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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ghostmoon" data-source="post: 945534" data-attributes="member: 816">Just a couple of ideas:The traveling show/circus is actually a clever cover by the gnomes to fight some widely dispersed evil organization.  Most adventures could begin with the group rolling into town to fight some evil scheme/machination of the organization.  Unfortunately, I am not too familiar with the Realms and I can't suggest such an organization…but I am sure some out there can assist.This presents an interesting opportunity.  In most cases, beginning heroes will have to defend a town/keep/whatever (their support network) from the evils/wilds surrounding it.  In time, the group will have to leave this behind, as they will outgrow it.  In this scenario, the situation is reversed: Their support network travels along with them and their surroundings constantly change.  This gives you a chance to really develop the NPCs and the PCs relations with them.As for interesting creatures and such, now is the time to get really creative with templates.  Half-Dragon, Half-Fey (from MM2), and Half-Machine (from Dungeon Magazine, Issue 94, I believe) all come to mind as good and interesting additions to a circus.  Also, the circus may be a refuge for generally evil creatures that have somehow reformed  (I could see bugbear strongmen and umberhulk hypnotists).One last idea I had was that the gnome's circus is actually located on a demiplane and the wandering carts that form the caravan have gates to the demiplane.  I could see the demiplane as being relatively small and the environmental condition always being similar to twilight on a warm summer night: The perfect time to visit the circus.Hope this helps!Ghostmoon</blockquote>

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