Path of Exile: Underworld 5.0

In Path of Exile: Underworld the fate of Wreaclast is in your hands. Which side will you choose?

Choose a Side

Will you extent a helping hand to your fellow exiles, or will your lust for power further ensure their demise? Seek forbidden knowledge while unleashing the wrath of the dead, or fight for your fellow exiles granting boons throughout the land.

New Master

Methusa, a mysterious blind woman, can harness the power of death to facilitate a journey to the great unknown by way of ritualistic suicide. Explore the mysterious underworld, but don't overstay your welcome or you may be devoured by the madness… or worse.

Potion Crafting

Collect exotic ingredients to craft powerful potions to extend your time in the Underworld. As your skill increases concoct robust attribute boosting elixirs and trade unique recipes to increase your wealth.

Brave the Unknown

The ever expanding Underworld is filled with secrets for those brave enough to pay the ultimate toll. Discover hidden cities shielded from the madness and unique otherworldly biomes with secrets to unlock and plots to unfold. Different paths and biomes will be open at their own volition, but be ever vigilant and careful not to wake the old ones as the consequences will surely be dire.

Journal Experience System

Recall your horrors to pierce the veil of confusion. Let the chaos and madness be your ever enthusiastic teacher and change the way you approach battle. Forge your own path.

New areas

The Great Void

In the Underworld resides The Great Void, a vast and chaotic biome that spirals infinitely into oblivion. It exists as a dimension between the worlds of the dead/living and collects souls in transition.

Some fight through The Void for all eternity, others rise through the mythical towers never to be seen again. The worst off free-fall to the lower depths and dimensions of primordial chaos. The figurative lambs to the slaughter house feeding the ancient leviathan gods and uberelders who lie dormant.

A forgotten Elder God lives at the paradoxical center of The Great Void with his many horrifying creations harvesting souls in preparation to raid the mortal realms.

Hopes Plateau

Shielded from the madness of the Underworld and overlooking The Great void resides Hopes Plateau, a grey, dusty, purgatory city. The architecture an eclectic mix of ruins, melancholy statutes, and monuments from differing ages.

Wounded lost souls aimlessly wander the city, terrified of crossing The Great Void. A tall dark women named Caecilia rules the Plateau. She sits in a monument forever watching over the infinite expansion of primordial chaos.

Caecilia gets up from her throne and stands three meters tall. Her eyes dark, with skin bleached white stretched over ancient bones. Black robes flow over her partially exposed ribcage.

CAECILIA

The smell of life. What a delight.
Come closer child of exile. I sense
your ethereal cord, tethering you
to the mortal world. Impressive
technique, but incredibly foolish.
Here forces beyond your
comprehension work, an entire
universe of darkness. Yes you have
arrived, and it will pain me
greatly to watch you die.
Now tell me child, why are you are
so obsessed with dying?


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Rogue
Voidwitch
Trickster
Underworld

The Great Void

In the Underworld resides The Great Void, a vast and chaotic biome that spirals infinitely into oblivion. It exists as a dimension between the worlds of the dead/living, but nobody knows for sure what it is or how it came to be. The only thing that anyone can agree on is it seems to have a consciousness.

The Great Void collects souls in transition. Some fight through The Void and its many biomes for all eternity, others rise through the mythical towers of Trinity never to be seen again. The worst off free-fall to the lower depths and dimensions of primordial chaos. The figurative lambs to the slaughter house feeding the ancient leviathan gods who lie dormant.

A forgotten Elder God whose name has been erased from history lives at the center of The Great Void. His many horrifying creations roam the void, harvesting souls, with plans on invading the mortal realms. If the paradoxical center of The Void can be found, the forgotten Elder God's home can be raided, but be aware: this among other events can have dramatic effects on the world of
the living.

I would play it! Sounds good.

Hopes Plateau

Shielded from the madness of the Underworld and overlooking The Great void resides Hopes Plateau, a grey, dusty, purgatory city. The architecture an eclectic mix of ruins, melancholy statutes, and monuments from differing ages.

Wounded lost souls aimlessly wander the city, terrified of crossing The Great Void. A tall dark women named Caecilia rules the Plateau. She sits in a monument forever watching over the infinite expansion of primordial chaos.

Caecilia gets up from her throne and stands three meters tall. Her eyes dark, with skin bleached white stretched over ancient bones. Black robes flow over her partially exposed ribcage.

CAECILIA

The smell of life. What a delight.
Come closer child of exile. I sense
your ethereal cord, tethering you
to the mortal world. Impressive
technique, but incredibly foolish.
Here forces beyond your
comprehension work, an entire
universe of darkness. Yes you have
arrived, and it will pain me
greatly to watch you die.
Now tell me child, why are you are
so obsessed with dying?

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kolyaboo wrote:

I would play it! Sounds good.

Thanks ^_^

Sounds very similar to .... abyss, and delve together.

There could be additions to Delve added in the future, with extra ways to get Sulphite though, that could be a way for GGG to add some new contents, since they could add biomes, nodes, bosses, fossils, etc ...

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Fruz wrote:

Sounds very similar to .... abyss, and delve together.

There could be additions to Delve added in the future, with extra ways to get Sulphite though, that could be a way for GGG to add some new contents, since they could add biomes, nodes, bosses, fossils, etc ...

It's supposed to be similar to delve. The underworld, or the dimensions of the dead, fits in the lore and the lovecraftian universe. I decided on a parallel content execution because up until Delve, all of the new content has been piled on the end, while most new players only make it halfway through. Parallel content allows you to sideload the newest content, helping our retention problem, and giving returning players something new to experience on the same ol' 1-10 grind without overloading the base content.

Delve takes place underground Wraeclast, but is not the dimensions of the dead. Underground =/= the dimensions of the Underworld. This is more story and quest driven, a hybrid between side content and an act. The Madness alone is a cool mechanic that can have myriad affects, but ends with you losing your mind when your hallucinations become reality and begin to atack you.

The coolest thing is there are entire cities waiting to be found that are shielded from the madness. That and the quests you chose will affect all of Wraeclast, with two sides for players to fight and argue over. There are different drop tables for whichever side is in control. Going to be absolute chaos in the chatrooms as players try to shift the balance.

Your idea is extremely interesting, i'd be honored to play it

it sounds like a generic copy of delve + abyss.

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MrsDeath_ wrote:

it sounds like a generic copy of delve + abyss.

Thanks for the feedback. I think of the great abyss more as a massive void between the land of the dead/living that has been inhabited and used to trap souls in transition. I will workshop the name to avoid confusion. It's supposed to represent limitless, terrifying potential. It's conscious, but not ruled by the god who inhabits the paradoxical center.

The skeletons that occasionally haunt delve are not even in the same league as the monsters that inhabit the dimensions of the dead. Gods of gods reside in the dimensions of the dead with leviathans that could swallow up the universe and still be hungry. We're talking eons of unrestrained primordial chaos which is quite frankly a completely different scale.

A few posts up I responded more deeply about the similarities between this and Delve. But again, I really appreciate you taking the time.

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It's supposed to be similar to delve. The underworld is part of the extended universe, and it fits in the lore and the lovecraftian universe. I decided on a parallel content execution because up until Delve, all of the new content has been piled on the end, while most new players only make it halfway through. Parallel content allows you to sideload the newest content, helping our retention problem, and giving returning players something new to experience on the same ol' 1-10 grind without overloading the base content.

Delve takes place underground Wraeclast, but is not the dimensions of the dead. Underground =/= the dimensions of the Underworld. This is more story and quest driven, a hybrid between side content and an act. The Madness alone is a cool mechanic that can have myriad effects, but ends with you losing your mind when your hallucinations become reality and begin to atack you.

The coolest thing is there are entire cities waiting to be found that are shielded from the madness. That and the quests you chose will affect all of Wraeclast, with two sides for players to fight and argue over. There are different drop tables for whichever side is in control. Going to be absolute chaos in the chatrooms as players try to shift the balance.