Strolen's Citadel: The Swollen Shadow By Murometz

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Submitted:
July 18, 2006, 10:37 am
Updated:
July 19, 2006, 10:41 pm

Voted Hall of Honour:

Dozus
valadaar
Ouroboros 2x
Wulfhere
Michael Jotne Slayer

HoH not available due to level or sub is not 10 days old

The Swollen Shadow

By: Murometz , Scrasamax

Shadows gather…and linger.

MuroMax Adventure Module #1. This is an old-fashioned, rip-roaring adventure. We hope everyone enjoys it. This is also a first attempt of sorts. The plot and the order of subs may be a bit disjointed but please persevere :D

-S&M

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Having spent many years facing the Swollen Shadow and it’s lieutenants, the dwarven resistance fighter Vars is one of the few people who could be considered an authoritative source on the most active and malevolent of the Shadow’s Minions, the Haints.

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The Shadow...Swollen By: Scrasamax

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Umbral Fens & the Road to Chiaroscuro By: Murometz

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The Swollen Shadow’s magic is such, that anyone transported to its demi-plane, will always first arrive in the somber and hazy Umbral Fens, which surround the City of Shadow. After some searching one may find the Brittle Road, which leads through the shadow-choked swamps, to the City proper.

Comments ( 19 )
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Murometz
2006-07-18 11:09 AM

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IT LIVES AT LAST! Well, hope this goes over well! :D

Mourngrymn
2006-07-18 12:16 PM

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Is there a particular order to these? Or are they already in that order?

Murometz
2006-07-18 02:48 PM

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Well, this is the order of subs we came up with, but *sigh* it is a bit confusing isnt it.

Mourngrymn
2006-07-21 03:57 PM

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I'll vote on this when i finish reading them all. :) But I have read some...

Dozus
2006-07-18 03:10 PM

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A full-fledged campaign, and an interesting one at that. Old school action, terrible beasts, side quests, detailed storyline... A very excellent quest. You are to be commended.

CaptainPenguin
2006-07-18 03:26 PM

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A. It's awesome
B. I love the ideas
BUT
C. MORE, there must be more! I hardly know what Haint looks like, or how they behave, how they reproduce themselves, I've really only got a thumbnail picture of the Swollen Shadow itself, I have an incomplete portrait, at best, of much of the stuff in this set-up.
I love it to death, I just wish there was.. more.

Ancient Gamer
2007-01-18 03:46 PM

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A verbose CP comment............

0_o

MoonHunter
2006-07-19 12:07 PM

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You should of put them in the codex in the order they are needed. If you don't want to take the negative xp backwash for changing it, then why don't you list them in their order of use on the main page.

You should also give a synopsis of the complex plot line, so people will know if they want to get into it.

Murometz
2006-07-21 10:01 PM

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you are correct of course. I need to not look at this for a few days if you know what I mean. I have been clouded in an umbral clot for over a month. I need to take a break, but will come back and fix this sucker up! Promise!

Cheka Man
2006-07-19 02:59 PM

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5/5 for this.

Chaosmark
2006-11-04 10:25 AM

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Could use a tad bit more work, but this is really good. Keeep at it!

manfred
2006-11-04 11:56 AM

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Yeah, it's really way too short. Now if you would add just a little... *head explodes*

valadaar
2007-01-18 11:49 AM

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Ok, going to do my part and bring this gem to the fore. Now, I'm personally unlikely to run this adventure as is, but it contains so many elements of value that I can't let it sit hidden.

So here we go!

(For some reason I can't vote???)

Edit: But I can HOH and this great collection deserves it!

Ouroboros
2007-11-03 08:50 AM

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This is a great sub. Now that I finally have set up an account for myself, I thought I´d show my appreciation by actually voting on it. Its dark, gloomy, gothic, Lovecraftian, Tolkienesque and BRILLIANT!! Too bad I can´t vote it into HoH yet, but I will, as soon as I can. Great job! /David

Ouroboros
2007-11-19 03:49 AM

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And now I can, so here´s your HoH!!..:-) /David

Michael Jotne Slayer
2007-11-19 04:23 AM

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Ia Cthulu! Awesome!

the Wanderer
2008-01-23 11:34 PM

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This needed a BUMP!

Silveressa
2011-07-22 08:14 PM

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*blinks*

Where is it?

It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

~Zork

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