D&D 5E Cloud kingdoms....brainstorming

[Ancalagon]

In my world is a normal DnD milieu.

Ah, so that can do a lot of "explaining" things. Where does the water come from? The ocean bellow. It also makes for a trading partner.

So... what valuable commodity does the sky kingdoms have? Meteoric iron? They are closer to the heavens so they can catch shooting stars

 

[Casimir Liber]

Ah, so that can do a lot of "explaining" things. Where does the water come from? The ocean bellow. It also makes for a trading partner.

So... what valuable commodity does the sky kingdoms have? Meteoric iron? They are closer to the heavens so they can catch shooting stars

We-ell, let's say there's a whole ecology about the giant floating cloud mushrooms - they are fed upon by a giant aerial beetle - the larvae feed on the mycelium and make tunnels - they can be harvested and eaten. The beetles fly around - maybe they have some sort of secretion that does something rare and valuable (sandworms and spice come to mind but hey)

 

[Tonguez]

We-ell, let's say there's a whole ecology about the giant floating cloud mushrooms - they are fed upon by a giant aerial beetle - the larvae feed on the mycelium and make tunnels - they can be harvested and eaten. The beetles fly around - maybe they have some sort of secretion that does something rare and valuable (sandworms and spice come to mind but hey)

Dagonflies of course

The larvae spin cocoons of of magical floating silk

 

[Mind of tempest]

exactly - evil invasion by Pazuzu.....Yan-C-Bin...

could be interesting but we would need other horrors, ideal less demonic for the change of pace.

That's a thought: are there permanent "tunnels" in some of the larger cloud islands, such that there could be an entire "dungeon level" or two up there?

Johnathan

I was thinking the underside would look kinda like karda nui

The Overbright.

maybe, I remember there was a Minecraft mod with a similar goal might hunt it down for ideas.

We-ell, let's say there's a whole ecology about the giant floating cloud mushrooms - they are fed upon by a giant aerial beetle - the larvae feed on the mycelium and make tunnels - they can be harvested and eaten. The beetles fly around - maybe they have some sort of secretion that does something rare and valuable (sandworms and spice come to mind but hey)

I say the place has magic, just crazy amounts of magic and psionics.
needs some really interesting materials as we have no stone up there logically.

Dagonflies of course
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The larvae spin cocoons of of magical floating silk

do we really need more dragons?

 

[Mind of tempest]

I have found that minecraft mods wiki so here it is to be cut up.

The Aether II: Genesis of the Void

The Aether II: Genesis of the Void or The Aether II is the sequel to The Aether mod, and is set primarily in the Aether dimension. The mod is a complete redo of the original mod and includes a large variety and interesting features. An alpha version of The Aether II: Genesis of the Void was...

aether.fandom.com

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

Ominous Floating Castle - TV Tropes

Some villains have their own country, and with a well-guarded desolate volcanic wasteland around their ominous, dark tower that the heroes must battle their way through. Others, however, have bigger plans. Entire planetary systems, or an …

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Floating Continent - TV Tropes

An otherwise-normal place that's floating in the sky, often for no adequately-explored reason. This is an extremely common trope in fantasy and video games. Nothing says "exotic" like a city floating in the sky. Outside of scifi settings, there's …

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Solid Clouds - TV Tropes

In fiction, people can sometimes treat clouds as solid platforms to walk and stand on. It might be an intrinsic property of the clouds themselves, and so they're solid for everyone; other times, it's a special ability of the cloud-walker themself …

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Floating cities and islands in fiction - Wikipedia

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Skypiea

Skypiea is an island located in the sky above Paradise.[1] It is the primary setting of the Skypiea Arc, and the sixth island visited by the Straw Hat Pirates on the Grand Line. The people who reside there have small wings on their backs, similar to the stereotypical angel which make them really...

onepiece.fandom.com

Care-a-Lot

Care-a-Lot is the primary setting of the series. It is the home of the Care Bears as well as the Care Bear Cousins. It is made of fluffy white clouds, rainbows, and star and heart-shaped creatures. It is located on clouds where they possess advanced technology that allows them to use...

carebears.fandom.com

Laputa - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Mind of tempest]

Ominous Floating Castle - TV Tropes

Some villains have their own country, and with a well-guarded desolate volcanic wasteland around their ominous, dark tower that the heroes must battle their way through. Others, however, have bigger plans. Entire planetary systems, or an …

tvtropes.org

Floating Continent - TV Tropes

An otherwise-normal place that's floating in the sky, often for no adequately-explored reason. This is an extremely common trope in fantasy and video games. Nothing says "exotic" like a city floating in the sky. Outside of scifi settings, there's …

tvtropes.org

Solid Clouds - TV Tropes

In fiction, people can sometimes treat clouds as solid platforms to walk and stand on. It might be an intrinsic property of the clouds themselves, and so they're solid for everyone; other times, it's a special ability of the cloud-walker themself …

tvtropes.org

Floating cities and islands in fiction - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Skypiea

Skypiea is an island located in the sky above Paradise.[1] It is the primary setting of the Skypiea Arc, and the sixth island visited by the Straw Hat Pirates on the Grand Line. The people who reside there have small wings on their backs, similar to the stereotypical angel which make them really...

onepiece.fandom.com

Care-a-Lot

Care-a-Lot is the primary setting of the series. It is the home of the Care Bears as well as the Care Bear Cousins. It is made of fluffy white clouds, rainbows, and star and heart-shaped creatures. It is located on clouds where they possess advanced technology that allows them to use...

carebears.fandom.com

Laputa - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

real question, why care a lot? also why do I know what that even is?

 

[Casimir Liber]

real question, why care a lot? also why do I know what that even is?

okay, so the tv tropes links are somewhat....introductory...but we're all just spitballing ideas.....

 

[Eltab]

If the cloud-dwellers can steer around at will, not just blow on the wind, they can move rain to where it is wanted - or withhold rain from an area until it becomes a sun-baked Dust Bowl. A powerful threat, usually held in the background, for diplomatic / commercial negotiations.

Some spells - Fog Cloud for the classic example - are permitted only to the upper class of the airborne society. Because they want the symbolism of "I control the sky" ... and you do not.

 

[Mind of tempest]

If the cloud-dwellers can steer around at will, not just blow on the wind, they can move rain to where it is wanted - or withhold rain from an area until it becomes a sun-baked Dust Bowl. A powerful threat, usually held in the background, for diplomatic / commercial negotiations.

Some spells - Fog Cloud for the classic example - are permitted only to the upper class of the airborne society. Because they want the symbolism of "I control the sky" ... and you do not.

we need to know how big the land area is and what people are up there?