within this website. All-in-all, this is going to be
a wako-jacko "did-you-know" or "do you wanna know" section
with lots of perhaps useless information on my realm.
- Getting hit
in the head with a 5 inch hail stone (At the beginning of the adventure the
PC's got caught up in a local hailstorm, within a few quick moments hundreds
of hailball's started pelting down on the city of Carn. It was only a few
seconds later that one of the unprotected PC's below met his doom by suffering
a strike to the head by a 5'' hailstone.) hehe stupid bastard
- Getting pummeled
by 57 Kobolds (one of my players actually figured he could wander into a small
community of Kobolds and take some of their hard earned food....Wrong!)
- Falling into
a one way chasm. (I say one way, because it fell into a molten lava pool,
some 500' below. I guess Steve figured his luck was about to run out anyway
as his character took a guess at god's wrath, choose the wrong tablet to step
on, which happen to give way from his weight and he fell to his demise.) NOTE:
This was all in vain, a few minutes later one of the other party members remembered
the dead deep gnomes they just passed back a few hundred yards within the
cavern, went and retrieved them and used their dead weight to determine the
outcome of the remaining tablets. Good job Shelly!
- Choking to death
on dust of sneezing & choking (This is not all that bad unless!~ a long
time ago in the first part of the Dark Sweeper Trilogy's, a good character
met his fate due to a fellow PC's stupidity. This PC was told not to pull
a lever and he quickly disobeyed the request and promptly pulled the lever.
To everyone's dismay a little hole in the wall behind the PC which originally
told him not to pull the lever was encompassed in a massive cloud of "Dust
of Sneezing and Choking" and unfortunately he failed his saving throw
and within a few short moments the PC fell to the ground in a heap of deadness).
- Slit ear to
ear and hung up for dead ( Yep, a really nice guy did this.... A short while
ago during an adventure I was hosting in Calgary AB. we were all playing what
was going to be a 5-6 hour game but it turned out to last only a fraction
of that time when one of my PC's got annoyed with the other's actions. Thane
made short work of slitting the other PC's throat, but not deep enough for
her to die instantly. Instead the cut was made only deep enough to make her
slowly bleed to death. He then pulled her into the forest "far enough
within that she could not attract help" and slung her up in a tree "hog
tied" so that she hung around 8' from the ground "just high enough
that the wolves could rip her body slowly to pieces" and if they didn't
she would still slowly die from loss of blood. As I said before ........Real
nice guy!
- Char Broiled
(In the recent adventures of Typ'iacon, many NPC's and PC's alike swung their
last swords as Vastonia's greatest Dragon defended her treasure horde as no
other creature could. After the first 4 rounds of non lethal combat as she
slowly rose out of her massive treasure pile. A brave warrior named Snowwolf
met his demise at the hands of Typiacon's lava-like fire breath. As Snowwolf
plunged his Katana into the great Wyrm's lower foreleg, she returned the favor
with a breath of fire which cause well over 100 hit points of damage to Snowwolf's
already scar ridden body. Thus turning him into a pile of charred ashes.
- Death By Skewering
( In the city of war "Tantamar " this PC fell victim to the tip
of a Draconian's graff crossbow. The perfectly shot gaff arrow shot from atop
a tall stone tower, inflicted more than enough damage to punch clean through
this character's upper torso. The Draconian then proceeded to real him in,
pull him up the side of the tower wall, and leave this Half Ogre's body hanging
dead for all to witness )
- Death By From
Above ( Also in the first part of the Sweeper adventure's while a small earthquake
shook apart a cavern, this PC Dwarf made a valiant break for the only cave
exit, but fell short in his goal when a 2000 lb boulder fell ontop of him,
crushing him into the ground)
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- Being
slowly digested by a purple worm...
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- Being
ripped to small shreads by a wolf pack
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- Being
a high level fighter and getting killed by a single rot grub
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- Being
hit in the head with a 20 lb side of ham by a Halfgiant
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- Being
killed by a half rotted, one armed Kuo-Toa
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- Scraping
a golden wall with a dagger to find out that it was actually Yellow
Mold
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- Kicking
a bag of rice and having it explode into a cloud of Death Mold
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- Having
your head removed by your own party member
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- Being
pulled under a pile of stinky garbage by an Otyugh and smothering
to death
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- Being
drug into a Sand Ettin's quicksand-like pool and drowning to death
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- Picking
a treasure chest and finding out is had a 26 HD explosive ruins symbol
on it
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Vastonia's
7 Wonder's of The World
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- The
City of Vistagh (The only City within Vastonia to have the equivilant
of electricy, generated by a local water wheel
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- The
Lost Islands of Fate (These islands sit floating high above the water
in the middle of largest Ocean "The Great Ocean of Umbar".
Made up of 48 seperate islands, of all diferent sizes, this strange
phenomenon resembles what would appear to be a mass of floating citadels.
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- The
Crystal City of Minas Anthia (Deep within the center of the Elven
Valley rests this marvel of arcitectural genius. The central part
of this giant settlement is host to the current Elven King's domain.
It is made of huge crystal tablets, glass, sea-stone and granite.
This is the capital city of Elflore and home of the Valley Elves)
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- The
Lost ruins of Tarpath (The ancient city of the Duergar, Tarpathe resides
deep within Mt. Pelay, only recently rediscovered. This city has been
cursed for over 3000 years and all of it's former inhabitants remain
statues of stone)
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- The
Pyramid of Asumen Hep (This over 500' tall structure stands at one
end of Harad the captial city of Hadaurm, the city is built a the
base of this emense pyramid and is currently the tallest man-made
structure in all Vastonia)
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- The
Mountain of Gods (This is by far the largest mountain in Vastonia
and has over 200,000 miles of unexplored caverns and tunnels. The
first dungeon level spans 20 full normal size sheets of paper "11x8"
and expands as it leads down into this bottomless wonder. It would
take any party so long to explore the first dungeon level that I still
haven't bothered to make the next level, but I have estimated that
it will span 100 levels in depth. This mountain range sits between
the kindom of Pardamane and the vast kingdom of Dacar.......The dungeon
levels in this mountain are bigger than some people's realms)
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- The
Infameous Mt. Pelay (Here sits the most explored Mt. in all Vastonia,
over 50 seperate adventures have taken place in the depths of Mt.
Pelay. The bottom has never been found, but so far 15 dungeon levels
have been explored. Mt. Pelay is the 4th highest peak in all Vastonia
and resides at the top of the Elven Valley in Western Sacranym
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- Demedus
- The creature which Vastonia's New-Age revolves around (B.A. Before Abolishment)
- Guardian of
the Gorge Eternal Parelle - The guardian of Death Bridge which crosses the
Gorge of Eternal Parrelle
- Typ'iacon
- A great wyrm red dragon which lives deep in the core of Mt. Tutjak within
the Orcish kingdom
- Vampire Prince
- One of Vastonia's most powerful fiends. A Vampire of awesome power.
- Sly'Tavicon
- Another great wyrm but this time a black dragon, that resides in the Kagon
Mountain's of Elflore.
- Metamorphine
- A huge creature that is kept within a massive pit in the town Ikis, which
is used to end criminal's lives
- The Keeper of
Forgotten Treasures - An undead entity that guards all of the Prime Material
Plane's lost possessions
- Amangeious (the
ancient) - A 30th level Gray Elf magic user that lived within the forest of
Sacranyst (died in the year 606 A.D.)
- Spirit- Forest
Woodman - A 50 HD spirit monster that has only been seen in the kingdom of
Rathorn
- Ken Ka Su -
A 19th level Ninja, who's whereabouts are always unknown.
- Mistil Rastio
- The Old Wiseman of Tarm (perhaps the most miserly person in all Vastonia)
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I will try to get the rest of these powerful beings/creatures linked to good
references in the future.
The
Most Renown Heroes in All Vastonia
- Sir Jilles Derant
- Head Knight of Adania
- Sir
Adaran Holme - Head Knight of Mecadina
- Draxous
the Mighty - Military Commander of the Mystarian army ( PC Minotaur of
Jon Bullocks)
- Samson
the Al'Mighty - A great Holy Warrior of the Christain faith
- Drax
of Thorbian - A oriental fighter of Thorbian (a PC that's been around
since the start of Vastonia, owned by Steve Sharp)
- Aurin Nackly
- King of Ethingarnin
- Lance Brodan
- Now deseased, but was perhaps the most valiant hero of his time (former
PC of Randy Linthorne)
- Sir Malcron
- Former Head Knight of Adania
- Taraseus
- The most recognised Elven hero in all Vastonia (PC of James Mcphail)
- Dre'Ladus
- A villian in the eyes of some, but the most famed avenger in all Ryhanion
- Crent Tilist
- No reward has been posted on this gentleman's head, but I'm sure he is wanted
by many people. He goes on adventure's waiting until the task is complete
and then proceeds to backstab his partners and leave the sceen with all the
loot. He steals from children, kills unarmed men and pillages houses for the
sheer fun of smashing personal belongings "the kind of person we all
love to hate"
- Thane - wanted
for questioning by several government officials, pertaining to mainy ruthless
killings. He is also wanted dead by many of the PC's of the realm, a true
murderer in any sence. kills small kids, slays innocent women, kicks dogs
for a laugh, and burns houses to the ground just to prove a point.
- Unknown - a
50,000 gp reward is to be given to anyone who return's the princess of Adania
and her kiddnapper.
- Desneb - a 25,000
gp reward has also stood as one of the highest bounties for the capturing
of Desneb, he is blamed for the killing of Dreknyr's recent king.
- Bymar Whistlesone
- a 15,000 gp reward has been posted for his capture and presentation to the
King of Mystaria, for crimes against all Humanity. He is known to be Thane's
only friend and together these two have killed over 20 innocent lives.
- Lady Pathanos
- A High Elven head official of Sacranym, she constantly interfers with PC
relations, accuses people of crimes they did not commit and abuses her authority
accross the entire kingdom of Ellore.
- Crent Tilist
- As mentioned above, you should be able to tell why he is on this list
- King Mar Rayden
- Former King of West Banesmeire, he tortured people in public, beat his men
at arms and raped the women of the town.
- Lord
Van Draven - A Death Knight who assault's helpless communities, kills
the citizens who dwell there and steals their children to sacrifice to his
deity.
- Battle of Rathorn
( Orc Wars) - Took place in the Kingdom of Rathorn between the Minotaur League,
the Highlanders and the Orcish War Bands.
- Orc Wars (part
two) - Took place in the northern regions of the Vastaghia and the Gnomish
Kingdom between the Lord Tinly's undead militia, the Gnomish army and the
invading Orc's clans.
- Spectral Wars
- Involved the Human and Elven armies against Lord Dravenskull's Undead Legion.
- Goblin Wars
- Fought between the Goblins and the Dwarven/ Human armies, within the Plains
of Red.
- Goblin Wars
(part two) - Fought between the remaining Goblins and the Barbarian Hordes
- Battle of the
Ogre Mines - A smaller conflict between Qual and his Ogre army against the
Egyptian and Wild-Elven armies.
- Battle of Slade
- Adanian knights fought against the knights of Slade. In the end Slade was
conquered but not without the loss of Sir Malcron "head knight of Adania".
- The Destruction
of Demedus - The historical battle took place in the "Endless Desert
of Ethingarnin". The five Human armies confronted this gigantic monster
in perhaps the most famous battle in Vastonian history (some beg to differ).
- The Betrayal
(Huskurian Wars) - This war took place between 7 of the major family clans
in the Oriental kingdom. It involved the Osaki, Hatsumia, Sysinshu Vs Sininsuko,
Nashagami, Yasharushu and Nakatomi families.
NOTE:
All of these events will be explained in great detail later in the completion
of the Human Chronology.
The
Most Fameous Melody of The Realm
A
once great hero of Vastonia, Brodan brought to the world a sense of hope and
honor. He was unjustly slain and will be forever missed by other great heroes
of my realm. He was perhaps the most valiant and courageous character to ever
walk the paths of this unforgiving realm. This page is my tribute to Lance and
his everlasting presence within Vastonia.
- The Cry of Lord
Brodan's Banshees
- I am the terror
who walks in the night
- When alive silenced
by the light
- Praising the
gods and man alike
- Doomed by the
lord of everlasting plight
- Law, truth and
justice my only way
- Now my cursed
soul in this corpse will slay
- Once a hero
to friend and folk alike
- Unmerciful death
will come to foes I strike
- Donning honor
I do shame
- Only mortals
are to blame
- An enchanted
blade with which I kill
- Pools of blood
I choose to fill
- I am the essence
in every mans dream
- Immortality
I forever scream......
- Black
Ball - Forget it! No point, by far the most outrageous monster in
AD&D. It CANNOT be slain.
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- Tarasque
- The legendary Tarasque. Even before trying to hurt this creature,
you better have a mage that can cast wish.
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- Quickling
(think not? I beg to differ, I can kill any character with but a single
Quickling, with ease!
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- Render
- A way crazy creature, regenerates even below -10 HP, immune to most
forms of attack, Can only be permanently killed by using electrical
attacks.
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- Spirit
- Tree Forest Woodman - A massive creature of awesome power, 50+ HD
and immune to most forms of attack, also fights to -50 HP.
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- Rot
grubs - Used in evilness to kill PC's, there's no almost no way a
PC can survive an attack of Rot Grubs.
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- Halfling
Brandy - Second to none, this reddish colored brandy has an alcohol
rating of 99.8%. Guaranteed to send most PC's crawling to their mommy's
for mercy. Found occasional throughout the realm.
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- The
Crusifier - A moonshine drink made in Carn. Alcohol content 99%
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- Special
Mead - A long aged mead found in Taz. Alcohol content 95%
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- Minotaur's
Revenge - A powerful red liqueur with a shot of halfling brandy and
hot spices mixed all together. Alcohol content 90%. Found only in
Byshore.
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- Orcish
Ale - Also know as black tar, this extremely thick malt ale, will
kill most humans or demi human races when consumed, although the general
alcohol content is somewhere near 90%.
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- Talisberry
Wine - A sweet blueberry wine found in lower regions of Vastonia,
but mostly in Rutling and Elflore. Alcohol content 80%.
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- Ravager
- A thick black liqueur found in Genevica. Alcohol content 80%
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- The
Typhoon - A hallucinogenic liqueur found in Tagh. Alcohol content
74%
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- The
Harlot - A green brandy with a shot of lovely lady (I'll leave that
one up to you perverts, lol.). Found in Nacevia. Alcohol content 70%
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- Bloody
Barbarian - A brandy with a shot of burnt ember and a shot of barbarian
blood, found in Payloc, where else? Alcohol content 70%
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- Products
of the Old Wiseman - Bar none anything to be purchased within the
realm will come from this mysterious being. Unknown by all! This,
what is thought to be a small man, collects magical items as time
passes on. Historical town archives say the Old Wise man has lived
within the small community of Tarm for over 350 years, thus eliminating
the possibility of him being human. Prices for his magic items range
anywhere from 3 to five times normal price, although he will trade,
but never to a discredit to himself/ itself. He is also known as the
collector and easily has Vastonia's greatest magical horde. DON'T
GET ANY IDEAS!, He is VERY VERY powerful, so powerful that I cannot
add him to this site, revealing this persons true identity would destroy
his reputation and mysterious origin.
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- Holy
Avenger +6 - A unique legendary sword given to an unknown paladin
true of faith and heart of long passing. Now lost in time this weapon
would fetch a price exceeding 1,000,000 gp.
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- Masks
of the Dreknyr Orb - Ancient mask relics of awesome powers. Each mask
would easily receive 50,000 gp sale value but the entire collection
would be worth no less than 500,000 gp.
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- Hewards
Mystical Organ - Priced around 150,000 gp
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- Sithbane's
Staff - Another Vastonian artifact. 87,000 gp
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- Archmalese
- Another one of Vastonia's most powerful swords. Valued at 65,000
gp
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- Talisbane
- A legendary sword of Vastonia, originally created to rid of Typiacon.
Valued at 60,000 gp
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- Valousentar
- A holy defender +5, valued around 58,000 gp
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- Joe's
Diamond - This massive diamond was found in a burrow of a badger in
the year 604. AD. by one Joseph A Walthrop, now governor of Byshore.
This item was sold to a royal Gemcutter for 50,000 gp
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