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This world we live in is a cruel and harsh place... It hides in the shadows waiting like a crouched predator... Waiting to engulf its newest victim whole drowning them is despair. some days this is a bandit attack... Some times its really a predator... Sometimes its what lurks just outside our world waiting to prey on our weakness... In this world of Cruelty we often sing of the paladins and soldiers of nations... The knights in shining armor who play the role of Savior and hero. Rarely do we speak of those dark few who play a different role. Those rare few that live in the darkness to hunt the vile creatures that live within... they may not be the best people... Hell they may not be good people. But in many cases they stand between a slumbering world and the gnashing fangs of the abyss beyond. sometimes... These hunters are drawn to the most unlikely places in their ravenous pursuit. We all crave safety and certainty though some of weakest among us reach for it in the worst places... Much like the Mayor of a small hamlet.

The Hunter arrived at mid day, The heavy crunching of his sabatons announcing him. an Adamantine armored knight was a rare sight in these parts and he garnered many looks and quite a bit of fear from his imposing stature... though he walked with purpose he knew why he was there even if they didn't... He was making his way to the mayor's abode at the top of the village. His intel was indisputable the Mayor had been consorting with demons to ensure his continued election and well being of the village weather he knew the terrible fate he was damning his people to or not was irrelevant The damage was done and it simply could not be allowed.

The guards at the front of the house barred his path refusing to allow him further stating he was an unwelcome traveler and should leave... Unfortunately for them he could practically smell the abyssal taint on their soul. Before they could move the slaughter had begun and villagers were screaming... The man had grabbed the halberd from one guard and run the other through with it before beating the disarmed one with his gauntlets so violently his skull was practically missing... Blood dripping from his visor he kicked the gate in sending it off its hinges into the yard.

There was no mercy on this mans mind he was the executioner and the time had come the stage was set and judgement was to be rendered. His hand rising to the massive sword on his back he began pulling it free, the volcanic flames roaring to life as a swift blow split the double doors in half and the frame ablaze. Within a small number of servants screamed in surprise and again as a hezrou came smashing through a wall to defend its master. The hunter sighed at the creature as it swung its massive clawed hand it his body only to backstep out of reach and begin his deadly dance with the hulking creature. His flaming blade was a blur as much as he was as the hezrou and the hunter traded catastrophic blows that would have killed normal men practically taking turns lobbing each other through walls or doors the flames spreading around them but neither bother... The admantine armor scuffed and the hezrou bleeding heavily the hunter had the edge. Their next exchange was fatal, a feint, the hezrou being a simple creature fell for it and the hunter ducked low shifting his grip and driving the point of his sword in under the armor like ribcage of the hezrou much to the creatures surprise it cut deep, finding its home in vital organs. A blood curdling screech leaving its froglike face as the hunter ripped the blade free sending a spray of vile ichor across the room. The Hezrou flailing in its death throes trying to take the assailent with it found a series of mercilessly blows lopping off its arm and then driving the blade through the creatures skull. With that the Hezrou was kicked aside with a huff. This was by no means the first hezrou he'd slain but they were strong and durable opponents even for a monster of a hunter like himself.

Scuffling came from the upper floor of the house the master had watched the hunter fell its last line of defense and was looking for a way to flee. Though from this fate there was no escape death was inevitable from the moment that deal was struck with a demon the hunter would bound to show. Each step each creak of a burning board... the mayor began pleading and bargaining for his life, Gold... Reputation... women... anything the hunter could ever want name their price... The Mayors patron would grant it... But ever offer, every bit of pleading fell on deaf ears as the hunter sheathed their sword the mayor relaxed only to scream in surprise as he hunter grabbed their skull and hauled them from the ground. Slowly but surely straightening all of his fingers the talons on the end of his gauntlets becoming more like a spear than individual talons... The only words he spoke to the may were to make peace with whatever creature you worship... and then drove his hand through the mayors chest and out their back, before dropping their now lifeless body to the floor.

Walking through the flames of the burning manor he reemerged... The villagers some praised him for killing a monster the servants had talked... others called him a murderer and a monster... But these praises and admonishments fell on deaf ears as the man was returning to his unending hunt.

In the darkness dwell heros who are covered in the mud and blood of the vilest beings... They may not be rightous or pious people... They may not even be good people... But they provide a service to the world that we truly cannot live without... They are the Ravenous blade in the darkness that hunts that which preys on the innocent and the guilty alike

So i am sure i am not the only one that exists that does not run a UMD character. Resulting in the inability to use certain really important buffs which can strain party comp. As a result i wanted to suggest some new trinket items that would help ease the burden.

1. Sharpening Stone: Provides Keen somewhere between level 5-10. perhaps 5 uses per item.
2. Lead Lining: Provides Lesser mind blank Level 5-10. 5 uses per item. 
3. Elemental Oils: Provides Elemental weapon between level 5-10. 5 uses per item.


These are just off the top of my head. I feel like the most important is keen as not every weapon has it and its a huge part of pve. While the others could potentially allow casters to prep other spells i don't think they are quite as important. (Not familiar with all the cleric and druid spells so i am not going to comment on which of those it'd be awesome to have.) 

So the concept for this is pretty simple. This is another summoning tome. This specific tome summons shadow related creatures.

lesser Planar summon being the nighthaunt

www.realmshelps.net/monsters/block/Nighthaunt
This creature is a much weaker relative to the night walker.

Planar Summons being the Nightwing

www.dandwiki.com/wiki/SRD:Nightwing
This creature is another relative to the night walker. More powerful than the Nighthaunt but not a ton.

Greater planar summon being Nightwalker (YES the dreaded night walker.) (Suggestion use the huge varriant which is a bit weaker.)
www.dandwiki.com/wiki/SRD:Nightwalker

Finally Gate The NightCrawler 
www.dandwiki.com/wiki/SRD:Nightcrawler

These creatures are little used honestly and quite deadly in each of their own rights. I would guess this items would suffer similar issues to the demons and Devils books and be burned considering the creatures called within are of evil nature.

REQUIREMENTS FOR USE

ALIGNMENT non umd Bypass
LAWFUL EVIL,
CHAOTIC EVIL
NEUTRAL EVIL

Spell required for summons not to be hostile. 
Protection from evil/Circle against evil/ Aura vs Evil or something of this nature. OR summons turn on summoner similar to pitfiends and balors. 

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Honestly fairly niche but quite useful for certain builds. (IE necromancers since these are considered undead and would be protected from negetive energy. Perfect for evil spellcasters who don't want to use devils or demons. Honestly could potentially require shadow weave to make use of. 

I fully realize the last two creatures are powerful and  would likely be turned down some. This is just a spitball to kinda get the ball rolling.

Apr 27, 2022 8:28:17 GMT -5 Nymera said:

Apr 27, 2022 6:20:41 GMT -5 Jazzmyra said:

Pff. Boring. Dual-Wielding Scythes.

Dream even bigger!

Dual-weild two-bladed swords!  

Feat specifically states this is not possible otherwise it would be hysterical to turn into a blade tornado 

Apr 26, 2022 18:10:53 GMT -5 Fox² said:

Unfortunately Monkey Grip is not possible to implement in NWN1.

Big sad. but understandable. 

3.5e feat for using large weapons such as greatswords, great axes and the like as melee weapons. Thematically speaking there are quite a few large characters on the server who would look great and seem far more imposing if they were wielding a towershield and a twohanded weapon in 1 hand instead of two. Not to mention it would add further customization for the martial classes. Me and a few of my group would love to see this and i feel like a few others would probably enjoy it. Not sure how easy it will be to implement. I know that NWN 2 made use of this feat but i don't know if they used the same engine for the game.



Monkey Grip

( Complete Warrior, p. 103)



[General]



You are able to use a larger weapon than other people your size.



Prerequisite

Base attack bonus +1,



Required for

Wield Oversized Weapon (CW) ,



Benefit

You can use melee weapons one size category larger than you are with a -2 penalty on the attack roll, but the amount of effort it takes you to use the weapon does not change. For instance, a Large longsword (a one-handed weapon for a Large creature) is considered a two-handed weapon for a Medium creature that does not have this feat. For a Medium creature that has this feat, it is still considered a one-handed weapon. You can wield a larger light weapon as a light weapon, or a larger two-handed weapon in two hands. You cannot wield a larger weapon in your off hand, and you cannot use this feat with a double weapon.



Normal

You can use a melee weapon one size category larger than you are with a -2 penalty on the attack roll, and the amount of effort it takes to use the weapon increases. A larger light weapon is considered a one-handed weapon, a larger one-handed weapon is considered a two-handed weapon, and you cannot use a larger two-handed weapon at all.

Been here closing on two weeks at this point a little under but not by much. Spent ALOT of time on another server. Gotta say after coming here i don't really want to move back to the other. Came into the server discord not even three minutes in i was greeted by an admin and some DMs and a fair number of the online chatters. Super friendly all of them was really inviting. Since then i made my character and began running around the world. Tons of really awesome people in game willing to help new players for whatever reason. Even had one that came up to me and said hey your kinsmen helped me once so i am passing on the favor and gave me a huge amount of buffs before i went into a fight. I've even been active in the discord asking questions... alot honestly perhaps a few to many but everyone has been super responsive and no one has jumped down my throat or anything like they did in the previous server. I've had more DM interaction in the past two weeks then i had in months of the previous server i have been absolutely blown away by it. I've even been spitballing playing a really unsual character rather than dissuade me quite a few people have helped me plan things and get ready for the trials ahead i can expect playing the character as opposed to telling me not to do it or completely baring it from me.

Honestly gotta say with all this in mind i've begun poking buddies of mine and bringing em over because its been so great in such a short period of time. I will no doubt be a long term resident of the server. Keep up the amazing work guys i look forward to seeing all the stuff that happens!