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The God Brain?

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#1
zombiegleemax
Jun 14, 2004 20:11:51 I'm sorry if I don't respond to this thread for a while, but I need to know more about the God Brain of Bluetspur. I really have no idea how the massive thing controls its domain or why it doesn't just leave the Dread Realm. I also have no idea about its domain powers or how it can seal up its domain. Can it dominate someone in another domain, like Lamordia or is its mental abilities confined to its own prison? Any information would be helpful.
#2
malus_black
Jun 15, 2004 2:15:51 Read The Realms Beyond in The Book of Souls, Marcu Vasilis in The Forgotten Children and The Illithid God-Brain in The Book of Sacrifices, all downloadable from the Kargatane, of course.
#3
zombiegleemax
Jun 15, 2004 2:30:55 The god brain used to be a human psion who had eugenics plans for his people, he found an mind flayer community in distress and joined with god brain promising to help repair it. He found the elder brain virtually destroyed, so used his psionic powers to bring his people to the mindflayers and then absorbed them all. This act of evil brought him to ravenloft.

His curse seems to be that he cannot leave the pool he is in, nor posses another to get fleeting tastes of freedom. The Caveat on the domain is that his frustration fills tha land with psychic static that drives people mad. He is quite lonely too, he is attended only by the mindless tadpoles of mindflayers.

He is said to be a 20th level psion, but I would make him epic level myself.
#4
zombiegleemax
Jun 15, 2004 10:20:12 Ah! Thank you both. I've been wondering about that ever since I purchased the first Ravenloft book. It seemed almost redundant that an evil like a mindflare community would be drawn into the mists and the thought that a psion would actually help such a community was beyond my original scope of thinking. Thanks again.
#5
Matthew_L._Martin
Jun 15, 2004 17:30:38
Originally posted by Grimfondle
The god brain used to be a human psion who had eugenics plans for his people, he found an mind flayer community in distress and joined with god brain promising to help repair it. He found the elder brain virtually destroyed, so used his psionic powers to bring his people to the mindflayers and then absorbed them all. This act of evil brought him to ravenloft.

That is not official, even though it's the only story we have so far. (I should know. :-) ) If you like it, I'm glad, but it's quite possible that future material may go a different direction.

He is said to be a 20th level psion, but I would make him epic level myself

At the time the Book of Sacrifices was written, the epic level rules had not been released.

Matthew L. Martin
#6
zombiegleemax
Jun 16, 2004 2:22:10
Originally posted by Matthew L. Martin
That is not official, even though it's the only story we have so far. (I should know. :-) ) If you like it, I'm glad, but it's quite possible that future material may go a different direction.

Oddly, i have no idea where that background came from, I've just known it for a while. Are you telepathic?
#7
zombiegleemax
Jun 16, 2004 7:58:44
Originally posted by Grimfondle
Oddly, i have no idea where that background came from, I've just known it for a while. Are you telepathic?

No. He wrote the article.

Me, on the other hand, I am psychic.

Your card is the three of clubs.

;)
#8
zombiegleemax
Jun 16, 2004 9:43:31
Originally posted by Drinnik Shoehorn

Your card is the three of clubs.

;)

Pretty good. It's not what I've got in my hand, but what have in my hand is club like.
#9
zombiegleemax
Jun 18, 2004 17:43:02 I, too, always wondered what brought about the inclusion of Bluetspur in the demiplane...now I have a fairly cool story to explain it!

--of course, S&SS will eventually get around to island and cluster Gazeteers NB
#10
zombiegleemax
Jun 21, 2004 2:33:06 Has anyone noticed how elder brains from mind flayer communities are just designed for abuse?

My favourite artifact is an 'elderbrain in a jar'. My least dignified use of an elder brain was as a plug stopping the liquid running out of a magic lake.

Does anyone find them frightening?
#11
hand_of_vecna_02
Jun 30, 2004 16:53:11 Well, when yoyu consider that all Elder Brains would likely have the powers of a fairly high-level Psion/Telepath, and that it's idea of fun would be to make human slaves carve out the backs of their own skulls and eat their own brains, yes, they can be quite frightening. An Elder Brain doesn't need to show itself, it can just possess others and do all sorts of deeds that way. If Do-Gooder Adventurers ever start getting close to the Big Brain, it can telepathically screw with all the PC's senses and make it so they can't tell where they're going, or even drive them insane (making them see all Mind Flayers as their loving mother or see their fellow adventuers as Mind Flayers, for example).

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#1 zombiegleemax Jun 14, 2004 20:11:51	I'm sorry if I don't respond to this thread for a while, but I need to know more about the God Brain of Bluetspur. I really have no idea how the massive thing controls its domain or why it doesn't just leave the Dread Realm. I also have no idea about its domain powers or how it can seal up its domain. Can it dominate someone in another domain, like Lamordia or is its mental abilities confined to its own prison? Any information would be helpful.
#2 malus_black Jun 15, 2004 2:15:51	Read The Realms Beyond in The Book of Souls, Marcu Vasilis in The Forgotten Children and The Illithid God-Brain in The Book of Sacrifices, all downloadable from the Kargatane, of course.
#3 zombiegleemax Jun 15, 2004 2:30:55	The god brain used to be a human psion who had eugenics plans for his people, he found an mind flayer community in distress and joined with god brain promising to help repair it. He found the elder brain virtually destroyed, so used his psionic powers to bring his people to the mindflayers and then absorbed them all. This act of evil brought him to ravenloft. His curse seems to be that he cannot leave the pool he is in, nor posses another to get fleeting tastes of freedom. The Caveat on the domain is that his frustration fills tha land with psychic static that drives people mad. He is quite lonely too, he is attended only by the mindless tadpoles of mindflayers. He is said to be a 20th level psion, but I would make him epic level myself.
#4 zombiegleemax Jun 15, 2004 10:20:12	Ah! Thank you both. I've been wondering about that ever since I purchased the first Ravenloft book. It seemed almost redundant that an evil like a mindflare community would be drawn into the mists and the thought that a psion would actually help such a community was beyond my original scope of thinking. Thanks again.
#5 Matthew_L._Martin Jun 15, 2004 17:30:38	Originally posted by Grimfondle The god brain used to be a human psion who had eugenics plans for his people, he found an mind flayer community in distress and joined with god brain promising to help repair it. He found the elder brain virtually destroyed, so used his psionic powers to bring his people to the mindflayers and then absorbed them all. This act of evil brought him to ravenloft. That is not official, even though it's the only story we have so far. (I should know. :-) ) If you like it, I'm glad, but it's quite possible that future material may go a different direction. He is said to be a 20th level psion, but I would make him epic level myself At the time the Book of Sacrifices was written, the epic level rules had not been released. Matthew L. Martin
#6 zombiegleemax Jun 16, 2004 2:22:10	Originally posted by Matthew L. Martin *That is not* official, even though it's the only story we have so far. (I should know. :-) ) If you like it, I'm glad, but it's quite possible that future material may go a different direction.** Oddly, i have no idea where that background came from, I've just known it for a while. Are you telepathic?
#7 zombiegleemax Jun 16, 2004 7:58:44	Originally posted by Grimfondle Oddly, i have no idea where that background came from, I've just known it for a while. Are you telepathic? No. He wrote the article. Me, on the other hand, I am psychic. Your card is the three of clubs. ;)
#8 zombiegleemax Jun 16, 2004 9:43:31	Originally posted by Drinnik Shoehorn Your card is the three of clubs. ;) Pretty good. It's not what I've got in my hand, but what have in my hand is club like.
#9 zombiegleemax Jun 18, 2004 17:43:02	I, too, always wondered what brought about the inclusion of Bluetspur in the demiplane...now I have a fairly cool story to explain it! --of course, S&SS will eventually get around to island and cluster Gazeteers NB
#10 zombiegleemax Jun 21, 2004 2:33:06	Has anyone noticed how elder brains from mind flayer communities are just designed for abuse? My favourite artifact is an 'elderbrain in a jar'. My least dignified use of an elder brain was as a plug stopping the liquid running out of a magic lake. Does anyone find them frightening?
#11 hand_of_vecna_02 Jun 30, 2004 16:53:11	Well, when yoyu consider that all Elder Brains would likely have the powers of a fairly high-level Psion/Telepath, and that it's idea of fun would be to make human slaves carve out the backs of their own skulls and eat their own brains, yes, they can be quite frightening. An Elder Brain doesn't need to show itself, it can just possess others and do all sorts of deeds that way. If Do-Gooder Adventurers ever start getting close to the Big Brain, it can telepathically screw with all the PC's senses and make it so they can't tell where they're going, or even drive them insane (making them see all Mind Flayers as their loving mother or see their fellow adventuers as Mind Flayers, for example).