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It is revealed that the "Dream Visitor" is, in fact, a visage taken by a renegade illithid called the Emperor, who resides within the prism and oversees the imprisonment of a powerful githyanki, Orpheus. Orpheus is the source of psionic resistance the party possesses against the Absolute, and the Emperor has been leveraging this in his favour.
Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus is a 256-page campaign book that takes the players from level 1 to level 13. It starts in the city of Baldur's Gate "as it slowly succumbs to the sway of corrupt powers and evil gods". [4]
A god-isle is the immense petrified remains of a dead god that float on the Astral Plane, where githyanki and others often mine them for minerals and build communities on their stony surfaces. Tu'narath, the capital city of the githyanki, is built on the petrified corpse of a dead god known only as "The One in the Void".
General Suvorov crossing the St. Gotthard Pass in the Alps in 1799 The last stand of the 44th Foot, during the 1842 retreat from Kabul. The term mountain warfare is said to have come about in the Middle Ages after the European monarchies found it difficult to fight the armies of the Old Swiss Confederacy in the Alps.
When the game opens, the player character awakens in a cage and is then experimented on by a wizard, who is aware of the player character's heritage and speaks of "untapped power". The wizard is distracted as his complex is attacked by Shadow Thieves, and disappears to fight them. Imoen, appearing from a side room, frees the player character ...
Col de l'Iseran (elevation 2770 m) – highest paved mountain pass in the Alps; Col de la Joux Verte – France; Julier Pass – Switzerland; Klausen Pass; Krumbach Saddle; Loibl Pass (Ljubelj Pass) – Austria/Slovenia; Maloja Pass; Nufenen Pass; Oberalp Pass; Petit Col Ferret – Italy/Switzerland; Plöcken Pass (Passo di Monte Croce Carnico ...
A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge. Since mountain ranges can present formidable barriers to travel, passes have played a key role in trade, war, and both human and animal migration throughout history. At lower elevations it may be called a hill pass. A mountain pass is typically formed between two ...
For the original D&D rule set, the lich was introduced in its first supplement, Greyhawk (1975). [3] [6] It is described simply as a skeletal monster that was formerly a magic-user or a magic-user/cleric in life and retains those abilities, able to send lower-level characters fleeing in fear.