Escape from the Pit: A D&D RP
Beneath the surface of the world is a network of caverns and tunnels that seem to go on forever, home of nearly unimaginable evils. Thousands of years ago the Dark Elves were driven into the darkness, and so many others have come to call it their home, no less evil: the Duergar Clan of Dwarves, the Beholders, Eye Tyrants of a thousand tales of horror. Still more terrible monsters lurk in the shadows.
Few if any are deadlier or more vile than the Illithid, those known as Mind Flayers. Terrible, alien beings who use their foul powers to bend the wills of mortals for their own sadistic pleasure.
By one way or another you fell into their clutches, perhaps directly, perhaps through one of their trading partners. Regardless, you were proficient or amusing, and were sent to the fighting pits to kill or die for their entertainment.
You fought. You killed. There was no choice in the matter, their power denying you the option of refusal. But as you and your fellow gladiators stood victorious over your most recent bout, blood still streaming from your blades, you felt the haze in your mind clear.
Battle was raging in the halls of the Illithid. You took your opportunity and fled, fighting your way out through Illithid and the Duergar invaders alike alongside your fellow gladiators, and when you finally broke free only a handful remained.
Now you huddle in a narrow alcove, tending your wounds beside a meager fire made of what material could be found as you sort through what has happened, your fellow former gladiators around you doing much the same.
Like it or not they are your only hope to survive to see sunlight again. Even as you contemplate the enormity, the near-impossibility of it all, there is no other true option but to go onwards, to fight and run and do whatever it takes to see the surface again, to escape from the pit.
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Welcome to Escape from the Pit, host for this evening. A few notes before we get started.
One, I have a fairly busy schedule, so if you want a blazing fast RP you're probably not going to find it here.
Two, this is nominally in the Forgotten Realms setting, but I'm aware that a couple other D&D settings have an Underdark, and if you want to have a guy from Greyhawk or Eberron or something that is probably fine.
Three, the usual standards apply. Spelling, grammar, third person, don't be a tool.
Character Sheet:
Note that characters should all be proficient combatants in some way or another. Approximately Level 7-9 for reference.
Name: Under the circumstances I'm okay with amnesiac characters, but they do need a name.
Gender:
Race: While we are in the Underdark I would prefer to avoid Underdark natives, i.e., Drow, Duergar, Svirfneblin. Not a flat ban, more of a discouragement.
Class:
Alignment: I won't fiat ban any alignment, but I will judge Evils and Chaotic Neutrals characters more stringently than the other alignments.
Personality:
Skills:
Appearance: Art, descriptions, or both.
Gear: The Illithid outfitted you pretty well for the arena, and there are a lot of very dead, very well equipped corpses strewn around as well.
Backstory: Optional. If you want to play an amnesiac or just gloss over I won't count it against you. Hell, I'd rather no backstory than some eight page bloated self indulgent mess. Keeps my thread cleaner.
Beneath the surface of the world is a network of caverns and tunnels that seem to go on forever, home of nearly unimaginable evils. Thousands of years ago the Dark Elves were driven into the darkness, and so many others have come to call it their home, no less evil: the Duergar Clan of Dwarves, the Beholders, Eye Tyrants of a thousand tales of horror. Still more terrible monsters lurk in the shadows.
Few if any are deadlier or more vile than the Illithid, those known as Mind Flayers. Terrible, alien beings who use their foul powers to bend the wills of mortals for their own sadistic pleasure.
By one way or another you fell into their clutches, perhaps directly, perhaps through one of their trading partners. Regardless, you were proficient or amusing, and were sent to the fighting pits to kill or die for their entertainment.
You fought. You killed. There was no choice in the matter, their power denying you the option of refusal. But as you and your fellow gladiators stood victorious over your most recent bout, blood still streaming from your blades, you felt the haze in your mind clear.
Battle was raging in the halls of the Illithid. You took your opportunity and fled, fighting your way out through Illithid and the Duergar invaders alike alongside your fellow gladiators, and when you finally broke free only a handful remained.
Now you huddle in a narrow alcove, tending your wounds beside a meager fire made of what material could be found as you sort through what has happened, your fellow former gladiators around you doing much the same.
Like it or not they are your only hope to survive to see sunlight again. Even as you contemplate the enormity, the near-impossibility of it all, there is no other true option but to go onwards, to fight and run and do whatever it takes to see the surface again, to escape from the pit.
* * * * *
Welcome to Escape from the Pit, host for this evening. A few notes before we get started.
One, I have a fairly busy schedule, so if you want a blazing fast RP you're probably not going to find it here.
Two, this is nominally in the Forgotten Realms setting, but I'm aware that a couple other D&D settings have an Underdark, and if you want to have a guy from Greyhawk or Eberron or something that is probably fine.
Three, the usual standards apply. Spelling, grammar, third person, don't be a tool.
Character Sheet:
Note that characters should all be proficient combatants in some way or another. Approximately Level 7-9 for reference.
Name: Under the circumstances I'm okay with amnesiac characters, but they do need a name.
Gender:
Race: While we are in the Underdark I would prefer to avoid Underdark natives, i.e., Drow, Duergar, Svirfneblin. Not a flat ban, more of a discouragement.
Class:
Alignment: I won't fiat ban any alignment, but I will judge Evils and Chaotic Neutrals characters more stringently than the other alignments.
Personality:
Skills:
Appearance: Art, descriptions, or both.
Gear: The Illithid outfitted you pretty well for the arena, and there are a lot of very dead, very well equipped corpses strewn around as well.
Backstory: Optional. If you want to play an amnesiac or just gloss over I won't count it against you. Hell, I'd rather no backstory than some eight page bloated self indulgent mess. Keeps my thread cleaner.