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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jürgen Hubert" data-source="post: 2834128" data-attributes="member: 7177">Of course. And the neogi aren't supposed to succeed, either - instead they are supposed to get shout down by the latest group of heroes - the PCs and the alliance they will form.But each time dark forces were pushed away in the past, it was not without considerable cost. The dragons fought the fiends for more than a million years, and presumably suffered heavy losses. The continent of the giants was shattered when they defended themselves from the quori. And the Dhakaani empire never recovered from what it lost in the struggle against the daelkyr.Even the shortest of these threats endured for many centuries. The neogi invasion I proposed is tame when compared to those - the timeline hints that they will be defeated in years or months, not decades or longer. Yes, large numbers of people will suffer and die, but the survivors will soon get over it - something that cannot be said for the victims of the earlier invasions.So yes, the people of Eberron will eventually succeed in defeating the invaders. But the neogi won't simply be pushed over by the Church of the Silver Flame sneezing at them. A coordinated attack by most of the nations of Khorvaire will be required - hard to do, since most of them are still deeply mistrustful of each other. And they have to deal with this mostly on their own. The Gatekeepers are few in number and dwindling with every year. The highest priority of the dragons will be to protect their own lands during the invasion, since being able to continue the Great Work is more important to them than relieving the suffering of the "lesser races". That doesn't mean that they won't help Khorvaire - but they will only do so after their own lands are secure, and by then it might be too late for human civilization on Khorvaire. Unless the PCs act against the invaders, of course.And this is, to me, part of the point of Eberron: When there is trouble afoot - big trouble - then no epic-level NPC is going to stop the threat before it can harm anyone. No, it is going to be the PCs who are going to be at the forefront of any efforts.</blockquote>

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