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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Psychotic Jim" data-source="post: 2436729" data-attributes="member: 547">Hmm... A plot for an orc invasion... a single big event does not strike me as enough to unite a horde of orcs.    But the combination of many smaller events that coincidentally happen in close proximity of each other, that might do the trick.  It might be good to combine all of the above plots.  Why they all happen so close together could be anyone's guess.  Perhaps the work of your Ebon Triangle, or something deeper.  Synchronicity has an odd way of working like that. Here's a few ideas:1.  Orcus is supplanting Yurtrus, as above, by promising to animate the bodies of slain orc horde warriors.  However, he is just playing along with Gruumsh.  Orcus is not animating the bodies of the slain orc warriors with their souls; rather he's just using pure negative energy.  Orcus is using all of the orcs souls to power an ascension to godhood while simultaneously stealing divine power away from the orc pantheon, starting with Yurtrus.If you want to involve the drow, Orcus could be doing all this in preparation for vengeance on Kiaransalee, who killed him and stole his portfolio long ago.2. A divine champion of Gruumsh appears to unite the orc clans all over Faerun to find the most cherished, fabled artifact in orc legend: the eye of Gruumsh he lost in fighting Corellon.  It now is supposed to be lying somewhere deep within the Silver Marshes.  If you want to use Dungeon adventures, later on down the line you might use a modified version of "Throne of Iuz", from Dungeon #118.  In that adventure, the best warriors of the orc tribes have gathered to restore a great artifact, an unholy demonic throne, to their evil patron.  They are led by a powerful orc shaman and a corrupt giant, monstrous toad.  You could alter the adventure to the throne belonging to one of your main demons of the Ebon Triad.3.  Perhaps because of #2, the formidable gray orc civilization that appeared in the Orcgate Wars (see Races of Faerun) has somehow returned.  Just as evil as normal orcs but cannier, more organized, and driven by religious fervor, these gray orcs and their clerical might act as a source of unification for all orc kind.  Using top magics and gates, the gray orcs are gathering their orc kindred from all over Faerun and beyond.  Alustriel and her companions see the gravity of the situation. They have busied themselves trying to make treaties with any nearby nations they can for a greatest war against the orcs Faerun has ever seen, leaving plenty of opportunity for the players to get involved.  How the grey orc got here is a mystery.  Perhaps a fool mage opened a portal to the world the grey orcs first came from.  Or they could be pretenders, such as the githyanki trying to soften up Faerun's defense in preparation for their own incursion.</blockquote>

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