Re: Worldbuilding: the Nautiloid (for a Fanfic)
TP Rope
Yesterday at 10:41 PM
Thanks for your suggestions.
If you can get your hands on a PDF of the 2nd Edition AD&D book "The Illithiad" it could be a valuable source for deeper info regarding illithids, the Illthid Empire (aka the Grand Design), possible origins and also arms & equipment. […]
A must have indeed. Both The Illithiad and Lords of Madness: The Book of Aberrations seem to have been heavily used in shaping the culture and mindset of the illithids in BG3. We also draw on Volo's Guide to Monsters, as the game largely follows its expanded lore / revised limitations.
Regarding the maturation period, 5E does not seem to invalidate the approximately 20-year neophyte development stage described in earlier editions. And in BG3, newborns are weak but already functional predators.
[quote=Tav'ith'sava] For this, the fannfic could expand the lore of "Blue Apex" who is mentioned in BG3 as
being the inventor of a plan for suspended ceromorphosis, with the purpose of creating an "incognito" hive mind in preparation of the grand design.
https://forums.larian.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=890364 Gortash picked up on this blueprint, so if the nautiloid is also a research center for Gortash' experiments, it could be fun to expand the blue apex story also.
I could see opportunists and external forces coming (back) into play once the plot is set in motion. It's not an aspect we've explored yet, but the B.A is certainly worth considering.
