Ayriddilon

Secrets domain ideas

2009-07-11T19:28:01Z

So there's a canon god of secrets and no domain for it? Crazy, I tell ya.
... but yeah, mostly I made this for Raven. >_>

Granted Power: ??? Knowing secrets once per day, maybe?
1 erase / identify / comprehend languages
2 secret page / invisibility
3 clairaudience-clairvoyance / divination / illusory script
4 nondetection / obscure object
5 detect scrying / mirage arcana
6 legend lore / analyze dweomer
7 scrying, greater / true seeing
8 discern location / screen / mind blank
9 foresight / weird

D&D special materials - WIP

2009-04-29T23:04:22Z

Cold Iron- deep-forged iron that harms chaotic creatures
Starmetal- green; mined from meteorite (Complete Arcane)
Orichalcum- red copper-gold
Mithril- silver-white; traditional elf material (DMG)
Adamantine- glossy black; traditional dwarf material (DMG)
Darkwood- very light wood (DMG)
Baatorian Green Steel- green; mined in the Nine Hells (Arms & Equipment Guide)
Gehennan Morghuth-Iron- ??? (Arms & Equipment Guide)
Abyssal Bloodiron- dark but for bright red cutting edges; mined in the Abyss (Planar Handbook)
Githsilver- what Githyanki swords are made of (also called ferroplasm??)
Astral Driftmetal- ??? (Planar Handbook)
Ironbark- ???
Hizagkuur- white magic reflecting metal (Forgotten Realms setting)
Arandur- silver-blue with green shine; gnome material; mixed with blood of red or blue dragon (Forgotten Realms setting)
Dlarun- bone-white ivory with green sheen; halfling material (Magic of Faerun)
Firebrass- gold-bronze metal with mithral stats (Secrets of Xen'drik)
Blood glass- volcanic crimson-hinted obsidian (Secrets of Xen'drik)
Blue ice- ??? (Frostburn)
Riverine- (Stormwrack) water enclosed inside a thin force wall
Rimefire ice- ??? (Frostburn)
Stygian ice- O SHI STYGIAN PITS (Frostburn)
Solanian truesteel- silvery iron; mined on Mt. Celestia (Arms & Equipment Guide)
Deep Crystal- ??? (Expanded Psionics Handbook)
Mudane Crystal- ??? (Expanded Psionics Handbook)
Calomel- pale gray condensating metal, hard white ore; overcomes DR of fire subtypes (Magic of Eberron)
Purple Mournlode- blighted purply ore, silver metal with purple streaks; overcomes DR of undead (Magic of Eberron)
Duskwood- ??? (Forgotten Realms setting)
Bronzewood- bronze-colored wood (Eberron Campaign Setting)
Byeshk- purple sheen; overcomes DR of daelkyr (Eberron Campaign Setting)
Densewood- ... it's dense wood (Eberron Campaign Setting)
Livewood- magical green hardwood that does not die when cut down, may contain dryads (Eberron Campaign Setting)
Crysteel- psionic superhard crystal-steel blend, surprise (Eberron Campaign Setting)
Soarwood- lightweight wood used for building airships (Eberron Campaign Setting)
Targath- soft metal that when carried helps the bearer resist disease (Eberron Campaign Setting)
Fever Iron- reddish, deals fire damage; the only cure is more cowbell (Forgotten Realms setting)
Deep Coral- ??? (Stormwracked??)
Flametouched Iron- speckled rusty dark red ore, refined to shimmering silver (Eberron Campaign Setting)
Fyrite (Dragon 347)- metallic substance immune to heat, but takes double damage from cold
Elukian Clay (Arms & Equipment)- type of clay associated with the Elemental Plane of Water

http://www.deathstar.org/~krlipka/ps/sense/3erules/metals.html
http://forums.gleemax.com/wotc_archive/index.php/t-654270.html

Copper Dragon art!

2009-04-20T16:01:17Z

Because I found a shiny new copper picture and wanted to share coppers with people 'cause I'm a giant fangirl.

There's the Todd Lockwood Draconomicon ones, of course, but they're not online. :<
http://www.rottface.com/ - It's a thumbnail of the cover of Dragons of Eberron. I got his autograph on it. :D
http://www.e-figart.com/efigart/gallery_copperdragon.html - I've got this print.
http://www.e-figart.com/efigart/gallery_copperwyrmling.html - This one too. :D
http://www.e-figart.com/efigart/gallery_PGDRcopperwrider.html
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b14/dark_child966/dragons/CopperDragon.jpg - The new picture. Possibly from 4E MM2?
http://pancakefries.deviantart.com/art/Ebberon-Dragons-66786954 - COPPER WITH GOGGLES YAY XD
http://silerenth.deviantart.com/art/Copper-Dragon-76694042
http://vaeridarastrix.deviantart.com/art/copper-bronze-53780442
http://frostdrake.deviantart.com/art/Copper-Dragon-53322996
http://whitediaraikia.deviantart.com/art/Copper-Daydream-118999315
http://mewstor.deviantart.com/art/Copper-Dragon-114972463
http://lokakitty.deviantart.com/art/A-Copper-for-a-Copper-49531668
http://lokakitty.deviantart.com/art/Another-Copper-38132131
http://alkahla.deviantart.com/art/Grace-In-Copper-56200157 - Non-D&D, but good colors.
http://alkahla.deviantart.com/art/Copper-Dragon-46707378 - See above.
http://kaiserflames.deviantart.com/art/Copper-Dragoness-114814999 - Ditto. How shiny!

Dragon Pantheon

2009-04-16T17:47:38Z

Neutral Io is described alternatively as both male and female in draconic myths, transcending and encompassing both genders as He/She does, a habit most translators omit. The scholar has chosen this pronoun habit when speaking of Io. Io is the most mysterious of the dragon gods. She can appear as absolutely any type of dragon, and the location of His lair is unknown- some say that the entire Multiverse is Her lair, or that He is the Wheel, rather than dwelling within it. She created Vorel first, then Bahamut and Tiamat.

Lawful Good Bahamut, passages translated from Wisdom of the North Wind.
"Behold the glory of Bahamut the Sky-Eyed! A lithe and graceful body; six thin wings glittering silver-white; reflecting the splendor of light; a head heavy with the wisdom of the Mountain and the untold ages of stars. His ivory horns are hung with bells and chimes to catch the wind in flight, and from behind them is a crest-mane of nebulae trailing into bright dust."*
"The Palace Beyond The North Wind is home to Bahamut's allies and kin. Bahamut does not keep cowed consorts as his sister does, but he has sired hatchlings in the past, and foremost among them are Tamara the Sun, a great gold healer; Aasterinian the Messenger, lithe laughing brass; Hlal the Storyteller, cupric keeper of tales; Medrinia, bronze of the deeps; and Lendys the Balancer, silver son of justice."

Chaotic Evil** Tiamat, as described in the myths of her worshipers.
"Her body was heavy and strong, marked in scales of all colors. She split herself fivefold to observe the five directions of the world, five alert heads on long, sinuous necks: blue to look on the arid west, green for the wooded east, white for the frigid north, black to the swampy south, red rising like fire towards up."
"In the first skirmish of the Dragonfall War, Tiamat's blood, spilt from different heads and necks, became her chromatic children, to fight alongside her in the battle against The Enemy. They were all the holy colors of creation, destined to hold dominions of different parts of the earth. The Enemy, in his jealousy, crafted imitations out of the cold metals of the earth..."
"She is called Tiamat of Many Faces: her black aspect, Faluzure the Rotting; her red aspect, Garyx the Destroyer; her blue aspect, Astilabor the Hoarder. Her white and green aspects are unknown. She keeps five great consort, one for each face. Her spawn are many, and include Mordukhavar the Reaver, a two headed half-pit fiend whose breath is hellfire and acid."

Neutral Chronepsis, from a rare copy of The Ninefold Path.
"Vorel was the first child of Io, slain by Tiamat, this is known. But what is less known is that after His children had abandoned Her, Io gathered up the lifeless body of His firstborn and made it into Chronepsis, dragon god of death. Out of the three siblings, Chronepsis is most like its father-mother, Io. It is sexless and colorless, beautiful as its past life Vorel, passionless as stone. Its lair is a great ruin in the Lands of Balance, filled with hourglasses counting out the lives of dragons with the fall of each grain of gems. There it watches, for it is the keeper of the Eternal End of death. Great Io becomes all things, while Chronepsis draws all things back into itself."

I believe less is more with D&D gods- aspects, proxies (or exarchs in 4E) and demigods instead of a half a billion lesser gods nobody's gonna use. The other dragon gods seemed like odd tack-ons after the awesome that is Io, Bahamut and Tiamat.
Except Chronepsis. Chronepsis is neat.
* Nobody ever gives a bloody decent description of Bahamut. Yes, he's platinum. We know. Throw us artists a bone, okay?
** It always struck me as odd that Tiamat's Lawful, so mine's not. A majority of the chromatic dragons are Chaotic, and to be frank, Tiamat seems like a crazy bitch. It also underscores her opposition to Bahamut: LG vs CE.

D&D gods overlap

2009-04-10T01:38:44Z

Goddess of Love: Sune to humans, Hanali Celanil to elves, Sheyanna Flaxenstrand to gnomes, Sharindlar to dwarves
God of Thieves/Trickery: Olidamarra to humans, Erevan Ilesere or Alobal Lorfiril to elves, Baravar Cloakshadow to gnomes, Brandobaris to halflings, Vergadain to dwarves
Goddess of Woodlands: Ehlonna/Mielikki to humans, Ehlenestra to elves, Tikkanna Greenleaves to gnomes, Sheela Peryroyl to halflings
God of Nature: Obad-Hai to humans, Rillifane Rallathil to elves, Baervan Wildwanderer to gnomes
God of Roads: Fharlanghn to humans, Dugmaren Brightmantle to dwarves
God of War: ... which one

Because we really don't need three different goddesses of love. Seriously guys.
yeah I made up the gnomish Ehlonna name, what choo gonna do about it biyaaatch

Halfling god name translations

2009-04-10T01:00:14Z

Translated with Race of the Wild, page 60. Playing a little fast and loose with the translations here.

Luroylen- I made up this name for the halfling version of the Protector god. Could mean 'eternal stone' or.. some other silly things.
Yondalla- Could mean 'wise provider', 'shield of the mother', 'teacher and provider', or 'mother of the hearth.'
Dallah Thaun- Not really translatable. I think it's just a scrambled version of Yondalla's name...
Urogalan- Could mean 'final burrow', 'final home', 'judge of the earth', or 'stern earth.'
Cyrollalee- I think 'strong home', or better yet, 'hearth defender' are the best translations here.
Arvoreen- Could mean 'brave warrior', 'fierce sheriff', 'fearless peacekeeper', or 'badger warrior'.
Brandobaris- Could mean 'bold fool' or 'adventurous fool', 'unlucky courage', or 'hapless hero'.
Sheela Peryroyl- Could mean... a lot of things. e_e 'Cloudy eternal love'? 'Divine air flower?' (sheel- air, clouds, rainy, weather; pery- flower, love, loyal, romance; royl- divine, eternal, immortal)

Mt. Celestia layers

2009-04-10T00:56:22Z

Night is Lunia. Black lit by the silvery light of stars, cities and souls.
Twilight is Mercuria.
Sunset is Venya. Snowy, chill.
Afternoon is Solania. Crystals gleaming in the lowering light.
Noon is Mertion. High noon, the time of battle, with a sun burning like the spirits of valiant paladins.
Morning is Jovar. The Light is closest here, refracting and increasing within the jewels that dot the slopes.
Dawn is Chronias. True Light. Blinding and incomprehensible as the surface of a star.

Ascend to the Light.

yes I know it doesn't fit all the established sky colors, shut up