Rift expansion preview (storyline)

Rift Expansion Preview

Category: Hunting and Combat
Topic: Pinefar Hunting Areas
Message #: 3394
Author: GS4-MESTYS
Date: 6/30/2009 7:40:17 AM
Subject: Rift Expansion Preview.

During the SimuCon roundtable discussions, I released a few details concerning the new Rift expansion that is currently in development. Here are a few of the points that I covered.

The Area:
The new portion of the Rift that is to be unveiled will be known as the Scatter. It is a chaotic, twisted region that exists between the current planes of the Rift.

Redistribution:
Along with the introduction of the Scatter, the existing creatures will be redistributed a bit in the planes, and a couple of creatures will have their levels shifted. The goal here will be to spread the creatures in such a manner that all of the planes will be more desirable to hunt for a wider group of characters.

New Creatures:
A total of seven new creatures will be introduced to the Rift, inhabiting both the Scatter and Plane 4.

a fallen crusader (97, non-corporeal undead) [Plane 4]: A Paladin slain in battle, corrupted physically and spiritually to fight again. Though their previous connections to their deities have been severed, they wander the Rift, powered by an unknown and unholy force. The crusaders have a selection of Paladin and a couple of necromantic Sorcerer spells.

a glistening cerebralite (100) [Plane 4, The Scatter]: An oversized and highly developed floating brain, accompanied by a pair of eyes on stalks and tentacles to lash out at opponents. The cerebralites are drawn to mental activity, and utilize mental and electricity-based attacks to subdue their victims.

an enormous rift crawler (103) [Plane 4]: A huge worm whose gaping maw pierces through planar dimensions within the Rift. It resides primarily in its home plane of the Rift, but has a small chance of burrowing to an "adjacent" one. It would be able to swallow its victims whole by catching them unawares, sometimes emitting a telepathic blast to incapacitate them.

a darkly inked fetish master (104) [The Scatter]: A child-like voodoo witch doctor, drawing upon elaborate inked designs on its skin for its dark powers. The masters cast mostly Sorcerer spells and can summon a cluster of wooden dolls on their current target, who would lay down a barrage of attacks.

a murky soul siphon (106, corporeal undead) [The Scatter]: An undead entity subsisting upon the souls of the living. Classified as a semi, it uses various debuff spells to set up its foes for easier consumption. Its attacks have a chance to drain spirit and they also make use of a maneuver-based grasp to suck spirit from characters.

a Vvrael destroyer (108) [The Scatter]: A greater servant of the Vvrael, sent to dispatch the strongest of their foes. These are warrior type creatures; very powerful and highly destructive.

a lich (110, corporeal undead) [The Scatter]: A highly intelligent spell caster who went to great lengths to gain power and longevity, at the cost of his soul.

-M.

Re: Rift Expansion Preview

Category: Hunting and Combat
Topic: Pinefar Hunting Areas
Message #: 3413
Author: GS4-MESTYS
Date: 6/30/2009 5:00:41 PM
Subject: Re: Rift Expansion Preview.

>Why plane 4 instead of 5? There's no mention of new critters on 5, but new ones on 4 that are higher level than the ones currently on 5. It seems a bit upside down to me, though as it is, most people skip from 3 to 5. -Kerl

All of the planes will have some shifts made in creature population, though only 4 and the Scatter will have the new ones. The classic plane 4 is really the most remote of all the planes, so it made some sense to place some of the higher level stuff there.

>2. I really hope the name for the critter really just is "a lich." It's so simple. -Keleborrn.

It isn't. There are a lot of little things that will be revealed with the release of the area. The nature of the liches is one of them.

-M.