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what was the original purpose of the banquet? Was someone else to be honored, and, if so, are they going to feel slighted if they lose or have to share the limelight?Īs far as who would make the proclamation - are they merely being acknowledged, or are they getting significant rewards? How important is the Duke to the King - a relative? A very minor noble? The more important the Duke, the more likely the King is to thank the PCs himself.' Well, if the banquet was already slated and the PCs are being invited. Is this correct?ģ) Would the proclamation or bard’s tale come before the meal, or after, or between courses?Ĥ) What other events would occur during a royal banquet type of event? Of course, if the dwarf gets drunk and insults the queen or something, it won’t be quite so pleasant…ġ) Would the king make that type of proclamation, or would they possibly have a bard tell the tale in a story/song?Ģ) Other than servants or possible other honorees, I would assume that most attendees are members of the nobility. I had planned on the king making a public proclamation about the PCs’ heroism and have some NPC interaction planned, but want it to be a generally pleasant experience for the players. (It has been a bit of a dark campaign so far, so I wanted something for a bit of a change of pace, before it gets really dark…)Īfter delivering the message and hearing the PC’s story, the king was impressed and invited them to attend the royal banquet and/or ball the next night. Since the players had to then go to the capitol city of the kingdom, the rescued Duke-to-be gave them a message for the king, which included some glowing references about the heroics of the PCs. Plus, they solved the mystery of the Duke’s assassination and also rescued the Duke’s younger brother (now slated to be Duke) from certain doom. The players are getting up in level (7-8 range now, in a 3.5E campaign) and have saved a large town on the border of the kingdom from being overrun by the forces of the evil theocracy on their border. The concept of defeating fodder mobs to unleash a strong attack is also similar to the Blood Punch of Doom Eternal.I am looking for some information on putting together a royal banquet type of event. A "vampiric powerup" can also be found in the Alpha versions, up until the very last versions prior to release. However, the concept was used in Doom 3, in the shape of the Soul Cube and in Resurrection of Evil in the shape of The Artifact. No further mentions of these items can be found.ĭraining life energy from enemies was a design decision that was discarded in the later stages of game development. In the following Alphas the overlay was gone. Game programmer John Romero has said the item-along "Heart of Lothar", the other item mentioned-was only meant to be a special key, reflecting the story outlined in the Doom Bible. Whether this is the actual graphic file for the weapon remains to be proven, although there exists precious little evidence to support any other hypothesis.Ī HUD overlay image from the first Alpha 0.2 version contains a mention of a "Captain's Hand". Like the Unmaker, this weapon never made it to the finished game while the Unmaker made it to Doom 64, the Dark Claw did not.Īn image of a severed, red hand can be found in the pre-release Alpha 0.4 and 0.5 WAD files.
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Killing possessed humans or hellslaves allows the weapon to feed." The description says: "Demon weapon that casts a dark cloud of tortured essence. The Dark Claw is a weapon mentioned in the Doom Bible. Please help the Doom Wiki by expanding it.