Is it possibtle for a drow player to join a Quellar or the millitia of Sschldryn?

Well the title says it all, heh cause of rp reasons my drow can not wander around the camp, he is not a heretic but is in bad relationships with the Yath of the camp, can he join somewhere in the other drow town?
Not much are known of the exisiting quellars of the militia of that town.
At least by me.

Sschindrylyn is has alot of options, but atleast for me is on the back burner for buidling stuff. Per the Lore, inside of the Ziggaraut are Drow Qu'ellars. If you have a guild and want to build it there then I guess that would be fine.

I think there is a lot of potential in Sschindylryn and not only for those outcast players who have no where else to go.

What would be really nice is some general guide what the DMs would like to see there. I have some idea of my own but it does feel a kind of awkward to set up something where my own character is involved.

So here is my general ideas how I can imagine and why I would love to see a more active role in game (not necessary need to be more developed in build).

There is already somewhere a post about the official Sschindylryn I won't repeat it. The Yath here is a bit weaker, some suspect that the males rules behind of the matrons if I remember correctly. The city never had important military power and especially after the Mezzoberranzan raids it solely concentrated on trade rather than conquest and raids.

But with the near by camps and the growing danger of teh Banshee Queen and the influence of the Jaelre I see many possibilities and struggles between these forces inside and around the camp (plenty place of intrigue).

The city would have a key role of the upcoming conflict with the Maerimydra and I see that the local Qu'ellars might be thorn where to turns, which side they should take if they take any.

Some Houses might be more trying to link themselves deeper with the camp, especially where the Matron and Lolthites are still important force and influence.

Others might support the camp out of necessity. What would the growing soldiers (well I consider them growing despite of the body count numbers of the Drow population ) and army would do if Sschindylryn stop trading with them/ They might just try to conquer it to get a food basket for the upcoming war.

The current political elite (who really have the power) however would be not so glad to go back to the more traditional ways, as the males would have less power. And the Yath would gain strength again. Lore wise there is no clear evidence of Vhaerhunites but perhaps some would follow if the Jaelre begins to spread the word). Perhaps there is already some among them.

And finally there are at least one yathrin or matron of a house who turned to follow Kiirianshalee.

I would love to see this area more developed story wise, and see a different alternative of the camp RP. But not only an alternative place for those outsiders but a challenge and scenes for the camp's Qu'ellars in a different kind of game (more political, more intrigues).

This is what I built the city off of. I found one of the only known images of it.

There is alot to Sschindlrylyn, alot that still hasn't even been built or put it. It is a good point for those that don't want to feel like they have to deal with Loltholites compared to the camp. There is also the ledge and a few other places that haven't been opened yet.

Yes the presence of Kiaransalee is felt there, matter of fact I sacked a few people with some DROWNED undead from the ocean that pours into that huge cavern from above on the surface.

Again, I have some things I am currently working on, vhaerunites camp, drow camp, play testing other maps, and honestly a slew of a mess of other maps. What will be nice is to get a crafting area and auction house and storage in the city. Ideally I would like to put up all different merchant stands on the ziggaurat. Again, really it is all based off of timing.

I was there! I was the one attacked by that damned undeads .

And though I failed to fill a a form I would put this a highly important event of the regional UD as this was the first open attack of Undeads in Sschindylryn and the sign of the threat of Kiaransalee.

Also it was quite visible, most of the NPCs in the market was slain, along with some guards.

It should be an event which would change attitudes of the trade city's ruling elite.

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Yes, map extension, local quests, conversation would be all nice, but this is time consuming at best. And as a staff the camp has more players, it is more of a priority. But I would argue if these are the ones truly necessary...

The enchant RP in this map there could be only some clear take on how the DM staff would like to the city, what role they want to keep. And what would the guide for those who wish to RP here, and would like to try to raise (and perhaps start a guild ).

Also some storyline and minor event could boost the situation.

In game and build wise the place could developed quickly as a hub of RP putting some merchants unavailable at the camps (trap merchant) and it would make a sense, after all it is a trade city.

Also if it would grow into a hub of RP it would need some development in local customs, the guards and the ruling elite's attitudes. Like would they leave the camp''s Qu'ellars to act as an authority figures?

There was already a try to make a a player run Qu'ellar in the region as I saw, but it was hardly active.

Believe me Campers you just only gain some nice RP possibilities to see this site developed role-play wise.

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I would also say it would be worthy to collect the events in past that happened here already and the NPCs which were already played.

There was a Qu'ellar who was trying to base themselves in Sschidryn. I think they are pretty much gone now though.

Go ahead and start a guild.

Rather off topic but... why is there a minotaur in a bikini with crab claws on the top of that Ziggaraut, or am I looking at it wrong?

Kuo-Toa God I believe. The drow took over their city and just Drow-a-fied it.

Also D3 is part of this.

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Rather off topic but... why is there a minotaur in a bikini with crab claws on the top of that Ziggaraut, or am I looking at it wrong?

Would be lovely to get a hand on that Minotaur then. May I have one? I offer any goblin slave for that!

Blibdoolpoolp (also known as the Sea Mother) is the deity worshipped by the kuo-toan race. Her symbol is a lobster head and black pearl.[1]

Blibdoolpoolp usually takes the form of a 20ft (6.1m) tall nude human female, with a lobster's head and claws in place of humanoid parts. At close range, her gaze causes insanity. Blibdoolpoolp's realm is called the Murky Depths and is located on the Elemental Plane of Water.

This city was once ruled by the Kuo-Toa, right Axey? If it is so, how long ago was it taken by the Drow (if there is any information about it)?

A side note that not many people catch is this:

It's largely undetailed. Drizzt Do'Urden's Guide to the Underdark contains lore on Sschindylryn's Gate... but that relates more to a location nine days out from Menzoberranzan.

Interestingly, in Eric's first draft of DDGttU, he intended Sschindylryn's Gate to lead to the drow city of Erelhei Cinlu on Oerth - creating an FR/GH crossover. This was in response to the fact that there was a listing of several Greyhawk drow cities and noble houses in Ed's Drow of the Underdark. This attempt to fix a Realmslore contradiction however didn't get through the editing process.

Nice! Thanks! I love Greyhawk, played a bit there when I was a kid .

I am trying to download the Shackled City in pdf form as I believe there are more up2 date pics of what a standard kuo-toan city look like. I might be mistaken but it is very possible that many of them build ziggaurats for their city. As the D1, 2, 3 are technically all Oerth based, but they honestly from reading of these FR lore all are probably one big cookie cutter. As to when the drow invaded I don't yet have a year.

Well, you can always decide for yourself. I am quite happy with everything really, don't really need to be lore based.

I am also happy to create something, but my character is more and more involved. I want to avoid creating metagaming or just even the accusation of it.

I might decide to retire my character or put her into an NPC status to avoid this. I have much interest of this city really (and it's NPCs).

I gotta find the Shackled City as there are some maps on it that would be greatly utilized. I believe they would work well with it.