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<blockquote data-quote="Undrave" data-source="post: 8275727" data-attributes="member: 7015698"><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-UbAXpaR18" target="_blank">There is something in the valley... </a> the 'People Over There'...</p><p></p><p></p><p>When 4e introduced the Seeker I thought it would have been cool if they had made a Sling using subclass for it that had Powers revolving around shooting seeds into the ground and getting plants to grow immediately to gain effects and set up zone(one power I had design were vicious carnivorous plant that could do opportunity attacks that could trip people up). It could work as either a Druid or Ranger subclass I think.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fearsome_critters[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Fearsome Critters are pretty good to build up your monster manual! Maybe the Skunk-Ape of Florida? The Jersey Devil? In addition to Coyote the trickster, you also have <a href="https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/totems-to-turquoise/native-american-cosmology/raven-the-trickster" target="_blank">Raven</a>!</p><p></p><p>Also: LAKE MONSTERS! From Champ to Ogopogo, there is tons of lake monsters in North America! Because there is SO many lakes.</p><p></p><p>That being said, one place without one is Lake Superior. I remember a line: "There is no monster in the lake... The LAKE is the monster." I could see Druids who worship the lake, and maybe Fathom Warlock making a path with... something... residing within its depth!</p><p></p><p>There's also the concept of the Hudson Bay Company as a sort of antagonist force. A commercial entreprise who mercilessly claims control over a large piece of land. They can be a source of quests, but also an enemy force. </p><p></p><p>And while South America had El Dorado, North-America had the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Saguenay" target="_blank">Kingdom of Saguenay</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norumbega" target="_blank">Settlement of Norumbega.</a> Of course, just like El Dorado, both of these were basically dreamed up by coloniser looking for a jackpot. It's been suggested the Saguenay legend was thought up as a prank by the Iroquois <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Undrave, post: 8275727, member: 7015698"] [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-UbAXpaR18']There is something in the valley... [/URL] the 'People Over There'... When 4e introduced the Seeker I thought it would have been cool if they had made a Sling using subclass for it that had Powers revolving around shooting seeds into the ground and getting plants to grow immediately to gain effects and set up zone(one power I had design were vicious carnivorous plant that could do opportunity attacks that could trip people up). It could work as either a Druid or Ranger subclass I think. [URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fearsome_critters[/URL] Fearsome Critters are pretty good to build up your monster manual! Maybe the Skunk-Ape of Florida? The Jersey Devil? In addition to Coyote the trickster, you also have [URL='https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/totems-to-turquoise/native-american-cosmology/raven-the-trickster']Raven[/URL]! Also: LAKE MONSTERS! From Champ to Ogopogo, there is tons of lake monsters in North America! Because there is SO many lakes. That being said, one place without one is Lake Superior. I remember a line: "There is no monster in the lake... The LAKE is the monster." I could see Druids who worship the lake, and maybe Fathom Warlock making a path with... something... residing within its depth! There's also the concept of the Hudson Bay Company as a sort of antagonist force. A commercial entreprise who mercilessly claims control over a large piece of land. They can be a source of quests, but also an enemy force. And while South America had El Dorado, North-America had the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Saguenay']Kingdom of Saguenay[/URL] and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norumbega']Settlement of Norumbega.[/URL] Of course, just like El Dorado, both of these were basically dreamed up by coloniser looking for a jackpot. It's been suggested the Saguenay legend was thought up as a prank by the Iroquois :p [/QUOTE]
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