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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nellisir" data-source="post: 6395403" data-attributes="member: 70">OK, this is flat-out amazing stuff. Thank you!!!That scenario is absolutely workable. The nature of the Ice is unclear. At one point it was under the control of Cheneitha, the goddess of winter, but I've always seen her as turning from evil to something more conflicted. If that's true, at some point she let drop the leash that controlled the Ice and it's taken its own path since then. I guess it's probably most accurate to say it's an "elemental" intelligence of some kind; something neither human nor divine.I cribbed the whole idea of the Ice from Michael Scott Rohan's Winter of the World series; the books themselves are a bit of a mixed bag, but the setting work is amazing.I really need to get Vornheim. This is great stuff.I hadn't thought of that; I really like that idea. Initially (now) there'll be small scale forays and deals (per ephemeron's suggestion), but then suddenly...bang! Invasion. It'd thrust the PCs into a whole new role (which they may or may not welcome).The Postman, by David Brin, is an amazing book. The movie was absolute trash, but the book was amazing as the (inadvertent) postman eventually embraces his role as a symbol and leader.I like the idea of bringing the druids into it. It could set up a conflict for the party if the druids don't care about a lot of people dying, or are slightly myopic in their vision and underestimate the Ice. The party can go along with the druids (making it harder to defeat the Ice) or go against them (and lose their support).That map is stunning. It's going to blow all the ink I've got left in my printer, but totally worth it.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I like the idea of people trying to get hired by the party. They're broke as hell right now (wandering monsters don't have much loot) and pretty green, but too arrogant to admit it. They'll try to get out of it without admitting anything to anyone.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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