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

[Casimir Liber]

Ok, so if you want realism?

1: Why are there clouds at all? Where does the water (to generate enough water vapor to form clouds) comes from?

2: If it rains, where does the water go?

3: food concern are definitely an issue, depending on how big the floating islands are.

My idea is for normal rain and clouds...except the some clouds can get colonised by airborne cloud mycelium that can make gigantic colonies within clouds and solidify them. Agree food is the thing...I'm guessing there are flying insects that feed on the mushrooms and then are eaten by aerial critters...

 

[Casimir Liber]

And of course....how to get to cloudland? A giant beanstalk.....

 

[Tonguez]

My idea is for normal rain and clouds...except the some clouds can get colonised by airborne cloud mycelium that can make gigantic colonies within clouds and solidify them. Agree food is the thing...I'm guessing there are flying insects that feed on the mushrooms and then are eaten by aerial critters...

Mycellium is the fibres of fungus colonies, and is mostly edible so if its mycellium solidifying those vapour clouds into solids then you may as well eat the cloud itself - big fluffy mouthfuls of mushy goodness, topped with stardust, and sprinkles.

You’ll definitely have to include a scene where the PCs come across a cloud mining operation where entire chunks of cloud are being carefully, cut, loaded and transported to market

 

[Ancalagon]

My idea is for normal rain and clouds...except the some clouds can get colonised by airborne cloud mycelium that can make gigantic colonies within clouds and solidify them. Agree food is the thing...I'm guessing there are flying insects that feed on the mushrooms and then are eaten by aerial critters...

Actually, a super important question:

What is underneath? "normal D&D-land?" That matters a lot

 

[Casimir Liber]

Actually, a super important question:

What is underneath? "normal D&D-land?" That matters a lot

In my world is a normal DnD milieu.

 

[Mind of tempest]

In my world is a normal DnD milieu.

so up has to be like the underdark but super bright.

 

[Richards]

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

 

[Casimir Liber]

so up has to be like the underdark but super bright.

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

 

[Casimir Liber]

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

tunnels excavated by fungal mycelium-eating larvae for instance. The adults are some sort of flying insect

 

[Urriak Uruk]

so up has to be like the underdark but super bright.

The Overbright.