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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cyrik Skylark" data-source="post: 1208838" data-attributes="member: 9776">This could work, especially the part about them drawing power from the storm; it gives them reasons to build the temples, invest in their religion, that sort of thing. Also, the fact that they're, essentially, drawing on wild magic gives a plausible reason for Tainted lines to show up. There are close to a million of these exiles - eight city-states (though one is in a state of constant flux), each of about a hundred thousand (including all of the many outlying communities; the cities themselves would have between 10,000-25,000. However, their abilities are inherent; drawing on the storm enhances their powers, but they aren't dependent on it for power - at least, not in a must-drink-water sort of way. Perhaps in a "Need drugs!" sort of way. So, rather than escaped Exiles losing their powers, they'd go through a withdrawal period, similiar to drug addicts denied their fix.Yeah, it would be patrolled. There's actually an island not far from the entrance to the demiplane, serves as a military base/supply depot for the trade with the Exiles.And for the record, the Exiles needn't be -perfectly- confined. Escape just needs to be difficult enough that most people aren't crazy enough to try. Between all the ideas we've had on this thread, I think we've come pretty near to reaching that goal, if we haven't already.Well, it wasn't an entire ocean, and the portion that was drained was an almost-enclosed bay, which was blocked off from the rest of the sea before being drained.As far as the demiplane - that's there largely to prevent teleportation out of the Storm. Teleportation spells don't work inside the demiplane, it not being co-terminus with the Astral plane. In effect, it's sealed from the rest of existence - sort of like a cosmically large bag of holding. However, I'm not married to the idea of the demiplane - I think it works rather well, but if it turns out it doesn't, then *shrug* no skin off my nose. =bIndeed, it could. =b I actually just drew up the first draft of the map today, with a big trench running through the middle, a thousand or so miles long. And considering that the land is about 1,500 miles, at the widest... =b That may actually be too much space for them... possibly change the scale. However, that trench is there, and is a very significant landmark - it basically divides the land in two. It isn't the -last- stronghold, however - there are a few other residual salt-water lakes. It -is- the largest of said strongholds.I like this idea, for both facets - it makes simply climbing up through the caves a life-threatening task, at best. Near those extraplanar rips are the only places that outsiders (as in demons/devils, not the people keeping the Exiles in prison... mensch, I need to come up with some names) can survive. However, the very thing that kills them is what draws them to the place - the fact that it -is- godless is an immense temptation for them. It's a new, wild frontier, that they're itching to exploit. Something to file away for Epic levels, perhaps...Well, teleportation wouldn't work (since it isn't co-terminus with Astral plane), but yeah, in general, it'd be quite easy to stow away. It'd be quite difficult to actually escape, though, for exactly the reasons you said. However, they wouldn't simply be thrown overboard - less chance of the body being found that way, and unless the Exiles see the body, they might think that the stowaway actually succeeded. Instead, I envision a seperate "delivery" to go along with their trades - they return the bodies of stowaways to the Exiles. They like to think of themselves as humanitarian, at least with regards to the Exiles - the Exiles are kept because they are a danger to the world, not because the highlanders really -hate- them (except in a dispassionate sort of way.) The stowaways are "put down" when found, then prepared to be returned to the Exiles. This way, the Exiles get physical evidence that, "Damn, Bob's crazy scheme didn't get him free..." The more stowaways they catch, the fewer stowaways there will be. (Feel free to critique)And I completely agree on the imagery. =bOn a side note, I'll probably be starting a new thread soon, to discuss the specific city-states - this thread has been invaluable for giving me inspiration and ideas on the general state of things. Many thanks to all who've contributed thus far - keep them coming, they're a great help!</blockquote>

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