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<blockquote data-quote="Jürgen Hubert" data-source="post: 3380617" data-attributes="member: 7177">Here is my idea for the &quot;hook&quot; of the setting: An &quot;alien invasion&quot; theme - or rather, an invasion from another dimension.Let's say a cluster of <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/chuul.htm" target="_blank">chuul</a> have entered this dimension a couple of decades ago. At the time, no one paid them much attention - they were just one more weird monster among many.But since then, humans discovered that these things breed rapidly - each female of the species can lay hundreds of eggs in each year, and they only take a few years to grow up. By now, they have overrun most suitable climates (anything that's wet and not too cold).At the moment, their numbers seem to have stabilized. Humans and other native species have retreated to environments less favorable to the chuul (areas without frequent rain) and are trying to rebuild their civilizations that have suffered from wrecked trade routes - and are also trying to figure out how to fight the chuul.The chuul, in the meantime, have fragmented into numerous &quot;hives&quot; that fight with each other over the best terrain. They form nations of sorts, though with very alien societies. However, a few hives seem to have started experimenting with weather- and terrain-altering magics that will make other areas more suitable to them, too... It remains to be seen whether humans will be able to fight them effectively now.What do you think of this?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jürgen Hubert, post: 3380617, member: 7177"] Here is my idea for the "hook" of the setting: An "alien invasion" theme - or rather, an invasion from another dimension. Let's say a cluster of [URL=http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/chuul.htm]chuul[/URL] have entered this dimension a couple of decades ago. At the time, no one paid them much attention - they were just one more weird monster among many. But since then, humans discovered that these things breed [i]rapidly[/i] - each female of the species can lay hundreds of eggs in each year, and they only take a few years to grow up. By now, they have overrun most suitable climates (anything that's wet and not too cold). At the moment, their numbers seem to have stabilized. Humans and other native species have retreated to environments less favorable to the chuul (areas without frequent rain) and are trying to rebuild their civilizations that have suffered from wrecked trade routes - and are also trying to figure out how to fight the chuul. The chuul, in the meantime, have fragmented into numerous "hives" that fight with each other over the best terrain. They form nations of sorts, though with very alien societies. However, a few hives seem to have started experimenting with weather- and terrain-altering magics that will make other areas more suitable to them, too... It remains to be seen whether humans will be able to fight them effectively now. What do you think of this? [/QUOTE]

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