Completely custom campaign. The world of Ariador, a planet of forboding darkness, bizarre magic, unique races and political intrigue.
Alignments
All alignements allowed, but evil is often best.
Races
All, plus campaign-specific races and monster races.
Classes
All, except a few PRC classes are limited.
LevelRange
3-30; Players start at 3.
NumberServers
One game server, separate DB server.
NumberDMS
5
Application Reqs
While there are no application requirements to play in the world, several of the more overpowered races require an application to be submitted in order to be played.
House Rules
Basically, have fun and get along with your players and DMs.
Language
English
Scope
Epic
Tricks Traps
Medium
RolePlay
Heavy
DM Needed
No DM Required
Magic Level
Low to Moderate
Treasure
Moderate
Experience Rewards
Low to Moderate
Vault Type
Server
PvP
Mixed
Connection
10 Mbps
Content Rating
Mature
NumberAreas
0-5
Description
Ariador is a large planet with very salt-laden seas, three main continents with several large islands and archipelagos that dot the northern polar areas. The South Pole is nothing but an endless expanse of semi-frozen brine dotted with icebergs and volcanoes. The sky is a nightmare of storms and rain and while the weather is fierce, the land is scarred by the ancient detritus of the war between Kaith and Karana - huge deserts, ice lands, wastes of nothing more than glassine rock and craters the size of cities.
Savage monsters, twisted into new and unspeakable forms, race through the wilderness in rabid packs. Monsters grown to gargantuan and horrific sizes slither through the icy oceans eat ships whole. Armies of the restless dead march tirelessly while demons cavort across the darkened skies; the dread cities of the Cold Elves blaze with blue fires illuminating endless lines of their machina. The sinister illithids reign elegantly over a land above them populated with the mocking remains of their own former slaves and experiments, which each vie for the power and attention of the last shards of the once mighty Illithid Empire.
This is a land of mortal peril, where your average person is darker, tougher, and harder than most grizzled warriors on more normal places. A land where even the grass is poisoned in places and every living thing is constantly on guard. The peace of nature and light has fled this world eons past leaving only icy wind-blown rain, hellish magic, and sorrows of those long dead to remain.
First of all, welcome to Cold Shadows. We hope that you will take the time to register (if you haven't already) and become an active member of our humble role-playing community.
So what's so special about Cold Shadows?
Virtually everything here is custom-made (or will be XD) in some way, even common NWN creatures have some degree of customization. The XP system is custom, the crafting system is custom, the treasure system is custom, the creature AI scripts and spawn system are custom, we have custom rest and death systems and don't forget the races and classes.
There's still much more to be done and much of the module remains unfinished, but our work continues with updates and new features usually coming on a weekly basis.
At the moment, while it might appear that not much is going on, we are doing the best with what little staff we have. If anyone wants to learn more about our world or help out with the development, again, please check out our forums.
There is also the IRC chatroom if anyone has any questions or just wants to chat.
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