Dwarf Island

[Doc_Souark]

This is related to the Job Fair thread BTW, the lake is 23 days from where the PCs are hired by the trader as guards of the riverboats. It's BIG just a little smaller then the US Great Lakes about 60,000 Sq Miles, with several islands of various sizes. One of the larger ones is home to a large clan of Dour Dwarves1 with a surface dwarf 2 sept that ask as their go betweens to the surface world and the Orkman3 farmers as well as other races. The main problem I'm haveing is decideing a race to be the enemy I've got an island inhabited by Hobgoblins intend on dominating the lake. But I'ld like a freshwater evil race thats not too dorky or has to have a swamp.

1 Dour Dwarves are the same as in the PHB
2 In the June Dragon "House Rules" article +2 Con -2 Dex.
3 Same as Half-Orcs but can breed true they were created long ago as magical "Shock Troops". Now they tend to be held in contempt by the other races and hold menial jobs. thier alignment is whatever is the closest race they live near is and the perferered Class is fighter

 

[Utrecht]

Have you considered a fresh/brackish version of the Sahaugin? While each group may dislike eachother - they all agree that the terror from the deep is the true evil

 

[James Heard]

I'd go with aboleth, not only are they really cool they've got the ability to scale easily by using dominated servitors in a lackey structure. Barring that I'd make some cosmetic changes to lizardmen, or even make some sort of evil fey race. Heck, maybe even an aquaticable sort of dragon might lurk at the bottom and form the top of the food chain for a hierarchy of bad guys, in which case I might just make some waterish undead or pirates his cronies.