New: Planescape/Forgotten Realms (free, closed-ended, email, human, fantasy, rpg)

From: lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)

Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 20:13:01 +0000

Name:		Planescape/Forgotten Realms
Email:		mistserpent@yahoo.com
Frequency:		Every couple of days
Type:		High Magic Fantasy
Costs:		0
Last-Update:		2000Dec21
Keywords: free, closed-ended, email, human, fantasy, rpg

Description:

Forgotten Realms = Planescape Xover Campaign

Taking place in the aftermath of the Throne of Deceit and Runes of Chaos
adventures of the Spellbound campaign;

The most powerful Zulkir of the Red Wizards of Thay, Szass Tam held dreams of
unifying the power of disparate nation under his skeletal fist. He embarked on
a grand scheme to bring the his political rivals under control by harnessing
the power of Eltabbar, a demon lord of untold power who aided the Red Wizards
centuries ago in throwing off the yoke of the Empire of Mulhorand. Through the
use of two powerful artefacts, Thakorsil's Seat and the Death Moon Orb, Szass
Tam sought to enslave Eltabbar through the ritual of twin burnings. However,
his plan was foiled by a brave band of adventurers sent by the Simbul, and the
ceremomy failed, releasing an enraged Eltabbar. Too weakened by the
complexities
of the ritual to escape Eltabbar's wrath, Szass Tam was forced to fight him.
However, even a necromancer as great as Tam could not defeat an abyssal ruler
as powerful as the one he had unleashed. Overcome with anger upon realising he
would not survive the battle, Tam decided he would take them broke his ancient
staff of power, releasing a huge explosion of magical energy forced Eltabbar
back to the Abyss and destroyed Tam's Citadel upon the Thaymount. Tam was
believed slain.
However, recent evidence has suggested that Tam was not destroyed but banished
into the planes via the same dimensional rift that sucked Eltabbar from the
material world. Typically, Tam has counted his blessings and decided that his
time in the magical outer planes is the perfect opportunity to enhance his
powers so that when he returns to the Realms his rulership of Thay and the
lands surrounding it are assured. On the other hand, Eltabbar has not forgiven
Thay for betraying him, imprisoning him beneath the city of the same name
after he helped them break free from the oppression of Mulhorand. He seeks to
to reawaken a millenia old era of conquest, starting with Thay and then the
rest of Toril.
Between these two evil protoganists lies an unlikely hero. Keva is a marquis
cambion, the cursed progeny of one of the great tanar'ri and the brave spirit
of some poor human priestess sacrificed to the Abyss by evil powers. Mannered,
charming and droll, Keva skillfully conceals a soul in torment, where the pure
light of his mother's goodness struggles to climb forth from the dank miasma
spawned by a demon lord. An able warrior, an accomplished thief and a minor
spell-user, Keva is the leader of raucous parade of planar down-outs in a
mercenary band fighting in the eternal conflict of the Blood War. Currently on
the payroll of Eltabbar's legions, he will become entangled in the spiralling
chain of events as Eltabbar and Szass Tam head towards a collision to shake
the very fabric of existence.

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