Post by Head Moderator on Jul 26, 2013 0:44:29 GMT -5
This list is information you may find out via talking with others, scholarly research, etc... I will leave it open ended for you to decide what you find out, but it is listed in order of less likely to be true, to probably very true at the bottom.
Roll of 5-10
'The Masters of Evil'? I think they died out a long time ago back when my grandpa was alive.
'The Masters of Evil'? No one has seen or heard from them in at least thirty years. I think some adventures killed them.
'The Lords of Evil'? Sure, some adventures keep running into their old crypts but no one has been attacked by any of them for ten years. There was a big battle and some paladins took care of it.
Roll of 11-15
'The Lords of Evil'? Yeah, some of them attacked a castle around a decade ago and some clerics and paladins took care of it. I doubt there are any left after that except for some scattered crypts.
'The Masters of Death'? They were a group of necromancers with desire to rule the world. Never succeeded much though they have been a constant nuisance over the last 100 years.
Roll of 16-18
'The Five Masters of Death'? They were a group of five necromancers that were loosely affiliated. They had some plan to raise up an army of undead and rule the world. They built a number of crypts as homes for themselves and their minions throughout Arith.
'The Five Masters of Evil'? There were five of them necromancers and they all worked together at one point building undead and building crypts. You can find the things scattered all over the place. I have reports of them showing up in the basements of
merchant's stores, innes, temples, castles, and inside the lairs of monsters. No one really knows for sure how many their might be.
Roll of 19-21
'The Five'? Sure, I know of them. Though my studies suggest that there were really six. I think they use the number five to confuse people. The crypts? Sure, you can find some valuable stuff in them but many are just plain traps. Unhallowed ground
with booby traps for the foolish. If you want to live a long life then you will stay away from those things.
Roll of 22-25
'The Five'? Sure there is speculation of a sixth. Same as there is speculation that the group is more than a hundred years old. It is just speculation. I have heard though that one of the five is a vampire and another is a lich. The five were known for taking common undead and rigging them with all sorts of traps.
'The Masters'? Sure, I have heard of them. They are a constant problem though they are pretty quiet on their business. My studies show there were five of them but nothing I have seen shows they used the number five in reference to who they were.
Evidently, they were originally friends but something changed them. They now are often at odds with each other, then other times working together.
Roll of 26-30
'The Apprentices'? Sure, people might call them masters or lords but everything shows that they are apprentices of another. I don't know that persons name but that person was evidently the one that taught the apprentices how to use traps, illusions, and other things to make undead into walking bombs. The real master must have been some genius.
'The Apprentices'? Yeah, they once all were together as a group of five apprentices serving a powerful necromancer named Vi. Then the necromancer died and the apprentices started to have a falling out. That was around a hundred or so years ago and the apprentices have been fighting since.
'The Masters'? Yeah, they were a group of apprentices but after they killed their teacher, they started calling themselves 'The Masters'. It seems that the apprentice's teacher made some deal with them to give them eternal life after the teacher died. Well, the apprentices decided not to wait and choose to hurry up the process and kill their teacher.
'The Masters'? Yeah, around a hundred years ago the apprentices were offered a deal of eternal life after their teacher Vi'do'wen died. The apprentices after signing the contract granting them the eternal life then decided to band together and kill their teacher. Not only did they kill their master, they cut him into five pieces. At least that is how the story goes.
Roll of 31+
'The Masters'? Of course, they use Ancient when they say the name. I think they make it sounds better but it translates well enough to 'The Masters' though I have heard others translate it as 'The Lords'. Unfortunately, it results in some confusion when people discuss the subject that don't know the source of the word. Hell, yeah the apprentices killed their teacher. They had a contract promising them an extra hundred years of life after their teacher died. I guess that the teacher thought the apprentices would be motivated to thus keep their teacher alive for as long as possible because the hundred years did not start till after the teacher died. Yeah, the apprentices cut their teacher into five sections. They were afraid of letting any one of them have the full body and possibly turning their former teacher into some form of powerful undead.
'The Masters'? Of course you should use Ancient to pronounce the name. The sections of their teacher were a head, an upper torso with a left arm, right arm, a right leg, and a left with lower torso. The teacher evidently had the apprentices agree to sell something in exchange for the hundred years.
Roll of 5-10
'The Masters of Evil'? I think they died out a long time ago back when my grandpa was alive.
'The Masters of Evil'? No one has seen or heard from them in at least thirty years. I think some adventures killed them.
'The Lords of Evil'? Sure, some adventures keep running into their old crypts but no one has been attacked by any of them for ten years. There was a big battle and some paladins took care of it.
Roll of 11-15
'The Lords of Evil'? Yeah, some of them attacked a castle around a decade ago and some clerics and paladins took care of it. I doubt there are any left after that except for some scattered crypts.
'The Masters of Death'? They were a group of necromancers with desire to rule the world. Never succeeded much though they have been a constant nuisance over the last 100 years.
Roll of 16-18
'The Five Masters of Death'? They were a group of five necromancers that were loosely affiliated. They had some plan to raise up an army of undead and rule the world. They built a number of crypts as homes for themselves and their minions throughout Arith.
'The Five Masters of Evil'? There were five of them necromancers and they all worked together at one point building undead and building crypts. You can find the things scattered all over the place. I have reports of them showing up in the basements of
merchant's stores, innes, temples, castles, and inside the lairs of monsters. No one really knows for sure how many their might be.
Roll of 19-21
'The Five'? Sure, I know of them. Though my studies suggest that there were really six. I think they use the number five to confuse people. The crypts? Sure, you can find some valuable stuff in them but many are just plain traps. Unhallowed ground
with booby traps for the foolish. If you want to live a long life then you will stay away from those things.
Roll of 22-25
'The Five'? Sure there is speculation of a sixth. Same as there is speculation that the group is more than a hundred years old. It is just speculation. I have heard though that one of the five is a vampire and another is a lich. The five were known for taking common undead and rigging them with all sorts of traps.
'The Masters'? Sure, I have heard of them. They are a constant problem though they are pretty quiet on their business. My studies show there were five of them but nothing I have seen shows they used the number five in reference to who they were.
Evidently, they were originally friends but something changed them. They now are often at odds with each other, then other times working together.
Roll of 26-30
'The Apprentices'? Sure, people might call them masters or lords but everything shows that they are apprentices of another. I don't know that persons name but that person was evidently the one that taught the apprentices how to use traps, illusions, and other things to make undead into walking bombs. The real master must have been some genius.
'The Apprentices'? Yeah, they once all were together as a group of five apprentices serving a powerful necromancer named Vi. Then the necromancer died and the apprentices started to have a falling out. That was around a hundred or so years ago and the apprentices have been fighting since.
'The Masters'? Yeah, they were a group of apprentices but after they killed their teacher, they started calling themselves 'The Masters'. It seems that the apprentice's teacher made some deal with them to give them eternal life after the teacher died. Well, the apprentices decided not to wait and choose to hurry up the process and kill their teacher.
'The Masters'? Yeah, around a hundred years ago the apprentices were offered a deal of eternal life after their teacher Vi'do'wen died. The apprentices after signing the contract granting them the eternal life then decided to band together and kill their teacher. Not only did they kill their master, they cut him into five pieces. At least that is how the story goes.
Roll of 31+
'The Masters'? Of course, they use Ancient when they say the name. I think they make it sounds better but it translates well enough to 'The Masters' though I have heard others translate it as 'The Lords'. Unfortunately, it results in some confusion when people discuss the subject that don't know the source of the word. Hell, yeah the apprentices killed their teacher. They had a contract promising them an extra hundred years of life after their teacher died. I guess that the teacher thought the apprentices would be motivated to thus keep their teacher alive for as long as possible because the hundred years did not start till after the teacher died. Yeah, the apprentices cut their teacher into five sections. They were afraid of letting any one of them have the full body and possibly turning their former teacher into some form of powerful undead.
'The Masters'? Of course you should use Ancient to pronounce the name. The sections of their teacher were a head, an upper torso with a left arm, right arm, a right leg, and a left with lower torso. The teacher evidently had the apprentices agree to sell something in exchange for the hundred years.