Café de Nuit

Le Noir Faineant wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2026 2:34 am

SkiBird wrote: Sun Apr 26, 2026 5:47 amSo maybe for Sithicus and the Soth/Inza thing ... instead of becoming co-darklords (it's been done before with Ivan/Ivana), or the 'I was released ' angle (like with Nathan Timothy), and instead of Inza dying/escaping ... we get a brand new version of what a domain looks like when a former Darklord gets reinstated? Perhaps they 'share' the title but at different times. By share, I kinda sorta mean 'are trapped by.' Meaning, if one is in the seat, that's it, they are darklord, and the other is not (as in, free to leave). But then, like every 6 months or so ... or as a result of the machinations of the other ... they have to switch.

Soth rules from his keep (once he deposes Azrael, naturally). Inza rules from her Chasm. When one is in charge, the other can travel the demiplane (or Soth could venture freely into his memory mirrors). Something like that. And then, when enough time has passed, these Darklords could be required to switch?

I think I'd like that. -- That said, I think we're gonna get something else: They're going to retell Soth's story from the get-go, declare the James Lowder novels non-canon, and do a renarration of the kind that "The Legend of Zelda" does every couple of years. Soth apparently was one of the BBEGs for the (flopped?) 2022 Dragonlance remake. (That I only know from online summaries.) Difficult to think things won't pick up from where that one leaves off.

TheArcaneWeirdo wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2026 2:47 pmYeah, but this rotation thing can be a cool homebrew take for our Post-ToUD revamp! (Check the 780 thread)
Like, if we manage to figure out how Soth both came back to life and got evil again. Preferably in a way that doesn't belittle him being the living (well, undead) proof that darklords can redeem themselves.

Le Noir Faineant wrote: Fri May 01, 2026 5:08 am

TheArcaneWeirdo wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2026 2:47 pmYeah, but this rotation thing can be a cool homebrew take for our Post-ToUD revamp! (Check the 780 thread)
Like, if we manage to figure out how Soth both came back to life and got evil again. Preferably in a way that doesn't belittle him being the living (well, undead) proof that darklords can redeem themselves.

Didn't find what I was perhaps supposed to find in the 780 thread. -- My general problem with this is, it's all background stuff. What of this do the players in an actual game get to see, to understand, to influence, or to control?

That doesn't mean I don't like the idea: Just saying, make this specific for in-game application. How can you let the PCs shine with this?

Gonzoron of the FoS wrote: Mon May 18, 2026 7:53 pm New Wiz kids minis incoming to accompany this product:
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alhoon wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2026 3:30 pm Azalin is back and Hazlik is retconned?

Igor the Henchman wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2026 3:33 pm

alhoon wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2026 3:30 pm Azalin is back and Hazlik is retconned?

Yep, they also gave Az an interesting new reaction power that lets him instantly learn any spell he manages to counterspell. But only for an hour, after which time it slips from his mind again.

Igor the Henchman wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2026 12:57 pm Huh.



That's nice of them.